. right now at 10:00, a wet start to your weekend. when will the rain clear out. >> a violent attack and robbery caught on camera at a dc store. the victim tells us what happened. >> and this tree house is at the center of a heated neighborhood battle. fox 5 local news at 10:00 starts right now. we begin tonight with a wet weather alert. it is a wet and nasty friday out there. thanks for joining us, everyone. i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. rain is marching through the area tonight. coming up in a few days, get ready for another change. gwen tolbart is here to start us off. >> you know what? this wet weather really impacted the commute tonight and there were some areas where it got very heavy and that's the story for tonight.

there are pockets of very heavy rainfall in here. we're going to see this into the early hours of your saturday. be aware if you're heading out anywhere late tonight or even early in the morning. let's take a look at the big picture because this swath of rain is coming from the deep south and it's all associated with a frontal system. but if you take a look to the west there's some colder air pushing in. that is where they are seeing some snow showers as a result of that. for us here we are doing very well temperature wise thank goodness with all this rain temperatures is above freezing. but if you take a look at temperatures up and down the mid atlantic to the west, you can see where those temperatures are dropping and they are into the 30s. and as i mentioned over our far north and western areas is where we are seeing some of those snow showers. that will last into tomorrow as well. we're also going to be dealing with fog and the winds will start to push in from the west and as far as overnight tonight

is concerned with all the rain, our overnight lows will be in the low 40s and into the upper 30s. there will be a few spots where we'll see some lower 30s to the north of us, but basically that's what it's going to add up to be. as we progress tonight 40 degrees, winds are from the south 5 to 10 miles per hour. clouds and rain heavy at times. but we have another issue coming up once this weekend is over and it's a temperature swing. wait until you see how low those temperatures will be going. i'm going have those details in just a bit. back to you. >> all right gwen. thank you very much. we're following breaking news tonight from the tiny african nation. militants stormed a hotel and cafe earlier today. they seized dozens of hostages. explosives i should say used during that raid set the hotel on fire.

it is unclear how many people have been heard or killed. al qaeda is claiming responsibility for that attack. >> in the district police are now asking for the public's help tracking down what appears to be another group of violent teenagers. it was all caught on surveillance camera back in december. fox 5's jennifer davis joins us with the story. >> police are releasing not one, but two but images of 7 people of interest in this crime. the man they attacked told me tonight he thought they appeared to be in high school. that would make this yet another violent incident in the city involving a large group of teenagers. >> police released more than two minutes of surveillance video taken about 8:30 in the evening on tuesday, december 29th. it shows 7 people of interest coming and going from mike's market. at one point police say three of the men attempted to steal candy from the front counter. the clerk tells them to put the

items back. on the video you can see him grab a baseball bat and lock the store door. they returned with others and assaulted the clerk, kicking and hitting him around his head and body. we spoke with that clerk who asked us to conceal his identity. he says he went to the hospital after the attack and needed eight stitches on his head. he still has breezes on his arms too. he says the store regularly deals with kids coming in trying to grab chips and candy and that it is an ongoing problem. this store is not alone dealing with this kind of crime, this is just a string of incidents in the city including rbry attempts allegedly in the hands of groups of teens. >> reporter: the crime in this case they say is aggravated assault and aus always there would be a $1,000 reward for

anybody who provides information that leads to arrest and convictions in this case. >> also in the district, police arrested this man in connection with five sexual assaults. they say he committed the crimes after he left a halfway house last november. earlier today the police chief talked about the issue of violent crimes being committed by people giving places to live in the community instead of going to jail. >> these alternatives to being incarcerated include group homes, halfway homes, community placement with gps tracking devices, and it is those folks that we are seeing being increasingly involved in crime. and with this case again he walked away on the 24th and committed his first crime the same day. >> we're learning more about a maryland man suspected of causing a deadly crash in

landover yesterday. police say it appears 34-year-old juan sanchez collided with another car. the crash called a nine-car pile-up. sanchez was arrested for a pending warrant involving a 2014 dui. he posted bond and is a free man tonight. a spokesperson for the prince george's county state's attorney office explains why sanchez is a free man. >> with these cases if you were to rush and charge the traffic offenses first, someone could conceivably come into court, take care of those charges and then if the investigation were to show that a more serious charge such as motor vehicle man slaughter or negligent homicide would be warranted, we would not be able to charge them with that if they had taken care of the traffic offenses because that would be considered double jeopardy. >> sanchez's family told fox 5 he receivers from epilepsy. it could take weeks or months

before we know what charges if any he will face. >> the supreme court announced it will hear appeals. the justices of the lower court ruling upheld the convictions. mcdonnell and his wife were convicted in september of 2014 of doing favors for a wealthy businessman in exchange for money and gifts. the case will be argued in april. a decision is expected by the end of june. the district may sue walmart after the company announced it is pulling out of a deal to build two stores. they also announced it's closing 270 stores worldwide. half of those stores are in the u.s. city leaders are not happy the retailer is backing out. >> we're going to look at all of our legal options in regards to walmart's apparent decision to pull out. there is no doubt that the

district of columbia relied upon the representations and the course of conduct with respect to walmart to proceed with the deal. >> dc mayor muriel bowser says the city will try to make walmart accountable for its actions. >> 50 years ago then-president richard nixon declared war acancer. over the decades the feds have invested tens of millions in that fight and now in president obama's final year in office he has assigned vice president biden to launch a new initiative to launch the country closer for finding a new cure for the disease. biden lost his son to cancer last year. he says he's determined more than ever to wipe out a disease that has devastated so many people. >> this is not an nih program,

per se. this is not a federal initiative per se. this is using all the assets and capacities of the federal government, there's an executive order the president is going to be announcing shortly that is going to put me in charge of it, and task every major agency to be at my disposal in a literal sense. >> the vice president says one of the biggest obstacles towards finding a cure lies within the research community. he says scientists need to share information and work together instead of competing against each other to find a cure. >> how the aftermath of a car crash could prevent future tragedies. and a neighborhood divided tonight. the community battle is over this tree house right here. it's shaped like a castle. we're going to tell you why some people want this tree house taken down. >> plus this couple is now worth more than $300 million. we'll hear from the first

winners of the historic powerball jackpot to come forward. we're back in 3 minutes. 

a treehouse is fueling a neighborhood feud in the district. the wooden structure is along an alley in an historic capitol hill neighborhood. >> the neighbors say it's all about the rules and the owner of the tree house broke those rules. tisha lewis joins us now with the story. >> this is far from your typical tree house but beyond the aesthetics you're about to see, the neighbors say it's invading public property and the rules are the rules. neighbors are barely talking to each other and will only vent off camera to us. >> reporter: ellen was short on words when we asked her about this treehouse shaped like a castle. neighbors say she owns the home

but does not currently live there. the tree house is causing come motion because the structure sits on public property. the neighbor complained. >> an inspector went out and confirmed that a portion of it was on public space and the property owner was directed to come to our office to apply for a permit. this will be the first tree house to the best of my knowledge that will ever be heard by the public space committee. >> at the center of the controversy, the tree house is 20 inches hovering over this public alley way. they say they must apply for the permit to have their private property in public space. >> they could approve the application, they could approve the application with a condition, it could deny the application or it could table the application pending further information. >> and that all goes down on january 28th. the tree house owners reportedly did get a permit from the district but it was apparently a

wrong one. it approved a balcony that's under review. neighbors say once this got under way, they were forced to remove their planters also from public property and it is very conten shis out in this little, small alleyway in this neighborhood. >> so everybody used to have planters out there, they wanted to make the alley way pretty and. >> why did they have to take the planters? >> because that's also on public property. so if you have a problem with the tree house, the 20 inches, which is what about this long? if you have a problem with the tree house, then you also can't have your planters and your floor boxes and chairs and all of that decore. >> the rules are the rule. >> these things can get pretty ugly. >> very quickly. a health scare today on capitol hill. police responded to the long worth building this morning after several workers reported feeling sick.

the building was evacuated, the roads were closed. the sergeant at arms says lead exposure could be the culprit. people were evaluated and officials are investigating. >> dc mayor muriel bowser signed a new program into law that will encourage business and property owners in high crime areas to buy security cameras. you have to register the cameras with the police department and allow officers to use the surveillance video from those cameras to help identify people who may have committed crimes. >> fox 5 is in montgomery county now the tragic car crash that claimed the lives of two high school students in june has led to new efforts to track down on underaged drinking. and parents are the targets. tom fitzgerald explains. >> reporter: well, the goal here is a simple one. boost the penalty that parents will pay if they host a party where underaged drinking goes

on. this bill as it's currently written here at the maryland state house would not only doubling the fines that parents would have to pay, but it would include jail time. one year in prison for the first offense, two years in prison for the second offense. >> i think it's a good idea because kids are still young and they don't make rash decisions. >> you can't blame your kid. they want to drink. >> reporter: this all stems from a june 2015 crash that killed two teens after they had been at a party where alcohol was provided. a parent was at that house at the time. samuel ellis 19 years old faces five charges including vehicular man slaughter. a parent pleaded guilty to furnishishing alcohol to minors. he paid a maximum penalty of $5,000. you have two 18-year-old kids in the beginning of their lives that are gone.

they're dead now. and their parents and their friends have to live with this for the rest of their life. you are not supposed to bury your children. your children bury you. >> he says he's not alone on this. the majority of the montgomery county delegation has signed on to the legislation. he's hoping to get a hearing in the judiciary into a full vote before this house of delegates. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 local news. >> the principal at poolsville high school is trying to prevent that from happening in his community. he sent home a letter expressing concerns that some students attended a party last weekend. school administrators were told about the daughter. he urged parents to keep track of their kids and says parents should not host or condone underaged drinking parties. >> why the designs for a possible new redskins stadium may be delayed. and later they beat the

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welcome back everybody. brody logan is here to talk a little about what happens now that the redskins season is over. >> what happens now. there's a lot of speculation as far as players, who's going to stay, who's going to go. but there's a bigger question about the stadium. everyone is talking about it. where is it going to be and when are we going to get to see something in relation to what it will look like. with the redskins over there are two major questions. will the skins re-sign kirk cousins and where will the new

stadium be located. these are renderings of the new rams stadium in california set to open in 2019. there's speculation that the redskins are pushing back the announcement of their new stadium so they are not overshadowed by the rams plans. pro football talk said an nfl owner compared the new rams stadium to watching "star wars" what it might be a tough act to follow ofor the redskins. the other question is where will the stadium be located. that is still up for debate. the redskins owner isn't even returning dc official's phone calls. the other thing they speculated maybe the national harbor would be a potential location. i went and looked at just aerials if they want to have it anywhere near the main national harbor area they would probably have to buy out apartments

because there's not much open land there available. >> what about south of national harbor itself? >> there's patches. it's one of those things where there's a patch of land and some apartments or there's an office building. they would have to buy up a few different parcels. as we've talked about before it seems like the redskins are just going to see what works best for them between maryland, dc, virginia. but if they stay in prince george's county, then they have an easier way to break their lease early and get a new stadium. >> here's a big question. how big do you build that new stadium? as it is, fedex field was 90,000 and they've taken some seats out because they were having trouble selling the seats. >> it's more about the suites nowadays in these new stadiums. especially with the cowboys, at&t stadium, the actual imprint of the stadium it is is 70 acres, the earn tire parcel of land is 140 acres. so if they're looking to go

bigger, which maybe they are, they're going to need a lot of land. at least about 140, maybe 150 acres. >> i didn't know there would be so much math in this. >> i apologize. do you have your pen? >> coming up next here, concerns over new emergency dispatch system that could put communities at risk. >> and later a story you'll want to see. local students recite the "i have a dream" speech on dr. martin luther king junior's birthday.

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here's a look back at some of tonight's big stories. we're following. security forces stormed the building during the raid the

hotel caught fire. it is still unclear how many people were hurt or killed. witnesses believe there could be as many as 20 people dead. >> the supreme court announced today it will hear the appeal of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell's public corruption convictions. he says he was convicted on what he claims is an overly brought definition of bribery. >> dc city leaders say they may sue walmart after the company announced it was backing out of a deal to build two stores. dc's mayor says the city will explore other options to fill that retail space. walmart also announced it would close hundreds of stores worldwide. firefighters in prince george's county say they are troubled by a new dispatch system that's costing precious minutes in response time. >> in some cases they say engines are not being dispatched at all. the new gps system is designed

to improve response times and they say it is doing just that. paul wagner has the details. >> reporter: last wednesday night when fire broke out on the top floor of this apartment house on new hampshire avenue in adelphi. the firefighters were not put on the call. a new gps system in the works for the last two years left them off the run, along with firehouses in berwin heights and college park. a mistake, according to michael hughes, that added precious minutes to the call. >> i think that is somewhat indisputable that there was a sla. >> reporter: he's the deputy chief at the branchville station. he believes the county has been lucky so far that no one has been harmed or killed. >> it's evidenced by the firemen when three companies, roughly 60% of what would have been a normal response to that intersection for that apartment, weren't dispatched. how much time did it take the

montgomery units to get there after they were checked to see if they were available, after they were dispatched. we had already heard reports they didn't know where they were going. >> reporter: wayne mcbride who designed the system says the three fire companies hughes mentioned would traditionally have been put on the call but advances in technology revealed they would not have been the closest. >> it is a major change in the historical way of the fire ems departments operations. however, it's a huge, huge gain for the citizens and residents of prince george's county, because we're providing the closest service necessary to solve that issue. >> reporter: mcbride says the gps is imbedded into the radios and updates every 4 do 6 seconds. giving dispatchers real-time information on where they are. >> for me to tell you there hasn't been a single hiccup, i would not be doing justice to the project and my team.

but what i can tell you is i haven't been aware of a single response sue. >> reporter: but michael hughes says his fire company has missed 40 calls this week it would traditionally have run and he's unconvinced it's working as designed. >> now you have all these pieces of a puzzle. >> reporter: paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >> going back to wayne mcbride, he says technology is going to outweigh tradition and after the fire department is squared away, they will move on to the police department and the sheriff's office. >> also in prince george's county, police arrested a man in the death of his girlfriend's six-month hl old daughter. police say he admitted to causing the injuries. the infant was rushed to the hospital january 6th. she died days later. police say bryant and the victim's mother were in a relationship. baltimore police want to know how a fifth grader got his

hands on a gun. the student no one was hurt. police are trying to determine who owns that gun. >> we now know one of the three winners of that record power ball jackpot earlier today john and lisa robinson of tennessee stepped forward to claim their prize. the jockpot was worth $1.6 billion. it's going to be split three ways, of course. they are opting for a lump sum of $328 million instead of annual payments over 30 years. despite winning all of this money, they say they still plan to work. >> that's what we've done all our lives. is work. you just can't sit down and lay down and not do nothing anymore.

i mean, how long are you going to last? >> we'll check back with them in a week or so. >> i was going to say. >> they also don't plan to make any wild purchases but they do want to pay off their daughter's student loans. the other two winning tickets were sold in california and florida. those winners have yet to come forward. >> $528.8 million check there. like you said, call us in a week. you're going to work until someone gets on your nerves and then you're going to be like i'm out. >> no more ice cream and cake. why one local county could ban the sweet treats. >> and ice cube and kevin hart sit down with our own kevin mccarthy. they talk about their brand new movie and what makes a good movie. investors running for cover. stocks taking another beating on

friday but everyone gets a breather on monday. the market is closed for mlk day. one of the big reasons for the sell-off, oil which continues to crash and burn. we're now below $30 a barrel, the lowest level in 12 years. one good thing coming from dropping oil prices. the national average down again and it will cost you only 1.$1.. retail sales falling in december but the shopping season going out with a whimper. walmart closing 154 stores right here in america. overall walmart closing more than 260 stores worldwide. that's business. i'm charles payne.

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chipotle will close all of their restaurants for one day on february 8th. the reason? to speak to employees and address food changes. they're also planning to launch a marketing campaign in the next month in the hopes from recovering from recent outbreaks. panda lovers have been waiting months for this. >> that's right. tomorrow the newest cub will finally maybe its debut. we should warn you, just going to the zoo does not guarantee uh-uh will get to see a glips of the cub. visitors are aallowed in on a first come, first served basis. they have access to their non-exhibit space, what they call the den. so they may actually choose to stay there instead of being out where the public can see them.

so you are warned so even if you go down and get in line, you may not get a glimpse. >> they have a big screen tv and a big couch. >> they watch fox 5. >> 24 fans, listen up. fox has ordered a reboot. this time there's some big changes in store. >> don't say it. >> there's no jack bauer. >> and no shawn yancy, apparently. >> there should be. we'll explain the plan on the news at 11:00. >> also it is friday and time to say cheers to the weekend! that's the restaurant manager. he's getting ready to show us how to mix up his signature cocktail a barrel aged manhattan. we're going to tell you how that plays in with all of this coming up at 11:00.

for kids who celebrated birthdays at school with plenty of cakes and cooks, arlington schools want to change that. they showed up and asked the board to ban sweet treats. they say a handful of other schools replaced deserts with more healthy options. advocates say students are inattentive with sugar laden cupcakes. >> it was a very special day for a southeast woman who turned 100 years young today. she celebrated with some of her 13 children who have given her 41 grandchildren and 61 greatgrandchildren. born in south america she's lived in the district since she was 50. she shared some words of wisdom about living a long and happy life. >> contentment is the most important thing. and you know you have to be contented with whatever the lord

has given you. >> she's beautiful. >> absolutely. >> a more formal celebration with over 250 guests is tomorrow in upper marlboro. >> beautiful. such a great attitude. i hope i make it that long and if i do, i still hope i look that fabulous. >> she looks great. absolutely great. okay, i was outside earlier, didn't look so great. >> no, plenty of rain. and some of it pretty heavy as well and we're going to be dealing with that tonight. so if you're going out anywhere you want to take your umbrella. the good news is it will be out of here for tomorrow. so we're going to have clearing skies. but in the meantime there's a beautiful shot of our white house here in downtown dc. and the skies have been pretty gray and we're also talking maybe a little bit of fog as well. but we've got a second side to our weather story to talk about. let's begin with that rain. rain tonight heavy at times and it will be out of the way, at least for your saturday.

the skies will be clearing into saturday morning. we've got an arctic front to deal with. that's going to move through sunday evening and wow, is that ever going to make the temperatures do a big dive. it always seems like when there's parades and outdoor festivities, the weather changes. it's going to be cold. we've got rainfall just about all up and down the i-95 corridor. this has been a wide swath of precipitation moving in from the south and to the areas of our west we've seen a fair amount as well. here is heavier rainfall to our east and some of you have seen that as it started to move its way up from the south into the mid atlantic through tonight. here's a look at the bigger picture for you. we've got this whole swath of precipitation all associated with this system from the south that's going to continue to move its way up the mid atlantic tonight into the early hours of tomorrow. temperatures, big deal here. why? because it's been warm enough

that this is falling only as rain for us but a little different for our neighbors to the west and northwest. that's where we've had this air that's been kicking in. over the potomac highlands and the allegheny front, they're seeing some snow showers there. so temperatures into the low 40s and upper 30s for us. this is going to move its way up tonight. we've got a clearing trend behind it but those flurries will remain over the west. but that cooler is going to be a big deal in sunday-monday. tomorrow it will be about 49 degrees and a little breezy at times. but the ridge of high pressure that builds in is a arctic ridge. by monday temperatures are going to dip well to the 30s. daytime highs to the north and northwest will only be in the 20s. the jet stream is allowing that colder air to settle in for the early part of the week and we're going to have those cold conditions with highs only in

the 30s for at least two or three days in a row before we climb back to only the 40s. so it is january. well, for the mlk weekend, temperatures will gradually drop from 50s to upper 30s to low 30s by monday. we have parades and outdoor festivities on monday, make sure you dress warm. clearing skies, mild and breezy at times. and here's a look at that fox 5 accu-weather 7-day forecast for you. we've got cold air, arctic air. right here into the low 30s and when we get to the mid 30s, look at all the sunshine. keeping an eye on a system as we move from wednesday through the end of the week the models are in a little bit of disagreement, but in the meantime at least clear out the rain tomorrow for a pretty nice day on saturday. tony? >> thank you very much. today would have been martin luther king junior's 87th

birthday. >> today students from watkins elementary school in dc recited dr. king's "i have a dream" speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. >> what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. >> 100 years later the negro was still lang wished in the corner of american's society. >> but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. >> now is the time to lift our nation from the quick saund of racial injustice. >> but there is something i must say to my people. ♪ i have a dream

>> we must rise. >> must not led us to distrust of all white people because their freedom is bound to our freedom. >> we can never be satisfied. >> we can never be satisfied. >> no, no, we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied. >> go back to alabama, go back to south carolina. >> i have a dream that one day. >> we hold these true truths to be self evident that all men are created equal. >> will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. >> i have a dream. >> i have a dream. >> i have a dream. >> i have a dream. >> that one day. >> with this faith we'll be able to to. >> we'll be able to work together to pray together, to

struggle together to go to jail together. >> knowing that we'll be free one day. >> my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty. >> let freedom ring. >> from new hampshire. >> from the snow capped rockies in colorado. >> free at last, free at last, thank god al mighty we are free at last. ♪ i have a dream

freedom ♪ >> it's wonderful to see them. that last little boy could barely see. >> everybody said it so forcibly. >> they do that every year and it's a great event every year. >> indeed. oh remotes, you've had it tough.

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a bunch of new movies hit theaters today including "ride along 2." our own kevin mccarthy sat down with them to talk about the

sequel. >> you have an epic slapping scene in this movie. >> you are what i say you are. >> out of respect i can not feel my face. >> and i asked you how to do it. >> you would have to be here, okay. and when i slap you, ready, smack. >> what is the art of the fake movie slap? do you ever connect? how does it work? what is the art to it? >> he's connected a lot. he's never connected to me but ask his stunt man. >> the art is the selling of the fake punch. and i think one thing i've gotten really good at is being animated before and after the punch. like it's good working with cube because he's so believable.

so the african scene is probably one of the funniest things i think i've not only been a part of but that i've seen. you would expect him to just smack the flies but instead he gives me a full-fledged pap in the mouth. >> you've created some of the greatest songs ever. when you write a song and the emotional quality you have with a song you do, is it a similar to the emotional quality you have with a character at all in. >> it's somewhat similar. you know, with the music you just all you have is the audio so you have to be visual in your words. with movies you have the freedom to be three-dimensional with what you're doing. so i just think it's a different

approach. i think with the rap, especially the kind of rap i do, it's just really -- you have to be deskriptive for people to see what you're trying to say. >> they're funny. >> the news at 11:00 starts right now. right now at 11:00, a terrifying robbery in the district. seven people raided a convenience store and used the employee's baseball bat against him. tonight how you can help police. >> and a search and rescue mission continues for 12 marines who went missing after their helicopters collided in hawaii. the latest on the effort to find them. >> and it's a rainy friday

night. we'll tell you exactly when the weather should clear up before the arctic blast should move in. this is fox 5 local news at 11:00. >> that music sounds so peaceful. i don't feel peaceful about this rain. it is good to have you with us. i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. we begin with the soggy weather we've been seeing around the region tonight. the good news is it should clear out soon. gwen has the latest to tell you all about it. >> yes, i do. we kind of like the rain when it's warm outside but not when it's damp and a lot cooler and it is cooler tonight but not as cool as it's going to get. it's going to get just down right arctic cold. let's begin with the rain right now. here's a look at radar for you. you can see we have a few dry slots here at one point earlier tonight this was totally filled in. we also have a lot of heavier rainfall now that's moving its way across the bay as you can e.