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then suspended.uspend he hasn't been in court since sn but this morning maryland state police say he waslice he traveling down 202 here in largo. if you're not familiar withmilia the intersection if you'ren if southbound on 202 you're you heading towards upper marlboro. just around 9 o'clock, police, c say he collided a very, very violent collision withith 54-year-old juan -- i'm sorry,, 53-year-old angela jefferson of springdale.gdale. and she was killed in that collision.co this is the truck the manan facing charges was driving andri this is the truck belonging togg 53-year-old angela jefferson.on the collision so violent.le. jefferson's burgundy gmc came apart.art. the rear bed of the truckf e trc landing in the roadway and the steering wheel with the air whe bag deployed separated fromatedo the vehicle and landing in theni grass. witnesses say jefferson was trapped inside her gmc and it i took firefighters quite somes s time to cut her out. o
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witnesses also say the driver te of the striking pickup identified asuan sanchez of laurel was driving recklesslyecy south on 202 at a high rate of speed when he crashed. csh but police have not confirmed that information.or >> maryland state police crash team are still trying too investigate what actuallyctll happened and we're asking if asi anyone actually witnessed this i crash to please call into the maryland state police to helpe us with this investigation.estia >> reporter: the state police reconstruction team spent hours mapping the collision as tow truck drivers e removed the wreckage ande cleaned up the debris. debri some witnesses describe whatnecr they saw off camera while others were too distraught to give their account. aount >> we do have witnesses that actually stayed behind andly tried to help s us with this ths investigation so we took some written statements and wen st actually have to have time sitto down and really read through thr these different statements that people have made to kindhae of still put this thingshi together. we don't know for sure how how this person was driving untilvit
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we actually go through all all these witness statements and actually interview them all.hem >> reporter: charges are pending against that pickupt truck driver. dri >> that's correct.>> >> reporter: t the pickuphe picp truck sanchez was driving dvi appears to be a work truck.kru it's unclear who he may haveha been working for or where he was going. now, in this intersection here in largo, it remained closedlosd for many hours this morning ass maryland state police wentol through their reconstruction. what's unclear is who had the light here and at this pointhisn it's still unclear exactly ect where miss jefferson was was coming from, if she was traveling across lottsfordlottsr road here or if she wase s turning from over in this turnht lane over here because she washe broadside on the passengersenger side of the car and then her her car then slid into severalnt other cars here in thee intersection, a total of ninenie cars were involved.nvolve the prince george's countyrg fire and ems spokesman markpoken brady said they did transport ts
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four people from the scenehe three others with just minor injuries.ries live from largo paul wagner. wne >> police if prince george'se ip county arrested a suspect inuspt connection with the county'snt first homicide of the year. y >> that's right.t' and it happened on new year'sner day along the northwest branch a trail in hyattsville. fox5's chief investigative reporter emily miller has anly updid it on the story you sawth first on fox5. fox emily. >> reporter: well, it was ar: sad day to s wtart off 2016. o 2 new year's day a young womanoung found dead on a popular hikingak and biking trail ining ail hyattsville but the good partd r is the prince georges countync police closed the case todaye ea with an arrest. arres the police arrested this man 18-year-old marvin juarez.rvua he has no fixed address. addre charged with both first andrs second degree murder. mde he's being held without bond.itn the victim is 20-year-oldld katherine alvarado.lvarad police say that the murder wasew domestic related. the two had once been in a romantic relationship.ionshi her mother reported herte missing on new year's eve and a then at 7:00 a.m. on new. on new year's day a jogger found had
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body on the trail. on the t he called 911 she was pronounced dead at the scene.ce she had been stabbed to death.b police say the suspect was identified during theiring investigation so they wereigat able to close this case in just two weeks. weeks >> this is a quick turn aroundd and our detectives worked veryky hard all around the which tock c solve these cases.e thesses. it makes us pretty good to to bring comfort to the familiesor for something like thismethin especially when you have aally victim that was so young.oung >> that prince george's countyrc police spokeswoman also toldpokn me they have a domestic violence unit specifically s devoted just to that issue andnd they encourage anyone in a violent relationship to callre them forla help.elp. we're going put that number onuo our web site. emily miller, fox5 local news. n >> now to the district wherehere metro police make an arrest in i a attack we told you bo you in december.er a 15-year-old girl is facing isg charges of assault andssau a robbery.robb this comes as metro police
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release crime stats from lastri year that show serious crimeiouc is only up slightly.tl matt ackland live.la >> reporter: hey, jim let's jim talk about those stats in a s minute.mi first about that 15-year-old5-ar female who was area evidented et at her northeast home today.od you'll remember this attack happened before thanksgiving, t a couple was on the green line. line. they saw a robbery take place. they tried to intervene anderved that's when everything wentthin wrong. the group led by this femaleem then turned on them. t i spoke to one of the victims v today and he said there theyhey both are still concerned aboutut getting on metro each day. d just trying to be a good samaritan joey coward shouted so out stop it when he saw a robbery in progress on the metro line. line. he and his partner calvintn cal lawrence told us the grouphe gro then turned on them. t you can see the injuries the inr coward sustained. sustain >> next thing i knew her hand went back and hit me righteht here on my head.
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that's when they jumped on me m like i was a roach.oach >> kicking him in the head. him the looks on their faces was was of joy and that terrified me.t they were like animals.ere >> reporter: metro transitetrora police put out this pictureic not long after the attack andnd say they knew who the suspect s was soon after. aer but because she was a juvenile, well the arrest took more time.im >> someone from the public dided come forward.come we were able to identify herifer back on december 12t.ber 12th. >> reporter: there have beenr: t many more attacks on metroetro fox5 has told you about since an then. right now police are searching for two groups for moreor m information on two separatesepae attacks.at but what may come as a surprise is that metro saysays serious crime in 2015 was only slightly up.htlyp. here's the numbers they gaveumba us dating back to 2008. 28. still, the chief of policeol says these most recent attacks c are crazy. >> i think some of thosenk attacks that you're talkingat y about are brazen in nature the time they occur the facts you fy
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have five, six, seven, eight young people committing these crimes. >> reporter: jack evans whor: has j recently said he would hed like to become the metro boardrd chairman tells us thesese attacks have to stop.o s >> this is a top priority. priit people come to our city, cit people live in our city and we want to make sure that theyy feel safe. >> reporter: all right.or so how cteould this be? you b might be asking yourself howrsef can serious crime just be up a u little bit when we've beene telling you over the last t las couple of months about all of these brutal attacks and alsonda remember that murder, that stabbing murder on metro onro o july 4th. well, it all might have to doavo with cell phones.with you see, cell phone snatches, sc they are way down.own. you'll remember a couple yearse ago we were reporting everye ret night about people gettingoupeoe their cell phones taken.ak well, the chief said those are way down. their lumped into the same s category as assaults.s. so, the number doesn't seem so o high because possibly celly c phone numbers are falling. f now, we'll get a complete lookel at this in about two weeks. wks
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that's when a full safetyafy report should be given to thehe safety committee and we should be able to look at all of thellt stats and bring you a newg yonew update. upda live in northwest, matt ackland fox5 local news.al n >> matt the 15-year-old that was arrested metro has said hass she was part of a group behindub the attack.thatta do we know if there are anythere more arrests on the way or isr s it case closed. >> reporter: yeah, jim theyhe said the investigation is open o but i talked to the victim and m i talked to police today and they say that this young you woman, this teenager was the one that really carried outared the kicking, the punching, the attack. also one other side note. n it was this teenager's mothers e who actually turned her in. i >> all right. right matt ackland thank you very ver much. mu >> meantime tonight a large apartment fire in adelphi that a played out live on fox5 about this time last night. nig if you were out there you saw it and the flames werend t fla shooting out of the fourth the u floor of the building and some of the heroic rescues out there astounding to see how it i
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continued all night long. long. >> 24 hours over there for pg tp county.coun. tonight we're getting to hearttr some of those 911 calls.al will thomas is with us withs those calls for help. help. >> you know when you look atnown some of the skyfox video youkyfo really can see why those calls s were so frantic.rant flames shooting out of the topgu of the building as people wereel trapped on nearby balconiesconi unable to escape through smoke o filled hallways. hallw firefighters we're toldfigh we' rescued three people.scued three the scene here on new on hampshire avenue again in adelphi. let's get to some of those 911ef calls that just came into the news room.oo >> location of the emergency. e. >> i don't know what's that't building k right there.re it says 9205.05. it's a fire. f somebody apartment building onpb fire. >> it's a fire in my apartmen apartment. >> is everyone okay.ever >> stay out. out >> okay, we're out.ut. >> okay.>> oka everyone get out of the apartment. apartm >> three firefighters and twoa t residents of the apartmentof building were hurt out there. oe dozens of families as you caniea imagine now have to find new fie apartments to live in.
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investigators believe the firesh started in a kitchen and quickly spread in the hallwayd h because the front door of thedot apartment was left opened. ope the people were trying toryin escape obviously.bvioly what actually happened andped a what started that fire has notot been determined by investigators they're stillre working on it jim. j. >> will, thank you.nk y developing tonight the fbihi says it's now investigatinginve the shooting of a philadelphiahp police officer now as a terroristic attack. edward arch are shot officer o jesse hartnett as he satat inside his cruiser last thursday. archer allegedly tolder a investigators he committed themt act in the name of islam by iamb pledging his allegiance toiae isis and using a stolen police handgun to commit the crime.ri. pennsylvania's u.s. senator.en pat toomey says the attackk shows another risk officersofce face.fa >> this is a very real threatth posed by a whole new kind of kio terrorist organization. isis is a global risk becauseec of their ability to inspireonspe
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terrorist attacks all aroundats the world and make no mistakeois about it, this was a terrorist attack.ta >> despite the injuriesnjur officer hartnett was able tobl chase that suspect down and return fire. now to baltimore where the death of freddie gray isddie sparking a major change forhae the police department there.tmte the city plans to spend about a $200,000 to buy 10 new transport vans and upgrade 13pge others currently in use.n use city leaders say they want tot make the vans safer for transporting suspects. the issue of safety has come c under scrutiny becausesc prosecutors say gray sufferedsas that fatal spinal injury while w he was driven in a police vanvec after the arrest. >> we'll see if they cause any a sort of changes as far as safety. >> absolutely. >> up next there's a newnext attack on god.n g >> there's a group now filingowl a lawsuit to get the word,he w take it off of our money. >> and three store owners are ae countering their blessingslessin tonight after selling winningng jackpot tickets. ticke just how much they'll beow mh tl receiving from the lottery
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next. >> very upset about so many of the categories. >> oscar outrage from kevinrage mccarthy. he says he's not feeling this year's crop of academy award nominations and he's very blunder about why straightaight ahead. sue. >> sounds like kevin needs to kv get on my bandwagon.anag >> i like that. >> the black and gold bandwagon. it's already a winner.lr a hello antonio brown.ro what's the weather forecast? ecs a flies warmup? that soundsp?tt like a good sign. s first look at your d.c. basedc.b forecast coming right back. t ba.
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>> ♪ >> new tonight there is a lawsuit demanding the phrase t in god we trust beonin removeded from u.s. current z sacramento attorney michael new dow filed the lawsuit.aw many describe themselves as being atheists. a he sued the governmenternmen unsuccessfully twice in the twie past you might remember hisem most significant case challenging the phrase under unr god in the pledge of ple allegiance.al we're watching thisle tonight.'r we didn't win, you didn't wine n and most likely -- i know you ik didn't win.didn that record powerball jackpot.a. >> unfortunately. unfornate y yeah. got word about the winners.inne >> we still don't know whostl do exactly won but we know whereuto
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the three winning tickets were w bought. one was at a 7-eleven store in chino hills california.hi a publicll supermarket inmark melbourne beach florida anrne al family owned grocery store intoi mumford tennessee.esse the lottery awarded eached store some money ranging from 25,000 to a million dollars.. the one point sick billionilli dollars jackpot will be split bs three ways, oh, no.oh,o. each ticket will be worth more e than half a billion dollars. doa i still cannot quantify that. t >> they'll be okay.>> they'll bk i think they'll be okayk th splitting that up.littg th >> yes, they will. >> my gosh. ooh you can't wait to seeca those people stepping forward. >> it's going to bee interesting. a lot of people going to be knocking on their doors. d >> yesterday freezing.reez you were outside, i wassi, outside a bit too t little bitit different out there as we give you a look at the dome.heom >> finally getting a reprieve. i >> sue you have my heart sueea and you know exactly why.knowcty the boys from pittsburgh.ittsbu >> is it time to ruin myo rn hairdo. >> at least it's gold.t let it >> wait.>> wt. i have the best prop of alll oh, mike.ik my best assistant . .
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>> [laughter] >> a real steelers fan. i just got some bad newsdew there. somebody said that they sent t me a tweet and said sue palkaal you look like a bumble bee onbl work release from a fm correctional facility. >> goodness. g >> a lot of us felt that wayhat about the throw back jersey. jer >> you're right about theuthe weather. we're 20 degrees warmer than waa yesterday when we only toppednld out at 32 here in the cityhe cit making it the coldest day we had had so far this season.his . check out the numbers and it a was nice to get a little bit a l of a warmup and we're going to keep this mild trend goingrend through the end of the weeke and then a little bit of an of a adjustment by the end of the e week.we 53 degrees at reagan.n. dulles 52.2. bwi 51 and by the way, dullesul came back from a low a temperature of 19 degrees last e night. that's a good rebound. rebou kind of like what the steelers l do in most of their playoffla games as a matter of fact. a meanwhile it's still 50 degrees. 54 at manassas. m 53 a53 fredericksburg.g. here's the change in's temperature in the last 24 tat
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urhours. we're 23 degrees warmer in i manassas and 28 degrees warmerar in hagerstown and there's thatha 20-degree warmup here in d.c. dc so for the rest of thisf th evening looking great.king g looking golden over the cityit actually.al 44 degrees at 7 o'clock. olo by 9 o'clock, 42., 4 and by 11 o'clock, 40 degrees.0r wanted to give you a heads up. s as we mentioned it is going to i be mild again tomorrow, not as n cold tonight. t. we do have a little bit of of rain though.ho this will be heading our wayl dg and you can see it starting tot build in the gulf of mexico.he m it's kind of a two-partexart system. that is one part that will be wb moving in our direction for friday late afternoon eveningnon is what we're thinking thenkinge timing is. ti i'll have the futurecast onthe a that. it will not rain all weekendee but we will have quite a bitte of adjustment in the weekend w in terms of temperatures and it will get a little bitite b colder as we get ready to rdy t start the new work week. wk w all right, there is a first a look at your forecast. fec if i have to i will change out of the garb if it's getting distracting. we still love the redskins toodi but we got a game to get to in denver.er
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go steeler. >> you're still wearing thest gold so we'll keep you sueil. ye >> thank you marina.arin see you in a few minutes. >> all right, thanks, sue. >> ♪ >> that's sara sturm from centreville getting a golden gde ticket be and moving on to hollywood. the senior at westfield highestg would youd the judges lastudgest night and our cameras were at sara's watch party when shety w caught the attention of an idol alum. a >> carrie underwood juste undewd tweeted about me. [cheers and applause] ala >> carrie underwood tweeteddweed about me and said you aa doble so my life is officially made. m >> she is adorable but we'll w have to wait to see how sheeeow does in hollywood but you can y catch more idol auditions audio tonight's at 8 o'clock rightlo here on fox5 and we hope she does well in hollywood because u she has some pipes.ompipe >> it would nice to be a local girl win it all the way.he >> we want a winner.in and she's young.
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usually they're so much older.ou give it some teen idol.dol. coming up the biggest bigst oscar snub goes to. >> up ahead the films thathe fit were hit with fans but not so favorable with the academy. acae kevin mccarthy weighs in. wghs . how about this apple is adding a new feature to help feu you sleep better.you sleep be the change might notice withht n your iphone when the sun s goes down.ow >> and jim, a scarf thathat literally tells you the temperature.mp >> oh my goodness. oh >> the hot new fashion ideahione actually works. w let's see it. >> ♪ neighborhood,i feel like
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>> and the oscar goes to... t.. >> pretty big day for move beebe buffs.buff one step closer to finding out the 2016 oscar winners.inne nominations are out and best picture always a big category. g nominees the big short bridge bi of spies, brooklyn. boklyn. "mad max" furry road, the martian, room, spotlight and the revenant which scored the t
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most oscar nods this year withit 12. >> a lot of buzz aroundz aro leonardo dicaprio. few big films that were absent from the picture list. people fired up about the lack e of diversity. >> kevin mccarthy was quitearth surprised himself. him >> i heard he had a lot tod a lo say.say. >> pretty fired up about it. here's a look at the oscar o outrage. >> there are so many problems with the nominations thiso t year. year. i don't even know where to begin. start off first with the best picture category. where is "straight out of comptostn." where is star wars and where a e is "sicario." "sicario." compton was one of the best the films of 2015. of 2 where is that film in thisin thi category? star wars, not onlyt the biggest movie of 2015 butut also one of the best. it was a film that broughtht back the nostalgia of the original trilogy. tri where is that film.ere "sicario" one of the most beautifully shot films and acted films of 2015.s o how is that not nominated forinf best picture. picre those three including compton, t where is "creed"? "creed" should be in this category as t well one ofhi the best films ofo
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2015 as well. speaking of "creed," how doee" you not nominate michael b jordan.an yes, stallone got a nomination, he's phenomenal in the movie he'll probably win. w i loved him in the movie butov he is great because of michael c b jordan also ryan kugler the 29-year-old director of "creed." where is he in the best the bes director category? here's theca thing. i get so worked up about thiss but there are so many tellingy l signs that the academy is i completely out of touch.ou alfred hitchcock ors son wellsrn and stanley kubrick. they never won best director oscars.rs that tells you everything youryn want to know about the academy awards. it's also this major lack ofk of diversity. i have a big problem with thatha this year at the oscars. osc i don't know what's going on gng but it's really upsetting.. again, as a fan of movies very happy about "mad max," very v happy about the revenant very happy bryan cranston got aransng best actor nomination but i'm extremely disappointed that
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compton scar wars and "creed" were not nominated.ot nomated jason mitchell the supporting actor who played easy e. that's all i have to say at i the moment. th i have a lot of things thi stirring in my brain. follow me on twitter at kevint i mccarthy tv.rt let me know was think about the nominations this year ands a do you agree or disagree?e? >> kevin basically said all oflo hollywood was left out there.s t >> very fired up about it.bo the thing about star wars verywy good point everybody says how ee well it was made those blockbusters don't get the recognition.recoio >> well, hey, we'll see but b there was a lot of controversytr in terms diversity on the nominations.no that was one of the big -- inefh mean more than who was and who wasn't, they can't nominateey everyone but seemed like sme things this time weren't ashis diverse as people had expected c and rightfully so.htfull so. >> i agree. aee. >> coming up dropping attendance in prince george'sce county public schools.. >> some officials are explaining a concerning reason o why. >> a federal judge made a
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judge.e. >> misunderstanding millennials. the common stereotypes moston s people are getting wrong.ng new information about theor group dmaiscovered right here in d.c. and you can see thatndha right after the break. >> ♪ 
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>> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news atloa 5:00. >> tonight a disturbing trendis in prince george's countyeo schools that has officialsicia there concerned. concerned. >> at your dropping attendance c among latino students fueleddenu by fears over possible deportation rate by the by federal government.vent. fox5's tom fitzgerald is lie in college park maryland and tom is that even legal to goegat into a school with minors and do this? t >> reporter: well, here'sl, hers what's going on. the u.s. department of immigration and customs
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enforcement launched a brandd an new effort to go in throughout u communities where people have h entered the united statese unite illegally and return them ton te their home countries.ntes word of these deportationeporti raids has spread throughouts sp the united states.e here in prince george's county, though, it's taken toprt a's new level. lev the ceo of the prince george's o county schools issued thisd t letter recently to parents.o pas what it says is thatays is t principals reporting to school o officials they have seen aals drop in attendance among latino students. why? school officials says itly is because of a false rumorum and real fear that a student who was latino who may have aaya questionable legal status inable the u.s. could be deported or o detained just by going to school.scol >> decrease in attendance atnce some of our schools.e ur s it's not widespread but we have seen somewhat of af decrease at some of ourf schools and it's important tompr
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note that we want students, stut all students to come to schooll and we understand that this isas a very difficult time, this ishi a scary time.ca tim >> reporter: now, over in over montgomery county meanwhile executive ike leggett and the county counsel both issued ad joint letter saying that theer county and its s police won'tic' take part in helping the the federal government deport illegal immiants. immig now, the letter was somewhat surprising to county policeountl who will tell you there theyhe never were involved in deportation efforts and theirir long established policy is to to interview crime victims andms a witnesses without inquiring about immigration status. s ike leggett says the political leaders in montgomery countyin m wanted to send a message tose am illegal immigrants to not live v in fear of county government.ov. >> montgomery county doesery cos not -- we do not support the policy of the federaled government that this is a realir concern nationally but locallyoc we're not going to enforce enf
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mandates and we will hope thatha people will understand that.an t >> the policy now is what it has been for years.ears we're not involving ourselves oe in immigration enforcement ofmet those type of activities andits we will not be changing this.hi >> reporter: consider thede t numbers on all of this. of thi ics says last year they yeahe detained and deported 235,0005,0 people, 59 percent of them hadad criminal records. recor of course that informationforman comes out just days afterjust at three illegal immigrants were charged in connection with theni murder of danny miranda in loudoun county on saturday. on r live tonight in prince ipr george's county, tomy, fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> federal judge denied a bidie from donald trump supporters to block a gop loyalty oath intt virginia at least for now.leastw last month the virginia elections board decided toeced
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require require primary votersir to sign ae statement affirmingr they're republicans.ubli trump has criticized thatzed t requirement saying it scares off new gop voter, the three black pastors who blockedpastorl trump filed the suit againstsuit the elections board saying say loyalty oaths violates their rights.gh. its stakes are high for tonight's republican debate. d people are actually going to gog start voting. the final main stage debate before the iowa caucuses iss tonight.to it's 9 o'clock on the fox t business network.ss n a slightly smaller field will debate in prime time tonight.rig seven candidates including ted cruz marco rubio and ben ben carson who has been losing ground along the way.nd a then the three governors, jeb, e bush, chris christie and johnndj kasich they'll be on the main stage and then donald trump. the republican frontrunnerntru will likely be a target forget f all of the other candidates tonight.ght. mainly ted cruz. he's been sparring with himrrin recently. a closer look at the candidates and what to expect ep
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from the debate coming upcong tonight on fox5 local news at 6:00. 6:00. mean tot time theme president's oanptimistic take on the state of union isn't't resonating with young voters. a harvard poll found thatd fou nearly half of 18 too 29-year-olds believe theve american dream is dead.res de factors cited in the articlen th were hard time finding a job, skyrocketing tuition costs and a what many see is a flawedd criminal justice system. >> all right.>> speaking of millennials we'veia' all heard of the stereotypes, yes, we have about the millennials living at home notte being interested in marriagen mr or raising a family.amily. and of course obsession withbsei selfies and social media. m we can probably thank kim tha k kardashian for that.rdashior tha a study is painter ago very different picture. pture ronica cleary is here with is hw there story. >> reporter: well, what do you think of when i say millennials? sometimes it'some' not the best thing.hi the school of business atess american university theyve launched a research project topt find more out aboutut millennials, what they wanty w
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from life and from work and if i d.c. is a place where they canhe have it all.ll the results, they mightight surprise you. >> ♪ >> reporter: the study tor: they find millennials is those born between 1981 and 1999 and it and found millennials would likeik to buy homes and start a start families something you might not expect. eect. >> the things that millennials n care about are the same thingsah that all generation that isthati preceded them care about.care at they care about job security,ur, they care about an easy way to t get to work and they carey c about healthcare.ealt >> reporter: the studytudy created the millennial index a x way to score a city based on five major congresses.ongrse jobs affordability career amenities and people and how they all stack up fortack millennials in a particular paru town. well it turns outer that thosehs surveyed view the washington wag area to be 25 percent more m friendly to millennials thann the average u.s. city. >> ♪ >> reporter: so what do millennials think of theals finding and the stereotypesotyp
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that are out there about them. t how about you? do you feelfe like you fit any of the millennial stereo times outmeou there.er >> i'm until grad school.scho i'm still definitely not getting married or having hav children if ever.en >> we want to find somethingd st that we're passionate about abo and go from job to job lookingng for that passion and i think pad that could be true.that >> i think some, not all ofnk st them. i feel like if you gave me a list definitely 50-50.y 50-50 >> reporter: do you fit anyit a of the stereotypes. ses >> i work at a coffee shop,fee , right.t. >> reporter: well, allte right, you two, i will admitr: it, i am a millennial.ilnn i'm not going to tell you how h old i am. the study didn't surprise me. millennials, it's such a wide w age gap i think by the timebyim you get to the end of that youft might want to settle down ande d start your life.st >> they say we're all millennials here that we use weu more public transportation but then there's a new study that a says we drive more to work soor it doesn't make sense.e sen you can't -- can't >> jeff generation has their thing.thin >> you can't lump us into one l group.
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>> i think i'm the oldest one here. here. kids today, let me tell you. >> i'll let you take that job.u >> coming up a hot new ideaewde some would call functioningctio fashion. >> it's an electronic elect thermometer scarf thatermete actually displays thethe temperature while you wear it.t. >> and a surprise marriageise proposal that an entire fire enr department played a part in.pari >> and a georgetown soccer s star takes one of the top t spots in the mls draft.ra stay with us.stayith we're back in just three minutes. >> ♪
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>> ♪ >> all right so we're talking s a little soccer tonight. >> yes, we are. >> guys with local ties had ao prettyhad good day today.od >> the mls super draft as it's called. it is a super draft.er draft >> it's international. >> it is international and you a have academy players that are ae
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also in the draft.so but a couple guy is with local l ties picked back to back andb to the same team. well, last year i got to meett georgetown soccer playerr joshua yaro. y his story is pretty pretty remarkable.rema he left his home in ghana at a 12 to pursue his dream ofdream o playing soccer professional.rofo that led to prep school inp california and college atlege at georgetown where he's majorings in government and has been onhan the dean's list everyist ever semester. today his soccer dreams became m reality. selected as the second overallse pick in the mls draft by the philadelphia union. union contract figures one disclosedcl but yaro's agent says the deals is expected to be north ofe noro $200,000 a year.00,0 a yea after he was selected second overall, yaro got another ather treat.ea his college teammate keegan rosen berry was selected with s the very next pick also to philly.ly. yaro knows how far he's comews and he's going the make the h me most of his opportunity.ortunity >> i do really appreciate thepr opportunity that i'm given andyv i do intend to make the most m out of it because i realize r how many people would care too
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have -- to be here today anday to be in my place and so i'mo i grateful for it and just right now still trying to enjoy the moment.mome tomorrow how.rrow h i going to put myself in a place where i can excel. >> well, this is ramsell, this defensive lineman chris long.s . he lab with saint louis sinceui he was drafted out of virginia in 2008. this week he found out he willei be moving to los angeles afterea the nfl approved the rams the r relocation by a 30 to twoo vote. this is chris long in disguise buying powerball ticketsic yesterday in charlottesville. he was not recognized long was l asked by a reporter what heorter would do if he won and he put on an accent for this.nt for t he said i already told my old od lady if we win we're goinge're g down to myrtle beach for about 10 months and we're going to get timeshare the wholere t 9 yards. long is in the middle of aid five year deal there paid him $36.7 million guaranteed but still no one points 5 billion. the vikings odds of losing lg
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this past week against the seahawks were almost great as odds with you winning the powerball.rball. only missed one kick underknd 30 yards in his entire careereer until sunday. sun he was eviscerated by fans.ans. but yesterday walsh found his sanctuary from the hate at h north point elementary school.ch walsh visited first graders atsa the school that wrote himhat wrh letters of encouragement. he thought it would be a nice n teachable moment on empathy.mpay >> you are the best player inyen the universe.univer everyone makes mistakes. you your team stilleam s appreciates you.tes i know you you'll help thehe vikings next time. your fan. fan >> everyone makes a mistake.ke one time i made a mistake when i was doing a cartwheel. cartwhe i felt embarrassed but you canou still help the vikings win thein super bowl next year. y your fan, sophia dawson. dawso
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>> that's cool.t's c >> it's adorable. ara >> there was another letter that said keep on trying. puppies are cute.re c >> true. >> what do you expect.hat they were like walsh who? walsh >> i'm sure it was very welcome after the way adultery s treated him. h >> the one thing brody didn't tell you is when he got out tow his car the kids had slashed his tires. [laughter] >> they got away with it. they're pretty small. >> a lesson out on the the streets.ets. >> very sharpen sills. vsh >> it did not happen.t dit ha >> no, it did not.>> n they were very sweet. verswee >> all right. take a look. l have you guys seen this picture right here? it'se? going around the internet right now. >> yup. a family claims that mark onimk the girl's leg is a burn fromm a cell phone case.e. was need to know to keep this from happening to you.ou. >> also coming up tonight atconu 6:00 ever use a popular lip pul
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apple want to help you sleep better now so they've added ao h special edition to the newest ns data software which is ios9.3 i for iphones and ipads. it's called night shift.ni it changes the screen fromn blue to yellow light when the we sun goes down. down. according to studies techdies t companies are making biggerg bir brighter bluer screens in an effort to increase the efficiency of our screensf during daytime but those same studies show blue light canig disrupt the person's sleeprson' because the light increases alertness. all right. >> we'll have to see about that. >> here's another one. we have smartphones, smarttpho watches, we have right at the bottom of your screen you cansc see the temperature right
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there. but wait until you see this. >> yes, a scarf that doubles sca as a wearable thermometer.rm all you need are a few essential items including aitem micro controller and a led l strip and fabric an humidityn ht and temperature sensor module. m sue has those and basic sewingg and soldiering skills.ing once it's done you can watch the l. department light scale the length of your handcrafted handa thermometer and you have the option to switch the settingshei from indoors to outdoors. you need the mercury. mercu >> that would be a great gift gt it's so silly.oly >> it's great.>> >> i wish our viewers could o see there. when we're out there talking the and we can't speak and articulate. >> so cold. >> because it's 12 below. b >> this poor thing is froms f florida so you get colder cold winters and she's like is itis i going to be cold.ol >> these sun sets have been
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spectacular.sp >> i feel like we're almost inon europe.eu it's reflective off the off the buildings and it's just golden l and gorgeous and it's really been a treat and especially now that it's going down about 5o09. we're gaining a minute and 30 a3 seconds every day.secondevery >> it's dark now. n >> it's dark now.rk now we dropped to 19 degrees last flight at dulles but we werebu able to rebound into the 50's t5 and i've got to tell youell today's temperatures are about t 10 degrees above average.ra. so, yes, january lab a little bit colder than december and tha november but i'd still say i'd we're in bargain territoryerto especially since yesterday is the coldest day we've will soe'l far and then we recover to recoo this and it's actually lookingtu like friday's going to be to pretty warm as well. w even now here we are 5:45 or so, 50 degrees in therees in t district, 54 in manassas. still 52 in hagerstown.erst and 51 in annapolis.nnnap so, a very pleasant thursday tda evening.en the clouds are going to be increasing, though, tomorrowh,oo afternoon and we do have awe doe little bit of rain back in the forecast tomorrow night intoig t early saturday. saturda very early saturday. sur in fact most of saturday isatda dry. but it will be mild tomorrow.
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low to mid-50's again.ga the showers if you see themee t late evening i would keep k something handy by 5 o'clockg ha an umbrella ondr rain gear butnr the system is going to be outoe of here pretty quickly on o saturday although it may beug able to drop some prettyome pre decent rain in that time.t at why did we warm up so nicely today? the position of highn o pressure off the coast allowsll our winds to come in out ofin oo the south. we started noticinged n temperatures rising a littleur bit last night andes this willhw continue tomorrow. tomorro we still get chilly at night.igt no bargain there. we'll still s drop into the 20's and 30's0' but it's better than then teens. here's what we're watching forch tomorrow night and into a saturday. there's going to be somegoto beo moisture coming out of thet of gulf of mexico that's going toog track to the coast.oa not finding cold air so that aia will be all rain for us and and just have to tell you this.l yot we've got some big news here.er we've got a hurricane in then atlantic.atlant it's not close by but this is hurricane alex and it's veryery unusual as you can imagine andma this is the strongest januarystn hurricane we've ever seen.e er s it's got winds of 85 milesfs an hour.an hou good news it's no threat tohrea
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our area. it's going to be moving wellingl up to the north and out of theue way but just in case you hearasa somebody talking about abody hurricane in the atlantic aanti wanted to just let you knowno that it is pretty astonishingsts to find this and it's not veryy often.of this is only the second timeond that we've had a hurricaneur form in january. janua the last one was an unnamedn u one in 1938.n 193 the strongest one we've everve e seen of course hurricane alicele in 1955 is the last one that t formed but that was in deals. all right, setup for friday.upof high pressure again still offaio the coast but our complexurom system is going to be movinge toward us. rain tomorrow night into theht i first part of saturday but weatw get 50's out of the deal sothees it's not going to be anything frozen.oz just the last thing i want to iw show you leer is our futurecast.reca as we go forward we're againe'ra expecting a dry startrytart tomorrow, clouds come in in, clc the afternoon and thicken. t. maybe a little bit of moisture i as early as 5 o'clock but theut bulk of it holds off until u about 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock.0c that's some heavy rain south rn and east of d.c.and east of d.c it looks like we're just onus the edge of it and maybe anday chance of a couple of flurriesfs
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on sunday but no big dealig dea there, just a little bite bit colder. co but in terms of the amount ofuno rain that we may get out ofetut this by the time it's all i tallied up saturday morning and again it's out of here'sut o early on saturday, we couldy, wc pick up anywhere from .2 of an a inch far to the north and west t to about .7 here in d.c..c it's a three day weekend for aka lot of people because theeo martin luther king holiday ispld monday.. we're cold again then after aer warm weekend colder on sunday, maybe a passing flurry.y. monday 32 its a cold start s next week tuesday at 30 and a30 then a little bit of a reboundeu on wednesday and thursday and ad all those days should be dry.. we've got a firefighterefiger proposal to show you when the news at 5:00 comes right back.
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>> good luck buddy toppingd lu this marriage proposal.ar >> when that day comes.riat dom one luckily lady got thedy surprise of her lifetime gf here thanks to her new fiané. fnc take a look.k. volunteer firefighter marshall l
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griffin came up with thishi elaborate proposal with a little help of the fire hp of department in washingtonhingn state. his girlfriend lea thought she was watching the city film a cyf training video but at the endhe two firefighters drop a banneran that reads lea, will you marry m me. me griffin them came out theame te tower he got down on one kneen n and popped the question.popp fighting back tears lea said yes as griffin put her new h n ring on her finger.er >> but he didn't come down the n ladder. >> that would have been moreuld dramatic. >> of course. but it's still great.reat 20,000 views nowadays. nad >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. >> we're waiting for theor t 2 million.ion. >> yeah. congrats. best of luck to the happyap couple. >> congratulations guys fox5 f local news at 6:00 startstarts right now. now >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >>♪♪ >> tonight an arrest after a aft woman was found murdered alongua a jogging trail.giil police say she knew her killer intimately.. ♪ ♪ then, major changes are
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coming to their baltimore police department and they'retmn centered around the van like the one that transported trapo freddie gray. >> ♪ and we have winners. winne three tickets matched the tickem record powerball jackpot. jackp none of them in our area but don't tear up your tickets just yet because severalec people in the dmv woke up millionaires.na fox5 local news at 6:00 starts0s right now. >> ♪ >> it's neither one of us because we're still here witheri you. it is good to have you tonightou at 6:00. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins.onerkins an arrest made in a new year'sr' murder along a jogging trailoggi in hyattsville.ya >> police say this man killed me katherine alvarado and the twoht knew each other. oth. fox5's emily miller joins us jou now with the latest. emily. jogger found the body of aou young woman on a popularopar hiking and biking trail inin hyattsville.e. but prince george's policece g closed the case today with an arrest. police arrested this man
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18-year-old marvin vasquezol juarez.d he has no fixed addressdd charged with first and second degree murder and he's beingr de held without bond.ho b the victim is 20-year-oldld katherine alvarado.lv police say the homicide iss domestic related and that thendt two had been in a romanticanti relationship at one time. time. her mother reported herorte missing on new year's eve and then just after 7:00 a.m. ont ae new yer ar's morning a jog are a found her body on the trail. police pronounced her dead ater the scene. the she has been stabbed to death.ea meals sapolice say the suspect s identified during their dur t investigation and that's why w they were able to close this thi case in two weeks.o w >> this was a quick turn tur around.ar our detectives worked aroundro the clock to solve theseck to sv cases. it makes us feel pretty good to bring comfort to the families for something likeethig this especially when you have a victim that was so young. so >> reporter: well the princehe i georges county police have aco unit in focuses justun on dom midwest vic violence and some police spokeswoman says shekesw en

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