million and again it could go to help more than 900 kids with for and after school care and the board of education wrapped up their press conference here at county headquarters, where they said they were disappointed and deeply troubled by those finding and plan to hold teachers accountable. fox 5 was the first to tell you about the grant that could leave more than 900 kids with much needed care a the notice of termination outlines three instances of concern, the first in december, 2015 where the reports said a three-year-old boy at wheatly had a bathroom accident during nap time. the teacher forced him to mop up his urine in front of the class. then goes ons at the photos of that child and sent them to his parents said lol he worked that mop. in june, head start center, they were forced to hold heavy boxes over their heads for long periods of time after being

the third incident the report states a 5-year-old girl at landingly park elementary school was left unattended 75 minutes after visiting the nurse and walked home alone. the report says they're noti done in time. in the press conference, prince george's county said their goal is to provide uninterrupted access to the head start program to families and county. they say it will start as planned monday, august 29th. however, no word yet where their funding will come from and guys we also spoke to a parent of a four-year-old at landingly mccore mic elementary school. she asked us to blur her face, she says she's not surprised federal funding was pulled. her son experienced a similar instance of to he teachers humiliating him as a form of disciplining him. >> my son, they didn't give him permission to go to the bathroom. he had a problem

changed him. so what they did is they -- they everybody was laughing at him until i come back prince george's county has 30 days from monday to appeal the termination. there's no sure if they will be appealing that decision. starting monday, any teachers involved in any of those instances will be removed and will not be part of those classes. back to you. thank you so much. fox 5 has learned the chief of the amtrak police department is under investigation for fraud and ethical violations. affidavits say thes office of the inspector journal say whether she hid her realization with a man >> paul wagner joins us tonight. >> reporter: this investigation began in december, 2015 with an allegation cheap

romantically involved and owned contract to amtrakly 500 police officers. an affidavit filed in federal court claims hanson failed to disclose her true relationship with kerry thompson and violated amtrak's ethical policies, the inspector general wants to see all of hasn't son's financial records. instead of turning them over, she went to court. >> the allegations against poly hasn't son who has been cheap of the amtrak police department since december of 2012 are laid out in detail in documents and affidavits filed in a federal petition against the inspector general. according to the documents in the case, investigators want to see the chief's banking record. dating back to 2006. in hopes of learning more about her relationship with kerry thomas, a man who won a million dollar contract as senior are director of abc consulting in arlington. investigators have documents chief hasn s

thomas as her boyfriend and the two own a condominium together in this building in dewey beach delaware. they say chief hanson was directly involved in the process of awarding the contract to train her officers but did in the directly suggest thomas's firm as a possible bidder. in april of 2014, after others approved awarding it to thomas's firm, hanson sent an e-mail to amtrak's chief financial officer saying, quote, i just learned i know the bidder that abc consulting. the affidavit also says, hanson told investigators she later alerted officials at amtrak that she had, quote, a close personal relationship with thomas, but as investigators allege in the affidavit, she did not disclose she had known thomas ten years. and was in a personal and financial relationship with him. now investigators want to see all of hanson's financial records. in order to determine whether there was fraud involved. a subpoena

chief hanson went to court claiming four accounts are held jointly with her adult son and not relevant to the investigation. a claim countered by investigators who want to know the extent of the relationship personal and financial with kerry thomas. >> we learned this afternoon the judge in the case has denied the chief's petition and ruled the investigators can access all of her bank accounts. we reached out to the chief, amtrak and the inspector general and in turn, we received this statement from the chief's attorney. the it reads in full. miss hanson understands the oig responsibility to investigate anonymous complaints. she's aware of the allegations. it's cooperating fully with the oig, and is anxious to see the examination concluded. paul wagner fox 5 local news. we're following a developing story as the

missing swimmer in the potomac river. alexandra limon rode along with one of the search boats and gave us a closer look at what crews were up against. >> reporter: we wanted to give you a different perspective of why the potomac river is so dangerous we head the out with the montgomery county swift rescue rescue team. explain to me, as we go up and down the river what it is that you're doing and looking for? . >> reporter: so when we get a 911 call for somebody that the in danger on the river, a lot of time somebody who has illegally started to swim in the river. jumped into the get cooled off, and they find themselves in a current that they can't out swim and they become caught in it and then, you know, sometimes they're ok and sometimes they perish. >> reporter: another thing that i was talking to you about be

involves if you, as a firefighter go into the water but it's same thing for regular people, swimmers, what is it you're supposed to do to avoid getting trapped or caught >> we teach them basic maneuvers if you're in swift water, if any time that you're on the river, you should always have a psd and possibly a helmet to protect your head, but if you're in current, you want to face downstream, keep your feet in the air, point your feet in the direction of where you want to try to go to. but the current is pushing you downstream, you want to move to the left, feet to the left and put yourself to one side or the other of the river. >> reporter: in order to keep your feet from getting caught in debris >> you want to keep your feet up, but down, but bounces over any of the obstacles

water >> search and rescue were not able to find the missing man, he's a man in his 20's from afghanistan who recently came to the u.s. his friends also said he did not know how to to swim. he jumped off of some rocks. they haven't seen him since. it's likely crews will be back out searching tomorrow. reporting in montgomery county, alexandra limon fox 5 local new news. good safety advice. >> we're looking at storms coming in soon, sue palka in the weather center >> you'd never know it from looking at that sky nice and blue. but we have two threats watch tonight. the first one will be some strong maybe severe storms that could have damaging wind and then any of these storms could also be loaded with rain and flash flooding may be a concern. it's heavy rain flag you to, not much going on, went it's going to be later tonight when we have

got running around to do now, you're not going to run into much wet weather the exception would be up toward clear spring and hedgeville. it's not severe but it has heavy rain with it and moving due east along interstate 70 of the fast moving waters there. and i want you to show you the wider picture. not only do we have a lot more rain to our west, west virginia but you see, pushing from the south. they may come together a little later and merge to create the possibility of localized places getting three, maybe four inches of rain. the threats will be later tonight. possibility of strong winds that could cause damage, and flash flooding in a big hurry. that could go up later. a flash flood watch has been issued and it will go till 3:00 in the morning, this could get expanded. no

an update this severe thunderstorm watch is in effect west of our area a along interstate 81 corridor and points quest west. they're analyzing the 95 corridor to see maybe later tonight we have to have a watch issue. we'll have to see if the storm have potential for strong gusty winds. that could get expanded and run into later tonight. that's something else. it's another warm day, not as hot as yesterday but we're at 93 at this hour and still mighty humid. any storms that form will find plenty of moisture to drop on any one area. we'll watch radar we'll have another update in ten minutes or so and i'll take you to the futurecast so you get an idea of where the rain may be in the hours to come. keep your weather ap handy from fox 5 and we'll keep you ahead as we're on the air at 5:00 and 6:00. friend and family will gather in th

to remember christopher berry, the candlelight vigil will will be held outside woodrow wilson high school in northwest. he graduated from woodrow wilson in 1998. the 36-year-old son of former dc mayor marian berry died over the weekend from an apparent drug overdose. funeral arrangements have not yet been made official. still to come, two gruesome murders blamed on drug flaka. a man killed a couple and found eating his victim's faces. what's the drug that could make something do something to vicious >> an update on the investigation at prince george's county hospital after a potentially dangerous bacteria force to do infants to be transferred out of the nicu. >> they're live saving tools but the rising cost of epipens may be putting their lives at risk. we'll be right back.

♪ tonight a horrify to go story has officials in our area warning would you the dangerous of hallucinogenic drugs >> they're trying to piece together what caused a college student to attack and murder a couple of strangers and bite one of the victim's faces: let's bring in tom fitzgerald gerald. what were they able to tell you about what happened in florida? >> good e

were blunt about this. the dea is clear. they do not know yet exactly which hallucinogen was at work, whether it was flakka, whether it was this other drug known as bath salt. they do know this, this attack was so horrific, so violent and they're warning people in this area, this stuff makes its way up the i95 corridor with devastating results. these drugs so strong, if you take any of them, you might not only harm yourself, you could harm others around you. listen to this. >> turned on him and had enough sense to get back in the house. >> reporter: that is the father of jeff fisher, a neighbor who tried to stop the attack and wound up getting stabbed. police said they had to use a stun gun an police dog to subdue 19-year-old austin.

student was eating dinner with his family at a restaurant near palm beach, all of a sudden, austin stormed off. his family said they thought he was annoyed by the service, something else was going on. 45 minutes later, a scene right out of a horror movie, 59-year-old john stevens and 53-year-old wife michelle sitting in the garage, he shows up and allegedly stabbed both to death and stabbed the neighbor who tried to save them. more disturbing, police say he was biting one of the victim's faces and they had to pull the teenager off of one of the victims. >> he was exhibiting abnormal levels of strength. inexplicably as it sound looks like a completely unprovoked and random attack on two people sitting in their open garage. >> reporter: horrible stuff.

at this point, police in florida are saying there is no evidence of methamphetamine use, no cocaine use. there is no heroin. in this suspect's system what is it? the dia tells us these tests take time, especially for hallucinogens. if it does turn out for a flakka, it will be some time. but austin haroof, he is underguard now at a florida officer as they work to get the news. the fairfax city council named a new interim mayor, steven some brace will take over implied. after scott silver thorndale after he was arrested for trading sex drugs. the special announced a special election will be held february 7th to determine who will be the new mayor prince george

center trying to find the to source of deadly bacteria, investigators found the pseudomonas in a water pipe supplies the knew rho in any tall intense care unit. they're cleaning and treating the hospital plumbing infrastructure. several infants were transferred out of the after three tested positive for the bacteria. hospital says all services except the nicu are open to patients. ♪ in tonight's health watch, the country's heroin epidemic is getting worse. studies show new hampshire is one of the hardest hit states, one person dies from heroin every day. just yesterday police in huntingdon west virginia responded to 26 overdoses in just four hours. one of the biggest challenges in addressing the problem is the lack of resources, many treatment facilities say they don't have enough beds available for patients coming in. medical schools across the country are seeing

the number of people donating their bodies to science, many believe the trend is due to rising funeral costs and growing acceptance of the practice. several schools have seen double the amount in donations including the university of buffalo university of minnesota and state agencies in maryland and virginia. bodies totaled to medical schools are cremated once they're no longer needed. remains are returned to the family as the no and he knows. people with food allergies are paying more for life saving epi pens, they paid about $100 for two packs of epipens. the experts say the maker of epipen is using the monopoly on market. especially this time of year as children return to schools where their aller intelligent may be unexpectedly present >> they have to have one at school, at home. >> that's crazy.

the presidential candidates getting briefed on national security >> what kind of info is really in those briefings and how does it compare to what the presidencies? get ready for a giant panda birthday celebration at the national zoo. excited fans show up to welcome back kate ledecky. the olympic gold metalist, the homecoming coming up. >> if you have a story idea, we'd like to hear, call the fox 5 tip line, 202895-three. or tips at wttg.com wttg.com

. get ready for a giant panda birthday celebration, the national zoo is celebrating three panda birthdays one day. the party is this saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. it will be

is panda enjoying an ice cake earlier this summer. saturday's party also going to include frozen cakes for the pandas. i love watching them eat those frozen cakes. the it's like the cutest thing ever >> we need one because it is so hot out here. >> the humidity is just ridiculous. of sue palka, my gosh the heat keeps oncoming. >> it's not as bad as yesterday but still not comfortable yet for sure and the humidity has been relentless. that's going to contribute to problems we may see later

a bit of lightening has bee gun to develop it will be approaching you in bonesboro hagerstown, a little bit south of you cape town myersville between now and about 5:51, other than that, there still remains plenty of activity to the south and west. all of that has to pass through later tonight. keep your guard up and keep an eye out for all these showers and storms. futurecast shows at 7:00 we're beginning to see the development of some of these downpours and by 9:00, 10:00 might be prime time in this area, it could be a little bit of hail in there. certainly heavy rain, flash flooding potential, the flash flood remains until about 3:00 in the morning, but by about 1:00 or 2:00 most should be out. eyes to the sky keep it on fox 5 as well as on all of our social media and we'll let you know what we're seeing. by the way, news flash at 5:00,

storm fiona has formed. . we'll show you coming up later: . sarah i'm full of good news >> it's going to good cooler too, so there is actually good news >> we'll wait for that. . coming up the presidential candidates being briefed on national security. how much info are they really getting access to? the latest in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal, why she's actually calling for details of the fbi's investigation to be made public. as the sugar high really a high? any it's being called nomination when we return.

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5:00. it's happened yet again. washington monument closed to visitors right now because the elevator stopped working around 11:30 this morning. one employee got stuck on the elevator and had to be rescued. about 84 visitors at the top of the monument had to walk down the stairs. at this point, officials are sure what caused the problem. the monument will remain closed while they figure it out >> they will start telling us when. >> not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country. look what's happened over the last ten years, over the years. it's been catastrophic. i won't use some of the people that are sort of your standards, use them, they're easy to use them but i won't use them because they made such bad decisions. >> and this was an interview that aired on fox and friends this morning. where donald trump said he does not trust the current u.s. intelligence. >> that was before he reportedly sat down for

security briefing today in new york city. political reporter ronica cleary is here with what intelligence he may have been giving. we know it's not to the extent what the president gets every day >> we'll get in that. not even close. it is standard for the major party nominees to receive these briefings once they're officially nominated. both parties are accusing the other of being unfit to handle information. democrats voiced his ability to handle classified information, which harry reid suggests we should give trump fake intelligence briefing after trump suggested that russia signed and release clinton's missing e-mails. republicans including paul ryan said hillary clinton should not receive national security briefings because of her use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state but the president recently confirmed they will

this law and practice of giving both major party nominees classified intelligence briefings to insure they're prepared to respond to national security issues on the first day one of them takes the office. what do the candidates learn in these briefings? i spoke with steven, a professor at american university and an international security expert to you did better understand how much detail a candidate actually receives in a briefing. >> this will be a one-time briefing provided by career intelligence officers who will cover sort of a broad array of topics. they probably will not get into ultra sensitive information on any of them. that's the type of information you don't get until the you're the president elect. it's better to think of that that way than it is they're going to be sort of given the crown jewels in terms of all intelligent secrets. >> he further explained that the candidates can come back and ask for follow-up que

follow-up briefing but they need to understand that information would then be provided to both candidates in an effort for fairness. if you're interested, third party candidates like gary johnson and jill stein don't get access to these briefings. back to you. hillary clinton is working to take control of her e-mail scandal. clinton's campaign says it wants fbi documents on the investigation to be shared publicly and not just with members of congress. a republican led house oversight panel is reviewing the documents that have been classified as secret. a spokesman says republicans should not be able to mischaracterize the information. make sure you keep it with all things election related. we're following everything from the campaign on our new show 5 at 6:30. donald trump's campaign shake-up. more political news and analysis tonight at 6:30. a big honor for

road in the country after him located near the american military base bond steel. biden served as an interim legal advisor in the country back in 2001. during a press conference, the vice president shared stories and told reporters how much his son loved cosaville and its people. >> the lucky parent who turns and looks at his child and realize his child turns out better than he was. i was, indeed, a successful parent because beau was a better man than i am and he sensed right away how important cosavo, should, could and will be. bo biden died last year from brain cancer, just 46. you may remember toya graham for smacking her son during the baltimore riots?

her family are homeless after an accidental fire. it happened saturday afternoon, the same son, 17-year-old michael was home alone cooking when a fire broke out. the fire completed gutted the family kitchen and they won't have renter's insurance, family set up a gofundme page, they've raised more than $31,000. the police department is under fire for its cell phone tracking technology. civil rights filed a federal complaints against the department. they say the tracking device uses a racially discriminatory method and interferes with emergency calls. the tracking sting ray device looks like a cell tower and used to locate suspects and their cell phones. civil rights groups argue many of them are unfairly placed in african-american neighborhoods. to milwaukee where a police officer has been arcticed by online threats following the shooting death of seville smith. they have not released the name

of the officer who shot the man but multiple people posted his photos along with threats. the department said it's very good investigating each case. victim's sister said her brother went to high school with the officer who shot him and they knew each other. state police wants to warn you about a telephone examiner who claims to be a state trooper. he threaten to arrest if money owed is not recently forwarded. recent a woman in her 70s was targeted. she told police she received multiple calls from a man with a heavy foreign accident telling her she owed $800. it's important to note that maryland state police does not collect fines for criminal offenses they're collected by the court system. more help on the way for ellicott city. >> details on the new effort to help business owners rebuild. >> kate ledecky republicing from rio. we got the olympic gold metalist homecoming

they're suing the makers of pokemon go. they say it's ruining their neighborhood. they live across street that is a pokemon go hot spot. they peak i do not cars, trample lawns, cursed at them. they want the makers of pokemon go to ask for permission before putting poke ky stops near their property and they want a cut of the profit. >> i can't blame them: it's being a good neighbor. believe it or not, cooler weather with high temperatures in the low to mid 90's across the area. we'll see those temperatures continue to fall but we also have a flash flood watch out for our area, severe thunderstorm west, strong storms are expected to move in. i'll have the latest on the timing of that straight ahead in your seven-day forecast when fox 5 returns after this.

♪ . good news for small businesses and residents acted by the historic flooding. the board of public works approved $2.5 million in funding, the move makes business owners and residents eligible for 0 and low interest loans. many of those affected by the floods will have to restock inventory replace furniture and repairs, 2.5 has been requested by the governor to recover from the damage. >> it will take a long time. >> we're going to see strong rains yet again, hopefully not as bad about 10:00 >> that's the worst case scenario. it could be as early as about 8:00 p.m. and we're under a flash flood watch and we're worried about the heavy rain too.

today. it's pretty nice. of feels -- did it feel any less hot >> i didn't think it did. at this point, they all seem to feel the same when you get past 90. >> 95. >> 95. >> really what is the difference? i was trying hard. while i could feel that breeze out of the north, still steamy as we take a live look. that is not a sky that would indicate severe weather. blue sky for miles and flat cumulus clouds out there. we do have strong storms towards our west and it's question is within the next couple hours are we going to get strong storms that will form over the dc metro? that is what we are waiting and looking for this evening. some storms around which may be severe and also bring heavy rain. along with that, our heat is finally starting to soften, loosening it's grip a little bit. that being said, it's still warm and will be humid this weekend but relief is on the way

week, wait till you see these temperatures low 60's, highs in the 80's. slat and radar showing several lines of showers and thunderstorms moving from the ohio valley through west virginia and pressing into the shenandoah mountains just about couple hours west of washington area. that's where you would find any rain or thunderstorms right now. nothing severe with this, despite the fact that virginia, west virginia is under a severe thunderstorm. what. we're not seeing enough instability for anything severe yet. locally we've got one cell up by hagerstown. most activity towards the west. you can't see anything across dc and baltimore metropolitan areas, there's been a little bit of lightening over bonesboro, this is up by 70 towards hagerstown, almost out of our region. northern maryland this is the area we would see the cell moving due east, places like theirmont, johnsville and into middleberg as it moves from west to east, basically along the i 70 corridor.

flash flood watch watch is out for all of the dc, anne arundel county, baltimore county, central pourings of virginia, these storms bring steady downpours. of severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 p.m. we're still concerned with the front in place that if we get enough energy as the showers and storms move in with the heat to produce severe weather, and futurecast says 8:00 p.m., the air mass cuts into the heat and humidity boiling all day. you can generate some of these strong storms. while heavy rain is our primary concern, is absolutely pouring over washington as well as along the chesapeake over into the eastern shore. s annapolis over towards easton, but damaging winds are a concern. main issues would be heavy rain and also we could see some of those wind gusts exceed 40 to 50 miles an hour. how much rain? we don't need it this quickly. even though these are quick moving. they could lay down a quick half to an inch of rainfall in some spots. speaking of rainfall, you heard sue mention

last time she was on, we have sixth tropical storm of the season fiona, pretty name, but never pretty to talk about, well, well out in the atlantic, the models are showing over the course of the next few days, it will be heading northwest wards towards bermuda but far away, and will remain largely out at is a sea. 93 washington, i see upper 80's, north and west, gaithersburg and baltimore. despite the fact that we were only in the mid 90's, were he saw heat index values in the upper 90's feeling like 100 frederick down through fredericksberg bermuda high is still there. not as intense, high temperatures in low 90's tomorrow with the trough swinging through, re you have enough instability that we put in the chance for a pop-up shore or storm. but nothing too widespread. let's get to the weekend. while temperatures not as hot, around 90, still kind of sticky. few storms possible. they are more likely on a

cloudier more unstable sunday. forecast again for tonight. scattered storms, heavy rain, waiting for it. the best time going to be between 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. if you go with futurecast about 10:00 p.m., it's pouring here in dc. 90 degrees sun and clouds with a pop-up thunderstorm tomorrow, let's check the seven-day forecast. zip trip if you're heading out to rosslyn virginia -- that would be friday. a day early on the zip trip. sunny and warm on friday. that's when our zip trips are. not a thursday. of look at next week, beautiful into the mid 80's, 86 followed by 84 and low 60's. of we'll send it back to you. the redskins preseason game two is friday in front of the home crowd. >> kind of a sloppy preseason debut >> seemed to go on forever. people on twitter kept saying stop throwing flags in preseason game. they reviewed play plays. jay gruden said they made the big plays and all of the

penalties. preseason is all about getting your revs and staying healthy. when you get a chance, you got to get the basic things right before you can do the extraordinary things, the catch the coach's eye, which is hard to do when you keep getting penalized. the feel of the skin's first preseason game in atlanta, full of yellow laundry, the redskinses were penalized 14 times for 123 yards between the two teams, there were 25 penalties, seemed to make the preseason exhibition go on and oh and and on. focus this friday night against the jets, stop beating yourself. >> just in the fundamental got moving in, were he getting calls, guys not, we got a personal foul. we have so many different calls, that's lack of paying attention that just details >> i don't want to see a lot of penalties. we want to play a clean football game, improve on the physicality eliminate the big place on defense. you take away the big place and penalties play a pretty good

good game >> steven, the first six batters reached base, stroudsburg allowed seven runs the first in an inning, strauss, would give up nine runs makes you wonder if he's 100 percent. nats trail 12-6. you win five metals you need to know how to wear them and who better to show you than fellow swimmer michael phelps check out phelps showing ledecky how to properly lay the metals. he tells her, i've done this before, you'll learn and then has nice laugh. ledecky returned home to a hero's welcome at dulles airport. displaying the metals just like she was taught. trinidad james was on that. stone rich

she was all smiles, hugging posing for pictures. how much down time off to her freshman year at stanford in couple weeks here's the bethesda native on her warm welcome >> it's great to see my friends and celebrate that moment with them and have fun with them and see them all, and they've done a big part of it the last couple year, we all had our goals in the pool but we also had the goal to hopefully inspire other young swimmers swimmers kids watching on tv. hopefully we did that >> she has all of those gold metals, is she's still so, shuks. of she's in awe of what she's done >> i saw that sports illustrated cover and i was wondering how do they get those metals >> then they had simone biles, she was like michael, can you help me out? i'm over here, i don't know how to do this, they had a lot of fun >> happy they're back home

those golds. of still to come at 5:00, the playboy mansion getting a new owner, that doesn't mean hef is moving. >> your dog not just the food winning them over. s bananas could be headed for distinction, scientists at uc, davis could wipe out bananas in five to ten years, researchers are working hard to find a way to protect them. what was leave you with that. of we'll be right back.

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myth? parents who seen the behavior switch in their kids after eating sweets say it's real. but doctors say there's no scientific connection between sugar and its change in behavior. it might be all about expectations. you think your kids will go crazy for candy and they live up to those expectations. ♪ mcdonald's wants kids to get stepping. the fast food chain is now putting a step tracker in happy meals. the wrist bands are part of mcdonald's to get kids active. they're simple enough for younger kids to use with one button to turn it on, off and reset the step count, and that's your fox 5 on the fly of >> what they should do is hype the kids up and put the step tracker on and watch them go. >> we'll count the steps then. 28,000 in an hour. >> thanks for

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monday, august 29th. question is do they still have the money? that answer remains unclear. of this report stems from three instances where teachers used humiliation discipline and left a child unattended the first was back in 2015 where a report says a three-year-old boy was forced to mop up his own urine in his wet clothes after having a bathroom accident at a head start program at wheatly. the teacher then took a picture and sent it to his parents with the words lol, he worked that day mop though. in june of this year, report says two students at the head start at randall elementary were forced to hold heavy boxes officer their head. again the same month, in june, a 5-year-old girl walked home from school after being left unattended 75 minutes. a press conference was held today here at headquarters. where the school's ceo expressed disappointment and says the county was deeply troubled by