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is the target, is he the dark it of this, because every his relationship with the clinton's? next, even if those contributions were legal, were they ethical? next, is he frustrated with bernie sanders because he still is in the race and, finally, would he consider working for hillary clinton if she becomes president? take a listen. >> i'll be honest, when the news broke yesterday, aid lot of people say to me that were you going to cancel this interview. >> no. >> tell me why you decided to keep that? >> listen, i'm caring on my schedule as governor, no one has alleged i've done anything wrong, and you have to continue to do, i'm governor, out doing what i need to do to help the people of the commonwealth of virginia, i would never cancer? can you see how somebody maybe say this might and donation you shouldn't except because of his former status as delegate to china's national people's congress, maybe it might and donation that just doesn't sit well even if it is legal? >> well, as i say, he is a major contrib
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he sits on the board of new york university. i mean, two of our most prestigious universities, he's very active, everybody takes his money, i'm real baffled by the whole story in the first place it, seems, with somewhat of a political -- >> do you feel targeted specially by that association with the clinton's, where she often says things about being target in the could it be something -- >> well, i'll be honest with you, if i was sitting in the private sector, i don't think this would have risen to the level, listen, it is okay, you get in this business, you open yourself up. i'm fine doing that, we're confident haven't done anything wrong. >> well, governor mccullough went ton say that he's not even sure he's met the man who made those donations, he called this investigation the price of being in politics today. now, later in tonight's five news we will will answer those other questions, more of the interview, would governor mccullough like to be in hillary clinton's cabinet, if she becomes the president, and does he think bernie sanders should just get out of this race? thos
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back to you. >> in montgomery county police officer has been removed from his job as school resource officer after allegedly using excessive force at a prom. physically taking sherwood high school girl to the ground during a argument, and pink her arms behind her back, all of it captured on camera. >> montgomery county police say investigators received several complaints about the officer's conduct, and confirmed the same officer has twice been arrested in recent years for driving under the influence of alcohol. fox5's paul wagner joins us live tonight, from sherwood high school with the story. paul? >> reporter: well, laura, sarah, the camera that captured this incident sin side the lobby of a hotel in bethesda. i talked to the father of the girl today. he says he's seen that video and in his opinion that officer did use excessive force. he says it shows the officer moving in on his daughter, putting his knee into her back, taking her to the grounds, and pinning her arms
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at this ., mauriceio vague a the office here is involved in this is still on the street, at this . but has been removed from his job here at sherwood high school. the father, also told me today, that the officer was wearing a body camera, but for reasons that he is unclear about, it did not record all of the incident. >> sherwood high school. >> that school resource officer, mauriceiovega, produced, on friday, may 13, vega accuse the of man handling senior girl in the lobby of this hotel. where sherwood high school is holding it prom, taking the teen to the grounds. according to her father, police were checking student for alcohol use, when an argument broke out and officer vega moved in. prosecutors are now reviewing the case. according to police, in court records, officer vega was taken out of patrol, given the job at sherwood high after pleading guilty to a charge of driving
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alcohol while in his police cruiser. but, it is not as simple as that. according to this court document, vega consumed ten glasses of wine over four hours, while drinking in the green turtle restaurant in olney. according to the manager, vega was hammered. when he left the bar, got into his cruiser in august of 2014, and later crashing the patrol car into a light pole and telling the arresting officer he was a good officer, and deserved preferential treatment. just a few moments later there is photo shows officer vega taking part in a alcohol awareness program at sherwood high school. and that's not all. this photo allegedly showing the officer pointing what appears to be a taser at another person's head, is also part of the ongoing investigation. as of this report, officer vega has not had his police powers revoked, and still a working member of the montgomery county police department.
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officer was arrested for dwi in 2012, but i was acquit in the that case. today, i spoke on the phone with captain paul starks, spokesperson for montgomery county police, and i asked him how can you still be a montgomery county police officer having pleaded guilty to a charge of dwi, especially, a case in which this officer refused to take a field sobriety test, and also, refused to use a breathalyzer. officer starks, captain starks, i should say, told me that he was investigated by internal affairs, and corrective action was taken. >> live outside sherwood high school, paul wagner, fox5 local news. in fairfax county tonight, a teenager is behind bars, charged with the accidental drug overdose after fellow classmate. 17 year old alex ya springer died back in march, an autopsy revealed she had morphine, oxycodone and anxiety drug and alcohol in her system. fox5's marina
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center ville high school with more on this story, marina? >> for the past three months it has been a criminal investigation, and finley, just last week, there was an arrest in the case, alexia springer student here at center ville high school. she was found dead inside her home back on march 1. now, police initially said that it was due to a heroin overdose. her family immediately and vehemently denied that, said that it was instead just a drug overdose that was a lot of back and forth, and finally, the autopsy came out, and it was revealed that she had a cocktail of drugs in her system including oxycodone, which is of course an opioid. now, at this . police saying that last week another student from center ville high school, 18 year old david evers turned himself in. he's now facing a slew of charges in connection with what may have led to alexia's springer death, but facin
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during, selling, distributing, and possess ago controlled prohibited substance, of course, this all remains under investigation, but finally, some sort of closure for the springer family. live tonight in center ville, marina morocco, fox5 local news. >> we had another messy commute on metro this morning. riders ran into major delays on the red lion. another insulator and power cable problem at the medical center stop. metro is forced to single track between the grove nerve and friendship heights station. that caused 45 minute delays during the height of the morning rush. and riders we spoke with say they're pretty frustrated by it. >> not what i expected. i wasn't ready for this at all. >> the problem at the medical center resolved, rider still running into delays on several lines because every continuing track work. tonight after a public
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outcry, complaints from congress, big shake up in metro police policy. just hours ago metro's gm ordered metro police to publicly report violent crimes immediately. >> the move come after a congressional hearing aimed at improving metro safety turned into a grilling of metro's gm over why an alleged rape on red lion train last month wasn't revealed to the public until just yesterday. fox5 tom fitzgerald live on what went down there. hey, tom. >> reporter: good evening, there was some puzzled reaction frost members of congress today, when metro gm, paul, said that the reason metro decided not to publicly disclose alleged sexual assault on the red lion, back on april 12, was that because, quote, the suspect was apprehended literally a hours in that it was solved in hours. now, keep in mind, this alleged incident happened more than 40 days ago, it was only revealed when suspect got court appearance,
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in fact, after the hearing, defend metro decision not to publicly disclose this information, but fox5 asked him how that fits into repeated promises of transparency. >> was that a major mistake not to tell people that somebody got raped on metro? >> again, we captured the person in hours. >> and you're commended for that. >> that was a good arrest. >> i will take a look. i mean, if we need to report every day, we'll report every day. you know, literally things happen every day. if we want to put out a daily, you know, again, i am not hiding anything about it, it was something that was dealt with, that's what we did. >> what they are doing now as for this house hearing, if you are looking for congress to solve metro's operational problems today, women, you would be disappoint the. lawmakers essentially solved nothing today. one congressman gave the gm a certificate for firing about
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the florida congressman wondered why metro doesn't run as well as disney world monorail. still another, by 17 miles to the capitol this morning to avoid those red lion delays. but, 2 of the dmv's own delegation, democrat, eleanor homes north on, teaming to up make it crystal clear they were not satisfied with the gm's explanation of why the public was not told tore more man a month of an alleged rape on the red lion. >> i raised it as i mentioned because saw the concern and i had the concern myself because -- >> so announce it? >> i think so, that's why i raised it. >> the crime has occurred, and this is what we're doing about it. you don't keep it from the public. >> reporter: now the suspect in that case, 39 year old john hicks, of dc, is being held in montgomery county tonight on no bail. he is charged with fst
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degree rape. we are told by metro police that from now on all violent incidents, if they do not hinder the investigation, will be reported to the public immediately. we're live on capitol hill tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> coming up: bill cosby in court. >> up ahead, hear what came out of today's appearance that caught some people by surprise. >> flip shops are sure summer staple, but you may have heard they are ruining your feet. >> parents just another excuse to not buy your kids a hoverboard. one girl's new toy spinning out of control. the situation, women it, only gets worse. sue? >> that's rough to see. laura, sarah, i know it looks like i'm here but i am really not, i'm in weather heaven right now, it is so great out here. low humidity, warm temperatures, and the first 80 degrees reading we've had so far this month of may. you have to go all the way back to april 26 to find a warmer day. so, in the run up to our memorial day
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consideration we keep this streak going? we will have a first look at your forecast when we come right back. but before we go, how about a peak at the ocean? you're looking at ocean city boardwalk. i bet it will be a little bit packed this weekend. weather looks fantastic there, too, few people taking a stroll on the board walk, looks like the beach is groomed and ready to roll as the unofficial kick-off to the summer season rolls into town this weekend. we'll be right back. .
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>> looks like we finally turned the page. >> just makes you go ahh, we're here, let's state here for a little while please. >> 83 and sunny, are we going to stay here for awhile in this fabulous weather? >> we are going to stay here for awhile, and it has been a long pull to get here, and feels so fantastic t makes us more grateful and you appreciate a day like this when, first of all, very low humidity, these warm lovely breezes, it is just a joy to be outside. so, now, don't leave while the five and 6 news are on, but get outside, get back in by 10 and we'll continue to tell but the fantastic weather we're having. as i was mentioning before the break, we hit 83 at five. this is the first time we've been up and over 80 since april 26 when we hit 84 degrees, and first 80 degrees day this month,
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in april we did have four days that were at least at 80 if not higher. it is 82 in frederick, 82 for dullos, that seems to be the popular number right now, also, foremen as is, frederick burying, 83 coal pup err, but check out this 24-hour temperature change. now 14 to 20 degrees warmer, around the region, jed's rain, thunderstorms that came through did cool us off little bit but those temperatures have bounced back nicely. speaking of the rainmaker, and that persistent area of low pressure, now plaguing new york and boston, as it has been slowly spinning up the coast, but far enough away that the only clouds we're seeing here are just across portions of northeastern delaware, and across new jersey. so, there is the center of the area of low pressure, you saw the arrow there, great night for baseball, nationals will be taking on the mets, 67 05 pitch. by 6 inning, 7, a you don't need the jackets even at ten, 73. by the way tomorrow is weather day, x
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out there for the 1 game. one dollar of every ticket purchased will go to leukemia and lymphoma society. we would sure love to meet you out there. hey, let's take selfie together and enjoy the nice weather. meanwhile overnight, only falling to about 64 mild, our wednesday will start on warm note. fox news morning will be down live at the stadium, i'll be down there joining tucker and everybody else from the weather department, early on, so, we're excited that it will even be a warmer day, take your sunscreen if you're headed out and joining us at the game, often when we go out for weather day we actually have weather. >> this year will be exception. so looking forward to nice run, of course, it is a very big weekends, a lot of are you going to make it a three day weekend from the looks of traffic i saw today, some of you are taking the whole week off apparently, we'll focus on memorial day weekends and a look at the beaches coming up with full weather report just little later, sarah, lawyer, a hard once again to come in today. >> yes, beach time. wow. >> beach time. >> ocean city here we come. >> really truly, thanks.
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>> you bet. >> talking about this in our health news right now, we have eight got warning for those of how like to sport the flip flops in the summer months. >> according to health experts the popular shoe flip flop can have damaging effect on the body. >> it doesn't mean do you have give up flip flops entirely doctors say you should monitor how long you wear them. health expert say if you wear flip flops all day can cause your arches to collapse, cause physical stress to your body makes your ankles more vulnerable to strains and may make your knees turn in, causing pelvis miss alignment and poor posture, entirely makes you an entire hot mess. like it does everything. >> it makes your hair fall out! no, something i feel like i really need to think about with my kids, because, you know, as their legs are growing, they need to wear more supportive shoes. i just get lazy, they want to wear their flip flops all the time. and i need to get them in good supportive shoes. so, okay. this will prompt me to do that. >> i feel like i can't talk.
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high heal shoes. >> exactly. think about your march stall status for a second, apparently it is affecting your waistline. new study shows it could impact your eating lab glitz so researchers say divorce actually impacts men's diets, more than women's diets. the study measured thousands of patient, diets, by the amount of fruit and vegtables they consume. now, foremen, whose marriages ended, their daily consumption of fruits and veggies dropped by 25%. their diet also became less varied. >> i have a funny feeling i know why, because the ladies aren't cooking -- >> they're not taking care of? >> for divorced women their changes in their diet weren't statistically significant. so goes along with what i was saying. >> all right, here's something. parents, another reason not to leave your kids alone with a hoverboard apparently. not sure this is the right video we're talking about here, don't believe that it
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anyway, we are talking about hoverboard, i'll give it a second here. >> do we have the hoverboard video? >> do we have the video? there you go. >> okay. so, back it up here. another reason not to leave your kids alone with a hoverboard here. watch as this girl gets stuck on hoverboard that will not stop spinning. she starts -- >> oh, no. >> i can't stop. when her sister tries helping her off, things take another turn for the worse. the board then swings around in a bigger circle and slams her into the wall. you see where, you know, that wall was pretty heavily damaged from that. >> oh! >> so be careful with the hoverboard. >> yes. >> poor little girl. >> okay. >> just keeps going and going and going and there she goes, right into the wall. >> oh, okay. >> i thought they stopped selling those things. >> oh, no. >> all right. >> the right to rescue, and over attachment to cell phones are who of the big topics that are stirring up debate on social media tonight. >> so we want you to sounds off. should it be
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someone else's car windows to save a dog that's inside? and did a west . cadet caught on her cell phone during a graduation march cross the line? >> tweet us with the hashtag fox5dc to weigh in on this. we'll take closer look at those stories that are really causing outrage. and we will get your comment, too, coming up in just about 30 minutes. >> meanwhile, next, bill cosby stumbled into court. why the actor's unusual behavior has some worried he may be having problems with his eyesight. >> and get ready to strut. whoopi goldberg now bringing a trans gender modeling reality show to network tv. >> and if you were wondering where the obama's will move to after they leave the white house, well, we have the answer. we're going to tell you which dc neighborhood the first family has their eye on. >> and the sun engliss never virginia beach, live look on this tuesday afternoon. isn't that a beautiful side? we'll be right back. back.
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>> the sexual assault case against comedian bill cosby will now go to trial. a judge near philadelphia made that decision today. cosby arrived at the courthouse in norristown this morning and received cheers from some people in the crowd. take a listen. >> (chiefs) (cheers). >> get them, bill. >> cosby accused of drugging and molesting temple university employee andrea, said the sex between them was concentual, he seemed disoriented though, almost like he was having trouble seeing when he walked into court today led by another man. judge heard part of the statement con stand gave to police, on cross-examination, cosby's attorney questioned the fact that she continued to see cosby, and even returned to his house to meet with him
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78 year old faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of the charges. whoopi goal berg produce agnew project that challenges gender and beauty stereotypes. >> called strut. and the oxygen tv series will follow a group of transgender models trying to become household names in fashion. the models featured on the show are part of slay model management. the world's first exclusively trans gender modeling agency. the series will premiere on oxygen later this year. >> well, with just months left in president obama's 2 term, the first family is already identifying it next home. according to the national journal, the obama's are staying in d.c. and they plan to rent a home in the neighborhood east of massachusetts avenue northwest. >> the first family is staying in the dc area so that president obama's youngest daughter sasha can finish high school. president obama will be the first president to stay in d.c. after his term since woodrow wilson back in 1921. >> casino every wondering
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out of here, right? after all that time here. >> yes. >> the clinton's went i think to new york, but then came back and bought a home in the neighborhood, as well. took some time away. >> big presidential hang out apparently. >> neighborhood party. >> coming up: >> i would sit in the hospital and sometimes cry reading them, tears of joy, though, i mean not, you know, wow, this is incredible. and it made me feel like i'm not going through this alone. >> maryland governor hogan reveals what it was that made him cry in the hospital in the midst every his grueling treatment. and what he says his new calling is. part 2 of my he can clues i have interview governor hogan coming up. jim? >> hall every fame baseball family sioux tobacco industry over the major league baseball star's death. and, also, the maryland men's and women's lacrosse teams are philly bound, not the
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>> we have more from the governor's interview. he said he would consider it but not sure it fits his personality. he also said he has no running in running for the u.s. senate, as for bernie sanders staying in the presidential rales, fox5's political reporter ronica asked if saunders should fight until the fin english let me be very frank. he is entitled to gori
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the ends. i would be the biggest hipocrit in the world if i sat here today and told you that bernie should get out. because in 2008 when i was chair of hillary's campaign, we went all the way to the end t has gotten little ugly the last few weeks, in frank necessary i would rather not see that. but at the end of the day, after our convention, dow believe our party will be unified. >> he has every right. >> and further explained he can't tell sanders, as he allude dollars to, he can't tell sand tears get out of the race because he didn't tell clinton to get out back in 2008. >> five rounds of chemo, three surgeries, spinal taps, following five month of grueling cancer treatments, governor larry hogan announced back in november he is cancer-free and in remission. his maintenance treatment isn't over, but one year since his initial di
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remission. he sat down with me to talk about his past year. and while medicine is more advanced now than ever before, the governor believes it was more than just the treatment that helped him recover. >> diagnosed with an advanced and serious form of cancer, only five months into his governorship, larry hogan let the public in on everything. he chronicled his journey on facebook, and wasn't afraid to attend press conferences, and public events, despite his changing appearance. all the while, as aggressive as the cancer was, he was as aggressive in fighting it. >> did you at any . think were you going to die? >> i tried not to focus ton. >> what he did focus on were the thousands of get well letters he received. his staff put together binders of them, from president obama, from other governors, heads of state, even strangers. >> and i would sit in the hospital and sometimes cry reading them, tears of joy, though, i mean, not, you know, jus
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and it made me feel, you know, like i'm not going through this alone. >> it had a lot to do with me getting better. i believe in the power of prayer. >> what the governor particularly loved was meeting others in the same boat he was. >> it was the kids that were really special. >> he told me about one in particular. five year old andrew who had some advice. >> he said: governor, i know you're going through chemotherapy. i've been doing it for two years. so i wanted to give you some advice. and he gave me a list of the top ten things. make sure you have your hugging person, and the funniest one he said make sure you get the numb numb cream before they give you the pokey. so i guess they rubs something on you. i went to the doctor the next time, hey, doctor, i don't get any numb numb cream. >> does it make you look at politics in a different way in terms every putting things in perspective? >> makes me realize that there are things that are much more important. you know, i had conversations with speaker of the house, and the president of
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who we sometimes have tough battle w they were both very nice, the battle i was going through on a personal basis. and i said all of the things we sometimes squabble over or having this disagreement over, aren't that important when you any it. >> with 71% approval rating in recent polling, governor hogan is now the 2 most popular governor in america. >> how much do you think your health has contributed to your popularity? >> i don't think it is really the health, i think maybe it is the people seem to relate to me because they think i'm a regular person, and i tell it like it is. >> within five months of his first treatment, governor hogan was back before the public again with another announcement. >> i am one hundred% cancer free and in complete remission. >> now the governor continues with what he calls his tune-ups. >> i've been feeling great. i am actually happy to have had the experience to go through it, and i appreciate every day more than i ever did. you know, i wake up every day trying to make the most of it, like i'm closer to my family andri
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people more, and i think there are other things more important than the day-to-day, you no, none sense that you have to deal with in politics. >> do you have aspirations beyond governor? >> no, i'm just really focused on trying to solve the problems we have in maryland. >> but he tells me he now has a new calling, to take on cancer on a larger scale by raising money and spreading awareness. >> there are incredible breakthroughs that i think we're very close to reaching. >> and governor hogan has met with vice president joe biden to discuss biden's cancer moon shot initiative. said he's very glad he's been so trans par bent his health. several people told them they watched that press conference 11 months ago, and that they've found similar issues, they've gotten them checked out, and they, themselves, have been treated for cancer. his only complaint he tells me now is that he says he wants to get in shape, the weight gain is a result of all of the steroids and the treatment that he's been through. >> oh,
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he wants to do is take a little time off. >> he deserves it. >> he has not take answer day off. and he continued to work through his treatments, sometimes 18-hour days. >> wow. >> so he's a bit of a workaholic. so he is hoping to take some time off in the near future. >> i do like he is so real and authentic, that's why people relate to him i think no matter what your politics, are he seems like generally good guy and a fighter. >> yes, he is a fighter for sure, for sure. >> new tonight: the family of former baseball star tony gwen is suing the tobacco industry over his death. the lawsuit claims years of dipping, caused gwen's cancer. he started using chewing tobacco as college freshman. he died of cancer of the salivary grand at the age of 54. he had said in the years before his death that he believed the cancer was from chewing tobacco. and, hey, he used a lot in the big leagues. that will was the thing. >> that's one of the reasons so many of
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cities have outlawed chewing tobacco at ballparks, mentioned it is happening in boston, la, chicago, they are considering it in d.c. curt schilling, been in the news for other things, but last year endorsed the city's initiative to ban chewing tobacco altogether because they don't want the kids to get the wrong idea about it. >> legends, sad to see him go at 54. >> remember the chew, big league -- >> i remember t i took a big glob of that a while ago playing softball, ugh. >> all right, we're going it talk about another story of inspiration, a lot of inches inspiration from governor hogan, but let's talk about lacrosse. why it ties in together. this weekend philadelphia will be turned into term-aldefhia they play for the third straight season, the men's team is drawing motivation from very special monday or area teammate. >> ho
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>> men's team riding school record 15 game winning streak, the terps haven't lost since march. last saturday they beat syracuse to advance to the final four against brown. maryland seeking it first title since 1975. as for the women, jug err knotts, senior class led by two time playing taylor comings has not lost since march of 2015. >> last week they dominated u-mass 18 to 3 to advance to their 8 straight final four. will face syracuse the women are in pursuit of third straight title. >> really good positive energy, from the men's and women's side, right now, and we're both looking forward to just getting up to philadelphia, and, again, competing as hard ' we can to represent the university of marl will. >> the surprise me they have so much success, what they are doing every day to make it happen. but to do it with them is great. we're pulling for them all the time.
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welcome five year old thin kim inches to the lacrosse program. thin was diagnosed in june 2014 with accute lymphoblast i can leukemia. he'll continue receiving treatment until october 2017. he's joined the team at practices and games but last week, the team showed their support for their honorary captain by shaving their heads and thin got to see it first-hand. his courageous fight has really put everything into perspective. >> to take just some of that self esteem away maybe, that confidence of that hair, and just shave it down, and make a guy smile, let him know we're behind him. to me i was really proud of they get it. >> i thought it was great to see him experience what we were doing for him, just let him know that he is part of our team, part of our family, so definitely seeing that i think was awesome for a lot of guys. made a lot of guys really happen. >> i he has this crazy thing called cancer that casino of like shocked us all, touches us all in some way. and with him, he's like, he is in so much pain, but so happy, so positive. >> so this weekends th
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first, winning both lacrosse titles and the man with inspiration from thin. >> head coach john tillman says thin who lives in kensington plans on being there saturday or monday if maryland advances to the title game. >> wow. that's awesome. >> this kid, guys to look up to, these guys i'm sure looking up at thin for his battle. >> yes. >> works both ways, exactly. we need that. >> yes, we do, thank you. coming up: california consideration a bill to allow window smashing, to save dogs from hot cars. >> and did a west . cadet caught on her phone during a graduation march cross the line? tweet with the hashtag fox5dc to weigh in. >> taking your comments and just ten minutes right here. but first, sue, looking good outside? >> yes, that's hard to do with gloves on, too, isn't it, jim? you know what, you're right. it is a
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beautiful evening, and definitely make plans to get outside. look at these temperatures. you know the pools are opening over the weekend. 71 degrees at 11 tonight. that will will help to keep those pool waters little warmer. people taking advantage of the atomic on this beautiful afternoon, too, we see a lot of boaters out. oh, there goes my boat right now, and there is tony waving, or is that the stern? okay, it is not my boat, we'll be right back. now at havertys furniture, it's our annual memorial day sale. which means it's the perfect time to create the perfect home. now through may 30th, take an extra hundred dollars off every thousand dollars you spend.
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>> this is great. >> so we yanked sue from outside and said you got too much of this, it is our turn! >> this is awesome. can i come and join you the next time, maybe just set up a picnic table?
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several people were saying come on, go outside. >> they've got some pull. >> yes, a lot of people walking around northwest friendship heights, beautiful day, i'll cue the bus, should pull up any second. >> right? >> that's when it get loud. >> very squeaky breaks, you can't hear what we're saying, enjoy your time out there ladies, i'll give everyone a little update, start with the weather headlines because wow what beautiful mild night we have ahead enjoy it, talking about warmer day, which is weather day, i'll explain why tomorrow is weather day in just a moment. the humidity is low today. it will be comfortable tomorrow. it will be sneaking back in on thursday. so, be ready for that. and then, few late week thunderstorms, not wash out, but just typical thunder time fair, start getting into the 80s. 83 degrees today, first time this month, we've hit 08. now, we hit it few times in april. but his is the warmest day we've had since back on april 26 when we g
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dullos, bwi at 82, check out these current temperatures, all across the region, so, just glorious tonight, and again, with the low humidity, the casino every days we just don't get enough of, here in d.c., high pressure is going to be sliding over to the coast, it keeps the southwest winds going, but our skies will stay clear, it will be mild, and it is a nice start tomorrow morning, which we are thrilled about. high pressure will continue off the coast. which means, that warm direction of the winds is going to be in play all week long. so, the humidity will start to get noticeable, as we get into thursday, with that increase in humidity on thursday, one or two thunderstorms could be roaming around in the afternoon, nothing widespread, not necessarily severe either. but hey, i mentioned weather day in the weather headlines. here we are in our trading cards wearing winter jacket which we will not need tomorrow. we are going to be out at the ballpark, doing weather presentation for kids tomorrow morning at ten a.m. our temperature then about 77, if you are going to be among the schools that are
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out. we can't wait to see you. and after the presentation, for the game, one fitch pitch, 82 degrees, bring the sunscreen, you definately will need it. we want you to come out and join us if you can play hooky and get out of work, every ticket sold, one dollar will be donated to leukemia and lymphoma society. tony perkins will be out there, too, honorary weather man, a lot of us from fox5. so right now, we're expecting temperature to top out at 86 tomorrow. so three degrees warmer than today. and we're looking at memorial day because we know that's what you want to know and what is going on for our memorial day weekends, saturday looks like the best of the 3 days. on sunday, 83 degrees, we added chance every thunderstorm, i'll tell you right now, very slight chance, but any time we expect a lot of people to be outside and we think there is a chance, we will add it to the forecast. still, few scattered thunderstorms on monday, memorial day itself, 50-50 chance of you seeing one of the thunderstorms. last stop tonight before we look at the 7 day, looking good at the beaches. but
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the temperatures for hatteras, but add thunderstorm, very small, possibility, in on sunday, and as we look at the local beaches, you can see, ocean city and rehoboth also looking at maybe brief interruption with some thunderstorms, sunday, monday, but still worth getting down to the beaches. your fox5 accuweather 7 day forecast, look ' temperatures pushing 90 on saturday, 8 an as we talked about for sunday, and even as we look at next tuesday, maybe couple of more thunderstorms roaming around with temperature of 78 degrees. that is your weather forecast, and we will be right back after this brief break.
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>> we're doing little social media sounded off. jim is back here to help take a look at some of the top turns stories. >> some people talking about things today, california's considering a bill making it legal to smash out someone's car windows in orders to save a dog that's in a
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the bill has a lot of support in california, but some are concerned people might take the law too far, and smash windows when an owner is stepping away for a couple of minutes. so that is a thought right there. you know, what's interesting, i've seen that before, too, see dogs in cars. i've left nasty notes. >> oh, you have? like your dog is in the car it is too hot or too cold or one way or the other. but the thing is like i just -- you shouldn't leave them in there. >> not at all. >> at all. but i guess, unless the windows are crack or something, but when it is too hot -- >> they say not even the windows cracked is acceptable. >> but i liked idea you should be able to rescue a dog, but like smash the windows open, but other possibility, ramification that is go along with this. >> i'm interested to see what people have to say about this. >> let's check in with laura in the news room. what's your reaction to people on social media? >> a lot of mixed reaction to. >> this think about it, dog can't sweat like we can. so, you know, we can cool ourselves off, but a dog can't sweat. so it happens quickly, it heats up real quickly in the car.
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comments people are weighing in with. alex says can the window breaker sue if the dog startled hot and covered with glass attacks the heroic animal savior. so, you know, couple of questions about that, so this isn't advancing but i'll read about this. jimmy says: absolutely agree, if you leave your pet in a hot car, the least you deserve is a broken window. right? exactly. so, why leave your dog in the hot car to begin with? your pet? and then ray says: without appropriate good samaritan law rescue is done at risk as people who trap their pets are petty enough to sue. so, let's go back, i know we have another hot topic. that's causing a lot of buzz too on line. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> all right, snow video stirred up outrage, west . cadet precisely marching during graduation ceremony, except, for
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she doing? yep. cell phone in hand. >> i am really surprised by that. >> that would you do that, so is it unprofessional, disrespectful, or is it no big deal whatsoever? now, when you talk about west ., you talk about the naval academy, those are institutions, so steep in tradition, it is a military institution, so really -- >> she should have been passing and actually graduating. >> it it take effect? >> what's the text? really, texting about a situation like that? >> good . i'm trying to think they they finish l g up? are they really just finishing up the ceremony? >> is it her parents saying we have a table at denny's. >> no one else is doing it. >> that makes the big difference. where everybody has a comment about same phone use in our society. >> ya. >> put it away, jen. >> yep. coming up: meet steph
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meet the baby the internet has dubbed stuff curry.urr this guy's act l ultimate name iceland on.ic his mom says the nickname was originally used to poke fun atfn her baby's weight but she chosee to embrace it. isn't he so cute. just a kitty so much for joining us. fox5 local news at 6 startst 6 right now.ri this is fox5 local news at 6. right now at 6 a high school student advertise under arrestrs and facing charges stemming from the deadly extent accidentalacci overdose of a fellow student. i'll be honest when the news broke yesterday i had a lot of people say to me that you why aring to cancel this in
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a fox5 exclusive. i'm carrying on my schedule as governor. no one has alleged i've done've anything wrong. we went one one on one virginiai governor terry mcauliffe following reports the fbi is investigating him.vest he didn't shy away from our investigation. also, caught red handed. the news at 6 starts right now. we begin the 6 tonight withtoni breaking yous. thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. > s that he'sd right.he's the news coming to us out of orange county, virginia, a incorporate s l engine plainat crashede about 90 minutes ago.. we're told right on the street. we're told this is near a town called roadsville in orange in county. we're also told that two people on the the plain were killed. there's no word of any injuries to people on the ground. federal and state investigators are heading to the scene tocene figure out what exactly happened. we will bring you the latest developments as soon as we getet hem. in other news today a teenager has been arrested in connection to the accidental drug overdoses

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