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[inaudible] trying to get the audio aud fixed.fi a man hit by a tree that fell onto a construction site.te >> we saw the images it's ages a tragic situation.ua. marina will be back in a bit. at >> police in maryland arrested r a brazen bank robber who may bar be connected to several robberies that happened this afternoon. >> three took place within 15k minutes of each other inther montgomery county.nt another happening in nearbyn neb prince georges county. fox5's alexandra limon alive a in ' where one of those robberies happened. hpened. alex. alex >> reporter: guys, that'sor riteght, montgomery county m policone say that bold bank robber works fast robbingob three banks in just 15 minutes1n but it turns out he may notay have been fast enough becauseau now sources tell me prince mpr georges county police have arrested that suspect. s now, we're still waiting for official confirmation from that department as far asenas fr where and when that arrest happened.happ and also whether a fou
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robbery that happened in new carrolton was also connected cne to the three that happened happe here in montgomery county. cnt now, here is what we know soso far. this all started aroundro 11:20's this morning.is police say the sun trust bankrun on connecticut avenue in chevy n chase was robbed. then nine minutes later lat capitol one bank was robbed, ro, this one also on connecticuticut avenue further north in chevyn c chase. then at 11:35 the bb and t bank in the wheaton kensingtoneo area was robbed. police say nobody wasay nody physically injured in thelyuredi robberies and witnesses didne not see the robber display a gun. however, at all three of the locations witnesses gave similar descriptions of theons f suspect and that may have been what helped police track himim down just a little while ago. a a spokesperson with then with te montgomery county police department walked us through what witnesses have told them.m.
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point inside the bank there banr was one suspect. suspe we cannot confirm if he applied a weapon or displayed a weapon. weapo we're still interviewingntervieg witnesses. there was conversations at thesa window with the teller ath theee which point he announced aoued bank robbery and then fled the bank. >> reporter: now, we are told that there ist there i surveillance video from all ofco the banks.an. however, they may no longer bee releasing that video or photos o if that man is now in custody.no again, we're waiting forr official confirmation fromationf prince georges county policeeorg about an arrest that was madee in connection to these threehese bank robberies in montgomeryn no county and possible al fourthur in prince georges county.ges reporting live in ', ' alexandria limon, fox5 local news. . >> a d.c. firefighter in fair ia condition tonight after aft risking his life to save a great grandmother who was w w trapped inside a burning apartment building. bldin danny lovato is being called a d hero tonight.onht he removed his air mask andd passed it to phyllis terrellllil
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floor window struggling totrugin breathe while the fire waswhthe happening.g. both are still hospitalizedtalie tonight at medstar washington wi hospital center and that isr where fox5's paul wagner isr i tonight with more on thish moret story. paul, this is just incredible.nl >> reporter: yeah, laura, lau i'll tell you this firefighterig is being called all sorts ofl sf names today, all of themhem extremely nice, of course, cours brave, a hero, just a j wonderful guy and a selfless sfl guy. danny lovato is his name. n he is in fair condition as youoa mentioned. he spent the night, though on, g the respirator there wasn'tas concern because he was placedau into the intensive care unit.se today we gotsi an update from f doctors and other firefighterseg who say he's doing just fine. f eases alert and responsiveespoie today and in fact he may even en get about the by tomorrow afternoon.afte the other person here at thishi hospital tonight, phyllis terrell the great grandmotherrah who he helped save is still in serious condition here.on she's not doing as well asel
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afternoon truck seven was aten t the intersection ofctio pennsylvania avenue and minnesota avenue when they goteh the box alarm.rm. and they raced down minnesota mo avenue and as they pulled upuldu outside the apartment building they saw thick black smokeaw bla coming from the third floor.lo firefighter danny lovato atter the top of the ladder immediately after removing his mask and handing it to phyllisoy terrell a woman already on alrea oxygen for a medical condition c who told her granddaughter shedt was just seconds from jumpingroj when she saw the firefighteriret come up to the window. >> so we knew we immediatelymmee had somebody trapped up theretrt we had to get out. >> reporter: lieutenant danen white and joshua eli headedde into the burning building andldd up to the apartment whilee lovato climbed the ladder.hede >> took a couple breaths gave his tank to us.hi we were able to use that and bring her out. out >> pretty much kept yellingt ye just take slow deep breathsp brs before we all walked out i made sure lovato got off the ladder. i held the laddert
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of the stairs -- or at the topap of the balcony. b i yelled down to him was hen tos good. go he said yes.odhe sai then we made our way out. >> reporter: down the stairshe a holding lovato's mask on then great grandmother's face so she could breathe fresh air.ea >> it's about as selfless aself it gets. get he essentially traded placesdedp with the lady he saved.y he sav. >> reporter: today outsideay ose the hospital phyllis terrell's l granddaughter told us her grandmother can't stop talkingnp about lovato and how brave heowe was. >> that's all she can say. she she probably still shooken upok about it. >> reporter: she told your: she was ready s to jump until ut she saw firefighter lovato at a her window. >> yes.es the second she was about to jump he was right there.ri >> reporter: and then he pulls off the mask. t m >> i know.no i don't have no words.do >> reporter:n' well, your grandmother does.dmother does hero. and we just keep being toldold out here that mrs. terrell hasrs nothing but very, very kind vy words to say for
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these other firefighters thatefr helped her get out of the her o building. she just can't stop talking tal about what happened yesterday. y we also want to point out that t some d.c. police officers were w first on the scene and alsoo rescued people from the building.building officer diaz anthony manleyhony charles jones and charlesnd crl woodard also helped out hped o yesterday. ye live at the washington at the wa hospital center, paul wagner, fox5 local news. n >> you got to go. you that is a message from d.c. officials to homeless peoples living in tents in the shadowto of union station. this comes afternts u an audits released of homeless servicesere showing mismanagement ofg mianag funding. there's a web site for residents to sound off on then t way mayor bowser is handles nd public spending only homeless services. matt that's where the mayor m wants to put one of those newsen shelters. >> reporter: she sure doesr: s but the residence who live in l this area, jim, they are upset u and let me tell you for just aut second why they're so upset.o us this is a site right here. h you could see razor wire razor w behind me.in this is where
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be, this is some kind of warehouse vehicle depot.le d now we're told by cityyity officials this is going to be really nice once it's done.t' but that's not the big problem. swing the camera around just a little bit. this is an industrial area.l you have strip clubs in this area, you have a bus depot b d over here to the left. l this is where they fix all of ao the metro buses.us the residents around here say h this is not a suitable placebl a to raise a family or get o g people back on their feet. fee but the mayor and her office, well, they are standing firmg f on this site and all the other o sites picked so far. far this spot near union station sti has become home for those who wo really have no home. a small sidewalk tent t community.co but as promised districtistr workers moved in this morningths moving out the people tossing tg out what was left. lef tents blankets even
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leland nelson says he'll gladly give up his tent for something safer and more comfortable. >> if she can help me get aca place or put me in a groupn in a home or something, i'll go. i >> reporter: the bowserorte the administration has tried to tackle the homeless issue notom just moving people off the street but into into your your shelters.sh but her plan is meeting some resistance.st the new web site d.c. homeless plan.com now prompts readers prr to take action. act it warns of zero transparencyraa from the mayor. may. bryce gert hold is upset. >> it's basically just alyt a horrible place to put human beings.bein i wouldn't even -- i wouldn't wd want to have my knew doghouse do there had. i would challenge anyone tonyont say if they think it's not i good enough to put a day caree it's not good enough to put homeless families.ho >> reporter: associationte what is next for all of these shelters? well, i toralked toa the mayor's spokesperson todayet and he told me if they we
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cancel even one site, thise, t site behind me that's gettingt't the most talk, well, they well,t wouldn't be able to close d.c. general hospital. h that's the largest shelterhe that they have been wanting tont close for many years now. n there is a big meeting one week from today. today that is when the chairman of chf the council is going to callal everybody in and we are sureur to hear people on both sides. we should say there are a lothe ofre supporters, there are a lot of people that like thehe mayor's plan and they say that the homeless situation should be distributed throughout theutd city but there are many othersys who say they don't want it inn these particular locations. we'll keep you updated on this t story. live in northeast, mattorst, ackland fox5 local news.alews. >> matt thank you. thank want to get back to prince n george's county.ge's c a man working at aki construction site has dieduc s after being struck by a fallenal tree. >> fox5's marina marraco is i live at temple hills with more. marina
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all right, unfortunately thosent audio problems are still bothering us so we'll try getl g that fixed.ix we now have the openingth date for that controversialtrovr gun store in arlington.in the owners of nova armory sayary they will hold their grandir gra opening on march 26th. 2 last week a group of state legislators wrote a letter to l the property owner asking her to reconsider leasing thesi store front on north pershing ph drive to the gun shop. neighbors have alsoave also complained. the store owners though are rsghting back. just days ago they threatenedhre to sue if anyone prevents thaten store from opening.pe >> nearly a year after the aer death of freddie gray police pol in baltimore trying out body cameras.meras. the baltimore sun obtained this one. this is some of the first f footage ever captured inre i police body cams are in the city.ty the sun blurred out the image i of the person captured in thed individual joe. within two years 2500 offics
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>> coming up, a big step forward after -- for a bill b named after a montgomery county police officer who wase killed by aof suspected drunk driver.iv >> an announcement made by maryland governor larry hoganovr a letter to officer noah leotta's family.am >> a brawl breaks out on board e a flight that departed from bwi. bwi. what passengers say sparked s this violent explosion. >> and why virginia tech's tec basketball coach brought hisll c players face to face withfa military heroes and mike whatcet a day we had.ad >> third day in a row, jim, ofim temperatures in the upper 70's 7 here in days. it's an early spring.pr nine days to go officiallyffic until spring starts but we are looking for your five signs off spring. spring pleaseen sus your photos,hoto your videos #5signsofspring.ng you can find fox5 on twittertter and facebook at fox5 d.c. hey, what's in store for your fy friday? some changes. cng i'll have that full forecast coming up in just a bit. st a bi.
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>> ♪ >> take a look at this.ak fists flying ine midair.idai it started becavuse of a boomfb box. the cell phone video capturedred a fight yesterday aboard a aboar spirit airlines plane headingpli from baltimore to los angeles. s two women were blasting musictim from a boom box which is frowned upon.ne other passengers said turn it t down so they turned the music up. punches were thrown.erhr police escorted a total ofted al five women off the plane whenhen
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>> ladies, please.ase. autopsy results show the 13 bald eagles found dead on d o maryland's eastern shore last ss month did not die of natural causes.caus biologists wanted to rule outou diseases like avian flu as f causes of death but the buthe investigation is now focusedoc on a human cause. natural resources police are pol not releasing further details d on what the autopsies revealed e citing the ongoing investigation.stigation. >> meantime we're keeping ae we close eye on the eagles nest ele at the national arboretum.. you're looking live at the eagles nest cam. we're waiting for the arrival of eaglets. eag dibbed mr. president and firstir lady are about to becomeece parents. pare the couple's eggs are due to due hatch soon march 15th.soon the estimated due date. d d if you have them in the pool, p, well, you're going to win something.so no, not really. >> this potus and notic
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hosting a dinner. >> i love it.t. >> and perfect weather forther them to be -- to be hatching h into this gorgeous, gorgeousness. >> when you look at that cloud cover every now and then i wasn walking through dupont today, it was nice and warm.nd w maybe a little too warm and ward then you get the clouds move in and cools everything off just perfectly.ct a perfect day mike thomas.ayike >> love this time of year.ear. >> year welcome.elco hey, you know what, we're wha w loving this here in the weather center because we haderw all the busyness from the t january blizzard onward. onw we were always trackinge ways t something. nice to get a break and wow has spring ever roared in.n. temperatures more typical ofypic what we see in late may early june as opposed to early marcham so really enjoying this type t of weather and we're already alr seeing signs of spring. sprin take a look at this. t this is from march story. s he sent this in yesterday too sue. he took a picture of some off the buds starting to bloomto b down by
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cathedral. we're asking you to send us your five signs of spring.pr please tweet them over to usvetu at fox5 d.c. or on facebook faco fox5 d.c. as well. w we would love to see how signsns of spring are starting to t appear in your neighborhood. all right. another record setting dayetting around the d.c. region. thursday's record highs were's in the upper 7 r0's.0' here at reagan national wenal beat it by 1 degree. dre it's our third day in a row of f 79 degrees at reagan. dulles, bwi second day in a row of 80's and seconds day in n a row of record setting sti temperatures at the airportses a there. temperatures right now still now very mild. 75 at dulles.ul 79 at manassas, 76 at washington, 77 annapolis.nnapol then a little bit more of ae of southwesterly wind today.od and it's gusting up tong up 20 miles an hour here in d.c..c seven in gaithersburg.therur winds will remain breezy atrey times as we head throughouthr the evening hours.th we have a frontal system juston to ourta north which is why youw probably noticed a little bit more cloud cover today versus vu yesterday.er there will be the threat ofththt showers as
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southward later on thislaon evening.ing. however, i think the bulk oful any shower activity we haveav will be during the overnightng n hours.s. lows tonight staying mild.ngil upper 50's here in thee in t district, 58 degrees but only bo mid to upper 60's down to then t south. fredericksburg maybe justrg m 67 degrees for a low for you. y what's in store for friday? rid? i've got full details on then end of your work week comingk cn up in just a bit. jim, laura back to you. >> thanks.>> t >> how a new procedure allowsows kidney transplants from anyro a donor whether they're a match m or not there and a high techh t wonder bra that monitors themone temperature of your breast fore signs of cancer.s ofance >> plus, are you looking for a g solid reason to finally getly g that tattoo you've always've a dreamed of? laura has been wanting a sleeve as long as i've known her.i' we'll tell you how getting multiple tattoos can strengthen your immune system.m. >> now i have a reason. rso >> rob you're going live forever, my friend.
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>> ♪ >> so on a nice day like this a cold beer is the perfect wayit to cool down. dow if you're drinking coronaorona beware.bewa. there may be bits of glass inof that bottle.at bot makers of corona are recalling corona extra because theyy contain small pieces of glass. a they were sold in 12 and 18 and packs. the company says the recalledecl bottles make up less thanp lesst 1 percent of corona extra botsra tell us. the potentially damaged dag bottles are being removed fromef store shelves. no reports of any injuries sour far. >> new study finds more than mot half of adults reports ror experiencing discriminationinat and 61 percent of people sayeope the discrimination isation is happening on a day-to-day basis either in the workplaceeri or in the form of poor service, threats or lack off respect.respect. researchers are also linking discrimination with highith high stress levels and poor health.ea reports of discrimination wereaw the
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black americans with more than 75 percent saying theyghe experience discriminationin daily.daily. well, when it comes toll, organ donation finding the the perfect match may not always a be worth the wait. worth w >> new research shows transplanting a mismanagementg m kidney from a living donor maygm lower the risk of death moreeath than not doing a transplant at all.al the study showed transplant recipients whose immune systems were incompatible withti the donor were more likely toy t survive than those who remained on the transplanted o list. they need extra drugs to help their bodies accept the new n kiddie.ddie future of detecting breastts cancer may be in your bra. well, researchers from theers university of columbia created d this prototype here. h the bra is designed to measuretu the difference in temperaturera between both breasts which canan be an indicator of theorf the presence of cancer cells.ls the inventors say they do not want this bra to replace a repla doctor. they are working to find a
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to celt bra at an affordabledabe price.ice. >> so, a lot of people love tattoos and if you're thinkingd of gettingif some new ink it may help you from catching a cold.a. there's a new study out thatut says getting multiple tattooss can strengthen your immune system. researchers used a comparisonusc to working out. o you have sore muscles after going to the gym but then you gm get stronger. tattooing process could leave your immune system stronger. son >> sounds like that's an ad a from the ink foundation. >> the tattoo artists ofists o america sponsored that -- no, t they didn't. interesting, though.,houg >> interesting. i'm not sold. you won't see me with ait sleeve. >> i would like to see that. lik >> one day perhaps, one day. d maybe my mid life crisis.ri coming up, new support for t me to what's lawton nighforflow
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>> reporter: the emotional eti testimony. >> donald trump rally turnsumll violent. the police response is what's sparking outrage tonight. we'll tell you why straight ahead. >> virginia tech coach brings in some special guests toues to teach his team to respect theamp national anthem and this video has gone viral. >> ♪
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honors the late police officer noah leotta.. it provides ignition locks. l tom fitzgerald is live in i annapolis.na tom i understand this quickly turned heated today. >> reporter: well, you know, laura, it's a situation whereonw there are a lot of emotions emon running through all of this. t this is the letter we obtained earlier today from governor govr larry hogan to the family of o officer noah leotta. in it the governor says that passing noah's law would send a strong message that thishat ti state is going to get serious about keeping drunk driverspi off the roads. so what's this all about? well,ng right now the maryland l dui limit is .08 but under the r current law, you wouldn't have ' to use one of those ignition blockoffs with breathalyzers until you hit .15.15 the family of officer leotta leo and others in the law enforcement community say that
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is just ridiculous.icul >> are you kidding me? howe? could we be thinking abouting a these people that havee recklessly and irresponsibly ruined lives? but that'sut what's going on. too many people are dying on dno maryland roadways at the hands h of drunk drivers.nk d state of maryland has weak w laws dealing with drunk wh drunk driving and even weaker penalties.pena >> reporter: both police and supporters packed thisdhi maryland senate hearing todayrit in annapolis and at a rally beforehand. victims of drunk driving also spoke out in strong support supo for the bill which passed the t house committee last week. now, noah's law forces firstcefi time dui offenders to use an ignition interlock devicelock d before starting their car.tartih the officer was working on an montgomery county police drunkin driving task force on the on night he was struck by a suspected drunk driver who hadun been drinking at a rockvillek restaurant.strant. the bill's sponsors
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raskin said while maryland maryl does have a breathalyzerreatlyze interlock law on the booksoclaws that law does not have any have teeth. and you need to be nearlyo nea twice the legal limit of being b drunk in order to have to use it. >> is there an acceptable level of drunk driving fatalities in the state of maryland? certainly therere cannot be. surely we cannot accept 130 oft0 our brothers and sister andisr fathers and mothers and sons ann and daughters dying on the d highways. there's no excuse for it i today. >> reporter: well, there was thw also another big name that ne t threw their backing behind beh noah's law today, senateenat president mike miller, thehe democratic leader of the stateta senate says he is also nowls now supporting this bill. bil that's a big step forward but b there is not a lot of timef t here.here. this legislative session endssid on april 11th, that's just 31 j days left to get noah's law done. we are live in annapolis tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox5ox5 local
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>> fitz thank you.>> fitz th violence break out at aak oa donald trump rally in north ino carolina but tonight there areut questions being raised aboutseab how police first handled the incident. [cheers and applause] >> you see it there, cellre, cel phone video shows a group of o protestors being escorted outoru of the event in fayettevilleettl north carolina.northarolina. one of the protestors he hass hh his arms up. up. you see the guy in theuy ine cowboy hat and ponytail. watch, bam, punches him right hm in the face as he's walking up the stairs. stas. >> chill, chill, chill. >> hey,.ey,. >> chill, chill.i. >> video shot by one of theon protestors, the video appearspps to show officers taking theing t protestor who was hit to theitoe ground. police arifd and charged
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suspected attacker. aacke that protestor though was not charged.char meantime the cumberland can county sheriff's department released a statement sayingnt s the incident is the subject of an internal review.nternal revi authorities are combingitie through video footage of thege rally and conducting conduct interviews to try and determine what happened. hpe >> the eighth democratich debate was held last night indet miami, yes, the eighth and ifht you're overwhelmed by they the furious debate schedule that'sds under way right now don'tt now worry fox5's political politic reporter ronica cleary is hereah with the important moments yoump may have missed.or hey, ronica. ronica. >> thanks. last night's univision uni democratic debate was heatedea and full of surprises. let me take you to a few of.e yo they hillary clinton addressedri the possibility of anntpoibilit indictment as a result of theule fbi's investigation into ainstig private e-mail server.err. she said that won't happen. >> i did not send or receiveeive any e-mails marked classifiedcld at the time.at t >> if you get indicted would you -- >> oh for goodness that is notgn going the happen.e happe i'm not en
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>> of course it wouldn't be a io debate in this election cycle ce if we didn't hear something set about donald trump. tru let's listen to bothot candidates on this. onhis. >> several years ago trump was u in the middle of the so-called d birther movement trying toin delegitimize the president ofzet the united states of america. ai >> is donald trump a racist? >> if i'm so fortunate enoughtee to be the democratic nominee nom there will be a lot of time toef talk about him. i was the first one to call cal him out. o i called him out when he was calling mexicans rapists. rapis >> how about something a a little lighter or is it l darker? what exactly is thely color of bernie sanders' suitde and why am i talking about it? well, the internet went crazyray over this with people arguingplg if it was brown or blue.lu was it brown? was it blue? blu i'm going to say it's brown.ro now, finally the national anthem was performed byfoed sebastian de la cruz. de la cruz was in the in spotlight on
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back in 2013 he was just 11t years old he sang the nationalil anthem at game three of theree f nba finals in san antonio.on social media erupted after that performance.forman some think he was an illegalll immigrant and others with hurtful comments about his background. de la cruz is an americanuz citizen.citizen. cnn will host the 12th gop o debate tonight in miami. the 12th.the 12t i will be back on fox5 fox tomorrow morning. i will watch it tonight liveig l tweeting it.ting so if you want a recap or tweet with me find me on line l at ronica cleary.a ea laura and jim back to you. back. >> we know you're keepingee counter because those are lateta nights for you. they and this is the problem iss have with social media.ci it's a great medium.ediu but for people to assailas somebody singing the national anthem, our national anthem a proud citizen, no, no. no. and here's the story that storya involves the national anthem.hea we have to take it seriously. s. we have a generation of peoplefl who don't take it seriously sio and virginia tech headad basketball coach buzz williams a
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when you hear that anthem the anthem that your four fathers my grandfather fought for inghto world two when he raised thesed last american flag in japann it's not a time to adjust your uniform or sway withoutut interest. it's a time to reflect.ct >> he brought in some peoplen so who knew a thing or two about oo representing our country. ourout listen to this. >> so when the anthem is antm played we're going to stand s like grown men and we're going to honor men like this thatthist gave their life so that we cantc have a claire thave a chair to . we're going to stand in attention -- at attention in honor of these men. >> such a poignant way for p these players to learn abouts this. earlier this season this coach a gathered his team in the school's gym where they wereym w standing face to face withto faw these veterans and war heroes he and williams spoke about their t sacrifice and he spokea
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the importance of their t service and their protection.n. >> after the video went viral wi the coach tweeted this. humbled thanks to allmbleanks tl specifically our veterans for fr all the kind messages. tonight virginia tech playsvirgc miami at 9 p.m. in the. in quarterfinals of the acc tournament at the verizon center and they will standy wila tall for that anthem. ant let's talk football rightlk now. a familiar name could ber suniting up next season for hisx hometown team. bernie davis who played at dunbar and maryland reportedlyde paid a visit to redskins park. r scott mccloughan drafted dra dates in 2006. 200 davis reached super bowls reacd xlvii, didn't win but lastut l year he was traded mid seasonida to the broncos and they did win. win. if signed it will be a uphillitl battle to make the team. >> omaha,
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>> i don't know about you but i have a craving for stakes for right now. this week peyton manning wee officially retired and with itir the famous word he uttered at the line omaha. omaha seeing city mayor rick meehan is recommending his townn become the go to audible for quarterbacks.arrbac he gave them the invitation to shout ocmd. o >> i don't know how it camee about but all of a sudden are o starter talking about omahabouto and ocean city.cit it was a winner for omaha, oma peyton was a winner, ocean w city is a winner, kirk cousins u is a winner.inne it's perfect. >> omaha. omaha. >> omaha. >> i'm going to what the best tt quarterbacks do, that's kirk th' cousins in this case andins they're down there and they'rehe going hut, hut, check, ocmd, hut, check.. hut. >> mayor meehan.
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>> he sent them a box of oceanfo themed goodies includingding popcorn.popcorn. >> he's smart. he's a marketing machine.keti >> that's what you have to do. >> very smart.ma saw an opportunity and seized it. >> they sell t-shirts at thes airport that just say omaha. coming up a man asked his future stepchild if she wouldf d like to be his daughter to be forever. >> the adorable proposal ahead.ahea >> your facebook selfies mightfm be doing an about-face. about-f >> we are now within 10 days, only nine days to go untilo go spring officially startsng offil although signs of spring stilltl popping up all around our region. use that #five things of of spring.spri i'll get that right after the break. we'll be right back after thea break. brea >> ♪ >> ♪
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>> ♪ >> as far as the rest of theas area -- oh, my god. come see.. look tom lamaine at that dog.loa >> where is he? oh, my goodness. good just hanging out. world's chillest dog riding dogd out the storm on a lawnmowerer after three tornadoes rippedes through north texas tuesday, oh, my gosh, look at that look t little thing. li i mean, he's not so little atl local news station, this is in i texas, a local news station reported on the damage.am the report was interrupted.ntrud this is a live shot after theyft spotted this, a dog sitting on o a lawnmower. >> as they do.o. >> the pooch looked like he was wanting to help clean up.p. >> any relation to sidneyidne there.the. >> no, none at all. a i wish i could get him to sito s still that long.t lon >> even had his hand on the han steering wheel
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>> we have been mentioninghave this. if you take pictures of what'sct going on outside with this this beautiful weather like this weie would love for you to share it e on social media.mia. mike if they would like toould e share photos on facebook oreboo twitter.twte >> it's the five signs ofgns f spring, jim.ng, >> wow. >> as we said at least 20atea times during the commercial come break. >> exactly. exactly. >> five things of spring. sprg. >> not five things, five signs of spring.in >> there you go.>> >> another gorgeous day today. d how fantastic -- one week ago today they were talking about tl snow coming last friday.t fri >> i know you appreciate that so much the snow.so are you upset now.e yo >> i'm not.>> i don't like that in betweenn bn where it's cold and dry butit'sn now that it's warm and sunny s and nice, i can take this. >> all right.>> all r >> i'm happy with thishi weather. >> you're happy i'm happy.ppy ip >> if your dog is happy, i'myour happy. ha >> he's a very happy pup. happy. live look outside, lacrosseide,o going on. there's a signed of springed ofn outside. spring sports getting started s up. not a bad day to play
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shorts and t-shirts kind ofs kid day. we already have some rollingom in here.in h how about christina parker par here's her five.hee. see how many you agree with here. here. itchy red eyes number twor sneezing all days, bulking up on claritin number three, a box of tissues number four and d just achoo for number five.umbe there's christina's five signsiv of springs all allergy relatedgr of course and what's causingt's all the problems out there ishei the pollen because trees are already blooming.y bl thank you clad for sending inu r this photo from downtown d.c.owd signs of spring again some flowers already blossomingady sm there on some of the tree the branches around the region.es an please send us your photos.tos. use that hashtag five sings of spring. sp record setting day today at all three major airports. air record was 78 at reaganan national from 2006. 2 we did one better than. bette that our third day in a row of f temperatures at 79 degrees at reagan national.reag dulles 80. bwi 80 once again, second davenv 80's at dulles and bwi. current temperatureen 76 degrees. nott a bad night out
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look at the dewpoints thought mid 50.he e moisture kind of hanging around in thengarou atmosphere. feels a little humid and winds d out of the south gusting 20,ting 30 miles an hour at times. tim not terribly windy but just aust breeze every now and then.hen. temperatures now around theow a region. re again 76 here in washington, wao 73 at gaithersburg, 75 at frederick, 77 degrees aterick, hagerstown. if you're heading out over thehe next four histories you won't need the jacket. temperatures kind of slow to ki fall tonight.fall tonight by 8:00 p.m., 70 degrees.de 10 o'clock still upper 60's u 6 and by midnight 67 degrees. so, a very warm night.m nig all right. all look at the moisture trainu t coming up out of the southt thh going up and over us thanks toso high pressure down to ourress south and to our east.and our although it's losing its strength and because of thatth later on tonig aht a little l frontal boundary will cometal through and bring us theh chance for some showers. swe you can see it here on her o futurecast.tucast the end clock tonight stillcl mostly dry. we head into the overnight ove hours a few showers here andwerh there. they will be hit and miss.be hnm nothing too heavy, either.it by tomorrow morning we startni s off the day with a good amountun of cloud cover, maybe a showermw or two for southern marylandn mr but we kind of quickly clearuice
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hours and get back into theack o sunshine by the afternoon.ftno ly again it's kind of a battle t between the warmer air mass airm down to our south and thend t cooler drier one off to the oo t north. eventually the cooler drier d one will win out and we'll just be dealing with mildhil conditions tomorrow.or temperatures tomorrowmperatur afternoon only in the 70's. let's get right to it. r the fox5 accuweather 7-dayay forecast coming up here. 70 degrees for your friday. fri down to 65 on saturday. satur don't forget we spring forwardrd saturday night into sunday. monday 68 degrees. 6d back into the 70's we go. tuesday 70 degrees. wednesday 75.we all right, that's a look att, the weather. t jim and laura i'll send itl back over to you.veto y >> thanks very much. m >> let's check in with tony chei and shawn for a look at what'stw coming up on fox5 local news lol at 6:00. you guys came in from outside.ue you were picnicking all day. >> that's right.ri >> it was just so fabulousst s earlier. >> we invited eayou but youut didn't show up. up. >> we had a little news thingewt to do. >> i didn't get my invitation.tt >> we invited you, too.
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>> okay. >> all right. let's tell you what's coming w up other news at 6:00 more:00 proof that size matters. mat that's right, your height andht your weight could determined et the size of your paycheck.aych it doesn't sound fair butair researchers say it is a reality.al >> all right. so, would you sue your college u if you couldn't find a job a after you graduated? ahead at 6:00 tonight meet the womane w who is doing just.ng jus that why she says heray university owes her.un >> come on.iv then the latest on the hero firefighter who risked hisfi life to save a woman from agh burning building. we'll have moresavebu images fr that rescue and we'll hear we'lh from the victim's family.m' f all of that at 6:00. >> ♪
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it. it >> buying an image filteringilrg app of its own. we talked about this beforehis but facebook has acquired msqrd or masquerade.asquer in case you haven't heard of hrd it we tested out its video vid filters for you. so, here's the one that i did. and we -- i telling you weling have had so much fun with this s app. i did a few videos with mys wh kids and they're just creepy juc and i updated my app today and i have these new video filterses that i discovered today that tha are really creepy. creep >> you do it on the fly. y i was trying to do a couple ofou them t but --ut -- >> you switch them on the fly? y my kids showed me that.e tha >> okay. oka >> i love this. hello, i'm harry potter. hello. >> i also -- there's me. our ratings are going to be be huge. huge. >> huge. >> and then hillary, me as me a hillary saying it takes a village .vie >> [laughter] >> there you have it. the >> love
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topical there.cal there it's a fantastic app. a >> i had a lot of trepidationpin about it. >> it's addictive. addic >> i just posted one and tagged jim on my facebook page.k >> we did a face shop. jokes about kanye west and tinder aren't signs you would see outside of a firehouse. feh there's one in australia. atral this one says we save fightingsh for the fires but we could huged them out we would.th then there'sem we love fire fire safety like kanye west loves wet kanye west. around valentine's day 33 got 3g poetic.poet roses are red our truck is toos tuck in your mirrors so we canan fit. there was earlier this week thiw for international's women's's wm day a woman's place is in the te boardroom parliament and the fire station.fi sta i met a new flame on tinder.lame will definitely put out.t o >> that's very funny. >> newtown fire station puts all those clever signs on itslee facebook and twitter pages.. >> hilarious.>> >> gets people talki
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>> i didn't want to leave you out. so, you want to be my daughterr forever too.ver >> there could be the best b story for the day. after he proposed he wanted to make sure her daughter maddieghd felt included.lu led better asked maddie if sheef wanted to be his daughter dau forever too.r too. the video has been viewedeen ed about a million times. t they'll tie the knot inno september. >> that is just the best. >>
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many mixed -- how many blendedyd families you z you want too make everybody feel likeee they're part of it and that's aa tremendous.emdous. >> he did it right.>> made her feel included. ilu i'm sure his wife to be. >> she was fine. >> just melted over that.ha yeah.h. >> and the daughter can bendhe d part of the special day.specl it's all good. alloo >> yeah. yeah. >> wonderful. >> you also don't know whatno the family dynamic is, is her i dad still around but ad b nonetheless it's nice to feel included and i love -- that's a viral stuff i love.i i don'tl care about kim about kardashianly i like seeing i le stuff like. that makes you feel good. >> absolutely. a clearly other people do andothee that's why it went viral.en >> thanks for joining usha tonight at 5:00. >> fox5 local news at 6:00 6:0 starts right now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. 6: >> it's about as selfless aseles it gets. it g >> right now at 6:00 he's a0 he hero. >> a d.c. firefighter wasfigh
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his face mask to a woman heoman res crude rescued from a burning apartment. a string of robberies. police arrested one person butob are more suspects involved? and as temperatures rise, so do tempers. t d.c. police are stepping up step patrols after multiple acts ofes violence.violence fox5 local news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> a d.c. firefighter being. hailed a hero tonight asterisking his own life toinhi save a woman from a burning building. thanks for joining us i'mni us shawn yancy.sh >> and i'm tony perkins. i'm t it was a chaotic scene many scen scene on minnesota a. officer danny lovato removed red his air mask and handed it tot t a woman near a third floor window who was struggling to breathe.ea both are still hospitalized at medstar washington hospital hos center.ce edry pleased to tell you thatn danny lovato i ts in fair in fa condition tonight.cond
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night. they put him on a respiratorpira but today they determined he det was okay, they're going there ge take him off that respirator.esa he's alert and conscious here at the hospital. he may be released tomorrow.om phyllis terrell, the grandmother -- greatdmothe grandmother i should say whold y he helped save is still, s though n-serious condition c here at the washingtonng hospital center and all dayter d long as we were here we werewe runing into firefighters, wehtew were learning new details about this. it turns out that truck sevenru that danny lovato was on was on just coming back from anotherro fire and they were not far away. they were at the intersectionntt of pennsylvania avenue and minnesota avenue when the box alarm went off.ff they raced down minnesota minne avenue and as they pulled up pue they could see mister roll upr u in the window. that's firefighter danny'ser lovato at the top of the top ofh beltway ladder immediatelyla after removing his mask andddmom handing it to phyllis terrell. t a woman already on oxygen for a medical condition who toldon t her granddaughter she was just j seconds from jumping when shepie saw the firefighter come up toto the window.
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