Beltway near 295, in delays to get to the wilson bridge. Exiting north on 295, there was an accident blocking a lane. Starting to build a bit approaching sueman parkway. Heavy into town. Head over to south capitol street towards Fredrick DouglasMemorial Bridge up to the freeway, lanes reported open. 14th street bridge, moving well across the 14th street bridge, slow into the work zone on the freeway. Same configuration. Still have the road work, getting there not too bad. Beltway, outer loop, traffic moving towards us, slowly moving. New hampshire avenue, lots of payment, not that many cars, much better than usual for your friday commute. That is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. Steve, thank you. A big weekend in the nations capitol ahead of the 50th anniversary of march on washington. You could be impacted by the traffic changes, fox 5s matt ackland woke up early this morning, allison. I love matt ackland. He is live. Good morning, matt. It is reporter what a beautiful weekend it will be to celebrate this anniversary of such an important piece of history. If you are coming to the city early, there is something for you to do, this is west potomac park, that is where the Global Freedom festival will get underway at noon. We can show you a list of what is taking later on realize the dream rally tomorrow morning, Worship Service on sunday at howard university. Wisdom, you brought up the traffic issue. Folks are saying if you can get by public transit. It is good to know the Memorial Bridge will be closed 6 00 a. M. 5 00 p. M. The arlington circle should stay open unless there is an issue for pedestrians. By the way, we wanted to tell you the post office is going to be commemorating this march as they release a new forever stamp today. Big reveal will take place on facebook. We are told it is a mosaic made of photos across the nation. Especially to the folks that live in the district of columbia. Tomorrow a statehood rally at 8 00. It is at the d. C. Memorial. Eleanor horton, mayor gray will be there with signs letting folks know still voters in d. C. Dont have the same rights as those across the country. They are there at the war memorial. They are going to walk over to the Lincoln Memorial with the signs. They are hoping to get television attention. Hopefully speak to folks from other parts of the nation and educate them and how District Residents dont have the same Voting Rights. Once again, beautiful morning. Beautiful weekend. It should be a great time this weekend. Wisdom and allison, back to you. That is better because you are with us, matt. Something else you might be interested in, in talking about this morning. Taking wax figure of Martin Luther king jr. On the road for a special event. We are going to find out where that special event will be this weekend when the Martin Luther king jr. Figure stop by our studios coming up in our next hour. Always amazing to see the wax figures. They look so life like. Do you have a Family Member or friend, perhaps who was at the march on washington . You can send us pictures, electronically, email us at mymarchdc gmail. Com. Up load pictures to Facebook Page or tweet us myfoxdc mymarchdc. We want to hear your stories. It appears america is still not color blind. New study by tpeer research center, among blacks, jumps to 79 africanamericans lag behind many whites 14 margin, 7 in 10 blacks are treated less fairly by police and courts. Also this morning 50 years ago, Voting Rights a huge issue and remain so today. Federal government suing state of texas over new id law which is discriminatory. Texas is the only state that is discriminating in redistricting. In june, Supreme Court ruled to remove the to seek preclearance from the department of justice before making changes to election and redistricting laws. Justice department is using a different part of the act in the texas case. Now to the violent death of a Community Activist in d. C. Police say someone shot Timothy Dawkins where he lived. The 24 year old studied to become a preacher. He had plans to run for ant commission e commissioner. He had an old soul. We traveled with kids to tennessee for training. We more examples especially black men. We lost out here. Police dont have a suspect or motive. There have been more than 20 shootings on the same block. He blames the violence on the problems he and dawkins were trying to fix. Justice for vanessa pham. A jury has handed down the verdict in the stabbing death of the teenager. We have set it at 49 years, 30 years plus 19 years of vanessa phams life. This was an unusual case because the defendant wasnt fighting the fact he murdered a complete stranger, a good samaritan. Question for the jurors was, was it first or Second Degree murder . The jury, allison recommended Julio Blanco Garcia be sentenced to 49 years in prison. It was unusual case as the judge agreed to allow a Television Camera inside the courtroom. Julio Blanco Garcia learned his fate just after 6 00 thursday night, six women and six men reaching a unanimous verdict. We the jury for the commonwealth of virginia vs. Julio Blanco Garcia found the defendant of first degree murder. The defendant, Julio Blanco Garcia showed no emotion. How has your life changed if it has since vanessa was murdered . [ foreign speaking ] victims aunt and mother called to the witness stand. I think i have no life. I just when i go to work, i come home, i just stay in my room. Vanessa pham was 19. Just finished her freshman year the avenue of june 27th, 2010 when she was stabbed to death. How many times did you stab her . I dont remember. Jurors heard garcia say he killed pham after she agreed to give her and baby daughter a ride. Jurors heard from the victim in this video message, fairfax Commonwealth Attorney asked jury to sentence garcia to life in prison. Her death was not quick and not easy. It was pure savagery. Garcia never testified before the verdict or sentence which was handed down at 8 30 last night. The judge will hand down the formal sentence later on this year wisdom and allison. A roller coaster of emotions as a Television Camera was there to witness. Just heart breaking, sarah, thank you so much. Coming up, redskins head coach Mike Shanahan talks about game against bills. A fire threatens National Treasury evacuations underway near Yosemite National washipar. We have the weather coming up next. [ male announcer ] wouldnt it be great if all devices had backup power . The Chevrolet Volt does. Its ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. No wonder volt is americas bestselling plugin. Thats American Ingenuity to find new roads. Right now, get a 2013 Chevrolet Volt for around 269 per month. That will get you up. That is where we used to do it at jackson stadium. At the band . At the club. There was a club there . Really, allison. I am one to talk. Hampton university. Any way, rise and shine, kids. Hey. Time to get up and get out of bed. Folks are going to school this morning. Seems so early, it is 7 16. Yep, time to head to the bus stop. You are seeing thomas kids who attend Green Elementary School in st. Counties, maryland. Dexter 6, first grade, iana 8 in third grade and avanza 5 and just started kindergarten. Have a good day, kids. We expect many more when d. C. And montgomery county. Trifecta. Thats right. Everybody is back in school. They are all back. Going to the bus stop early, possibility of showers and storms, we are in good shape. We have clouds and we are looking at this cold front trying to move through a live shot. We are cloudy and showers are not too far away. There is your cold front pushing western maryland. Moving through shortly on the move. Next couple of hours, we have chance of widely scattered showers and a few thunderstorms as the front moves through. Good news, front will move quickly. Things will get less humid, 68 pittsburgh, 64 detroit, 70s in washington. There is your radar, your shower activity front royal, very close to showers, thunderstorms. Well track the progress over the next couple of hours. Should be through the region early afternoon. It will take a few hours to clear for you. All of you are in good shape even at the beaches. Talk about saturday and sunday, both beautiful, low to mid 80s, low humidity. A great looking weekend. 84, saturday and sunday look good, monday and tuesday look good, highs mid 80s. Thank you, tucker. Lets check in with steve hershorn on the roads. 14th street bridge 395 little volume. To get through the work zone, same configuration. A lane blocked each way. Northbound on 395. Youll slow down to get passed the exit for the 3rd street tunnel. South capitol street, bit of a back up approaching Fredrick DouglasMemorial Bridge up to nats stadium, accident heading inbound on south capitol street. Look for delays as you approach the bridge. One lane blocked over to 270 Montrose Road down to the beltway, looking good. Here we are on the beltway, a little bit of a slow down. Still not back to New Hampshire avenue. That is moving well from college park around silver spring. Here we are 50 at 202 heading inbound, no major delay, new york avenue so far just the traffic signals. That is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. Thank you, steve. California governor jerry brown declared state of energy as a fire ramps up. Officers went door to door urging residents to evacuate. It has grown 99 square miles, larger than the size of san francisco. Definitely more concerned. I have firefighter buddies say there is not much they can do. Winds extremely active. When the winds shifts, the fire is going to take off in a different direction. It is what it is. New are you prepared your home might be gone when you go back . Yes. About 2500 homes threatened, so far two homes and seven out buildings destroyed. All right. Time now 7 21 on this friday morning, coming up, staying true to your Football Team could be bad news to your weight. That explains it. How it can impact what you eat. A quick drive from d. C. Holly is at the National Aquarium in our neighboring city of baltimore. Well be right back. [ male announcer ] what if there was a help line for dinner ideas . [ superfan ] helper help line. Were on our way. You have got to try this sweet sour chicken helper. I didnt know they made chicken crunchy taco or four cheese lasagna . Theres 40 different flavors . Thats really good. I love cheese. Dads night. Helper makes daddy the man. Yes. Could i get another one of those, actually . Thank you. [ male announcer ] hey, america, were here to help. Americashelper. Com. Welcome back to fox 5 morning news time now is 7 24. It is friday, not only is it friday, it is dj friday on fox 5 morning news. Kirk cousins is not expected to play. He is nursing the sprained foot he suffered in mondays game against the steelers. Quarterback, rex grossman will play a half. Kickoff is at 4 30. The skills your favorite Football Team plays on the field could impact your waistline. You often binge on fatty sugary foods. I am not feeling this study. People on average 16 more saturated fat and 10 more calories. Fans of winning teams more likely to choose healthier options after a victory. I dont believe that. Miami, they have been struggling for years. Have you been to south beach . Is there a south beach diet . If that is the case, cleveland and detroit, they have been losing for decades. Sorry, cleveland and not feeling the study. Time is 7 26, the big story that has hollywood and all the buzz, the next batman. Handling Health Care Costs, more americans finding themselves dropped. We have more on what you can do if you find yourself in that situation. We have the latest weather from Tucker Barnes and traffic from steve when we come back. im terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. Its been called cuccinellis witch hunt designed to intimidate and suppress Ken Cuccinelli used taxpayer funds to investigate a uva professor Whose Research on Climate Change cuccinelli opposed. Cuccinelli, a Climate Change denier, forced the university to spend over half a Million Dollars defending itself against its own attorney general. Ken cuccinelli. Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. Oh boy. Thats right, allison seymour, ben affleck is going to play batman. Bring back michael keaton. You are way, way, way behind. George clooney . He was awful. He was the worst batman. Have you seen George Clooney . I have and seen what he did to batman. Not ben affleck, please. Announced last month two superheros will be together. Released in summer 2015. Christian bale was the best batman, then val killmer. Lets go with Christian Bale. Sorry, ben. Majority of the comments are not on your side. Congratulations on instant failure at the box office. I do believe it was ben affleck that ruined daredevil movie. Only thing worse is channing tattum. They might as well take their shirts off. Wouldnt it be cast of good will hunting. How do you like these apples. He is not really cast he definitely is cast . By the way, Christian Bale doesnt want any part. Ben had to decide if he wanted or batman. I dont enjoy this story. I understand. Am i doing weather now . How about a little tgt, yes, lady, and gentleman tyrese and genuine is stopping by later. That picture is serious. Showing up in our 9 00 hour. We cant wait. Tony is not here today, i was hoping the three of you could do thunder from down under. What were you calling it frantic from the mid atlantic. My neighbor loves frantic from the mid atlantic. Maybe john could round it out. Showers and storms moving in from the west, it is a cold front. Once it hits east we are in fine shape. We have potential for rain over the next couple of hours as the front continues to push to the east. Here is your front, cooler and more refreshing air off to the north and west. Forecast is shaping to be perfect. It looks gloomy currently. Front royal, you are seeing flashing and thunderstorm activity. Once it gets east, we should see gradual Reagan National 75 in town, 72 quantico, fredricksburg 71. 72 in baltimore. Low to mid 80s, not dealing with the heat but will have the humidity as the front moves in. Bigger look and front into southern pennsylvania pushing through. I will see mid to Late Afternoon front. Overnight lows 50s and 60s. Should be a great looking weather weekend saturday and sunday. Sunny cooler this afternoon, it will be a process. Winds out of the north 510. Very, very comfortable. Upper 50s north and west. Saturday and sunday weekend forecast, sunny, low to mid 80s. That is the weather. Lets do traffic, steve hershorn is in. Good morning, tucker. Beltway near kohlsville road. Westbound 495 after kohlsville. It is not too bad to get through it. It is a little slow. That was enough to cause the back up over to New Hampshire avenue where we were doing so well. It is slow after i95 in college park before Georgia Avenue. The pace picks up near connecticut avenue. Well head over to south capitol street. Accident on the bridge heading in towards the center of town passed nats stadium. Kennel worth avenue, southbound d. C. Stalled truck causing back up as you Center District from prince georges county. Starting to build passed route 1 crystal city into the work zone, still there. This is slow heading into the district from arlington. That is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. Health care is always a hot top topic. Employer contributions, a lot of families allow on plans a lot of companies eliminating coverage for spouses due to the Affordable Care act taking place in january. Ups is one of the Biggest Companies to make this change. We turn to dr. Allison evans qualar. Thanks for coming in. Pleasure to be here. Are you surprised for lack of a better word this angle companies are coming up with to offset obamacare, Affordable Care act. It is relatively uncommon, about 5 of firms will have it. What is uncommon is getting the working spouse who has alternative source to go to their employer for their coverage. About 20 of firms have that kind of surcharge. With ups, we should make it clear, too, much like our own job at fox 5, a lot of Union Workers are not affected by this. Absolutely. There are thousands affected by this. It is sort of like ups says yes, we did it with no excuses. Do you expect more and more of this to happen . They anticipate having some kind of spousal at least surcharge in the coming year. Absolutely. We should be clear this isnt going to drop spouses who are not workin