you know, it could look better but not too bad and guess what hey? it's friday. there you go, it's friday. july 8th, 2011. good morning and thank you for waking up for fox 5 morning news. my name is allison seymour. >> and i'm sarah simmons. but first big news this morning. >> we told you about it out there, the commuters, traffic alert. major tie-ups on the bw parkway are now clear. a carjacking investigation at kenilworth avenue had a southbound section closed the morning. it reopened an hour ago. u.s. park arrested one suspect who bailed out of the stolen car around 2:30 this morning and they're looking for at least one more. the carjacking started at anne arun dell county. a serious accident shut it down at 197. a car carrying four people somehow crashed and ended up in the woods. at last word all four were in critical condition at a local hospital. no word yet on what exactly caused that accident. boy, 79 degrees to start off this early hour and i can only imagine what that is going to mean later tucker. good morning. >> we certainly are, you got it. actually it won't be as hotted the as it was yet. but the trade-off, allison is we're going to have a lot of rain around here, at least the potential for a lot of rain around here. in facts we have a flash flood watch. could be serious later today. let's get started. there's the hd radar, nothing at the moment. in the afternoon hours though, combination of a frontal system out to the west with the slightly cooler dry air with the rain out to eastern portions of ohio and a lot of trap cool moisture. in -- tropical moisture. in richmond now, pretty good flare-ups of thunderstorm activity. that will get together across the mid-atlantic and bring us the potential for rain and thunderstorms some slow moving thunderstorms. let's go to the flash flood watch. most of the area here under the flash flood watch in effect at noon. right through the evening hours and the exception well off to the north and west. but again concern here is that is a thunderstorm slow mover could drop 2, 3, inches of rain in a short period of time. it happen last night in glen bernie and bullet torr. 79 at -- baltimore. 79 at reagan national. not a combination for a good hair day. here's the forecast, shower asks storms return and again best chance will be in the afternoon hours. little cooler than yesterday with the cloud cover and rain around. >> big headline though? the rain. all right, tucker thank you. >> let's see how the roadways are looking good out there this morning. let's check in with julie wright. >> from the west there, no incidents reported on 66. the lanes are open from business 234 headed out to centreville and an easy drive fair oaks the 123. beltway looks good in each direction between springfield and the wilson bridge. authorities are checking for a car fire on the beltway at 350. outer loop still at speed passing by colesville road to 270. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. our big story this morning, rain a threatening this morning's historic liftoff of the space shuttle atlantis in florida. this is nasa's final shuttle mission and lightning strike near the launch pad yesterday worried nasa engineers before they determined it didn't cause any damage. if nasa has to scrub the launch, engineers will try it again over the weekend. but if they can't launch before monday, they'll have to put it off until next weekend. a look at the morning's other top stories now. maryland voters will get to decide the fate of a controversial law in may governor martin o'malley signed a measure allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition. it was supposed to take effect july 1st, but it was not because opponents were working to collect enough signatures to take the issue to a public vote. the drive worked and the referendum will be held late next year likely. prince george's county public schools will have to pay millions of dollars to the labor department as part of a settlement involving teachers from other countries. the labor department will use the money to reimburse teachers who were forced to pay fees the school system was supposed to cover. also prince george's county schools can't hire foreign teachers for two years. metro's board is trying to bring down the cost of the dulles rail project. they were briefedly transportation secretary ray lahood that would lower the cost under the proposed compromise. the rail station would go aboveground and the cost of parking garages would be passed on to fairfax and loudoun counties. a maryland man will spend the next 10 years behind bars. a judge sentenced 35-year-old charles novak of calfton on burglary and other charges. he is ared in -- he was arrested in december after a woman told police she found a man in her garage. officers found novak with a camera with over 2,000 videos of women. his attorney says said client is obsessive-compulsive and wants the get help. the debt debate continues. back at the white house yesterday with no agreement reached yesterday. what's happening this weekend as the deadline looms. first, casey anthony going free. just days after her acquittal on charges she murdered her 2- year-old daughter, we're going to tell you when she'll be released from jail coming up. make headlines a deadly shooting spree and hostage situation in west michigan ended last nite when the suspected gunman took his own life. police say rodrick dantzler killed seven people including his daughter and ex-girlfriend. they say he then led officers on a chase before entering another home and taking three hostages. dantzler shot and kimmed himself and the losten -- killed himself and the hostages were not hurt. casey anthony will not be getting out of jail next wednesday. a recalculation of the time that she had served moved the date back to july 17th instead of the 13th. now anthony received the maximum sentence for lying to authorities about the death of her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. earlier the week a grand jury acquitted her of murder. signs of progress over the debt debate following a meeting yesterday with president obama. congressional leaders laid out some compromises. democrats are willing to make cuts to benefits like social security and republicans say they'll consider new ways for the government to raise revenue. talks continue sunday when both sides meet again. all right, coming up next, saying good-bye to an nfl great. also ahead, get ready for a rainy end to the workweek. tucker has your forecast when fox 5 morning news continues. 6:11 now. fox 5 monitoring metro for you this morning. and about 17% of the system's escalators are under repair this morning. at a meeting yesterday, the agency said it's hiring more mechanics and is replaceable some of the systems' oldest escalators and also starting a pilot program at nine stations to monitor and respond to escalator and elevator outages in realtime. and take a look at this. a sneak peek of metro's new 7,000 series rail cars. among the features, wider aisles, and security cameras. rider input played a role in the redesign. and an nfl great has passed away. john mackey known for his skills on and off the field. he pushed to put the spotlight on improving health care for former players. the 88 plan is named after him and he was number 88. the plan requires the nfl to cover some expenses for ex- players suffering from dementia or alzheimer's. he played with the colts from 1963 to 1971 and he changed the face of pro football. nfl commissioner roger goodell called him a courageous advocate for his fellow players. >> will be missed. great contributions both on and off the field definitely. >> funny how 69 seems so young these days. >> it seems so cruel too. 69-degrees is what i'm talking about. sorry. >> thanks sarah. >> that was tricky sarah. >> didn't know where you were going with that one. >> apparently thinking about the weekend. >> let me get to the headlines really quick here and mention the friday -- going to get some rain. that's going to quickly change the suspect. what friday forecast? that's back. potential for rain really increases here later today and you know what? get ready for the potential for flooding as well in the afternoon hours. some thunderstorms are going to develop and they should be slow movers with a lot of moisture with them. a day of transition. not much going on right now. there we go, fairly quiet at the moment but even in the last hour, the band of showers and thunderstorms bubble up to richmond and williamsburg and that's generally headed north and northeast. later today the rest of us will get in on the rain as we have a cold front with some cooler drier air and a lot of tropical moisture getting pushed out ahead of that. believe it or not the national hurricane center watching this trying to develop into a tropical system. but either way is moisture is streaming northward and the one two combination is going to create a very unstable atmosphere around here today with the potential for showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon. satellite and radar also showing you the cloud cover and the light shower activity in cape canaveral. lots of clouds and windy conditions down there and we'll see what happens the space shuttle. 77 now at reagan national. 69 dulles and 68 in hagerstown. the forecast for today. flash flood watch in effect at 12:00 noon and again the potential is out there for 2, 3- inches of rain in a short period of time. plenty of clouds and scattered showers and thunderstorms developing, best chance will be later this afternoon and this evening. some producing heavy rain. 8:00er under the -- cooler under the cloud cover. 86 the high today. mostly cloudy overnight i think the rain will wind down after the midnight hours. 71 the overnight low and here's the five day forecast. hey good news is you know, the rain is going to be out of here i think overnight tonight. might be a leftover shower tomorrow. but generally tomorrow will be fine, with join. 87. sunday looks great with temperatures in the low 90s. dry into monday with temperatures back in the mid 90s. okay, that's a look at the forecast, now some traffic with julie wright with the latest on this friday. tomorrow is going to be better than today right? >> much better weather-wise. >> you can do the cannon ball off the pool into the high dive. >> i can't wait to be blinded by the white legs. all right, let's say good morning to the crew in sky fox. they're checking out the drive in prince george's county. whatever was there has been cleared off to the shoulder and the lanes are open. basically northbound 95 be 495, flowing freely, no incidents to report between landover and college park in the opposite direction back down to andrews. there's the remains of the car fire. no impact on the traffic this morning. we'll update the ride out of germantown. southbound 270 looking good from 118 headed past mba. now crash 197 at powder mill road out of virginia. nice easy ride so far prince william parkway. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. all right, now to a big story we are following this morning. after 168 years in publication, britain's biggest sunday newspaper, the "news of the world" is being shut down. now this follows accusations that it hacked the cell phone of a 13-year-old murder victim deleting voice mails leading the parents to believe the girl may have still been alive and now they're investigating other hackings. 200 employees will lose their jobs when the newspaper shuts down on sunday. it's owned by the same parent company as fox 5. the scandal continues to grow this morning. we have just learned a former aide to british prime minister david cameron has been arrested in connection with the scandal. andy coulson is a former editor of the news to have world paper. the duke and duchess of cambridge head to los angeles later today. it's their first visit together to the united states. they left western canada yesterday where kate focused her attention on a 6-year-old cancer patient. the little girl had written her a note saying her biggest wish was to meet a real princess. the royal couple was also given white cowboy hats, a tradition in calgary. they caused a stir within they passed -- when they passed on wearing the hats though and later showed the hats off at a rodeo, they were wearing them later today and there's the little girl right there. >> how much has this got to be swirling around for kate middleton? this is not how she grew up, just to be experiencing a whirlwind traveling around the world. >> by all accounts is handling it so well. coming up the business beat, that's up next and we are looking ahead to today's jobs reports. and as we to go to break, what are you cutting back on the save a little money nowadays? for many people, the trips to the hairdresser, the first thing to go. who are those folks? because that's the last thing. many people polled though were given up bottled water, okay, magazine subscriptions, getting scrapped. that's fine. and some folks are passing on the morning trip to their favorite coffee place. maybe sit changing to their kitchens. >> you can do that. just get the coffee here at work instead of making it at home. >> 6:21. we'll be right back. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. the june jobs report due out later this morning. we're going to have more on that in a minute. first though a look at the market. lauren with fox business network is live in new york with the morning's business beat. good morning, happy friday. >> happy friday allison. >> we're on a bit of a roll. i almost want to knock on wood. all looking pretty good. tell us about it. >> you're channeling the color of money today allison with your green. it's been a phenomenal run on wall street. really it has for the nasdaq, up the longest winning streak we've seen since april and in fact the biggest point gain we've seen in 10 years. so obviously the techs are on a roll and there's that gain yesterday. about 1%. gains this morning, kind of disintegrating, we're waiting two hours from now for the big june jobs report from the government. the numbers out there are expecting about 90,000 jobs that have been created last month but know what? you want a lot more than that in the n stage of the recovery, but one of the reasons we've been seeing the gains lately is because all of the i wants as to if this -- hints as to if this jobs report this morning will be good have been very positive. yesterday, private job creation in month more than doubled to 157,000 jobs created and meanwhile the weekly employment report? they hit a seven week low. the numbers have been pretty good and we'll get the final numbers today. >> lauren. thank you very much. yes, i wear the numbers to hopefully inspire prosperity in my own life. have a great weekend. coming up next, hundreds of women in maryland secretly videotaped in their own homes, now the maryland man convicted of this crime learns his fate. nasa first though preparing for its final launch. shuttle atlantis just hours away from litoff. but -- liftoff. but mother nature might have adient plan in mind. might -- a different plan today. it might not happen today. 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liftoff. it's scheduled for 11:26 a.m. but nasa managers gave the okay for fueling the shuttle a few hours ago. the 12 day mission is the last for the space shuttle program. let's off without a hitch. >> what does it look like tucker? >> low clouds and light rain in the area, the winds are light and that's good news. but they're going to have to get some improvement in the next couple of hours i think it's going to go off yeah. >> we'll be watching and also talking with a veteran nasa -- i guess they're all nasa, but astronaut. later in the 8:00 hour. so -- >> maybe he and/or she will have more insight about what kind of conditions. let's get to our weather because we have a lot to talk about here and right to hd radar. later today. the potential for very heavy rain. you can see it developing to the west and eastern ohio and another little batch that's now each of richmond. but that's just fired up in the last hour or so and this is all because of some subtropical moisture, some tropical moisture across the northern gulf is going to stream north into slightly cooler and drier air later today and tonight and that could spark off more showers and thunderstorms. i think for the morning commute, we're going to be fine but in the afternoon hours look out for the potential for some heavy rain in the form of some thunderstorms. the flash flood watch and switch gears, again, goes into effect at noon through the evening and the concern here is again much like last night up to glen bernie and baltimore. they had a thunderstorm that just sat across the city. i can't tell you exactly where, but the potential is there with the very unstable very moist atmosphere we can do that around here. be ready for that later today. don't worry about that map. that one would not be an accurate map. plenty of clouds, showers and thunderstorms developing, some with heavy rain. 86 the daytime high. cooler with the cloud cover. weather guy question coming up. lots and lots of questions about the dust storm in phoenix. >> the haboob. thank you. let's check in with julie wright with the latest on traffic. hi julie. >> hey you guys, the crew in sky fox is checking out the incident along 197 at powder mill road. they got to the scene and so far lanes open in either direction. no incidents the report 197 at powder mill. bw parkway looks good from 19en to the beltway. 50 at buoy. looking good. i-95 good to go with no problems reported from the prince william parkway. traffic still moving at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. the space shuttle atlantis is supposed to liftoff in about five hours. >> mother nature though may not cooperate with the plan. we get more now from sherri ly live in green belt. good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison. he has been an integral part of the space shuttle program from helping with the international space station and the hubble telescope and today they will be gathering here for the final launch of the space shuttle. the space shuttle atlantis is on the launch pad at the kennedy space center in florida. it is estimated that a million people will be watching the launch along the space coast. the atlantis crew is headed to the international space station on a 12 day mission carrying a year's worth of supplies, that's more than 8,000 pounds. the final mission marks the end of the 30-year-old space shuttle program which began with columbia in 1981. but weather remains a concern and everyone is keeping their fingers crossed for the skies to clear and all systems go. for launch our main concern is still having showers and thunderstorms in the area. >> so with that we have a 70% chance of weather prohibiting launch. >> reporter: this will be the 135th shuttle mission overall. it will be nasa's last manned space flight for some time. astronauts will not be blasting off for at least another three to five years from u.s. soil. future flights to the international space station are being turned over to private contractors who are in the process of developing a vehicle to get there. nasa will be -- is working now on the orion program one day hoping to send astronauts to explore an asteroid. the moon again and ultimately mars. that's next, the next generation of rockets is still in the planning stages. so enjoy this one. it will be a while before nasa launches the next space flight. that's the latest here at nasa goddard, back to you. let's take a look at the other top stories now at 6:35 this morning. maryland voteless decide the fate of a -- voters will decide the fate of a controversial law. in may, o'malley signed a law allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition. it was supposed to take effect july 1st, but the petition drive worked. a maryland man caught with thousands of videos of women he secretly recorded was sentenced to 10 years in prison. 35-year-old charles novak of crofton was convicted on burglary and other charges. he must also register as a sex offender. he was arrested in december after a woman told police she found a man sitting in a car in her garage. officers found novak with a camera filled with nude videos of women. coming up next, you have probably had a boss that was just well, bad. >> oh, yeah. >> just a bad boss. >> oh, yeah. this weekend, "horrible bosses" could draw in big crowds at the box office. movie reviewer kevin mccarthy joins us next after the break. welcome back. the new dark comedy "horrible bosses" is anything but horrible according to movie reviewer kevin mccarthy with 106.7 the fan. hi. >> hi, i can honestly say i've never, ever had the thought of killing my boss. everyone's had negative thoughts about the bosses, but not to this extreme though. i love my bosses, i really do. everything is cool. >> there are all kinds of things that people would think about. if i would walk in there and say that? but this is even worse. >> they basically set it up for you to basically hate the bosses, this is been a very good year for r-rated comedies, generally they want to make pg- 13 comedies, but after "the hangover" success which became the highest grossing r-rated comedy of all time. "hangover 2" is now the highest of all time and bridesmaids is the highest female. "hall pass" and "friends with benefits." it's so much fun. but "horrible bosses," there's three guys and that is basically "the hangover" formula. you take three guys in a chaotic situation and you essentially let the hilarity play out. watching the guys scramble around killing their bosses because they're three average guys, just three guys who have no experience in any criminal aspectings. they have fun and it's crazy watching them try and pull this off. now jason bateman and then the bosses, the bosses are the best part of the movie. jennifer aniston. kevin spacey, colin farrell is unrecognizable in the movie. but jennifer aniston, the best role she's ever played and only on screen for 20 minutes in this film. you will not believe the ears the words that are coming out of her mouth. some of the most vulgar, vile, raunchy dialogue you've ever heard her say. you will not be able to watch "friends" the same way again. >> definitely different than the usual parts she played. >> i think she likes that departure. there's nothing better than for an actor the step out of the box and actually go into a role she's dreamed of playing. i don't know if she teemed of saying all -- dreamed of saying all the curse words. charlie say from always sunny in philadelphia. he's very funny in the movie. the believable aspect of it. sometimes you're wondering are the guys really going to do in and would they ever actually come up with this plan? there are times when id wonder is this really you know, going on? but three and a half out of five. >> that's not bad. sounds like a good one. we have another one to talk about real briefly. "zoo keeper." >> now again, only available screening for this for me was midnight last night. i couldn't motorcycle it. six hours -- make it, six hours ago. but essentially looked like paul blart meets kevin do little. i'm sure the kids will love the talking animals and i'll see it this week and have a review for you next friday. people are in the middle of summer right now. some movies that are out there that are really worth seeing, some that are just funny. you've got the top five. >> these are five movies that i want people to go see in theaters. these are five movies you know, some of the movies are just fun and fun experiences. "super 8" is great. "tramplers dark of the moon 3d." you have to see this in 3d. michael bay shot the movie in 3d unlike movies that are converted from 2 d to 3d. you want to see it that michael bay created with the action themes. "midnight in paris." that is woody allen's best movie in years, do not read anything about the plot line and don't watch the trailers. go in cold. >> why the. >> because it's an experience like you've never seen before. when you walk into the movie and how great it is to walk into a movie and not know what's going on? i love watching the story unfold and watching woody tell the story with owen wilson and rachel mcadams. "bridesmaids." >> i haven't seen it. >> you have to see this. >> i know, i will. i promise i will. i have seen a lot of extended clips. there's one of the bridesmaids -- that one of the characters who just looks absolutely hysterical. >> melissa mccarthy. she steals the whole movie. from the show called "mike and molly" i believe. and then finally, "x-men: first class," the nerds here and go see that one. that's a really good flick. those are the five picks to see this weekend. >> nerd tears. that's becoming quite the thing for you. >> that's correct and by the way i interviewed the cast of "horrible bosses," i will tweet the interview out on twitter, bdk reviews on twitter. uncensored and not safe for work. be careful watching it. vs. very, very raunchy. >> kevin, thank you. back to you guys. >> raunchy the world of the day. >> i think we're going to have a raunchy forecast with all this. >> that's a great way to put it. we've got a lot to talk about and might be a good day to go to the movies and late tonight with rain on the horizon, or the potential of it. the look at the beach forecast, let's go to the maps and let me mention. i know at lot of people going down to the beach. we can just hang out together -- there we go. finally. yes. the beach forecast. let me mention that later today and tonight, there'll be a period of heavy rain that will get to the lower eastern shore and you too with under the flash flood watch. be ready for that. by tomorrow morning the rain will be hanging tough but i think tomorrow afternoon the sunshine should break out and sunday looks beautiful. ocean city and bethany beach. rain later this afternoon into tomorrow morning and then improvement by sunday with highs by sunday in rehoboth about 86. 74 degrees in the water temperature. so when the sunshine breaks out that will be nice. here we go, rain showers and thunderstorms now breaking out to the south and to the south and west and they will develop during the course of the day. to the west, cooler and drier air, you can see with that firing up some showers and thunderstorms out to the west and there's an area of low pressure here trying to develop into a tropical system. but either way it's pulling a lot of moisture up the eastern seaboard. we're going to get a squeeze play later this afternoon with the potential for a lot of rain and the potential for slow moving thunderstorms that can dump heavy rain across the area. right now 77 degrees, the dew point temperatures running in the 700s. there's a lot of moisture available and again we could get a couple of inches of rain here in a short amount of time. flash flood watch into effect at noon. plenty of clouds, scattered showers and thunderstorms returning. they could be heavy rain producers with the high temperature after 86 degrees. winds out of the south at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. later tonight let's do the early shower or thunderstorm úand overgho toghafter midnight. we should start to clear out with the overnight low of 71 and there's the seven day forecast. early shower hanging tough tomorrow with tomorrow afternoon. great sunshine. we should be mostly sunny by mid to late morning and there you go. 91 with sunshine on sunday so the forecast gets better but we've to get through a wet one later today. >> all right. tucker, thank you. >> all right, it is time for -- and the weather guy. >> what happened -- >> here it is. >> i'm like where's the crackle of thunder? >> firing on all slippedders today. >> the magnificent tony perkins and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather related of otherwise, we've got two questions this morning both about the crazy dust storm in arizona. the first is from matt walters who wants to know, can there be a tornado or tornadoes in a dust storm? the second question is from cat wilson who writes how did the dust storm start and is there any footage of the back end of a dust storm? joining me now is tony perkins. >> all of the answers? i have some of the answers, the first one about the tornado in a dust stormment not really. you know -- storm. not really. you know, i can figure out why you would ask that because there are similar conditions that exist with the strong winds and tall kinds of stuff and here's the footage from the dust storm. that had not be good. but no tornadoes in a dust storm. however, they do -- they can spawn what's called a dust devil. which kind of looks like a tornado. not exactly the same. it is is a vertical uplift of air. but it's a dust devil, it's made of the dust and all the debris that's flying around in the dust storm. those do not ty to tornado strength. but i mother, they look similar -- you know, they look similar and you will see that in a dust storm. >> terrible name. >> it's appropriate really. what was the other question? >> i don't remember any longer. >> the footage of the dust storm in arizona -- how does the dust storm start? >> here's what happened, there was a big storm -- let's set the stage here. arizona is already an arid place and they've been experiencing pretty extreme dry conditions. we talked about the wildfires in portions of new mexico and arizona the last couple of weeks, extremely dry there. a thunderstorm got going in tucson early afternoon the day of the dust storm and the winds associated with the thunderstorm as they were pushing out of the storm were aprepping 70 miles per hour. -- approaching 70 american. that set the stage as the -- miles per hour. that set the stage as the system continued to push north with the winds gusting at times 50, 60, sometimes 70 miles per hour. picking up the dust and topsoil along the landscape there in arizona. >> what's interesting though -- you were doing some additional research and there's some thought that the recession actually made this worse. >> fascinating. >> how? >> because a lot of land that was populated or fertile or what have you has been left to just kind of sit dry. or go dry. and so there was more sand and dust for the storm to work with. they were staying this was one of -- saying this was one of the worst dust storms in 100 years and the reason is because there was more -- there wasn't vegetation to -- and there weren't homes and all that kind of stuff to hold some of that dust down. so -- they made it worse. >> fascinating. >> apparently a lot of the farmland has been abandoned because people aren't making a profit out of it anymore. they let it go the the topsoil created the terrible dust storm. but fascinating stuff. >> is there a back end of it? >> i don't think we have video to have back end of it. >> no, there's like most storms, just kind of peters out as it goes away. there are radar images of the storm and it was picked up on radar in arizona. fascinating and you know, it gradually diminishes or dissipates. not really a sharp back end. there you go. and great questions. i love that questions. >> questions. >> great video. >> we thank matt and cat. >> got a question you want answered? go to myfoxdc.com and -- you knew that was coming. "dust in the wind." >> haven't heard that in a long time. >> you can click on the weather tab. also you can upload the video question and we may play it live on the air. >> kansas, that group. >> that's right. i feel as ease now. >> it seems like i remember that as a senior in high school in 1983/'84. >> it was out before then. >> that's when i discovered it. >> that's a slow dance song allison. >> thanks tucker, dancing cheek to cheek. what happens next? >> i think we go to traffic now. >> julie? >> i was so caught up in the haboob in the dust of the wind. >> the nostalgia of high school? >> that's right. >> back there for a minute. >> 83, i was lucky to be in junior high school. question for you guys is on the panel this morning, how many of you guys have kansas on vinyl raise your hand? >> no. >> even i don't. >> not me. >> really? >> boston? >> do you julie? >> who -- >> that was a state to me honey, that was a state. >> you've got the ohio players. >> there's no dance season in kansas. >> roller coaster! >> here we go this morning, the skew in sky fox are bouncing around all over the town with accidents and activity along 197 at powder mill road. 301 with the latest accidents, nothing found in either direction. now 50 at 202 through chefly heading into northeast, all leans are open. not a bad ride at all this morning. traffic is flowing freely along new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. back inside topside outer loop. not so bad right now. the volume is flowing at university boulevard to georgia avenue. 95 is in good shape heading out of laurel. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. all right, julie, thanks. coming up in our next hour, how's this for a fun weekend? taking the food, the music, the dance and other traditions of indonesia and takes part in setting a new world record. holly is live with more on this year's indonesian festival. we'll be right back. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] good morning, of course. i'm holly morris. happy friday to you. do you recognize this song? you probably never heard of it played on these instruments before. that is "we were the world" and you are hearing it being played by an ensemble at the indonesian embassy where they are gearing up for the first ever indonesian day. the ambassador is here. they have the guiness book of world records here. they want to each you how to play the onkong. it's going to happen on the ground at the washington monument but we have the exclusive invitation here at the embassy. we're going to get a tour of the embassy which is a historical landmark and you can come here so you can be part of a world record. how about that for the weekend event? >> that sound great. the music is beautiful. we want to talk about 16 students from d.c. who will watch his tri being made. they are in florida as guests of nasa. every student on the trip was on a team that won in its division of the contest. now, we want to say good- bye to our facebook fan of the day. it is earl alexander from takoma park, maryland. he says that fox 5 is the first thing he watches in the morning and the last thing he watches at night. the way it should be, earl. if you want to be a facebook fan of the day, search us on facebook. let's send it over to allison and tony. >> thank you, sarah, so much. coming up, atlantis gets ready to head to the international space station this morning. however, weather may afeact nasa's final flight and the delay in casey anthony's release in jail. why a judge is keeping her locked up for another week. and it may be friday but the congressional leaders are locked up in trying to hammer out an agreement. and the job report that may mean there is more urgency in getting a deal done. >> happy friday