>> tucker: yes, you are. >> oh, o.out deflection of the president when the president has never ever been proven to have any relationship with fast and furious whatsoever. there's a separation between this issue that your mall cop wants to have with eric holder and the president. just to mix the two, you want to mislead the american public, and the conservatives want to mislead the american public that the job of the attorney general is the same job as the american president, they're two totally separate jobs and two totally separate privileges of confidentiality. going back to my earlier argument about who these people are, i'm sad that brian terry was killed. i'm sad that every person on any border in afghanistan, iraq, or on the mexican border was killed by people who are trying to infiltrate and kill americans, but i would like to know about all of the people who are killed, not just brian terry. that's the problem that i have. you're using his name as a message to get some political agenda across to the american pe

that is what tucker does now. bring up something very quickly o monday, we answered the question is it better to run or walk in the run to get less water on you. we said you should walk. well, there is one scientist who came out on monday who said no, it is better to run. franco bocce, a professor at a university in italy, has done crazy calculations and he says basically, if you run, you'll do better. but he is kind of flying in the face of most other scientists who say walk. >> that wonderful technology making it easier to prove you wrong. >> that's right. >> we got to go. thank you for the question. we appreciate it. if you have a question you want answered, i think we have other -- >> we have two more from the track team. more video questions coming up. >> let's say hell toe julie wright. >> the question is, when they predict the forecast, it is a guess. so what is the higher percentage rate of you getting it right, the forecast or the lottery number? >> i'm going to say the forecast. >> obviously, the forecas

with that i introduce chairwoman, ann tucker. >> miss tucker, thank you. if you've been doing this for 30 years you must have started in elementary school. you're welcome to speak. >> chairman young, ranking member lujan, honorable committee members. i'm chairwoman ann tucker of the muskogee nation of florida, the florida tribe of eastern creek indians. i want to thank congressman miller for being here and for his continued support of this tribe's recognition. we are the people known as petitioner 32 to the office of federal acknowledgment. in 1978, when part 83.7 was created for tribal recognition, there were 40 tribes with evidence already filed in the bia. we were one of those tribes. our people have lived on the same homelands in florida since 1861. we are creek indian people who have lived together, worked together, married one another, buried one another and kept our traditions through the harshest of circumstance. in florida there's no commission to keep records on indian people. no treaties and no state reservations. we did not have a federal india

>> you're right, tucker. we have a lot of tree debris, including where you are in northwest and georgia avenue, south of 16th street. debris along connecticut avenue still in the process of being cleared between deersville and university boulevard. they had the southbound lanes blocked and melanie alnwick reporting live from the scene. she's noticing some traffic using the northbound side of the highway, but without police direction, so it's skeptic now for those on connecticut avenue. be careful. avoid this area is the better bet. traveling along canal road, blocked off between reservoir and arizona. use mcarthur. loudoun county, still a number of signal lights that are dark. we got traffic that's stacked up along route 7 coming in towards wolf trap. at least 70 signals without power downtown. good hope road at 13th street in southeast, first street at florida, and northeast washington, just to name a few. some intersections police out there to help direct you by, others on your own. enterprise shut down wit

tucker hasn't got it. >> no, i'm not like it. i got power, and tucker was like, really? >> i'm sorry, tucker. >> you guys have gone over to the other side now. can no longer relate to us -- >> i'm going to turn my power off before you for about two hours. >> it's painful. >> it really is. >> let me get to your weather forecast. another warm humid start to the day. sunny and hot this afternoon. might be an isolated storm. heat wave continues with forecasted highs in the mid- 90s. the mountains, if you're in hagerstown, winchester, 60s this morning. change from yesterday. the humidity will be on the increase. a warm front is pushing through as we speak. brought a few light showers early this morning to parts of southern maryland. won't increase our temperatures a lot. it will increase the humidity. after getting a break from the humidity, that will be back as well today. 95 the daytime high. 96 in baltimore. and 96 in fredericksburg. more details on the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> tucker, you can always stay at the holiday inn. >> i'm going to have to consider

sure there are but do these small government regulations matter you bet just us our guest jeffrey tucker he's executive editor of laws a fair books and author of a beautiful anarky how to create your own civilization in the digital age which is coming out pretty soon and we're so happy that he is on the show making his stop in d.c. to be on catholic hour with thanks jeffrey thank you learned it's really great to be here it's amazing to have you here fresh from the gore financial symposium i know and now go for. we get to your book which i can't wait to talk to you about oh i do want to touch on this issue of these smaller government regulations that are real burden to small businesses to entrepreneurs and one that you've recently been writing about it has to do with the large soda ban that bloomberg has proposed in new york and you bring up the example of honesty which is a tea company they're trying to make less sugary more healthy drinks for folks however they're complaining about this soda ban and that struck a chord with you want to elaborate on why that's right i mean they got snagg

tucker has some bad news for us. we are able to tell what the situation is with tucker whether he has his jacket on in the morning. >> at lost he has his shirt on too. that would be a whole other thing. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> he does have his shirt on but not his jacket. >> not that hot right now but i'm anticipating it is going to be hot so i'm not wearing the jacket. >> it is a subtle message you're sending out. >> let's get down to business. max 2-rbgs we've got another -- max 2, we've got another little bubble of heat moving n yesterday was a great day. let's look forward at our radar. we are nice and quiet although we do have a thunderstorm complex there in southwest pennsylvania. i think it will likely full apart but you art but you never know what will happen this time of day. all the coup counties in orange under a heat advisory from noon today to 8:00 p.m. tonight. another day with a lot of heat around here. condition late this afternoon could be a thunderstorm. i can guarantee the high

tucker barns? >> and i'm alwaysfas nighted by the kinds of questions people ask. >> intelligent questions. >> yeah. >> and i have done a lot of studies clouds. this is cool. >> yeah. >> and there you go, kevin bosch, you were right and what to call them, not shining clouds, they don't play a role in the northern lights. >> there you go. >> thank you for the question. if you have a question you would like to have answered, all you -- all you need to do is go to www.myfoxdc.com. >> oh. >> oh. . >> simon and gar funkel. >> yeah. >> you picked this song over get off of my cloud? >> only -- . >> and that is only because we used get off of my cloud plenty of times. >> i don't know if we should have replaced it with that [ laughter ] >> and that is -- . >> you're right. >> yourself. >> and all right. >> thank you for the question. >>> let's go to julie wright with traffic now. hi, julie. >> and yet, another record from tony's final collection. >> that is not bad. we know get off of my cloud. >> no, and --

never been before. >> and tucker's never been.own, the lanes are open and i am thinking yesterday, we had lighter than usual travel on the road and some folks said hey, it's in the middle of the week and we're taking the in, two day office and light traffic volume here and no problems to the beltway and it's running smoothly each way and that is a check of the fox 5 on-time traffic. >> and thank you, julie. >>> last week's storm again bringing up the debate between buried and overhead wires in maryland neighborhoods and this is the question: how much would it cost to have pepco, bg&e retrofit their systems and put wires underground in. >> and john henrehan talks with the chairman of maryland's public service commission and has this report. >> reporter: as customers and power companies learn once again this summer overhead power lines are very vulnerable when the weather gets particularly nasty as it did last friday night. >> we're not satisfied, we're not slowing or doing anything differently around here and that is until everyone

dave ross and tucker barnes are at the mall. dave has a few special guests, including two-time all-star gio gonzalez and the presidents are there, too. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. a lot to get to this morning. first, the heat. >> let's go to tucker barnes at national park. it is bright, hot. heat advisory goes into effect at 12 noon. 81 in annapolis. can you see 80s breaking across the area. sat rad, i mentioned a few sprinkles early. storms, just like the last couple of days could be strong later this afternoon and during the early evening hours. here is what we are hoping, to get the thunderstorms here in time for the fireworks celebration tonight. let's go to the july 4th forecast. it will be warm and humid with temperature in the eighties at about 9:00 tonight. lots and lots of water today. the heat advisory continues. it will not be the 4th of july if you were not joined by the presidents. >> i have the very special privilege here to have a couple of presidents here around me. not all of them but a couple

let me first begin with miss tucker. miss tucker, i looked at your testimony, and it's not numbered but it's the page, about page 5, i guess, where you have your chronology. >> the time line? >> yeah, your time line. >> yes. >> and it says 1976 to '77 is when the initial petition was filed, and, of course, in 2011 you're still basically -- >> we're still waiting. >> are you waiting from that initial petition? >> well, no. the initial petition was returned in a cardboard box with i guess some of the data. most of the data, and a letter that we would start again, so now we have roughly 144 banker boxes, and we're -- after sitting in ready for active consideration for a number of years, we finally got moved in december at christmas. >> so what did they do for you december in christmas? >> they moved us to active consideration. >> active consideration. >> at that point in time we had probably in house written four petitions. any time a finding comes out on a tribe, or any time a court case is initiated by a petitioner, it ch

tucker -- it's okay. tucker barnes?tranger to crazy himself. >> you're right, right.ri time for the live photo of the day. today we say hello, this is miss -- madeline newerry. she turned 1 in june. she loves to keep cool in her little pool. >> who doesn't. she is, i love that face. look at that little nose and the cheeks!ee >> look at those delicious arms! >> she is adorable.s really cute.re and you know madeline, -- go to myfoxdc.com and click on morning. very, very happy birthday. and you know what? our highs will still anybody summer range, mid-to upper 80s, but again, no extreme heat expected for our tuesday. is today tuesday? >> okay. thank you. 79 in washington, 81 in quantico. cooler temperatures off to the north hand west. getting a close-up of the area, and not a lot going on, and that's because our frontal system is off to the south.e that front is going to stay into the neighborhood for the nextt couple of days, so we will see clouds from time to time. could be some showers, but our next best chance for sign

and our own gold medalist, tucker barnes. >> wow, that's rich. happy monday, tucker. >> be happy with a bronze at this point. we are looking at another summery day here in washington. high abouts 90 degrees. dry for the first half of the day and the scattered showers and storms return later this afternoon. you can see a nice quiet start to the day 679 clear skies. much of the area falling back into the comfortable 60s. we are some the mid-70s in downtown washington t should be a nice, bright sunny start to your monday with afternoon showers and storms. more details on that forecast in about a minute and a half. back to you guys. >> thank you, tucker. >>> the colorado shooting suspect topping our stories this morning. james holmes will find out what charges he is facing letter this morning. his defense lawyers are asking for any package he may have sent to the university where he studied and say holmes was seeing a psychiatrist there. >>> pentagon chief leon panetta is in tunisia this morning, the first leg of a to the middle east that includes eg

tucker can tell

thanks tucker. if you need somewhere to go today to cool down head to myfoxdc.com we have a list of the cooling centers open in the area. >>> power crews of course working through the night and numbers are going down. here is the thing there are so many outages that is why the power companies say it could be several more days before all the lights come on. that is not what anybody wants to hear. wisdom is live in northwest where clean up is going on any power there yet wisdom? >> well, in some neighbourhoods there is some power but it is like that all over the area, hit and miss spots some people down the street will have power other sections it is in complete darkness. we have been talking about this since friday since the storm hit power outages, trees and power likes down everywhere, roads blocked off an example of massive trees that have fallen at 43rd and warren another news crew out here doing a live shot. that massive tree fell down ripped off the concrete snapped off part of that power pole

tucker. hang on, i'm working on it. >> tom and surrey are reunited. dax holtz joins us live from l.a. with the details. we have an update on the death of sylvester stallon's son, sage. good morning, dax. let's start with tom and surrey. >> yesterday was the first time they've been reunited since the divorce filing. there was a shot of them having dinner in iceland, but after that tom hadn't seen surrey in quite some time. yesterday he went over to katie's apartment, picked up surrey. there was no actual contact between tom and katie. it was done through bodyguards and such. tom took surrey back to his grenich hotel, they hung out there for a little bit and he took her to gym newscastics later -- gymnastics later on. tom looked extremely excited to hang out with surrey, he had a smile on his face all day long. there was tons of paparazzi following him around, but he looks like a very proud father yesterday. >> by all account he's a very hands-on dad. let's face it, he knows how to do this now. this is his third divorce, you know, so they know how to do

you would love it out here on independence day, tucker. the grounds crew is getting ready for the 11:05 pitch. >> and 11:05 start, what's up with that? >> and they let us in, what's up with that? >> always a shock when they let us in. they open the gates at 8:30? >> first pitch will be fine. we have to be concerned about the afternoon. let's talk about the weather quickly. the heat advisory, first up, because we have a heat advisory back in the forecast for later today. going to feel like 100 to 105 out here at nats park. if you are headed out in the mall, we expect temperatures in the 1200s again. we are in the 70s across the region, upper 20s, 60s, lower 70s. as we mentioned, our high temperature today, even hotter than yesterday. satellite radar has some showers overnight. pushing into northern maryland. i think we'll get rid of those as we continue to dissipate there over the near term and that will serve as the focal point for showers. the timing on, this probably mid to late average. hopefully, we will be out of here by tonight we ar

back to you. >> thank you, tucker. >>> and we have some updated power outage. numbers have gone up. of course, they told us that sometimes trees continue to fall and that they're doing work where they have to take people off of the line for a short amount of time. they reporting at nearly 381,000 customers without power. dominion virginia got better, less than 341,000 without power and bge's numbers are standing at 50,700. >>> one d.c. man is dead and his wife is badly hurt after a power line came down in front of the house. the neighborhood is dealing with some serious damage tonight. paul wagner has more. >> reporter: just after 11:00 p.m., as the storm's powerful wins were terrifying residence throughout the washington area, two very large trees came down on 31st street northwest. dragging power lines into this yard ultimately electrocuting a man who came out to check on his car. according to police, the man's wife was critically injured as she tried to come to his aid. the car caught fire as police and firefighters raced to the scene. >> tree limbs flying,

tucker says, it's summertime. >> thanks, tucker. 8:25now.sed to be over there. >> still ahead, the link between bra size and breast cancer. why there's a connection there. >> fascinating story. first, new details about the death of a local newspaper reporter. how she may have left behind a key clue on her facebook page. we'll be right back. it's 8:25. max. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. and a single pool of sharable data that powers up to 10 devices. the first plan of it's kind. share everything. only from verizon. add a smartphone for just $40 monthly access. >>> topping headlines here at home and around the world, several leads in the murder of a local newspaper reporter. sarah greenhalgh worked for the winchester star. she was found dead monday inside her burned out home. investigators say the fire was set to conceal the crime. investigators are talking to a man he referenced as crazy she referenced as crazy in a facebook posting. >>> homeowners praying for a -- bra

check it out. ♪ you got what i need &&. & you got what i need &&. >> i'm with tucker.e's giving it his all but sometimes that is not enough. >> he actually lives in this area. >> he may come after you guys. >> all right. let's jump right in. >> you want to start? >> yeah, i guess i'll try to work this out. >> tell you what. i'll give you a second here. we hear people say that person is tone deaf and that is -- there is a medical condition tone deafness. it is called amusia and only 2 to 5% are actually tone deaf. there are certain qualifications that would make you tone deaf, the inability to really distinguish melody or pitch very well or one note from another or notes that are close together. there are certain things that would classify you as tone deaf so only 2 to 5% of people are that. >> there is a genetic component to good singers. this is from an article. this is a quote. there are certainly people who are more natural singers and the physiological shape of their vocal tracks can give them mother or less pleasing natural sounds to our ear. but most people get t

how's today looking, tucker? >> more of the same. going to be fine. turning into a gorgeous day. >> uh-huh. >> and never knew 87 degrees could feel so good;a parentally it can -- good. apparently it can. >> like a major cooldown. >> yeah. >> it was amazing to step out and not be hit with a blow furnace, the blow torch yesterday and this radar, we're quiet a few clouds out there to start the day. doing some showers toward richmond, thunderstorms, too. if you're heading southbound to i-95, you'll encounter rain showers and cloudiness. the rest of us, a partly sunny start to the day and that will state to the south today and that is close enough to so a few showers bubble up along and push further north. generally kind november and out of the clouds, the temperatures again in the mid-80s. we'll take it. 77 right now in washington. let's flip to max 2. all right, i can do traffic for you, if you prefer. [ laughter ] >> and the humidity is 79%. winds out of the east at 6 miles an hour. and this is your forecast today and again. talking about the temperatur

. >> we have tucker barnes to deliver the weather. >> today, it is heat and humidity. we talked about that yesterday and the day before and the day before. there is your radar. we're quiet right now. showers and storms back in the forecast later this afternoon, at least the possibility as we have a cold front approach. today will be another warm and huged day with highs in the low 90s. temperature right now at reagan national, 75 degrees. humidity, 82%. it is still plenty humid out there. winds out of the south and west at about seven. looking at the forecast for today. we are looking at generally sunshine here to start your morning and then temperatures later this afternoon will top out in the upper 80s to about 90, a little breezy at times. about 91 degrees with scattered storms about 4:00 p.m. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of of the top stories this morning, lawyers prosecuting the movie massacre case will be meeting with the victim's families about whether to push for the death penalty. suspected shooter james holmes made his first court appearance yesterday

thank you, tucker.ode his bike from san diego, california to annapolis, maryland, all for a great cause. he stepped up to the challenge in june to raise money for his cause called hope can, which is an organization that keeps home bound kids with cancer connected to their classmates. he joined us before taking off on his remarkable journey. you may remember that. and he's here today to talk about the success of the race. good to see you. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> when did the race end? >> ended june 24th. 8:30in the evening. >> you're all rested now. you feel good. tell us how you did in the race, where you finished. >> my total was to finish within the 12-day cutoff and i won my age division. >> very good for you. congratulations. also a big part of this, you raised a lot of money. >> our goal was to raise resources and awareness for hope can. our goal was $150,000. when we finished, we raised $320,000. >> that's fantastic. really good. for those who maybe did not see

and baltimore, i think we should have enough rain in our area, tucker.hat is just crazy. >> part of the issue is it is localized. it is just in a very small area and it can cause a lot of problems in a hurry. the national weather service just issued a flash flood watch for later today. >> here we go again. >> the potential of 1, 2 inches of rain in a short period of time. >> i don't know how you really prepare for it other than make sure you get everything off of low ground. >> make sure nothing is covering up your gutters and the best you can keep things flowing. >> the poor people in the bloomingdale neighborhood in d.c. got to be feeling it hard. three times already and more rain on the way. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. maybe the worst it was will steer around d.c. today. certainly the potential for it. let's talk good news first. little cooler than yesterday. temperature have fallen back into the low to mid-70s across much of the area. we are 76 in washington. a little better than yesterday when we were in the upper 70s. 73 in leonardtown. 70de

. >>> more to come on the news edge, tucker banes has the last check on the forecast. tucker? >> our showers and thunderstorms are winding down as we speak and they will rejoin us tomorrow. i will have the details on the forecast. get ready for heat&as well after the break. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of sharable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. now add a tablet for only $10 monthly access. . >>> southwest of the city, we picked up in spots, one, two, three inches of rain and developed during the afternoon hours. the slow movers. not much is going on. some showers on to the west and into portions of west virginia and western maryland, some showers as well. overnight here, some clouds, generally, and we're going to want fog developing as our temperatures will fall back. the moisture in the atmosphere and with the rain, we picked up today. we did some fog for the early morni

let's do traffic with julie wright. >> good morning, tucker. on the roads now, outer loop of the beltway slow past van dorn headed to the incident on the shoulder before you reach telegraph road. no problems on the inner loop. northbound i-95, lanes open, slow moving out of woodbridge. delays continuing north of newington. 395 on the brakes to seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thank you very much. new this morning, the ground shook overnight, but you probably didn't feel it. the u.s. geological survey confirms a 2.4 magnitude earthquake hit near mineral, virginia before 12:45 this morning. that's the same location as last august's 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt up and down the east coast. that quake caused significant damage with the national cathedral and washington monument. not so this one. >>> police investigating a deadly shooting in the district. >> three shootings in less than 30 minutes in different locations. our own sherri ly is live in northeast at one of the scenes. good morning. >> reporter:

how about we talk to tucker barnes right now. are we going to dave ross?> no, we're going to me. >> we can never get enough tucker barnes in the morning. >> thank you very much for that nice compliment. we'll give you an update on the weather forecast. let's get right to the numbers because today, have you no excuse to go out for a nice walk. you are up anyway. temperatures are very comfortable. fallen back into the 60s. 69 in fredericksburg. 74 in ocean city. your forecast for today, generally a good one. look at all the clear skies we have to start your day. we'll see some clouds fill in later this afternoon and there could be a couple scattered showers or thunderstorms a little later this afternoon. so just want to be ready for that. i guess bring along an umbrella as you head off to work. most of our day should be nice and dry and relatively quiet for our monday. here is your forecast for today. temperatures just about where they should be. our average daytime high is in the upper 80s. we'll go with 90 in washington. 89 at waldorf. the next several day

tucker you a basketball fan?this is a stacked deck. >> i would be a fan if i could see those guys play. yeah, impressive they are playing against brazil. >> i am not sure. you know i just seems like, big guys like that, almost a shoe in for the gold? >> , we would think so. we have heard that before. >> i will stick to weather in a couple minutes all the details on your weather forecast, more showers and thunderstorms in your sunday forecast more heat on the way as well forecast coming up, in just a couple minutes. >> great. >> great. >>> off the wall is next wisdom martin, you are a man of advanced age you still on the top of your game like roger fedder and certificate vena williams. >> all -- serena williams. >> all day every day. >> you have any tears. >> no crying in sports. off the wall is next that fridge in your kitchen may have c crossed this bridge. your new car probably rode these rails. that shipment you just received was tracked by satellite. we build and maintain. we invest and innovate. so we can de

tucker, you know how they feel. >> i definitely felt that pain.got hot temperatures back in the forecast today. highs near 100 it's going to feel hotter than. that the heat advisory in across the area. julie wright will have a look at traffic, too, after the break. ñ' . >>> 4:45 and we're taking a live look at the capitol dome. nice and quiet now down there, i am sure, after last night's festivities. you know, there is a lot of festivities that happen around the 4th of july. >> right. >> including that competitive eating contest. >> yes. >> and once again, the black widow competitive eater took the top prize. look at her go there. she won the women's competition at the nathan's eating hot dog contest. and show had 45 hot dogs with buns in five minutes. >> let's talk about the men's side of things. joey chestnut took on his sixth victor in a row downing 68 dogs and rolls. and that is pretty bad. both contestants each won $10,000. i don't know if it's worth it. when you're done with it, you take a whole bottle of tums and pepco -- pepto? >> i think

n,re a fulyear before paul tucker called. gr11et a run heeyke tveowste instca"t stthlda of at irc08 am i correct? >> mm-hmm. >> there is a pattern within the financial crisis where there was consistently dishonest submissions to libor, detailed in paragraph after paragraph of the report. do you accept that? >>e prested in documents to yocomerom e od20 00hean cs, th ato bonli it oiutyo hi yo hee re.n il er wneabbue acs et afrhe bghd eryi owuresd of the cases in that 12-to-13-month time frame, barclays was knocked out. oe ilta w bay agedpu r twe r. yckedhat there is a pattern, in terms of the image of the bank, of putting in lor submissions, why was that released? >> i did not release the document. it was a package that came from barclays. i wasn't aware that it s new. e package came from barclays. i think this the package, chairman, that came yesterday? >> yes. vee il pram makings r grof rt thaiat hee isly bngr >>he behavior of the people bmons g.thlo thll the call was alerting me that there was concern about why barclays rate

good morning. >> good morning, tucker. on the roads now south side of town delays outer loop of the beltway, leaving van dorn headed to route one. the accident activity in the thru lanes. tied up at the scene of this crash and complicating your ride out of virginia headed to oxen hill. inner loop, a better commute between 210 and 295. northbound i-95, hardly anybody out here. no trouble spots 395. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> julie, thank you. montgomery county police are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident in montgomery village. the collision happened around 10:30 last night on east village avenue and double land road. officers say the man on the motorcycle struck the curb of the median, then hit a tree. the victim was 46 years old. >>> also from montgomery county this morning, officers have hit the streets near park where a woman was sexually assaulted earlier this week. the victim was in green farm conservation park monday when a man with a knife grabbed her and raped her. since 6:00 this mo

not sure tucker and i could really answer that.oes nasa have any knowledge if other planets are also exploring earth for signs of life. >> that opens up a whole other ball of wax and questions. >> i just want -- other planets as in other planets? i didn't miss anything. >> maybe he knows something we don't. >> maybe. hugh, we're going to take your question kind of from reverse. earth, we, that is a we are searching for signs of life from other planets and we have been for many years and we're doing it in a variety of ways. the most interesting planet, because it is closest to us and has the same kind of atmosphere that could support life is mars. >> and mars, in farkt, we just sent out a new probe that will start to -- i think it lands in early august called the curiosity. nasa spent several billion dollars on this. it will look very carefully with the latest, greatest equipment at whether or not march has life or ever that life. >> what this probe is going to do, this one is different from the others in that it will dig deeper int

tucker barnes, good morning to you. >>> let's get to radar. we have generally cloudy conditions across the area. a few showers breaking out to the west and to the south. as you get down south and west of front royal and manassas and working down 29, you will encounter a few showers. i don't think we'll see a whole lot of shower activity here but we will see the possibility of some scattered showers along with more cloud cover than yesterday and temperatures in the mid-80s later this afternoon. currently, 77 in washington. 60% humidity. winds out of the north here and zero miles per hour. your pressure is up. mostly cloudy skies and could be, will be a few showers around from time to time particularly later this afternoon. highs again, mid-80s. 86 in washington. a little cooler out to the west. front royal, only 82 degrees. we'll look at the all-important weekend forecast in a minute, guys. back to you. >>> topping our news this morning, and alleged threat tbeps the first lady. it came from a -- against the first lady. it came from a police off

tucker barnes -- >> i may not be right.have won that yesterday. >> either way, it is hamburger apt and it is z burgers. today is the day. >> one or two of those looks pretty good. >> 15 or 20 of those,. >> in 10 minutes, not so good. >> not a happy ending. our conditions today are going to be hot and humid. very hot and humid. we are expecting a heat index of 100 to 105 later today. be ready for it. if you are going to the nationals game later this morning or headed down to the mall, the conditions will not be ideal as we'll have a lot of heat and humidity. there is your heat advisory and again, washington, baltimore, between 12:00 and 9:00 tonight, all the counties in orange here. and i would expect that our heat advisory will continue on and off if the next several days as our temperatures will get warmer here as we get closer to the weekend. 77 in washington. 78 in annapolis. a little bit better. hagerstown, 68 degrees. plenty of humidity out there. let me mention that as well. sentinel radar, some height shower activity

tucker barnes is here now to talk about the weather. >> good morning.azy, hot and humid conditions continue today. yesterday, hit 100. today, not quite as hot, mid- 90s. >> a cooldown to the 90s. >> i just want to laugh. i'm like really? >> not calling it a cooldown. can't go that far. we are headed in the right direction. it will get better by the end of the wound. so just hang in there as things will get more comfortable. 78 in washington. not a terribly comfortable start to your day with partly cloudy skies i think for sunrise and a few leftover showers. these are the leftovers from last night when we had the rather ominous frontal system and showers and storms off to the north and west. still a couple of light showers up towards frederick and out to the west, out towards winchester. generally falling apart. much of your morning will be dry but by mid- to late afternoon, as is typical this time of year, we'll see scattered storms redevelop. just like yesterday, some of the storms could be on the strong side. there is your forecast. partial sunshine,

our friend tucker barnes is with us. you just stepped outside?g, go out. >> it's gorgeous. it's really, really gorgeous. >> in the weather --th >> i'll be back. >> you have 30 seconds. >> here's your forecast. temperatures, this is why it'sh nice, 73 degrees right now in washington, 70 at dulles, but the humidity has fallen off, dropped off a live, and without the humidity, that's what makest it feel great. all right, satellite radar, the, cloud cover, showers, thunderstorms we had generally south of the city yesterday afternoon, and we're left with e clear skies, bright sunshine expected this morning. checking in at midday, brightmi sunshine ddlater today, nice and bright, nice sunset.et should be gorgeous wednesdays with highs topping out only ino the mid- to upper 60s.60 this is where we should be forou this time of year. 88 is the average daytime high. we'll do that in washington, bun it's not going to feel so oppressive. si >> is tony going to come back? >> it's great outside. you have to go. >>> here is traffic with julie wright. >> hey, yo

that is tucker barnes unhappy about his power still being off. melanie alnwick is live in bethesda with the latest on the situation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here in bethesda just up river road. this is nevis road. here is where it will take some time to get the power back on. we have some major trees down behind me. we also have power lines down and there is a large transformer that is also in this front yard. the power liewps are -- lines are snaking all through these trees on both side of the street. you can see why the caution tape is all across this road. this is an area where resident haven't been able to get out by car to do the things they need to do. wednesday night is when pepco, that is tonight, has been telling everyone they will be updating people on the situation where they're going to have weather, they're going to have power through the weekend or not. but i think the people that live in neighborhoods like this, they probably already know that they are part of the unlucky few and the situation as we know is

first, tucker barnes. >> good morning. hazy, hot and huge its conditioned expected for this morning. we'll have the details on the weather and lauren demarco is in with a look at traffic too right after the break. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> welcome back. coming up on 4:45 right now taking a live look at the beltway. things moving along quite well. we'll see if that is the case around the area when it comes to traffic. first, let's check in with tucker barnes. a sticky humid start to the day. >> little back after a bit of a break this weekend. our temperatur

. >> thank you, miss tucker. raymond weaver, chief of the mahwah band of choktaw indians. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, committee members and staff. my name is freeman weaver. and i am the elected travel chief of the choctaw indians. today i would like to say a few words about what the process has done to us as a tribe. it is clear that our tribe are the [ inaudible ] for structural failures evident in the federal recognition process. as the only tribe in the nation to have exhausted all three remedies made available for the granting of federal status, or for a federal lawsuit, congressional bills, we are well aware of the inherent bias, corruption, and how the finance campaigns waged against legitimate historic nonfederal tribes. we are the second longest petition tribe in the nation. only those in north carolina have petitioned longer. our initial attempt at federal recognition began with our mass community attempt to be admitted. we clearly understand that the current process is only open to thos

let's check in with tucker. or not. we'll see you on the other side of the break. >>> taking a look at the washington monument and it looks like the cameras bouncing a little bit. now, tucker, is there a little bit of a breeze out there or is it just that we possibly moved the camera. >> there is a little bit of a breeze. could be squirrels around the camera. >> they love to do that this time of day. >> it is very nice out. our temperatures have been falling into the comfortable range overnight. we'll be in for a good one. >> good news. you can put your jacket on. >> i still am a little hot but i've got other issues going on. i'm under hot lights. you can appreciate that. 93 at reagan national yesterday. guess what. we are not going to be in the 90s today, only in the mid- to upper 80s but with less humidity. today will be a perfect day. good chance to get out and enjoy. the heat will be back tomorrow. here are your temperatures and they've been falling back into the comfortable range, at least many areas into the comfo

tucker is telling him he can call him any time. any time i call tucker, it goes to voice mail. >> special privileges, okay. tucker and i have this bond. >> you call him to get the nutty buddies and i'll call you. >> that will work. >> here we go. out on the roads, northbound i- 59 below speed as you work your way across the perhaps william parkway headed across the occoquan. in fairfax alone, still about other lights without power. if you come up toon intersection where the lights are dark, you -- to an intersection where the lights are dark, you want to treat it as a four-way stop. our-way sto to help alleviate the congestion, v-d.o.t. has lifted the hov rules inside of the beltway here on 66. doesn't look too busy leaving falls church headed east towards the tr bridge. also, hov restrictions lifted here on 207 in germantown. our very open jason smith has been along wisconsin avenue. we have a very large utility pole that is leaning to the side. it is leaping over a building. we are concerned with the safety and stability of that

i have to admit tucker did all the research. just looked up one thing. >> i'll try to tackle this one. you didn't know the answer and it is fascinating. here is what is going on. what is the one thing that everything that is living on planet earth needs? >> food and water. >> water. >> everything needs water that. maize a role in why we see more insects in the summertime because what happens is the way that the insects have adapted to our environment here locally is they take a lot of energy to fly around and it takes a lot of oxygen for an insect to fly around, for it to move around. that process of using the okay general uses a lot of water. so insects are better able to be mobile and not use a lot of energy when it is humid out. they use water more effectively in their bodies. >> it is more yeash for them -- it is more efficient for them. >> it is all about the humidity providing them a more efficient way to move around. >> we've talked about this before when it comes to mosquitos and some other insects as well. they are trac

some days tucker will have the jacket on, some days he will have the jacket off. what does he have today. he has the jacket on today. >> so not too hot? >> not too hot. i had an in. i tried to grab my little clicker and instead i grabbed the mirror. >> that's not going to do much for you. >> we are in the 70s in town but what else is new? it's july after all. let's take a look. reagan national right now, 75 degrees is our current temperature. our humidity is up, 82%. nothing too extreme yesterday. and today, sort of a repeat from yesterday. it should be a nice day. winds out of the north and east at three miles per hour currently. let's see if we can take a look at the radar. all right. >> maybe the radar doesn't want to play. >> why do we have to do this every morning. the radar showing we are very quiet. nothing but clear skies to tart your day. temperatures yesterday only got into the mid- to upper 80s. today will be maybe a degree or two cooler than that. there we go. a for you late day showers. south and east of us, low are eastern shore, they have some showe

let'ss check in with tucker barnes to get the latest on our weather. we've got a nice looking start to your day. going to be a beautiful day. high temperatures will be right back up near 90 degrees and we're expecting bright sunshine. not dealing with anything like showers and storm like we were 24 hours ago. and with our front far to the south today, we should be just fine with lots of sunshine as mentioned. temperatures cooling off. we're getting comfortable. here we are at reagan national, 74 degrees. forecast is appear easy one today. plenty of sunshine. it will be warm this afternoon. high temperatures in the upper 80s to about 90, right where we should be for today's date, which i don't know. more details on the weather. back to you. >>> the growing corruption scandal involving the d.c. mayor's 2010 campaign is our top story. three members of the d.c. council are now calling for the resignation of mayor vincent gray. this conditions just days after federal prosecutors revealed a $653,000 illegal shadow campaign helped the mayor win the election.

but first, we are checking in with tucker barnes with a full look at your forecast. if you enjoyed yesterday's cooler temperatures, cooler weather, you will be happy about today too. all right. fox 5 will be back in just a moment. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go? solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> it has happened again. for the second day in a row, india has been hit way massive power outage. this morning, it is looking like it may be twice as big as yesterday's. it is affecting half of the country. there are 600 million people without power and that is almost double the u.s. population. trains across the country are halted and hospitals are running on back-up generator. pepco has a report