what we have going on here, it's outside the universoul circus.top in the back in conjunction with the ronald mcdonald house charities, yes, see, this is the type of thing -- i think you have to be a profession inae this. normally i would try don't think -- i don't think i'm sure for it. so there's an obstacle course. any kid can come out here. you come through limbo then there's the rings of fire which are hula hoops, tomato sack race then a jump rope competition going on now. doing pretty well. and then on through resistance bands, there's yoga inside and this whole initiative is put on by ronald mcdonald house charities. i'm going to bring in karen torres of ronald mcdonald house charities who is putting on this event. so, why fitness with the circus and how did this all come together? >> well, we think it's a perfect fit. we were so happy that the universoul circus invited us here to showcase our newest ronald mcdonald care mobile that focuses on fitness, fun and teaching, nutrition and exercise for successful students and what a better venue

we're going to talk to the universoul circus about -- >> yay!ng i haven't seen before. come on. >> yay! >> we'll talk to them about the vare suss and about how on earth these guys are able to do this kind of thing. all right. let's do some weather quickly for you. very warm, very humid start to your day. 79 now in washington. your heat index already 83 degrees. winds out of the south at three. daytime highs are going to be in the 90s here. 94 with afternoon thunderstorms likely today and i really want to give you a heads up some of the storms could be strong later today between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. be ready for that. and quick look at your weekend forecast. good the news once we get the front clear of us should be a great looking weekend saturday and sunday lots of sunshine, not as much humidity and cooler temperatures. all right. let's see what we got here. one one more. [ applause ] >> all right. coming up, we'll see some magical feats out of this guys i'll toss it in erin. erin, remember when we were doing these tricks together a couple days ag

guys are just tuning in, let me tell you, i was just in that wheel, the wheel of death here at universoul circusield. it is so fun for the whole family. i had a chance last year to get up on the stage. you get everybody involved. lucky you were not here a couple weeks ago when i was checking this place out. how are you doing? >> i'm glad to be back and sponsoring mcdonald's. this is a brand new show. you are in for a treat this year, because we are doing everything brand new. >> wu have new acts that are back. bone breakers and five years they have been on a hiatus, maybe stretching too much but you want to see that. what else? >> we have the cuban guys from havana and doing incredible stuff. and i think a fan favorite has to be our extreme motorcycle riders and they fly through the air with motorcycles, out of nowhere they do crazy stuff, all kinds of crazy stunts and we have the wheel of death. >> i know. >> it is a fan favorite as well but we have a lot more people in this time. >> gravity takes over. i am going to get in here, please rock me back a little bit. don't make me get up there. >>>