tony tucker good morning again. >> good morning to both of you. we are awaiting arrival of sue palka she should be here in just a little bit. >> any minute. we will teach more about weather and than baseball. >> we will do the weather part. we will let playercoachs and the like do baseball. it will be a great day. what a change, five hours ago, pouring rain. bright sunshine it is humid out. >> and it is warm. bring your sunglasses if you are coming down >> i wish i brought mine. we have kids we will be talking to. both sue and the children are stuck in traffic right now. >> yeah. >> you know what, we will talk with the kids even if it is only 25 of them. we will do what we can. >> we will do it 100%. >> real quick your forecast, we are looking at gradually improving conditions sunshine out here right now, quick look at temps, 70 degrees, at regan national, at 9:00 a.m. in the morning. temperatures warming up quickly, and let me tell you sun stays out for a period of time we will pump temperatures into the low 80s. forecasting highs upper 70s. all

>> good morning i am sarah simmons. >> i am allison seymour. >> let's get things started with tony and tuckerlas. >> great. >> official jersey and everything turn around so they can see. fantastic. >> very cool. >> tony wants one too but he is going to have to -- >> i got to do something to ea it is the second annual weather day here at nationals park sarah and allison and we think we've got very good news. it was pouring rain just a couple hours ago. right now, not raining here over the park things look good for today. >> not a pretty start but big improvement even in the last half hour. definitely peeks of sunshine shortly. >> that will be nice. >> we did that last year. i think it will be dry for a good portion of the day and kids are going to -- we will have a good time. >> we have a couple thousand kids on the way out here from area schools, surprises for them and lots of fun n. the meantime the official weather forecast. >> as mentioned we are standing out here, rain generally stopped in washington still light rain showers east. let's go right to hd radar. overnight pretty good showers

tony and tucker will be live there starting at 8:00 p.m. the kids take part in a special weather presentation at 9:45. they get to meet the weather team if they want to and stay for the game against the padres. hopefully the rain won't get in the way of all the fun down there. >> hopefully not. we have more ahead. weather, traffic and all of your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> good morning. it is tuesday, may 15th. a live look outside right now. the skies above washington and the u.s. capitol dome. two things you will find as you step outside today. one, a little rainy depending on where you are. and two, it is warm, very warm. >> good morning, everyone. i'm sarah simmons. >> i guess if it wasn't raining, you could put the toast out there t would be nice and toasty. >> the dew points are really up. it is feeling a little sticky out there. you know what? the skies are gray and the rain is coming down t will continue into the course of the day. here is a look at the fox 5 live doppler radar. you can

tony, tucker, sue, they were all out there. up close with the fans and helping the nats get things started. >> we'll have the highlights of the game as well. are you rubbing your shoulder over there? >> doing a little bitter over here. it will be hard to point today. got alook at your weather forecast. julie wright has a look at your traffic too. we'll do that right of the break. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done... i'm going to read one of these. i'm going to read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 dusters extender gets into hard to reach places so you can get unbelievable dust pick up in less time. i love that book! can you believe the twin did it? ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. ♪ >>> good morning. taking a look at the capitol dome right now. temperatures feeling pretty warm for this time of the day out there. pretty nice hopefully today like tucker and the gang had for yesterday

. >>> here is your chance to meet tony and tucker and put your weather knowledge to the test.s weather day with the washington nationals. tony, tucker, sue palka and more special guests will be at nationals park along with school kids from across our area. also not too late for your school to be a part of the fun as well. to find out more about weather day with the nats, head to myfoxdc.com and click on the mornings tab. can you head on out and seat guys even if you are not with a school group. >>> things kind of got nasty between the nats and phillies this weekend. cole hamill admitted he purposefully drilled bryce harper with a pitch in the first inning. harper would get revenge by stealing home and jordan zimmerman hit hamill in the left leg with a pitch. now, we're getting nasty. jayson werth is out indefinitely after breaking his wrist trying to make a catch. >>> to hockey, the caps are back in new york tonight for game five of their second round playoff series against the rangers. the caps won 3-2 on saturday to even the series at two games apiece. a power play goal with

but it wasn't just brian fisher, it was also tony perkins, also the tucker carlson website, founded by the rick santorum billionaire, foster friess. it was also the national review online, questioning whether a gay person could ever really be loyal. they published is a piece saying whatever fine record they compiled in the bush administration, grenell is more passionate about same-sex marriage than anything else. so while richard grenell is being criticized by the anti-gay rights and by other people for something totally unrelated to him being gay, when it came to the romney campaign, the criticism about his fitness for office, his maturity, his judgment, that apparently did

tony and tucker will be down there live starting at #:00 p.m.rt in a special weather presentation at 9:45. after that, they will meet the weather team and then they can stay for the game against the padres and hopefully another win. >> yeah, get your rain jackets out though and your boots. you will need them if you are heading out there possibly. >> absolutely. we have rain that is moving in from last night into this morning. it is still sticking around out there. we'll have a look and show you where it is all situated now and what we anticipate. there are pockets of heavier rainfall here. this is our fox 5 live doppler radar and especially right now just to the south of d.c., take a look here at a little pocket of heavier rainfall here. this is all moving its way off to the north-northeast and will continue to do so into the course of the day. i'm not going to say we are not going to have some breaks here and there. as sarah said, keep the umbrella handy because it will move its way out before it is all said and done. let's go to the weather ma

. >> tony, tucker, sue palka and other guests will be at the ballpark next tuesday morning, may 15th.pecial weather presentation beginning at 9:45 and they get to meet the fox 5 team and stay for the game. not too late for your child's school to take part. we'll learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day. get to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. >> nice crowd out there for the nationals. >> nice crowd? i don't know. phillies fans. >> let me just mention for weather day. you don't have to be a school group. you can come out early. >> you don't have to bring a kid. you can come yourself. >> we'll be on the big screen there. >> you love being on the jumbotron. >> just like sarah has been waiting in stand going come organization get a camera on me. >> i hay hat on. you couldn't tell who i was. >> a little cool start to the day. i know a lot of you were up late last night watching the baseball game. >> some people were. i didn't stay up last night. sorry. because they lost, i'm not sure i missed much. >> by 8:00, i was counseling sheep. >> you saw in the live shot, i

all part of our weather day with the washington nats where tony, tucker and sue get a chance to meet hundreds of local school kids. >> as for the game itself, the nats fell to the padres 6-1. stephen strasbourg gave up four runs and seven hits. he lasted just four innings matching second shortest appearance of his young career. bryce harper homered in his second straight game. >> we didn't bring them the good luck that they needed. you did bring them some nice weather. >> it rained for about five minutes during the game. everybody ran underneath the annings. the sun came out and it was hot and humid. >> like a baseball game should be. >> it was warm out there. i want to thank everybody who came out there and thank everybody for the words of encouragement with the first throw. >> you did well, my friend. >> made it to home plate. not sure for it was a strike but it made it. >> looked like a ball to me, a little high. >> we've got some pictures a little later. we have some on our facebook page if you want to see whether or not we have pictures of the kids that came out yesterday. 65 ri

tucker, tony, sue palka and some other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids from across the region. the kids will see a special weather presentation along with their parents or anybody else that wants to come out there. you get to meet the weather guys and stay for the game. it is not too late for your school to take part either. to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. >> now, let's see if there is a hockey team song. maybe not. it is too or die tonight for the caps. a capital win and they send it to a deciding game seven in new york. a loss and they are done for the season. the puck drops tonight at 7:30. >> got to do it. >> got to rock some red. i wore red for all of us today. like my brightest red i could find. >> we went for what was clean today. >> we're just hoping the black isn't a preview to what -- no, no, the caps are going to be fine. they'll win tonight. nothing is better than playoff hockey. >> it is exciting. >> if you are headed down to the verizon center, indo

by the end of the week, sunshine, low humidity. >> thanks tucker. >>> hey julie. >> all right allison you do realize tonyt nats park you andly take them into the parking lot and hosing them down like we do the dogs. >> that's right. >> okay i am ready. >> i mean if you show up and see tony and tucker assuming [ laughter ] >> you know what happened. all right. well, on the roads right now, dealing this morning with a very large tree down across the highway, blocking southbound connecticut avenue, south of 410, chevy chase circle, there is our friendly police officer directing all the traffic over to 355 or work your way in towards the interchanges silver springs. southbound connecticut avenue remains closed south of the belt way at bradly. slow leaving 95 around georgia avenue. southbound 95 on the brakes 198 and laurel. bw parkway, checking for a crash closer to the belt way. problems to re% headed into the district, northbound 295, 11th street bridge accident tieing up two right lanes. average speed, heading north, crawling at 24 miles an hour. >>> well, it was a dream come true an ohio teen who had an

check out tony and tucker in the morning.es you through prince william county, you may need some extra time. wait, what is this coming from the south? a sneak attack, a little bit more energy. we're finding stronger thunderstorms, very heavy downpours once again across southern st. mary's county slowly moving to north. charles county may pick up an inch of rain out of some of those. they've got a lot of lightning with them, especially this one around st. mary's city. it might have some hail with it, too. you could pick up a gust of 30 or 40 with these. so it's not over yet, but it is winding down north of these regions. over to sentinel radar to see the estimates of what fell tonight, nothing for annapolis, baltimore, very little in prince george's county, but the jackpot is here in northern virginia again. this is prince william county. we're getting some estimates of almost 5 inches of rain tonight. other areas got 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches. we got a 3.8 up here. this is the kind of thing that can really cause problems with exc

tucker, tony, sue pal canada, the other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids across the region -- sue palka. >> it is not too late for your school to take part. to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. a little boss getting us going this morning. >> a little glory days. not sure what you're about. >> if you just want to bring your child, your daughter or son, you're welcome to do that too. >> sounds like it will be fun. the mascots will be out there, the presidents. >> yes. >> special guests you are not going told us about. >> wesh guests. we get to use the big screen. >> -- special guests. >> rumor has it that one of us will be able to throw out the first pitch of the game. >> are you guys arm wrestling over who does that. >> we're doing that to see who has to. >> you don't want to make a fool of yourself. >> you can see that the beam is not picking up much action here in washington. we're generally done with the rain showers for your day today. so good news. lots of sunshine

tucker is in here busting a move. it is coming up sarah too. coming up may 15th. tonya will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids from all across our area. >> oh, too busy dancing. the kids will see a special weather presentation. they will get to meet all those guys and stay for the game. not too late for your school to take part. to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. >> i love the music we have going on. >> let's all do a little dance. >> nice. i think last year i either high fived or shook the hands of like 3,000 area students. >> did you have your sani-gel. >> no, no, no, i loved every minute of it. we look forward to it next tuesday morning. >> get there early. >> a lot of you will be on tv. >> we'll be live. doing this show live until 10:00. we'll try to get people on the show with us. >> let's get right to the forecast. we've got lots of allergy sufferers so i'm giving you the pollen count. >> thank you. >> so here is the deal. the last several weeks, we've been talki

we had our second annual nationals weather day and the tony and tucker did most of the leg work, butd a great time talking to kids, local students about weather, how it affects nat games. tucker threw out the first pitch. he was so worried he would bounce it, but it was a gorgeous throw and tony got to yell let's play ball and i gave the presidents a talk about letting teddy win this year. we'll see if we can make it happen. it was a terrific day and we got a little rain during the game and bryce harper, his second home run. we did not win. the kids got to stay and see the game. get out to the park. we really need to support them. some wonderful players on the team tonight. glad they weren't playing at 7:00 tonight because we had a lot of activity and lightning down to our south. this activity is mostly east of the potomac now in the southern maryland area. so charles county still getting it, northern neck of virginia still getting it, across the bay into the eastern shore will get it, chesapeake beach getting heavy rain, not quite to annapolis. north and west of the city, you didn't

find out how prince charles does compared to tony and tucker, next.irst, let's check back in with holly. >> reporter: good morning. we're live in chantilly, gearing up for they're billing as the biggest and best event they've had, so big they have their own custom tote bags. it's part of the first annual chantilly festival day. we'll tell you why you'll want to be a part of this later. >>> thanks, holly. here's today's trivia question. what is the highest recorded number of children born to one mother? 23, 48, 69, or 75? the answer is coming up later. if you want to take a guess now, head to our facebook page. 75 children? fox5 morning news is back after the break.    the more products we touch around the sink, the more dirt can spread around the kitchen. that's why we created the lysol no-touch kitchen system. one solution for sparkling dishes, plus clean surfaces, plus healthy hands. all in a no-touch design. real big deals of ththe week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway

tucker, tony, sue palka and other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids from across the region. >> what is this song? the theme from baseball bunch. >> the kids will get to see a special present is a, meet the weather guys and stay for the game if you want. not too late for your school to take part or you even if you are not in school. learn more about contacting the nats for weather day. go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. >> tucker's favorite part about if is that he will be on the jumbotron. >> wouldn't that be your favorite part too? >> i don't know. >> we'll have the kids on the yum bowtron. >> that will be cool. some of you guys will object the yum bowtron too. >> one of these guys gets to throw out the first pitch. >> rumor has it. i have to make sure i can throw it that far. we are looking forward to the day. please come out and join us and you can watch the nationals win in the afternoon. i think strasbourg might be pitching too because he patched last night. yesterday turned into a beautiful afternoon. nice breeze, hig

today is fox 5 weather day with the nats, tucker, tone you, sue palka will all be at the ballpark this morning with the school kids from all across our region. tony and tucker will be live down there starting at 8:00 a.m. the kids take part in a special weather presentation at 9:45. after that, you can meet the weather team and stay around for the big game against the padres. hopefully the nats win a second time in eye row against the padres. >> maybe you'll be the good luck charm there, tucker. >> i hope to be. >> we need a little break in the rain for your weather presentation and the game a little later. >> i think we'll get it. we had some heavy rain in the last couple of hours. it is slowly lifting off to the north and east. it won't be a beautiful day today but much of the day will be like yesterday. just kind of cloudy with some scattered showers. >> dreary. >> hang in there. let's take a look. we'll see the radar and the shower activity living north and east and some embedded thunderstorms as well. so if you are generally east of the city here out into prince george's county and anne arundel county, you are still dealing with the heavy ra

tucker, tony and sue palka will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids from acrosshe region. >> the kids will see a special weather presentation, get to meet them and stay for the game. not too late for your school to learn more. to learn more, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. now, the big build-up. we can talk about weather. >> i know. i've been sweating the forecast for the next few days but right now it looks great. not too much sunshine today and mostly cloudy for you. there will be a few showers, maybe a thunderstorm. i know you guys want the relief for the allergies. not so much for today. i think tonight and early tomorrow -- >> sarah is waiting for three minutes so she can go undownstairs to zyrtec. >> we'll get her medicated. 62 right now in washington so we are a little bit milder than we were yesterday. quantico, 66 degrees. 50s off to the north and west. manassas, good morning. 59 for you. 59 the winning number across the region. gaithersburg, 59 and let's see frederick, 59 as well. leonardtown, you are 59. temperatures today will be warme

tony? >> yes, tucker is going do that. >> last year, it was a big hit with the exception of the rain and ther than that, it was fantastic. >> we've got some prices for this year too. >> it will be a lot of fun. >> we will give a performance at the baseball game yfer wards. >> you call day performance. >> i got some clothes picked out. >> kids come out and they say for the game so it is really great. >> that will be fun. >> you got your clothes picked out. >> i'm just going to go talk for a few minutes. >> clothes picked out weeks in advance. all right. julie wright, good morning to you. >> so he is picking out his clothes for a baseball game. >> weeks in advance. >> for his weather performance. >> he has to iron them and all that. >> tucker, fleecht back of your pocket and pull out your wallet. there is a little thing that says man card. hand it to wisdom. oh, wait, he doesn't have one. >> oh! >> he didn't even try to reach for it. >> eastbound 66 coming inbound this morning leaving manassas towards centreville. more delays 7100 to 123. other side of town, southbound 270, average speed now a

tucker, tony, sue palka and other special guests will be at the ballpark with thousands of school kidsamilies from all across our region. >> the kids will see a special weather presentation the guys have put together and gals, of course, sue palka being there. you get to see that and stay for the game. to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day, head to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. >> you may your cards right, you'll get on camera because you'll be broadcasting live. >> we'll be there all morning live and everybody will start showing up about 8:30. if you get there a little early, we can probably talk to you. >> are you going to have the weather in the background? i love that. >> and we'll have screech there and the presidents. >> maybe you'll get the president, maybe he is awatching, the white house staff. >> i was like wow, we're burying the lead. >> he is invited to bring the girls as well. >> i think much of the morning commute should be try but the rain showers will return a little later today. today will be another kind of cloudy day where we wait f

tucker, tony, sue palka and some other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of cool kids from across the region. the kids will see a special weather presentation, get to meet the fox 5 team and then stay for the game. now, it is not too late for your child's school to take part and to learn more about contacting the nationals for weather day, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. you got that special presentation worked out yet. >> our actual presenting a is at about 9:45 in the morning. -- our actual presentation is at about 9:45 in the morning. the game is about 1:00 and we'll watch bryce harper do his magic. we've got scattered showers and thunderstorms continuing at the moment. once we get rid of those, we'll get some quiet, some heat and humidity and then later today, maybe we'll do it all over again. there is your sentinel sat-rad and you can see i'm losing the last couple of frames here of the actual rain shower activity but notice here off to the north, all the rain showers that are up into canada and parts of new york. that is part of a col

tucker barnes, that was tucker, tony and tucker together, joining us with a look at this thursday weather>> all right allison thank you very much. cold front came through overnight. we are in for just fantastic weather next couple days as humidity is on its way out. bright sunshine in the forecast for your thursday. let's start off with a look at radar. nothing going on at the moment but that blue line that is a cold front pushing south and east, down towards ocean city and soon offshore. in its wake we have winds that picked up and that is bringing in cooler and drier air. get ready to enjoy a fine couple days across the region. currently temperatures at reagan national, 65 degrees. humidity 70%, dew point temperatures are falling. in fact, off to the north and west, it is looking here hagerstown and winchester, dew points have fallen to 40s. that gives you an idea how much drier the air will be. winds out of the north, 15. here is your forecast, lots of sunshine a few clouds this afternoon. highs mid-70s. more good news on the 5 day. that for you in just a minute, traffic with julie wri

tucker barnes. thank you very much. good morning. i'm tony perkins. i'm here so you know what that means? to it? it is time to ask the weather guys. the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. sometimes our heads are not big enough. we have to call in an expert head. we've been getting this question a lot this week. lots of people want to know what is up with this weekend's super moon. >> super moon. >> super moon. >> we brought in jason samonow to talk with us. there you are. >> good morning. >> great to meet you. >> likewise. >> we read you so it is good to put a face with the writing. the super moon, big deal, it happens every year. >> that's right. >> so this year, it happens tomorrow night. explain to everybody what the super moon is. >> the super moon occurs when the moon makes its closest approach to earth in its orbit at the same time when it is becoming full. so this happened last year on march 19th. it is actually one of of the biggest super moons in many years. this year, on cinco de mayo

tucker and tony and sue palka will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids acrossegion. >> the kids will get to see a special weather presentation, get to meet the fox 5 weather team, tucker, very charming. you kids will love him. not too late to take part. to learn more about contacting the nats for weather day, just go to our web site, myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. >> it should be a lot of fun. our actual presentation is a little before 10:00 a.m. we'll incorporate part of our show next tuesday into the presentation. >> whenever you bring kids in here or guests, aren't they usually most fascinated by the green wall. >> we'll explain how the weather works on tv. >> hopefully, you will have more than one map to use. >> we'll see what happens. >> off to a slow start but they're coming. >> happens to everybody at work on monday mornings. the forecast generally looks fine. remember yesterday, we had a lot of clouds around for the day, kind of felt like it might rain but never really did. it will do that again today. the clouds are coming in off the ocean.

. >> tucker, tony, sue palka and other special guests will be at the ballpark next tuesday morning may see a special weather presentation beginning at 9:45. they will get to meet the fox 5 team. >> stay for the game if you want. it is not too late for your child's school to take part either. to learn more about contacting the nats for weather day, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com, and click on the morning tab. >> now, for the hard core baseball fans out there, calvin our producer tells us that is music from the end of this week in baseball that you hear at the end. do you remember that show? >> way back in the day. >> i don't remember that. you said you remember because your brothers would watch it. >> yeah, because that was lou you got this week in baseball. >> that is how you got your baseball information. really different. >> we are you can tag about special guests out there. any hints. >> yes, a furry eagle. that would be screech. and the presidents will be there. i don't want to give it all away. >> that is more of a reason to come on out. >> oh like he is not enough. >> we're givi

tucker toarntiony and sue palka will it be at the ballpark in the morning -- tucker, tony and sue palkat the ballpark in the morning. >> keep our fingers crossed. >> that is the plan right now but rain could be an issue. it is really supposed to be rainy tomorrow. we'll kind of -- >> we'll wait and see. >> you know, it is safe to say that, if for some reason our top brass and the weather team decide to make a change, we'll post it on myfoxdc.com. >> we'll let you know. >> you can be checking all day long in something should change fair enough? >> yes. we have rain today, tonight and tomorrow as we have this big fetch of moisture working up the eastern seaboard. we'll be stuck in the rainy pattern for the next couple of days. the rain showers moving in overnight. you can see the rain not terribly heavy but it is widespread here, western portions of the area. now moving into the city. it won't be long before most of the prince george's county and as you get up into howard county, you too will see some rain showers as well. you can see the rain along the eastern seaboard and the area of lo

tucker, tony, sue palka and some other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousandss from across the region. >> the kids will see a special weather presentation, get to meet the weather guys and stay for the game. it is not too late for your school to take part. you will learn more about contacting the nats for weather day, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. a fun day. >> that is the best music ever. >> baseball bunch theme. >> baseball bunch. >> remember them? >> i don't. >> he wanten to come out. >> you said everyone, not just necessarily a school. >> not necessarily classrooms. if you have a son or daughter you want to bring to the game, do so. >> is it a rumor that one of you will throw out the first pitch. >> it isn't a rumor. one of us will do it. >> i hear sue palka has a good arm. >> you could always throw it underhand. >> thank you, sarah. >> that will make me feel great. >> a little softball throw there. >> we are starting off with improving conditions. still a little bit of watter in the atmosphere as we had about a quarter of an inch of rain

winds out of the north and west, allison and tony back to you. >>> tucker thank you some other top stories, the search is on for three men accused of abducting a springfield man at gun point. the suspect forced the victim into his car, forcing him for a ride that he will likely not forget. karen grey houston is live where this all started. >> reporter: good morning allison. the victim is a 22-year-old man. he was leaving his apartment building here in the 6100 block of cumberland avenue when he was approached by those three men and one of them had a gun. it was about 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning, they abducted him in his own car, a 1998 red honda civic. the men then drove him to two banks and forced him to with draw an undisclosed amount of cash. then the victim was driven to an unknown location and forced see the trunk of his car. one suspect then opened the trunk to the car after driving a short distance, brandished a knife and cut the victim on the arm. he was told to remain in the trunk while the suspect got away. when he got out of his car he was in the area of piedmont place near brad

allison and tony back to you at the desk. >>> thank you tucker. >> time for a little sports breakfaste. >>> good morning i know tonight tucker barnes will be glued to the soccer frenzy going on at fedex field, 7:00 p.m. tonight, united states taking on brazil, so we get a mark to find out how good the u.s. is, brazil has won the world cup, five times. >>> nats in florida taking on the marlins. we are talking about miami we found out just how good. the second straight day they got the best of us. here, suicide succeed going to get a run home, -- squeeze going to get a run home. bryce harper we know how good he is. 19, he can hit for power bidding for his fifth home run of the year did he get enough. just not quite off the base off the wall. tied up 7th. greg dobs will lift this to shallow left field. corey under it, pretty good arm. chris is he out, is he safe? top of the 8th, but he goes down swinging and nats go down, 3-1. how about some french open tennis yesterday, in american paris, serena williams never loses first round ever. well, that is now history for the first time in her i

tucker. >> hey, tony. i want to check you out dancing at 9:45. >> okay. >> me, too. >> let's get to it. temperatures in the low 70s. humidity, still low clouds, fog. give it a couple of hours, it will burn off. brighter day this afternoon. brighter afternoon with plenty of sunshine and an isolated risk for a thunderstorm. 74 washington. 67 in observation city. generally quieter conditions than the last couple of days. high pressure will nose in later, should dry things out at least a little bit. could be an isolated storm later today. most of the day should be dry. featuring sunshine starting later this afternoon and much of the weekend, bright sunshine with hot temperatures around here. in the 90s starting tomorrow. today mid- to upper 80s for afternoon high. 86 in washington. could be an isolated storm. more details on the forecast, and we'll talk about the weekend and holiday on monday in a minute. back to you. >>> tucker, thank you very much. more space history is set to be made today. we've got live pictures to show you from space. this is where the dragon space capsule is going to

. >> tony over to you. >> tucker thank you.ove the show. >>> 9:40 a.m., america has gone to the dogs. a new exhibit honors man's best friend with work from 25 different artists. holly is live this morning, with a look at the pieces plus, she is learning a few skills. >> of course we continue to honor and remember chuck brown this morning. this morning musicians who had the chance to play with the go go legend join us in studio hear from james funk and proper utensils, that is them there. hear from them after the break. stay with us does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droid does. >>> back now with an exhibition that has gone to the dogs. have we used every dog joke possible. >> we love everyone of them. holly morwas are more on strait -- morris, with more on stra

. >>> a live lookout side, a v th tucker barnes says it will be a pretty start. thursday may 31st, 2012. good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. >> the last day of may already. >> can't believe that. >> tucker barnes i think it has something to do with the fact it was 80 early in march we just don't know when it is right now. >> you are right. notice all the flowers are about 3 weeks ahead of schedule. all right. >> yes, you are right. >> thank you tony. thank you for acknowledging me. >> your forecast, beautiful today perfect if you are checking out the lilies we are expecting highs 80 degrees, lots of sunshine, low humidity, cloud cover off to the east of boston. high pressure building in a nice day today, as we get into the afternoon high temperaturers 08 degrees. currently at regan national, we are in the 60s. 69, 67 baltimore, ocean city much nicer day in store for you as well. 65 degrees. 67 fredericksburg. those will be temperatures, less humidity, dew point temperatures upper 50s. low 60s. nice and dry. high temperatures low 80s. 82 washington. more details and forecast, coming up in a

tony, back to you at the desk. >>> tucker, thank you very much. we have an alert for metro riders.ill make getting around on the rails tricky. four green line stations closed starting tonight at 10:00, and they'll be closed until closing time sunday morning. closing time on sunday morning? i would assume that should be sunday night. but i don't really know. we'll have to find out. greenbelt, college park, prince george's plaza and west hayatsville closed. delays on the red, yellow, orange and blue lines. allison, over to you. >>> thanks. family, friends, fans still in shock over the apparent suicide of former nfl great junior seau. it's reminding some fans and players of the loss of another football player last year. both were devoted athletes that seemed to have struggled with something that triggered suicide. joining us former nfl player john booty. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> i like in that introduction that we said something that triggered it, because we really don't know yet. an autopsy has been done yet on seau. >> i read this morning where it said the autops

i didn't know that tucker and tony did. >> their heads are in the clouds. >> i like the ones that look like animals. >> the ones that look like animals. >> that's right, tony. i'm no amateur. >> we do have a wreck reported southbound bw partner way before 139 in the median. watch for that. let's take a live look from sky fox. they are traveling the beltway in montgomery county. heavy and slow. it is that usual stretch from 95 college park around past new hampshire avenue as you head into silver spring and bethesda. that is to the right of your screen. inner loop running well to the left of your screen. heading onto traffic land, 66, heavy and slow through manassas and again in centreville. here we are leaving route other to the right there. that continues to 123 before you open up. it is a much nicer trip in towards the beltway. 95, we did have a report of a wreck just past the prince william parkway on the shoulder. it looks like things are going okay here as you head northbound. no problems with the mixing bowl and springfield. 395 jammed up towards seminary. that's a check of your f

tucker here, tony, sue palka and other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousandsf school kids from across the region. >> interesting. the kids will see a special weather presentation, meet the fox 5 team and stay for the game. it is not too late for your child's school to take part, to learn more about this big event. can you contact the nationals for weather day. you can go to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab there. you go. >> i hope you guys actually have a game this year. >> we should, yeah. we are planning on it. our actual presentation is earlier in the day. it is about 9:45. so, wisdom, if you wanted to sneak the kids out of school for the day, bring them up, you can do that too. not just taking school groups. >> that is not a bad idea. you know how much it costs? >> well, it is not quite free but close to free. >> close to free. all right. i could afford close to free. >> a much-reduced price. >> our presentation is -- >> it's priceless. >> it is free. >> our presentation is free. >> that is the part i want to be at. >> as we look forward to the day

tony and allison, back to you at the desk. >> thank you, tucker. dr. oz teamed up with a top d.c. chef to ambush a maryland family at their home. the goal, to help them learn how to eat healthier. >> lauren demarco was there for the big surprise. she is giving us a look behind the scenes after the dr. oz show, that's tonight at 5:00 but for now she has got a preview for us. >> reporter: she lives in columbia, maryland and she is concerned about her eating habits and lifestyle and also those of her two kids and her husband. so she is looking to make a change and she wrote into the dr. oz show asking them for some help. they have sent two producers out to her house and they are working with her, going to feature her on the show, what she doesn't know is that today there is a big surprise in store. dr. oz himself is making a house call. he's here, getting briefed right now and he is about to walk into their house and surprise the family. we are getting a debrief right now. dr. oz, can i talk to you quick? what are you going to be doing with this famil

tony, over to you. >>> tucker, thank you very much.comedy skills at a young age, and trained in local comedy clubs. now comedian jay pharoah is the hottest impressionist on "saturday night live." we're going to talk about this in just a moment. you can check him out this weekend at the arlington cinema and draft house tonight, tomorrow night, and sunday night. he is here with us live this morning. jay-- oh, no, what, what? >> oh, my gosh, it's so beautiful. it's so beautiful. legacy. oh, my gosh. it's currently what i just did, and one of the first videos, it's emotional. >> let me ask you something, a lot of people now know you because of "saturday night live." just finished your second year on the show. and you're great on the show. >> thank you, man. >> you really, really are. some people knew you before from other appearances that you've made. but "saturday night live," have you been able to sense that, wow, there's a change now, now that i'm on this show? >> yeah, definitely changes. a change in my address. a change in who i still

but it wasn't just brian fisher, it was also tony perkins, also the tucker carlson website, founded by the rick santorum billionaire, foster friess. it was also the national review online, questioning whether a gay person could ever really be loyal. they published is a piece saying whatever fine record they compiled in the bush administration, grenell is more passionate about same-sex marriage than anything else. so while richard grenell is being criticized by the anti-gay rights and by other people for something totally unrelated to him being gay, when it came to the romney campaign, the criticism about his fitness for office, his maturity, his judgment, that apparently did not matter to the romney campaign. but the people on the right who hated richard grenell because he was gay, that mattered to the romney campaign. according to "the new york times" today, even before mr. grenell quit the campaign, the campaign was not allowing him to speak. even on conference calls that he had organized. a policy aide to mr. romney quoted as saying, rick, the campaign has requested that you not spe

so on the web site, it says this is the segment where tucker barnes and tony perkins put their big heads comes across differently. we weather your questions weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from marjorie anchors. she writes: e writes: she has answered much of ore own questions there. she has a lot of good details. the answer is yes, 35 million years ago, a meteor did strike near the mouth of the chesapeake bay and there is a huge crater down there. >> i've never heard that. >> i heard that but i didn't know the details. and now we have details. >> they discovered it in the early 1980s. they were pulling up sediment. they realized that this enormous meteor had hit 35 million years ago. that is the epicenter there. you can see that circle there and we're at the mouth of the chesapeake bay. the meteor when it hit drove 1.2 miles deep into the earth, went down through the water. it created -- it is about 56 miles across in diameter. that circle you see. what happened was amazing t created what is called a blast splash. in other words, the wave reached about 30 miles high

back to tony and allison. >>> all right tucker thank you.live, yes. >> won't go away >> they beat the rainmenters at the very rye -- rangers at the verizon center. >> a look ahead in this mornings sports breakfast. >> what are you doing saturday night 7:30 p.m. >> i am going to watch the caps. >> where? >> we should have a big viewing party >> i might be working here at the station but i will welcome you all. >> you get to watch it >> i am watching regardless i know the whole city will be watching. now appointment tv where are you going to be 7:30 p.m. saturday night. this is game 7. there might not be a more exciting venue in all of sports than game 7, national hockey league. you are sitting on the edge of your seat. probably a one goal game and will probably go to overtime. they have played 13 games y'all and 12 have been decided by one goal. incredible. never seen anything like it. what happened last night verizon center in that must win. it took only 88 seconds to get that first goal from the great 8, from his knees, beating henrik lundq

so they put me on the show with tucker barnes and tony perkins. you'll find the lanes are open northbound 395 leaving lorton up towards newington. no problems to report on 395 right now headed across the inbound 14th street bridge. down on the lower 14th street is where we had the accident activity that had traffic squeezing by to the right. no trouble spots to report making your way in from fair oaks towards 123. height traffic volume on the beltway leaving annandale continuing out towards merrifield. top side nice and smooth continuing around past 193 over towards connecticut avenue. now receiving word of a serious accident under investigation closing a portion of old norville pike at donell road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> new this morning, police caught three gunmen who they say carjacked someone just a few hours ago t began about 3:00 this morning in alexandria when the carjacking happened on duke street. the suspects took off in the car, went up 359 over the potomac before crashing on the d.c. side near 12th s

allison tony back to you at the desk. >>> tucker thank you.ction about america's obesity epidemic a new cdc forecast, shows more than 40% of the united states population, could be obese by 2030. the number of people about 100 pounds over weight, classify as severely obese, could increase to 11%, researchers say lowering obesity rates could save nearly $550 billion in medical costs, over the next two decades. >>> chemical in curry could help cure cancer. studies already show a chemical found in curry, can kill cancer cells grown in laboratories now according to the bbc, hospitals in the uk are conducting a clinical trial to see what happens when it is given to patients along with chemo therapy. 40 patients will be given a pill 7 days before starting chemo to study the effect it has on the cancer cells. >>> it is called a silent killer high blood pressure a major problem n the united states and major health problem. diet exercise and medicine help most patients control it. others are not so lucky readings keep going up. >> for hard to treat pati

more details on the weekend in a minute, allison, and tony, back to you at the desk. >>> tucker, thank you. six months now until election day and the campaign will kick off officially tomorrow for president obama. even though the candidates have been campaigning for months. >> virginia is looking more and more like a key battleground contest. president obama and visiting the commonwealth today. yesterday romney got the endorsement of congresswoman michele bachmann while in virginia. we get more from fox 5's sherri ly in arlington where the president will be. >> reporter: good morning. president barack obama will be speaking to students at washington lee high school later this morning. although this isn't an official campaign stop, it is clearly a strategic decision for him to be speaking here in arlington. first of all, some of these seniors are possible votes for him in november. secondly, virginia as a swing state will play a key role in the election. right now polls show president obama has the lead in virginia over mitt romney. a poll shows obama has a lead of 51 to 44 percent. it'

tony back to you. >> many thanks tucker washington capitals return to home ice for game three of their playoff series versus the rangers the series is tied 1 game a piece thanks to alex ovechkin's game winner monday that was his third goal of the playoffs despite seeing fewer minutes. >> nats fans will get another chance to see bryce harper get his first major league hit at home tonight >> the rookie phenom got a nice reception during his debut at nationals park last night. >> number 34, bryce harper. [ applause ] >> yeah, there you go. a standing ovation from the home crowd not sold out, kind of surprised by that. standing ovation for the 19- year-old but like all the nats hitters bryce struggled he went 0 for 3, two ground outs he did shine in the outfield making a perfect throw and nearly throwing out a runner at the plate watch this, the ump blew the call, arizona won 5-1, nats lost 5 in a row. >> >> a viral baseball video, of the ball hitting a bird take a close look at your screen, the pitcher hit the bird with his fastball, you can see feathers flying and then the bird makes a quick get away.