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>> i was panicked. i was definitely panicked. >> tonight new details about the tense moments and the suspected gunman. >> and a major hospital chain hacked. the computer system crippled in the attack. what does this mean for patients? fox 5 at 10 starts right now. the terrifying moments at the capitol. >> i'm shawn yancy. >> it happened as the man was entering the screening area. he was pointing a weapon at officers. the gunfire immediately sent the crowd into a panic as you can see in this video recorded moments after the shooting. tonight the suspect is in custody and we've learned he is no

marina marraco is live at the u.s. capitol with the latest. >> reporter: that suspect said to be in stable but critical condition post surgery and his car which was parked on the south lawn here of the capitol was parked out here for about six hours. it was just towed away to an evidence yard, there they'll wait for a search warrant to be executed and check inside that vehicle to see what exactly they find. back in 2008 that very same man drove here to the capitol, also parked a vehicle and back in '08 they found explosives as well as ammo. the canines coming out here and they didn't find anything. they let crowds get close to that pickup truck, a silver dodge ram but what a day it was today here at the capitol complex. >> i was definitely panicked. >> reporter: for nearly an hour hundreds of

evacuated while others had to shelter in place as police subdued a man who drew a weapon at the build's security checkpoint. >> i saw people scattering on the inside like running to the corners. >> did you hear gun shots? >> i didn't but a few people said they heard gun shots. >> believed to be the only sus poekt. >> a massive police presence, helicopters and the ambulance pulled up. >> dawson was rushed to surgery. everyone also left physically unscathed although panic rained in the hauls of the capital. >> the image you see

time was skaerier when it was happening inside. >> reporter: and dawson is being officially charged here in the district with assault with a deadly weapon as well as assault on a police officer. while armed u.s. capitol police saying the visitor's center will be back open for business as usual tomorrow morning. marina marraco, fox 5 local news. >> here's what we now know about the suspect larry dawson. the 66-year-old is from antioch, tennessee. he was known to officers at the kopt tol. he was issued a stayaway order. the order was issued after he disrupted the house chamber last fall when he shouted he was a prophet of god. new at 10:00, another security breach today during the whiis easter egg roll. she did have a valid ticket for the event and she went through

problems. we'll have more on the fun side of the festivities at the white house coming up in a few minutes. also new tonight the med star hospital chain is under attack by hackers. the fbi is demanding an investigation to see if hackers restored the situation. it's the same problem that hard times cafe dealt with last week. sarah simmons live tonight with more on this situation. hey sarah. >> reporter: hey, jim. med star health will only say they're working with the fbi to investigate some sort of malware to their system. but sources are telling fox 5 that med star was actually hit by what is called ransom ware and hackers are demanding money within 10 days otherwise they

entire med star system. here's what we know right now. the virus prevented some employees today from logging into systems are but all of its clinics remained open and functioning. med star said there is no immediate evidence that patient information was stolen. we talked with the ceo of a company that protects against known and unknown malware attacks. they say ransom ware is becoming popular with attackers because it's a way to make money and you steal a pass word and you may or may not get to the money. this type of malware is usually launched through what is called spearfishing. >> e-mails are sent to individuals and they double click on it on an attachment, open it where they click on a link and from there the ransomware runs. if it was

the company may not be too waerd but ransomware is spreading throughout the network so businesses need to treat this as a serious risk. a single user can bring down your entire business. >> reporter: he also says the antivirus software most companies use is not very good at stopping these types of attacks so it's important to be skeptical before you start clicking on attachments and links. patient care was not affected by this computer virus and the hospital is currently using a paper backup system. med star has ten hospitals that operate in the maryland and washington area employing thousands of people and positions and also taking care of thousands of patients. so this is obviously a significant threat to the entire system. that's the latest here. sarah simmons, fox 5 local news. >> tonight private ambulances are rolling through the district. dc fire and ems

contractor to help transport patients this morning. the service will operate 18 hours a day and it will only take patients with injuries or illnesses that are non-life threatening. dc fire ems will evaluate the calls. they will determine what care they need and how they'll be transported. >> maryland state senate passed a bill known as noah's law. a suspected drunk driver hit the officer at a dui checkpoint in december. leotta died a short time later. the new law requires convicted drunk drivers to have an ignition interlock on their vehicle. there are differences between the house and the senate versions of the bill. lawmakers are now hoping to work them out in a committee meeting. now to the search for a killer. dc police want to know who gunned down a 15-year-old at the deanwood metro station.

while he waited for a train. he was there with his mother and two younger sisters. the victim's family told fox 5. they felt it took too long for police to arrive which allowed the shooter time to get away. today metro confirmed there were no officers at the time of the shooting. >> the crime rate on metro is lower than many of the communities we serve and that's just a fact. the crime that occurred at deanwood was horrific and tragic to the community. there's nothing specific to metro about it. >> police say they do have surveillance video, however they will only release it if they feel they need the public's help. so far they have not made any arrests. >> up next taser use is under the microscope in maryland and the battle between the feds and apple is officially over. >> should the event be dropped? both sides of the debate and a special edition of fox 5

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tonight the search for suspects in the brussels terrorist attacks continue. investigators are still searching for the mystery man in that dark hat in airport surveillance video. you may remember he was the one wheeling the baggage through the airport alongside the two suicide bombers. the man belgian media reported as the suspect was released from dusky earlier today. meanwhile the number of victims killed in the attacks rose to 35. four more victims died from their injuries. 96 are still in the hospital recovering. the battle between apple and the government is over. the fbi says it successfully hacked an iphone that belonged

terrorists. investigators say they used a mystery method to unlock the phone and they didn't erase any information. >> maryland lawmakers are considering whether or not to create a state task force to study taser use by police. the move comes just days after the review of taser use after a death of a gaithersburg man back in 2014. hf with the issue. >> reporter: the speed at which local and state officials are now asking tough questions about police use of tasers in maryland is taking on new urgency here in annapolis. the baltimore sun reported a new study showing of the 11 police-involved taser deaths in 2009, four of which took place in montgomery county. that is the highest number of any

the senate judicial review committee is now set to take up a statewide task force looking at training and tasers. it profiled the 2013 death of anthony howard. the 51-year-old man died after being taserred in gaithersburg after police had been called to the neighborhood where he was acting erratically and jumping in cars and unresponsive to pepper spray. he was tazed and later pronounced dead. investigators are now trying to look at a scaled-back version what was proposed by then attorney general in 2009. she says now it is a statewide problem because her committee has found too many police departments in maryland are not compliant with taser rules. the spokesperson says they are working with the county executive in an effort to review ta

and will be available to work with him throughout this process. robin howard, the sister of anthony howard said today that she welcomes the effort to create a task force but her family questions the evan tire use of tasers in -- entire use of tasers in local policing. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 local news. >> seven people including five kids were taken to the hospital after they got sick from high levels of carbon monoxide in their home. police say the homeowner was heating the home with a charcoal grill. all seven were taken to shock trauma in baltimore as a precaution and police say they're all expected to recover. >> let's take it outside right now. i'll tell you what. the winds are still gusting out there tonight. boy what a difference just a few hours makes. earlier it felt really nice, i was out there a few hours ago, it was chilly out there. >> we're feeling those winds bringing in the colder air and there will be some 30s around tomorrow morning.

and starting with a little bit of rain. the wind advisory has been dropped for most of our area. we're still right around the 30 mile per hour wind gust area and hagerstown still getting a gust to 38. the winds are going to be noticeable and breedsy overnight. will still be breezy overnight as well. over on the eastern shoir of maryland and up through new jersey and eastern portions of pennsylvania, wind advisory stays in effect until midnight. it hasn't done too big of a number on our temperatures but they definitely are come down. and it certainly feels colder, even by tomorrow morning we might have a bit of a windchill to look at. our temperature right now is 57, not too far from our average high of 60. but we're going to see temperatures dropping tonight our area of low pressure is helping contribute to our winds tonight. but as that pulls away, we should clear

toward morning. overnight this is what we're thinking, 43 for the district, maybe as cold as 39 for frederick and gaithersburg and other spots getting darn close to that. there could be light snow in the mountains tonight, just to coat a few areas from the continuing strong flow over the great lakes that's going to be heading in our direction. lots of midweek sunshine to look forward to. we'll talk about when you can see those temperatures get a little bit higher than they did today coming up with the 7-day forecast. shawn? >> thank you sue. well, if you are out there you know the white house lawn was a bit wet for the start of this year's tradition in the nation's capital. today by the way, the obama's last easter egg roll. they called it fun but bitter sweet. they came out and greeted the crowds, they participated in a few games and read stories to the children as well. zbl r. >> i thought it

>> i like coming here. i came here last year and had just as much fun as i did today. >> the theme for this year's event was "let's celebrate." more than 30,000 people packed the south lawn for the annual event. >> that's the hottest ticket in town. >> it is. it looks like everybody got to have fun. >> i hope those kids realize what a big deal that is. >> it was a big deal for adults. a few celebrities were spotted. we're going to get you in the know with judi kurz. >> but first we're talking about an accident on the train tax and how it's tied to a murder investigation. >> making a little more, buying a little more. but saving a lot more. personal income is rising in february as paychecks are growing, many americans are putting the money away. the personal savings rates

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shooting outside police headquarters. he would have turned 29 years old the week he was killed. the man suspected in a deadly shooting in howard county was struck and killed by a marc train this morning. police believe he shot two men at a truck stop on sunday. one of the shooting victims died. the other is in the hospital in stable condition. detectives believe he went to the truck stop to confront someone else and the two victims may have been shot in a case of mistaken identity. >> a new class action lawsuit accuses the deodorant old spice of leaving men with skin reactions. procter & gamble said quote we go to great lengths to make sure our products are safe to use and tens of millions use this pruc

year. >> still to come, while a presidential candidate is calling out george clooney. >> also ahead tonight. >> stay away. >> strong words. a tradition at the national zoo on the day after easter has been mared by violence by recent years. so should the tradition be dropped. coming up next we're taking a look at both sides of this debate in a special edition of this week's fox 5 unfiltered.

the tradition of african-american family day at the national zoo dates back to 1819. in fact this tradition began during segregation when blacks weren't allowed to participate in the white house easter egg roll. several days have been marred by violence letting some to question whether this should continue. in the past there have been chaotic scenes. there was a double shooting one year,

police confirmed they've had to put more officers in that area to deter young people from using the day to settle their differences. this year the zoo officially changed the name to family day because of the stigma the day has brought in the past. and the name is not the only thing that's changed. >> we actually increase security. we increase screening to make sure that everybody who is coming is coming to have a great family experience. >> that's the way the world is moving. the world is moving into a multicultural environment. >> it could have happened anywhere. you can't live your life in a box and if you take away, especially when you have kids, if you take these things away from fear, i feel like the bad people win. >> tonight we are going unfiltered to discuss whether this langstanding tradition of the african-american family day at the zoo should continue or should it be dropped because of the

associated with the event to keep the peace. >> i think the gentleman that we talked to in the piece pointed out it's multicultural, it's what the world is today. what's in a name, we go from african-american day to family day. is this day necessary? >> i personally feel like it's absolutely necessary, just given the history of the day and what it meant to native washingtonians. as we've been moving forward so much of black washington has been marginalized. i think you should stay the same and we should support anything that talks about family, right? especially black family. >> what's your response because i know you don't necessarily agree that we need to keep this long-standing tradition. >> well

aspect of what he said that we do need to continue having some type of event on easter monday because it is a national event that we've participated in for a number of years. but i think by changing the name it has become more inclusive, because as our communities have changed over the years, all quadrants of the city, we see more diversity. if they change the name, which i think they have, then i think they should pay some type of homage to the african-american community in honor of. >> what do you mean? they changed the name from african-american family day to family day this year. >> right. but because it was started as an african-american tradition, because we were not allowed to participate in the easter egg roll at the white house, i think they should sa well, you know, it's going to be family day, but we're going to recognize the contributions that the local african-american community has made in the beginning of

event. because it was because of us that it started. >> that's why i think it should stay though. for that reason. and if it's african-american family day, it doesn't necessarily mean other families can't come. and i feel like we need to hold on to that. because if it's african-american day that means all families can come. why can't they come to african-american family day, right? i think it's not something they feel like people can't come to and to be honest with you i think it's a change as a result of the violence. but these kind of incidents that's been in my mind, we're talking about children, it's been youth, right? we're talking about dhirn and the fact that we're not -- instead of reaching out to these young people and creating situations where there's outreach and interventions, we were at the zoo and nothing happened last year. it was many activists there along with mpd. my point is that i think these

we could impact this and change that and you shouldn't take away something with such historic reference because of these incidents. >> on that note, because you talk about the sacrifices an the fact that kids need to know that there's ai reason this day had been set aside for a number of years. is it fair to kind of erase -- my perception is you're erasing that part of the history if you're changing the name based upon the violence. based upon the actions of a few you're sacrificing the events of the whole community. >> it could be perceived that way, but when you say "family" the idea behind it is we're for family. it wasn't just african-american, it was all. because our communities are diverse and because of the negative connotation that has been associated with by saying family day, you have more people coming and you have more participation by the families. if you think back the

years where violence erupted, it was kids who were not accompanied by their parents. when you say family day, that always gives more responsibility to their family. >> let me ask you this. it almost sounds like you guys are both saying we still need to keep the day. you just want to keep the name and you say change the name but pay tribute or homage to the reason we celebrate this day. so essentially you both agree we need to keep this day. >> we need to keep the day. >> what about the folks who say you know what? as long as we keep this day, we're going to keep having the violence and things will keep happening. we don't feel safe bringing our children down because of what we've seen in year's past. >> i don't think sha should be an issue. because being a former law enforcement officer with the metropolitan police officer for at least 28 years and still being in law enforcement today, i think every law enforcement officer in the city will make sure and do their best and give 101% to make sure everybody is safe

same thing. i don't think our visitors want to come and feel unsafe. so if we do what we're supposed to do and include more family responsibility and more resources, as he said, there were a lot of people at the zoo a couple of years ago. as a matter of fact i was at the second district and our officers went out and even when they weren't, i worked for another law enforcement agency and we had people there. >> when you talk about violence, especially with youth violence as a city, we need to have a comprehensive approach. we can't mpd this away. we have to work together on all frents. >> let me jump in. we need to keep the name the way it is, pay homage, how do we do this. give me real quick a solution. how do we save this. >> social media. all the media forms. you look at historical aspect as to why we're having this and why this originated. >> the city needs to fund in

the zoo but across the city, to be more active and be more present in their community so that we can kind of defuse a lot of issues that spill out in places like the zoo and other places around the city. >> but you don't shut it down because you only empower the bad people. and we want to make sure we take our own city and be responsible as parents, citizens and community leaders. >> we didn't get it in there but i know you were also concerned about the taxing of resources on the city, the drain of using more officers to staff the area during that time period. >> it's a community effort. as you said, mpd, we can't do this with any other law enforcement and make us the problem-solver. it's a problem that should be solved by everybody. we all hold a stake in there. >> i live right near the zoo and i saw the traffic going up there today. you hate to think in years past those kids wouldn't have expected to be walking into a violent scene but

was quiet today. >> i'm a native washingtonian, i can remember going as a four or five year-year-old to the zoo with my family. >> we are out of time. thank you so much. we appreciate it. we'll be right back.

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virtue tst best regular season record. >> it's pretty good. it is been an awesome year. it's really nice that we do it on home ice in front of our great fans so it was definitely a special night. it's the most important time of year and we're trying to play our best hockey wiit now. we got the president's trophy but that's not what we came for this year. >> tonight's win the cap. >> coming up tonight, metro is celebrating its 40th anniversary at a restaurant chain is getting in on the celebration. tomorrow where you can go to cash in. >> plus we are back to the top story of the day. shots fire on capitol hill when a man

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fox 5 dc cares is our station's campaign to highlight the great work of non-profit organizations in our area. all this week we are partnering with autism speaks. our goal is to raise awareness about autism in our community and also highlight the joys and the challenges facing families living with autism, including my own. last week i sat down with my friend and colleague allison seymour and shared a personal part of my family's 16-year journey with autism. >> tyson was always so smart. i remember tyson putting puzzles together when he was a little thing. and looking back now you say he was also reading before he was speaking. are those indicators? >> i don't know that the

indicators, but i do know i hear from a lot of other parents who have children who have asperger asperger's syndrome love puzzles. we would give him legos and he wouldn't use the instructions and he would have them finished in a fewer hours where it might take someone else a couple of days. in the process of trying to figure out of what was going on with tyson, there were people before the official diagnosis who mentioned your son might have autism and he should be in this program over here. and at that time i wasn't educated in what autism was. my thought was, what many people assume, is a child who's non-verbal, who sometimes there are different characteristics where we think about children who have autism, who rock, who do things with their

tyson didn't have those symptoms, i was like no way. because i didn't understand it. maybe a year went by and my pediatrician mentioned the word as perger's syndrome. it described him perfectly so he came in and reread it and there was a huge sort of relief because i knew now what was going on. asperger's is on the autism spectrum and tyson is very high functioning. it's more characterized by socializing. after that we went and had an official diagnosis done at children's hospital and there was just a certain amount of release because now we knew. we knew how to

or what we were supposed to do instead of just trying to figure out what's going on with our kid. >> as a mom, what do you want other parents to know about children with autism? >> they're just like every other kid. children who have asperger's or who are on the autism spectrum, they're special. i don't mean special as in special needs. i mean they're brilliant. they can do things that you and i can't do. sometimes you may need to be a little more patient and understanding, which i think we all need to do in this world. there are so many different kinds of people, that instead of taking the time to understand or learn, we just lump them into a group. and i wish people were more patience and they took the time to understand and appreciate that. when tyson was old enough to understand, we determined he was old enough to understand, we told him, we said hey, we want

you have something called asperger's syndrome. and he was like well, what is that? i said well, sometimes it makes your brain think a little bit differently and your brain is brilliant. and what we want you to know is that it's not a disability. it's a gift. because your brain can do things that most of us can't even imagine. we wanted him to know if he was in school and he was confused and if something didn't seem quite right or if his method of communication didn't seem as easy for him, now he would understand why. and it was kind of a relief for him too. >> some of you have posted or commented on my testimony that my son's asperger's is a gift and not a disability. you should know, i was only talking about my family's story and the way we choose to view it. the

broad. it ranges from severe and high functionings and it is different for every family. i thank all of you for your comments and your well wishes. i hope you join us as we head into april which is autism awareness month and we ask that you think about making a donation to autism speaks. they do so much, so many great things in our community, from research to giving grants to local organizations that work with the organization and the community and of course they help with the families living with autism. you can find a link on our web page, fox5dc.com and you can also text the word autism to donate $10 right now. >> he's a wonderful boy too. >> most people don't realize he's on the autism spectrum. i talked to him to make sure he was okay with us sharing this and he said yes because he wanted to get the word out

hopefully help spread awareness and help other families. so thank you, tyson. >> i have a nephew with autism. he's very different from tyson but know what you're going through and that he is tremendously gifted. such a genius and we love him. >> thank you. thank you. >> i didn't mean to cry. let's switch gears now. >> we could switch to anything you want. we can talk cherry blossoms. >> a lot of them go kaput? >> i was very concerned they might start blowing down so we sent a photographer down to the tidal basin and we said check out those blossoms, i think they look okay. it looked like the ocean down at the tidal basin today. there were whitecaps but still plenty of blossoms. oh, sure some of them came across, look at that great picture tonight. since they only came into

on friday it is still worth your trip to get down to the tidal basin and see them. what a great picture. here is what you can expect tomorrow. it will still be a breezy day. we got close to 50 miles an hour in a lot of places today. 11:00 a.m. 49, 2:00, 54. and you get the idea that it's going to be cooler. this one went by pretty fast too but spring has sprung. wind advisory has been cancelled for our area but it will still be breezy and those breezes will bring in cooler air later on tonight. tuesday is going to be sunny and cool and a little bit still on the breezy side. we had an area that brought us some rain that is departing. high pressure is building in and that's why we will continue to have breezes during the day tomorrow. here's some good news in this weather headline, the 70s will be back this week. it looks

thursday and friday but the other thing that will be back on thursday and friday is a little bit of rain in the forecast. some afternoon thunderstorms on thursday and potentially one or two that could be strong and a little bit of rain on friday. so unsettled as those 70s come back into town. 59 degrees tomorrow, a cool start only about 43 in the early morning. 64 on wednesday. so a little bit milder there. it looks like a great day. temperatures are lovely tonight. it is still windy and these 50s will be swapped for low 40s and some upper 30s and with those gusts still around tonight gusting to many places up and over 30 miles per hour you'll find them noticeable tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m. gusts right around 30 miles per hour again. getting a little bit better as we go through the day and they should relax after we get through about 8:00 tomorrow night. sunrise forecast 43 degrees. sunrise at 6:56 and thank you for the beautiful photo. here we go with your fox

5accuweather forecast. not all day rain, afternoon thunderstorms, showers and thunderstorms on friday. a little bit cooler for the weekend especially on sunday. and monday 56 and all of a sudden here comes april, first day of april is friday. that's your 7-day. now we're going to send it over to jim, shawn and judi. >> thank you, sue. it is time to get you guys in the know. judi kurtz writes in the know for thehill.com. i've seen the segment i couldn't even watch it because it was so touching. >> we talked about this one before. we talked about the easter egg hunt there was a supplies celebrity appearance. >> there was maybe one person who could actually up s

at the white house easter egg roll and that is beyonce. a surprise guest at the easter egg roll. there was daughter blue ivy. >> they weren't a part of the announced talent and they didn't perform at the white house easter egg roll. they showed up and had some fun at the white house. >> they didn't enter the lottery? >> we don't know how they got in. they somehow made the right calls. they do have a relationship with the obamas. beyonce has written an open letter. i think that might have had a little bit to do with it. >> just a little bit. >> bernie sanders we understand slamming a hillary clinton fundraiser being hosted by a

>> he's a big fan of george clooney but he's calling that fund raiser a scene because to be at the head table two tickets are going to cost you $350,000. >> wow. >> they are having a contest that you can donate any amount and maybe win your way in. but bernie sanders saying in recent comments that he's not too happy with his fund raiser. it goes to show big money in politics and he's trying to emphasize he gets small donations from individuals rather than these big hollywood fundraisers. >> we'll see $3 hundred,000. >> if i was a politician having cloony doing a fund raiser for me, who's going to turn that down. >> we'll be right back.

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