his friend lay dying. the call is difficult to listen to. >> 911 center. >> i'm in the woods. somebody just stabbed me and my friend. >> reporter: it was a frantic call for help just after 8:00 p.m. april 15, 2008. the 911 caller and his friend steven williams had been running the trails through the regional park in clinton. williams was on a dirt bike. the friend on a four-wheel atv. suddenly he says they were ambushed. then stabbed. >> my friend -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: that same day police say this man martinez witherspoon reported his atv stolen. investigators found out he heard an atv in the park behind his mother's home. he hid in the woods until the men approached, attacked and stabbed them both in the back and took off. >> please. >> reporter: 28-year-old steven williams died and it turns out it wasn't the stolen atv after all. in a prince george's county courtroom today, a judge told 24-year-old witherspoon he would spend the next 32 years behind bars. prosecutors say the case should serve as a warning. >> even if they had actually stolen his atv, we don't want this kind of vigilante approach because you can make a mistake and that was the case here. >> because my son lost his life for nothing. >> reporter: the tragedy has taken its toll on williams' family. >> we've gone through a rough time. we've gone through a rough time. so today this brings us closure. i asked for justice and we got justice. i feel like i'm -- he is at peace now. >> reporter: you may have heard the 911 caller mention two men ambushing them that night. that second man has mott been charged in -- has not been charged in this case. >> a sad story all the way around. a jewelry store owner beaten up during an armed robbery. police have made an arrest. 36-year-old charms jackson has been -- charles jackson has been charged with the kensington holdup. he beat up the owner during an attempted robbery and may have been shot during the struggle. >> i can tell you at this point we have not confirmed that the gunshot wound in his right shoulder is as a result of the robbery. that piece of the investigation is still ongoing. >> the robber took the store owner's gun and has not been found yet. so investigators can't match the bullet in jackson's arm to it. investigators have arrested the father after 3-year-old girl found murdered along with her mother in alexandria earlier this month. he was found in new york city. investigators have not confirmed how the woman and child were killed. inside a high-rise apartment in alexandria's west end. it's not clear when the suspect will be brought back to virginia. we're staying on top of a major developing story out of the gulf of mexico. that oil rig explosion and spill off the louisiana coast. high winds and choppy seas have made today's efforts to slow the spread even more challenging. the well is still spewing about 200,000 gallons of oil per day. fox 5's will thomas following new developments in the satellite center. >> reporter: good evening. let's start with why the weather is having an impact. the heavy winds and high surf keeping crews off the road and five-foot waves are going right over the booms set up to barricade the oil if the shore. the pentagon announced it was sending two c-130s to the region to drop oil dispersing chemicals to try and break it up. every branch of the u.s. government is investigating the oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers. and at the white house today, president obama is promising to work to prevent another disaster. >> the department of interior has announced they will be sending s.w.a.t. teams to the gulf to inspect all platforms and rigs. >> reporter: feds will board more than two dozen rigs to look for problems. and senior officials are in the gulf region offering help in the clean yum. -- cleanup. >> let me be clear. the president has ordered that the administration use every single available resource at our disposal. >> reporter: more naval vessels and military aircraft are on the way but the environmental and economic fallout is becoming apparent. this is a rescue northern ganut covered in black oil. it's supposed to be white. it's not just birds at risk. the gulf coast wetlands are some of the most productive in the country. 20% of america's seafood comes from these waters. >> my family has been in the business for a hundred years. we don't know if the industry can handle an impact like this. >> it's so far-reaching and the tourist trade, everything, charter boats, fishermen, oyster fishermen, shrimpers, it's vast. >> reporter: shallow water habitats for oyster, shrimp and spawning fish are the biggest concern. >> if the oil comes into the bays, you won't see any oysters. >> reporter: marine biologists sent to the region to help and test for contamination say beaches are relatively easy to clean but not so for oyster habitat. >> if it gets in oyster and grass beds, terribly productive areas, you don't exactly run a vacuum cleaner over it. >> reporter: people say as the oil hits the shore, it smells like exhaust from a car. the federal government has sent about 1900 workers to help protect the coastline and the wildlife. that's up from 1200 yesterday. coming up tonight on the news edge at 11:00, why this massive spill couldn't come at a worse time for president obama. live in the satellite center, i'm will thomas, back to you. >> people in new orleans say they can smell it because they're downwind and they're all the way up the coast in new orleans. florida just declared a state of emergency for counties in the lower panhandle. coming up on the news edge at 11:00, why this disaster couldn't come at a worse time for the obama administration. the news force in d.c. after an accident along the tidal basin. it happened on ohio drive in southwest. one bus was parked along the curb when another bus crashed into it head-on. no passengers were on either bus at the time but one driver was trapped for about an hour. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. an accident in maryland landed a toddler in the hospital. it happened in annapolis this afternoon on monterey avenue. the 3-year-old was hit by a car. the child was flown to the hospital. no word on the child's condition or whether any charges will be filed. if you're driving in the district this weekend, get ready for some delays. road work will tie up traffic along several d.c. bridges. the case bridge and frederick douglas memorial bridge also known as the south capitol street bridge. on sunday the 11th street bridge will close for five minutes at the time. the chain bridge is already closed tonight. it is expected to be back open early monday morning. another weekend of major delays on metro. crews are doing track work on the blue and yellow lines. that means trains will be single tracking in certain areas. metro says you should add an extra 30 minutes to your trip. >> what a way to start the weekend. a nice warm night to be outside enjoying a walk around, perhaps a bike ride. mother nature is getting ready to turn things up a notch. get ready for a spring scorcher. gary mcgrady down in the weather center with details. >> reporter: this just in. breaking news here is that the temperatures are going to be very warm this weekend. not really. we'll be -- [ inaudible ] we're talking mid- to upper 80s pretty much area wide testimony may generate a couple of thunderstorms too. it does not look like it's going to be a weekend washout. let's look at high temperatures today because you can see where the core of the seed has been. it's cooling down for the nation's midsection and temperatures have been heating up in the deep south. here in d.c. we managed a high temperature of 83 degrees. it is certainly one of the warmest temperatures on the east coast. you have to go to miami to find the 85-degree weather. the warmth has been moving in our direction. it really has kicked on in. the chilly conditions really have stayed to the north of us. and we are talking 80s this weekend and along that front and it's a slow moving front, it stays to the west of us. that means we stay in the heat for the weekend and right along that we'll have a chance for some scattered showers and some thunderstorms. of course the complete forecast, all you need to know for this weekend is coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, gary. about the only thing more exciting than the weekend forecast is the possibility of winning even just a share of tonight's megamillions jackpot. it is the largest since the district of columbia joined the game three months ago. here's fox 5's bob barnard. >> reporter: stop by just about any place where lottery tickets are sold and you'll find plenty of gamblers tonight dreaming of a $224 million jackpot. >> oh, that would be wonderful. that would just be everything to me. >> reporter: leah strange is taking her chances here at rodmans in northwest washington. >> i even had to borrow some money from my friends to be able to pay for the power ball and megamillions tonight. >> reporter: in this economy a big payday would certainly come in handy. >> it would be a big help for my parents and my kids. >> reporter: even the staff here are playing to win. >> $1. i hope i get $224 million. i wish. >> reporter: it's washington's largest ever megamillions jackpot, but you can also get into the game here in maryland and in virginia, but you better hurry. they stop selling tickets in about 40 minutes. megamillions is known as america's biggest jackpot game. >> i'm excited. it would probably be more exciting if they had like a hundred winners. >> reporter: megamillions was first played 14 years ago. maryland and virginia in on the game from the start. the largest prize was $390 million three years ago. >> really nice but it's so big, i don't know what you would spend it on. >> we were just discussing that on the way over here actually. >> reporter: and still they play. >> because i hope one day i hit the lotto. one day. i mean, i hope. i think everybody -- that's why everybody play. >> reporter: in a big way on this last night of april, the drawing is at 11:00 by the way. in northwest, bob barnard, fox 5 news. car owners left fuming. they sold to a local company and the checks bounced. this woman said she couldn't even buy a cake for her daughter's birthday. you have to see who came to the rescue today. a local man dead after struggle with police. the common connection to another man's death coming up. plus, state secrets at risk. find out who expects think could use the world expo to spy on americans. you're watching fox 5 news at 10:00. our 90-minute power block is just getting started. ] ♪ my country ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee iing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring ♪ what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? 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for food and bills. she says the $800 check bounced and left her unable to even buy a birthday present for her 13- year-old daughter. >> just stood there crying. i thought wow, i don't have a lot but what i have i can give and my time, my friendship. >> reporter: so she went to the store, bought a birthday cake and took it to the home of a stranger. >> i was shocked. i was like -- my mouth dropped. >> reporter: reading doesn't have a car and walks with a cane so she returned today and drove her to her daughter's school for an assembly. >> she got annual award for being on the honor roll, for perfect attendance. took us to the doctor. brought us back. >> reporter: how long you have known this lady? >> just one day. >> my son told me about filling buckets. you can fill people's buckets by being kind and helping them. when you fill people's buckets, your bucket is full. >> reporter: another woman who wanted to remain anonymous came >> whatever i had, i wanted to share with her which wasn't much but i just wanted her to know that i care. >> reporter: it would not be the only cash she would see today. she also heard from a representative of we buy cars. >> you wouldn't answer my phone calls the first time. now you -- you're exposed. >> reporter: he gave her $1,000 cash. >> i wasn't accepting no checks, not from them. it had to be the cash, okay. >> reporter: the man identified himself as an independent contractor. did we buy cars send you here? >> i said i would bring the lady the money that we owe her. >> reporter: we. so-- >> what they owe. >> reporter: when i kempt asking questions -- kept asking questions, he got in his car and left. so what does happen to other customers, people like sue choy out $13,000. >> not only did they help me, but i hope they go to all these other folks they shorted and cheated, i hope they help them too. it's their responsibility as a citizen of the united states. god has smiled on me, all right. he smiles on me every day and i hope he smiles on them too. >> reporter: we've been wanting to ask that very question. what happens to the rest of these consumers who have lost money. we have reached out repeatedly to the owner of we buy cars alan artino and he tells us he's working through the problems. the motor vehicle registration is investigating and people have filed complaints with we buy cars with the office of the attorney general in maryland. we'll let you know how all that turns out. in the newsroom, beth parker, fox 5 news. officers are stepping up patrols in one county's park and ride lots because of a jump in complaints about catalytic converters stolen from cars. the charles county sheriff's office reports four thefts yesterday. thieves sell catalytic converters for scrap metal. they're on cars to help control pollution. you'll notice yours missing if the engine is louder than usual. detectives say a 32-year- old refused to cooperate and an officer used a taser to bring him under control. it all happened just after midnight on columbia pike. >> reporter: it started as a psychiatric emergency call and ended up with a man dead. officers responded around 12:40 in the morning at the wildwood park apartments. arlington county police say the man refused to comply with their commands there. was a struggle inside the apartment and that's when the officer used his taser. >> when they arrived they found an unclothed and uncooperative male. officers were forced to deploy a taser to bring him under control. >> reporter: police don't know if the man was on any medication or drugs or if he had any underlying medical conditions. but minutes after being tasered, officers noticed something was wrong. >> shortly thereafter they noticed the subject did not appear to be breathing. medics were already on the scene and they began to initiate medical treatment. >> reporter: the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. this is the second death for arlington county police where a person was tasered. the first happened back in january inside the pentagon city metro. an officer tasered a suspected shoplifter whose family say suffered from kidney failure. until then arlington police say they've never had a death involving the use of a taser. now they apparently have too. >> there is concern and of course the apartment is looking into that. we've also deployed the taser many times since the fatality in january as well and they were successful. >> reporter: the company that makes tasers says it has numerous medical studies that show the device is generally safe and effective. police say they only use a taser when a suspect fails to comply with orders and the officer fears bodily harm. sounds like the plot to a woman. a world expo attracting 70 million people. the target for espionage. we're exposing the security threat coming up next. plus, the d.c. teachers contract canceled. find out why the city is pulling the plug. the verdict is in. find out what the jury decided for the teen accused of hacking into sarah palin's e-mail. a native new yorker and former accountant have been charged with conspiracy to aid al qaeda. one reportedly traveled to yemen to meet with al qaeda members. then he went back to brooklyn and met up with another man. they're charged with trying to modernize al qaeda with computers and other equipment. the beijing olympics is expected to draw -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the shanghai expo is opening with the pomp and flare of a major world event. 70 million people are expected to crowd the pavilion's sculpture gardens and shops over the next six responsibilities. former senior u.s. intelligence officials tell fox the shanghai expo is a high risk target for espionage. general michael hayden was c.i.a. director until january 2009. >> if you have a business or personal interest to go to china, to go to the expo, you should definitely go. but you should recognize that you could very well be an intelligence target. >> reporter: according to this report by the national counter intelligence executive which produces annual foreign intelligence threat assessments, large-scale events have emerged as venues for increased economic espionage against the united states. u.s. corporations often sponsor such events and send thousands of employees to the festivities. and the chinese are adept at stealing american military and economic data. >> frankly in my view and i think in the view of the folks with whom i used to work, it's the most aggressive espionage service in the world. >> reporter: all electronics are vulnerable say experts. from your pda to your cell phone and even the hotel maid may compromise your laptop. >> they will get into it. plant bugs so that when you send an e-mail or something back to your company, innumerable back doors are planted. >> reporter: in addition some of these technologies are dual purpose and can be used to the military. espionage is conducted by just about every nation, but china is particularly aggressive and good at spying. in washington, fox news. the district money man pulling the plug on the teacher contract. leaders are fuming. so where did the math go so wrong? hear what michele rhee had to say today. we have one principal's plan to keep kids off the popular website facebook. you do everything right as a parent but could a controversial medical procedure make the biggest difference for your kids? the risks and benefits of saving cord blood coming up. 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day, a celebration that a teachers contract had finally been worked out. this new deal would give teachers a raise without years going without, retropay and even performance incentives. >> the protective fundability. >> reporter: but the chief financial officer said he would not now sign off on a deal because there's a $28 million shortfall for 2010. >> is that your testimony that is not certifiable at this point? >> not as i see today, but i am- - >> i don't need a budget. i just -- need a but. i just want to know where we are today. >> reporter: he first lashed out at gandhi for not catching the funding problem earlier. >> it's an embarrassment to the district of columbia it seems to me and frankly has overshadowed what should be a celebratory moment with this contract. >> reporter: four hours into the session, then school chancellor michele rhee faced the irritated council. >> i think that the confusion that's happened over the last couple of weeks has been unfortunate and we're really trying to work our hardest to make sure that we can bring this to conclusion as soon as possible. >> reporter: meanwhile as city leaders tried to get to the bottom of this huge accounting problem, some of the teachers who were fired by rhee wore all black and sat right behind her. all of them hopeful the council will force the chancellor to hire them back. >> i do have the full support not only of students but parents in the community -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: by the way, chancellor rhee said today in the meeting she does not plan to hire all of the teachers back. when it comes to the budget we are learning tonight there still is about a $10 million shortfall, but city officials are hopeful they'll find that money soon. in the newsroom, matt ackland, fox 5 news. a maryland delegate wants an arizona style immigration law in his state. pat mcdonough says he will introduce legislation next year that will mirror the controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. it requires police to question anyone suspected of be be in the country illegally. he says states need the authority to enforce federal law because the government is not doing its job. the governor of arizona is defending her new immigration law that has sparked a national backlash. thousands plan to walk in a mayday immigrants rally in los angeles. several lawsuits have been filed claiming the new legislation is unconstitutional. a jury has found a college student guilty of hacking vice presidential candidate sarah palin's e-mail account. >> 22-year-old david kernel faces up to 21 years in prison for obstruction of justice. should a principal be able to pull the plug on what your child does on your home computer? one principal is asking parents to keep their middle schoolers off facebook. fox 5's antawn lewis explained why. >> reporter: principal tony or seen any -- orcini isn't too popular with his middle school students, mainly because of this letter he sent home to parents asking them to keep students away from myspace and facebook. >> there's no reason to be on it when you're in middle school. >> reporter: he says middle schoolers have absolutely no reason to be a part of social networking sites. he feels they're too young to understand them properly. his students are between the ages of 11 and 14 years old, and he's worried that the types of things that can be posted can lead to very real school problems, like bullying and even depression. >> if you have, you know, a couple kids who then talk about someone's sexuality or someone's body image or whether or not they have friends, once that's out there, you can't take it back. there's no way to take it back. so you can't protect your kids from somebody else's child. >> reporter: parents we spoke with today are standing behind their principal. >> i applaud mr. orcini's efforts. i think it's time people become aware what their kids are doing and i think he's taking the first step in helping parents to do that. >> in the old days they'd be writing something on the bathroom wall so to this is sim getting away with too much. >> reporter: as for the students? >> i sort of agree with the letter because some websites are mean but other websites, not everyone are doing the bad things on it. only some people are. but everyone is getting punished for it. >> reporter: do you think that's fair? >> no. >> i kind of see where they're going and getting at because some people on these websites are really mean and i can see where they're coming from. >> oil spill threatening the gulf coast tonight. how do you clean up tens of thousands of gallons of oil? the cutting edge technology coming up. we have the insider tips on how to get more bang for your vacation buck. a health alert for moms to be. morning sickness may be in your genes a. severe form of morning sickness could be hereditary. researchers looked at 500,000 mother-daughter pairs over 40 years. women whose mothers had severe morning sickness were three times more likely to suffer from it themselves. researchers hope the findings will help pinpoint the cause. we've heard of new dads cutting the umbilical cord in the delivery room. now saving cord blood after birth is an option parents take. >> the reason? stem cells. we've heard a lot about their potential but there is a critical trial on stem cells that could help patients right now. >> let's go. >> reporter: a rugged ride for river and his mom is a perfect fit. >> turn around. >> reporter: mom turned into this exercise and therapy to build her son's strength. >> where do you want to go? your choice. >> reporter: river is stepping through life with an extra challenge. the three and a half-year-old has cerebral palsy. >> river is doing tummy time in the swing. >> reporter: this helps river strengthen his upper body. kevin and teresa say one thing that strengthened their son was a decision they made before he was even born. his parents paid $2,000 plus a monthly fee to save river's cord blood. this is video of river later receiving an infusion of his own cord blood at duke university. his mother teresa. >> right away we noticed he had alertness about him that wasn't there before we got there. you ready? here we go. his success or his progress seems to come more rapidly, you know, by probably 50%. >> reporter: now researchers at medical college of georgia are conducting the first clinical trial to determine if stem cells from umbilical cord blood can improve the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy. the fda is involved. >> i think it's amazing. i think it's so great. that's what we need. >> reporter: ed is the will include 40 children whose parents stored cord blood at cord blood registries at cvr. it stores the cold blood of more than 4,000 children. >> what research is really focusing on is how can we use stem cells which really are a building block of the body to go in and repair specific tissue. >> until very recently medical experts thought the brain had little capability to recover from trauma or injury. >> reporter: this is cbr individual wrote. >> the potential healing mechanisms are still being researched. >> reporter: a brain injury can cause cerebral palsy. the cdc says 1.4 million americans suffer traumatic brain injuries each year. >> even simple concussions repeated can cause injuries that lead to damage. so i think the potential is tremendous. >> he became strong so quick, you know, and able to hold his body up better and not be so wobbly. >> reporter: his parents say river is moving in the right direction considering they were told he wouldn't walk. and they don't want other families left behind. i'm keith yaskin, fox news. >> very good. >> if you'd like to know more about the clinical trial, you can head over to myfoxdc.com and click on the story in the only on fox section. we've posted links with information there. feel like i just need to get away? find out how you can escape for less coming up. soldiers in the war zone and lady gaga. more of this video ahead. it started today, the warm- up that is. it's going to get even warmer throughout the weekend. we'll tell you just how warm and the best day to get a little bit of rainfall for the weekend. we'll talk about that in the full forecast coming up. t .ie how do you clean up hundreds of thousands of golans of oil from the gulf of mexico? oil skimming is one of the more basic but reliable methods. fox's laura ingle went to see how exactly it works. >> reporter: this 110-foot oil spill recovery vessel can skim oil using two methods. the first by placing a secondary vessel in the water called a belt skimmer that has a floating oil boom. right now the belt skimmer is starting to skim the water. now in a real situation oil would be skimmed off the top of the water and then picked up on that belt and then pumped into the boat. one of the biggest challenges for oil skimming crews is the weather. when waves pick up, operations slow down. >> it's not necessarily the boats themselves. it's because the oil is floating on top of the water. with the wave action they just aren't effective anymore as far as picking up the oil. you'll end up getting more water than oil. >> reporter: the other way is the rope mop system. it dips down into the water to absorb the oil, comes back up. then the oil is wrung out and pumped into a tank on board. >> we'll bring it back the other way. >> reporter: if ilcan't be skimmed, the next -- if the oil can't be skimmed, the next best thing is try to keep it contained with an oil containment boom. that's a 42-inch boom you see up on that real. right now a support vessel is being used to unfurl this boom. it's being pulled out into the water, corralling what would be oil if we were in a heavy oil situation. crews can then do a couple of things. they can burn it, skim it or move it. laura ingle, fox news. let's get this weekend started. >> no complaints about the weather at all. >> if you're looking for something to do this weekend, i have just the thing. it's a greek festival. as we always say if you send us the food, man, we'll plug it. some back la v.a. -- some baklava. it is 7701 bradley boulevard. great thing is it's free admission, free parking and it runs tomorrow from noon to 10:00. and it runs from noon to 8:00 on sunday. >> sounds good. >> there you go. we get to eat here in just a little while. nice night out there. temperatures have been holding in the 60s. it's still the 70s in some locations out there. it's not going to be very cool tonight. temperatures will get down into the 50s for some. 60s for others. that's just about going to do it overnight tonight. we were so warm today, we were up to 83 degrees for a high temperature today. we're going to add a little bit to that this weekend and be even warmer. some would even say it's going to be down right hot especially on sunday because the mugginess comes back. great live picture out there tonight. looks like we're going to have fair skies overnight tonight. there's really no clouds out there. temperatures are going to stay mild. mid- to upper 80s for tomorrow. it's going to be mid-80s here in town but you start getting out in the suburbs west of town, southwest of town especially, temperatures will be approaching the upper 80s. maybe even a 90-degree reading or two tomorrow afternoon and into sunday. isolated thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. that means just a few here and a few there. most of us will not get any rain or thunderstorm activity but some of you will. better chance for thunderstorms on sunday. looks like there's going to be a little more coverage on sunday. once they start, they're going to stick around through sunday evening, sunday night and right on through monday as well. 85 for a temperature tomorrow. around 88 degrees on sunday. isolated thunderstorms for tomorrow and again just a scattered chance of some thunderstorms coming up on sunday. 69 and holding right here in the city. a little cooler outside of town for some of you. dulles still sitting at 70 degrees. frederick has cooled down to 61. here's this big area of high pressure to the south of us. it's pumping in the heat. it's like a heat pump actually bringing the heat up from the south. right on the edge of the high pressure, severe weather outbreak. they've called in a risk of high probability of severe thunderstorms down there tonight. and again the possibility of what they call long track tornadoes mostly down through arkansas. this was the same type of situation that they had down in mississippi on saturday. i have not seen reports down in arkansas tonight of any big, big tornadoes but there have been some down there. hopefully they don't get too big or last too long out there tonight. for us on max hd futurecast, tomorrow at 6:00 we will be hot. we'll have a scattered to widely scattered, basically an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow evening. again sunday morning we wake up. a couple of clouds. no more than that through the afternoon and evening on sunday, you can see a little bit more across the area. then take will continue right into sunday night and monday as this front gets a little closer to us. the front will get through on tuesday and that will make it a whole lot nicer around here. fair skies tonight. some 50s in the suburbs but only 63 for a low in town. tomorrow a little bit more mugginess. an isolated late day thunderstorm. high temperature gets up to around 86 degrees. you know it by now. it's going to be hot tomorrow and sunny. temperatures start off in the upper 60s and work into the mid- to upper 80s. a little bit warmer on sunday. potentially unless we have some early thunderstorms firing up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. the clouds may keep the temperatures down in that case. it's going to stay warm and muggy this weekend. a little cooler monday with widespread showers and storms. then we cool off a little tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you, gary. did you see it? lady gaga's telephone video via afghanistan remake. the video feature as group of american soldiers stationed in afghanistan has gone viral since being posted on youtube last week. the soldiers say they made it for friends and family to see but it is spreading like wildfire. back to the oil slick spreading through the gulf coast. it is posing political questions on top of the environmental issues. i talked with chris wallace for a preview of fox news sunday. >> reporter: chris, great to see you as always. this has become a difficult, disastrous time off the coast of louisiana. this oil slick is now rivalling the exxon valdez as perhaps the worst environmental disaster in decades. politically speaking not a great time for president obama to be talking about expanding off shore drilling. >> no. i have a feeling all of that is going to go back on the shelf. first of all i think this is a perilous time for the administration. one, they want to deal with the problem. i don't know that they can solve it. it may just be one of those disasters that we can't control. but they want to do everything they can to get out ahead of it. second, they want to be perceived as getting out ahead of it. they don't want any of the memory of katrina. obviously a very different situation but any sense that they were behind the curve as the bush administration was seen as be be in the case of that hurricane. president who just a few weeks ago talked about enlarging, expanding more exploration for off shore oil drilling, they haven't officially said it yet but this is a disaster as bad as it appears to be, you can forget about that for years to come. >> reporter: i know you have janet napolitano and jim salazar charged with helping lead the cleanup. also on sunday, you're talking charlie crist. what is going on down in florida? >> remember, it was just a month ago i had the debate between crist and rubio. and i asked crist five times if he was going to leave the party and run as an independent. he said absolutely not. sure enough he announced this week he is going to run as an independent. we'll be talking to the man who drove him out of the g.o.p., the new rising conservative star marco rubio. he will be our guest also live on fox news sunday and our power player of the week sally ride, the first american woman in space. >> reporter: chris wallace hosts fox news sunday right here at 9:00 a.m. sunday morning on fox 5. see you then. >> thank you, brian. coming up next on the news edge at 11:00, hollywood comes to d.c. to mingle with the president and the press. a behind-the-scenes look at the party and some of the famous names on the guest list. mcde angus third pounder. as if it wasn't enough to make it with a full third pound... of 100% angus beef, they had the audacity to use a bakery-style bun... and crinkle cut the pickles. there's no denying it, that's a third strip of bacon. have they no shame! angus axiom #39: it's an embarrassment 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tampa st. petersburg, all of those places are going to cost you significantly less this year than they did last. >> the hotel in jamaica, it's quite affordable at this time of year. >> reporter: and don't forget the savings available in mexico. >> you can get five star hotels at a fraction of what they would normally cost and you can upgrade your vacation. >> reporter: state side experience some true southern hospitality. >> the mills house in downtown charleston, south carolina, sort of a must stay destination for any presidential or national politicians who are passing through. rooms start in about the $165 a night for doubles. >> reporter: if you live near a port, save on the flight and hop on board a cruise ship. >> extremely good value, particularly all the competition out of south florida makes prices really, really low for cruising in the caribbean. >> reporter: in new york, brenda butner, fox news. the news keeps coming. brian bolter now with the news edge at 11:00. we're staying on top of that developing story on the gulf coast. the nation's biggest environmental crisis in decades is getting worse. oil continues to spill into the water off the louisiana coast at an estimated rate of 200,000 gallons a day. tonight the spill is more than 103 miles long, 70 miles wide, hundreds of