including stand off between washington, d.c. and republicans of congress and what this giant history basic field of republican contender has to say about the way the current race can and cannot be run this year under penalty of law. stay with us. >>> last night i made an embarrassing but i still think kind of funny mistake of showing republican congressman peter king when i meant to be showing a picture of senator angus king. i would like to thank everyone on twitter that corrected me immediately. i would like to thank the people that corrected me not kindly. i get it. i screwed up. now with that experience behind me, i'm going to try again. this, as best as i can tell, is the entire republican presidential field from 1876, including the great roscoe konklin and eli washburn. rutherford was one of nine fighting. it was decided at a contested convention in cincinnati, ohio. although ohio governor hayes finished near the back of the pack, the convention ended up going to seven ballot before they got a nominee. it was the hometown guy who won. in advance of that hotly contested convention of

, rodriguez is president and ceo of the d.c. college assistance program, known as d.c. cap. chad smith is a d.c. cap adviser. welcome all of you. >> thank you. >> to "viewpoint." since d.c. cap started back in 1999 now-of-given out quite a lot of scholars. talking about? >> we've given out $35 million in scholarships, and we've been very fortunate. we have a lot of support from the community. we've sent about 23,000 students to college, and we have almost 7,200 college graduates now. >> so, d.c. cap grants are given for two and four-year colleges, for vocational -- >> really, what our advisers do is spend a lot of time finding scholarships, financial aid, and then we come in for really our poorest kids and give them awards to pay for books, food, a lot of the costs not covered in traditional scholarships and college aid. >> nancy, college tracks does a lot of the same thing. >> we do. we do. we focus -- we don't give out money in scholarships. what we do is the rest of what d.c. cap does, where we work with kids who are at risk of not getting to or through college and helping them get thr

, d.c. and republicans of congress and what this giant history basic field of republican contender has to say about the way the current race can and cannot be run this year under penalty of law. stay with us. some say "free the whales." for them, nothing else is acceptable. but nothing could be worse for the whales. most of the orcas at seaworld were born here. sending them into the wild wouldn't be noble. it could be fatal. when they freed keiko, the killer whale of movie fame, the effort was a failure and he perished. but we also understand that times have changed. today, people are concerned about the world's largest animals like never before. so we too must change. that's why the orcas in our care will be the last generation at seaworld. there will be no more breeding. we're also phasing out orca theatrical shows. they'll continue to receive the highest standard of care available anywhere. and guests can come to see them simply being their majestic selves. inspiring the next generation of people to love them as you do. >>> last night i made an embarrassing but i still think kind of

dramatic response from d.c. fire and the e.m.s. firefighters are a big response here downtown. joined by tim wilson from d.c. fire and e.m.s. where do things stand now? >> after 3:30 the units responded to the 1100 block of constitution for report of transformer neir basement of and said the fire has been knocked down. fortunately it was contained to a specific area. right now the members are trying to ventilate the area so that all the smoke can dissipate from the billing. jeff: good news is the fire is out. tim, thank you. want to show you this way. this the real issue beyond the fire. traffic. constitution is closed between 11 and 12. part of constitution heading eastbound are closed. 11th street where i'm standing right now in washington is closed because of the dramatic response of d.c. fire and e.m.s. the building was evacuated at 3:30. at any given point 2,000 people work inside the building. so dramatic evacuation of people working in the buildings but no injuries. you heard the fire is out. now the investigation begins into exactly what happened here. transformer fire

are live here at the scene in in southeast d.c., not too far from good hope road. that is the latest live, back to you. >>> there's an investigation right now into a deadly crash in d.c. take a look at this video. the car flipped up on its hood. d.c. police says the driver lost control of the car in 56th street northeast right around midnight. it is not clear why this happened. the driver died. he was the only person in the car. >>> well, today, the man accused of throwing things over the white house fence will appear in d.c. superior court. kyle odom was arrested last month. police say he dame to d.c. after shooting an idaho pastor six times. that shooting happened one day after the pastor spoke at a ted cruz campaign rally. the pastor survived the shooting. >>> it is 6:03. flights are leaving brussels and now. they will be the first ones to arrive here since isis terrorists bombed the airport. the first one is scheduled to land in dulles airport around 1:00. the brussels airport partially opened only days ago. more than 30 people died in the terror attacks last month. >>> today's s

posted. major step in a fight over d.c. minimum wage. a judge cleared a way to put $15 minimum wage plan on the ballot. sam ford is live in northwest to explain the new sam: i am outside the head of the board of elections. they will move ahead. the measure held up for months because the opponent had said that some of the members of the board stayed past the expiration date and that the terms were expired and their decisions were not valid. when the judge rejected that supporters of the $15 minimum wage were cheered. we found a cafe owner very upset. >> it might put me out of business. sam: when the judge cleared the way for the $15 minimum wage to go on the ballot, tom owns juice joint cafe downtown -- >> forced minimum wage is ridiculous. sam: he says he hired a variety of people at the wages. >> i might not afford to pay people i need to rn prices enough to cover increase in minimum wage. >> out of the proposal release the minimum wage at $10 preponderates 50 an hour would -- $10.50 would rise to $15 an hour by 2020. >> it would be enormous. $15 minimum wage in d.c. $7.25 in virgi

morning. d.c. police are investigating a shooting in southeast. >> several people were shot on green street. let's get right no news4's molette green with more. mollett. >> reporter: good morning, you can see still actively working the scene, take a look behind me, you can see the car in the distance here on green street in the 2300 block and there are evidence markers surrounding it. that car has its doors open and that's where the focus of investigation has been. we know and we can tell you that three women suffered gun shat wounds around 11:00 p.m. investigators have been using their flashlights to walk around the scene here to look for clues in this case. this entire block is taped off. we're working to get more details on a motive and suspect information. for now we're live here on green street in southeast d.c. we're not too far from good hope road where d.c. police are investigating. three women shot last night in this neighborhood. that is the latest, live now, back to you. >>> new information just into the live deck, i'm of the vehicle 50 -- those injuries again, a fatal acc

world. there are big changes coming to two d.c. high school schedules. monday, the stagger dismissal so the students leave at this during at different times after a series of high profile incidents of violence. roz: this picture shows the massive police response at the latest fight between the rival d.c. schools at the gallaudet metro stop. they say is happening too much and something all to be done about it. >> i guess d.c. police involvement until something changes. roz: tc but look will stagger dismissal times at mckinley tech. 30 5 p.m.,out at dunbar students will be dismissed at 3:25 p.m. a spokesperson said we are committed to fostering a learning environment where students feel safe and secure both in school and to and from school. turns out students say there is a long simmering feud between the high schools. nobody remembers how it started, and sometimes the fights are drummed up on social media. >> schoolwide thing, it's more one person against another person from another school, and they bring their whole congregation and that turns into a whole army versus army.

unresponsive in a bathroom at the school yesterday. today they don't e leon: d.c. public schools will test hundreds of students at three schools after the parents discovered that the lead level in the water they were drinking are 20 times the acceptable level. capitol hill monte sorry, payne -- montessori, payne and minor elementary school. they knew about the high lead levels but they didn't tell anyone or do anything about it. parents found out through a blog. alison: dozen of fairfax county firefighters will join the ground search now for missing firefighter nicole mittendorff. it's now been more than a week since anyone heard from her. jeff goldberg is live in the shenandoah national park where mittendorff's car was found. that was over the weekend. jeff? jeff: we are standing at crescent rock overlook. that is miles away from where the vehicle was found over last weekend. search crews are out covering mainly the southern end of the park. they are dealing with really difficult terrain. you ha the steep canyon. rock everywhere. thick brush. starting this weekend, saturday and sunday, 30

arrested wednesday in montgomery county, but will likely face charges in both d.c. and virginia. >>> this election season, virginia's department of transportation is ushering its own campaign. >> we want our roads to look like belgian waffles? >> no! >> virginia's pothole hunter is video that urges drivers to report problem, dips and gaps on the roads. crews are already out in full force trying to fill in any trouble spots. and we are always working for on you get those problem potholes fixed. you can tweet us @4potholefix. and also check out the thnbc wag app and search pothole. >>> breaking news from vatican city. just released, pope francis' major document on family. as it pertains to divorce, pope francis calls it, quote, the drum of our times and says divorced and simply remarried catholics should not feel excommunicated but adds there is no, quote, one size at this times all approach to dealing with the divorce and remarried calling on pastors to listen with sensitivity and understanding. we're still going new the pontiff's writings and we'll be updating the story throughout the day

. >>> d.c. leaders address major safety concerns with buses. thousands of you use to get away. our news partners at wtop looked into a recent audit and found 95% of d.c. circulator buses had at least one safety problem so pulled from service. that includes issues with safety equipment, driver controls, steering and brakes. the audit also found ddot and metro have failed to effectively oversee the contractor that operates the circulators. first transit has agreed to fix all the maintenance issues. the d.c. council will have a hearing on the issues this morning. we'll have a link to the full report on our nbc washington app. >>> today a 15-year-old largo high school student will be laid to rest. davonte washington was shot and killed on the deanwood metro station platform in d.c. on easter weekend. he was with his mother and two youngsters when another teen asked him a question and then police say shot him. the funeral is being held at the first baptist church in upper ha marlboro at 11:00. other students will present his family with a memory wall. >>> fear about student safety is spreadi

warrant. >>> we're just getting new video into the newsroom of a person of interest in a d.c. assault investigation. police want to speak to the man in the green hat. sexual assault happened march 18 on martin luther king avenue in southeast d.c. police say a victim was sexually assaulted by one person while another held the victim at gunpoint. after the assault, the suspects took personal items from the victim and ran off. >>> it is 4:30. more pushback from neighbors ton a $60 million plan to move homeless families from d.c. shelters to around the district. d.c. mayor muriel bowser wants to close that site and move to shelters. >> this plan is fundamentally flawed. was concocted behind closed doors. it's outrageously expensive. >> opponents have argued some of the sites violate zoning laws and are in unsafe areas. tonight's meeting takes place at ward 6 at the metro police ahead quarters at 6:30. >>> university of colorado fans are going wild again, the women's team just won another ncaa championship in basketball. it capped off a perfect season. no losses. in fact, the team

down to 46 in d.c. and the cold air continues to make its way in here. right now the radar still showing a few showers down to south. but the rain is just about over for most of us. the winds, however, are just beginning. 24-mile-per-hour wind gusts at camp springs as well as down towards fredericksburg at 26. nearly 22 in martinsburg. that's going to set us up for the windchills tomorrow. freeze warning in effect for the area in purple. it is going to be one cold night tonight. windchills could be in the teens in some locations when you wake up. much more on this in the seven-day forecast, a cold seven-day forecast coming up. >> doug, thank you. >>> dozens of people gathered at park tonight in leesburg to remember christina fisher. >> the mother ofhr daughter was home. police say derrick lewis, fisher's ex-boyfriend and the father of her other two children pulled the trigger on saturday, just 11 days after she got a permanent protective order against him. alleging multiple attacks in which she feared for her life. news4's dorothy spencer reports now from leesburg. >> all these h

this is fox5 local news at 10. 0 right now at 10, a desperate search for a missing d.c. girlng has come up with empty handed again. it's been two years too long, stressful years for grandma, yes, it has. tonight, the family of relisha rudd opens up about the investigation. prince george's county is takin back the night on the middle of a crack down on illegal strip sr clubs and human trafficking.. it takes two, baby. and the end of american idol. id we're on the red carpet following the incredible series finale. your news starts right now. > and we thank you for joiningr us tonight, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. tonight the family of relishaa rudd is speaking out after the latest attempt to find the girl ended without any relisha rudd vanished more thann two years ago. ago she was last seen with khalil tatum, a janitor who worked at a homeless shelter where rude was staying. police believe he killed the little girl before killing himself. marina maracco spoke to the girl's family tonight and has hs more. >>reporter: relisha rudd's grandmother says that she was excited that

where the numbers should in early february. right now 45 d.c., 45 hagerstown, 46 towards richmond. and 39 in ee 37 in baltimore. so we are dealing with wind chills, good news is the winds starting to die down now. so that's good news. but it will allow for temperatures to fall quickly after sunset. another cold night, freeze warning in effect for the entire area. and we're not done with the cold yet. another cold day tomorrow. at least a cool day tomorrow. then we're talking about the nationals' forecast. there's rain on thursday, we'll talk about when it comes in and another cold weekend. cold air again, as cold as today? maybe. i've got the forecast. >>> thanks, doug. >>> it was a rocky start for metro's new bus arrival prediction system. you were supposed to be able to track those buses from your phone to see when they were going to show up. but this morning, it wasn't working. transportation reporter adam tuss has been tracking these issues all day and joins us from the west falls church station. is it fixed yet? >> it is fixed, wendy. that g sitting well with some rigders who

straight ahead shot there it is right there. bang. all to d.c. grad that made happen. local guy does good. >> we're celebrating d.c. region because of two brothers on the team. one on each side. that's a win for us all i thin think. take a look outside. traffic now. wilson bridge traffic moving slowly. details on the traffic and gary will fill us in on the cold weather settled in. >> for that brother that lost lesson hard. >> it was a tough one. it was a fight. >> holly morris alongside wisdom martin and maureen umeh we want to get right to that incredible game. everyone is talking about. >> epic kris jenkins with one shot left on the clock. nailed it at the buzzer. finished with 14 points. villanova wins 77-74. second national title leaving georgetown 85 to win first one jenkins is adopted brother of nate britt who attended norm carolina and both attended gonzaga. we'll talk to their dad. >> such a happy, sad moments for the dad oh, my goodness, brutal, brutal. >> the stories the family will have to tell for years to come. you played against each other game finishing this way.

male has been sab we are talking with d.c. police. at this point it is not clear whether or not he was stabbed inside the station or outside the station. no information on suspects at this point. the condition of the individual who was stabbed unknown. we are still making calls. now, remember, this comes a little more than a week after a newspaper vendor allegedly stabbed another man at the addison road metro station. we'll continue to follow up on stoe the story and break in with new details. >>> after the break, the masters meltdown that people are talking about this morning. >>> and storm team 4 radar, slowly clearing this morning. but the rain does not stay wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. working for us pac is responsi

by we believe the car dime rest further up the street d.c. police tell us two suspects are in custody and i guess the good news is nobody was injuries timer suspect or person who had like this signal work they're working as quick as they can and it's the deep part of the morning rush hour. people need to be you aware it could cause traffic issues. melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". disrupting morning commute on tuesday downed tree on northbound fox hall road. at reservoir in norm west. it will be a cleanup on the northbound side. heavy winds causing problems and we'll keep you posts as when crews will be able to clear this mess. sgle let's stay in the district irs building remains closed today after a transformer fire broke out in basement yesterday afternoon spokesperson says the building is still without full electricity and air handling system is inoperable. >>> yesterday workers were evacua >> happening today a final good-bye to virginia state trooper chad durmeier. >> in hamilton liberty baptist church and burial. he was killed while participating a training exercise at

pole. d.c. fire expects everybody to be treated at the hospital and released a short time later. they expect everyone to be home by later tonight. i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: thank you. rattled nerves so far appear to be the only mayor casualty after a second powerful earthquake rocked japan. this time was a 7.1 magnitude quake that sent people scrambling to the street. tsunami advisory posted but lifted. the damage reports are broken glass, and crumbled concrete. and cracked asphalt. we'll monitor the damage reports as they roll in. heart-warming moment yesterday's earthquake. an 8-month-old child pulled from a collapsed home. the child had no visible injury despite the region being the hardest hit from the earthquake that claimed nine lives and injured hundreds. leon: boy, the rescue is something to celebrate. alison: isn't it? leon: we have a lot to celebrate here. this region has exciting actives around the district. it will be the weekend that you will want to leave your car at home. we have two separate parades a block and one hour apart. monetary fund going on. th

>>> does it seem like every time you turn around there's a new development in d.c.? well, two sets of d.c. neighbors say every time they turn around they see cracks in the walls and water damage thanks to one developer. >> and moms who live where a 7- year-old girl was shot last night in southeast d.c. say enough is enough. hello. i'm debra alfarone. >>> but first tonight our snow. the nats second home game of the year is canceled and tonight a cold one threatening plants to freeze, so let's get right out to first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. >> it was a crazy day. we had gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour and snow. check out this video. we had a couple inches of snow in spots like prince frederick. southern maryland, i saw some pictures in waldorf also where the ground was covered a while. garrett county got pounded with 8 to 10 inches. canaan valley had over 16 1/2 inches alone, really was incredible and a couple spots here had just a little bit on the ground. the storm that produced it now is out in the atlantic pulling away. if he still have gusty winds -- we still have some

meteorologist doug kammerer with the latest. >> as far as the rain, d.c. around the d.c. metro area has not seen much today. we are down to southern maryland, fredericksburg, martinsburg, hagerstown you have seen rain. it is still raining. light all day long. back to winchester, some rain around the winchester area, back to frederick , as well. martinsburg, charlestown over to royalsville area continuing to see rain. it is pushing east and trying to make its way to the d.c. metro area. a few areas to the west as well. you see it spinning here. this will move through tomorrow morning. if you have plans tomorrow morning to get out and about, maybe you want to take the umbrella with you through the morning hours. 59 tomorrow morning. by afternoon, by evening another grit one. high temperatures around 73. i will be back and time that rain out for you and show you the best chance of rain in a minute. >>> tonight in the district, the carnegie library is radiating purple in honor of prince. the amsterdam cafe on u street celebrating his life with a dance party. >> tonight, we are learning more abo

into the mid 20s in the suburbs to about 3 # is what we're thinking in d.c. that would ill be a little warmer than last night. culpeper, manassas down to 28. martinsburg 29, gaithersburg down to 30 and d.c. at 40. that's a lot colder than we were this time last night. but of course we don't have those winds. wi we're looking at quite a cold co morning. you can see the range of temperatures overnight.ures let me take you to the sunrise forecast and this very gorgeous picture from marion oh important drag oh. as the sun comes up tomorrow morning at 6:44.:44. can we take a little bit of the edge off at this cold. ard.ound 8 in the morning we mo should be starting to find somed 30s and by the time we get to to the noon hour 48. h check out 66-degrees at 5:00, but that little bit of a breeze. at least it's going to feel a little bit warmer tomorrow afternoon and that breeze will be coming from a warm direction and it won't be gusting over 30 miles an hour. hou a lot of you asking about thursday's weather.th we have rain in the forecast. it is the nationals home opener. > sue, thank y

, this happened on footise street in northeast d.c. our melanie alnwick is just in neighborhood and she joins us ji live on the phone with thehone very latest information inor this story. melanie, what can you tell us.t >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, so things are aca littleit confusing here. we're trying to sawyer outr with d.c. police.with d initially there was a reporte wa that it may have been a very a v young child that was shot.sho and that it may have been inn the course of some sort of a a home break n there was areas lookout for a black male armed with a gun a gray suv.ray suv the d.c. police department isic not confirming thatin information to us. all they will confirm is that ia it is a juvenile male and that t it is a nonlife-threateningeate injury. they're not confirming the age of this juvenile.il they're also not any of the information abouthe i the armed break in.e we can tell you thatar for a f brief time overnight thistimerng happened around quarter to midnight, on foot street, that road was closed, a couple blocks closed during the police investigation.ce

on that breaking story we've been following that actually began in maryland but ended here in d.c. take a look at the new video we got in. d.c. police now confirming officers were involved in an overnight chase that ended with this crash in northeast d.c. car that appeared to be one that they were looking for in connection to a violent crime in montgomery county. now, the driver they say would not stop, led them on a chase and finally crashed into a poll right here on minnesota avenue and benning road. we know benning road was shut down for a short time. the driver and passenger, though, in custody right now. we're told more details are to come. that's the latest from the live desk. aaron, back to you. >>> flags will fly at half-staff today across virginia as family and friends say good-bye to virginia state trooper chad dermyer. funeral services for the father of two get under way this morning at 11:00 in hampton. last night colleagues and friends paid their respects at a visitation. trooper dermyer was killed last thursday at the richmond greyhound bus station after an encounter

following a "fox5" investigation. >> plus being a d.c. police officer shoots and kills a pit bull that was attacking a woma woman. >>> no freeze warning tonight but there may be enough rain to bog down your morning commute. i'll have the timing. >> and the music of empire. we're in the studio for a behind the scenes look at a song features in tonight's sho show. and the news at 10 starts right now. >> thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tone sglon off the top tonight the illegal strip club crackdown. prince george count jury taking action against establishments operating outside the law. >> it's a problem first exposed in a "fox5" investigation last year. marina morocco is live outside one of the businesses tonight marina. >> yeah, shawn, we're actually at the ebony ininn and this is one of the establishments to cease and desist all operations related to adult entertainment. just behind me you'll see this establishment served as many things other than just adult entertainmentment there's a restaurant here and several other businesses also under the title of ebony. and under t

. >>> plus, troubling levels ofelo lead found in drinking waterin w at several d.c. schools have parents on high alert. alarming details. detai >>> people around the world are still mourning the deathmoni of music icon prince. pnc what we're finding out aboutut a his death this morning.s mor >>> good morning and welcomernin to fox5 news morning on thison t saturday, i'm annie yuu alongside mike thomas today.. >> yes, good morning, annie.nnie >> caitlin taking a vacation day. >> well deserved.dese >> we miss you caitlin.aitl yes, she works so hard. i hope she's somewhere sunny because it's not nice here. h >> she's in california you're right, we have clouds, cd there's a live look outside atsa the wheel down nationall harbor. >> beautiful shot.utif s >> it's -- you can see the sunrise there behind the behind clouds and they're dry downry dw there at national harbor rightbr now but it's not dry everywhere.everywhere. we do showers especially ifecial you're watching north and west w this morning and we're goingnin' to get you straight to thetraito forecast. your headline for the day today is s

" exclusive another packle illegal bikers caught rolling through the streets of d.c.. this time in front of a police cruiser. . >> for the championship. >> plus, he shoots, he scores, with seconds left a former d.c. basketball standout sinks the game-winning snot ncaa tournament. "fox5 news morning" starts right now. >>> all right. good tuesday morning to you i'm wisdom martin alongside holly morris and maureen umeh. >> your weather and traffic coming up 4:35. first. >> we'll talk about that amazing game last night. villanova chris jenkins with four seconds left on the clock that was nba three pointer sho shot. that's "the buzzer". they win, villanova wins at the buzzer. finished with 14 points, 77-74 was final. marks the team's second national title. they won in 1985 by beating georgetown. jenkins adopted brother nate britt plays for unc and they attend gonzaga in unc. coming up good day 10 a we'll tubing their dad to get reaction on the game last night. >> now this say massive crowd of fans who hit the streets near philadelphia to celebrate "the buzzer"-beating win. thousands flooded c

how some of d.c.'s youngest fans are celebrating. but first, your out the door forecast. >> your friday will have a perfect cloudless sky. it's a pay back weekend after a couple weekends lost to wind and rain. top down weather is here. frost advisory until 9:00 a.m. northern and western suburbs. not too many spots below freezing here early this morning. so the next 24 hours, it's open window weather provided the pollen doesn't get you. p its in the upper 30s early this morning, near 60 at 7:00 tonight after highs in the mid to upper 60s today and a milder start, 45 degrees to get your saturday morning started. we'll take a look at the commuter impacts coming up in a few minutes. and here is thmelissa with traffic. >>> connect road, right lane southbound connecticut right now shut down. looks like this white car may have gone off of connecticut avenue through a fence and nearly hit that house right there. we're trying to get more information on this right now. chopper just got to the scene. two problems on metro. green line single tracking between college park and greenbelt becaus

-old girl was shot in d.c., about two blocks from garfield elementary. d.c. police said the little girl the police are asking anyone with information in the case to please call. take a moment to look at the pictures on your screen. fairfax kenny police are hoping that you can help find sanchez and her son. seen9-year-old was last this morning. her family was trying to get her mental health services. sanchez has schizophrenia. she grabbed the nine-year-old and fled. the family of concern for both. if you see either of them, please call the police. missingembers of a two-year-old san francisco girl are hopeful she will be found safe. the body of the girls mother was found friday. nobody has seen her since about a week and the police a nobody has seen her daughter since late february. the police are treating the death as a homicide. in the district, you can call it a case of the burglars, surveillance video helps catch this man. they say that he followed a delivery man into where restaurant on irving street northwest, waited until he left, then rummaged around and started cooking food. onc

girl from her home in d.c. without her parent's permission to an apartment that he shared with the other suspect in virginia. investigators say they sexually assaulted the girl and then took her back home. the men were arrested on wednesday in montgomery county, but they will likely face charges both in d.c. and virginia. >>> happening today, the deadline has come for 12 prince george's county strip clubs violating laws to close their doors. six clubs have appealed, but will have to have a trial and win before they can resume operations. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins first reported the story. the county says the clubs can only be in light industrial or warehouse districts. the county won a year long battle with the businesses last week. the department of permits and inspections issued a cease and desist order that takes effect today. >>> new details could be released today about why former house speaker dennis hastert tried to pay millions of dollars to keep someone quiet about his past misconduct. prosecutors confirm that misconduct is connected to some ki

. >>> and d.c. is about to get a new national monument, the declaration that president obama will make tomorrow. >> "news4 at 11":00 starts now. >> two 15-year-olds killed at the same metro station two weeks apart. good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy reiger sitting in for doreen. tonight one victim's mother says she was trying to get her son out of harm's way. john evans iii died today after he was stabbed while leaving the deanwood metro station in northeast. this happened near the fairgate. and police have released this picture of the man they say is connected to the case through surveillance video. with reaction from the victim's mother and her message for the suspect. shomari? >> reporter: well, jim and wendy, tonight that mother wants the suspect to turn himself in. we showed her a picture of the suspect on our nbc washington app, and she was stunned. she says that she desperately misses her son. she wants the suspect to turn himself in. tonight police are searching for the suspect and will continue to tell you about it. let's listen to what this mother has t

, jeff. tonight the start of staggered release time at two d.c. schools. mckinley tech students were let out today at 3:05 p.m. 20 minutes later dunbar high school released its students. the goal is to end violent confrontation between rival schools. it's been a growing problem with the latest brawl at the noma-gallaudet metro station a few weeks ago. leon: father accused of letting teens drink at his montgomery county home and tonight the charges have been dropped. police say that sassan kimiavi allowed the drinking at his bethesda home. he was pinned with 13 counts of allowing underage possession of alcohol. that could carry $32,000 in fines. but today, the entire case against him was dropped. the state's attorney office sa evidence and they say that kimiavi had no idea the kids were drinking until police arrived on the scene. developing now, a teenager murdered at a public park. detectives in montgomery county say an 18-year-old oscar benitez of gaithersburg attacked in the park on center way road in montgomery village last night. he died at the hospital. police say they believe the c

spread to her apartment. news4's megan fitzgerald live in d.c. with a story you'll see only on news4. meagan? >> she said she joined the fire department because she wanted to help people, but she never imagined she would be the one calling for help. it takes courage and dedication to be a first responder. just ask 21-year-old tanisha morr morris. >> through the cadet program i spent a year in training and then i graduated february 18. >> reporter: shejo >> i really wanted to be in a field where i can help people and just, you know, have open arms to them whenever they call us. >> reporter: but on easter sunday, it was morris who was forced to call 911. >> i opened doothe door and smed the smoke. i told my nephew, call 911, get the dog and get out. >> her apartment was on fire. fellow firefighters arrived quickly and tried to put out the flames, but it was too late. >> i lost a majority of pictures, just gone. >> reporter: a lifetime of memories may be gone, but morris says she's even more motivated to help others because she knows what a total loss feels like. >> it has really been a

latest. >> plus outrage and concerntrag after a dozen d.c. schools.ch test positive for elevatedleva levels of lead.levele the city now admit there wa adme was a flaw in telling parents. s >> good morning.>> we're all here as is gary is gay mcgrady with a litt weather word. hi, gary. >> we stay gloomy today andmy td chilly. ch there's a better chance ofhancef showers than what we had yesterday: radar, all that that stuff coming up. >> even the weather bailed on us. >> little draining.>> nobody wanted to hear that. ge lt aten early start.arly s rain moving in could mean aea dicey ride. >> breaking news from northern f virginia. a barricade situation intionn alexandria.an it's been going on all night.ll. some people forced out of o their homes for safety. s >> this is all happening near ai an apartment complex on eastn reed avenue. that's where we find fox5's f annie yu with the latest and i know they had to push you backh a bit. what's the latest now? now >> reporter: yeah, good good morning to you, ladies.ou we are directly across the street from the situation. situn this is right of

is line that will move into the d.c. metro area about the next hour or so. so the national's game, no problem at all getting starting. here's the overall picture. you notice numerous showers across the region. a lot of these, though, back to the west, won't make their way over the blue ridge. we got one more wave coming through. keep the umbrellas handy, just in case. coming up in a couple of minutes, this moves out. but very cold air moves in for the weekend. the showers next time could be mixed with snow on saturday. we will talk about that in just a minute. >> i know, i know. >> okay. doug. today, you are probably going to need our interactive radar in the nbc walk app. don't forget, you can track the storms down to your own neighborhood. >>> a deve now, a northern virginia fairfax county school bus and police cruiseer collided this afternoon in springfield. four people, including two middle school students were injured. chopper 4 was just over the scene. >> the children were returning from a field trip at the time. dave culler is live near the intersection of backlick road and

number of officers patrolling that community in an effort to make the residents feel safe. the d.c. family is upset after workers from child and family protective services removed their child from school after receiving a report of child abuse. it turns out they had the wrong child, workers removed that child from class at cw harris elementary in southeast. family members say the young one was removed without the principle's knowledge. how did he get past the person without being notified that a person was being taken out of her school by child and family services. child and families ofs had the right name, but the wrong child. agency officials say they are now reexamining some of their protocols to make sure a similar incident doesn't happen again. today prince george's county officials announced a new incentive to help stop child abuse. it's called the who's watching my child program and it was created following several cases where young children were killed by their carters. the program established a hotline that parents can call or visit online to find licensed childcare provid

d.c. c high school. several girls arrested foray fo salt. and this wasn't the only fight. an outaged teen caught up in the chaos is speaking only with fox5. and emergency responders in northern virginia want faster fa access to patience. and they think motor motorcycles could plus, victory for donald trump r and hill try clinton in maryland. but today's primary didn't comen without issues. what delayed a final ballot count. right now at 10. > and we begin with late lat breaking news about tonight's primary raise he. i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. right now donald trump and hillary clinton are celebrating big withins in maryland. donald trump picked up rightic there as youke can see 55 percet of the vote to # 2 percent to 2 john cusack and only 19 percent to ted cruz. fox news projects a clean sweepc for trump in all of tonight's primaries, that's connecticut, maryland, delaware, pennsylvanie and rhode island. isl also hillary clinton wonon maryland tonight.oni she has taken 66 percent of the democratic votes to bernie sanders 30 percent at thisat t point. fox news projects cli

we're awaiting some rain showers here in d.c., but other parts of the area already seeing the rain. will it last into this weekend? we'll time it out for you coming up. >>> news 4 midday starts now. >>> we start off with breaking news right now. a deadly news 4 kristen wright is learning more about what happened. she's live in northwest d.c. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. police are still here right now trying to figure out what led to this stabbing and why they got a strange call. police have been out here some five hours, we understand. the stabbing happening around 6:00 this morning. police that's when they got their first call, a suspicious package they were told. they came out here, this building is known simply as 4000 tunlaw in upper northwest d.c., an area you typically don't hear about this kind of crime happening very much. police came out here early this morning and didn't find what they had expected from that suspicious package at 4000 tunlaw in northwest d.c. inside the condo building officers found a woman stabbed to death. it's unnerving for people

umeh. >> first at 5 d.c. police on the scene of fatal car accident on bike path. annie yu on the scene with the latest. hey, annie, what can you tell sglus good morning this accident happened around midnight and here we are hours later on the scene and we have a few police officers out here and currently they have a tow truck loading up this car if you take a close look it's a ball crushed like a things of tinfoil. still investigating what happened and this is 400 block 56 street northeast at the end of residential road in what appears to be a bike tr and faulking with neighbors here two people were ejected from the vehicle, d.c. police confirmed the driver died and second victim was loaded into ambulance ambulance and taken to the hospital. we don't know what kind of condition this person is in. police say the driver may have been intoxicated. so certainly just a very sad story. terrible story. >> let's talk about that now. >> back to you in the studio. >>. >> also developing overnight triple shoot in the district. three women were shot in the 2500 block green street southeast.

altercation between two d.c. judges has one of them facing charges in a story you will see only on 7. d.c. bureau chief sam ford has the court document cha explained what happened. tell us about this. talk about order in the court. sam: well, leon, these are not so much courthouse judges. they are judges who settle dispute between the d.c. government and the employees and the public but they can be power. they determine if an employee will keep or lose a job and how much money the government would have to pay out in a judgment. two administrative law judges fighting? >> they know better. >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> awesome. >> what can you say? d.c. government. sam: it involves sharon goodie pictured her and another judge joan davenport. according to legal papers last thursday morning goodie knocked several times on davenport's office door. when davenport opened up she came with arms extended and made contact with goodie who fell to the floor. according to the witnesses goodie said you tried to put your hands around my throat. she tried to put her hands around my throat. daven

to know the laws and procedures in d.c., maryland and virginia for that reason alone, it simply takes longer for them to hit the street. and as far as the number of transit police officers, metro concedes it can't be everywhere all at once. >> to have an ufser at every single 91 stations, at the entrance and exits would be a phenomenon mall task. >> reporter: now they've agreed to extra patrols here. and even as we were filming, sirens on as a call for anincident here that turned out to be nothing. all of this made for a tense feeling here. >> watch your back. watch who you talk to, watch who you been around. >> reporter: candace to catch a train on the same platform where a teenager was shot and killed. does she think metro has enough police here? >> now they do. >> reporter: for other riders, like carey wads, and unsure feeling waiting for a ride. >> i don't think it's safe enough. >> reporter: why not? >> too much stuff going on. >> reporter: for now this particular metro station under a watchful eye. news4. >>> well it was a big week in annapolis, a productive legislative se

anacostia river today. thousands are out right now at sites across maryland and d.c. beautifying the waterfront in celebration of earth day. news 4 derrick ward is live for us where some of that cleanup is happening. good morning, derrick. how are you doing? shaky? >> reporter: good morning. some of it is indeed happening on the anacostia river. you see the weather changed along, but it's not hurting doing. this is about cleaning up the river and the tributaries. this is an urban river, one of the most troubled in the country a few years ago and it has improved. they call it d.c.'s other river. the potomac gets all the passengers but the anacostia all the waste. efforts and things that have come out of the river today. just from maybe one or two passes up and down here by the navy yard where we are. joining me now in colonel ed chamberlain with the army corps of ennearing engineers here. >> appreciate you being with us. partnered with the th -- debris that causes issues. removing debris, help pitch in for an earth day event. tell you, in the army we do this every day from everything

station as well. brianne carter, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. right now d.c. mayor muriel bowser is getting ready to walk the street of neighborhood where a little girl was shot in the chest late friday night. it happened in 2900 knox place, a few blocks from garfield elementary school. diane cho is there live as the walk is about to begin. diane? diane: the mayor is going to hold a press conference first. as soon as that is over she will walk the streets out here in this community with d.c. police trying to gather more information about what unfolded out here on friday night. police say the 7-year-old little girl was struck by a stray bullet as she was coming home from dinner with her parents. police have been out knocking on doors ever since, canvassing the area to find out more about the gunman. they have been working around the clock since it happened to get to the bottom of the case. the assistant police chief says the little girl appears to be caught in a crossfire. the child's father's actions that night likely saved his daughter's life. >> t bleeding on the wound. if you can

d.c. leaders. leon: plus on video, a single punch ultimately ends one life and changes another one forever. why the judge says that the man who threw the pnc alison: first, though, it was a bizarre and a dangerous move. threatening to detonate a bomb. that was actually chocolate. while dressed in an animal costume. we'll talk to the suspect's best friend. what he is saying next on "abc7 news at 5:00". [gunfire] alison: a tense and bizarre scene. man in an man mall costume shot by -- man in an animal costume shot by police after hours to set off a bomb in a police station. the bomb ended up with chocolate bars, circuit board on life vest. leon: the suspect alex brizzi recovering from the gunshots. john rydell who works at the evacuated station, our sister station wbff spoke with brizzi's best friend. you have to tell us what did he have to say? >> well, alex brizzi is well known in howard county where he grew up. in fact, friends describe him as being intelligent and creative but they say he decided to drop out of high school in the 11th grade and he wanted to become a barista. they

nearest you.ng c go to our website, fox5 d.c..com. the information is on the homepage. if you can't vote early the actual primary is april 26.pril that is just 12 days away. if you're heading out tonightong you will notice there is a chill in the air and there's a frost warning. is it a warning or an advisory.. >> there's a frost advisory in v the dmv, but we should see a warmup tomorrow. fox5's caitlyn roth has all theh details. tony, it is at least feeling more like april out there. >> today it does. tod at night it is still chilly but we're at least making some progress from where we were las weekend and by this weekend i don't think we even have the chill morning. mo gradual warmup, but gradual is a the keyword. even though we've had some nice afternoons as soon as the sun frost advisory is out for any fr county that is north and west of washington, basically just west of 95. that's where we are expected to have the cooler temperatures late tonight falling into the mid 30s where you could wake up, mount, loudon county and then further into western sections of maryland, virginia and t

, d.c. schools are -- coming up, d.c. schools are discovered. how it's impacting students. >> the people of flint michigan are one step closer to getting millions of dollars know you're budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. a new home can be clear and simple. know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. the one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. because when you have insight, you know. approved $220 million of federal aid in the flint, michigan water crisis. it will go to replacing miles of lead contaminated pipes. president obama will traffic to flint to meet with residents next week. three officials are facing charges in switching flint's water supply. >>> d.c. school officials say the water is safe to drink. >> that is not keeping them from ordering systemwide lead testing after a dozen schools have elevated levels of lead. delia goncalves is outside mlk elementary school in southeast. >> reporter: mlk is on the list of

the moments before he was shot. then a d.c. police officer was hit by a car while he was on the job. we'll have an undate on his condition tonight. plus, members of a local muslim community fasting in honor of the brussels bombing victims. their message for piece right now at 11. and we do thank you for joining us, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm shawn yancy. > we gait tonight with the latest on the virginia state trooper shot in the line of trooper. the trooper was can killed at a greyhound bus stop in richmond, virginia. >>reporter: police not identifying the suspect although they did say match one here in the state of virginia, but not saying if potentially he had any ties to the area. however, a sad turn of events tonight as we learn of trooper door meyer's passing. it was just in 2015 2014 he joined virginia state police. he leaves behind a wife and two small children. two other women also shot. they're expected to survive. it's with an incredibly heavy heart tonight that i annoyance to you the loss of virginia state police trooper chad deer meyer. trooper chad door meyer was in t

search and that d.c. search have continued on investigating. she says that because there was no findings she's hopeful that maybe relisha rudd is still alive. i spoke with reestablish a's mother on the phone and she says she has no idea why d.c. police chose to search the ash barrette i'm. she doesn't know if potentially khalil tatum may have been with relisha rudd at the arboretum and that's why d.c. police decided to go back there. it's been two years too long, stressful years for grandma, yes, it has. >> and in the two years and one month since relisha rudd's disappears, grandma claims the family has been kept in the dark as to the investigation. i haven't talked to a detective, the authorities period in two years. i haven't talked to them since it first started. > this week's two-day search was the first search for relisha rudd in 2016. d.c. police would not say what exactly brought investigators back to the area of the national arboretum. the total of 60 searchers, as well as the fbi scoured sections of the park divers checked out an unspecified pond on property and k9ss we