and comedian joe dito, and tucker carlson.f brains were pennies, it would be impossible for him to hold up his head because it would be full of pennies. i can maces done makes no sense. if the forest is rocking, don't bother knocking, just knock down those damn dirty trials in the uk, one english town has approved the removal of 6,000 trees. the practice of romps or dogging as my parents call it, has become quite the nuisance. says one police department: >> that was dick van dyke gone rogue. >> dick van dyke was never right. >> i saw this coming. >> meanwhile, we went to a dancing bear for comment. >> putting a kid through college. dental hygiene school. got a lot to pay for. imogene, you're british. you're an expert on dogging. [laughing] >> don't strangers have better places to go than forests. >> takure hands off my trees, and it's innocent, saving it from pollution. >> what is to say that horny people are bad for the environment. >> these people were spreading stds and came down with deadly elm disease. >> they met on face

>> reporter: the leader of the new commandment baptist church, pastor steven tucker, can't understand why someone would vandalize the church van used to carry which were on field trips and seniors to clinics. tucker found one of the van's windows open and vulgar marks written inside. >> and a lot of graffiti on the inside and very negative, nasty graffiti on the inside. we had to try to keep the young which were away from it. >> reporter: the pastor said the markings look like gang markings for him and has been on the lookout since getting a memo from council member jim graham telling him gang activity is on the rise. >> i'm not sure and i heard there is increased gang activity in the area and we just left a drug summit where we were talking about how to extricate the young people. >> reporter: council member jim graham said most of the violence is happening closer to columbia heights and adams morgan. he points to a shooting along sham plain street on tuesday and graham said it may have been a retaliatory hit for another shooting two weeks ago -- two weeks ago. >> they're related in

tucker barnes is well-versed in these matters.uestion us. >> it is an excellent question and something he with he can that on this time year as we he get into the spring and summer months. it is not the most pleasant thing to talk about but it was likely air pollution mixed in with water vapor and some other chemicals that we emit into the atmosphere. you kind of see it there. you see the sort of gray that she is mentioning in the foe owe that she took >> tucker, can i mention, she sent this photo, right? >> she sent in this photo. this was last week with we started to heat up for the first time this year. and what happens is during the nighttime hours, when we have high pressure that is parked overhead, we have the very quiet nights. the air is very still. the atmosphere is not mixed up. with all the hundreds of thousands and millions of cars and houses we have around here, we emit a lot of chemicals, nitrogen oxides and what we call volatile organic compounds including stuff like gasoline, paints, pesticides, that kind of thing.

let's get to julie wright with our traffic. >>> good morning, tucker barnes. i think the chopper is over an accident on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. so let's go live. this is affecting the inner loop according to callers between 236 headed up toward 66. now here we have live with the inner loop of the beltway. once they pan out we can give you a better location but traffic is able to squeeze by using the left shoulder and left lane. so on the inner loop from springfield in the direction of 66 that is affecting the drive up the west side of town. and again this is on the beltway at south 66, clear of incidents between manassas and the exit in vienna. so inner loop north of braddock up toward 236 it is the left shoulder and left lane squeezing by the accident scene and delays will begin before braddock road headed from the springfield interchange and continuing up towards the capital beltway and toward tysons. on the outer loop all lanes are open. and back inside, as you continue to make the drive along 66 itself, we do have volume delays out of

first let's check in with tucker barns in the fox 5 weather center. let's keep this good weather going. i wanted warmer but i'll live wh the sunshine at least. >> reporter: take the sunshine and it is actually kind of cool. high temperature was only in the upper 40s in town. change beginning in the nighttime hours. let's get right to it and take a look at current temperatures. take a jacket as you head out the door because the temperatures will be falling back into the 30s overnight tonight. 48 in town. a little warmer to the west. look at dulles and frederick. in the low 50s. temperatures just a little cooler than they should be but with bright sunshine not a bad looking day at all. clear skies giving way to high cloudiness at this hour and our next area of storminess is out to the west across central sections of the country. believe it or not that's going to get in here during the daytime hours tomorrow and i think by late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, rain in the forecast along wh nseasonably cool air for the next day or so. the weather fo

i'm headed outside. >> i don't blame you tucker. so much. >>> well the person leaving the competition tonight -- >> the person in danger of leaving the competition is ... lacy brown. >> ow we're rolling. the american idol journey came to an end last night for lacy brown. this morning lacy joins us live to talk about the whole experience. good morning to you. >> good morning, allison. how are you doing? >> i'm doing okay. thank you. et's talk about en you sang ruby tuesday, while the judges lovered it but the calls didn't come in like i'm sure you hoped it would. what was that experience like for you? >> it was really weird because i woke up yesterday morning and just had this weird feeling like it wasme that was going home. so i was just kind of like, ready for that to happen. as weird as it is, i've never had that feeling before and i didn't -- there wasn't a tip- off or anything like that. and it was strange. but getting to the top 12 is not a bad deal. and i'm really proud of myself and glad i've gotten this far. >> my goodness,

. >> thanks for being here, tucker barnes has the good news for the day again. three days in a row sunshine and warm temperatures. >> yes. just beautiful conditions across the area. yeah. not only today and saturday and sunday. sunday looks to be a dry day. so, temperatures near 70. >> we will have to enjoy it. i'll see what i can do. >> a tough weekend weather wise. the temperatures are warmer then yesterday. that's a bright spot. 46 at reagan national. probably need a jacket as you get out the door. 38 at dulles. so, temperatures from the 30s to the 40s across the region. there is the clear skies, lots of quiet weather ahead. off to the side, we have storminess on the north carolina coast and see the rain showers north and west of chicago, that is the cold front that gets in here sunday to monday. it will bring us cooler weather. the temperatures 15 to 20 degrees about norming cannot last forever, but it will last through the weekend. get out and enjoy the weather. saturday looks great and sunday looks great. i don't have a cloud. 72 in washington, 70 in balti

our own tucker barnes sent us from annapolis, taken around high tide and you can see it was coming up fast and it's not a good idea to try to drive into the high water. always remind you of that. take heed next time. >>> in western maryland, the rain is melting, the snow is still on the ground and that is contributing to rushing rivers and property damage. there are flood warnings in effect for the counties ang the chesapeake bay and the potomac. >>> in the district, the trees are the trouble. the soggy ground and gusty wind combining to do damage. snapping power lines and sending poles crashing to to cars. there were power outages throughout the area. the crews are working as we try to restore them. >>> our coverage doesn't stop here. you can get updated weather information on www.myfoxdc.com. max hd radar is front and center on our home page. >>> we have a developing story. violence at a metro station. a fight beten two groups led to a stabbing at the rockville metro stop and this one started on a ride-on bus at 6. the groups were arguing on the bus from the lake forest transit cent

thank you being tucker. >> julie wright now. maybe julie knows. you're in the a good cook from what i understand is that right? >> i don't cook. my mama cooks. >> has she ever had a cake fall? >> i don't think so. she will say today is not a good dato cook because of the temperature. we just get yelled at for sticking our finger in the cake batter. always got in trouble for that. on the road, lane are open with no accidents to report if you are traveling 395 northbound coming across the 1th street bridge. no accidents to report, just volume delays to accompany. if you are traveling inbound this morning leaving industry antitowards the beltway, you will find that the lane are open as you continue eastbound toward nutley street an over towards 495. no incidents to report right new on the beltway traveling through tyson's area and you will find lanes are open on the inner loop leaving braddock road headed up towards the dulles toll road. as you travel from university boulevard ntinuing around towards georgia avenue. no accidents to report southbound

but this was a coalition of myself, joe lieberman, delores tucker, koln was for black women, we saw the vehicle call ourselves a mod squad and we've reached the point we just said this is crazy. some of the music the killers. i am a favor to the cousin of rock-and-roll, i was abandoned we said i want to call i need you, elvis was one thing i'm going to slice you up, i'm going to cut you, you're going to believe. that's crazy. we were not for federal regulation or legislation, but for self regulation. so we went to time warner. >> host: do you still worry about the course of the culture? >> guest: sure i do. one has to but the amazing thing about america is the self corrective capacities and the capacity for self rule. i also convinced after the two jobs satori the chickens in and drug czar that the key is to make the institutions that are supposed to be the positive ones positive. better families, better churches, better schools, i will get you back 90% of the pathology of american life. the whole thing was interesting and became bipartisan. that was a good thing. kent conrad and a bunc

but this was at myself, joe lieberman, delores tucker, the national congress for -- we call ourselves a mod squad, and we reached the point we just set this is crazy. some of the lyrics and music, cop killers, other stuff. i'm a fan of rock and roll. i was in a band and we said i want to, i need you, i love you. elvis is one thing, but i'm going to slice you, i'm going to cut you, you're going to bleed, that's crazy. we were not for federal regulation or legislation, but for self regulation so we went to time warner. crusco do you still worry about the course of the culture? >> guest: sure i do. one has to. but the amazing thing about america is its self corrective capacities, and the capacity for self review will. i'm also convinced after the two jobs, said the reva education and the drugs are that the key is to make the institutions that are supposed to be the positive ones positive can be better families, better churches, better schools, i will get you back 90 per cent of the pathology of american life. in a way, that was interesting and decanter a bipartisan. that was a good thing

this was an odd coalition of myself, joe lieberman, delores tucker, the national congress for black womenwe call ourselves the kind of modest what and we reached a point where we just said this is crazy. some of the lyrics and music, cop killer stuff, other stuff. all i am a fan of rock and roll. i was in a band and we so i want you need to i love you, elvis was one thing i'm going to slice you up and cut you or you're going to believe, that's crazy. we were not for federal regulation or legislation, but for self regulation. so we went to time warner. >> host: do you still worry about the culture of? >> guest: sure i do. one has to. but the amazing thing about america is itself corrective capacities and capacity for self rule. i'm also convinced after the two jobs of secretary of education and the drug czar that the key is to make the institutions that are supposed to be the positive ones positive, to be better families come better churches and schools i will give you that 90% of the polish american life. any way that whole thing was interesting and it became bipartisan, the was a good th

at a certain point in a private conversation with your son tucker dog admits that he used the n word. the resulting controversy almost knocked him off the air. he fought for himself and his family and regained his statue on the air and you have definitely apologized. >> i have been through three years of counseling and understand what it means to particular groups. i'm into the too cool for school any more. i learned to step in the shoes of an alleged celebrity means more than i thought. more than being famous and have friends. people look up to you, thinks that i eat, say. against i'm in trouble because i admitted kissing a girl once when i was dating beth. and i said i haven't for awhile. i'm always over the news now that dog is a cheater, too. i told the lord please letting the con serricys follow me. you're laughing. >> geraldo: beth come on in, honey. beth chapman is here. mrs. dog chapman looking lovely. nice to see you. >> how are you doing? >> thank you. >> so, first of all, have you forgiven him? >> oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. >> geraldo: more importantly, i know that that wa

. >>> and turning to tucker. more on the big inch of snow coming. >> wintry weather on the way.t be it. >> what are you saying? >> you might be able to get out the barry manillow, looks like we made it. but it's looking more promising. once we get rid of this event we'll start to warm up and the possibility of warmer weather. >> that's the word i've been waiting for. >> next couple of days. we have to get through today and tonight and then we'll talk tomorrow. the current temperatures in the 30s. not a terrible start to the day. 39 at reagan national. 36 in gaithersburg. 40 in fredericksberg. 37 out in cambridge. so our high temperatures won't be quite as nice as yesterday. today we were 50 and today middle 40s. let's show you the satellite radar. and a lot of cloud cover in the forecast. the precip and rain and snow should hold off until the nighttime hours. you can seet developing, the area of low pressure across sections of georgia and that will merge off the coast and the good news is it will push south and east of washington that we'll just be on the northern edge of this o

do we believe that, tucker? >> okay. 47degrees because it has been saying 50-something. 47degrees in washington. 42 at dulles. 42 in baltimore. here is a look at the day planner -- or satellite-radar for today. you can see we have more clouds this morning than we had yesterday morning. i agree with sunshine we'll get some sunshine during the morning hours and -- but that will lead to more clouds as the day progresses. thickening clouds, increasing clouds. there may be a couple of sprinkles or showers around rush hour and then more tonight. here is the good thing. we are looking for a high today of about 70 degrees in town. we warmed up nicely yesterday. i think it will be warmer today. so that part is going to be good. however, that sets us up for a cooler couple of days. we'll tell you more about that coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>> let's head out to the roads. how are things looking early on this thursday. we mentioned a couple of spots where we had the lingering construction along 270. that was aga

. >>> tucker barnes is here with an update on today's weather of the not too bad. >> not too bad.pringlike out ther temperature wise in the upper 40s and 50s. temperatures out of the north and west gusting to 30 miles p hour and so bring along a jacket. not as warm as it looked and a chance of wintry mix tuesday night and into wednesday. >>>

tucker has a final check on weather when we come back. >>> sky fox is in southern maryland.bank robbery this morning in st. mary's county. this happened at a bank of america branch in lexington park. police have shut down some of the roads in the area around route 4 and 235.  [ male announcer ] ready to make this year a great year for your small business? ♪ verizon is here to help with everything you need to make the most of every dollar -- and every opportunity. you'll get high speed internet with a dedicated line to your business for consistently fast speeds; free wi-fi access from thousands of hot spots nationwide; plus unlimited calling to customers and suppliers across the country. call right now and we'll include two free extras for an entire year: our advanced internet security suite, plus 25 gigs of online storage, enough to safeguard all your important business files. it's a total business solution backed by the reliability of the verizon network, all for just $84.99 a month for 12 months. and you can't get it from cab. let's get to work. verizon wants

tucker's owner says he has no idea why the dog does it. but it does make for a good road side show.orry. that brings us "down to the wire." >>> in today's shuster showdown, now that he's gotten health care passed, has a freshly emboldened president obama decided to basically steal a big issue from republicans and move to the center while angering his own party? from offshore oil drilling to the surge in afghanistan to not closing gitmo is the president effectively disarming the other party? today the president said it's time to move on from political battles of the past. >> ultimately we need to move beyond the tired debates of the left and the right, between business leaders and environmentalists, between those who claim drilling as a cure-all and those who claim it has no place. this issue is too important to allow our progress to languish while we fight the same old battles over and over again. >> is this smart policy or just shrewd politics on the part of a president who may be realizing bipartisanship is now as quaint as the geneva conventions were to the bush administration? j

myers who initially approved the expense, but conservative website "the daily caller" by our friend tuckerarlson, reports two top rnc officials also signed off on the expense. so why just allison myers? i don't get it. >> why are they firing her for approval to the bondage club, while clarm steele, 20 grand for private jets to go like six miles in six days. >> that seems a bigger story here. >> rented cars, limousines, hotel bills over the top and they fire a bookkeeper? >> yeah. when pressed by msnbc david schuster tim kaine didn't sound so sure his party hasn't used the same indiscretions. >> for the record, as any member of your staff in any official capacity been to a strip club or the voyeur club in hollywood? >> well, i tell you, we have -- i cannot say for sure, but let me tell you what our practices are. we have very tough practices on what people charge to the dnc. we have very tight review practices when charges are made and they come back if. we look at them carefully to make sure nothing is wrong. when we're preparing fec reports you can be darn sure no one is going to write do

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on screen, he's cameron tucker, cam. flamboyant, dad.dude from kansas. >> it's true. i feel like i'm in a fish tank. this is incredible. >> your third time to new york? >> third time to new york city. and here i am. first time i came, i was on "the view." it was like, i had never been to new york. and now i get to come and do these amazing things. >> how does a kid from kansas who wanted to be a clown? >> yes. >> insert photo here we have of you. the groucho marx. there's the pig one. don't we have one when you wanted to be a clown? >> that's where it started, in my crib. my long, blonde locks. that's how i expressed they wanted to be a performer somehow. and the circus came to town every year around my birthday. my parents took me there. i remember the day. it's a line in the show, when i figured clowns were people with makeup. i was like, that's what i want to do. it's funny. from very early on, i wanted to be a clown. and my grandma, louise, made me my clown costumes. it was great. then, became an actor. i don't know how it happened.

a piece by cynthia tucker and from david coal this morning.he says the father/daughter chainies have no sense of decency. liz cheney doesn't hold a u.s. senate seat, she doesn't have a power to call committee hearings to challenge those who dare to disagree with her. and she isn't practicing her dem graggy in an area of widespread fear. nevertheless she has slipped easily into the role of joseph mccarthy. the daughter of the former vice president, she has her father's means in, his dark views of the world and auto cratic sense of authority. like her father, she disrespects the constitution, we rates the rule of law, and sneers at diplomacy. guest: that's certainly a way of encouraging moderation and bipartisanship. host: the issue is she called the department of justice the department of jihad. who are these government officials? whose values do they share? she was going after eric holder. guest: whoever she is going after, it's precisely that kind of rhetoric that is personally attacking somebody. host: from who guest: from both. i have a rul