allison? >>> coalition of safety advocates insurers and medical professionals went to capitol hill yesterday to ask members to pass a transportation bill already approved by the senate. a captain with the montgomery county police had two reasons to be part of that. the issue came tragically to his own door step. welcome to the studios. good to see you. >> good to see you again. >> you lost your own son, ryan, in 2008. it came home for you. >> yeah. my life's work has been dealing with traffic and trying to prevent these issues. and 2004 we recognized the distracted driving was a huge problem. in 2008 my son died in a distracted driving crash with a young provisional driver behind the wheel who lost control. >> so you go to capitol hill, you try to get this pushed through. what was it like sitting there and trying, really, you're fighting for something that everybody with you believes in so strongly. do you feel like the message was received? >> we hope so. sometimes it helps having that person

that is weather tony and allison. >>> thank you very much. last night the first lady was on the david letterman show she did the top 10 list with some fun facts about gardening. take a look. >> number six. >> the largest zucchini ever grown contained a starbucks. >> that's right. that's right. >> number five. >> later this year the supreme court will finally rule on tomato versus toe mat toe. >>> she has been making the round offs the talk shows to promote her new book. >>> and a video of president obama is going viral, shows him singing popular song listen. ♪ hey, i just met you and this is crazy, but here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ >> that is pretty funny it is a montage of the president's speeches, making it look like he is singing carly rae jepson's call me maybe. >> who thinks up that and finds all the right words and clips them all together. >> you kind of have to do the right inflection. >> yeah. >> that's crazy. crazy. >> all right. >> coming up baseball legend, tommy lasorta waking up in the hospital. what happened to him. >

>> allison, good morning to you. good to be with you, thank you. >> so interested in seeing these series of interviews. i'll ask you to please bring the viewers up-to-date on the tragic events that unfolded on november 5, 2009. >> almost three years ago, coming up three years this november in the fall. it's remarkable to think the case has not moved much more than it has already. what you're going to see in this exclusive premier, for the first time, allison, victims of that shooting talking and speaking to us on camera about what they went through on that fateful day, 13 dead, 43 wounded. the reason why they're talking is because they believe there is an institutional problem within the u.s. military that has not been fairly addressed and if it's not addressed very soon, that something like this they fear could happen again. the issue is major nadal hasan constantly and continuously promoted up the chain of command, up the ladder, despite the fact he had shown tendencies towards ideology within the military that sho

>>>ed the dis show allison -- studies show allison this is something for people chronically doing extreme exercising marathons, more than once or twice a year. this is for people addicted to it. everybody out there, do a combination of arrow buck and anaerobic exercise. if you work more than 10 hours a day, it increases your risk of getting some body fat what we call metabolic syndrome can increase your risk of diabetes, stroke and heart attack. >> why does that happen dr. mike? >> we are not sure as to why 10 hours but it seems that, if you work 10 hours a day, you are going to disrupt your circadian rhythm and you know, everything in life has an ebb and flow you wake up and your body responds, so, what happens is if you work too many hours, it really disrupts that, and can lead to people having more stress, eating more, and sleeping less. and all of those things can lead to weight gain and if you develop that metabolic syndrome, that is the apple not the pear, you increase your risk of developing all of these problems, and it is just not worth it. >>> 30 seconds how do we work better th

>> yes. >> be patient allison. >> am i the only good one here? >> you didn't see me play you are too busy yapping. >> what other pin ball machines do you have. >> rolling stones,

. >> good morning allison and tony. we are as you mentioned just about an hour away from the supreme court historic ruling and we have not seen a decision like this, likely since roe v wade there is a huge court amassing outside the supreme court not only media but a number of demonstrators most appear to be against president obama's health care plan. we heard them chanting things such as obama care has got to go. this is an issue that divided the nation since day one now the wait is about to end. this was signed into law by president obama in 2010. the biggest issue is that individual mandate which rewire choirs all manage -- requires all americans have health care insurance or pay a penalty. chief justice john roberts is expected to issue a ruling. while leading the rest of the mandate in place, it will effect everyone. >>> we need the little boy, to continue to have health care, without having to worry about hitting a limit. >> consumer should have more say when the government gets involved, the expectation that it i

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allison and will, and dave. i don't know who is on the desk. >> we are all here. >> we are all here. >>> nats finally break out the broom for the sweep sweep sweep and the os need extra innings. >> can you say this again. >> sweep sweep sweep. >> i like that. >> dave ross onset here. bryce harper showing them you don't want to start me. >>>i will come in late inner the game and still make a difference. even when me is not in the game, he might come in late and make a play. they wanted to give the young kid a day off if we need him late we have a hired gun and it worked out. going up to boston was a huge deal. to go up to bean town and get a sweep. they go up to boston and beat those socks but they did t over the weekend -- but they did it over the weekend. terrible accident. now in the nats booth showing he still has good hands from his playing days. dannyest pianos, turns on that -- espinosa, turns on that fastball. off the green monster >> i like it dave. >> thank you allison. 32 at that point bryce harper tie

first check back with holly. >> hey, allison. right now i am checking out the handiwork here pretty good skills, he is only 15 years old what is more impressive than his automotive building skills is his plans for the future as a result of what he knows we will talk all about it, making a difference in young people's lives in our area, we will show you first hand live later fox 5 morning news stay with us q every day, an average of 5,000 people switch from cascade to finish dishwasher detergent. that's about 150,000 a month, over 2 million people so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean, sparkling dishes without having to rinse them first. now see for yourself why millions have switched to finish. join the finish revolution. and now you can try finish quantum for free. visit us on facebook. >>> three crew members still missing after two trains crashed sunday in goodwill oklahoma. two engineers and a conductor are unaccounted for, the team from ntsb is on its way to investigate this scene. >>> controversy surround

sorry allison i am back at it gain. later today, as we get daytime heating, temperatures later today only in the low 70fall back to 50s tonight. enjoy comfortable temperatures, because we will warm up back into a more summer like regime for the weekend temperatures by saturday and sunday, well into the 80s close to 90 around here by sunday and monday. >> it's fitting for the weekend. >> good point. speaking of pools, julie wright and find out what is happen being the area roadways. >> you are invited to come to my pool, the one that blows up and i have it on the deck. >> is there room for three? >> if you put your feet in. >> little feet was her nickname in college. >> all right. well, on the road, southbound 270, again heavy volume as you try to work out of rockville if you look closely, accident activity blocking the left lane. mainline slow going german town toward the split. leaving 95 headed around toward georgia avenue. still slow going traffic here from before van dooren earlier problem we had stuck in the middle

we have two special guests, allison emuir and sherry ly. >> we're happy to be here. -- allison seymour. today's question comes from bob in alexandria he writes, when entering and leaving nats park, i rush through the crowd to get to my seat and then to get to the metro when i'm leaving. i always forget to check out the statues located at the front gates. who are the statues honoring and how were those particular subjects chosen. is one by any chance walter johnson? well, bob, yes, one is walter johnson. there are three statues right outside nats park. i think we have pictures of somethem. one of them is walter johnson. the reason these particular individuals were chosen is because they -- all three of them had a significant impact on baseball in the nation's capital. >> who do you want to talk about first? >> probably walter johnson. >> isn't he the big train? >> he y, very good. >> all three of these are former senators. >> no, josh gibson played with the homestead grays. he was in the negro leagues. he never played with the senators. >> these guys go way back. this is when you were a

will, allison? >> thanks, lauren. >>> the big story this morning, the dc council trying to say goodbye to all of that drama. moving forward today. >> and voting on a new chairperson later this morning. sherry lee is live at the wilson building with a preview now. sherry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. good morning, will. ever since kwame brown resigned last week, some of the at large council members have been jockeying for position to see who would get the vote to become the in rim chairman. and right now -- interim chairman and right now the votes seem to be stacking up for phil mendleson. today's vote at 10:00 this morning, continues to shake things up for the dc council reeling from harry thomas' resignation and criminal conviction and former chairman kwame brown. sources say middleton appears to have the votes to succeed brown. sources say he is seen as someone who will not change things much and will bring stability to the troubled council. brown pleaded guilty last week to f

let's get back to tony and allison. >> thank you gwen. i know you know all about this, it will be a spectacular sight in the sky when venus crosses between the sun and earth it will look something like this. a transit of venus, starts late tomorrow afternoon in our area, this minieclipse is expected to last up to 7 hours, allison, and when it starts venus will look like a dark speck crossing the sun, but remember, never look directly at the sun, you can best watch this, online, where you can -- there will be various filters in place the protect you. >> can't we just like look at it through sunglasses. >> no. >> quickly. >> no. >> why are you telling me? >> oh, right. you shouldn't look at it with the naked eye. are sunglasses okay? >> it is not viz well the naked eye. just -- visible with the naked eye. just forget about it. >>> it is officially kitten season, which means there are all sizes colors and ages at local shelters. >> you may find some cats and kittens outdoors this time of year annie is learning more about what you can do to h

>> hello allison how are you? >> doing well i am excited to know how to eat my salad because i could eat salad every day. >> salads are wonderful and you talked about the supreme court and health care reform and obama care no one is talking how to deal with the obesity epidemic that is what we have to deal with. one of the great things to do is eat fruits and vegetables. none better than having a salad and salad is chock full of entities that are great for your body. now i am going to ask you a question allison. >> okay. >> when you have that beautiful salad you go to the super market you heard dr. mike or dr. oz or some body they said really cut back on your fat what dressing do you pick? >> honest? i love cesar dressing. >> cesar dressing. okay well, a lot of people will eat something like a fat free cesar dressing, that is a mistake and the reason is, you need a little bit of fat, to absorb those unbelievable newtry cents in the salad. so they did -- newtry cents in the salad so they did a study a couple weeks

allison macfarlane to complete the term of chairman jaczko. given the numerous reports of chairman jaczko's failed leadership to the nrc, it was right of him to resign last month. i'm glad it happened. and by removing himself from distraction to the agency, the commission can once again focus on its mission of nuclear safety. it's my expectation that dr. macfarlane can step in to be a valuable member of the commission, although i have some concerns about perhaps a lack of background in management experience. that's something that certainly she'll pick up quickly as well as areas of nuclear safety. while she is obviously very well informed on the back end of the fuel cycle, i hope her previous research and publications won't inhibit her ability to be fair judge of the licensing of nuclear waste repository. despite those modest concerns, i think we can agree the nrc functions most effectively as a full commission. i'm encouraged to hear from her individual meetings with my staff that she intends to treat her peers, both fellow commissioners and

. >> reporter: good morning, allison, good morning, will. everything now seems to be coming together at the right time for mgm. the company knows this empty lot here overlooking the water front at national harbor is a prime piece of real estate with a casino, with access to millions of potential customers and now it appears mgm and national harbor will soon have a deal. the site is called the plateau at national harbor. the developer, the peterson company, is holding a press conference at 11:15 to make what it calls a significant announcement. mgm has said it's very interested in building a casino here and it's watching developments closely. governor o'malley has indicated he would call a special session in july if there was a consensus for lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow another casino in the state as well as table gaming. now it looks like that may happen and prince george's county executive likes the possibilities. >> we want a destination resort for prince george's county, because that's where we'll have the economic benef

, it's time for another ask allison. today i'm going to give the best advice i can to a young woman who finds herself in a bit of a relationship jam. she's a 25-year-old professional who provides for herself. while she connects with her boyfriend on many levels, she's concerned the fact she's brings home more money may hurt their relationship. she writes "we want to get married and have a family, but i don't feel like i should have to support him, myself and our future kids. should i be patient and keep holding on until things get better? or should i jump ship, move out on my own and support myself? i can't afford to finish college. and i see so many women around me in relationships with men in which they are the ones bringing home more money and they are the ones taking care of home financially. something inside me feels like i deserve a break, too." he was incarcerated and she stayed with him during his 6 month or so sentence, so loss of factors -- lots of factors here. this is hard, because it comes down to you. i can

tomorrow is ask allison time. if have you a question that you would like answered, why not send it to me. we do these questions friday among. i have to joke on myself quickly. i'm not a plant person. i called that a hibiscus. i think that's a mandilla. >> that's not earthy like the brat. smelled very earthy and interesting. >> good soil. >> it was good. i was actually -- the dude food was good. and the forecast is good. >> the forecast is good as well we have some sunshine and a few clouds. the winds picked up a little bit. 79 degrees. weekend absolutely spectacular. lots of sunshine through the week. temperatures close to seasonal. comfortable. get out and take advantage of the

. >> i am allison seymour. the weather is dominating our headlines this monday morning we will get you all caught up on tropical storm debbi and tell you about the continued clean up and power restoration from the wicked storms that blew through our area friday night and the latest on a huge brush fire that forced evacuations on the eastern shore. >> welcome back. >> nice to see you. >> tucker barnes for the latest on our own forecast today. >>> thank you very much. welcome back allison. glad to have you back. satellite radar we will talk about showers and storms you will see them just off to the northwest. this is radar but you can see the flashing into central and southern pennsylvania, all associated with a cold front which will be working into the washington area by late morning early afternoon. this timing on these unusual they will arrive earlier today. we will cloud up here shortly and deal with the possibility of those storms. temperatures regan national the current temperature is 74 degrees. 74 washing

yeah, thanks allison. >> unless you are wrong about this rain. >>> the moment i said i it looked at allison. there is your rain moving in from the west, not so much here in the city at the moment. we have had showers move through earlier we will have more later today. bring an umbrella. be ready for periods of shower activity maybe a thunder storm too. most of the rain, as mentioned out to the west, manassas, reston. not raining at your house at the moment i promise it will be. again all this pushing off to the north and east, a bit of a break here, to the south. southern maryland, eastern shore, eastern parts of the area, not getting much at the moment. satellite radar let's put it in action. a cold front out to the west, can't really see it out in central ohio, training all that moisture down in florida. parts of florida pick up 20 inches of rain in the past couple days, we are streaming that north, and with cooler and dryer air moving from the west it will squeeze out the atmosphere. periods of shower activity and again the possibility of a thunderstorm around here late they are afternoo

i loved allison. the worst part is it gives teens more time to walk by. >> very frightening when they are in clotsers. >> that's true. -- are in clusters. >> that's true. aren't everything menacing when they are in clusters. >> scabs. >> i will show you that later. >> really? >> you said they devoted a lot of time whether there is racism in the show "girls." you are such a marny. >> a what? >> a marny. >> are those the people -- >> it is the character in the show. >> i haven't seen. it i didn't watch it. i am not going to watch this. screw that. >> now you are being an adam. >> i feel like he is being a charlotte. >> there is a little charlotte going on there. >> and you thought man power was a cell phone app. >> i think manhunt. >> confuse can be just as embarrassing as an experience. also some new found hobbies. >> that's true. >> like counting the crystals on your snow cap. >> by the way, don't things always need to be fixed? >> yes. >> of course they do. >> shouldn't there always be jobs where peo

good morning. >> good morning allison. as temperatures get ready to hit near 100-degree mark there in dc you thing you want to reach for a nice cold glass of ice water like this one, but as a matter of fact, you might want to make it lukewarm water or room temperature tea instead of iced tea. let me tell you about the research. interesting as your body, thing about it this way as your body is trying to cool itself, it takes a lot of work blood is circulating trying to perspire to get the heat out of your body when you chug down iced cold water you make more work for your body internally it has to raise the temperature of this liquid to body temperature, 97, 98 degrees. >> well, you know deana maybe we could just stay inside and have that drink with a couple iced cubes. >> well, that is another thought. another thought let me tell you what else happens when you drink iced cold water it causes your blood vessels to constrict just like when you put ice on a wound the blood sort of freezes up and that too can cause a shocking

congratulations, now over to allison and tony. good morning. >>> good morning sarah thank you so much. coming up, on fox 5 morning news in the 7:00 a.m. hour tragedy on a busy road in northern virginia, a mother and her 8-year-old daughter lose their lives in a late night accident. another child is fighting for her life. how and where this happened straight ahead. >>> no plans to resign. i have no plans at this time to resign. >>> dc council chair, kwame brown firmly responding to rumors he is close to resigning and taking action definitely pointing to changes

. >> all right allison. we will talk about that later. >>> temperatures 70s. mid-70s, and we are also warm and humid, a warm and humid afternoon highs upper 80s instead of low 90s. 75 right now washington. humidity 73%, winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour pressure up, 3.014 inches. shower activity and thunderstorms out to the west, we will have a series of frontal systems, pushing in later today. if you are a viewer in west earn areas, west virginia, western maryland, west virginia you might see a few showers mix of sun and clouds, still warm, humid s better and better chance of showers moving in, later tonight during the day tomorrow, new details on that coming up in a couple minutes, here is a look at your forecast for your back to work day, temperatures upper 80s. 87 alexandria, 86 fredericksburg, just a few showers later. all right sarah, allison, more details in a minute. >> thanks tucker. >>> this mornings big story, jerry sandusky back in court for the beginning of his trial. the former assistant football coach faces 52 criminal accounts of sexua

good morning. >> good morning allison. mary che is now the acting chairman and will call a special meeting of the council a week from today they will choose one of the at large members, michael brown, david catania, vincente orange to become interim council chair and they would need to hold a city wide election probably this fall to find a replacement for kwame brown. kwame brown himself was surrounded by reporters and photographers as he left his office in the wilson building late in the evening he spent the entire day in closed door meetings in council with staff. prosecutors charged brown yesterday with lying about his income and false fying documents, in order to take home equity loans and a boat loan six years ago. that is considered bank fraud a felony. rumors of a deal with federal prosecutors dogged brown for days and he publicly said he had no plans to resign. hours after he left city hall he relinquished in a letter to council secretary writing in part, i have made serious mistakes in judgment for which i will ta

allison burns is there in the middle of the excitement of it all. what is the feeling out there right now, alison? >> reporter: dave, the speech is on the steps of the core building are continuing. as you've been discussing, they decided to uphold most of the block. a fight about it most from the supreme court across the street to the united states capitol building. within an hour of the ruling this morning, house republicans said they were going to schedule a vote for the week after the fourth of july break to repeal the health reform law. of course, democrats in the white house are going to be in the way. there was a loud reaction closer to the court on the steps. supporters of the law are overjoyed. chief justice john roberts ended up being the decider this morning. he joined with four of the more liberal justices to uphold a mandate that every american get health insurance or pay a penalty. he called that penalty attacks. critics of the law are serious. here is what -- >> that was allison burns outside the u.s. supreme court. we have a tactical

weather, traffic and all your top stories, allison seymour. she is next to me. >>> good morning. it is friday, june 1st. a live look outside right now. traffic is moving. the sun was still waiting for that. feels comfortable outside. i drive a convertible put the top down on the way into work. tucker barnes says get ready for the possibility of severe weather in the forecast. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm will thomas. >> i'm allison seymour. sarah is not with us today. welcome to fox 5 morning news. a cranked my 1979 mustang window down and rolled it -- oh, when were you in today, the benz, the bentley? >> please. funny. >> good to have you here early. >> i know everybody at home is happy to see you here. >> it is friday morning. >> look at us. >> let's get down to business. will, did you put the top back up on the car? >> i did. >> we've got some showers moving in. >> today will be one of those days where we get a little bit of everything. we'll have early showers, maybe a little sunshine and then look out later this afternoon for the potential for some pretty good

i'm will thomas gym a allison seymour. >> let's show you this incredible video out of florida. tropical storm debby continues to pound the florida panhandle and north florida. governor rick scott has declared a statewide emergency in wake of widespread flooding. look at those cars just sitting there abandoned. the storm has been practically parked off the gulf coast since the weekend and could drop up to two feet of rain over the next couple of days. they could use a break out there. >> unbelievable. tucker barnes joining us up here now with more on that scene and what is going on around here. >> we'll have more on debby coming up but it's slow mover. it will be days and days before they finally call it quits on the system. >> it is the rain that -- not the wind. it is the rain. >> the wind are only 45 miles per hour. it is the rain and the threat of a few more tornadoes. >> hopefully the declaration of an emergency will free up funds to help people because you know there is a lot of damage inned intoing like that. >> i'm afraid it will get worse before it gets better. around h

my name is bruce allison. there is a 50-foot, 20-ton gorilla in this city known as vacant units by renters renting buildings. in the u.s. it is 32,000 vacant units in this city and only 10,000 homeless people. i am getting tired of opening up an official shelters. please come and open up some facilities for seniors kamal are you will have to put up with me for the rest of your life. thank you. [laughter] >> we want to put up with you, rompers. mr. allison, we do not mind putting uwith you. [laughter] > good afternoon, commissioners. i beng to the senior action neork anused to be on the executive board fothe san francisco project, another community organization. after living in san francisco said most of my life, nce 1948 -- that is all of them a lot of people here -- i might have to be joined the -- forced tojn 50 million or more people who have had to move out of the city and live with friends and relatives because they cannot afrd to live in this city anymore. i cannot get a job anymore because of the downtu

he didn't start the year up here so allison has a very valid point. if you put the numbers and extrapolate -- good use of that -- over what people have done, maybe his numbers are not quite all-star worthy as of yet. but my point is more to the excitement level, that it is the fans' game. >> he is a flashy dude. >> they want to see him. they want to see all of that stuff. i don't know if he's going to make it. they have to appeal to major league baseball and the commissioner bud selig. >> but, no doubt he fills the seats. >> he fills the seats and the nationals are filling seats. tyler moore filled the seats twice. stephen strasburg, allison and i agree should definitely be on the all-star. >> we agree. >> he is the first guy in all of major league baseball to do that. the nats are amazing ever day. that's all they do, win, win, win. >> no matter what. >> right, right. right now, to me this is downing. they are 38-23, 15 games over .500, percentage points behind the l.a. dodgers. >> you're going to have to start hearing these stories. >> there is a gr

martin, and also allison still with us, marty, first to you. you pointed out that we've crossed and interesting threshold. high yield spreads how seven percentage points above treasuries. >> it tells you you that the market is much more pessimistic than the outlook that most strategists have. you have a default rate running well below the historical average of 4.5%. yet risk premium now substantially above the historical average. >> is that a sign that people immediate to pair down their exposure to credit? >> i don't think we're headed for higher defaults. you could see that about we hall into recession in the u.s. but history is that when you're buying at these kind of levels, and the spread is not only wired in historical average, but substantially wider than you'd ordinarily expect to see given where credit availability, economic indicators, the things that ordinarily drive the spread, it's substantially wider than you'd expect to be and historically you've done well over a 12 month horizon. could be rough sailing between now and then for s

. >>> k tv u's allison burns is on with what is on the line, allison? >> reporter: even though this is a monumental case, there are no leaks on how they will decide on president barack obama's health reform law. it is the biggest case of the term and the court is deciding whether it is constitutional to require that most americans carry health insurance or pay a penalty. they are preparing for another fight in congress or whether it is struck down. >> it is going to be a real problem for america's families. we have 50 million people who are uninsured. costs will continue to escalate. >> another battle will be the best possible outcome. >> well we go back to the drawing board and we have a renewed fight over how we handle the healthcare bill. >> my next update will be in about an hour, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> most people support president barack obama even though they are against the healthcare overhaul but 82% favor banning insurance companies from keeping them and they are allowing children to stay on their parents insurances unt

is allison wearing shoes? >> today, i am. >> tucker likes to call everybody out today. >> some good news about metro. normal serve is is resumed on the red line. not only can i tweet but i can also talk to the fox 5 wazers. we had report of a wreck earlier between a pickup truck and a sedan calling it a major accident. the little waze banner is covering it now. you saw that there was 16 miles per hour so it is pretty heavy northbound 210 heading up to the beltway at this point. thi you want to watch for delays to head across the occoquan. but earlier delays we were seeing in dumfries appear to have eased out. 359 does slow leaving the beltway up to duke street. let's take a look at traffic landen we have heavy traffic here across the 14th street bridge to head into the district and on to the freeway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. over to you. >>> a health alert this morning. many people, they turn to spray tans as a way to get that healthy glow this time of year instead of going to

allison burns is in our washington d.c. newsroom with a debate that is really on fire in washington, allison? >> reporter: the fear is dave the court gave the green light for racial profiling and they left in place a provision that requires local police check the immigration status of anybody they detain. they say the checks are needed. >> i am not going to violate any constitutional rights. i have dedicated deputies who know what they are doing. >> reporter: and one presidential candidate, mitt romney, calling on him to denounce it, more on the presidential race and the wait for the healthcare ruling in about an hour. allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> and struck down in prison without the possibility of parole for juveniles. 28 states have such laws but california does not. it limits corporate campaign spending and they declared it unconstitutional. that reaffirms the 2010 decision which allows unions to spend as much money as they want for fundraising. after attending a fund raiser in boston, they are determin

doug, good morning. >> reporter: allison, good morning. the white house got a heads up on the numbers last night as they typically do, and the white house today, the president, rather, will be talking about the economy. [ applause ] >> reporter: even with president george w. bush at the white house yesterday, president obama got in a dig about the economy, and a suggestion about who was to blame. >> the months before i took the oath of office were a chaotic time. we knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow americans were in pain. >> reporter: the president will take the message on the road today, heading to minnesota, talking about the new unemployment numbers and calling on congress to do more to create jobs. but economists and market watchers are concerned about the overall economy. we just learned yesterday that it didn't grow as fast as we first thought through the first three months of the year, raising fears that another recession could be on the horizon. >> i think it's actually a possibility, and i classify it as likely. with th

something standing in the way, allison? >> once again, congress is taking it down to the wire. if the house and senate don't act, new subsidized works will double. 7.5million students will be affected. but late yesterday, they had a deal to keep the current loan rates for a year. they will keep it while -- they will keep it that this way until they announce it. >> reporter: republicans have accused the president of over politicizing the debate by traveling to college campuses talking about it and now the question is will house speaker john boehner sign off on it, we will have more on that on my neck update, reporting live allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a couple from southern california has been detained after adopting four children there. the couple adopted the children on june 14th but were detaped on monday. they are looking into -- tee i don'ted on -- detained on monday. they are looking into the fact that they are accusing the couple of child trafficking. >> he says his country is in a real estate of war

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. >> i am allison seymour. >> the summer is already slipping away. >> don't say that it just officially started. >> it is june 27th already. give us another good one i am already in mourning for the end of summer. >> believe me after this weekend you will not be mourning for summertime. your current temperatures very comfortable another nice start to your day overnight falling back to 50s and low 60s. baltimore, dulles 61, fredericksburg, 67 for you ocean city, 54 degrees. menty of visibility, low humidity not much water in the atmosphere very dry, beautiful day. satellite radar look how quiet it is, not a lot to talk about a lot of heat out to the west that will start to build in here later this afternoon warmer than yesterday, but really as we get into thursday and particularly friday and the weekend temperatures will jump. more on that coming up. today, enjoy another beautiful afternoon low humidity, nice and dry, highs mid-to upper 80s. this is about where we should be, 87 washington, 86 la plata. now to traffic and julie wright has your latest. >> with this new waze feature we are

minute deal, allison? >> reporter: dave house speaker john boehner says they have an agreement for 7.5 million students will double beginning this weekend but under the deal the rates will stay at 3.4% for another year. democrats are crediting president barack obama. >> he has been working with leaders in congress to ensure students will not pay the extra thousand dollars. >> reporter: president barack obama visited college campuses urging congress to act, but lawmakers have been divided over how to pay for it and republicans have accused him of over politicizing the debate. house leaders are meeting about it this morning. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well another strange turn in the case of sheriff ross mirkarimi. sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife is ready to fly back here from venezuela to testify in person at her husband misconduct hearing but only if they pay for her plane tickets. eliana lopez wants san francisco to pick up the tab for a round trip air ticket which could cost as much as

outcomes, allison? >> reporter: dave from the white house to the capital there are a lot of anxious people out here this morning and we are out here lined up in an area between the capital meeting. a few dozen people spend the night outside to find out what is going on because it will change the way americans get healthcare and it is a huge test to say how much he federal government has a say in our everyday lives. that is what has them so riled up. >> we are hoping they will overturn the mandate at least and we will be satisfied to see the mandate overthrown because that will ruin the whole thing. >> reporter: supporters of the law like barbara lee says it is a life line for americans of people. >> we will have millions of people once again hanging out there with no hope for health insurance. >> we will have more in my next update, reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and they are demanding answers because of accused abuse and inflated enrollment numbers. st. andrews was accu

>>> allison, thank you very much. in sports news this morning, with the third overall pick in the nba draft, the washington wizards selected bradley beal. the florida guard who turned 19 yesterday, happy birthday, is 6'4" and considered to be one of the best shooters in the draft. he averaged more than 14 points per game last season. for the first time in nba draft history, freshmen were chosen with the first three picks. >>> round one of the at&t national congressional is in the books. bo van pelt shot the only bogey free round of the day. it was an up and down day for tiger woods. on 14, just gets the ball rolling. that's not tiger. that's the other guy. let's see, tiger dropped even par. there were issues on 15 when he would bogey the hole and finished with a 1 over 72. we're talking about tiger now. he is now five shots off the lead. >> tiger too elusive to be photographed. >> clearly we are having technical issues this morning. our apologies. the video not matching the stories. >> i really want to see tiger play.

joining us now live is bart spokesman jim allison what can you tell me about how you expect the work to do this afternoon and what commuters should expect? >> first an update. the 34,000 volt cables that you mentioned, we've been able to test those and they are okay, good news. we are expecting to be able to meet our first goal to have single tracking early in the afternoon. having both tracks in service later this afternoon, that's a challenge but we're still hoping that we can make that. but it is a little more difficult than we first reporter: at this point, can you say with confidence that you will be single tracking at one or two, or still unknown? >> i think it is -- i'm fairly we have a good goal and we are not backing down from that goal we will never know until we fire up the system and aren't a train through. i think we are on track for that >> reporter: any lessons learned about having a structure so close to the tracks? was this something in the safety planning that maybe was overlooked? >> our priority is to provide safe service to our customers than is actually not bart

allison seymour, fox 5 news. >> sometimes it does help to talk things. >> get it out, exactly. >> at least they have a forum for that. >> wish them all the best for the service that they do. >> if they did a movie about the weather, it would be ex- rated for extremely hot. >> hot. take a look outside. it's still hot out there. we will show you the skies from the tower cam in northwest d.c. plenty of sunshine still across the area. the humidity was a big factor today. not so much yesterday but today it really made a difference and actually made it feel more uncomfortable than it was yesterday across the region. the week is starting cooler, though, that is a little bit of news for all of you that didn't like the heat but the humidity will stick around. temperaturesly stay in the 80s. on the five-day forecast, we have rain and storms in the five-day that we will talk about and let you know what to expect and when. those highs today, we kicked in at 92 at reagan national. 80 dulles and 94 at bwi thurgood marshall. 8 to 12 above the seasonal average. definitely it was a scorcher. it's sti

alex savage is at a health clinic in san francisco but we begin with allison burns in washington, dc who has been outside the court all morning. >> reporter: i've received an e-mail about from just about every democrat celebrating the supreme court ruling, the 5-4 decision means the heart of president obama's health reform law survives. it was like a circus outside the court ahead of the ruling. belly dancers, musicians and activists for and against the law. ♪ hey, hey, uh-huh, obamacare gotta go♪ >> reporter: another dramatic show inside as john roberts seemed to surprise everyone by joining four more liberal justices to save president obama's health care law. roberts agreed congress can require americans to get health insurance under its taxing authority, upholding the individual mandate. president obama said the court delivered a victory for the american people. >> in doing so they have reaffirmed a fundamental principle, that here in america in the wealthiest nation on earth, no illness or accident should lead to any family's financial ruin. >> reporter: the ruling is a battl

. >> reporter: allison watts owns the property in mitchells, virginia. the culpeper county sheriff's office called her field party a massive rave and gave it a name, camp glow. >> we saw license plates from as far north as new york and i saw 1 from texas, georgia, north carolina, maryland. >> reporter: the culpeper county sheriff's lieutenant said deputies first caught wind of what was going on after a noise complaint friday night. >> made some observations about odors of marijuana, saw some drug use and subsequently were able to develop a search warrant and execute a search warrant on sunday morning around 5:30 in the morning at that same party, which was still ongoing. >> reporter: deputies would confiscate a host of illegal drugs. >> about 2 pounds of marijuana, over 300 various prescription pills, some of which we have yet to identify as to what exactly they are, methamphetamines, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy. >> the drugs they found were in private tents that we didn't go in. we did not condone it. we threw people out with drugs that we found. we found

joining us now live is bart spokesman jim allison what can you tell me about how you expect the work to do this afternoon and what commuters should expect? >> first an update. the 34,000 volt cables that you mentioned, we've been able to test those and they are okay, good news. we are expecting to be able to meet our first goal to have single tracking early in the afternoon. having both tracks in service later this afternoon, that's a challenge but we're still hoping that we can make that. but it is a little more difficult than we first imagined. >> reporter: at this point, can you say with confidence that you will be single tracking at one or two, or still unknown? >> i think it is -- i'm fairly we have a good goal and we are not backing down from that goal we will never know until we fire up the system and aren't a train through. i think we are on track for that >> reporter: any lessons learned about having a structure so close to the tracks? was this something in the safety planning that maybe was overlooked? >> our priority is to provide safe service to our customers than is actu

allison says they brought in five new private companies to help out. >> we're making progress. >>pam: a product at trader joe's is being recalled tonight. it is to trader joe's cranberry apple stuffed chicken breasts. >>pam: still ahead, an arsonist caught on tape. we will shave the video and sunday where police are looking for him. >> more reward money in a case of missing teenager sierra lamar. >> three more accusers in the sandusky trial takes the stand. carl >> transformers have invaded san francisco. i am gabe slate and i will tell you why coming up in my tech report. >>pam: a lot of questions about the pg&e response to yesterday's fire. >> it is a bit of an unusual situation when a valve is on fire in the cannot get to it. >>pam: nearly 50 protesters arrested in time california state capitol building demonstrating against proposed budget cuts. governor jerry brown wants to slash money from several programs including welfare, in home health services and child subsidies. they're hoping to help the state close in more than $15 billion deficit. >> a live look outside from the

that is weather allison i will toss it back to you. >> thank you. an ap slap for facebook hours after it went live the site removed find friends nearby it allowed users to see a list of who was near them but some in d ap. facebook defended it as an easy way to network and you had to opt in to use the feature. over to you. >>> american airlines and avon are among the top ten brands most likely to disappear, in 2013. that is according to a new list created by 24/7 wall street the question, is why. well, for more insight we turn to advertising and branding expert, chris lester the cofounder of chief, a marketing and branding company. good to have you back on the show. >> great to be here. >> when you look at the list of companies that are being talked about by this group, we should mention 24/7 wall street they do this every year, with a fair degree of success, companies that are likely to go out of business in the following year the list is startling let's put up, the list and we will show you companies american airlines, avon is at the bottom, tall b