heat has been unbearable. we're talking hot, humid and for some people down right dangerous. we begin tonight with the extreme heat that has all of us sweating it out. i'm maureen umeh. if you were outside today, you know how sweltering it was. is there any relief in sight? gary mcgrady is tracking the weather temperatures. >> reporter: yes, there is relief in sight. it is not necessarily going to come tomorrow but as we get into tuesday, wednesday and thursday of this week, i think it's going to be much, much nicer here in terms of the temperature. today, though, hot. you mentioned it sweltering out there. the heat index values at times today well over a hundred degrees. it was a record again at reagan national. 99 degrees. dulles was 97 and bwi marshall up to 100 and that was a record as well. martinsburg 83. frederick is sitting at 82. hagerstown right now at this hour is still 90 degrees. there is still a little bit of a heat index for some of you as well. right here in town it feels like it's 89. still feels like 93 in hagerstown. hard to believe but true. same for baltimore. in fredricksburg it still feels like 96 degrees. we're not going to cool off overnight. some of us will stay right around 79 to 80 degrees for an overnight low temperature. but again cooler air is coming. we'll show you the temperature trend and the full forecast and it's one that at this point brings us a little bit of hope. >> that and the fans are bringing us hope, too. thank you, gary, for that. the sky high temps an unhealthy air quality causing all kinds of heat emergencies in our area. karen gray houston went along with the d.c. fire and ems department to see how serious things are. >> reporter: engine 16 out of 13th and k downtown called the midnight express because they often run late into the night. 15 calls on a normal day since the heat wave they're topping out well into the 20s. >> last shift we worked on thursday, it was a hundred degrees that day. we had 27 runs from 7:00 in the morning to midnight. it was a very busy day. >> reporter: this call went out at midday. destination 12th and n. man unresponsive in wheelchair. definitely heat related. they check his vitals. members of the church across the street say a neighbor interrupted their service to ask for help. >> it looked like she was very nonresponsive. the mouth was very dehydrated. >> reporter: the patient was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, typical of the calls they're getting. >> a lot of people consumed alcohol along with the heat and that was a deadly mix. a lot of people passed out. >> reporter: despite the heat, pennsylvania avenue downtown was clogged with folks trying to stay cool at the barbecue battle. 25 people were treated at the scene yesterday for heat issues. engine 16's journal shows one person transported to the hospital. >> that's win any the bulldog -- win any the bull -- winnie the bulldog. she didn't have any symptoms but got preventive treatment from the firefighters. >> they say stay hydrated, especially if you're getting dizzy, feeling nauseous or having muscle cramps. drink water every 15 34eu7bs minutes when out in the heat. the most senior member of the senate is in serious health. it's a definitelying story we're working. the senator was seriously ill at a washington area hospital and he's been there since last week. matt ackland is live on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: maureen, senator byrd has been in poor health for several years. he gets around with the use of a wheelchair. we're told he checked himself into an area hospital last week because of heat-related issues, dehydration. once he was at the hospital, doctors realized there were more serious medical issues involved. he is the third in line to the presidency, the longest serving senator in history. tonight the 92-year-old from west virginia is having serious health issues. on sunday, junior senator from west virginia, jay rockefeller spoke about byrd's health. >> he's been in the hospital before. he's always emerged. he's a fighter. all i think we can do, all of us, as west virginians is pray for him. >> reporter: it was 1952 when robert byrd began his career in washington. first elected to the house and then the senate in 1958. byrd has been in frail health recently. he was hospitalized three times in 2009. recently he was present and voted yes for the final passage of health care reform in march. his latest vote was just ten days ago. today west virginia governor joe manchin says our prayers are with him. he went on to say he's always rallied and i'm depending on him to rally again. senator byrd has been elected to more leadership positions than any other senator. in fact, since he became a senator, he has cast 18,000 votes. one again, mawr even, senator byrd -- maureen, senator byrd is in a hospital. his office saying he's suffering from a serious illness tonight. >> there is a slim majority for democrats in the senate. what would happen if byrd is unable to vote with his illness? >> reporter: as you know, this is going to be a busy week, the week before the 4th of july recess for congress. there are a lot of votes out there, maureen. the biggest vote is the financial reform. it's the final bill that needs to be voted on this week. democrats need every vote they can get and they sure indeed need senator byrd back to health and here to vote on that bill later this week. back to you. >> we sure do wish him a speedy recovery. thank now that. former vice president dick cheney's family says he is doing much better and could leave george washington hospital tomorrow. he checked in friday to treat a fluid buildup related to his heart disease. he's had five heart attacks, the most recent in february. if you rode metro today, you noticed it. new fares are in effect. for regular riders, that means a good chunk of change. jessica stone is live in northwest with reaction. >> reporter: good evening, maureen. this is actually the second time since january that metro has raised these rates. today they went up by 15 cents on the base fare. tomorrow morning they'll be 20 cents more during rush hour. it's the most extensive fare hike ever hitting commuters like pa trish came hard. she and her daughter say if they got better service, they might be more fee friendly. >> we still see the escalators being broken, the cars are still old. so, yeah, no, i don't think it's good. >> i'm not going to be able to go to the mall as much as i used to and the movies. it takes time from friends and stuff. >> reporter: come monday morning, rush hour riders will pay 20 cents more for the base fare with a minimum $2 extra each week. in august the base fare goes up another 20 cents for peak riders. >> you would think the city would want to get people off the roads but with metro going up -- >> reporter: jim graham was the lone no vote. he believes there were other options. >> we didn't increase the maximum fare as much as i think we should have. and the regular -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: not all metro riders are upset saying it's still cheaper than driving. >> i have a car and i choose not to drive. i don't have to pay for parking and stuff like that. it might be a steep price to pay but in the long run i think it's the right thing to do. >> the cost of living keeps going up. if we want the same service of metro, guess we have to pay more. >> reporter: for kay coming in from boston, it's a bargain. >> it's immaculate. it goes everywhere and comes really fast. >> reporter: but for metro bus riders, they better prepare for the real sticker shock. bus fare goes up by 25 cents if you have one of these, these smart cards. it's going to go up by 35 cents if you don't. we're live in northwest, i'm jessica stone, fox 5 news. promising news in the fight against h.i.v. in the district testing is up and new aids cases are down. that is according to a new report from the centers for disease control and prevention. the hiv-aids rate in d.c. is nearly ten times the national rate, but the report shows the number of newly diagnosed aids cases decreased from 164 cases per 100,000 people in 2004 to 107 in 2008. today is national h.i.v. testing day. the metro latino aids coalition held an event in langley park to raise awareness of the disease. anyone who showed up could get tested at no charge. the nation's top -- [ indiscernible ] why the director of the c.i.a. says the battle has taken an unpreaict able turn and is al qaeda winning or losing the war on terrorism? why those living around georgetown university are giving the school a failing grade. more animals turned up soaked in brown crude proving the oil spill disaster is going to be a problem for a very long time. is politics to blame for the slow cleanup? fox 5 news at 10:00 continues right after this break. can a smart phone augment your reality? can it see through walls ? locate restaurants and shops through your phone's viewfinder. droid can with layar. one of thousands of apps that run simultaneously with others from the ever expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what droid does. right now buy one droid by motorola and get a second one free. only from verizon. putting the country -- [ inaudible ] fort belvoir honored the brave men and women. they brought families together from maryland, d.c., virginia and new york. they say this send-off is a celebration. >> we're gone for a year. it's hard on the families. it helps to get everyone in one place at the same time toax plain it. even though we're going to a year, the families know they're going to have support while we're gone. >> he says this time will be easier than the first because he knows the ins and outs. he says he's happy he's leading troops on this tour. for u.s. forces in afghanistan, battle also are not always won using guns and tanks. soldiers depend on support from civilians n. villages -- [ inaudible ] they're also helping with infrastructure. the villagers say without a sense of security, improvements won't last. so is the taliban gaining or losing power in afghanistan? the head of the c.i.a. says the battle for control is still waging but in a different way. we explain how the struggle has changed and why some in congress are concerned. >> reporter: the c.i.a. director thinks the taliban in afghanistan is getting both stronger and weaker. in a rare sunday show appearance, leon panetta says the c.i.a. is engaged in some of its most aggressive operations in history against al could al qaeda and taliban leaders. fewer than a hundred al qaeda remain in afghanistan and its leadership is at its weakest point since 9/11 but he admits the taliban is putting up a fight this summer and progress is harder than expected. >> i think the taliban obviously is engaged in greater violence right now. they're doing more on i.e.d.s. they're going after our troops. there's no question about that. in some ways they're stronger but in some ways they're weaker as well. >> reporter: last week the top u.s. commander in afghanistan resigned after a rolling stone article suggested general stanley mcchrystal and his aides had little respect for the ambassador and civilians overseeing afghanistan. some lawmakers are worried about that. >> my biggest concern as we move forward is the civilian side going to change. we have a dysfunctioning relationship between the military-civilian components. >> reporter: democratic senator diane fine seen told fox news sunday incoming commander general david petraeus should make the call on civilian leadership. if he can't work with the ambassador or other diplomats, they should be replaced. in washington, fox news. an overwhelming show of support for an israeli soldier held captive for four years. the group wants the israeli government to negotiate with hamas to secure his release. talks broke down in december. supporters will spend the next 12 days walking to the prime minister's home in jerusalem. they say the group's effort is not the way to get anyone released. more or less some good news in the gulf 0eu8 disaster. -- gulf oil disaster. alex has weakened to a tropical depression. meanwhile, cleanup efforts continue as crews try to corral oil spewing into the gulf. fox's rick leventhal has our coverage from grand isle, louisiana. >> reporter: as alex makes its way across the gulf of mexico, the coast guard remains on alert. moving all of the equipment in place near the oil spill would take days. officials are keeping a close eye on the weather and emergency plans are on the table. >> we're very focused on the fact that there's a storm out there and we might have to change gears rather rapidly. >> reporter: nearly 39,000 people and more than 6,000 boats continue skimming oil from the gulf water and cleaning the beaches and shoreline. officials estimate two containment systems are capturing between 840,000 and 1.2 million gallons of oil every single day. but bp and government figures are widely disputed. worst-case scenarios indicate as many as two and a half million gallons could be flowing from the well head daily. in louisiana the crude continues to spell bad news for marine life and wild animals. >> she's oiled out. it looks like it's a young bird. you can feel the oil all over. you see it on her legs. >> all right, sweetheart, it's okay. you can see it stuck on her legs. >> reporter: when a local parish official phoned a wildlife rescue to get help for an oil-soaked bird, he said he got an earful of bureaucracy. >> she kept asking me what state i was. didn't know where cat island was. she finally said i've got the coordinates, put the bird back in the water and we'll have somebody come and pick it up. unbelievable. >> reporter: a government official tells fox news a massive oil plume is headed right for us here on grand isle. the oil slick is estimated to be 32 miles long and several miles wide and could be hitting the beach right here in 24 to 48 hours. in grand isle, louisiana, rick leventhal, fox news. the crisis in the gulf has communities all over the world taking a stand against offshore drilling. in austin, texas, dozens took part in an event called hands across the sand. they. getting smart about energy. the new evice that could help lower your bills but does it really work? why some say smart meters aren't so smart at all. growing pains for georgetown university. why some people living near the campus are giving a failing grade to expansion plans. georgetown university is growing but that's not the greatest news for neighbors right next to the school. they want to know what will happen in the next few years if more students move in. john henrehan explains this offcampus debate. [ bell tolls ] >> reporter: about 7,000 undergraduates attend georgetown university, and according to a ten-year campus plan, that number will likely remain about the same in 2020. but georgetown intends to grow the enrollments in its graduate and professional schools from about 6300 to more than 8700 over the next ten years. and that is sparking some very public opposition in the adjoining d.c. neighbor of burleith where many georgetown students find offcampus housing. >> they party too late and there's a lot of noise in the neighborhood. with a newborn it can have tough to have kids next door that are partying till 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. >> i hear music late at night, maybe 2:00 in the morning. and loud, loud voices. >> reporter: although there are a lot of anti-university expansion signs up in burleith, not all the residents resent the proximity of georgetown. >>it's also a rental market. we live here and at some point my husband and i would like to rent out our house and it's nice for us because it's a rental market. >> reporter: georgetown administrators point out in their planning documents that the university now requires an orientation session for students who move off campus and university officials patrol nearby neighborhood streets, especially on thursday, friday and saturday nights and extra trash and furniture pickups are also scheduled nearby. georgetown officials also point out that the average age of their graduate students is 28 and the graduate and professional students tend to for the live together in group homes just off campus. john henrehan, fox 5 news. they bike, swam and ran all to help a good cause. kids in bethesda took part in a triathlon to help kids battling leukemia. 6-year-old ryan darby was diagnosed with the disease just after christmas. his parents organized the event to help families pay for treatment. a big week for the three men accused in a murder cover yum. the judge in the robert wone obstruction case is set to rule. it's making meter reading easier for electric companies but homeowners say the new smart meters are causing them to pay more out of their pocket. fox 5 takes a closer look. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. years of mystery, weeks of testimony. now it is up to the judge on tuesday she will issue a verdict in the trial of three men accused of covering up the murder of robert wone. one, two or all three men will be found guilty or acquitted. fox 5's paul wagner has the latest. >> reporter: lynn leibowitz is a jurist who clearly hates wasting time. over the course of the 21-day trial she kept things moving. on numerous occasions, the native new yorker scolded the attorneys telling them to get to the point when questioning a witness. if they didn't exasperated she would ask the question herself. >> throughout the 22 days of the hearings, she was pretty rough on just about every attorney that stood up in front of her. >> reporter: just lynn leibowitz was educated at grown and got her law degree -- at brown and got her law degree from georgetown university. it career includes six years as a prosecutor in the homicide section of the u.s. attorney's office. she was appointed to the bench in 2001. craig brownsteinco-founder of the website who murdered robert wone has spent hours in the court watching the judge from when she first took over the case six months ago. >> she was a fast talker. she was engaged, very aggressive, very proactive, working with the attorneys, questioning them constantly, and moving things along. >> reporter: closing arguments were no different. she had questions and demanded answers. >> she was very clearly asking the prosecutor help me out with this. what is your theory? what is your overarching theme? >> reporter: but it wasn't just the prosecution she had questions for. judge leibowitz also wanted to know more from the defense, specifically why weren't your clients more forthcoming with the police? why weren't they more helpful? >> it gets down to one of the central questions of the entire case and trial and the crime. she was trying to pull that point out from them about why in their statements, why on the night of the murder they weren't more helpful, more proactive, more forthcoming to work with the detectives, to proactively work a citizen fire crow or -- a seen snare crow -- work a scenario. >> reporter: they said from the beginning an intruder came through the back door but no one saw or heard the intruder come in and leave. the whole thing they heard was a chime from the alarm on the door. if judge leibowitz finds one, two, or all three of the men guilty on tuesday, she could order them held without bond till trial. joseph price is facing up to 38 years in prison on the obstruction, tampering with evidence and conspiracy charges. the other two men are facing up to 35 years in prison if convicted on the obstruction and conspiracy charges. at d.c. supreme court, paul wagner, fox 5 news. finally protest and destruction at the g20 summit in toronto. police used tear gas to break up protesters. at least 500 people were arrested. police have restored calm to the streets but they do expect more violence. the chaos closed public transportation saturday. it is still running right now. world leaders at the g8 summit have agreed to slash deficits in half by 2013. for most industrialized nations that means cutting spending and raising taxes. the outcome of the summit in ontario wasn't exactly what president obama had in mind. he cautioned pulling back the reins might choke off global recovery but other leaders were worried too much spending may destabilize growth. sometimes the gizmos miss the mark and cause more trouble than they're actually worth. >> reporter: in this new age of technology, computers practically run everything so why should your power meter be any different. >> primarily the benefit that smart readers provide is they enable customers to have greater control over their energy usage. >> reporter: all across the country, smart meters gradually replacing traditional gas and electricity meters. they've been used for years in europe. 27 million already in italy and every home in the united kingdom will have one by 2020. >> as a two-way communication in it so you can communicate to the meter and the meter can communicate back to us. >> reporter: allowing customers to log on to the worldwide web and monitor their consumption. some are so high-tech, they allow you to track what a specific appliance in your home draws from the grid. energy companies say this will help lower your bill, cut down on the number of fossil fuels that are used and also shift usage away during peak hours. but not everyone thinks they're so smart. >> they short out appliances after they've been installed. some people complain that they've caught on fire. or that they interfere with a garage door opener or security system. >> reporter: pacific gas and heck industries has deployed roughly six million smart readers to customers in northern california and complaints started coming in almost immediately. >> the biggest problem that people are having with smart meetsers is -- meters is complains that the billing that they're getting is dramatically higher than they ever received before. >> reporter: so many problems reported. just last week the san francisco city attorney called for a moratorium of pge smart meters until an investigation into their accuracy can be done. >> what's the rush? why don't we wait for a few years, wait for all these smart devices to be on, wait for national protocols to be adopted. >> reporter: pge says an investigation isn't necessary. they acknowledge 23,000 customers had problems with their bills and they're working to iron it out. as more and more of the smart technology continues to roll out. in los angeles, casey stegall, fox news. it's a consumer alert you need to hear before brushing your teeth. still ahead, why thousands of bottles of scope mouth wash are being recalled. from food to facebook. it is the latest soabl media causes -- social media craze. tracking food on the go right to your door. one more day of real hot weather. oh, yeah, we'll have some thunderstorms too. but then it gets better. we'll have your complete forecast. it's all coming up. 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battle of the beltway part two. what makes that tough to fathom is the nats lad 6-0 friday night, 5-0 last night and today 3-0. would it be another case of history repeating? we've seen the movie before and know how it ends but it begins like this. adam jones misplays that one badly. here comes ryan zimmerman from virginia beach. lescore all the way from first base. a triple. that's pretty generous scoring by the home team. the next batter is roger bernadina. 3-0 nats at that point. here we are bottom of the 8th tied at 3. miguel tejada, the shot up the middle. here comes cory patterson. the play at the plate is -- you can believe it? the nats get swept in baltimore 4-3. >> we played bad the night we p we played good tonight but it's just not happening for us. it's going to. as we get going again here, if we play with that effort and cleanness that we played yesterday and today, we're going to win our share of games. >> world cup action today, mick jagger rooting for the england. taking on germany, 20th minute no score. the free kick ahead. germany defeats england 4-16789 the germans have reached the quarter finals in every world cup since 1954. mexico in green taking on argentina. 33rd minute, mexico down 1-0. watch this. they turn it over in their own zone and that is a dip. argentina takes out mexico 3-1. it will be argentina and germany in the quarter finals. coming up on your sports edge, john wall wasn't the only wizards draft choice. we'll take a look that the wizardses brass may have overlooked. i'll give you a hint. he works here at fox 5 and has red hair. he had a one on one tryout with the wizards owner. >> check this out. >> very nice. >> the hottest app going on right now. still ahead -- shut that thing down. most employers don't want them but one car wash owner does. why this owner is giving a group of ex-cons a clean slate. d t tos now to a consumer alert. there is a recall rf scope mouth wash. the recall involving the original mint and pepper mint mouth wash. the company found the child resistant caps don't work on a small percentage of bottles. the consumer product safety commission says about 30,000 bottles are in question. for ex-convicts getting their lives back on track is a daunting challenge. few people want to give them a job but in jacksonville, florida, a car wash owner is giving them a chance to clean up their act. >> reporter: at first glance this looks like any other busy car wash. soaping and scrubbing and barking out orders. >> turn the water on. >> reporter: but transformations car wash in jacksonville, florida hires only ex-convicts, men and women with felony convictions, those people that no one else will hire because of their criminal past. >> we believe that our god gave us a second chance and these young people also need a second chance. the difference between some of them and some of us is they were caught and many of us were not. >> reporter: raymond ministries started transformations car wash with ten employees and needs more. the job pays minimum wage six days a week sun up to sundown and getting hired means sharing their entire past with church leaders, no secret, only hope. >> these are people at their lowest point. now that i'm kind of in that position, i know how they feel. and to have any opportunity to work, to better your life is just wonderful. >> reporter: it is one of the biggest holes that ex-convicts fall into when they're released from prison. they can't find a job. most employers won't hire someone with a record but the flip side for employers is your hire -- is you're hiring someone who has everything to gain and could end up being one of your best employees. >> give people a chance because you never know, you might have a good worker just -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the local sheriff used to chase some of these men down. now he's a car wash customer. >> what pastor griffith is doing is creating an industry where these guys can get out of prison, come back to this community, be successful tax paying citizens, not tax consumers. >> reporter: in the future, they plan to open a lawn care service, even a restaurant all run by ex-convicts. orlando salinas, fox news. these cars are clean and green. they're solar powered and they went racing in napierville, illinois this weekend. colleges and universities competed to see whose car could win. the university of michigan took top honors in the race which started in oklahoma and crossed 1200 miles of the american midwest. back here on the chesapeake, we are having some pretty hot weather and i've been peeking at your forecast. a cooldown. >> that's right. >> ever so slight but a cooldown. >> that's important. because you are my -- my toughest audience here. >> clean it up, gary mcgrady, clean it up. >> we're going to cool it down actually. we have pretty good conditions out there this evening. we had a couple of thunderstorms earlier move through. some places cooled down because of the thunderstorm. you got a little cooler here and a little cooler there. not necessarily for the city even though we did have some showers moving across. still record high temperatures today pretty much everywhere. 100 degrees down at -- or up at bwi marshall and it was 99 for reagan national. that was another record. dulles was only 97 today. so it was one of the cooler spots around. it's 81 now so temperatures have dropped quite a bit. most of you out tonight in the 80s. manassas 75. culpeper 77. temperatures tonight really only allowed to get down into the mid- to upper 70s. we still have a lot of moisture. relative humidity levels are high. don't expect a lot of cooling overnight tonight. we still have enough humidity to give us warm temperatures at this hour. 89 is how it feels in the city. 93 the heat index up in hagerstown. so it is not cooling down too quickly. 101 for raleigh today and all the heat bottled up to the south. you see the cooler numbers though. bismarck 79. 84 degrees in minneapolis which no doubt that is hot for them. there is cooler air up here. it will start to make a move in our direction. detroit today was 83. you see the temperature trend here, okay. this is nice weather coming our way. but we have to deal with 95 again tomorrow and the heat index value tomorrow until we get some showers and thunderstorms will be up into the upper 90s at times. by tuesday we're down into the upper 80s. the cooler, drier air really settles in by wednesday and thursday. right now we think down to about 84 degrees or so. but the guidance is suggesting maybe a little bit cooler than that but i still think the -- we're probably going to be even with the cooler temperatures coming in we're still probably going to be up in at least the lower 80s. so if we continue to see that upper 70s coming in in the models, maybe we'll lower it a little bit more. showers and thunderstorms, a nice line from ohio all the way back down into illinois. this line will die down a little bit by tomorrow morning. but then it's going to pop up again late tomorrow afternoon along that front and it will be getting closer to us. we have fair skies now. this is tropical depression alex just emerging now over the yucatan. over the next 24, 36 hours, all indications are that the tropical depression alex now with winds of 35 miles per hour will be able to strengthen just a little bit in the warmer waters here of the southern gulf and you can see right now forecast to become a hurricane as early as tuesday and maybe even a stronger hurricane by wednesday evening prior to making landfall. right now the forecast calls for it to be through northern sections of the mexican coast here just south of brownsville, texas. it could still wobble a little bit either way, okay. this is just a forecast. don't want to get too worried about the track here. more potentially within this cone here, the forecast cone so there's still a chance it could go a little farther to the north. hot tomorrow. we'll have thunderstorms late in the afternoon. 83 degrees tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. we're 91 by noon. and a temperature at 4:00 tomorrow will be right about 94 degrees. then we'll begin to get some scattered showers and thunderstorms around the region. it looks like by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening after 3:00 is when these thunderstorms will start popping up. they will be strong. and i suspect we'll even have some severe thunderstorms as well. much nicer, though, maureen, as you already pointed out because you've been cheating and looking ahead, on tuesday and especially wednesday, thursday and probably rolling into friday, at least we'll break this heat for a while and then it's going to start coming back it looks like toward the weekend. >> i wasn't really cheating. i was kind of studying up so you and i have a meaningle interaction. >> cheating perhaps was the wrong word. >> a thousand lashes. thanks for that. media sites like facebook and twitter are great for keeping up with friends but they also deliver other benefits like satisfying your sweet tooth. allison seymour has more on how it helps build a cupcake empire. >> reporter: cupcakes have been selling like, well, hot cakes in the last few years. >> red velvet. >> reporter: but that's not what makes curbside cupcakes unusual. nor is it the fact that the business operates out of a pink truck that roams the streets of washington. it's how the owners drive business to their trucks. >> when we started we had a friend that was a marketing person who said have you done your press release. press release? i don't want to do that. >> reporter: instead the 7- month-old business relies on facebook and twitter to get the word out. >> it's not really marketing. it's testimonial. it's one thing for me to say i have delicious cupcakes. of course that's what i would say. what else would i say? but when someone else that you know on facebook or other people say these cupcakes are delicious, that really matters to customers. >> the best cupcakes ever. >> reporter: the owner posts fatebook and twitter updates to let her customers know are the truck is headed and when it will be down there. the line stretches down the block just a few minutes after the truck parks. another half dozen food trucks in the district rely on social media. >> we were thinking about it before twitter baim popular. but, -- became popular. but twitter make it is more accessible to people. >> the whole design, the whole concept is pretty amazing, you know. it's urban. >> reporter: christy cunningham of curbside cupcakes says the use of social media is also growing customer loyalty in another way. >> they've gotten to know each other. you see people in the line become friendly and meet friends but also on facebook it's a real community. i think we've been able to -- we're participants. it's not even our community. we're just participants in this great sort of massive social media that's really been fantastic for us. >> reporter: it's technology changing the way people interact with and do business with each other. still ahead on fox 5 news at 10:00, the obama administration plans to retire the space shuttle program later this year. now one legendary astronaut is speaking out against the decision. later on the news edge, it is known as the domino effect. delays at one airport causing delays at another. find out which airport is to blame for the canceled flight. i'm from the gulf coast. my family spends a lot of time here. i have a personal interest in ensuring that we get this job done right. i'm keith seilhan. i'm in charge of bp's clean up on the gulf coast. bp's taken full responsibility for the clean up, and that includes keeping you informed. over 25,000 people are included in the clean up operation. our crews are cleaning the gulf beaches 24/7. we're going to be here as long as it takes to make this right. hey, volley for serve. friendly competition runs on dunkin' with our refreshing coolatta flavors. enjoy an icy boost today. america runs on dunkin'. an astronaut wants president obama to change his mind about closing down shuttle program. astronaut glenn says -- [ inaudible ] fox 5's bob barnard takes a look. >> three, two, one, and lift- off of space shuttle. >> reporter: endeavour us a launch this fall will be the last of the 29-year-old space shuttle program, like the prototype enterprise, the orbiters would become nothing more than museum pieces. >> i don't think it should go away. it's been too safe of an aircraft and i feel there's a need for it. >> reporter: in this six-page statement, john glenn, the 88- year-old former ohio senator writes, why terminate a perfectly good system that has been made more safe and reliable through many years of development and the shuttles are not worn out, far from it. >> i grew up following all of the space program stuff and wanted to be an astronaut as a young girl. you just hate to see it go away. >> reporter: with nasa still in the early stages of its next generation manned space flight program called constellation he writes the original planned gap of two to three years of having no u.s.-manned launch capability will realistically be close to eight to ten years or more. >> how are we going to get -- [ inaudible ] you trust it to them? i don't. sorry. >> i think it's important to our national pride to not relinquish being number one. >> reporter: as one ever the original mercury seven astronaut, john glenn was the first american to orbit the earth. he became a national hero after that historic flight in 1962, 36 years later he became the oldest american to fly in
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