tony perkins, president of the family resource council. thanks for joining the program. >> good evening, alex. >> there was an interesting piece in the "new york times" saying with the exception of the southeast corner of the state, social conservative conservatism holds roulx equal sway. tem us more about that. >> that's a socially conservative state, it's a blue collar state. i've campaigned across this state many, many times. was out today, voted early this morning and was out moving around. and folks are motivated by the moral and social issues, as well as the economic issues. and i think they sent a pretty strong message with a vote for rick santorum today. >> and what is the feeling about mitt romney on the ground in louisiana? if it does end up -- if we do end up in a race where mitt romney is the romney, will louisianans embrace him in november? >> that's an interesting question, alex. if you look at the exit polling data, rick santorum carried every category with the exception of those making over $200,000 and those who say that r

i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. we get the pleasure to be down here live at the tidal basin this morning for this wonderful rite of spring in d.c., of course cherry blossoms which dot the landscape of our entire area. this year marks the 100th year the cherry blossoms have been in washington, d.c. >> obviously for a big celebration you want a big event. this will be a big event, the national cherry blossom festival will go on for five weeks this year. it started on the first day of spring a couple of days ago, but the big kickoff this sunday. >> we have so much to bring you this morning. please don't turn away. we don't want you to miss any of it. our sarah simmons will have a cherry blossom history lesson. and a new variety of tree that's been created for this year and the special person it honors. also, a local man has designed a stamp. and how to take that perfect bloom picture, even with your smart phone. we have that and more. >>> we want to bring in tucker barnes who got started this morning at 5:30. >> hey, g

tony perkins in right now to give us the latest on the forecast. turn will be here in a little while. good to see you. >> think a lot of people are rubbing their eyes going, what, it is a little early for mr. perkins. >> it is a little soupy out there. we've had warmer temperatures than we've had at this time of the morning in the last few days actually few rain showers as well and a little bit of fog. let's take a look at hd radar and we'll show you what is going on out there. we don't have a lot in the way of rain. we do have some shower activity, even some thunderstorm activity up to the north, north of gaithersburg, around frederick, maryland, moving to the south-southeast. there is some lightning indicated with this. some thunderstorm activity to the north. also along 95 between washington and baltimore, we are seeing a little heavy rain there as well. we can't rule out a couple of showers or thunderstorms here and there during the course of the day today. mostly dry day but maybe a few more of these popping up. highs today into the mid-70s on

much not a bad start today things are quiet, this is wednesday march 7th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour that is just how we like it i like it not much. >> quiet. >>> okay tucker barnes joining us now good morning to you. >> good morning. >> will it remain quiet? >> better than quiet gorgeous later this afternoon. >> great. >> temperatures in the 60s. live radar we've got as allison mentioned quiet conditions, just a few clouds that is all we will see mostly sunny day notably warmer than yesterday. yesterday's daytime highs upper 40s. mid-60s today low humidity light wind temperature regan national, 42 degrees, 33 baltimore 36 fredericksburg and ocean city, 41 degrees, the forecast today, plenty of sunshine mild conditions expected highs 10 to 15 degrees above normal later today, 64 degrees by 4:00 p.m. all right more details on the forecast a little rain in the 5 day. in just a minute here is julie with some traffic. >> on the roads outer loop, full heading around toward georgia avenue all lanes are open checking for accident activity from the ramp westbound 100

good morning i am allison seymour. >> i am tony perkins.itle for that book. >> tucker barnes is here, having run his big marathon over the weekend tell us what is going on with our weather. >> good morning, it was only a half marathon i did finish. >> don't say that. >> either way i can't move. >> 13 miles that is impressive. >> thank you beautiful city by the way. >> don't we. >> yeah, we do. >> so fortunate. >> i drove through it this weekend it was just as pretty. >>> let's get right to it current conditions regan national, 57 at regan national, 48 baltimore, temperatures expected to once again jump into the low 70s. upper 60s yesterday maybe a few degrees warmer kind of a mix of clouds and sunshine working through during the course of monday, could be a shower maybe a thunderstorm best chance of that will be later today and you can see on radar we have showers out to the west but they have been hanging out to the west, high pressure protecting us at this time but maybe later today a few showers or thunderstorms will turn up in this dayt

activity fog for this the first day of spring it is tuesday, march 20th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. >> it is the first official day of spring,. >> tucker was out celebrating at rita's water ice in northeast this morning is he with us now? >> he is not with us he is on his way back because of the weather situation we have been dealing with so we will have him in a little bit maybe if we get lucky he will be able to go back out to rita's water ice. >> let me just say i saw his flavour that is the cutest you have a flavour now, holly and now tucker. >> i started it all. >> let's take a look at what is going on with our weather conditions around the region hd radar we have seen some pretty strong thunderstorms moving through and in fact, as you can see on hd radar it is coming through washington right now we have lightning deep reds and the purples indicates very heavy rain this was to the north now it is coming through, the city proper as we speak. areas of heavy rain and lightning activity as well in addition to that, off to our east we see more areas of heav

newt gingrich dropped out already that's the message from tony perkins, as well.ites that gingrich could be a kingmaker if he stepped out of the race and threw his support to another candidate. gingrich says he's not going anywhere. listen. >> the thing i find most disheartening about this campaign is the difficulty of talking about positive ideas on a large scale because the news media can't cover it and candidly my opponents can't comprehend it. the result is you can't have a serious conversation. >> that's newt gingrich basically saying i can't drop out because other people don't get it. joining our panel this morning, tony perkins. he's the president of the family research council. nice to have you. a little slow, i think, on the song this morning, but we're going to forgive you for that and move on. it seems to me like newt gingrich when you look at the little will he gate count, he's trailing significantly, mitt romney at 498, rick santorum at 239 delegates and newt gingrich has 139 delegates. so he's obviously trailing in the math. ron paul with 69 delegate

we will bring some of yours back. >> there is a whole freezer full of it. >> is what again. >> tony perkins and i will have to admit, tony has the most popular of them all. >> look it is so popular where is that thing tony check it out they actually have a sign with your picture out here you better send some back. >> that's right. >> we have tuckers pucker as ucker that is popular as well. >> it is and then also we have holly's not hall lee berry but holly berry. >> and sarah's. >> hawaiian bridal explosion. >> yum yum. >> and i am fortunate enough to have. >> we have will's chill. >> now we just need allison so we get her out here next year >> allison your turn next. >> i am looking forward to it. >> we are bringing some back too. >> i miss being out there. please say we said hello. >> i am going next year. >> it is great fun. >> well, bobby christina checks out with a big rock on her finger sparking questions is she engaged. >> plus oprah forced to make tough decisions when it comes to her new network and ashton kutcher known for his acting roles but soon he will take on a whole new ventu

it was for tony perkins. there are a lot of little things here and the media likes to get in a frenzy about throws things but bottom line is santorum has been consistent and it's about religious freedom. >> an introduction for santorum on the stage with tony perkins and there was a q&a there. what about the fact that pastor terry said get out, get out if you don't worship jesus? he was saying if you don't believe in america. equatesing people who don't worship jesus with people who don't believe in america. >> no, i don't think that's what he was doing. i'm not going to speak for the paster. that's up to him to defend. the fact of the matter is he's a pastor of a christian church, talking about his views and beliefs and he's perfectly able and -- perfectly able to do that in a free country. i mean i don't really see what the big deal is. >> karen santorum said last night that women should not worry about her husband because he would not take any steps against contraception. she seemed to be trying very hard t

blowing a little bit, see the camera shaking, monday march 26th, 2012, good morning everybody i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. happy you are with us this early monday morning. >>> tucker bans is was, he has de-- barnes is with us, he has the morning forecast. >>> expert more sunshine than this weekend and a lot more wind. the winds are starting to pick up and will be very blustery gusting to 30 miles per hour that is a big change let's get to your forecast. a cold front working through as we speak, and the good news it will work through here dry, and we will see just a few clouds with it. once it gets south and east of us, winds will start to pick up as mentioned out of the north and west, gusting to 30 to 35 miles per hour bring along a jacket even with highs expected to be in the 60s it will feel cooler than that. current temperature regan national, 53 degrees, humidity 83%, wind starting to pick up out of the north, 8 miles per hour and again we will expect it to start being quite gusty here. a lot more sunshine than this weekend temperatures after topping out around the noon hour

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good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. we made it to friday. congratulations. tucker barnes is joining us. he's got a preview of the day. i hate to look backwards, but yesterday was magnificent! >> not as warm today. few showers that moved in. cooler air on the way. the winds that were around yesterday, they'll be here today, only out of the north and west. shower activity, we had light showers that moved through overnight. most of the area picking up a few 100ths of an inch of rain. generally now it is south and east of the city and we should see an improving sky cover and more sunshine building in during the morning. 50 now at reagan national. feels cooler, too, with the wind out of the north and west at 13, gusting to about 20. the wind will pick up later this afternoon. winds will gust to about 30 to 35 miles per hour. be ready for another very blustery day. should be dry. it will look great. lots of sunshine, highs in the mid-50s. let's do traffic. julie wright has gotten busy. >>> accident activity with us, skyfox above the scene, eastbound on 267 working

. >> tony perkins is president of the family research council. i'm delighted to say he joins us.roversy extremely disturbing. and it seems almost impossible to find a republican who unequivocally without conditions condemns what's been said. now you're a family man. you're a committed christian. you play an important role in conservative politics. will you for the benefit of our broadcast clearly and categorically denounce what rush limbaugh said? >> well, martin, first let me say i disagree because there's a double standard that that somehow defends what was said. i do think there's a double standard but that doesn't defend attacking an individual. i think we need to engage in civil discussion. i don't think there's any room in this process for calling people derogatory names of. i think what he did by calling this young woman regardless of her political views, regardless of what she was is voektsing for, calling her derogatory names. i disagree with her position. i think what she said was off base. what she was advocating for was off base but i think rush limbaugh was wrong in

is a beautiful picture, get over to your tv, if you have a moment it is monday march 12th i am tony perkins,. >> i am allison seymour that ought to get youth out of bed ready for the workweek. -- get you out of bed ready for the workweek. >>> good morning allison and tony temperatures on the rise, no body will be disappointed as we head through into the forecast let's look at where we stand now, not quite as chilly this morning as it has been national airport reporting 47 degrees, southwesterly wind flow very light winds will pick up a little bit later and that seoulerly wind will be responsible forgiving us -- and that southerly wind will be responsible forgiving us a nice temperature boost. we've got 46 degrees in winchester. satellite radar composite showing you a few clouds rolling in this morning not much it will be a pretty nice day overall clouds will increase as we get to the later part of the day keeping a close eye on the frontal system expected to bring us showers as we head through into this evening keep your umbrella handy if you are heading out any where later on 6 or 7:00 p.m

across much of the area this morning, allow extra time as you head out the door good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour a soupy start to the day hopefully you will see more,. >> very clever. see more. >> get it. >> tuck good morning. >> good morning allison, tony, yeah, fog will continue for a couple more hours then we should see a gradual clearing and nice afternoon just hang in there by this afternoon back into the 70s let's get going look at your dense fog advisory all of tony is there in that shaded blue grey under a dense fog advisory including the district of columbia, until 10:00 a.m. this morning. fog has been settling in visibility in many spots quarter mile or less your commute here might take a few extra minutes it is possible to get some travel delays at regan national dulles visibilities have been reported to be a quarter mile or less here during the early morning hours. should be a decent day right back into the 70s for daytime highs currently 59 at regan national, 96% humidity, winds out of the north and east 10 miles per hour pressure up not much change to our w

i'm tony perkins. i'm allison seymour. >> happy you are with us on this tuesday morning. tucker barnes has a look at the forecast. forecast. >> bundle up as you head out the door. should be a nice day, lots of sunshine expected and a nice warming trend over the next several days. let's get going. let's take a look at our current temperatures. at reagan national, 30 degrees. you can see most of the area here is at or below freezing. 26 in fredericksburg. let me mention to the south where we got the snowpack, there is the possibility of a the black ice out there. so just be prepared for that. 23 this morning in winchester. ocean city, 28 degrees as well for you. lots of sunshine expected. we've got high pressure building through. look how quiet it is. nice quiet weather pattern and clear skies out towards chicago and atlanta. that area of high pressure will deliver a couple of very nice days. it will be be a little on the cool side. more details on the forecast in just a minute. let's do some traffic and see what julie wright can deliver. >> good morning to you. we are busy

spectacular day, it is amazing how quickly we have seemed to move right into a very pleasant string i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour it is right on time. >> it is pretty early. >> it might be early but it is right on time tucker barnes is back with us good to see you good morning. >> good morning everybody. yeah, if you enjoy temperatures about 25 degrees above normal you will love the afternoon forecast as we feature more warm temperatures. regan national, comfortable, 56 degrees. 50 dulles, hagerstown good morning, 58 degrees and 58 in ocean city don't have a lot to show you on our sentinel radar we did have a shower or two during our evening hours even a thunderstorm or two that popped up that pushed off to the south and east and generally it should be a beautiful day there will be clouds that pop up hard to believe it is middle of march this is more typical of the middle of may we are two months ahead of schedule, highs upper 70s to about 80, and more on the nice forecast in just a minute, let's do traffic julie has your look at traffic. that is what she is doing julie what's up. >> all

i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. it really is the beginning of the weekend, let's be honest. >> yes. >> tucker barnes is standing by now, tucker a great friday, can we? >> i can guarantee you a great friday. can't guarantee great friday weather allison. >> oh. thanks anyway. >> it is a -- and actually the first half of the day not going to be bad. plenty of sunshine and temperatures, a little bit above normal. but later this afternoon the rain showers back in the forecast. let's get to it and show you the satellite picture, cool start to the day and temperatures generally in the upper 20s and low 30s. if you're outside the beltway. so chilly start to your day. going to start with sunshine but look what's lurking to the south and west. cloud cover and some showers and thunderstorms. now pressing into eastern kentucky and tennessee. that will be moving in a little later this afternoon. so i think by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 today, we'll have some showers and perhaps a thunderstorm moving back into the area here. we're going to

tony perkins is well known. he's the president of the family research council.ch republican and a very right wing conservative. he had this to say about newt gingrich in an open letter. he said, gingrich has never been in a more influential position in deciding the outcome of the race. he could be a king maker if he stepped out of the race and threw his support to another candidate. alexander burns, those are strong words and they're not the kinds of words that you want to hear going into the south when you kind of want to win the south. >> no, ashleigh, they're not and it does illustrate what they're doing to execute around newt gingrich. there is a real sense particularly around santorum supporters that if somebody is going to get nominated that's not mitt romney, there only has to be one conservative alternative in the race. at the same time, folks like tony perkins who's been around the block, knows conservative politics, knows newt gingrich, he understands that gingrich is not the kind of guy who can get bullied out of this race. i think you're going to hea

. >> schieffer: now, a group of conservatives, social conservatives, people like tony perkins, the family research council, and others, said this week that you could be a king maker. that you ought to get out of this and throw your support to santorum. what about that? >> first of all senator mccain's memory is exactly backwards. it was senator mccain who won the nomination early. it was barack obama and hill aerl clinton who fought all the way into mid june. it didn't seem to hurt barack obama to have a vigorous contest. he won the election, remember? so i think that senator mccain has it backwards. second, the same people who have been for santorum are for santorum. i get it. the fact is i have significant differences with senator santorum. all conservatives aren't the same. as leader of the house we balanced the budget for four straight years. as a member of the senate leadership team, senator santorum ran up a trillion 70 billion dollars in deficits and had to raise the debt ceiling five times. i am for less regulation. i have called for repealing sarbanes-oxley which is really hurtin

tony perk kins. >> i am -- perkins. >> i am allison seymour. >>> nice shot makes you want to get up and out there. he has a look at temperatures you will meet. >> good morning everybody don't be fueled by the sunshine, cold temperatures as well and guess what a little snow in the forecast south, and southwest of the city already moving in there is a live look at your radar. culpepper, fredericksburg, that is light snow shower activity shaded with our clipper system moving on through over the next several hours not a long duration event but could be enough snow as you get southbound towards fredericksburg, enough to coat the ground and light accumulations in spots. >>> the bigger picture, all with a clipper system racing west to east remember the system from a couple weeks ago it will stay south of washington this time the northern edge of the snow shower activity will likely make it to washington we will likely see snow showers around here lasting through the midday hours and then quickly start to taper off here south and east during the afternoon. all right met me mention cold temperatures regan

fog this morning not everywhere but in spots so it may slow your commute down good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. >>> it is thursday march 1st. >> unbelievable. >>> tucker barnes is here to tell us what we can expect today. >> good morning allison should be a beautiful day fog we are dealing with at the moment mid- morning sunshine very mild temperatures how about mid-60s for afternoon highs so we are in for a nice start to the month of march sentinel sat rad rain showers brought some pretty impressive rain amounts north and east still dealing with low lying clouds and fog dense fog advisory for the northern tier of maryland, caroll county, washington county frederick county for the rest of us there is fog we should burn that off quickly west virginia eastern kentucky. lots of clear skies high pressure will build in with the breeze we should be in for a good looking day. nice mild starlet 58 fredericksburg. cooler with the fog. more details coming up lots of sunshine warm temperatures and breezy, we will be dry highs mid-60s by 4:00 p.m., 55, 56 for an afternoon high mor

good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm alison seymour. who needs millions of dollars when you have that look. >> but i'll take it anyway. >> tucker barnes joining us now with a look at the forecast. what's up, tuck? >> good morning allison and everybody. as you head out your door to get your lottery tickets, looking fine. lots of sunshine. temperatures back in the 60s. let's get to numbers and take a look at our current conditions. reagan national, 44 degrees. dulles, 39. frost advisory north and west, temperatures in frederick have dipped to the freezing mark. last look they were 32. 36 hagerstown. cool start. might need a jacket to start your day. at least partial sunshine and more cloudiness this afternoon. temperatures in the 50s. rain showers into southern ohio, leading to our best chance of showers overnight tonight and early saturday. more details on that coming up. for your friday, generally sunny, mild conditions, highs in the 60s by 4:00 p.m. could be a sprinkle later this afternoon. more details on the forecast in a minute. let

that was tony perkins. -- >> milky white trails that made the sky look like it was splitting open. >>is driving in doing one of these. >> i'm kind of interested now. i want to sneak outside to take a look. >> he said it was around 5:00 a.m. >> i doubt it. >> maybe someone took a picture. if so, send it in. >> if you are going outside, cold. bundle up. >> kids going to the bus stop want jackets this morning as we have a one-morning return to some winter-like conditions as we're below freezing in many spots. >> look at that, manassas, 32. >> where else? >> come on, sarah. >> cumberland. they're below freezing in spread rick. >> yeah, we are now 30 degrees. 27 in gaithersburg. i think you got a future. 40 in quantico. off to the south and east, leonardtown, 36 degrees. manassas, i think you will be in the 20s the next hour or two. going be for a cool day today. high only in the 50s, mid-50s with sunshine. we are expecting temperatures to actually be a little below normal for a change. i think this will be our fourth day this month with temperatures below normal. so what an unusual march.

extra time as the fog is dense in places this is thursday march 22nd good morning everybody i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. tucker barnes is to our right he will tell us all about the thursday weather details. >> you've got it, good morning we are dealing with fog once again this morning in fact dense fog advisory now extended until 10:00 a.m. this morning for much of the area. let me show you the radar, what i am showing you is the fog that continues across the area the oranges and reds you see areas of dense fog where visibilities are generally a quarter mile or less. bwi marshall, visibility 1/16th of a mile. fog should be with us for the next couple hours let's push to our next map and then gradually see a return to sunshine later this afternoon kind of like yesterday mostly cloudy for much of the day and sunshine by mid-to late afternoon dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning today it includes all the counties in northern maryland and much of virginia, south central virginia under that dense fog advisory, 59 washington humidity way up 6% -- 96% winds out of the sout

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idea especially new travel a lot if you are going into orlando, you can get -- >> you can get the tony perkins app. >> he is the one who doesn't have a smart phone. >> he just has an assistant standing by. here you go, tony. >> what is the name of the sleep app? >> sleep cycle. >> i need to try it. >> i think you should. >> i will try it. >> i will too. >> i tried it. >> thank you. let's talk weather. >> the forecast is easy. going to be a little breezy around here later today but we should have a lot of sunshine and temperatures back in the 60s. so cooler than yesterday. but kind of seasonal. >> back to the ack to the 60s. >> back to the 60s. you can see some low temperatures working in. 52349 manassas. 59 out at dulles. 61 in leonardtown. -- 52 in manassas. we are off day comfortable start. should be a bright, sunny day for you. a lot of sunshine expected and we'll be deal with the breezes. they will be picking up here. currently, our winds are out of north and west at about 10 gusting to about 17 in washington. you can see off to the north and west, it is starting to pick up. up in hagersto

as well this is thursday, march 29th, 2012 thank you for joining us good morning everybody i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour looking forward to another nice day tucker barnes has all the details. >> good morning going to be a beautiful day temperatures in the 60s cooler than yesterday and a little breezy, should be a dry thursday. current conditions 57 washington now, cooling off here last couple hours, 58 baltimore, let's see ocean city, 61 degrees, 53 hagerstown. winds picking up out of the north and west a breezy day as mentioned, with breezes, up to 25 miles per hour, sentinel radar, the beam going around and around and looking at clear skies should be in for a lot of sunshine for your thursday. forecast, good one, 64 daytime high in washington, 65 and 61 martins burg, breezy conditions more details on the forecast. in just a minute let's do traffic with julie wright. >>> if you are travelling inbound pennsylvania avenue trying to work your way through southeast washington accident activity involving the over turned vehicle significant tie ups, rolling down the hill from branch

sunrise on the way, a couple clouds out there this is thursday, march 15th, good morning i am tony perkins. >> i amuser a simmons in for -- i am sarah simmons in for allison seymour. >>> let's get with tucker to get the latest on weather it will be beautiful outside. >> you said it temperatures low to mid-80s hard to believe we are saying that middle of march looks like we will get record heat around here later today current numbers at regan national, we are comfortable, 56 right now in the city, 55 dulles, ocean city, good morning 55 for you, 52 fredericksburg looking at radar we are generally in the clear out to the west we have a line of thunderstorms developing eastern ohio and cloud cover associated with that. we will see clouds from time to time particularly if that thunder storm complex can hold together and the possibility if you are one of our viewers west virginia, western maryland a few showers could clip your region here during early morning otherwise sunshine and warm temperatures in fact i think we will be flirting with hot temperatures later today as we expect highs low to m

get the 10-day forecast on the fox 5 weather forecast and can you tweet with tucker barnes and tony perkins. >> i love your sparkly phone. >> there is a 12-year-old in me. what can i tell you. lanes are open continuing across the occoquan. no problems to report in the express lanes or main lines as you head up to 395. southbound 270 coming in out of rockville, a nice easy commute headed out towards the split. no problems to report coming across the american legion bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> two different metro trains experienced a maim our failure of brake parts in recent months. >> turns out metro knew the parts were failing back in 2006 but didn't begin replacing them until now. john henrehan has more. >> reporter: in late december, chaos reigned on metro's blue- orange line when part of a brake literally flew off the train and hit the third rail creating a shower of sparks. it happened again to eye train in january. now, the board that oversees metro has been told that two similar incidents happened back in 2006 and transit managers then conclude

. >> we want to congratulate one of our own colleagues today and tony perkins received the media 1 radio appreciation award. radio 1 awarded him for more than 20 years of news in the area. congratulations to tony. >> congratulations. >> well-deserved. >> i will so him tomorrow and i will give him the handshake. >> there you go. >> and i might give him a hug. >>> and that is fabulous outside. hi, gary. >> and that does put you in a good mood. >> yeah. >> and you know what people tend to say and never know what people are going to say when they meet you. >> and what do they say? >> they say nice things. >> they're all very, very nice. >> gorgeous out there. >> and look at that. and that is breezy, all things considered and that is a gorgeous day and turned into a gorgeous evening. going to be warm again tomorrow and if that works out with the forecast. and that is going to be warmer tomorrow and that is looking like, however, even though we're calling for warmer temperatures, i think we're going to have less sunshine and some more clouds. we're going to have some sun and the winds and that

clouds, rain showers, it is quite mild this is tuesday march 13th, 2012 good morning everybody i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour and very excited about the warm temperatures gwen is standing by she has news how long we are going to have to have an umbrella in our back pocket. >>> things are improving let's look at our maps. wet weather in some areas moving its way out of the region in the next hour or so we will start to see a little bit of sunshine 58 degrees national airport, humidity 78%, elsewhere temperature wise we are ranging into the upper 50s and low 60s across the board for today we will see sunny breaks but that will heat up the atmosphere and create instability. a chance of storms this afternoon our high 76 degrees let's check with traffic. >>> checking out that ride northbound 95, as you head northbound, you will find delays if you work your way northbound coming across the occoquan, leaving wood bridge no problems newington headed out towards the springfield interchange. route 1 difficult because of accident at occoquan, south of father hurly boulevard toward mva. >>> all

. >> tony perkins was commenting, -- >> oh, first basket screech.t is 1 under dog in height he claws and scratches his way to victory. >> up against it now they will check ball. there is the check and claude now pass the score here to put pressure back on screech. >> up and overall most gets it could it be. ifs over and down go -- it is over and down goes claude. >> oh. >> we have to have post game interviews. >> yes. >> what happened to claude >> i don't know they are cheating. >> i saw lack of defense >> it was lack of defense. >> there is no real rules in this game. >> all right. >> but there was a lack of -- >> always next year you guys were a great crowd. great crowd. great crowd. >> you can tell the claude supporters very disappointed on screeches side you will find this was definitely the outcome they expected this was the screech crowd over here. >> they were never nervous what did you guys think. >> we knew he was going the win. >> just knew it. >> are you tweeting he won. >> yes chef >> social media at its best. >> we will just say this is

tony perkins, tell us all about it j it is rather summer-like out there this morning.n indication of how this year is going during the winter, we've had spring. today, the first day of spring, it is rather summer-like. wow! >> ooh, did you hear that? >> we just had -- >> everything kind of went black. >> that is some lightning and thunder. >> nerves are rattling along with our tv monitors in the studio. >> and our teeth. >> a little ominous here. we are getting some strong thunderstorm activity occurring as we speak. >> out of precautions, we've tape the mast down. >> the same with melanie alnwick out at the tidal basin. they have giant tv antennas. >> let me show you hd radar. we'll show you what is going on as we do continue to see some thunderstorms moving through the area. you can see the lightning flashes there. this is showing in the district just rain but we just heard a huge rumble of thunder and i suspect there was lightning with that. you saw the hit that we took. up to our north around bethesda, see that purple, that is some very heavy rain right there and s

tony perkins has his cherry blossom tie on, and as usual, no matter where you are, you were wearing theng. are those cherry blossoms? >> i know, they're beautiful. >> reporter: well, this old thing, i went in my closet and picked out something and it happened to work. >> i'm sure. she was probably showing last night. thank you. we want to see your photos to us. e-mail them to us and we'll post them on myfoxdc.com. they might end up on the air like this one. send your pictures to my weather photo@gmail.com. back in a moment. >>> first, a big good morning to our fox 5 fan of the day, karen hall. karen says her 4-month-old katelyn marie loves to sit and watch fox 5 in the mornings with her. karen says she was go to give up, so we thank you for continuing to write in. our fans of the day are picked at random, so head to facebook and search for fox 5morning news, and post a comment under karen's photo. that does it for the 6:00 hour. >>> let's send it to allison and tony, also live on the tidal basin this morning. mother nature gave us the hookup today, that's for sure. >> well, mother natur

that is the segment where tony perkins and i put our fabulously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather-related or otherwise. today's question, we have a very observant viewer. >> a lot of our viewers are very observant. >> today's question comes from patty brady in olney, maryland. she want to know about our coordinating wardrobe. some days we all happen to be wearing something with the same color. yesterday, it was yellow and purple. i think she was onto something. do you all have a stylist or do you somehow coordinate your clothe every morning so that you compliment and do not clash? >> well, i think we've got some video or maybe a still shot from yesterday and we can talk about what she is referring to. that is that we were all wearing yellow yesterday or gold, right? >> yes. do we have it? >> that is purple. >> there is the purple, tony and allison doing the purple thing we were wearing -- that was the other day. >> we were really close. look at the colors. >> we had on orange. >> there is the blue. >> tony had on orange on that day too. >> she wants to k

they are getting on their knees and thanking you and tony perkins. >> well, look who is here. >> i triedt up here 10 minutes earlier to be involved in the cheerleader segment. i ran a little late. >> we had the door locked, you couldn't get in. >> i'm not kidding. he was walking in the studio as we were going to break and he just stopped dead in his tracks. the nearest monitor, there they are. >> they are beautiful ladies. >> yes, that's right. >> you look and enjoy. get enthusiastic about the team. >> i'm here so you know what that means. yes, it is time for a special edition of ask the weather guys. it is a second-degreement where usually tucker barnes and i put our big heads together. tucker is not here so this morning, we are enlisting the help of our regular-sized head because she refuses to be referred to as big headed, gwen tolbart will join in for the first time. so it is ask the weather guys and gals. >> i told him i'll do it as long as i say i'm one of the big heads. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> it has taken us quite a while to get to this momentous time in history. >> let's ho

. >> good morning, tony perkins. >> good morning to you. >> before you take us into the big moment herethis one is for you, mr. robert smith in northeast. we met him at rita's yesterday and he says this moment. you introducing the segment is his favorite part. i made good on my word. >> very good. this is for you. i'm here so you no what it is time for. i don't have to do that anymore. it is time for ask the weather guys. it is the most popular segment in local television where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together on answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today's question, i'll let you do the honors. >> i just want to mention a quick hell toe hawk. he stopped last fright when i was out doing the whole segment about running. he said i got a question you got to answer. he wouldn't leave until i promised i would put it on. who was the first person to use a parachute. he thought this was a great question. >> it is. >> you don't think about it. >> the answer to the question, we took it as who invented the parachute and who used it first. the first time t

optimistic triple-a one of the fastest guys, 4-2-4 is picking it up, putting it down pretty good tony perkinsill hurt from playing with connor 9 years old. >> 8 years old. >> he is sore and there was no tackle football. >> i was returning around for 2 hours. >> stretch first. >> thank you. >> thank you anthony armstrong. >> can i point out triple-as burgundy and gold but gold socks. it is a subtle thing the subtleties that are so wonderful. >> i have to admit. >> dave ross. >> always. >> i can't pull thatch allison only triple -- i can't pull that off allison only triple-a can. >>> a lot of competition triple- a. >>> thank you guys. >> in future we will hear rg 3 hits triple-a for a touchdown. >> coming up, why three students are walking across the country. >> holly is having her own fun this morning jump around jump around. >> absolutely i can't remember the last time i have had this much fun at work on a monday actually any day for that matter we are live at rebounders in sterling an indoor trampoline arena if you are watching and saying i don't want to just jump i want to do stuff like tha

. >> tony perkins is here. you know what that means. >> time for ask the weather guys!d morning, everybody. >> all right. >> you know what this is. it is -- for me it is a broken foot pedal. >> the lightning round. >> that's right. hat's right. >> today, we'll try to answer five questions in five minutes. so let's get started. tucker, you want to do the first one. >> okay. i don't remember the question but it is from julie in alexandria. will it ever snow in alexandria this winter? >> answer. >> we got a minute. we have plenty of time. this is a short answer. >> it is game over. game over. >> sorry. >> winter officially ends the first day of spring is march 20th this year. it is not going to get -- it might get cold enough one night but we are he in the going to have any more snow. it will not snow if alexandria before winter is over. >> no indication of t. >> plane tickets to switzerland. >> our next question, actually, one posterior -- person wrote three questions in one e maim. necessities are from steven in maryland. he writes, what makes stars appear and why does i

tony perkins in a couple of hours early this morning. >> yes, indeed. >> screwed up your mcdonald's republican, right? >> yes, it did. did not get to stop and get that fruit and yogurt parfait. >> come on. that is not what you get. >> it is. i've turned a corner. trying to be more healthy. if you are going to get out running this morning, be ready for some fog and maybe a couple showers here and there. to our north, we are seeing some rain. let's start by taking a look at reagan national airport where it is dry. 64degrees at reagan national. it is humid. relative humidity is up there at 87%. your winds are light out of the east. we do have rain up to our north, not here in washington but to the north. we've had it right around frederick, maryland. just to the west of columbia and some of us will be pushing into columbia, maryland starting to inch its way down into gaithersburg and there is some lightning with this and some heavy rain. also off to the east, not thunderstorm activity but some rain showers along interstate 50 if you are traveling between annapolis and washington. so a couple of s

. >> tony perkins. >> that was in an episode of laverne and shirley as well. >> in the bible, i don'tember this and if anyone -- in the bible, in matthew, jesus is quoted as saying when an evening ye say is t. will be fair weather for the sky is red and in the morning it will be foul weather today for the sky is red and lowering. so jesus may have been the first weather forecaster. >> little c. y. asked a question with so many layers. >> references, shakespeare. you love these videos. >> we love them. >> thank you. >> how did you work all that into the question. that is great? >> he is still asleep but his father will explain it to him. >> i'm he going to go double- check my bible and make sure this is what jesus says. this is according to wikipedia. >> it could be anything. >> if you have a question, go to myfoxdc.com and upload your video and we may play it on air. >> let's get to julie wright and get the latest on traffic. >> i just saw little -- >> my little dance there. >> it must be something with the weather guys. they both dance like awkwardly. >> well, you know. >> in tony's