the situation? we'll find out as fox 5 morning news continues now at 6:00. we'll get started with a picture from nationals park. to feels more like football season than baseball season but we'll throw the first pitch coming up in just about seven hours from now. good morning. thank you for wake up with fox 5 morning news. i'm he steve chenevey. >> i'm maureen umeh. -- i'm steve chenevey. >> tony is live at nationals park with a little spring fever. >> all the indicators of spring are here, opening day, the cherry blossoms and the like. but the weather is just not cooperating. it is a drizzly start to the day. it is going to be a cool day across the washington area as well. i suspect they will get the game in but they'll make a decision about that later on this morning. let's take a look at what is happening out here right now as we show you the radar image. we had early morning drizzle and mist across the region. that doesn't show up very well. that is continuing to push off to the east. so theoretically, you would think we have a drying trend going on as you look at this image. we will still be under the damp conditions for the bulk of the day with the chance of some rain redeveloping later on today. current conditions being reported at reagan national airport across most of the area. our temperatures are in the 30s. there are some 40s out there but at reagan national, it is 38 degrees. relative humidity, as you can imagine, 9 #% and there is a breeze out north blowing at about 10 miles per hour. -- relative humidity, as you can imagine, 93%. maybe some rain showers this afternoon as well. my expectation is that they will get the game in. we'll get the official word on that later on. look for a high today in the mid and perhaps some areas in the upper 40s. as you can imagine, a lot will be going on here at nationals park throughout the course of the day. the gates open at 10:30. the game is at 1:05. we'll give you a preview of what is is going to be happening out here during the course of the rest of the show. let's get to julie wright. >> a lot of people taking metro headed down there this afternoon. that is the safe bet. it will save you a headache for sure. wipes are are working overtime around town. we are dealing with wet pavement this morning. 95 already starting to slow out of woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway headed across the occoquan. here is the crash, inner loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue. it is the right side of the roadway that is blocked at this point. the outer loop still open for business, no problems reported headed around towards bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. now to the developing story of cia operatives in libya. president obama secretly sent them to libya weeks ago to coordinate with rebels. the rebels have lost a lot more cities through moammar ghadafi's forces in the last few days. the president sent in the cia to figure out what the rememberels need in case he decided to arm them. the operatives' mission is to gather intelligence for air strikes and talk with the rebels. >> we've been quite clear that we've reached you out to the opposition that, we are working with them that, we are trying to assist them in their efforts to bring about that transition to a democratic process. meanwhile, colonel ghadafi's foreign minister defected and turned up in london last night. he is talking with british officials this morning. a look at the other top stories. former d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee and the head of d.c. teachers union nathan saunders say test tampering may have occurred at some d.c. schools. rhee said the schools should ensure the tests and answer sheets are not left in school offices where they are vulnerable to tampering. sandra aponteers says an investigate found a high pattern of erasure marks in certain grades and certain subjects. the way the study appears to have been conducted, it was conducted in a fashion where they got the results in which they were interested once again. it was clear, look in certain places but do not go in other places. schools chancellor kaya henderson says she is confident in the agency's finding. new developments in the murder of a domino's pizza delivery man. police say paul bennett may have been ambushed. they believe the three suspected killers phoned in the pizza order. investigators say $13 was taken from benefit the before he was shot and killed sunday night in seat pleasant. domino's has offered to help pay for some of the funeral costs. we are learning more bay case in virginia of three children barricaded in a room with a sheet of drywall. as their mother sits in jail, the father of the two older chin is now speaking out. he has custody of the twin boys but says chris mean amoore was granted supervised visitation and unsupervised visits with the boys were five. earlier, they were arrested for trapping their three young dot enters a room with dry -- doug duncaners in -- daughters in a room with drywall. >> this is not just random news. when a name keeps popping up being popping up, you would think they would pay more attention to it. >> he says the twins came home one time with welts and the boys said that moore and roney regularly barricaded them in rooms also. more disturbing allegations are coming out of arlington national cemetery. reports of missing remains, mismanagement and poor record keeping first leaked last year and now a new article in time magazine says the situation may be much worse than originally thought the one creme industry teri says as many as one in 10 graves could be mismarked and workers often found unidentified remains in what were supposed to be empty graves. time reports that the actual burr wrl site of some remains may never be found. we are talking more about this ahead at 7:00 with virginia congressman bob whitman. coming up next, another state steps into the battle over union rights. from sick days to pay increases, we'll tell you what workers are about to have their say taken away. high levels of radiation turning up in a village outside japan's evacuation zone as the u.s. sends in people to help. weome. and happy baconalia! baconalia? mm-hmm. why, it's the sacred festival of bacon. a celebration of baconian delight. come celebrate baconalia! we're open to 7 new ways to enjoy bacon. denny's. america's diner is always open. the ohio legislature pass a bill severely limiting union rights for 350,000 public worker. that includes safety workers, teachers, nurses and government personnel. the bill allows unions to negotiate wages and certain job conditions but not health care, sick time or pension benefits. it replaces automatic pay increases with merit raises. it also prohibits strikes. the republican governor of ohio is expected to sign it into law. in japan, nuclear safety fails say they are looking into reports that high levels of radiation are now in a village just 5 miles from a plant. it is outside the evacuation zone and we are learning of 155 marines from maryland heading to japan today. they are based at the indian head surface warfare cent are and are specifically trained to monitor radiation levels. the team will not help in cooling the reactors. also making headlines, very low levels of radiation turned up in a sample of milk from spokane, washington. the radioactive iodine was still 5,000 times below dangerous levels. and fda scientist says we get low levels of radiation all the time from flying across the country, watching testifying and even from construction materials. -- watching television and even from construction materials. it is opening day for the washington nationals 2011. >> the rain tarp is down this morning and tony is there. we'll check back with him for your full forecast when fox 5 morning news continues. wake up! blue diamond almonds! more bold flavor! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. we're going to try to dry the field off and get some baseball in today. if you are heading down to the ballpark, can you expect a lot of of company on the trains. metro is getting ready for some crowds today. trains will be packed with trains headed to and from nationals park. they will run eight-car trains on the green line. about 0,000 people are expected to ride the rails down to nationals park this afternoon. the game against the braves starts around 1:00. 1:05 will be the first pitch. >> tony has one of best seats in the house. he is live from nationals park this morning. got to say love the hat. you look very smashing in it. >> i had to wear the hat today. thank you very much. let me show you another hat they will be giving out here. let me grab this. first 0,000 people out to the park today get this souvenir opening day hat from geico. very excite about that. screech is out here. we have the nat pack out here. they will be doing rehearsals in just a little bit getting ready for the opening day ceremonies. we'll tell you about that. oh! that was nice. no one up there to get those. let's take a look at what is happening with the weather. we'll tell you more about what is e happening during the day today. temperatures, yes, it is a cold start. we've got our temperatures primarily in the 30s across the region. right now in d.c., down to 37 degrees. dulles is at 36 degrees. annapolis, 39 degrees. hagerstown, 34 so a cold start to the day. only 40-degree temperatures in the fredericksburg and in salisbury, 43. this is what everyone wants to know. are we going to get more rain today? this morn, we have misty conditions, a little bit of drizzle here and there. later on today, i expect to see more of the same. maybe a couple of more showers as well but certainly some drizzle passing through the area during the course of the day. five-day forecast looks like this. today, look if a high only in the low to mid-40s. we will see possibility of some rain showers tomorrow as well. saturday, we'll see some gradual improvement. on sunday, not a bad day. monday brings with it once again the chance of some rain. here what is you need to know about today. we'll show this to you. some of the basic information, i think steve and maureen went over it just a short time ago. main thing you need to know, the gates open at 10:30. at noon is the d.c. sports hall of fame induction ceremony. the hall of fame will now be located here at nationals park t used to be out at rfk and they've got a list of some wonderful inductees including james brown from cbs, dominique dawes, willie stewart, michael wilbon and morgan wooten, former head basketball coach at dematha. and game time at 1:05. five americans members of the armed forces will be throwing out the first pitch. mayor gray gives the play ball and the game gets under way. we have your in-game host, clint corey. good to see you. >> how you doing? >> we're not going to let the weather hamper things today. >> no, perfect baseball weather. we're good to go. >> tell us about what folk can expect. >> we have the president, screech here and then to my left be, the nat pack, the entertainment wing of the nationals. it is our job as you are well aware to make things a little bit more exciting here in the ballpark. as you can see -- >> is the gun more powerful? >> most powerful t-shirt gun in all of d.c. on occasion, my friend being we are -- with you will see some t-shirts go out of the stadium, no doubt about it. >> corey vairks great year. hope it is a great year for the nats. hopefully, teddy can win a race here. we'll see. it has yet to happen. we'll have more fun with you in just a few minutes. and now we have julie wright with a look at the roads. >> a number of accidents are popping up. brandy wine road at gibbons church road for a crash. we have the wreck reported northbound 210 here at palmer road. watch if fire and rescue units responding there. on the other side of town, it is the inner loop here at 66. right side of roadblocked off because of this accident activity. if you are traveling the inner loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue, the crash now pulled over to the shoulder. delays east of university boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. business beat is up next. we are taking a look at how major league ticket sales are looking on opening day. for some, perhaps more importantly, we told you about bacon prices going up. now, more bad news on the junk food front this time. get ready to pay more for chocolate as well. it is almost easter. that is the worst time of year to do this. we'll talk about it with lauren simonetti coming up next. it is opening day as far as baseball goes. first two games, washington, d.c. and new york city. we'll take a look at how major league ticket sales are doing. first, though, more on the market with lauren simonetti. what is up with the chocolate prices just in time for easter? it's travesty. >> hershey is raising their wholesale chocolate prices by 10% effective immediately. why in well, energy costs. it is more expensive to package the chocolate and more expensive to transport it. the good news is retails are still have eight week to lock in their purchases at the old prices so your easter chocolate probably won't cost you more but your halloween chocolate will. >> i'll believe it when i see it. as far as money on the markets, we had a great quarter. what do we credit for this and what are we looking for today as we move forward? utah first quarter rapped up today and it is on track to be the best quarter since 1998. the dow gained 71 points yesterday. at one point yesterday, it was just eight points shy of a new high for the year. so this quarter was really strong thanks to energy stocks. dow component like chevron and exxon, they were up about 20% each in the first quarter so obviously, very strong quarter coming to an end today and maybe the end of the week, we'll start to see more volume on the new york stock exchange with people having closed out their books. those traders will start making big moves at the start of q 2. opening day for baseball here in washington and in new york. the yankees playing today and the nationals playing today. we have lousy weather here. expect the fans to come out. how is major league baseball looking at the fans this season? are we expecting big crowds? >> we are. attend an is supposed to rise between 3 and 7% this year. that is the good news. ticket prices, we don't know just yet. we do know they are selling at the high level range. the national average tab a ticket price is just about $26. there in washington, you guys are paying $30 to see the braves -- to see the nationals who are playing the braves today. sorry, i'm not up to speed with all my baseball lingo. >> it is a long season. you have have time to get up to speed. we'll see you tomorrow. it's test tampering scandal that has led to questions and it is 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have seen them removing the tarp. they've just taken the tarp off the baseball diamond itself. they are now doubling back. not sure exactly what part of this process is. i guess they are just folding it up. they just removed the tarp despite the fact that it is still rather misty and a little bit drizzly. the baseball diamond revealed for the first time on this opening day for the 2011 season. we've got a lot more coming to you from nationals park in just a little bit. let's talk about this key weather forecast for the day. i do think they'll get the game in. let's take a look at hd radar. we are not really seeing real rainfall right now. we are continuing to see areas of mist and drizzle across the region. i do think some more showers likely will develop during the afternoon hours but in terms of a heavy rain that is going to last for hours on end, i don't expect that. so i do think they will get the game in. they will make a decision later on this morning about all of that. let's take a look at the temperatures across the region. definitely a cool start to the baseball season in washington. in fact, it is cold right now. 37degrees here in the district. 37 up in baltimore. dulles airport, 36 degrees. owe someone city, not too bad there. it is 47 degrees there. the forecast for today, plenty of clouds, areas of drizzle, mist and some more showers popping up later on this afternoon. we are looking for a high today only in the mid-40s for the region. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. we have more from nationals park coming up in just a little bit. right now, let's go to julie wright and find out what is happening on the area roadways. >> we do have accident activity brandywine road at gibbons church road northbound 210 here at palmer road. 295 slowing now heaving the suitland parkway headed for the inbound 11th street bridge. right side of the roadway is now blocked off at the scene of that crash. if you are traveling the inner loop of the beltway, the accident activity cleared at new hampshire avenue. outer loop remains slow leaving 95 college park headed over towards georgia avenue. we pulled up the camera here. we have a portion of the roadway that is blocked south of new hampshire avenue because of wires across the roadway. be careful there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. opening day, something fans really look forward to. >> the team are ready to get back to work too. dave ross is at the ballpark. i know they are excited to play in front of fans but when you take them out of the florida and dumb. them into this, it might be a different story. >> baseball players like it to be a little bit warmer. they will play on, at least so far. we have not gotten any other word to the contrary. the first pitch is at 1:05 today. again, what does opening day mean to every single baseball team across this great land of ours? it means optimism reigns supreme and that certainly is true for this year's version of your washington nationals. the reason for all the optimism, well, they've got some new mayors that we should keep an eye on this year. ian desmond is playing leadoff. you've got established stars like ryan zimmerman and pudge rodriguez behind the plate. the boys of spring, they came up from the area yesterday to become officially the boys of summer here at natsfest yesterday. it was bad weather here but yet they came out and met and greeted with their fans. and again, the fans are ready for this year. we know that the player s are ready for ening on day. >> it is fun. we are all lucky to be able to play baseball and have an opening day and the excitement especially in this city, it is special. >> it is always good. i've been in so many and it is always fun. i look forward to that and i'll be ready tomorrow. >> for pudge, i think he is just as excited as he was 15 years ago. so something about it being not in that competitive mode for four or five months, it is easy to get amped up for this one. >> if pudge rodriguez can't get loose later, i'll just tell skip i'm loose. i have abeen out here since 5:00 this morning. it is not that cold here. in the 7:00, the coo of your washington nationalled and talk about some of the new amenities to the ball bark and talk about the new uniforms that have the people very excited. count me among the excited. hopefully this year will be better than last and i think we should. this is a better team on paper we'll find out as the year unfolds. >> thank you, dave. a look at this morning's other top stories now. the former d.c. schools chancellor and the head of the teachers union is speaking out about allegations of test scoring tampering. sarah simmons has more on this story. >> reporter: the former chancellor, michelle rhee, talked with the "washington post" saying that it is a possibility that there may have been some cheating on standardized tests during the time that she was there. she also says -- told the post that she doesn't believe that is the vast majority of the schools that are dealing with that kind of a problem. however, she says this really speaks to the case that we really need testing security both at the state level and the district level. school chancellor kaya henderson, the current cool chancellor, she has talked with fox 5 about this investigation and she maintains that the infirm that did the investigation into this found no evidence of any kind of grade cheating or tam posterioring on the standardized tests. the-- of tampering on the standardized tests. >> the head of teachers union says there were glaring errors. >> the way is study appears to have been conducted, it was conducted in a fashion where they got the results in had they were interested once again. it was clear, look in certain places but do not go in other places. >> reporter: the investigation does not end here. the d.c. inspector general is now getting involved and investigating as well. that is the latest here at tease's public schools. back to you. >> thank you. the house has now voted to reinstate a school voucher program pot -- for the district of columbia students. the new bill who uncrease the annual subsidy to up to $12,000 per student and would cost $300 million over five years. police say a murdered pizza delivery man may have been ambushed. three men face murder charges in the killing of 38-year-old paul bennett that you saw a little earlier. authorities believe the men phoned in the order and then stole $13 from bennett. bennett was shot and killed sunday night in seat pleasant. turning now to the developing news of cia operatives in libya, president obama secretly ordered them to go earlier this month. >> as fox's ainsley earhart reports, some lawmakers are questioning that. >> reporter: cia operatives are on the ground in libya. they have abeen there for several week as part of a shadow force. their mission to gather intelligence for military air strikes and to talk with the rebel who are battling colonel ghadafi's army. >> we have been quite clear that we've reached out to the opposition, that we are trying to assist them in their efforts to bring about that transition to a democratic process. >> reporter: the libyan rebels have been forced to retreat in some areas. but in the face of this challenge, there is optimism. >> they had time to consult with the arab league. they had time to consult with the united nations. they didn't have time to consult with the united states congress before committing men and women in combat? this is not acceptable and i was not pleased with their we are and their explanation. >> this is leerily illegal and it is also unconstitutional. the constitution clearly and unmistakably vests sole authority to make the decision over war to the congress. >> reporter: as congress remains skeptical, there is growing concern over the country's budget and how this operation will affect it. >> the assumptions that are being made about projections for future spending and whether there are adequate funds to cover those expenses and how you are going to pay for it all because this is the question on everyone's mind. >> reporter: the federal budget deficit is projected to hit $1.4 trillion this year. the pentagon said tuesday that the operations in libya have cost $550 million so far. the costs expected to stabilize to $40 million a month once nato has a full grip on its missions. in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. the u.s. nuclear agency is telling japan to consider widening the evacuation zone around the damaged nuke march plant. readings outside the zone show read that they are much higher than recommended levels. here in the u.s., very low levels of radiation turned up in a sample of milk at spokane, washington but federal officials are telling people not to worry. it was till 5,000 times below dangerous levels. we are live at nationals park all morning long. it is opening day 2011. >> we'll check back in with tony for a look at more fun happening there today. >> that looks like fun. ph never before seen images from space. that is' messenger has cents back this look at mercury. it is the first time we've seen an image taken by sprays craft if orbit around mercury. -- by spacecraft in orbit around mercury. fans are opening for fun around nationals ballpark today. >> tony is there live. >> good morning. hello. we are having a little too much fun out here. we are at nationals park. it is opening day. the nays -- the nats taking on the atlanta braves. we are hoping that weather conditions will be fairly decent t does look like we'll have periods of rain and drizzle and the like. they will make a decision about the game later on it. we'll get to some other things going on after we look at hd radar. here in the dan rostenkowski, we are getting drizzle, misty conditions as well. that the kind of weather where it is not really raining. -- here in the district, we are getting drizzle, misty conditions as well. as the day develops, we had morning rain, a lot of that has pushed out. again, still have the drizzle and the mist. as the day progresses, we've got clouds across the region. it will be cloudy all day long. maybe another couple of showers popping up later on today. this is showing rainfall off to the east right around 1:00 so maybe we'll be lucky and won't get much happening here right around nationals park. later on tonight, more areas of rain develop, a little bit of drizzle and we continue to see the cloudy skies. eventually, by later on tomorrow, we should get some clearing under way hopefully but during the morning hours, there will be some more rain hanging around the way things are shaping up right now. here is a look at the five-day forecast. for today, areas of rain and drizzle. high only about 46 degrees. plenty of cloud cover. then for friday, again, do expect to see some lingering rain showers into the morning. we should see our temperature into the mid-50s. saturday, a few showers, maybe early, maybe during the afternoon. have to wait and see. sunday looks nice. 59degrees. then monday, chance of rain again but a high of 60 degrees. that is a look at what is happen with the weather. now, it is time for this morning's edition of ask the weather guys. this is the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to try to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. this morning's question comes to us from phil in northwest washington and it is baseball related. that is why we chose t the question is, since the return of professional baseball to washington d.c., how many times has opening day been rained out? to help us answer the question, we have teddy roosevelt here and we have three members of the nat pack all dressed up and bright and early this morning. what is your name? >> jason. that is what i thought. tina and carla? >> you guys have been with the team for a couple of years or so. since the return of professional baseball to washington, d.c. how many time as opening day been rained out. >> i think maybe one. >> we'll guess one. >> the answer is none. we have not had an opening day rained out since -- that is good. >> that is very good. that is since baseball returned. you don't know what happened when the senators were here. bonus question here. how many races has teddy roosevelt won? >> a big goose egg. >> oh, teddy. >> maybe today though. >> i think today. >> we're voting for you. we're rooting for you. he has been training during the off season. we think teddy could do it today. all right, guys. thank you very much. screech is here too. let me tell you what is going to be happening today. the main event is the game. the game gets under way at 1:05. there will be the hall of fame induction and a military tribute, a couple of military tributes that will be taking place during the course of the pre-game ceremony. the first pitch will be thrown out by five members of the various armed forces and the mayor will make the play ball announcement later on as well. we've got more coming up in just a little bit. guys, get along, teddy, warm up. do some warming up now. we'll have more from nationals park coming up in just a little bit. let's find out what is going on with traffic. here is julie wright with the latest. >> i'm he voting for ted -- i'm voting for teddy. i'm rooting for him. fingers crossed. we have a couple of accidents to point out for you now if you are traveling westbound on 50 headed over towards i-97, accident activity reported here, car into a tree. we have a portion of i-97 tied up just north of route 50. forest drive at route 2. we have reports of a gas leak with fire and rescue units responding. northbound 210 at palmer road, accident involved an overturned vehicle. some traffic is able to get by under police direction but that is tying up your drive there. crash still tying up the right side of the roadway on 66. look for delays slowing leaving braddock road. delays inbound on 66 out of manassas. this portion of georgia avenue approaching new hampshire avenue remains open at this time. northbound i-59 slowing as you travel out of woodbridge headed across the occoquan. delays continued newington to springfield, 395 tied up beltway to duke street and again at the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a common ingredient in many foods is the subject a lot of controversy. now, the fda is considering a petition by consumer advocacy groups to either ban some food dyes or put warning labels on product. mel andy alnwick has the -- melanie alnwick has story. >> cspi is specifically concerned about eight dyes that they say are linked to reactions. the consumer group notes on its web site that many companies do make naturally colored product as well and says the fda ought to reconsider its position. >> until a year ago, the fda had always said food dyes have no effect on children's behavior. now, they are slowly changing that and they seem to be ask untiling that food dyes do impair some children's behavior because dyes have no health benefits whatsoever. we should get rid of the dyes. >> reporter: the food industry says it is not just snack foods but healthy foods are dyed to make them more appealing too. artificial colors are are preferred because they are brighter, more stable and cheaper than natural coloring. >> it is not that it is not possible to replace the colors but really, when it comes to replacing them, there would be a lot involved and also a greater expense could possibly be incurred by switching to a natural versus an artificial color. >> reporter: the arbitrator in all of is is the food and drug administering. the agency does say that for children who have adhd and other behavioral problems, food dyes and other substances can make the issues worse. >> cspi says the study only looked at effects of individual dyes, not the comenations or the cumulative impact. the panel will listen to more testimony tomorrow and decide if the fda sudden regulate dyes, require better studies or do nothing at all. clint eastwood is directing a film about j. edgar hoover and he was in arlington last night. some got a handshake in return. also in town, leonardo dicaprio who is playing hoover in the movie. it is not too late to try to spot him. the movie will film. in downtown d.c. throughout this weekend. the nba is looking into jz's visit to the university of kentucky's locker room. the rapper is also the partial owner of the new jersey nets. the nba wants to know if he was trying to talk to some future draft picks. under nba rules, team personnel cannot have contact with plays are who aren't yet eligible for the draft. up at 7:00, we all have days with we feel down. these guys feel, let's just say blue every day. >> they are not in a glum mood. they are actually blue. we are going behind the scenes of the blue man crew. stick with us. we'll be right back. this is a strawberry pop-tart. and this is the warm fresh baked taste... of a strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm paul raphel in for holly morris and i'm feeling blew today. but it's not because of the rainy weather, it's because we are featuring the blue man group. they are in town tonight through sunday at the warner theater and today we are getting an exclusive look, unlike any other, to go behind the scenes and learn all about the show that includes comedy, music and multi media theatrics. we'll go up top and learn about what it takes to be in the band. and we'll learn about the unconventional instruments in front of me made from things like pvc pipe and other things and we'll meet the stars of the show, the blue men. so it will be a great morning. maureen, i was a band geek and in the percussion section so i am excited about this show and hoping get a part by the end of the morning. >> but you a geek? you're too cool for that, paul. of course you're going to make it. paul, we'll see you in a bit. but first lady michelle obama get a pep talk at d.c.'s ballou high school. mrs. obama visited the school as part of a history month mentoring program. one student asked what advice she had for a team mom going to the college. she said it would be the same as it would be to any young person. >> i would say think about what you want to get out of college. and think about it thoroughly. think about the cost, think about how you can afford it, think about what kind of loans you'll have to take out to go. think about the job market on the other end. >> a lot to think about. but good advice. she urged students to take their education seriously now because it's never too soon to prepare for college. switching gears, our facebook fan of the day is hannah palmer from ft. belvoir. her husband is a sergeant in the army and just got back from a month-long training mission. she thought it would be wonderful to welcome him back with his picture on tv. she got that mission accomplished. looking very lovely this thursday morning it. be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news, no space between fox and the number 5. and then post a comment under hannah's picture. that's it for the 6:00 hour. now let's send it over to allison and steve. good morning. >> good morning, maureen. see you at 9:00 today. coming up on the fox 5 morning news at 7:00, more disturbing allegations out of arlington national cemetery. we first learned about missing remains, mismanagement and poor record keeping last year. but a new report shows things may be far worse than we thought. the new details just ahead. also ahead this morning, more on a horrifying situation in prince william county where three preschool aged children were walled up inside of a filthy room. this story has left people outraged and the question is what can be done to stop child abuse and neglect? we'll look into this topic this hur