straight ahead at 10:00, two volunteer firefighters likely saved a child's life. now they're suspended. tonight one of the firefighters talks to fox 5 about the decision. plus what the little girl's father is saying. then the search for a rapist in prince george's county. police trying to find a man who

and assaulted her while she was sleeping. and voters head to the polls in five states today to make their primary presidential picks. fox 5 local news at 10:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us tonight at 10:00. i'm jim lokay in for lauren and matt. two volunteer firefighters suspended after rushing a child to the hospital and likely saving her life. the problem though policy. >> reporter: i spoke to one of the two firefighters. he said he felt it was a matter of life or death and that's why they chose to drive the baby to the hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance. now the two men are suspended. it all happened last saturday. the child's father says his daughter was having a seizure. he pulled into a mcdonald's and called 911. he

like an eternity. but then the two volunteer firefighters arrived. >> when i exited the fire truck i was the officer in charge. the gentleman handed me the child. at that point she was completely limp and flaz i had. i turned around and looked at my driver without any hesitation and i said turn it around, we're going to the hospital. >> reporter: captain kelly and the child's father say the little girl is okay. the father released a statement that says in part my wife and i feel terrible for the fallout that has happened to these two gentlemen. they simply had the best interest for our daughter's care in mind. we're extremely thankful they made the decisions they did and that our daughter is back home with us doing well. the actions of these men represent a dedication to their mission and a deep concern of doing what is best for the people they are serving. in our eyes they

>> when we found her she was completely cyanotic. blue. >> reporter: they couldn't get an exact time for when the ambulance would arrive. the chief says being down two volunteer firefighters makes it harder for the station to respond to calls. >> i support them 100 %. if i was in the same position i would have done the exact same thing. we understand policy, we understand protocol, we understand standard operating guidelines. but they are just that. they are guidelines. they don't cover everything. >> reporter: the stafford county fire department overseas the station and that department made the call to suspend the two firefighters because their fire engine wasn't licensed to transport patients to the hospital. a spokesperson with the department told fox 5

potential regulatory compliance issue is under review by the fire and rescue department and the virginia department of health. therefore we are unable to comment on this issue. i should also point out the two firefighters are volunteers here at the falmouth fire station. meaning their suspension isn't kofrting them any money and i can tell you captain kelly was very upset when talking about this incident. he says he's a third generation firefighter who has a passion for helping people and he can't believe he's being punished for doing just that. reporting in stafford county, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >> as soon as we posted some of the details of the suspension on our website, it sparked a strong reaction. a couple of the responses on our facebook page looked like this. this angers me beyond words. they did what was best for the patient. it's called being a patient advocate. no, they shouldn't be suspended. they had waited and the g

died, that woven tragic. they did what was best in the situation. doing the right thing does not absolve you of the consequences of breaking clearly stated and well-understood rules. so we may be ready for spring to get here but the forecast doesn't look like it yet. gwen is here to talk rain and snow flakes. >> absolutely. the forecast is going hang on a second we're still in winter mode and we're just going to remind you of that. it's going to be a fast-moving system but it is moving in in the overnight hours. we've got a clipper system that is actually right now to the eastern portion of ohio as we see some snowfall there and a little bit of wintry mix as well as some rain. right now ahead of that system we are seeing along the front some of that hitting parts of the appalachians. we aren't anticipating it moving anywhere closer to us until we hit the overnight hours. and a

to see it as well as it will last into the early hours of your sunday morning. so here's a look at what we're talking about. anywhere from a dusting to about 2 inches over the higher elevations, scattered dusting and some rain/snow mix everywhere else. however i can't rule out that south of the dc corridor into parts of southern maryland, into central virginia, that we could see a little more accumulation. it's not going to last long because the sun will be out by sunday afternoon and we'll have some brighter skies. here is a look at your current temperatures. overnight tonight 35 degrees, wind from the southeast at 5 miles per hour. keeping an eye on that clipper for you and we'll have more destals on the 7-day forecast coming up in just a bit. >> gwen, thank you. fox 5 is in prince george's county where police are looking for a man who broke into a woman's apartment in college park and sexually

earlier today officers canvassed the neighborhood and they looked for clues. >> they'll be going building to building, door to door, hoping that we can talk to someone who may have seen something or heard something. no detail may be too small, so it could be that one small detail that could crack the case. so we're asking for the community's help in this. >> investigators say the man broke into the woman's apartment while she was sleeping. when she woke up the man attacked her and then left. the only description police are releasing is that the suspect was wearing a dark hoody and khaki pants. days after the shooting the sergeant reached out to the owner of the old town sports club to lend a hand. the owner says they were more than happy to get involved. so far they've raised about 8,000 bucks to help the officers. >> o

home with us. we're a tight-knit community in the law enforcement community. we're family. mannasas city and prince william county obviously work closely together. a lot of the officers there i've known for years. so yeah. it hit close to home. >> that pub is open until 2:00 a.m. just yesterday prince william county police tweeted out that the two officers' conditions are now improving. meanwhile the officers skilled killed in the shootings will be buried tomorrow -- on monday she'll be buried in springfield, massachusetts. we of course keeping tabs on the race for the white house and a major political development right here at home. former dc mayor vincent gray is trying to make a political comeback. he is running for his old ward 7 seat.

spent his life committed to public service and he says he'll fight for the people of dc. >> we can't and we shouldn't tolerate in justice. frankly we see too much injustice in america today. >> gray was previously elected to the ward 7 seat back in 2004 before running successfully for council chairman and then mor mary vet alexander currently holds the ward 7 seat. the race for the white house, voters in five states held caucuses or primaries tonight. on the republican side, it's been a big night for ted cruz. winning caucuses in maine and kansas. donald trump has won louisiana and is leading in kentucky. on the democratic side bernie sanders winning in nebraska and kansas. hillary clinton winning in louisiana. we get the latest now. >> reporter: five states holding presidential contests saturday. republicans going to the polls

louisiana. ted cruz winning in kansas. we have to come together, we have to unite. it's why i've made a very explicit invitation. >> reporter: donald trump looking to extend his lead and taking shots at his gop rivals. >> i watched it the other day where little marco is going well, donald will not win. this guy's got so many problems. >> conservative is not how loud can you be, how offensive can you be, how many bad words can you say, how many ridiculous things can you say on television. that is not conservatism. >> reporter: meanwhile democrats are choosing between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> in poll after poll including a recent cnn poll we are defeating trump by pretty big numbers. >> reporter: clinton meeting earlier in the day with african-american ministers in

michigan. >> when i heard about flint i was just sick. we have to do much more to help the people in flint. >> reporter: democrats in maine and republicans in puerto rico head to the poles on sunday. the crucial primaries on march 15th in ohio or florida which could make or break some of the campaigns. >> still ahead at 10:00, the wounded warrior project enlifting help for a local marine.

are you confident about the safety of your drinking water? about half the country

a new poll from the ap found that 47% of people found themselves extremely confident about the safety of their water. 7 in 10 drink tap water but half run it through filter. of course drinking water has gotten focus after flint. this weekend in flint work is under way to fix damaged pipes. the corroded pipes leached lead into the water supply. >> reporter: the program to replace all the water pipes in flint will help people such as barry richardson and his family. >> not only me but my pregnant fiancee and my daughter. >> reporter: the mayor says it cannot stop there. >> we need to be focused on a complete renewal of flint's water system because we owe our residents something. >> reporter: this is a great step going forward but te

says a lot more funding is needed to keep these efforts going. >> one of the things we have to make sure we continue to do is call on the legislature to quickly approve the 25 million for the first phase of this $55 million fast start program. we also need congress to pass a bipartisan who's led by our u.s. senators for the 220 million in clean water and health funding. >> it's the beginning of something that should have happened a while back. >> reporter: a flint resident says the mayor has done right by the city and he's happy to see the progress. at the same time he says rebuilding the water system is a job that should include the people here. >> there's people here that can do this job also. i don't want to see it taken away from the city. is lancing helping? sure. but i want to see the money stay here locally. >> reporter: she is also urging the legislature to approve

million in additional services to help support the residents of flint. in flint, josh lendone. >> about a thousand people packed a church to show their support for ending homelessness in the district. the mayor was there she says she's committed to finding affordable housing. other activists were also there in attendance. >> the city as prosperous as ours it's possible to end chronic homelessness. in dc there's 1600 individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, meaning they've been homeless for a long time, five, 10, 15 years and the average age is 55 and the average life expectancy is 62. people are dying 10, 15, 20 years before they should. >> the mayor recently proposed building new homeless shelters to replace dc general. volunteers in stafford county, virginia were hard at work today renovating the home of a marine veteran critically wounded in iraq.

he was shot in the head and is paralyzed on the right side of his body. he moved into a ranch style house in stafford and he reached out to the wounded warrior's project because he needed help putting up some fence. project organizers realized his house needed more of a makeover so they brought in local construction workers to help. >> brandon and his family are so sweet. they're grateful for anything and everything that they have. the fact that he's alive in here today is the most impressive thing that i could see say. >> this is the greatest thing in the world. give a little bit of your time on the weekend for the sacrifices that people make. it's a good thing. >> the wounded warrior's project enlisted help. the group sent out workers to help fix up the home. so a mix of rain even maybe some snow on the way overnight. let's check in the weather center. gwen is standing by. >> yes we're going to get a little visit from old man w

overnight tonight into the early hours of your sunday but it's not going to be around for very long and that is at least the good news. let's take a look at radar. we're going to show you what's happening here and we're dealing with a clipper system that is going to move its way through in the overnight hours and then quickly depart early on sunday. but not before it leaves us with probably a little bit of a dusting of snow. we're talking about an inch or less generally and a little bit more over the higher elevations. southern maryland, central virginia, you could see a little more accumulation also. and we're looking at a bit of a dusting and a mixture of some rain and snow there. so it is on the way. we're going to see that low pressure system quickly move its way across and it will be out of the way by early sunday morning and leave behind at least some sunshine. here's a look at your current temperatures into the mid 30s and upper 30s pretty much everywhere. the good news is temperature wise we are going to have wampleer temperatures at the surface so the precipitation will not be sticking. your overnight

the mid 30s and we are talking a pretty light southerly wind to a southeast terly wind. 6:32 a.m. sunrise tomorrow and you can rest assured the precipitation will be there. it's a brief visit to let us know it's still the winter season. >> meantime the temps may not feel like it. but spring break will be here it before you know it. we'll look at some of the travel trends, some of the top annual destinations including orlando and cancun but new destinations are emerging like houston and paris. many people are also looking to save some cash and stay closer to home. >> this year we're seeing average air fare prices are down 15% compared to spring break 2015. hotel rates are up about 8%. certainly people are paying a little bit less for their flights and people are looking for places this

they can drive, do that one tank of gas trip. regional destinations are going to be big this year as well. >> orbitz says people who are choosing to fly are saving on air fare, they're still spending the same amount, they're just splurging on the hotel. still to come tonight, the end of an era for metro. paper fair cards no longer accepted. what happens with the one you have that have unused money on them. could a larger purse mean a larger target for thieves.

the days of using those paper fare cards on metro are a thing of the past. starting tomorrow the transit system will no longer accept the paper cards. if now on you have to use t

plastic smart trip cards. the move has been in the work for some time. if you still have money on your paper card, metro says you can transfer that until june 30th. after that any money remaining will be lost. there's a warning tonight for women to keep a close eye on purses while out in public. a chief quickly charged up $4,000 before she even noticed it was missing. the woman had hung her purse on the back of a chair in chicago. a friend tried to shield him from being seen by others. the victim didn't know her wallet was gone until she got a text alert. >> it was up to about $4,000 within 20 minutes. so i could tell thises what than the their first time doing it and they were likely to do it again and they obviously had a smooth operation going. >> police recommend keeping your bag in your sight or in your lap at a restaurant to avoid becoming the target of a professional pick pocket. still ahead tonight addicts

drug. why law enforcement is so concerned about rise of fentanyl. maryland is getting help to cover the costs of the blizzard. snow, come on. >> we don't have a blizzard heading here tonight. we do have a clipper system. i'll let you know what to expect. we'll be back after the break. stay with us.

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president obama approving maryland's request for a disaster declaration after january's record-breaking snowstorm. remember this? the president ordered

aid to supplement recovery efforts for the storm. we don't want to remember that. >> the last few piles i've seen have finally melted. there's one outside up the street. >> still there. probably no sun has hit it. >> at least we're not talking about that kind of snow. >> we are not. we're talking about a little snow mixed with some rain and a little bit of a dusting. nothing as substantial as that. that's good news. but it's just enough to be a news sans for a short period of time. the good news is it's happening overnight and into the very early hours of sunday so it's not on a day where people are commuting to work or anything of that sort which could just be a real pain. but nonetheless it's still a little bit of winter making itself known. so we are definitely talking a chance of some rain and snow mixed in the overnight hours here and we're dealing with a

that's going to move its way in from tonight and that's what we're keeping a close eye on. it's going to end on early sunday morning and we're going to get some improvement but not before it leaves a bit of a scattered dusting, a little more in the higher elevations and there's a couple of areas where i can't rule out a little more accumulating. a calm weather pattern that's good news. but boy do we have a spring warm-upcoming your way. in the meantime this is all the precipitation associated with the clipper system and its associated front to the south and this is now, the clipper system is actually right now to the eastern portion of ohio as it moves through. but this is going to move across our area in the overnight hours, early sunday morning you'll see some of it, but it should be out of the picture early into the morning hours at about 9:00 or so. so we'll get a little bit of a break at that point. but we will get a very scattered dusting, a mixture of some rain

and to areas of the higher elevations, a little more. however, south of the dc corridor, i can't rule out just a little bit more accumulation. i'll show you this on future cast. here we go in the overnight hours, here to the south you can see along the i-95 corridor where we've got a little bit more mix and a little bit more snow and right here as well where you see this blue. this is the 6:00 hour might pick up more than an inch there. basically we are talking an inch or less overall for most of the entire region. and it's out of here. look at this. 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. we're going to see a ridge built in. and a clearing trend these clouds will be out of the way and we're going to have a pretty nice sunday. very fast moving clipper, very unorganized, not a lot of moisture with it. for the most part rain showers mixing with snow, little to know accumulation expected. once we get past tonight into tomorrow morning it will be out of the picture and we can get back to sunshine and start to enjoy the day as that ridge of

that ridge is going to be impactful because it's going to stick around for most of the week and we're going to start to see a nice southerly flow boost our temperatures. highs tomorrow will be into the 50s and the jet stream giving us cooler air right now but that changes as the jet stream moves to the north, opens the door up for all that southerly air to move in and by wednesday, we're going to have a run of about three days where we are going to be in the 70s and you're going to think that clipper system is nothing once you get to enjoy this. not only are we going to have 70s,we're going to have nice weather to go with it. here's a look at your planner for tomorrow. by midday about 45 degrees. that rain/snow mix early hours and by the 5:00 hour it will be about 48 degrees. tonight, 35 for your overnight low. winds from the southeast at 5 miles per hour and as we push into tomorrow, our daytime high will be 50 degrees. and as i said once that rain/snow mix gets out of the way, then we're going to be pretty set up

nice day goes. here we go. not bad at all. look at wednesday. what a wonderful day at 75 degrees. can't beat it. take a look at the temperatures elsewhere. we've got some upper 70s there also. we've got nice weather just for you. jim? >> thank you, gwen. fox 5, two people were arrested for heroin possession. they were found using heroin inside of their car. and with a spike in overdoses, authorities are very concerned about heroin, but now there's another drug on the scene and it can be even more deadly. law enforcement blaming an increase of lethal overdeess on fentanyl. it's significantly more powerful than heroin. laura evans is with what you need to know. >> reporter: this is the club no one wants to belong to. mothers who have lost children to a drug overdose, mostly heroin cases here, but at least two of these moms say autopsies

revealed it wasn't heroin as they suspected, it was fentanyl. >> i'm a nurse. i knew it was a surgical anesthesia, but i had not heard anything about that being used in place of heroin or being mixed with heroin. and now i hear about it all the time. >> reporter: nancy was involved in her son's life. she said he was creative and artistic, your typical boy, active and loved super heros. funny and loving. >> i was a pta president when my kids were growing up. for the most part a stay-at-home mom thinking i was doing the right thing. never in my life did i ever believe anything like this would happen to me. >> reporter: danny did well in school but after graduating from the university of maryland, things changed. he had a job lined up but never completed the online credentialing. they suspected he was depressed. >> my husband had found some sir rings in the basement. >> >> reporter: they

getting help but on in danny injected his fatal dose. >> reporter: fentnal use is sky rocketing. the number of lethal overdoses has trimmed in the past three years. >> this is pure poison. it's deadly. and when you take it, even the smallest amount, it can kill you. >> reporter: it's so deadly it's dangerous for even the sethors combing through evidence at an overdose scene. so touching the powder is enough to absorb. >> into the skin. it's transdermal, yes. and it can kill you right on the spot. >> reporter: and following an overdose, users will flock to the dealer who provided that deadly dose in search of the most potent stuff. fentanyl is cheap to manufacture, it's often made in china, shipped through mexico and now dealers are making more money by

it's easy to get online or on the streets. >> it's like playing russian roulette. they don't know what they're getting. they know that it's potent. and that's what they want. >> reporter: that's cane david son has been a drug treatment specialist for decades. she says the problem has reached a fever pitch. >> reporter: we've seen more and more people coming in for treatments. they're younger and younger. you can do everything and suddenly find yourself asking what happened. >> reporter: jimena ryan lost her son to a fentanyl overdose. >> when i got the autopsy that it was 100 % fentanyl i knew in my heart of hearts that casey had no idea what he was taking. >> never in my wildest dreams did i ever think this would happen. >> stay on your kids, keep up on the latest information and know

these schools are getting involved in keeping parents informed these days. still to come at 10:00, with a win the wizards can move brody logan with sports. and where you live may impact your streaming habits. find out which series are the most popular to bing watch. we break it downstate by state.

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unbeatable, they have the best record in the lead and the best goal differential. if there's a chink in the armor, it might be their starts. they're known to use smelling salts to wake up before games but they might need something a bit stronger. and last night it's hard to catch up every game. maybe some stronger smelling salts, i don't even know what's stronger than that. 7 minutes into the first period again, they give up the first goal. the caps trail 1-0. his goal tied the game. this one goes to overtime and lately if you need a game winner, you go to matt niskin. turn the point and that is your game winner. that is his second game

of the last five games. the capitals win 2-1. they now have 100 points on the season. >> it was an entertaining hockey game for sure. a bit of everything. physicality. it seemed like there was a lot more scoring chances than a 1-1 game or a 2-1 game would indicate. a heck of a hockey game. fun to be on top. >> the wizards hosting indiana. scary moment for bradley beal. he had to be helped to the locker room, did not return to the game. no update in his status but in his absence john wall just takes over. that gives the wiz the lead. 20 seconds left, fade away, no

the wizards missed 9 free throws and lose by 1 to the pacers 100-99. we're a week away from selection sunday and while some teams in the area are just hoping for a miracle to get them in the field of 68, the cavaliers are looking like a national championship contender. he finishes the career as the 13th ranked scoring. but tonight has not been his best night so how about a junior step up. that hits and yes, that is some london fire. then it was senior mike toby's

night. help their acc tournament. miami kept shooting themselves in the foot and tech took advantage. i don't know if he meant to do this, but it looks really good a little momentum going into next week's conference tournament right here in dc. georgetown playing the role of rocky taking on villa nova. young philip from way downtown but he could only do so much. georgetown loses

east. 84-71. they will need basically a miracle run next week's conference tournament to make the field of 68. and we'll have more on area basketball teams going into next week selection. have you been scouting out your bracket? >> this is a whole new game down here. i'm used to doing them with other coworkers. i've got different adversaries. i've got you, i've got perkins. >> perkins is tough. >> i saw him watching the american university game the other night. he went to american. >> still ahead tonight at 10:00, disney's new animating film making its debut this weekend. kevin mccarthy telling us what to expect from "zootopia" and the other releases. what's your favorite show to binge watch? find out which streaming seer yes, sir is popular in you

back after this.

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okay. if you're enjoying some red wine right now, great news. if you drink two glasses of red wine before bed, it could actually help you lose weight. researchers found a compound transfers bad fat into a version that's easier to burn off. women were studied for 13 years. the women who drank two glasses of wine daily were 70% less likely to be overweight. wine can suppress your appetite. if your guilty pleasure isn't wine but popcorn, there are some new movies to hit the theaters over the

byron howard directed "tangled." "zootopia" tells the story of judy hop who is voiced by the jennifer goodwin. the character is jason bateman. their chemistry is fantastic. it has the balance of being hilarious and heart felt. you have element great for kids and jokes that are great for adults. the scene you're seeing right now is the sloth scene. this scene in my opinion is one of the funniest scene that disney has ever had. they're trying to go to the

and they're in a big rush an there's sloths running the dmv. kristin wiig has a cameo in that sequence as well. one of the beauties of this movie is there's so many references for the adult audience. there's a breaking bad sequence in this film and "breaking bad" is my favorite tv show of all times so seeing that placed in a dismy movie was cool. lots of pop culture references. the 3-d didn't do much for me. i gave it a 4.5 out of 5. it's very funny and very well done. moving on now to the new movie "whiskey tango foxtrot." from the director of "crazy stupid love." it's based on a true storey loosely about kim barker and in the film

name to kim baker. because they changed some things. the film itself is more of a drama than a comedy. and you would be surprised by that considering lorne michaels produced the movie. there are some very funny parts. i feel like the trailers do lead you to believe it's more of a comedy. it's actually more of a drama. tina fey is great in the film. i think it does hit a lot of elements and you don't know was this a comedy, was it a drama but it does hit you in multiple ways. they did a good job in the film overall. it seems very big budget. there's some action sequences in the film. it's entertaining and definitely worth seeing. my biggest problem it was a little too long at times. but 3.5 out of 5 for that. visit

i'm kevin mccarthy, fox news. 

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a spokesperson tells us a teen was slashed in the back with a knife. she was taken to the hospital her injuries are not life threatening. the navy yard metro station remains open tonight. in health watch doctors have been warning pregnant women about the dangers of zika. researchers have found more evidence that it causes birth defects. >> reporter: zika is spread by mosquitos and in most people causes no more than mild illness but it may be linked to serious birth defects causing concern for pregnant women. now a lab study is providing experimental evidence the virus can infect and harm cells that form the brain. >> there is an indication that because the cells are generating other cells, that means there's a potential link we show that after infection there's

increase of cells. >> reporter: these findings do not prove zika causes a condition in which a baby is born with a small head and a brain that hasn't developed properly. the study authors are urging quick further research to find out more. >> we can be involved in society and make contribution right away. because in general research takes decades to have impact on society. in this case it could be very fast. >> reporter: the mosquito could arrive in the continental united states as early as april or may. the obama administration is calling on lawmakers to approve emergency request for nearly $2 billion to combat zika. >> it's important for congress not to be asleep at the switch when we have a significant emerging threat. >> reporter: the white house also announcing plans for a summit next month.

thanks for joining us. i'm jim lokay in for lauren and matt. we start with a story that's outraged many people tonight. two volunteer firefighters suspended after rushing a child to the hospital and likely saving her life. but the problem here is they broke policy. fox 5's alexandra limon with the story. >> reporter: i spoke to one of the two firefighters who is now suspended after driving an 18-month-old little girl to the hospital in their fire engine. he said he felt like it was a matter of life or death and that's why they chose to drive the baby to the hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance. now the two men are suspended. the child's father says his daughter was having a seizure. he pulled into a mcdonald's and called 911. he says waiting for help felt like an eternity. but then the two volunteer firefighters arrived. >> when i exited the fire truck, i was the