i'm steve chenevey along with melanie alnwick this morning. >> it looks like umbrellas are going to be a necessity. pull them out. >> we haven't had them for a while. >> this is through the morning hours for the most part. that is where we'll see the bulk of the rain. we will see more rain later on today. we have a chance some of more rain later on today. the bulk of the rain will be during the morning hours until late morning, maybe around noon. let's take a look at the radar. we'll show you what is going on out there as we continue to see some areas of heavy rain particularly different radars are showing it differently. but what we are seeing now is some rainfall, much of it heavy, particularly down across southern portions of the area. you can see there is one main body of rain out there. there is a lot of it. it will take a few hours for this to get through but then once it does, we'll see clouds and maybe the occasional shower or thunderstorm later on. current temperatures around the region, upper 60s and low 70s. it is 72 degrees right now in the district. 70 out at 69degrees in baltimore. here is your forecast for today. looks like this. lots of clouds around. rain showers particularly in the morning, maybe an occasional clap of thunder, a little bit of lightning here and there. temperatures today will top out in the upper 70s and low 80s. take the umbrella with you. you will need it. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> let's check in with lauren and get a look at traffic this morning. >> good morning. we are seeing that wet pavement. it is having an impact on the roads. we do have several incidents reported as you travel i-95 in virginia. reports of a disabled vehicle near the prince william parkway reportedly blocking at least one lane. you do have the volume now. southbound 95 at the a -- weigh station near dumfries, everybody moving over to the right. left lane remains blocked. delays after 50 fair oaks and approaching nutley street. in prince george's county, police are working several wrecks. st.barn bag road eastbound after temple hill road. left lane blocked. -- st. barnabas road eastbound after temple hill road, left lane blocked. route 228 at ironwood drive being we have an accident with utility pole and wires down there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. we are following a developing story out of libya this morning where nine civilians were killed when a nato air strike went wrong. two of the victims are children. nato says a weapons systems failure may be behind the sunday bombing after residential neighborhood. in a statement, nato says it regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives and takes great care in conducting strings. libya's foreign minister is calling for a global jihad against the west as retaliation for the strikes. a bomb threat at reagan national airport. >> it shut down the airport for about 20 minutes. a woman at a day ton, highway high ticket counter said an explosive device was on a u.s. airways flight bound to reagan yesterday. that flight touched down around 1:00 p.m. vehicle ours searched the plane for four hours on the tarmac but found nothing. it didn't seem to bother travelers when they heard the news of the scare. >> i think the airline has a responsibility to public safety as well as a responsibility to getting us there on time. so i can appreciate it might be difficult for them. >> i think they need to be aware of things and if it messes our travel plans up, i don't have any problem with that. >> things are back to normal this morning. the woman who made the threat is being evaluated at a psychiatric hospital. a man who set off a scare and commuter chaos friday near the pentagon could go before a judge today. he was discovered inside arlington national cemetery several hours after it closed. police initially thought he was carrying a backpack filled with bomb-making material but later determined the items were not explosives. he is a marine corps reservist. he was detained for trespassing after becoming uncooperatey but so far has not been charged. other top stories, the search continues for a driver who struck a police officer and two other people t happened in a parking lot in seat pleasant early sunday morning. it was outside of a nightclub. the car hit the officer, a security guard and one other person and then took off. the officer opened fire but the car kept going. it was later found with a bullet hole in the rear window. but nobody was inside. a homicide investigation is under way in northeast tease and the victim may have been bound in duct tape. police were called out to the scene last night on levis street just west of bladensburg road and a little north of florida avenue. no word yet on the identity of the victim but a neighbor tells fox 5 they believe he was involved in some sort of an altercation sometime in the past few days. a barbecue grill is to blame for a house fire in beltsville yesterday. somebody was lighting the grill on the patio when the fire got out of control, spread to the home and unfortunately destroyed most of that house. thrrn two -- there were two adults and five children in the home at the time and they all made it out okay. first lady michelle obama today leaves washington for a week-long visit to africa. mrs.obama is traveling to south africa and botswana. the first lady talks about her trip to engage young people in solving the problem of the future. the white house will be updating mrs. obama's trip on facebook and twitter. the first lady is being joined on the trip by daughters sasha and malia, her mother, a niece and a nephew. coming up next, wildfires out west continue to spread. >> powerful winds only making the situation in arizona and new mexico worse. thousands have already evacuated and that number may grow. also ahead, this week marks two years since the deadliest accident in metro's history. what changes are being made to make sure effect's ride is safe. that is coming up. ou this week will mark two years sin the deadly crash on metro's red line. the agency plans to work on a billion dollar plan to improve safety and make repairs. richard sarles will take part in a meeting to discuss safety within the system that. will happen on wednesday. the actual anniversary of the crash that claimed nine lives. an update now to the flooding along the missouri river. several levees in northern missouri are failing to hold back the surge of water being released from upstream alzheimer's. authorities say the water started pouring over the levees on saturday night in two counties flooding farmland and numerous homes and cabins. it has forced the closure of a nearby highway. hundreds more people are being forced from their homes in arizona as wildfires spread in the certain part of the state. the new vacs were near the town of sierra vista where the so- called monument fire had already forced 7,000 people to flee. now, another 1500 are being asked to leave. this is after the fire jump ad a highway sunday. so far, 44 homes have been lost to the wildfires. still head, it is a movie star mecca but more hollywood productions are hightailing it out of tinseltown and choosing to take their business elsewhere. a little rain is in forecast and not just in the forecast, in the skies. we'll check in with tony when fox 5 morning news continues. c ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. you night notice the president on twitter more often now. the campaign announced his twitter and facebook accounts will play a big part in his re- election push. he already has 8.7 million followers on twitter, in third place behind lady gaga and justin bieber. >> do you think any of those three actually do their own tweets. >> i'll bet lady gaga and justin bieber do. >> i bet they don't read all of those. >> lady gaga is very fan friendly. she responds to mine. >> let us know. >> i'm kidding. i don't even know how to tweet. this is a banner morning. i could have stayed in bed. here is what is happening across the region. we have showers moving aross the region down to the south, some of those showers are heavy. st.mary's city see something heavy shower activity. up to our north, mainly light rainfall, light to mod rail sphrawl across much of the area. you can see most of you are seeing rain right now up towards frederick. -- light to moderate rainfall across much of the area. this rain will hang with us through the morning hours. let's take a look at the temperatures across the region. 71degrees right now in washington. 68 in baltimore. 70 in manassas. frederick , maryland is at 70 degrees. check out the temperature trend. today will be below average. i think man of you will top out in the upper 70s today. tomorrow, low to mid-90s. wednesday, 95. these will be very hot days. a heat index on wednesday up to, around or over 100 degrees. that will be a hot one. thursday, 91 for your high. for today, the forecast look like this. lots of clouds around this morning. a good a rainfall, maybe up to 3/4 of an inch of rain in some locations. maybe a couple of thunderstorms. we haven't seen that during last few hours. 81 for your high in town. some of you will top out in the upper 70s. for tonight, more clouds hanging around. overnight low, 70 degrees. five-day forecast, we showed you the temperatures. tomorrow, don't be surprised if there are a few showers and thunderstorms. again, particularly during the first half of the day as a frontal boundary comes through. hot and humid on wednesday. maybe some afternoon pop-up showers and thunderstorms. can't rule it out for thursday or for friday. temperatures drop off to the 80s on friday. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. now, let's find out what is happening with traffic. for that, we go to lauren demarco. >> there is a new accident reported in fairfax county, route one richmond highway at lorton road. do watch for that. tax a live -- take a live look at our traffic cameras. on both left and right shoulders we have accidents reported, slow traffic before 234 business and before centreville route 50. here we are at the weigh station still dealing with the wreck on the left side of roadway. northbound slows through woodbridge n montgomery county, pretty heavy around from college park to silver spring. we have a wreck randolph road at dalewood drive. in prince george's county, we have several incidents reported. accident activity central avenue at jared. in waldorf, route 228 at ironwood drive, dealing with an accident that took down a utility pole. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. for decades, it has been where movie magic is made. >> but recently, hollywood has been losing some of its appeal for movie producers. >> reporter: it was one of the year's big blockbusters but battle l.a. was not shot in los angeles. it was shot in the other la, louisiana. >> we all know the business has changed. unless california changes its tax incentive program, we'll probably have to go other places to shoot. >> reporter: nba nevada is one of only six states that do not offer tax incentives for production but lawmakers are now working on legislation to change that to offer film makers a golden nugget to bring them to the avril serena. >> a production studio here would be kind othe picture. if we can do that, we would love to do that in the city and give another unique lotion to producers would like to be here anyway. >> reporter: could a permanent instituted i don't in a place like sin city be be a sure fire draw to hollywood. supporters saw the combination of low attacks, scenic landscapes, proximity to l.a. and a supercharged nightlife who make it ideal. >> they love to be here because of the infrastructure that is here, the hotels, restaurant, shop, et cetera. they aren't far from home. it's short flight. >> reporter: a number of states are cutting back on tax incentives because of the tough economy and budget cuts. california lawmakers are working on ways to keep thins more competitive so the movie and tv business stays where they say it should. business beat is up next. we will be talking about why home owners in danger of foreclosure may actually be able to hold onto that you are homes longer than they thought. he has been on the rodeo out for some 23 years. the monkey is 25 years old. he may be appearing on the big screen soon. >> you can't go wrong with monkeys, right? >> going strong. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. a little good news for home openers facing foreclosure. more that in a minute. first, let's look ahead at what is on the market for this week. lauren seam nitty is live with this morning's business beat. >> good morning. >> stocks broke their losing streak on friday but now european debt it seems like is still weighing down the market. what do we expect? >> dow futures are lower by 50 or so points right now but it was a winning week, the first winning week since april. last week, greece still the number one enemy right now for the markets. finance ministers from the euro zone meeting and essentially delaying their decision to reinstate loans to help bail out greece once again. that is weighing on the markets. it's huge week in term of economic data. we get the gdp numbers this woke and the interest rate decision by the fed and tons of housing reports are out so the bulls will have a lot to respond to this week. >> i know a lot of people watching thosement rest rates very carefully n terms of housing news, we are talking about foreclosures actually few years ago, they were coming down fast and hard and now it seems like things have slowed a little bit. what is going on? >> there has been a change in mennality as well t used to be if you were facing foreclosure, you were nervous, you couldn't sleep at night. now, things have changed. there is a story in the "new york times" that says that banks and lenders in absolutely no hurry to add more distressed property to their books and they are kind of just letting people stay in their homes a little bit long are because they are already under fire for the shoddy mortgages. if you look at the numbers, and this is according to lps allied analytics, it is a real estate data firm. they found in new york and new jersey, it would take lendsers about half a century to repossess all the the foreclosed homes on their books and the numbers although they are really high in new york and new jersey, they are about 10 years from many other states. the foreclosure problem is still a big problem but people are staying in that you are homes a lot longer. >> thank you for talking to us this morning. >> thank you. still ahead, presidential impersonator making remarks so fencive he was pulled from the stage at a high-profile republican event. first, a slight scare at reagan national airport. -- a flight scare at reagan national airport. what happens as the plane sat parked on the tarmac. unlike today, it was a beautiful day yesterday and a great day to be out on the golf course as. we you know that rory mcilroy enjoyed it and so dtd thousands of folk out at congressional. he finished his historic run to win the u.s. open in bethesda finishing with a 16 under par for the tournament. he set 12 records for the championship. >> i think when graham won last year, it made me realize that it was achievable and attainable. to see a great friend like that win a major, it only inspires you to go out and try to emulate them. >> he is the best layer i've ever seen. i didn't have a chance to play with tiger. this guy is best i've ever seen, simple as that. he is great for golf. he is a breath of fresh air for the game. you know, perhaps we're ready for golf's next new superstar and maybe rory is it. >> what i loved about him, he still got upset that he bogeyed 17. he tell the he could have done better. >> perfect weather for them at congressional. >> a little humid for some of the folk out there. >> we have humidity today as well. we have rainfall across the region too. let's take a look at the satellite-radar. we can show you we have some areas of heavy rain here and there. light to moderate rainfall across the region but it is moving through the -- almost the entire viewing area. there are a couple of spots where you are not getting rain but most are getting rainfall. you have cloudy conditions across the region. temperatures right now look like this. we are currently at 71 degrees now here in washington. 71 in the district. 68 in baltimore. 69 at dulles airport so temperatures have dropped off a little bit more during these early-morning hours. forecast for today, lots of clouds around. showers and thunderstorms likely. look if i high today of about 81 degrees here in the district. we'll look for some highs in the 70s in areas out to our west and then some more 80s to -- sorry, 70s to the east, 80s to the west. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. coming up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask weather guys. that will be up shortly. >> we'll look forward to that. >> and lauren demarcos in with a look at your on-time traffic. >> we are still dealing with the wet pavement in areas so you should be very careful as you head out there. give yourself plenty of braking distance today. 66, let's take a live look at our cameras as you head eastbound. we have an accident on both the left and right shoulders. you will find delays from before 234 business, beyond the incident and traffic slowing again at 29 centreville and after route 50. here we are taking a peek at 95 as you make the trip northbound nr lorton. here we are to the left of your screen. we have slow traffic northbound 395. nice trip across the 14th street bridge. outer loop, you we'll find delays from college park around towards silver spring and we've got a wreck reported randolph road at dalewood drive. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. we have a developing story we are following out of libya this morning as ?ien civilians were killed when a nate ore air strike -- as nine civilians were killed when a nato air strike went wrong. nato says it, quote, regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives and take great care with its strikes. another developing story, a deadly stabbing in the district. >> it happened on the 100 block of levis street in the trinidad section of northeast. stacy cohan just arrived on the scene. >> reporter: i can tell that you the d.c. police still have the area taped off as they have more investigating to do inside this rowhouse. they discovered this homicide yesterday actually in the afternoon. we were told one person was stabbed to death. the neighbors say this same paren was perhaps assaulted just a few days ago. there was duct tape found on part of the victim's body. we do not have a name or identity of this person or any suspect or motive. but detectives are still on the scene. this is a very active investigation. once again, one person found dead yesterday evening here in the trinidad section of washington, d.c. i'm stacy cohan, back to you. a look at the morning's other top stories. things are back for normal finally at reagan national after the airport was shut down for 20 minutes. a woman at a dayton, ohio ticket counter said an explosive device was on a u.s. airways plane bound for reagan yesterday. investigators searched the plane for four hours on the tarmac but found nothing. the search is on if a driver who struck a police officer -- for a driver who struck a police officer and a security officer and another person. the officer opened fire but the car kept going. it was found with a bullet hole in the rear window but nobody was inside. a barbecue apparently to blame for a house fire in beltsville yesterday. someone was lighting the grill on the patio when the fire got out of control, spread to the home and destroyed most of it. everybody made it out okay. damage is estimated at $400,000. nearly 90 people in our area are being told to pay up for their kids. they were rounded up last week in a child support warrant arrest operation. it was a joint venture between the d.c. police department and the u.s. marshal's service. 1818 people were picked up in d.c. one of them is a suspect in a homicide in boston. maryland officials want to know just how much money the state is losing from online shopping. they are working on a study to see how much tax revenue maryland is losing to internet sales. internet retailers are required to collect sales tax only when they sell to customers living in a state where they have a store or office. maryland lawmakers are expected to take up the issue sometime this year. to the economy now, ongoing deficit talk move into the eighth week on capitol hill as lawmakers debate over how to fix the nation's debt problems. in the meantime, the clock is winding down on a critical decision. caroline shively with the latest. >> reporter: democrats and republicans say medicare and social security should be looked at when it comes to cutting the deficit as a trade- off to raising the debt ceiling. republicans made that clear. >> the president and the vice president, everybody knows you have to tackle entitlement reform. if we can't do that, then we'll probabliened up with you very short-term proposal over a few months and we'll be back having the same discussion again in the fall. >> there is for way on god's green earth you are going to balance the budget until you put entitlements on the table. >> reporter: vice president biden is leading a bipartisan commission trying to have a long--term deal. many republicans say up the age for enseattlement eligibility. democrats say just make smaller reforms. this is the heart of the problem. if they are going to save trillions, they will have to come up with some type of agreement on entitlements. they want overall deal in lace by the end of june. congress has a month to vote to before the treasury secretary says he runs out of money to participate bills on august 2nd. >> for every dollar we spend some washington, we borrow 40 cents primarily from china, our major competitor in the world. this has to come to an end. >> reporter: the vice president says this week the staff will be working around the clock trying to hammer out a deal. a presidential impersonator hired to perform at a high- profile republican meeting was so offensive, they cut his mike. here what is happened. >> now, what can i say about michelle bachmann that she hasn't already said about herself. >> she called me a one-term president. >> and that was the end of the act. no more microphone after that. this came just one day after the mississippi and louisiana governor asked party leaders to stop their personal attacks on the president. up next, they are a great way to kids to beat the summer heat and you may have one in your card right now. a new study highlights how dangerous and even deadly the kiddie pools can be. wildfires rage out west and we are taking a loore bng hit t hardest. headlines this morning, new information about a shooting signed a pharmacy on long island. four people were killed during an apparent robbery. suffolk county police say two customers and two employees were shot to death. one of the employees was a 17- year-old girl. this happened yesterday morning in medford, about 60 miles east of new york seat. kiddie pools can be dangerous. a new study says during the warm weather months, one child dies every five days in a portable fool. from 2001 to 2009, 212 children under the age of five died in pools. the study calls if new safety devices for kiddie pools. the soak of pool and spa professionals says the finings draw atinge to the need to constant adult supervision. in the nation's southwest region, high winds are kicking up fueling the dangerous wildfires. firefighters are battling flames from east texas to the west coast. anita vogel is following the latest developments. texas is another state grappling with massive fires. >> this has been an ongoing thing to the last couple of months. it is dry out and the smallestling fire with the wind and just like today, it doesn't take long for it to spread real fast. >> it is dusty and dry. the southwest region really needs some rain. >> we need rain. we really need rain. >> i let my sprinklers, both of my springs going full blast. >> reporter: north of houston, this fire is burning in the davey crockett national forest. it has charred two counties so far. >> the wind and humidity are not working in our favor. >> reporter: the flame have consumed more than 15,000 auctioners in just a few does. officials say it has become the third largest fire in state history. some say they're staying put until the danger is closer. >> we ain't leaving in the fire is in the backyard for good. when we know it is going to hit the house, we'll leave. until then, we are staying. >> reporter: thick black smoke greets people in see aura vista, arizona. they've been told to get out as the monday machine fire is creeping closer. thousands-- the montana fire is creeping closer. thousands very already been order to tracted. the waltd owe fire is the largest of several fires and now affecting life for hundreds in hewn a, new mexico. -- the wallow fire is the largest of several fires and now affecting life for hundreds in luna, new mexico. forecasters say the summer rains are still weeks away and they aren't seeing much relief in the short term from the hot, windy weather. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. what is happening right here, just a lot of raindrops. >> we have rainfall across the region. some of it is heavy in places. let's take a look at hd radar. we'll show you what is going on across the region. there is a live shot down at the harbor, hains point and you can see just gray, misty conditions. we have fog being reported across portions of the region as. we a gray start to the day and a wet start to the day too. here is a look at the hd radar. what we are seeing across the region is rain activity. some run showers coming through the washington area. it break up as you head off to the north and west but still more shower activity to deal with. this will be a morning-long event. i think it wraps up around mid- to late morning before it gets out of here. then can't rule out a couple more showers but we should see improving conditions as the day progresses. your weather headlines, early rain. thunderstorm were a possibility but i really haven't seen that kind of activity this morning. our huge is on the rise. it is already over 80% for this morning so that is different from the last couple of days. beyond that, hot temperatures on the way. we'll see our highs not today but tomorrow and wednesday and thursday once again into the 90s. it will be really hot around here on wednesday. summer officially arrives tomorrow at 1:16 in the afternoon. temperatures around the region look like this. in the district, 71 degrees. dulles airport, 68 degrees. here is a look at the futurecast, what we expect to see with our sky conditions. that is our raininess we are seeing across the area. this is showing some clearing during the afternoon rush hour so we might see a little bit of sunshine. things will try out a little bit. that will be good. overnight, more clouds and maybe more precipitation tomorrow morning as a frontal bound are you comes through. here is a look at the forecast for the next five days. today, morning rain, mostly cloudy. maybe some sunshine in the later afternoon. high about 81 degrees downtown. tomorrow, hot, 94 degrees. maybe some showers during the morning and early afternoon hours, maybe a thunderstorm. wednesday, hot, humid, hazy, 95 degrees. it will feel like 100 degrees on wednesday. friday, our temperatures drop off to the 80s. it is time now for ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from francis zell in springfield, virginia. she writes, i often see white streak in the sky where airplanes have been but not always. what doesn't this trail appear all the time? is it due to temperatures? frances, you are speaking of contrails in the sky. it kind of has to do with temperatures. it has to do with the -- swat air is like in the upper levels of the sphor where the plane are flying around. these are called contrails. jets leave these in that you are wake for the same reason can you sometimes see your breath. the homehuntertv.com humid exhaust from jet engines mixes with the atmosphere. water vapor contains in the jet exhaust condenses and may freeze and forge a cloud very similar to the one that your hot breath makes on a cold day. >> interesting. >> there you go. now, what is interesting is, depending on a plane's altitude and temperature and humidity of the atmosphere, contrails may vary this their thickness, extent and duration. tucker, this actually can be used to help predict the weather in a way, correct? >> certainly, can you tell that the atmosphere is very humid for the contrail has a tendency to hang for a long period of time. that will tell you that there is a lot of water in the upper areas of the atmosphere and the higher potential for rain and maybe some thunderstorm activity. let's mention winds. if winds are really blowing in the upper layers, that will disperse it. >> so that is why you see it. conversely, if the contrawl doesn't last very long, not a lot of humidity up there and it will probably be dry. >> you see them in the sky and you know that sometimes they stick around so it is neat to know you could actually observe and make some predictions. >> there are theorists out there that say these are chemical trails that the government puts out there to control the we are. >> we have abeen instructed by government not to discuss that. >> you can google it. there is a large community of people who do believe that? >> a large community of people? >> yeah. >> maybe a small community, very active. >> tucker, you have something else to work in here? >> yes, once in a while, we like to say a special hello and we want to give a very happy 60th birthday to miss kathy hudes. leesburg, who turns # 0 today. her son matt wrote in and asked us many times if we would wish her a happy 60th birthday. i looked to see who else celebrates a burling day t oday -- a birthday today. bob villa turning 60 today. lionel richie is 61. john good man from roseanne fame, 59. nicole kidman, 44. and our very own local redskin levar arrington is 33 today. >> lionel richie is 61. are you sure. >> i'm fairly sure. >> no, no, he is only 41. >> we mow he is not that. >> fran -- we know he is not that. frances, thank you for the question. if you have a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab, we'll try to answer it for you. >> thank you. happy birthday, kathy. matt is a long-time viewer of ours. we say good morning to you as well. >> good morning to lauren demarco with the traffic. >> good morning. we are still dealing with the wet pavement out there. reports of of some problems on 66 as you head eastbound near the visitors center. accident on both the left and right shoulder. you have delays through centreville and the slow traffic continues approaching route 50 fair oaks and beyond. some slow traffic again near nutley street. as you travel 95 in virginia, some slow traffic in the usual stretch heading up from woodbridge across the occoquan. things look pretty good here in lorton so nice trip as you continue up towards springfield. 395 does slow off and on from before duke street up towards seminary but things look pretty good as you cross the 14th street bridge into the district. now, in maryland, 95 southbound, we are starting to see some delays there as you leave 212 heading toward the beltway. the out are loop is heavy and slow from college park into silver spring. also want to mention, metrorail on the red line at tacoma, trains single tracking because of an incident there. single tracking between tacoma and silver spring some both directions at this point. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. there is a new miss usa. it is alyssa campanella of california who took home the crown last night. she was asked about legalizing marijuana. she said she didn't think it should be fully legalized but that she does support medical marijuana which in her state of california is legal. she heads to the miss universe badgen now in september. miss tennessee was the first runner-up. a sweet celebration for president obama on father's day. he and first daughters sasha and malia headed out to georgetown where they made a stop at thomas sweet cafe. on the menu, ice cream, frozen yogurt and homemade fudge. today, sasha and malia are traveling to south africa with their mother and grandmother. the president batching it for a couple of weeks there. >> doesn't look like he took anything home with him. a town full of foodies and you know you're good when you get one of these. >> that is right. holly is hanging out with some award-winning chefs. we can't wait to see this one. what -- am man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. and if you like to go out to eat like me, then you are in for a treat as we are hanging with d.c.'s culinary elite as they gear up for the rammy awards. you know oscars for the food industry, that's what it is. it's an award presentation put on by the metropolitan area. and we are live at one of the restaurant nominated for wine program of the year and rising star chef and we could just talk about the aparts or put some of the our nominees up to a challenge. look at how excited they are. these are two of the rising star chefs nominated this year and we're going to give them one ingredient and then give them five minutes to see what they can add to it and concoct. and we have some pastry chefs and we'll see what they can do with a box cake mix and then give you the information you need to know so you can go to the awards yourself this weekend, if you want. or just give you the new latest and greatest information about the restaurant scene here in d.c. what do you think about that? >> i'm taking notes on the box cake one because i would love to figure out how to fix those up. thanks so much. and we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. courtney cornwell has a birthday and she turns 13 today. courtney wrote and asked to be fan of the day but her aunt megan also wrote and asked that we pick courtney, so happy birthday courtney. to be fan of the day, head to the facebook page and comment under her photo. now sending things over to allison and steve. >> a deadly stapping in one northeast neighborhood and we're on the scene with the lates