72 ocean city. 75 winchester and 73 to start the day in fredericksburg. your forecast for the remainder of the day, partly sunny, hot and humid. get outdoors and enjoy a refreshing sprinkler. 90 degrees. winds five miles an hour. i will be back in a couple of minutes and have details on the weekend forecast. i know a lot of people have outdoor plans. >> fred is the floor director, right? >> right. >> thank you. we have new developments in that gushing oil well in the gulf of mexico. there's a new containment device in place this morning. the b.p. executive says the cap is collecting some 0 of the oil. >> how much is still to be determined but there's this is a little good news as president obama prepares for a trip to the gulf coast later today and fox doug luzader is live on captiol hill with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: the cap is in place and apparently it is collecting some of the oil but it may be later today before we find out how much of it is being collected. from the video it certainly looks like a lot of oil is still spilling out of in to the gulf. the white house and the government may see this as a big step. >> nothing is easy a mile down but the coast guard says engineers have been able to place a cap over the leaking well. it's in place but not quite operational. >> the risk is reduced but the risk is whether or not it will be fully successful. >> reporter: if it is fully successful, the cap will allow much of the oil to be drawn to the surface ship. it is just a temporary fix but it offers good news as president obama prepares to make another trip to the gulf. this one hastily organized after the white house has come under enormous pressure to take a more active role in the condoleeza ricecy -- crisis. the president has been criticized for being too distant and in an interview on larry king he offered a flash of anger. >> i am furious at this entire situation because this is an example of where somebody didn't think through the consequences of their actions. >> reporter: b.p. meantime has gotten a bill from the federal government for $69 million. just the first of many. >> the gulf spill is a tragedy that should have never happened. >> reporter: the company is spending money to help its tarnished image. one computer model shows the spill has spread not only to florida but up the east coast and beyond. images like these are beginning to hit home. the president is not only traveling to the gulf today, but he is also cancelling a big trip he had later this month to go to australia and indonesia, clearing the deck to give this oil spill more attention. >> thank you so much. the backlash against b.p. is growing this morning. there are calls for a boycott of the oil giant and protests at the company's headquarters here in dc. for more sherry is live in northwest. >> good morning. b.p.'s name is not on the building here but their government affairs -- government affairs office is inside and protesters will be back out here again to protest the handling of their oil spill. they are going to do a mock arrest out here charging the company with environmental and safety violations for that gulf oil spill. on top of that, there's a growing boycott against b.p. gas stations. handful of people called on them to pay they are the oil spill and impact as part of the nationwide protest. a second protest will include a citizens arrest with someone dressed up as the b.p. ceo in a prison jump suit. others are calling for a boycott of b.p. as far as station but they say a boycott will only hurt local owners making a few cents on a gallon of the gas they sell. >> b.p. is not in the retail gasoline business. i know that is hard for people to understand but they are not. they sold all of their company stores an their name and basically franchisees and small corporations really run these stores and b.p. has licensed out the name, but they really don't own them. at the end of the day if you don't buy gasoline from a b.p. branded station it is not going to impact b.p.'s bottom line at all. >> reporter: people are still angry about the oil spill, and they are taking it out on anything with the b.p. name on it. now, the twist in this as far as the boycott is concerned is that even if you don't buy gas at a b.p. gas station you may still end up buying gas from b.p. because they still produce the oil and refine it and they can sell it really to anyone they want. so the gatt station down the street may actually have b.p. gas. a deadly accident in northeast. a driver hit and killed a little boy in the trinidad neighborhood around 7:00 last night. the driver stayed on the scene until officers got there. we were told the boy was younger than 10 years old. maryland police say a construction worker was hit and killed on route 50 yesterday. his name is gus sabra and he was hit twice. the maryland state highway administration has offered condolences to his family. he was wearing a reflective vest at the time of the accident. more sad news for the family of a woman and her daughter missing in the potomac river. crews recovered the body of a the river. rescuers found the first body on wednesday. right now they haven't identified either body. the hunt is on in maryland for three people who held up a cvs pharmacy and tied up the victims with duct tape. police released these surveillance pictures. i. three suspects went in acting as regular customers but they pulled out guns and robbed the store and tied up the victims. they believe they are the same well-dressed bandits that robbed a store in march. to a developing international story now. wanted in two countries on two continents, police in chile will fly joran van der sloot to face murder charges. he is also charged in alabama stemming from a 2005 disappearance of natalie hollowway in aruba. natalie hollowway was on a senior trip when last seen with joran van der sloot. wisdom martin has more on the case in chile and the charges he faces also. >> reporter: five years after natalie hollowway disappeared in aruba, joran van der sloot is arrested and charged with the murder of a peruvian woman. according to police, the dutchman was in the country for a poker tournament and captured in a video taken in a casino early on sunday with stephanie flores. investigators say her body was later found face down in his hotel room. joran van der sloot was arrested on thursday in chile. in addition to that charge, a criminal complaint was filed on thursday in birmingham, alabama related to the disappearance of natalie hollowway. >> our charges resulted from an fbi investigation in to efforts by joran van der sloot to extort $250,000 in exchange for information about the location of natalie hollowway's remains and the circumstances that led to her death. >> joran van der sloot has long been suspected in the 2005 disappearance of hollowway in aruba. the 18-year-old was from alabama and was in the islands on a high school graduation trip. wisdom martin, fox 5 news. >> police arrested joran van der sloot twice in the hollowway case, but released him both times for lack of evidence. a mother, who was asked to stop breast-feeding her baby in a local mall, is raising awareness about breast-feeding laws. what she is planning for the weekend ahead. and we will talk about what is and isn't legal when it comes to breast-feeding. >> plus details behind this amazing zoo. what happened to this car after it went airborne. fox 5 morning news is back after the break. hey, resolve stainbusters. look at this stain on my daughter's costume... her school play is tomorrow. i can't let her go on stage looking ke this. she needs resolve max. this laundry pre-treater has twice the stain-fighting power of regular pre-treaters. 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(lab girl) trust resolve. forget stains. welcome back at 9:12. president obama and arizona governor jan brewer face off at the white house over her state's controversial immigration law. she told the president she wants to secure the state by completing a bordering fence. she says the president told her most of the 1200 national guard troops he is sending to protect the border will go to arizona. the governor signed the law last month that allows police enforcing any law to check someone's immigration status if they think they are in the u.s. illegally. the white house and other critics say this is promoting racial profiling. >> this law does nothing to secure the border. it does nothing to protect cities. all it does is use resources and take police officers away from covering violence. >> i'm encouraged there will be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of arizona. i hope that is not wishful thinking. >> reporter: protesters outraged over the immigration law gathered outside of the white house ahead of the meeting. the president said he wants to work on immigration reform. a mother who's asked to stop breast-feeding her baby in a local mall is hosting a nurse- in. is publicly breast-feeding your baby in our area a no-no? joining us to help clarify the laws is a university of professor. thank you for coming in. >> boy i will tell you this is one that gets everybody, everybody talking. men, women, it doesn't matter. i think we have all probably seen women breast-feeding in public and i think all of us have different reactions to it. >> what are the laws? our area? >> in maryland we passed the right to breast-feed law in 2003 but it is actually legal to breast-feed across the country. these laws just clarify the right. and the maryland breast-feeding coalition, it is a short law that says -- that's it. >> just that simple. >> yep. >> so if i go to a restaurant and want to breast-feed my child it doesn't matter who owns the restaurant, if it is a chain, if it is locally owned they cannot tell you to stop, even if you are sitting among other patients. >> that's correct. >> when does the conflict come in? >> the conflict i think is a cultural conflict. >> okay. >> i think that as -- or as a society some are offended when we see a nurse -- a mother nursing her infant and it should not be that. it should be a cultural change and women can breast-feed and they can do it discreetly without offending people around here. that is our purpose to try to get a cultural change so it is more acceptable in your eyes and others in the public, that it is okay for a woman to breast-feed. >> it is legal in dc, right? >> it is legal in dc. mayor fenty amended the human rights act that any woman can breast-feed anywhere in public that she's allowed for herself to be. she can breast-feed her child. >> this isn't one of those things where, you know, you would have to tell somebody, and say, listen, i have a baby, i'm going to be breast-feeding and want to give you a heads up. >> you could do that to be comfortable but we need people to see breast-feeding so they can accept it and the benefits for experience babies can be captured. >> there's no doubt there are benefits to the baby. is it -- we do have indesensecy laws. in maryland and i believe virginia as well and in dc? so how do you know what, then, in is decent? what i'm i'm completely offended by looking at somebody and seeing their breast and a baby nursing and i say wait a minute that is offensive to me and i find that indecent. >> who defines what is indecent. >> what about the minuteny skirt people thought they were indecent when they came in. when people start to accept it i think we will see think changes and people that understand that any exposure that happens during the course of breast-feeding is okay and much less than you see on any city street. >> most definitely. >> do you think that maybe restaurants or other public places need to be an area -- is it offensive to a woman to say, hey, look, we understand you need to breast-feed. but maybe you don't want to do it at the dinner table with people next to you and we are trying to be respectful so we provided a lovely spot for you to go and breast-feed. do you think that ought to be part of the equation. >> it is nice to have breast- feeding rooms. if you have a fussy baby that is nice quiet place to go but if a mother is participating in other activities, women need to be out and in society. we find in maryland breast- feeding drops off at three weeks and that's when women start to go out again because it isn't accepted. so those are nice things to have but maryland is working together to help businesses to have lackation rooms so with women can pump and breast-feed at work. >> in maryland and dc we received a grant through health and human services where we will have a business day for breast-feeding where there's an tune for businesses to join with us for a training program that with can put lackation support services in place and once the public sees more of breast-feeding this issue will go away and go away quickly. >> thank you for coming in and enlightening us about what is going on and what the laws are. >> appreciate it. >> back to you. we are not done talking about baby-related topics yet. this week's ask allison question is about baby weight. specifically my baby weight and gurvir dhindsa's baby weight and how we got rid of the baby weight. and for those who have young kids matt has something to tell us about. >> i don't have baby weight. check me out. only 14 hours from the grand opening here at thomas town at six flags. a lot of work taking place. one ride bernie the bus. some folks are getting ready to ride it. we are talking about the rides and coming up in a bit we will talk about the entertainment you will see here. it is the 65th birthday of thomas the engine. >> thank you. first a look at the trivia question, how much did arnold schwarzenegger pay for john f. kennedy's set of golf clubs at a 1996 auction? 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frankly when i hear of it i think i would love to see that because it is a love story yet a fairy tale and just something that you hope has a happy ending. >> as a reader and that's all you ever are when it comes to scripts, it either moves you or interesting you or grips you or pushes you away. it inspires apathy sometimes. and this one is -- i was gripped by it. kind of a passion and sense of hope that seemed to almost dominate every page. these are characters that are -- particularly my guy who isn't having much fun in his life, a recovering alcoholic, and the -- and for all intents and purposes he's not having a great time but he distinctly lacks self pity which is a commendable trait in anyone and i love the line between the ohmage that we all have a need to believe in things that transcend the everyday physical world that we find ourselves in whether you believe fully or not i think it is important to have a knowledge or feeling it is important to have a sense of grandiosity of great stories. >> it is a lovely story and the cinematography is great. thank you so much for joining us. >> you are welcome. >> have a good one. >> you too. >> doesn't that sound beautiful? >> it does. >> okay. >> love story, that's why. >> i'm willing to give it a try. >> now he is going to ask. >> he said it was fun for him to see it. what do you think, the weekend weather? hazy hot and humid. >> 77 degrees in washington, d.c. now. we are up a couple of degrees in the past hour, 79 gaithersburg. frederick 84. mixing in sunshine doesn't take much this time of the year. 82 winchester. we are warming up quickly and we will be hot this afternoon. highs in the low 90s. plenty of humidity around. we have been complaining about it all morning and won't get a break from the humidity until monday and tuesday of next week. here's the satellite and radar. a couple of clouds to start the day. the showers and thunderstorms that brought heavy weather yesterday faded to the a south and east and dissipated overnight. we will get a couple of popup thunderstorms in the afternoon. not as widespread as yesterday. well north and west toward chicago is sweet relief. that will get in toward the end of the weekend and monday and tuesday look cooler with less humidity. ahead of it hazy hot and humid. brothers will be hanging out all weekend and we have some scattered showers and thunderstorms until we get the cold front here. cooler and less humid in to monday and then much quieter weather here after a few thunderstorms on saturday and sunday. mention the code orange air quality. moderate air quality later this afternoon, partly sunny, hot and humid. scattered late day thunderstorms return. winds from the south and west at five miles an hour. there's the five-day forecast. and again outdoor plans this weekend, mostly fine. i think some scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and then again on sunday a cold front but not raining every minute this weekend. here's the cooler weather and don't forget we have the big baseball game on tuesday. looks like highs of 80 degrees. that's a look at the weather. allison back to you. >> thank you. another golden girl sadly is gone now. >> i do declare. your sweet words could charm the morning dew off of the honey suckle. >> i loved her on the show. rue mcclanahan died at the age of 76. she played blanch devereaux on the golden girls. she first came to fame in the 70s playing a supporting role opposite bea arthur in maude. she had an extensive broadway career also. betty white is the last golden girl. she released a statement saying -- >> i believe that. that's sweet and sad. >> i know it is. i like her a lot on that show. well, it's friday and that means i'm going to take another question from our wonderful viewers out there. ask allison question. this week it is actually for me and you, it has to do with baby weight. >> the dreaded baby weight. >> we are talking about that next. and a mcdonald's ad is causing an internet was. there is a message behind these fries. details coming up. but first a look at the trivia question -- the answer is coming up later. and aisha tyler is here with us too. we will talk to her later. don't go anywhere. 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>> i was an older mom. so i was in my mid-40s when i got pregnant and since i had twins, a lot of people at home said i didn't even know you were pregnant. you didn't gain a lot of weight. i didn't because the girls got sick so the girls came 2 1/2 months early and i think a lot of the time you gain most of your weight in the last three months of pregnancy. >> when the baby is getting fat. >> the babies are getting big so i didn't get a chance for that to happen. now, i'll tell you tom at home is going please don't say it. if i -- if somebody told me you would be pregnant again you would have a wonderful pregnancy with no problems, i would do it again in a heart beat. >> this is where we different [ laughter ] >> i will tell you, i am thin and small but i still have that little area of my tummy that i am self conscious about. >> you call it skinny fat. >> skinny fat, which i am. >> completely different story because i gained 50-pounds, 50 because i had these babies back to back, 14 months apart. two older girls. and that was hard. let's talk about that with. when it was done and i was a nursing mom and all of that stuff and i thought it is going to come right off. no, they did not. i was sitting there with 20- pounds not knowing how to get rid of. i had to get help. i didn't know how to do this but i will tell you what i was told to do and what i did to successfully lose the weight in 11 weeks. 11 weeks 20-pounds. it is all about what you eat. that's it. it really does. i walked a little bit but i don't think we know what we should eat. i don't know -- i didn't know what to eat. i didn't know the portion sizes to do that and we all sort of overeat and eat the wrong thing. get out and do a little walking and there are a bunch of websites and different programs. i don't want to endorse anyone right now but there are things on-line you can do for a small amount of money that tell you how to eat and how much and it's great. that's what i did. i had to get help because it did not come off easily. spencers did because i knew how to do it. >> i whine to tony every day, i hate this, i can't stand it. >> get on that elliptical. >> miss beautiful muffin top we hope we answered the question. you can e-mail me and we can talk about the specific things that i did. i'm sure you are beautiful and kiss that baby for us. >> yes. >> if you have a question you would like to ask, head to our website. i feel like we're on a comedy show right now talking about baby weight and nursing and that stuff. www.myfoxdc.com is the website. click on the morning tab for the link to ask allison. thank you for writing in. >> i'm glad we got to share that together. we had a moment. a commercial for mcdonald's is generating on-line. you see a teenager boy looking at hi class picture and he takes a cell phone call telling the other person he is thinking of them. when his dad sits down he talks about he was the ladies man in his day. he looks at the photo and said too bad your class is all boys. the point, of course, is the teen is gay. the tag line then reads come as you are. a spokesperson from mcdonald's said they want to show a realistic look at society and not everyone sees it that way. it is only airing overseas and in france. >> very progressive. she is a successful comedienne, actress and author and you can see here right here in dc this weekend. aisha tyler in the studio to talk about the show. and young kids all over the area are excited this morning. matt ackland is up next with a new thomastown at six flags. we'll be right back. we go to a break and want to show you a live look at president obama in hyattsville. he is touring the international trucking company along with vice president biden. he is expected to talk about jobs, unemployment dropped to 9.7% today. some people think that figure maybe a little inflated because we had all of the temporary census workers out there. we will find out about that, as well. i married a white guy. thank you [ laughter ] see, all the white people clap and the black people are like do we clap about that now? i missed the meetings. how do we feel about that now. i missed the last news letter. >> you can refer to her as a triple threat. she's an actress, comedienne and author. and this weekend she's in town at this dc improve to perform standup and we are happy she has has chosen us to talk about all the great things in her life. that is hysterical. >> thank you, yes. i always tell people i married this guy i had because my credit was terrible [ laughter ] i needed a new truck. you know what i mean? he is great. i just had my 16th wedding anniversary. i got married young. >> you have really. we will talk about how many things you have busted through because was there ever a black friend? >> no. if i could qualify as a black friend i would take it but i was the only one to stick around longer than an episode on the show friends. >> you are no stranger to doing this and doing it great. >> you are there tonight, tomorrow and sunday. 00, 9:00 and 10:30. you should get an apartment here. >> what's interesting is my dad grew up in pittsburgh and moved here when he was 20. my mother grew up here my family is here. i used to come here every summer and sweat it out in this humidity. what's happening? how do black women make it? >> honestly. >> i will walk outside and look like an afro as my auntie would call it fat hair. >> i fell in love with you on talk soup. it is never going to be the same again and then came you. >> thank you. >> what was that experience like. >> it was a big break. everyone asked what use your big opportunity and that is probably talk soup. i loved that show. i was a fan, too and when i found out they were auditioning i went in an auditioned for it and there was always guys that had done it but i have a guy friendly sense of humor. my parents separated when i was young and raised by a single dad. to go on the show and be able to be a guy's girl and it was so great. the show is a cult hit. it is amazing how few people watched it back in the day but how many know it. maybe a million, million and a half viewers and to go from there to 25 million viewers i was a big leap. >> it is like you grabbed our attention and i love john henson who was on and greg kinnear. and so i'm really telling you, though, it is like. >> it is an iconic show. >> you went to do other things also on fox hits 24, reoccurring role and other things going on. is it fair to say you have returned to standup. >> i got my start in standup and i love it so much and i was lucky to get busy and do other things on tv but i have always loved it and there is something wonderful about that experience with fans. you do tv and there is no one there and you are shooting it, a film, two years later and do stand up and said we don't like that joke, lady. we liked you on 24. i love the energy and people who know me from talk soup or from my show. i'm still in the fox family because i'm on f examination. people that know those shows know my sense of humor. alain that cane is very hot. >> how is she fighting crime when she is so stacked. i don't know how she does it. if she gets any big shearers going to be in a hurdle and can't get up. people know me from those shows and know my style of comedy. i love the fans and love to talk to fans after the shows. it is raw, unsensorred a different experience. not scripted or studied and it is -- i'm in my element and i love that. i always tell people it is a grownup show. you know, i'm not deaf comedy jam but it is adult show. don't bring your 12-year-old that likes me on the ghost whisperer. >> i am going to have to say good-bye to you but you have a dvd out and it is available now. >> comedy central special is on amazon itunes and it is entirely new hour. so if it is fresh for 2010. >> you are fantastic. tonight, tomorrow and sunday. check her out. pleasure to meet you. >> almost sold out so get tickets now. >> you are a funny lady. let me tell ya. >> adult hue humor there. here's a place where you can take the youngsters. matt ackland is at six flags to learn more about thomastown and >> your babies are too young for this. >> little older we will take them out a little later. >> i'm sure they will want to watch thomas the train. i'm sure they will be big fans like many people in the area. did you realize thomas turned 65 years old tomorrow. something we have all grown up with. felt me about why thomas the train was picked to be the next big thing here. it is 3 1/2 acres of rides and exhibits and entertainment. tell me why. >> thomas is a popular brand with preschoolers. kids all over the world know thomas. they love thomas. they love birdie the bus and all of the characters an we wanted to bring something for the littlest thrill seekers to six flags over america. >> reporter: there's a lot of work taking place and some irrigation here. will we be ready for tomorrow? >> absolutely. it is all a bunch of polish right now. we are ready to bring it on and bring a lot of people in. >> tell me about the rides. >> absolutely. right down here we have ferris wheel and thomas the train, birdie the bus. harold the helicopter and what is cool about the rides is moms an dads can ride with their children. >> great entertainment, as well. you want introduce crush. >> absolutely. we have many new shows here at six flags over america and this is the cast of "crush "and they perform twice daily at six flags over america and the deck party. >> hit it ♪ [ music ] ♪ i've got a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good good good night ♪ and i'm feeling ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good night ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good night ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good good night ♪ i know that we'll have a ball get up and go out and just ♪ >> i have a feeling that tomorrow will be a good day, isn't it julia? >> so excited. are you expecting a huge crowd. >> huge huge crowd. get here early. we open at 1:45 and at 12:00 we are celebrating thomas ' birthday. >> we have superman behind us and seven roller coasters to enjoy. >> thank you very much i we appreciate it and once again, gurvir dhindsa, allison, everything is kicking off tomorrow at 10:30. one person said they think they will have to work throughout the night to be sure they are ready to go tomorrow. so if you don't anything to do tomorrow is the day to join us. >> thank you. we're back with the answer to today's trivia question next. don't go let's answer the trivia question. how much did arnold