melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> you know, fox 5 is all over the buzz on the big issues. tonight the city paper's front page is fielding a firestorm of controversy on social networking sites. one wrote i can't believe the cover of the city paper. who told them that was a smart move? what about children who may see? another tweet, didn't care for the cover, tasteless, tacky, don't care for the screaming yellow journalism. not everyone is fuming. truth about it tweets i don't mind the city paper. marion barry headline makes me want to collect the edition and have i. keep those comments coming. -- and i have. keep those commenting coming. >>> tonight 600 fugitives in the d.c. area were arrested in the month of june as part of operation falcon. this video from the u.s. marshal's service shows some of the busts going down. 446 felony fugitives were caught in maryland and d.c., another 155 in northern virginia and 38 in delaware. several murder suspects were taken off the streets. the marshal service has been running operation falcon since 2005. >>> a problem at a pool club in

pacific on the business channel from fox. fox business. it's been less than a year since the credit markets froze and the financial markets collapsed and the biggest banks in the nation took government bailouts. how times have changed. tomorrow, goldman sachs is respected to report it earned more than $2 billion over the past three months. earned that. not lost it. this after the bank recently paid back all of its taxpayer bailout. analysts say goldman has prospered in recent months as stocks have swung and wildly. goldman making money by trading bonds and commodities like oil. shares of the bank rose more than 5% today alone. and other financial stocks followed right along. driving up the market as a whole after briefly dipping lower in the morning. the dow rallied into the afternoon, soaring with along with the major indices more than 2%. the dow up 185. nasdaq up 37. if you want our stories online you have to pay for it that with yet another newspaper that plans to charge viewers for reading content over the internet. the valley morning

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fox 45 morning news. >>> he is like getting almost drug across the ground by this rat. >> a child becomes the victim ave rat. what ising with done to keep it from happening again. >> and a not so intimate gathering in the rose garden. what happened at the white house. >>> and met up with poor customer service. y- where you can take your complaints. >>> >>> good morning. it's friday, july 31, i'm patrice harris. we're headed into the weekend and into another month time is fly. meteorologist steve is here to tell us what we can expect as we head into august. >> yeah, i can't believe it already. >> yeah, last day of july. it will end ta mull tiew usously. thunderstorms strong to severe later in the day. showers on the western part of state and it will be a hot and humid one as well as temperatures climb to 83 by the noon hour and staying well not staring but dropping to 83 at 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high temperature today of 87. right now 77 degrees downtown. surrounding area not that far. a couple de

stay with fox 5 for continuing coverage of this big story. new developments as we get them, we'll bring them to you. you can stay up to the mini time on our website myfoxdc.com. >>> taking it outside now, the fox 5 storm force tracking our other big story. showers and storms for the second night in a row. take a look at how hard the rain was coming down earlier. so are we out of the woods? fox 5's gary mcgrady is live in the weather center. gary, we just saw it there. we got the rain all right. maybe not the powerf punch it could have been, right? >> reporter: you're exactly right. these weren't nearly as widespread as the showers and thunderstorms that we had last night, will. most of this activity stayed

which is a bl to american justice. >> reporter: one senator appeared on fox news sunday. she agrees with that line of thinking. >>> once experience, venue, a way of looking at an issue does come into it somewhere along the line. and i think most of us have seen this over and over again. >> reporter: one ruling sure to get plenty of attention is a case involving job advancement for a group of white firefighters, who say they were discriminated against when test results were thrown out by city officials. sonia sotayor sided with the city of new haven. >> when you show a bias that way, it is against one other group. >> reporter: and questions will be raised during confirmation hearings. but republicans say she will be treated just like any other supreme court nominee. >> i think she will be given a fair hearing. i personally i and all of our colleagues will treat her with dignity, like the other colleagues. that is an exception, rather than the rule. but yes, i think she will have an up or down vote. >> thank you, she facing opposition from a variety of groups, operation res

fox news starts right now. >>> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. >>> arrested again, former d.c. mayor marion barry charged with stalking. tonight, the woman involved tells her side. and the version of her events is very different from what police are saying. thank you for joining us, i'm maureen umeh. >>> and i'm will thomas, the woman charging the stalking is saying a lot. >> reporter: when we spoke at length, she and marion county had previously dated and she thought they were still friends. but she is stunned at the version that what happened last night. very different from what the park police said. what really went down on anacostia park, the police are looking into the matter on a stalking charge. >> all park police was flagged down by a woman who stated she was being bothered and stalked by a person in another car. >> reporter: a spokesperson came out, saying that they struck back. >> councilman marion barry is no stalker. instead, he is somebody who has lended his hand to assist, which in the end has come back to bite him. mr. marion barry has over a period of time lende

you saw the evidence of the trouble first on fox monday. tonight fox 5's claudia coffey has the latest. >> reporter: d.c. mayor adrian fenty is on the hot seat as local leaders press the districto make immediate changes at the new beginnings youth rehabilitation center to tighten security and notify nearby residents. >> clearly the security is not satisfactory there and at a bayer minimum they have -- bare minimum they have to have proper security. >> reporter: john leopold is leading the charge today firing off a second letter this week calling the mayor unresponsive to recent problems and putting the public safety at risk. >> i'm very upset within a short time span of 30 days he's very -- these very hardened offenders have learned these young people are serious offenders have escaped and unfortunately they've been appear -- and fortunately they've been apprehended but this is the second escape in 30 days of. >> reporter: after six juveniles escaped and were recaptured sunday leopold called on the mayor to immediately address security laps

>> eric: this is a fox news alerted, brand new accusations, this morning, at this hour, something considered the growing intel wars between republicans and democrats and democratic sources making claims, "the new york times," morning, vice president dick cheney, 8 years ago, asked the cia to conceal details of a proposed counter terror program and it's not clear if congress needed to be told about that, the last three days we have seen the former viper and leon panetta didn't tell congress everything and nancy pelosi was less than fully honest about her knowledge of terror interrogations and the question right now, are any of these three really lying, to america? good morning, everyone, i'm eric sean on the search for the truth, at fox news reports. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby and here in america's news headquarter, great to have you with us, our new set, eric, good to see you this morning and the new report, this morning, involves the top-secret program, drafted after 9/11, to help catch -- capture dangerous terror suspects. >> eric: and congress was reportedly never told about the program, a

>> jamie: a fox news alerted, fox news confirmed there is a new tape reportedly posted by the taliban, and it doesn't -- does in fact show a u.s. soldier missing for the last few weeks and the soldier went missing from his base in eastern afghanistan, last month, when he apparently walked away from a patrol and what we don't know is how he is doing today. good morning, everyone, i'm jamie colby, good to have you with us. >> eric: i'm eric sean, the american soldier captured by the taliban in afghanistan, he appears in a video, posted on the internet, and in the 28-minute video she is shown with his head shaved, and he says he misses his family, and fears he will never return home. fox's reporters joins us live on the telephone from kabul. connor, do we know, the soldier in afghanistan, who exactly is holding him. >> caller: the u.s. military is focusing the search for the school in and around the pa teeka province where he went missing and the military will not say if they think he is in eastern afghanistan but the soldiers continue to do daily searches for him throughout the region a

melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> the news tonight keeps coming. here's brian with the news edge at 11:00. >> right off the top tonight d.c. councilman marion barry is breathing a sigh of relief this evening. that stalking charge is gone. prosecutors dropped it a few hours ago and now we're hearing from both sides in the case. fox 5's roby chavez live following this one tonight. >> reporter: the charges were dropped late this afternoon. it is still unclear whether or not marion barry will show up to court tomorrow. nonetheless the saga is far from over. >> the short answer to this is that this is over. >> reporter: a liaison from marion barry's office after the stalking charges were dropped. his spokesman said the former mayor and ward 8 council member will take the issue of his arrest up with park police. >> he was held almost two hours before being arrested and he was held for almost four hours without having an opportunity to contact his attorney. mr. barry has said that he has every intention on elevating these concerns. >> reporter: barry was

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with fox 45. what type of school is this? >> i don't have any comment. >> if this is a legitimate school? >> i didn't say it was a school at all. >> well, what do you do here? >> the owner will be here in about an hour. >> we waited, and the owner never showed. eventually, the company's president called us and refused to answer our questions only asking that we leave his property. meanwhile, some students have been left with nothing more than empty promises. >> anybody can fall into a scam. anybody. if they talk well they got you. and they talk well and they have a lot of us. >> in downtown baltimore, joy lepola, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> the higher education commission said since the business has not complied, it will take more action. a complaint has been filed with the better business bureau. >> the man accused of killing a security guard at the u.s. hos cost museum is scheduled to appear in court this week. lawyers for 89-year-old james von brunn has said the client was not well enough to appear in court. van brun's initia

>>> next on fox 45 morning news. steve mcnair's murder ruled a suicide, new information about the woman who killed him. >>> a deadly light rail accident. why police have taken over the investigation. >>> and taps versus bottles, how much do you know about what is in your water. >>> good morning. it is thursday, july 9th, i'm patrice harris. >>> we're waking up to a cool start to the morning. it actually feels pretty good, but will it stay that way or will it warm up? meteorologist steve fertig is her to give us all of that information. >> it's cool when the ac is working well, too. >> i walked outside this morning,. >> were you cold? >> i wasn't cold, but it's a nice crisp morning. >> crisp is a good way to put it, because the humidity and the temperatures are cool. some places are in the 50s, depending on where you are it could really be cool. 78 by the noon hour. we're going to get up to 82 degrees, which also would be a cool high temperature for this time of year. back north, 79 degrees at 6:00 p.m. with a mix of

stay with fox 5 for continuing coverage of this big story. new developments as we get them, we'll bring them to you. you can stay up to the mini time on our website myfoxdc.com. >>> taking it outside now, the fox 5 storm force tracking our other big story. showers and storms for the second night in a row. take a look at how hard the rain was coming down earlier. so are we out of the woods? fox 5's gary mcgrady is live in the weather center. gary, we just saw it there. we got the rain all right. maybe not the powerf punch it could have been, right? >> reporter: you're exactly right. these weren't nearly as widespread as the showers and thunderstorms that we had last night, will. most of this activity stayed well south of the district and well up to the north. but i do have a long list here of where this thunderstorm moved across the area. there was a lot of penny and nickel size hail and north of baltimore it increased the hail up to the size larger than golf balls. where the storms did move through few and far between but they did pack a pret

you are watching fox 5 morning news. it is now seven minutes after 5:00. medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. >>> this is awe wall of flames on a highway in suburban trie. gas tanker expled beneath an overpass on i-75 last night. flame were so intense they melted part of the bridge causing that bridge to collapse. the driver of the tanker only had minor injuries. flames also scorched nearby cars. the two drivers all had minor injuries. >>> investigators looking into the deadly plane crash in iran are now examining one of the jet's three black boxes. officials say two boxes were recovered but one was damaged pretty severely. the russian-made airplane nose dive

response could air tonight on fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> how are the roads looking tonight. kandace has the traffic edge report. kandace? >>reporter: thanks jennifer. well the rain and the roads are never a good mix and unfortunately that is what we have to deal with during this evening rush hour. now as for your speed they are pretty far down across the board. northbound lanes of 95 through white marsh 47 miles per hour ride. 41 on the jfx. decent ride 59 miles per hour on the belt way moving up to 83 near tim and then 41 miles per hour on the west side of the belt way, fwib traveling on 95 through howard county. but we do have an incident that is going to cost time. crash and new one in fact on the outer loop lanes of the belt way between the 83. that's completely wiz ride from townsend up to the flashing lights. taking outer loop lanes once you get past the action from the jfx to green spring avenue it starts to ease up a bit so we are looking at a 5 minute commute there double trouble in pikesville. crash on rice town road right at the belt way and one on old port road r

kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> amazing. well previous multi-transplant record for kidneys involved six recipients. >> it was also set by johns hopkins hospital. >> after spending six years with the . >> all right. here is a final look at the forecast. looks like we will see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. temperatures around 83 degrees. and winds out of the north at five to 10. and then in the seven-day forecast. looking at 85 on thursday. with more sunshine. it will feel pretty good out there. but the humidity level creeps back into the forecast. as we get in to friday. 85 degrees. 91 by saturday. and 89 by sunday. it looks like we will see the chances about a 30 percent chance each day for some scattered isolated showers or thunderstorms. clearing up early part of next week. back to you guys. >> vytas, you have an all night jazz show on the radio. >> soothing sound. >> orioles saw a familiar face on the mound. >> vince villani joins us with "sports unlimited". vince, what do you say? >> coming up tonight on "sports unlimited

joy has the story you are seeing first on fox tonight. >>reporter: jeff, on june 16th there was an h1n1 outbreak at baltimore city juvenile detention center. sources say as the department of juvenile services scrambled to contain the virus there was a push to hold emergency detention hearings and get as many juveniles out of the center as quick as possible who weren't showing symptoms. among those cases was la mont davis. he appeared todays after the outbreak. three days later, the department released davis on gps monitoring. >> it's not going away until he has leadership at the top saying we are going to do an overhaul. the person who has to hold the department accountable is the governor. >>reporter: even last week juveniles were still being released prior to the court appearance. also about 25 minutes ago prosecutors announce the indictment of la mont davis on attempted murder charges. he's being held tonight without bail. this is fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> police now say they are looking for 2 suspects in the fatal shooting of a man ins

it is our cover story later on fox 45 news at 10:00. >> but next. the things this nanny is accused of doing to the children she was caring for. >> and some northeast baltimore residents are literally planning >> a nanny in hyattsville is held on $350,000 bond. she is charged with showing porn to the kids she was taking care of. police say aza hrnjic is charged with child abuse and child pornography. mother of the three children she was taking care of, said she got suspicious when one of the kids told her that he didn't want aza hrnjic to care for him any more. when she started to ask questions, she discovered the nanny's sec and the called police. >> it is sick. like i said, there is not even a word that i can find to describe it. >> obviously her mental state is just, out there. >> well, at this point there is no indication that there are more victims but police want the public to contact them if aza hrnjic ever worked for them as a nanny. >> quarterback for the steelers, being accused of rape. a woman said it happened last summer in roethlisberger

you are watching fox 5 morning news.  south a final farewell to steve mcnair. as many as 5,000 friends, family members and fans gathered in nashville, tennessee to say their good- byes to former football star. the 36-year-old was shot and killed last week. police say his mistress sahel kazemi shot mcanwr four times before killing herself. >>> investigators say she apparently believed the father of four was having an affair. this video shows officers arresting sahel kazemi for dr. young driving. police say she brought bot a gun just hours before her arrest. tennessee officials say mcnair had taped a youth suicide prevention ad for the state just three months ago. they say they will not air that ad. >>> there are new developments this morning in the murder of an 8-month-old baby. prince george's county police arrested 21-year-old caron will on on first degree murder charges. he is accused of opening fire on a car killing a baby strapped in the car seat. >>> the boyfriend of a maryland woman found

i'm joy lapolla with fox 45. what type of school is this. >> i don't have any comment. >> reporter: is this a school? >> i didn't say it was a school at all. >> reporter: what -- >> the owner will be here in an hour. >> reporter: eventually the company's president called us asking us to leave his property. meanwhile students have been left with nothing more than empty promises. >> anybody can fall into a scam, anybody. if they talk well, they got you. they talk well ask they got a whole lot of us ors joy lapoll la. >>> still ahead, housing bounces back, the reason behind the good news in the housing front. >>> are you ready for some football? we take you live for the ravens training >>> after a 2 week rally stocks went into positive territory. the dow gained .20 of a percent. and the nasdaq rose, while the s&p rose about .40. the house sales rose. this is the biggest month to jump month in 8 1/2 years. some analysts say that could be an indicator that the economy may be bottoming out. hour, sales are still 21% th

sherry lee, fox 5 news. >>> she was just doing her thing. a texas mom washing the dishes, but she found up the victim of a lightning strike in the mile of her kitchen. how it happened still ahead. >>> and coming up on the news edge at 11:00, gay marriages now recognized in the district. the law took effect at the stroke of midnight. plus, same sex marriage and it may be time to book an airline. waging war, a flight as cheap as thirty bucks. but first, nowhere in sight. gary mcgrady will let us know what happened o tthe hot, hazy and humid on the other side. kelly saunder's nature valley, the place that inspires her to go faster... and slower, elk mountains, colorado. where's yours? 100% natural nature valley granola bars. the taste nature intended. . >>> tennessee state medical examiner says that murder- suicide is the most likely scenario scenario in the death of quarterback, steve mcnair and his girlfriend, sahel kazemi. his death is ruled a homicide, but they're issuing tests before issuing a ruling on sahel kazemi'seath. >>> and not ever

welcome to fox 5 morning news. we said that is good sleeping weather j windows open. >> it is amazing. >> just so great. >> we'll have more it was today and tomorrow. >> good morning. tanga nglook atthesatellite- radar compitthe foe foregion. things look good. we've got a good amount f o there. ky out more clouds than we've seen during the last couple of days particularly to the south of washington area. we'll have a few more clouds today. cloudy skies across much of southern maryland at this hour, places like that. let's take a look at the current temperature being reported at reagan national airport. 65degrees. retive humidity, 75%. the barometric pressure continues to be on the rise at 30.07. your forecast for today, mostly sunny skies. as i mentioned, a few more clouds here and there particularly to the south. comfortable temperatures and more importantly, comfortable humidity, 82 degrees for your high today. we'll have more details on all of that coming up in just a few moments. stick with us for that. >> spea

all day, beginning on fox 5 morning news. you can follow the celebration on myfoxdc.com. >>> we are on top of a developing story overseas. new clues discovered in the aftermath of two deadly hotel bombings. the blast in jakarta being linked to another high profile terror attack. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> and it turns out the man in a video posted by the taliban is a u.s. soldier. we will have the details of the story and more when fox 5 morning news returns. stay with us.  >>> lookk at what is making headlines around the world. more political unrest in honduras. hundreds of people hit the streets in support of manuel zelaya. talks are expected to conclude today. general amnesty for political crimes committed before after and before last month's coup are a subject. >>> an american soldier went missing from afghanistan last month. he's interviewed in english and when asked how he's doing he says he's scared and he won't be able to go home. he later chokes up when discussing his family. th

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leesburg, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >>> a u.p.s. truck slips this morning in la plata, shutting down this road and three buildings nearby. the tractor-trailer collided with the car on route 301 in hawthorne road. the truck started leaking diesel fuel, forcing the sheriff's office to evacuate the nearby businesses and shut down the road. after cleaning up the fuel, officials reopened 301 around 11 a.m. everyone involved in the crash is expected to be okay. >>> that southwest plane forced to make an emergency landing after a hole ruptured e fuselage. it's flying the friendly skies again. the plane flew back to dallas today after being repaired and is this this is what it looked like on monday. the hole forced the plane to lose cabin pressure and making a emergency landing in charleston, west virginia. none of the 132 ople on board were injured. southwest said the plane may need official repairing. >>> the investigation into last month's deadly metro crash means part of the redline will be closed again this weekend. tomorrow from 7:00

you can use fox 45 doppler radar to track coming storms. interactive tool lets you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com, and click on i-radar. . >> bank of america may very well close up to 600 of its branches. it has more than 6000. now no decisions are made on with where or what branches will be closing. experts say profitability, and, of course, politics are always figuring heavily in making these choice says. >> a teen takes a joy ride on board of a stolen horse. right through a south carolina town. now police say big surprise here. she was drunk. when she stole the horse from a nearby pasture. the unidentified girl faced charges but were dropped by the horse owner. but the owner warns, one more horse theft from this person, and the perpetrator will be going to the glue factory. fighting words. >> tuesday, boy scout troop leader from texas got ill on a four day hiking trip to the mountains. he hadi beats and sugar levels too high. so his scouts made a stretcher and carried the troop leader down the mount

welcome to fox 5 morning news. beautiful day yesterday. let's say hello to tony perkins. >> beautiful day yesterday. today will be fairly similar, a little bit warmer and some clouds. a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. >> is it a little hazy outside? >> i did not see the shot but if it owedhazy, lli' go i' thwi hazy. >> thor you can say you need to ecke ryoey es cd. the rules of weather casting, if uyo see it, so be it. we will see a pretty good amount of sunshine later on today. we are throwing in a few more clouds than we had yesterday. relative humidity at 84%. wind are out of the south at seven miles per hour. barometric pressure, 29.77 and falling. here is your forecast for today, mostly sunny in the morning, becoming partly sunny. slight chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. highs does will be in thmid- to upper 80s looking for a high in frederick, maryland of 87. here in washington, 87 and in fredericksburg, 88. more details coming up in just a little bit. >> can it be hazy when it's dark outside? >> humidi

. >> first on fox, of a video of a arrest in harford county. the people taken into custody are making the accusation. >> show you the track of the storms on radar. >> nobody likes to get a traffic ticket. nobody. >> fighting the flash. new way to avoid traffic cameras, legally. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. carroll county teenager is dead. the victim of an accused drunk driver. four others are hurt after the deadly crash, and tonight maryland state police are investigating. keith daniels live at the westminster barrack with the story. keith? >> jennifer, troopers have arrested kevin smith. he lives in frederick county. faces several charges tonight. including automobile homicide, and driving while under the influence. he is in jail. while the victim's family mourns a loss. >> i cannot even put into words how i feel about it. >> for melinda it is an unwelcomed, unbelievable reality. her daughter kaitlin is dead. she was 15. >> one d

that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> this is a fox 5 exclusive. take a look at this video. this is a metro train operator caught on camera parentally not paying attention to the track and actually i]sleeping at the controls. this is according to a teenager who taped all of this. this is the second incident in recent days involving metro and a distracted operator and metro is promising it will take action. >>> sarah simmons joining us live with more on this big story. >> reporter: this is not what metro wanted tt hear but metro says they are glad that this teenager did come forward. that video is coming to us from a 14-year-old rider on the green line who says he always sits up front because he wants able to to watch and see what is going on. last month, he was watching and happened to catch what apparently ways metro train operator falling asleep. he pulled out his digital camera and started shooting and he says he is just very worried abouten's safety. it came to us from gregory thomas. he said he shot the video on june 18th. he described the dri

lait on fox 45 news at 10:00. find out how you can help test it. >> legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs. >> but next. a closer look at some of the . >> the health care debate and who will pay for it. continues at the white house and on capitol hill. and as lawmakers try to workout the differences opponents of the plan are becoming more vocal. health care concerns. tonight's cover story. >> we are closer than ever before to the reform that the american people need. and we are going to go the job done. >> at the white house this week. and on capitol hill. the focus is on health care legislation. >> time and again, the american people have suffered because people in washington played the politics at the moment. instead of putting the interest of the american people first. >> house democrats introduced a 1000 page bill, which calls for a major overhaul of our health care system. >> it is a work in progress. >> and it did not take long for the $1.5 trillion deal to pass th

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you can use fox 45's powerful dollar to track storms. interactive tools lets you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. . >> officials in texas seize nearly 500 dogs from an alleged puppy mill. humane society raided magic pets after getting reports the dogs were not scared for. they are housed this evening at a warehouse. a judge will decide if the kennel can have the animals back or if they will be put up for adoption. >> california animal shelter is asking for donations, not for money or food, but for television sets. for the cats. the people that work there, came in one day and noticed that the cats were mesmerised watching television. apparently "desperate housewives" is one of the favorite shows. they say it is not just about the entertainment, it is a rehabilitation tool to help the animals get used to being around people again. >> depending on what they watch they may not want to be. >> no accounting for taste watching that boob tube. >> 13-year-old north carolina teen is going

following all weekend at fox 5. the death of former baltimore ravens quarterback steve mcnair. police found his body and the body of a 20-year-old woman inside a nashville condominium saturday. investigators have labeled mcnair's death homicide but haven't ruled on the death of the woman. her body was found near the murder weapon. the two had been dating for the past several months. >>> walt dizzy world's monorail track is empty tonight. disney officials halted the service after two monorails krashgsd killing an employee. this happened around 2:00 this morning at anita vogel the florida theme park. one of the train's operators was killed. there aren't many details about what happened. disney has not yet commented on what happened. the accident is the first in the monorail's 38-year history. >>> millions tried to snag a ticket but only thousands got the pas into michael jackson's memorial. fans found out today if they're getting inside tuesday's service. the jackson family is planning a private ceremony at a hollywoo

. >>> fox 5 on top of breaking news this morning. our crews have been out all night at the site of a deadly helicopter crush on i-70. chopper went down last night killing all four people on board. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. a tragic story. bob barnard will have a fuel report in just a few minutes -- a full report in just a few minutes. >> let's find out about our weather now. here is tucker barnes. >> we had reports of lightning . d gusty win l. levetttoefr og coont i yit ooe ng. iasn al w yot ouu d cae r.oo you can see our morning satellite picture showing you that the green on the pap is well off to r.th eeast an to the northeast so we've got much quieter conditions no rain showers at not ect we are non xctinpeg ior the mornityouvitim or f the morning hours. ou y gasetor into the afternoon see the very light green en e stthwe ut the west inwest virginia. that is the leading edge of just another area of troughyness, of disturbed weather. 69degrees at reagan national. # 8 at bwi marshall t will be warm, 88 degrees. pa

that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> southwest airlines is inspecting nearly 200 of its aircraft this morning of a hole in the fuselage of a plane bound for bwi forced that plane to make an emergency landing in west virginia. the 737 originated in nashville. it was headed to baltimore but landed safely instead at charleston. a spokesman there says passengers could see through the hole to the outside. the hole was about a foot wide and a foot long in the rear of the plane. the cabin lost pressure but nobody was hurt. investigators are trying to determine what caused that hole. >>> things are fine at los anges international airport following a shawl earthquake. the 3.2 quake struck just after 9:00 last night. it was centered under the air pot runways. no flights were delayed. >>> more red flags about metro and calls for urgent changes from the ntsb. less than a month now after metro's deadliest crash. one recommendation calls for metro to monitor its track circuits in real time. metro says th

sources tell fox 45, davis has a lengthy juvenile record. his first crime committed at the age of 10. davis has been arrested 13 times for crimes, such as assault, theft, handgun and drug possession. he is also suspect in a carjacking. >> there is a group of violent repeat offenders in this state, that need more than rehabilitation through the department of juvenile services. >> 24 hours before the shooting in southwest baltimore, davis appeared before a judge. for robbery, assault, and theft. the department of juvenile services issued this statement. "we placed him on gps which is the highest sanction. at the point that he took off the bracelet, we immediately went out and looked for him." but the department did have an option, not to release davis. >> did the criminal justice fail, or the juvenile justice system fail him? probably. more than likely. >> right now, the state, the laws of maryland, say there is no ability for the state to punish a youthful offender until they reach the age of 18. >> and it is not just davis who should not hav

fox 5 has exclusive video of passengers carrying a man to safety. he fell off the platform and on to the tracks this morning. we had a crew at the tacoma station shooting another story when they spotted the man. two passengers, you can see, jumped down to rescue him while passengers on the platform watched for trains coming in. he walked away before emergency responders could arrive. >>> a little girl fell from a third-story window at this home on acres terrace this afternoon in beltsville. a fire e.m.s. spokeswoman said she was hurt but is expected to be okay. the girl is 4 or 5 years old and is being treated at children's hospital. >>> new information in the shooting near the capitol that left one man dead. police say 27-year-old callum anthony white of brandywine, maryland, opened fire on officers after a brief chase. when he refused to drop his gun, three officers opened fire killing him. according to court records, wright had just served time on a drug charge and was currently on probation. fox 5s paul wagner is live in the newsroom with more t

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in prince george's county, sarah sip mojs, fox a -- sarah simmons, fox 5 news. >> firefighters started battling the flames around 2:00 a.m. and they stayed at scene throughout the day making sure they excontinuing gished all the hot spots. >>> an alleged terrorist busted in our own backyard. where the feds took down the suspected terrorist and what their families are saying tonight. >>> also ahead, michael vick back in the n.f.l. the question on everyone's mind tonit, a the redskins interested. what the team told us today. >>> gary, how about that heat? >> i'm telling you wh. hwewhdo ave some dobig time he coming our way. it's been hot today. that's going to continue. it's going to feel real, real summer like coming up but towards the end ever the week, we're going to -- of the week, we're going to talk about that. we'll come back with a first look at your forecast. there's something big - th's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... anour personal panormous pia starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. - woooh,

you're watching fox 5 morning news. hy do i love this country? i love how easy they make spending a weekend with my family. i love how they know what we'll enjoy doing. i ve that they know how to indulge us. i love that they know how we like to relax. i love that it's a chance for us to really bond. see why you'll say... i love thiy.cotrun >>> welcome back. when you step outside, you will go wow, it is really nice. maybe you're going to say that. i said that anyway. >> it will be nice. it way be a really nice day today. let's take a look at yesterday. yesterday was warmer. we told yodayeersty -- i toineri k ld you yesterday would be the warmest day of the week and it was. >> so far. >> so far. but for the rest of this work week, with went see these temperatures. weekend, that i is another stor reagan national yesterday made it up to 88 degrees. dulles, made it up to 89 degrees. current temperatures around the region look like this. 68 in washington. 63 at baltimore. 65 at dulles airport. we do have 50s out there. frederick at 55 degrees. win ches

tisha thompson, fox 35 news. >>> thompson, fox 5 news. >>> and a man's bodlocated in a training center at 9:00 last night. investigators say there were no obvious signs of trauma, and they're not sure how he died they're waiting for news. >>> and a boy and his brother were pulled from a burning apartment. the firefighters found them in the back bedroom. the five-year-old died and tonight the 7-year-old is in critical condion. investigators say the blaze was sparked by food left unattended on the stove. >>> and we move to a developing story, this one in afghanistan. >>> a u.s. soldier being held as a captive. the taliban is responsible and now the u.s. officials made a positive identification. the rson captured is bowe bergdahl. we have more from the satellite center. >> reporter: well, that soldier disappeared first on july 1. the tape came through yesterday, the pentagon confirmed it is him, just yesterday. we have to tell you is difficult to watch. now on the tape, private bowe bergdahl appears unharmed, but scared he says that he won't get to go home. he is from idaho, went to afgha

fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. i-radar is available at fox baltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful radar to track the incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when storms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >>> now candace dold is here with fru your traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve and good morning, this is an important traffic morning, so you need to listen up, because there's a lot of road closures in baltimore city. this is all due to the artscape festivities so you know it happens every year. unfortunately it's this morning that mount royal street is shan't at north avenue. along cathedral street is shutdown at preston street. preston is shutdown between cathedral and howard. tour traveling on oliver street, you will find that is blocked at maryland avenue. it's a long list. i understand that. so there's going to be the list on the bottom of the screen on the morning news ticker. you can follow all of that. good news is detours are in place. so you will be able to scoot around the area. it's obviou

ahead on fox 45 news at 10:00. the key to ditching the pregnancy pounds. >> are you an . >> in tonight's top story. a helicopter crashes on interstate 70 killing all four people on board. the chopper crashed last night on the eastbound lanes of i-70 about 10 miles east of hagerstown. this is the scene this morning. investigators say the helicopter took off from the hagerstown airport at 10:15 last night en route to frederick. but 15 minutes after takeoff. it struck power lines. crashed on the interstate. and burst into flames. tonight federal investigators are probing maintenance. pilot records and whether conditions. >> sleep may be the key to ditching pregnancy pounds. new moms who get at least five hours a day of sleep are more likeing to shed pregnancy weight. the study shows that women that get that much sleep are more stuck full in losing the pounds. researchers say the sleep does not have to come all at once. nap here or there is good. >> denise is facing a class action lawsuit for unhealthy sodium levels. t

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and that's a fox watch across america. shepard: we have been telling you about president obama and his growing list of czars. he has appointed dozens of people to oversee certain topics in his administration, but it's kind of unofficial. supporters point out other presidents have done it as well, but the critics say it is really unconstitutional. coming up, the next part in our series of reports on this controversy? i don't know if it's controversy. naing onon ud r. weotototatatininci on us cars for everybody anont cfidedence ininin o. caususususlendnds s ve a a a t tcks. ququq n . shepard: yeah, there is a recession, but you're still paying more these days for just about everything you buy. the labor department reports consumer prices went up .7% last month compared with a month before. that's the biggest jump in almost a year. it's mostly due to the huge increase you have no doubt noticed in the price of gasoline. take out the volatile costs of food and energy, that would be the so-called core inflation. it was only up b

fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. i radar is available at fox baltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful radar to track incoming storms. the ente interactive tools let u see when thunderstorms are over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. now candace dold has a look at the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we do have new trouble on 95 at the northeast corner and it's big time trouble. there's an accident that shuts down all northbound lanes. it's right between northeast road and route 279. now as for the alternate, you will definitely want to use route 40 instead. now on 95, a little bit farther down, traveling at route 143, there's nothing to complain about. very light activity on the northbound lanes and the southbound stretch headed from howard county, harford county down toward baltimore. traveling along in whitemarsh. it's going to be an extra heavy ride on the southbound lanes. on the beltway, it's a slow go as usual on the outer loop lanes from parkville heading toward towson. the jfx, there's a surprise there. a cra

you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track coming storms. the interactive tool lets you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com, and click on i-radar. >> an eighth person is under arrest in the killing of the florida couple. pamela long wiggins arrested last night for accessory after the fact. cops also may have found the gun used to kill the couple. they took a safe from the home too. the sheriff said there are several other people they want to talk to. >> we believe, again, we believe, that this case has had so many odd twists and turns that this may be the last piece of our puzzle. >> six men and one teenager are charged with killing bird and melanie billings in their home in florida last week. >> 40 years ago tonight apollo 11 launched into space. >> liftoff. we have a liftoff. 32 minutes past the hour. >> the saturn five rocket blasted off from cape canaveral. to celebrate nasa released this video from the launch. they talk about the massive rock that got them to their destination. >> i think, we all felt v

maryland congressman appeared on fox 45 morning news today. he's introduced legislation that would force the companies to reinstate many of those dealerships. >> ultimately this is a matter of fairness. you had dealerships that were surviving. +++ >> 2 marine sergeant from maryland the latest casualty in the war in afghanistan. the bodies of 33-year-old david spice and 22-year-old michael heed of edge wood will return to the u.s. yesterday. the military says both were killed in a bomb attack on monday. neighbors of sergeant heed neighbors were coming to terms with his death. >> i couldn't sleep last night. really upset me. >> it could have been us. it could have been my husband. it hit close to home. but it's life. >>reporter: high school in pennsylvania and later move to edge wood. >> more tough questions today. group of firefighters spoke about the discrimination case which sotomayor ruled against in a lower court. a decision which was later overturned by the u.s. supreme court. >> determined by one race but which one skill, skill, dedicatio