shoulders. last night, the nats new pitcher did not disappoint. >> this crowd is crazy. >> stephen strasburg working that fast ball for all it was worth. fox 5 morning news continues right now. good morning. what i beautiful start to your wednesday. it is june 9, 2010, a live look over our nation's capital today. but hold on. i think we've got some changes headed our way. thank you for being here. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm allison seymour. his fast ball was impressive but i liked when he would switch it up. >> you know what is so great, the excitement in the city. >> we just need him to pitch every night. >> that would be great. we've had a couple of good days. >> beautiful couple of days. today will be cooler and we'll introduce rain showers. they are already moving in west to east. parts of the area already getting the rain showers. clouds moved in overnight. humidity on the increase. the good news is it will be a one-day event. as we get into thursday and friday, right back to sunshine. can you see the rain moving in from the west. and area of low pressure here back into the ohio valley will be moving just it our north. bottom line is the clouds will be in the forecast all day today. i don't think it will be raining all day but we'll have the possibility of some showers throughout the afternoon and even a possible thunderstorm as we get into the afternoon hours. all right. we are now 68 at reagan national. 66? baltimore. 61 in ocean city. relatively pleasant start. frederick is 616789 our highs will only be in the middle 70s. that is about seven degrees below where we should be this time of year. cloudy skies, showers like hi and i mentioned the possible of a thunderstorm. winds out of the south at about 10 to 15. police an channels in the way of sunshine and warmer temperatures. >> i want to you find summer duck for you on the map and we'll have that later on. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you. >> not sure what has about so i'm going to go to you. >> julie knows. i'm he going riding with a girlfriend this afternoon and tucker doesn't know where summer duck is. >> nor do i. >> julie knows where everything is. >> you got to pack a snack. you got to bring your passport and put out bread crumbs if you want tucker to return by tomorrow. >> that is the way we like it. >> here is your deal. northbound 95, all we have is it is an investigation. not sure what type of an investigation but an investigation that is ongoing at this time northbound i-95 as a result of this two-car incident. north of the pohick road overpass, the left side and the main line remains closed off. v d.o.t. on the scene. we are starting to see a rubbernecking delay forming in the hov lanes. again, hov lanes are open but we are starting to see some slowdowns there as well. no incidents to reported southbound along 270. lanes are open here as you continue southbound towards the truck scales. traffic is starting to slow south of 109. outer loop of the beltway, brief delay at georgia avenue. lanes are open 95 and 295 out of laurel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. let's hope this is only the beginning. the nationals rookie phenom, arguably the most hyped player in recent years, proved that he is indeed is all that and a little more. stephen strasburg led the team it a win over the pirates in w. 14 strikeouts in seven innings. the nats and strasburg won it an # in last night's game. >> there is a little bit of nerves. i thought i would be a lot more nervous than i was. when you have veterans in the clubhouse that really calm you down, i mean throwing to a future hall of famer like that, you just got to trust yourself. things got a lot better as the game went on and it started clicking. >> we are talking more about strasburg's debut later this hour when we go live to the sports youngies on 106.7 fm the fan. another big story we're following, the stage has been set for november elections in northern virginia. we'll look at the eighth district. republican patrick murray beat march use berry. he will face off against jim moran in the house race this fall. and the 11th district, keith fimian beat pat herrity. he will take on jerry connelly in the u.s. house race in november. a look now at the morning's other top stories. d.c. police are vehicling a homicide a man's body was found just before 5:00 p.m. yesterday in dupont park in the 3400 block of minnesota avenue southeast. police have not released any more details on the victim nor possible suspects. there is some tense moments on the runway yesterday actually vintage plane flipped on touch downat reagan national. the dramatic pictures were caught on camera. this lane was part of an exhibit arriving in d.c. the pilot says he may have locked the wheels when a plied the brakes during the landing. both the pilot and one passenger who was a "washington post" reporter were not hurt. a mother arrested for leaving her 3-year-old in a car while she went into a motel room allegedly to do drugs. police found the toddler early yesterday morning. he was strapped in a car seat in a vehicle parked outside a motel on west patrick street in frederick, maryland. the child's mother was found asleep on the bathroom floor apparently under the influence of drugs. the little boy was placed with family members and is said to be doing fine. the feds say six men sold secret technology to iran and one of them is from potted omak, maryland. prosecutors charged him in federal court yesterday. they say he conspired to set up a phony company to deliver satellite technology to iran. government says the group made $10 million over the last five years. he is an american citizen born in iran. another five charges are on the loose in iran. the laws against trading with iran are going to get a lot tougher this morning. the united nations is about to vote on a new set of sanctions against the islamic republic. this is the fourth round of sank shops meant to stop a suspected nuke -- sanctions meant to stop a suspected nuclear program. the vote is set for 10:00 this morning. still ahead, a high school senior caught on camera doing some pretty embarrassing things -- at least one embarrassing thing while the president was speaking at his graduation just a few feet away. in oregon, awe 7-year-old boy is dropped off at school and then disappears. the latest on this search. 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. no, no, no... i do not have a thing about bugs. i have a thing about bugs in our house. we 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same day that the long-time suspect in natalee's disappearance confessed to killing another woman, steieleholloway disappeared in aruba in 2005. she was on a senior class trip. it was a somber high school graduation in lake township, ohio. a tornado ripped through town over the weekend destroying the high school and killing the father of that school's valedictorian. the graduating class held its ceremony at a nearby community college. they arrived for a standing so vision and held a moment of silence for those who were killed. coming up next, a high school lucky enough to land president obama as their commencement speaker but wait until you see what one student was caught doing on camera. why drivers in virginia may soon be able to get a little faster on some of the state's busiest roads. we'll be right back. 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"michigan student is sure to get his 15 minutes of fame for being caught sleeping through the graduation speech mad by none other than that the president of the the yait. look at the right side of the screen. really leaping too. you can seat graduate and he is like one of the fancy graduates up on the stage. >> right. >> can you see him with his head leaned out. he is still out. he is clapping though. he is clapping. he does wake up and he is clapping there. his head rolls for wand and he keeps on sleeping. the president spoke to kalamazoo central high school on monday. but that student has had a long four years. he is tired. >> i guarantee you he will be on letterman, leno. >> youtube, all over the place. we've been show something pretty pictures of this morning but got some humidity headed our way, that is right? >> and some rain showers. i think we have a live shot of washington monument and you can he soot rain showers not too far away. >> look that the gorgeous shot. >> nice an peaceful out there. >> you like to go out there first thing in the morning before the crowds show up. >> looks kind of ominous. >> temperatures in the upper 70s yesterday. humidity was low. bright sunshine through outthe day. 79 was our high at reagan national. dulles, 77. bwi marshall, a very pleasant 80 degrees. we will not be quite this warm. temperatures will only be in the middle 70s for affect highs with lots of clouds and an up creasing chance for some rain showers. 6 # right now at reagan national. nice comfortable start. 64 in gaithersburg. frederick, 63. a little further to the east, waking up with temperatures in the 60s in leonardtown. annapolis, the warm spot at 70 and 65 in baltimore. the showers are moving in from the north and west and it will be cooler today. kind of of a complicated storm system out into the ohio valley. what will happen is a warm front is moving through. that is what we're dealing with this morning and later today, a cold front. bottom line, lot of clouds minister forecast today with an increasing chance for showers. we'll get it all out of here later tonight so by tomorrow, the sunshine will return and we'll end the week with plenty of sunshine and some comfortable temperatures thursday and friday. but for today, here come the rain showers. let's go to hd radar. this is out to the west. and now manassas, reston, out toward leesburg, sterling, we're getting rain showers. winchester, front royal, you too are seeing the rain showers. all of this is pushing off to the east and southeast. inside of the beltway, i think in the next hour or so, we'll start to to see the rain showers and toward points east. the rain showers should be here by mid-morning. so once they arrive, we will have on again being off again showers throughout the day as we are expecting about a quarter inch of rain when all is said and down. 57 for your afternoon high. cloudy sky, showers and the possible of an afternoon thunderstorm with temperatures just a little cooler than they should be this time year. much improvement tomorrow. temperatures where they should be low to mid-80s thursday and friday. here comes the heat an humidity for the weekend with the possibility of an afternoon thunderstorm both saturday and sunday. that is a look at the forecast. let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright. >> right now, what we're talking about is the trip in virginia along northbound i-95. police investigate wrapped up. all lane are open now as you travel northbound north of the pohick road overpass but before you reach 7100. the incident now cleared to the right shoulder. lane are open but unfortunately, the damage is done. slow traffic beginning back at potomac mills headed through woodbridge and out towards lorton. slow traffic on the inner loop at 236 and 66. southbound 270, no incidents reported. slowdowns here south of 109 headed past the truck scales and as you make your way down the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. the speed limb. some of virginia's busiest stretchs of roads could be going up. v-d.o.t. is evaluating stretches of i- nix, 395 and i-81. the studies will help detiedside if the speed limit could go up from 65 to 70 miles per hour. our business beat is going up next. general motors announces a major recall but does have good news for hundreds of dealerships that were set to close. the bad economy is likely to blame for a drop in charitable giving last year. the giving usa foundation found out there was a 3.6% drop with americans donating more than $303 billion to charity. still a good number but it is the second worst year since the foundation started its reports in 1956. giving increased towards the enof the year as the stock market rose and the spotlight was put on charities in need. boss: so word's gettin' out that geico customers could save even more on their car insurance by signing up for other things - 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two. that is what we saw yesterday. the real lone reason for it was the chip sector, semiconduct youors all got hit really hard. 2010 was a much more disappointing year than the ans thought. they got hit hard driving the nasdaq down. now, after hours last night, texas instruments and take two interactive, the video game company, both had positive things to say in two separate reports. they may be lifted this morning and that may lift the nasdaq to kind of catch up and make up some ground this morning. >> also, the auto industry here in the u.s. has been hit hard. we had the recalls. now, gm has announced a recall but also a little get of good news for dealerships too. >> good news, bad news soree with gm yesterday. 900 dealerships that they were expecting to close will remain open. so by the end of july when they originally thought based on the exiting bankruptcy plans to have 4100 dealerships open and they will have 5,000 dealerships open. it is better for the company to keep them open and you mentioned the recall. one and a half million vehicles, allison. various makes and models. he go to the web site to check out which ones have been recalled. the reason, faulty windshield wiper fluted heater. didn't even know they had those in cars but there is a risk of it catching on fire. and the sum that makes that part, out of business so they can't even replace the part. they will take it out and give you $100. >> thank you so much. have a good day, sir. coming up next, sold-out game ache ballpark filled with anticipating and it all surrounded the washington nationals newest star. pitcher stephen strasburg did not disappoint the huge crowd that turned out to seat major league debut. he didn't disappoint us watching at home either. stay with us. tucker is back with another check on our weather. >> nice to see you. welcome back. >> very nice to be back. not nice to get up at #:00 in the morning but very nice to be back. >> let's get start wade live shot here of the washington monument. another look at a beautiful sunrise and you can see this is telling you exactly what is happening. clouds moving in, humidity increasing and with it rain showers not too far away. just out to the west. other than that, it should be a pleasant day with highs in the mid-70s. let's go to the graphics and show you the rain and again, it is moving in from the west and we're getting light rain reported in places like winchester, martinsburg, now moving into reston and it will be moving through the district and points east ore the next few hours. so if it is not raining at your house at this moment, it will be shortly as the rain continues to stream in here from the north and west. temperatures, we are aoff day comfortable start. 68 at reagan national, humidity, 59%. wind are picking up out of the south at 1 miles per hour. have a warm front moving through this morning. later today, cold front arrives. we could see a few thunderstorms develop during the second half of the day. pressure, 30.13 inches. 75 for your afternoon high here in washington. lots of clouds out there with, again, showers in the forecast. not going to rain all day long but we could pick up a quarter of an in. of rain when all is said and done by later tonight.ved forec up. and we have ask the qert guy and i'm flying solo. >> julie wright has a look at traffic. >> along i-95, we are in for a slow go this morning. delays through the car rest area leaving dale city heading up towards newington before you reach the exit for 7100. the remains of the accident activity off the road to the shoulder. the problem was there was an ongoing investigation and tied up a lane for almost an hour out there on the i-95. again, all of the the activity is off the road to the shoulder but that is what has contributed to the delay leaving potomac mills headed northbound along i-95. even the hov lanes are starting to slow leaving the prince william parkway towards lorton. new problems to report at 236. that is what is tying up the second lane from the right. in maryland, for those traveling south along 270, lanes are open, no accidents to report headed out towards the truck scales. northbound 5 at brandywine, signal lights are on flash. that is centing to a big delay out of accokeek. the major league debut of stephen strasburg is the talker this morning. >> he wowed fans with a dominating performance. sherry ly is live in beth case. he had nationals park in a frenzy last night. >> reporter: i would say people at nationals park and watching it at home. people knew this stephen strasburg was good but no one thought he was going to blow everyone away like he did last night. his 14 strikeout performance set a new nationals record and it was simply unbelievable. here are the headlines in the papers this morning. this is the examiner. strasburg spectacular it says. and then on the "washington post" this more than, it says the hype becomes reality. take a look at some of the headlines across the country where strasburg is making headline as well. the "washington post" mike wise called it one magic evening. the "l.a. times" says strasburg draws a crowd in the angels clubhouse and strasburg strikes out 14 in major debut. he electrified the sold-out crowd, only the second this year at nationals park. strasburg awed everyone with his blinding fast ball. he struck out every batter in the pirates line-up at least once on the way to 14 14 ks for the night. he got a standing ovation as he left the game. the catcher called the performance unbelievable. >> it was great. strasburg is electrifying. i actually went up to syracuse and saw him pitch. he was pretty dominant there but last night was jut unbelievable considering the circumstances. >> amazing. i can't believe somebody that young had such presence. it is incredible. exciting. >> reporter: did you think he was going to live up to the hype given all the pressure he was under? >> i thought it was impossible. i thought it was just impossible but he did it. he did it. there aren't many like him. thank god he is with us. >> reporter: and a lot of folks are looking to the future now with strasburg in the line-up. his debut perform an with 14 strikeouts is also the most in the major leagues in 39 years. most importantly, he got the win for the nats. this is the sports section of the "washington post." it says a debut that is 14- karat gold, 14 strikeouts. that says it all. soo back to you. >> thank you. that does say it all. >> another big story wear following. the stage has been set for november elects in northern virginia. first a look at the results from yesterday's primary in the eighth district. republican patrick murray beat matthew berry. murray will face off against jim moran in the u.s. house race this fall. and now to the results of the 11th district which covers parts of fairfax and prince william counties. keith fimian beat out pat herrity. he will take on freshman democrat jerry connelly in the u.s. house race come november. there were some other big match-ups on the ballot this year. >> fox's ainsley earhart has result from primary race as cross the country. >> the vote of this senator is not for sale an neither is the vote of the people of arkansas. >> reporter: blanche lincoln of arc ask narrowly won a nomination to her third senate term. she will meet john boozman in november. california voters picked meg whitman and carly fiorina. >> california is in crisis and we certainly cannot save california's future by repeating the failures of the past. >> reporter: fiorina is the former ceo of hewlett packard. >> through november 2nd being we will run a tireless, fearless campaign all across california to finally unseat barbara boxer. >> reporter: south carolina voters pushed state representative nicky haley ahead of the three rivals in the republican race for governor. haley battled claims that she had affairs with two men. she denied those allegations. >> we had no idea and no money. we had something they didn't have. we had you. >> reporter: haily will face representative gresham barrett in a june 22nd runoff election. sharon engle will challenge harry reid of nevada in november. >> we know that the real work lies ahead. >> brian sandoval will face rory reid, the son of harry reid. terry branstat served four terms as iowa governor. he will face governor chet culver in the general election. in new jersey, all of the congressional incumbents won their races. ainsley earhart, fox news. >> thank you septa in -- in our other story, the royal flumes are reported to be spreading 40 miles from the oil leak in the gulf. the ocean saratoga has also been leaking oil for more than a month. president obama will head back next week to visit mississippi, alabama and florida. a vintage plane flipping over while landing at reagan national. it was caught on camera. this incident temporarily shut down the airport's main runway. the world war ii era biplane was part of a film promotion. the pilot and one passenger, a"washington post" reporter, were not hurt. still ahead now at 6:37, help is heading to mailboxes of thousands of seniors struggling to keep up with rising prescription drug costs. we are talking with the sports junkies of 106.7 fm the fan for their take on stephen strasburg. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. this crowd is crazy. swing and a miss! stephen strasburg's first major league strikeout. >> i promise you, we'll show it to you this morning. there you go. watch it. and thereof a lot of hype leading up to stephen strasburg's major league debut. lived up to it yesterday. he struck out 14 batters in that game last night. the nats won 5-2 over the pirates. we want to go live now to the sports junkies on 10 # .7 the fan. and lurch and eb, you were lucky enough to there be last night. you want to set the stage. >> it was incredible. it seemed like there were 100,000 people there. you got there at 4:30. the place was mobbed already. the streets were packed. ton of media members. i mean obviously, the mlb network was covering it. it was just an electric feeling. you felt like that was the place to be. >> it was like a world seies- type atmosphere in early june against the pirates. >> and on a tuesday night. even johnny come latelys like jason and i who only come to the big events because wear jaded and spoiled, overflow capacity. no seep seating for us in the press box. just an unablable atmosphere. it got to the point where, in the middle of the game, i mentioned this to the fellows, that old guys that looked like santa claus were dancing in their seats. >> older than news. >> older than us even. >> really? >> yes. >> we were aing here this morning that we weren't even at the game and here we are so psyched about warrant, about baseball in washington and you you know, it has been a while since we got really excited bay sport here in this town. >> it is amazing. i know your favorite public enemy song is don't believe the hype. believe the hype on strasburg he exceeded effect's expectations. that is what make this thing fantastic. we spent a lot of time on the show talking about extra strosburg would dork how successful he would be. he blew everybody away. i think he is going to be the nats what ovechkin has been to the caps and people are going to get nats fever now. >> over past few years, this is like the real sports dead zone that we were enter with the nats being so bad, losing over 100 games over the past years. now, there is hope. there is optimism with strasburg's debut, drafting bryce harper. a lot of great things going on with the washington nationals right now. >> i think in a lot of ways, this franchise was slowly dying and now it has been energized and this kid really single handedly almost in one night has re-energized it and brought it to life. and and now it has a real opportunity to be number two here right behind the redskins. i never thought that would have been possible. >> it is a lot of pressure. i mean he is # 1 years old and his major league debut is fantastic. question is can he keep that momentum going. >> he won't keep opportunity like at the did last night but he special and you hear guys like pudge rodriguez who is going to be be in the hall of fame say he is unbelievable. he has that kind of talent. he has that ability that it will be a success for many years. >> he won't strike out 14 batter a game but his stuff is so good. guys are not supposed to be able to throw a baseball 101, 102, 103 and a curveball about 92 with control like' got. >> don't you know that adrenaline was rushing last night. we'll let you get back to your show. we've got to go. we'll be back to talk with you later onened atalk about price harper, up and coming too. >> absolutely. >> all right. see you. have a good morning. >> thank you. it is nice to have something it look forward to. a lot of sports disappointments in washington. >> my husband made a big announcement because he has been working in baltimore. he is an orioles fan. he said you know, i think i'll have one team that i'll root for in washington. i'm like thank you very much. don't try to jump on the bandwagon now. >> real tough to flee the orioles right now. >> that is the other thing. >> i'm still an orioles fan. we'll take that hundred walk season. >> bring back cal i say. >> and jim palmer too. the rain showers are moving in from the west and they'll be with us throughout the day. we'll have cooler temperatures. upper 70s. today, low to mid-70s. here comes the rain. radar showing out the rain showers out to the west an to the south out 66. out towards places like manassas, reston, leesburg, win which ther, getting rain showers at this moment. front royal look like you're getting a little break. in washington, just moving inside the beltway. there you can see it. just light shower activity. it won't amount to a whole lot. up by 95 up towards ellicott see, out towards annapolis. no rain yet but it will be moving in your direction. all of us way be getting at late some scattered rain showers here during the next hour or two. low pressure off to the north and west here out of the ohio valley. there you go. you can see the mess here and the rain showers. getting some thunderstorms social wade cold front back towards cincinnati. all of this is pushing off to the east and northeast. the heaviest of the rain here should be north of the maryland border up into southern pennsylvania. it won't be pouring rain throughout the day. we will remain in the clouds and we will have scattered showers and even the possibility of that frontal system, that gets in here late this afternoon. we'll start to clear out and quiet down overnight. 68 in town. 64 in gaithersburg. 67 in quantico and frederick best of your recollection, good morning to you. you are 64 degrees. cloudy skies, showers likely. even the possibility of a frontal system with that cold front late today. your five-day forecast, sunshine returns tomorrow. should be bright and sunny, beautiful day expected tomorrow with lower humidity. highs in the low to mid-80s. friday looks great too. and then the hazy, hot and humid conditions return just in time to the weekend. good outdoor weather both saturday and sunday with highs in the upper 80s. could be a scattered shower or thunderstorm both saturday and sunday as we're back into the soupy air mass. >> okay. >> all right. it is time for -- >> i want to be here for you, tuck. >> tony and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. phony is anchor man today playing the role of steve chenevey. so he got off the hook to this one. today's question is from lisa in d.c. she says i was wondering, why is it that when planes fly overhead during the winter months it is so easily heard as opposed to during the summer months. there is a difference in the way sound travels through the temperature? >> i blame the humidity. >> i was going to say humidity. >> it has to do with all that moisture in the air. >> i can answer this one and i'm going to try to do it in less than two minutes. it is a rather complicated answer. it has to do with physics and how sound waves travel in -- don't roll your eyes. >> i think this is why i didn't do well in if iic in school. >> she's rolling her eyes. we're only 1 seconds in the question. in the winter months, we n. >> that's right. >> vegetation absorbs a lot of that sound that we pick up. the sound of the cars going by on the highway. what is happening here is we get a temperature inversion. so typically in the winter months, we'll see dense, cold you're right at the surface and the warmer air is above that. what happens is the cold air, as the sound travels through the cold air, it bumps up against the warm a and gets retracked back into the lower parts of the atmosphere. so the sound is able to travel farther. does that make sense? >> that is president-elect where you simple. the. >> the opposite hold rue in the summer months. we have the warm air at the surface and the cold air aloft and thunderstorms, often, can you see the lightning but you don't hear the thunder. thownd the sound of the thunder is bouncing off and back up into the atmosphere so we don't hear it as well. >> you answer some of the best questions. >> i think we do too. thank you so much. if you've got a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. you can upload question there. we guarantee you will play it live. send is a video too. >> imgoing to send it to get one start giant food get the girl to send one in. >> yeah. that's what i'll do. -- i'm going to send it to get one started. >> get the girls to send one in. >> yeah, that's what i'll do. >> on the roads, we are busy. 395 head northbound from duke street to seminary road, all of the lane are open. no incidents to reported along this stretch. traffic will slow again briefly at the inbound 14th street bridge. northbound i-95 has been a tough ride this morning. delays continuing up to a point just before 7100 with accident activity on the shoulder. that ongoing construction still in place along ohio drive as you travel behind the lincoln memorial and as a result, westbound independence avenue can go no further west than 17th street. we are starting to see a little bit of volume slow on 17th as you travel across the mall. lane are open. no accidents respected. we are heavy and slow at the struck sales leaving mva and at the lane divide. outer loop will slow. crash on the inner loop at 4 other now cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. help is on wait for thousands of senior citizens struggling to keep up with rising prescription drug costs. >> $250 checks way be sent to seniors who are in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole. yesterday, president obama was in wheaton speaking to a group of seniors about the plan to fix that gap. melanie alnwick has more. >> i mean i'm ordering every day. i have new boyfriend, i have arthur itis and ben gay. >> beginning this week, tens of thousands of seniors who fall into the doughnut hole, like fran, will receive a $250 rebate check to help you cover the costs of your prescriptions. >> reporter: the doughnut hole is a gap in medicare prescription drug coverage, about 3.5 million seniors like fran end up play page thousands of dollars out of pocket. >> my husband and i cut many corners to buy the prescriptions i needed. >> reporter: a $250 check this year p more discounts on brand name drugs next year and gradual increases in coverage should close the gap by 2020. it's start but this group says the prescription drug problem is much bigger starting with seniors taking too many drugs in the first place. >> my next door neighbor takes 5 kind of medicine. >> that is unbelievable. >> that can happen very easily. >> reporter: this lively post presser discussion ranged from generic drugs. >> many people aren't savvy enough to ask a doctor. >> reporter: to concerns about coverage and taxpayer costs. >> i'm on the best plan available. i'm retired from the federal government. >> people chase a bargain. if it is an entitlement, they bill use it more than they have to. >> reporter: one thing they all agree on. eleanor robinson was sickly as a girl. today, 87 and healthy, she met the president. she says staying informed and active. >> my favorite medicine, my favorite pill. >> is that irprescription for a long and healthy life. mel any alnwick being fox 5 news. >> the government wants seniors to know they don't have to do anything to get these checks. they will automatically go to those who are eligible. the first round is set to go out tomorrow. we could probably use a little more sleep. there is a new study that shows nearly 20% of americans suffer from moderate to excessive sleepiness during the day. the stanford university professor would led the study said the fining is a cause for concern too. excessive sleepiness increases the chances of workplace incidents and accidents. women tended to report being more sleep deprived than men. herbs have all sorts of uses. all you have to do is know the right way to use them. we are live at a virginia herb festival for a taste of some folksy fun coming up. we go through them all the time. doors that mark the day's ents. new beginnings. endings. routines. revealing the stories and dramas -- the victories and challenges -- that help us go through new doors of our own. be part of the story. colonial williamsburg. what you did at this stop it.s meetihello?at was pure poetry. you spotted a million dollar 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