>> i guess it is. gentleman some sparkle right in the middle. i'm-- >> some sparkle right in the middle. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm sarah simmons in for steve chenevey. >> the father of a valedictorian here a toledo high school was killed in a storm in ohio. storms in our area left behind damage yesterday. the strong winds isn't a tree tollling onto a car in southeast d.c. fortunately, no one was inside at the time. >> wow! when you see that gorgeous sunrise, you almost forget about all that stuff. we did have a rather turbulent weekend in some spots. >> what happened, you know, it was very hot and muggy and as we all know and then we had the showers and storms come through. that was the cold front coming through. it created some severe weather. but in the wake of it, you have very nice weather like we are having this morning, cooler temperatures and milder conditions. let's take a look at the current conditions around the region. not a bad start to the day. we are in the 60s. in wash, it is 65 degrees. it is also 65 in annapolis. manassas is at 61 degrees. 61 in frederick being a very nice start to the day and humidity levels are pretty cool too. here is a look at the satellite- radar. put it in motion. showers, showers, showers and they're gone. we had some showers out to the west this morning. west and north. frederick, maryland, loudoun county, leesburg, places like that, front royal that h. some shower activity but all of that has dissipated. we do have clouds streaming through so your picture that you saw outside is a mix of clouds and sun. your forecast for today after some partly sunny skies early. maybe smear sunshine in the afternoon so we'll go with mostly sunny. a cooler day today. less humidity. high today about 79 degrees. that is a look at the weather. more is coming up in just a little bit. sounds good. >> horse back riding weather today. >> good day to open your windows in the car. julie wright with a look at traffic. >> not so bad right now. we do have the lanes open but volume increasing depending on where you are traveling in from. i know in montgomery county, we have a portion of university boulevard that is tied up right now as you travel in between four corners and the beltway and that is due to trees down across the highway. if you are traveling south along 270, this is the showest stretch we are finding so far this morning. delays out of hyattstown. the slowdown occurring between 50 and 123. we check out the cameras in manassas. northbound i-95 now starting to slow coming across the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> first at the 6:00 hour, a suspicious death investigation is under way in silver spring. police say a man's body was found around 1:00 this morning in the # hundred block of university boulevard. investigators are only saying the 5-year-old man suffered trauma to his upper body and died at the hospital. they have not said whether they are looking for any suspects. a montgomery county woman accused of taxing a pregnant woman is expected in court today. police say 38-year-old christine devoe attacked a nearly nine month pregnant woman in damascus. the victim escaped to a neighbor's and called 911. police say devoe is a scientist. police say it is an tax between two women would are either friend or quaintances. >> there isn't any romance or anything like that involved. it is a mother convoluted relationship than that. >> it's quiet neighborhood. everybody gets along with each other. it is the first time i've ever heard of any rhyme around here. >> police arrested devoe at a frederick hotel. she is facing six charges in that attack including attempted murder and possession of a weapon. she is being held without bail. d.c. police are looking for suspects in a teenager's death saturday night. 17-year-old deron lucas was found shot several times on w street southeast. there is no word on a motive or suspects. police are offering a reward of up to 25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. police in baltimore are tie trying to figure out why an off- duty officer shot and killed a former marine at a nightclub over the weekend. detectives think # #-year-old tyrone brown groped the officer's girlfriend when they were leading the eden lounge on saturday night. -- 32-year-old tyrone brown. coming up in the next hour, lenny steinhorn will join us in studio to talk about the prime races to watch tomorrow. the containment cap in the gulf is capturing more and more oil. but the coast guard warns not to expect the oil to stop completely until the fall. bp engineers are keeping a close watch on the upside-down funnel cap. they want to see how much it will really slow the leaking oil. this is a live look at the video feed under the gulf. if you want to see t there is a link under ongoing stories on our web site, myfoxdc.com along with the latest updates. another big story we're following this morning, two men were arrested at jfk airport over the weekend accused of trying to leave the united states appear join jihaddists affiliated with al-qaeda. the fbi and new york city police raided two homes in new jersey late saturday night. the two men are both u.s. citizens. both are charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism. authorities say they were planning to fly to somalia and accused them of planning to kill american troops. >> really scary that there is a possible terrorist living across the street from me. >> they are saying they are look for anything, maybe they took their computer are books or things like that. >> the two men had apparently been under investigation since 2006. they are scheduled to be in court today. new this morning, a mass shooting at a restaurant ensued a strip mall in florida. a man was seen arresting with a woman in the parking lot of at mall just before 10:00 last night. police say the man shot the woman and then walked into the restaurant and opened fire killing four people and injures three more. the shooter was later found dead from an apparent suicide. next, a local high school cancels its high profile graduation speaker after some very controversial remarks. new evidence revealed in the murder case against joran van der sloot, long suspected in the disappearance of american teen natalee holloway. surveillance video shows some of the last moments of his latest alleged victim seen alive. 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[ barks ] long live your buddy. oh, max! long live your dog. purina puppy chow and purina dog chow. as small businesses are busy reinventing the economy, small business owners have a lot of questions. can paperless billing get me paid faster? how can i keep my best employees? how can i bring down my insurance costs? that's why we're building a community called openforum.com where owners can swap ideas and ask questions. will tweeting get me more customers? how can i get paid faster? i was about to ask you the same thing. join the conversation at openforum.com. president obama will be in michigan to give one graduating class a day they will never forget. the president will deliver the comebsment address at kalamazoo central high school. the white house says it demonstrates the best public education the u.s. has to offer. kalamazoo central high school beat more than 1,000 other schools to take that top spot. >> that is a huge honor. >> yeah. >> very cool. >> not many can say that, the president spoke to my class. >> sort of like george washington. the first lady spoke there. they won that challenge. >> comfortable start to the day and it will be a comfortable day for everybody as well. let's take a look at the weather headlines for today and for this week as a matter of fact and headline number one, the main thing you want to know is that we're get getting a break from the humidity and the heat. we already feel that break with our humidity levels at about 6 #%. temperatures also return to near seasonal after seeing our highs in the 90s today. we'll be up near 80 degrees and that is where we should be. -- our humidity levels at about 63%. sun will return for the latter part of the week. so it is not going to be a bad one and it will be more comfortable generally speaking. currently, we are at 65 degrees now. it is also 65 in annapolis. more importantly, humidity levels are roughly about 63% so it is very comfortable. 55 in gaithersburg. fredericksburg, 62 degrees. frederick, maryland, it is 6 # degrees. here is a look at the satellite- radar. this morning, we were tracking this is showers that came through parts of the viewing area because they have all dissipated now. we do still have some clouds. you see that gray there. some clouds that are moving across as we speak. it will be a mix of clouds and sun during the morning hours. i think for the bulk of the day but i think we'll see a little more sunshine the latter part of the day. forecast for today looks like this. not bad. partly sunny this morning. more sunshine later. not as hugeed a. a cooler day, high about 79 degrees. then, for tonight, most hi clear, comfortable, overnight lows, 63. some of you will see your overnight lows in the upper 50s. how about that? five-day forecast tomorrow, not bad either. # 0 degrees late in the day. so late, i think it will be night. -- 80 degrees late in the day. thursday, still cloudy but more sunshine breaks out for friday, high about 82 degrees. that is what is happening with the weather. now, julie wright can tell us more about what is happening on the roads. >> all right. we'll start off by saying good morning to the crew in sky fox. they are now hovering above 95 out of laurel leaving 198. that is where we would reports of an accident that was tying up the left side of the roadway. as you can see here, that is where we've got. of we've got activity moved to the left shoulder, car off the road into the little ditch area. it does difficult down just a bit so the activity with the rollback on the scene. that is the focal point of the rubbernecking delay as you guys travel southbound. south of 198, the pace improves continuing out towards the capital beltway. for those continuing out of columbia and jessup this more than, you may want to bail out, pick up the bw parkway. use that as the alternate route. making that trip out of laurel. we'll take it back inside. we'll update the ride on the beltway. once you've arrived there, you will find lanes are open as you continue from college park headed around towards the exit for 270. no accidents to report here at colesville road but traffic starting to slow west of colesville road headed around towards georgia avenue. delays now leaving the prince william parkway headed up towards lorton. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a big day for the washington nationals tomorrow. pitcher stephen strasburg will make his debut with the nats. the # 1-year-old signed a $15 million contract with the team. tickets through the nats web site are sold out but on some sites being you can find them for as much as $1,000. do you believe that. -- the 21-year-old signed a $15 million contract with the team. today, the team is expected to announce it will draft 17- year-old -- that's right, 17 years old, bryce harper. he is known as the lebron james of baseball. scouts first spotted him when he was 14 years old. what i talented young man. >> that is incredible. >> he dropped out of school but did get his ged so he could play junior college ball. >> can't wait to watch him too. >> we'll talk more about what is ahead for the markets this week following friday's huge selloff. a new move to push companies to stop sending customers' calls overseas. senator charles schumer is supporting legislation that would require companies to tell customers when their calls were being transferred outside of the united states. on top of that, the companies would be charged for transferred calls. we'll be right back. guys remember, we're a solar system. mars is down...and... um, it's only 10am. who hasn't had their jimmy dean breakfast this morning? mmmm! now lets orbit i feel awesome. you're all awesome. jimmy dean breakfast sandwiches, fight the morning fade. . welcome back. if you are heading out today, this is not the sight you want to see. if you take the dupont circle metro by chance, you know those escalators are very long but they are out of order today as you can see. they are not moving. all of the entrance escalators at the dupont circle metro out of service right now due to a mechanical problem so keep that in mind if you are heading out there today. >> not good news. unfortunately, we are not starting off with good news this morning when it comes to the markets. gray, wow! , what a day. chris cotter with is fox business network up in new york for us this morning. 300-plus drop, chris cotter. one of these days, we're going to talk to you and go wow, things are on a pretty good roll. >> seems like just yesterday, it was april and we were up 30, 40 points. we hit may and it has been a rough ride ever since and friday was the second worst day we've had all year on the s&p 500 that is just really a week after the worst day of the year. we are having some serious pressure. it wasn't a panic sell offon friday. it was very controlled and organized. the volumes were about in line with what wave seen over the last month or so. but it reallies with a factor of two things. domestic economy, jobs report came in much weeker than we had thought it might. 40,000 private sector jobs gain the when in many cases, i heard as main as 240,000 private sexer jobs were expected to be gained so thats with a big disappointment. in europe, we got word on friday that huangary may default on its sovereign debt. officials have sort of eased the fears on that. they say they will be joining. euro. when you hear that especially on a friday, people get nervous and they sell. >> how are futures looking today? >> we are just about flat right now. they are trading a little bit to the down side in europe so we are hanging in there right now. as said, maybe some word from hung airian officials to ease fears there a little bit. we're just waiting for the next nation to come out and say they're going to default and then we'll take another hit like that. >> we'll have to leave it there this morning. we will mention real you quickly before we let you go that apple is coming out with its new iphone. so we should be hearing more about that and we'll talk about that tomorrow. >> okay. >> see you then. coming up next, controversial comments drive one high school to cancel one high-profile commencement speaker. what white house correspond end helen thomas said that has some calling for the veteran reporter's nomination. police release new details in a shocking attack. more on the woman who is accused of attacking another woman who is nine months pregnant. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. my subaru saved my life. i won't ever forget that. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. we are back and sarah is in for steve today. >> good morning. good to be here. >> nice to have you. >> good morning out there too. >> not a bad morning at all. we've shown you some live shots outside. rather nice. some clouds coming in but still a nice start to the day with your temperatures in the mid- 60s. and lower humidity. that is the keyword. let's take a look at what is happening right now at reagan national airport where the temperature is 65 degrees. i keep forgetting -- mark, would you mind wringing that clicker over there. this is 64 degrees. it is 65 degrees now. trust me on that one. we know that for a fact. we'll see our temperatures climb into the upper 70s for today. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite. you saw the shower activity. there it is and there it goes. it is gone. >> the rain has dissipated so we are left with dry wins an comfortable temperatures and we are going it see -- with dry conditions and comfortable temperatures and we are going to see below normal highs. 78 in rockville. 77 in manassas. not a bad one at all. do enjoy it. >> okay. are you handling weather guy by yourself? >> yes and no. our lovely intern sarah has helped out with the research not me. >> no. i suspect both of you have probably said this, most people have. have you ever said after hearing your voice on tape, i hate how my voits sounds on tape. >> yes, we've all been there. >> there is a reason for that. -- i hate how my voice sounds on tape. >> we'll answer that. >> can't wait. >> i think some people can wait to hear that. it is not on videotape, not on your answer machine but it is not good news if you are traveling inbound this morning. we do have delays to report southbound along 270. now starting to see the delays form just south of father hurley boulevard, actually closer to 118. we have more slow traffic out towards montrose. we are starting to see the vac'sies start to fill up here along southbound 270. -- we are starting to see the vacancy start to fill up here along southbound 270. at this particular angle, that sun is coming underneath the visor and smacking you in the face. we had delays in manassas, 7101 and nutley street to the beltway. the inner loop is now traveling between 236 and 66. a local high school was set to welcome helen thomas. >> now, the school is saying no thank you following comments that surfaced on the internet. stacy cohan joins us from walt whit hand high school with all the details. what happened here. >> reporter: graduation is just one week away and walt whitman high school is going to have a bit of of a scramble on their hands to find a replacement commencement speaker. the scheduled speaker was helen thomas. she is a veteran white house correspond end. she is currently working as a columnist for the hearst newspaper. she made some remarks late in may and they were posted for all to see on a web site, rob buy live.com. >> any comments on israel. >> tell them to get the hell out of palestine. >> ooh. any better comments? >> remember, these people are occupied. and it is their land, not certainly german. >> what should they do? >> they should go home. >> reporter: now, the principal here of whitman high school sent an e-mail to parents and students and let them know that graduation as was a time for celebration and he did not want that sent use to become a point of divisiveness. they have decided to pass on helen thomas and have not announced her replacement yet. police say a man's body was found around 1:00 this morning in the # hundred block of university boulevard. investigators are only saying the 25-year-old man suffered trauma to his upper body and died at the hospital. they are not said whether they are looking for any suspects. a maryland man is lucky to be alive this morning following a frightening accident in the chesapeake bay. police say 50-year-old -- 55- year-old mark gentile took a break from his fishing trip saturday afternoon to go if a swim in the bay when he ventured out to retrieve a bait container not far from his sailboat. a speedboat came roaring bay and the boat propeller hit gentile slicing open his leg and breaking the bone. witnesses think the driver saw what happened but didn't stop. >> he said he saw a guy turn and look back. because you could hear something and they heard the thud 50-yard away when he hit mack. and he kept on going. >> the incident happened near thomas point light between fishing creek and south river. witnesses told police a man and woman were in the boat that hit gentile. it is a 21 or 22-foot boat with gold and white colors. a former marine was shot an killed at a baltimore nightclub late saturday night and police say an off-duty police officer is the shooter. detectives say the officer was leaving the eden lounge with a female friend. 3 #-year-old tyrone brown apparently touched the woman on her back side and investigators say the officer shot him repeatedly with his gun. he refused a beth lies and police are now investigating to see if thole alcohol may have been a factor. primary elections will be held tomorrow in virginia. lenny steinhorn will be here to talk more about the races to watch. the containment cap in the gulf is capturing more and more oil but the coast guard warns not to expect the toil stop completely until the fall. this is a live look right now. bp engineers are keeping a very close watch on the upside down funnel cap. they want to see how much it will really slow the leaking oil. this is video feed from under the gulf. if you want to see it, there is a link under ongoing stories on our web site being myfoxdc.com along with the late updates there. the oil is now showing up on the shores of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. now, some are asking how far will the oil actually go? some worry it could reach our area. >> if that oil gets the loop current which is a very fast current, it is the beginnings of the gulf stream to come around florida and up where we are. >> the government's point man on the spill is warning that the fight against the oil will stretch again into the fall. next, deadly storms tear through the midwest. we will take you to some of the hardest hit areas and have more on the close call for one high school set to hold graduation ceremonies. and coming up later on this morning, she is only in the second grade but has made it through the bat all of a lifetime. meet amanda and find out why she is being honored for her bravely later today. for her brave -- for her bravery later today. 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'cause actually, i'm from - anncr: geico. save even more with our new multi-policy discount. the nation's top military officer spoke on the anniversary of d-day yesterday. joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen says it was the defining moment of world war ii and reminds everyone that warriors returning home from the battlefield do for the have to suffer in quiet desperation. the invasion of europe started 65 years ago yesterday on june 6th, 1945. violent storms left a path of destruction across four states in the midwest. >> at least seven people were killed and a massive clean- uneffort is under way. we have more in this report. >> reporter: severe storms cutting a path through the midwest. this tornado caught on tape roaring you yates city, illinois. several communities in the area heavily damaged. >> it was just shaken. when we got out, it was ruined. down main street is a mess. >> reporter: one look from above st. ann, illinois it is clear a tornado leveled this home but no one inside was hurt. in central illinois -- >> after we went downstairs, everything broke loose. trees going everywheres. a lot of damage. >> reporter: more than a dozen injured and lots to clean up in streeter. in millbury, ohio, several people were killed. homes and businesses were damaged and many of the town's police cars were tossed around. in southern michigan, a tornado ripped through dundee township described as a war zone. it is now under a state of emergency. >> i would like to find my wallet with all my credit cards and stuff in it. >> reporter: in lake township, ohio, another tornado packing strong winds destroying at least 50 homes and severely damaging at least 50 more. >> the further east it went, it just grew bigger and bigger. >> this high school also took a hit. >> i was just going to class there a week ago. >> their weekend graduation ceremony was wants canceled. this girl rode out the storm from inside. >> so the fact that we were in that building and survived it was like oh, my god. >> reporter: and this church in indiana got smacked by a saturday storm. some in the congregation are counting their blessings. >> buildings can be replaced. lives can't. many communities are without power and crews are going house to house hoping for find survivors. it will be some time before damage estimates are available. mary ann rafferty, fox news. >> very severe weather out there. >> those pictures look like these were -- obviously goes without saying major tornadoes but i'm wondering, the weather services that to go out and determine exactly what strength tornado it was but that is some of the worst damage i've seen. >> that was pretty bad. i'm sure we'll find later on today how large those were. >> yesterday, i think we were airnd tornado watch for a while here. >> there were some severe storms that came through for parts of the viewing area and that has all pushed out now. it form wade cold front that came through. >> this morning, we have the benefits of being behind that and having cooler air in place an drier air too. let's go. we'll start with the graphics. we'll show you the temperatures across the region which are quite comfortable as is the humidity level. right now, our current temperature in washington is 65 degrees. our relative humidity generally speaking around the 60% range so not a bad start to the day at all. out in winchester, virginia, 59 degrees there. 65 in annapolis. off to the east, cambridge is at 64 degrees. and to our north in hagerstown, it is # 1 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite for the region. we can show you -- first, i'll show you the regional temperatures. show you it is even cooler up to the north as that cold front has come through, bring that cold air southward. down to the south, you still see some temperatures in the upper 60s. hatteras was at 70 degrees early this morning so things are you improving there. now, satellite-radar for the more than, we had showers off to the west earlier this morning. leesburg saw some shower activity. frederick, maryland, that has all dissipated. you will see some clouds here so it is a mix of clouds an sunshine for your early-morning hours and i think some clouds are going to be hanging around throughout the course of of the day but we'll have plenty of sunshine to go along with that. your surmass map, there is your cold front. cooler air makes its way in here so our highs today will be in the upper 70s and low 80s as opposed to the low 90s and we get relief from the heat and humidity because it is a drier air mass. forecast for today, mostly sunny, cooler, 79 degrees for your high, believe are to not, that is below normal. for your five-day forecast, we are looking for 80 tomorrow. clouds build in late. there is a chance of some showers and thunderstorms at night tomorrow and then into the day and through the day on wednesday. that has a pretty good shot at being a messy, ugly day. thursday, better, still some clouds happening around. even better way high of 82 degrees and sunshine. that is a look at the weather. it is time now for ask the weather guys. the segment where tucker barnes an i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather-related or otherwise. today's questions is from brandy coats. she want to know how come when we hear a recording of our ona voice, we don't sound how we think we sound but not only that but we symmes dislike the sound of our own voice. i asked earlier and you don't like to listen to yourself. >> no, i don't like to listen to myself. >> in this business, if you are in radio or tv, frequently, you have to look at tapes of yourself. >> i hate that. >> i don't like it either. i'm with you. you don't like the sound of my own voice because it sounds different in my head and the answer to your question is it does sound different in your head. when a recording machine records like a tape recorder or video or whatever records your voice, it is just picking up the vibe rigs that are going through the air when you speak. and when i'm hearing you, i'm hearing your actual voice. what you hear inside your head is -- i think we have some kind of drawing here of the ear canal. when you hear yourself speak, the vibrations travel through the air and the bones and fluids within your head as well as soft tissue. sound travels very differently through air and solids an liquids that. accounts for almost all of the tonal differences heard between eye recording of i don't you are voice an what you hear inside your head. for most people, the sound in your head when you speak has a richer, frequently deeper sound than what your voice is coming out of your mouth. do you understand what i'm say something. >> yeah. >> when i'm speaking to you and anyone else, you are hearing the sound of my voice travel through the air. what you her it in your head, it is reverberating off the soft tissue and so it has a different tonal quality. most people prefer what they her in their head. >> yes. >> it does not mean that i don't you are speaking voice is a bad slois voice. >> if you hear other voices in your head, that is a whole different issue. >> that is true. >> that is the next ask the weather guy. >> i'm glass you point that out. >> so brandy, thank you for sending the question in. if you have a question, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and we'll try to answer it for you. >> before we go to julie can i make one quick scene of the accident. >> sure. >> this weekend, yesterday, the nicu at fair oakdz had their get-together for all the babies that rad wait from the nicu. that is just wonderful. we got to see the doctors and nurses and all the people that took wonderful care of our abdulmutallabies. thank you for those folks over at fair oaks if a really special day yesterday -- before we go to julie, can i make one quick mention. >> we have trouble at the dupont circle metro. the escalators are not working. so again this morning, a lot of folks are having to huff it in you will in this heat. so it looks like not only the entrance ramps but the exiting ramps as well not working there this morning. if you are traveling elsewhere around town, we'll say good morning to the crew in sky fox. they are above 95 at the springfield interchange p we have slow traffic as you continue to work your way through dale city headed up to woodbridge. just before duke, there was an accident. they've moved that over to the shoulder so now all of your lanes are open once again. we'll take it back inside and update that drive along 66 slowing in manassas, 7100 to 123. southbound 270, the remain of accident activity tying up the left side of road just as you travel past 370. traffic squeezing by to the right. delays beginning in germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. before a health alert in the fight against skin cancer. scientists say scherr seeing promise in an experimental drug that significantly improves survival for some stricken with melanoma which is the deadliest form of skin cancer. the drug work by helping immune system fight tumors and doctors hope it can provide more benefit if given earlier in the course of the disease. the drug could be available by the end of the year. the nation's capital transformed into a sea of pink this weekend. more than 50,000 people and nearly 4,000 breast cancer survivors took part in the # 1st susan g. komen race for the cure. participants walked or ran the 5 k course but for most, the race has a much deeper meaning. >> talking to other survives is what gets you through. now that i'm a survivor, i want to share my story and be there for the people who are going through the same thing i'm going through. >> i republican along the mall most days and i brought along my 40,000 friends today. it is a sense of great joy and celebration. >> most of the three million dollars raised will fund breast cancer programs in the d.c. area. so that is great news. >> that is neat. the in the children's medical center here in d.c. is part of the children's miracle network of hospitals. >> the hospitals provide essential care for children who are critically ill. we want to you meet one of those children, amanda merrill. >> hello, lady. how are you? >> fine. >> somehow, it is like old home week when amanda merrill comes back to visit children's national medical center. >> i'm glad you're doing well. what grade are you? >> second. >> i remember when you were two. >> reporter: in fact, amanda had just turned two when she was diagnosed with one of the most common bone tumor is seen in children. >> she woke up and hay lump on her leg. we are thinking this kid is like running around, active, like this is no way, there is nothing wrong with her. >> an x-ray showed otherwise and three days later, she was at childrens. doctors decided that amputating the leg was the best route to take. >> i can't wait to see everyone. >> children's uses music and art therapy to make what is a difficult final to parents and children less traumatic. now, five years after amanda was first diagnosed, her mother looks back with gratitude. >> i will never forget the ladies, nurses and doctors that made it possible for her to have a normal childhood. >> as she zips around with her prosthetic, it is clear the second grader hasn't let her surgery slow her down. >> we graduated for once a year now. >> one a year check-ups but suzanne merrill keeps momentos of her daughter's journey including a cast of her feet. >> i bring these out as a reminder. look at her. she is healthy, happy. >> she is a remarkableling girl. coming up at 8:00 -- remarkable little girl. coming up at 8:00, we'll be talking with amanda live today for more. >> she is such a cute little girl. >> she is. really neat. coming up next, get ready to catch an early mothering flight. the world premiere of a first of its kind imax movie will happen right here in our area. it is called legends of flight. dave ross is going to give us a preview coming up. good morning, everybody. dave ross live at the smithsonian air and space museum because tomorrow is the world premier of the legends of flight. the first ever 3-d movie about the history of flights. if you see this, you'll see something like this. this is an stull steerman plane. a young pilot flew this in world war ii. one just flew one just like this. we'll see and talk to that pilot in the next hour. we'll talk to the curator and talk about the star of the movie and talk about this 3-d imax movie. you don't want to miss it. if you like flight, buckle up, get ready and put your seats in the up right position and get ready for takeoff. we'll have some fun. >> put the tray tables up. >> good morning to you. and i'll see you at 8:00 at the breakfast. coming up on fox 5 morning news. >> tell them to get the hell out of palestine. >> helen thomas' comments cost her a speech