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facilities. now, take a look at this. thi what we are being told rightol g now is that these places are stadiums, they are ball parks, r they are arenas. concert venues and musikfestik values many people go to ino ton the summer. sum the bulletin says home grownome isis inspired terrorists havee now begun this process of moving away from thosemhose fortified targets onto more civilian venues. it points out that in the past s 12 months remember 75 percentrct of the home grown violentle extremist attacks like thate t pulse nightclub attack in i florida have focused on civilian targets. law enforcement officials whoffa spoke to fox5 on backgroundkgun today say they are very familiar with this bulletin and that they are workinglid closely with professionalrofessl sports leagues but frankly didnd not wander to go into a lot ofoo the detail about the officialicl and additional security stepsurt they are taking. spokesperson for thepe for the washington redskins today toldd us they declined to comment on this, they'd rather havethey'd e appropriate lawr enforcement
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listen to david insera ier homeland security policy pol analyst here in washington.ashi. the security profile you will find at stadiums and arenas are ball parks are much different and much marore enticing to islamic extremists.s. >> it isn't like going to theg t.s.a.to screening, you know, aa that dulles or reagan. rea this is going to the nationals game, this is going to fed exo x field.eld. that's the challenge.. it's the shear number of t she people and the fact that it'st i not a secured facility like the airport.e >> reporter: well, the nfl t will get local help in thisp int effort. as you know d.c. police chiefhif cath lanier resigned her position and will take up theant new job as chief of the nfle security. se one local lawcu enforcementorce official here today who deals d with the nfl told us that thetht league itself has changed itsngi security entry policy in thein t
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reminding anyone who goes toho o the monday night game theyight g wander to take a moment andtaken check on the web site for for these new policies that have th been updated to make sure they enter those stadiums in a moree fast manner and that twenty three -- they do not know what w to expect. expec >> in fairfax county a teenager is dead after he wase w shot in lorton last night but bt so far police do not have anye leads.s. >> fox5's alexandria limonlexaim live with more on the victim and the hunt now for that gunman.nman alex. >> reporter: well, guys thiss t courtyard here next to these the steps is where that teen was whr shot and killed laste th night.t and if you could look around aro you could see it's surrounded se by homes and we actually diduall talk to several neighbors who said they heard the gun shots so but for obvious reasons they t didn't, you know, are you sure y to their windows to look out and see what was happening.appei now the fairfax county policey o department is investigatingnvesi the death of a 17-year-old and a they
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possible suspect.. now, they spent all last nighttg and all day today combing thebie scene of the shooting foror evidence in the death of of maurice berger. the teen lives on the other t side of this same apartment apae complex here on hagel circle cir in lorton where the shootingotin happened with his mother.she we did speak to familyily members. they were too upset to talk on camera but released a statement that says in partt "we are deeply hurt over the ove loss of our loved one.. words can't describe the fullul extender of our grief.er of our maurice will always be treasured and affection naderly remembered for his kindness humor and warmnd w spirit. we ask that anyone withit information please speak only o to the proper authorities.. "now today we did also talk tooo a couple of neighbors onrsn camera.ra. one woman says she knewhe kne maurice and his mother wellher and another man told us hes h heard the gun shots but he did d not want to be identified. >> maurice was a good
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very respectful, was working. w it's sad, very sad and it's it's sad that someone would take a life heartbreaking.eaking >> down at this end it's down at mostly family thi oriented scary to think there's kids running around with weapons. weapo >> reporter: the principal pncip of bryant alternative high school in alexaryndria wherenda maurice attended school alsol a center a letter home withme wit students today. that letter said in partart maurice was very well liked by all who knew him. him he always had a smile on his h fails and was willing to helpo e around the school community atmt any time. the school says they will have v grief counselors at the campusas tomorrow.moow. now, some friends have told mee that they do plan to hold a vigil at 7:30 tonight here at the scene of the shooting. meanwhile, the fairfax countyaxt police department continues to investigate.invest again, they're asking forin for tips, you know, some peopleeopl here told them they thoughtey to
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scene of the shooting shortlyly after those gun shots werets wer heard but no one was able to provide a description of that car. car. if you know anything, you're asked to contact theno homicide unit. reporting live in lorton, lorto, alexandria limon fox5 localoc news. ws >> and also in fairfax countyrfy a woman in critical conditiondi after being struck by a car onar lee highway in centreville.treve this closed down part of the road between trinity parkway par and center wood drive. or word yet tonight what led to td he crashyet or if that dd will face charges. c >> u.s. park police released a sketch of a man who they t believe he sexually assaultedssu a woman on the billy goatly trail in great falls. take atrai look at this sketch.h police say this man assaultedaut a female jogger back in april.nr the victim claims the suspect asked her for something thenr tg grabbed her and assaulted her.. the suspect took off after several hikers then showed up.ru the attacker is described asib a man in his late 20's medium miu build with brown hair. h if you recognize thi
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please give police a call.. >> ♪ >> new tonight federal feral prosecutors moving to drop the t corruption charges againstes aga former virginia governor bobbo mcdonnell and his wife. wife. prosecutors say they will not retry mcdonnell.onnell the supreme court overturned his corruption convictionrruptii deciding unanimouslily hislily h action didn't necessarily violate federal bribery laws. the justice department said it i made the decision afterer carefully considering the supreme court's ruling. mcdonnell released a statement expressingxpssin appreciation for the divisionths and notes he always maintainedin his innocence.. d.c. attorney general ger refusing to turn oversi to turnr evidence. d.c.ded bycorded by police officers on bodylice offr cameras and used by usedy prosecutors in d.c. superiorin c court. >> over the last several months fox5 has repeatedlyeatedl asked to see five videos usedeoe to convict four drivers andvers acquit another but the but attorney general is refused toet butch citeing a new city law.it. fox5's paul wagner joins usns live t
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paul. >> reporter: hey jim andnd laura.ur when evidence is presented inis a court of law to a judge and ja jury it's then generallyenerally considered a public record. pubc two decisions by federal feder appeals courts have said asals h much but d.c. attorney general carls are seen says we have no right to see thee video showneo in opewnn court because of these district's law governing access to police body camera footage. he's told us get it from the police.police in the last several monthsal mth prosecutors with the attorney general's office have beenice using d.c. police body camera py footage to make their cases cas against drunk drivers in court. a new tool to use after years aa of relying on results from fro breathalyzers. field sobriety tests and the officers' observations.rs but when we asked to see thehe videos used to convict fourvi drivers and acquit another, wet were told no. n in response, attorney generalenl carl
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saying a request for a body b worn camera recording may only be submitted to the metropolitan police department n a position defense attorney atte david benowitz says he finds hei difficult to understand. >> the attorney's general's office their positheion on this i think is just incorrect. once -- again once a document has been released publicly or py a video has been releasedd publicly, it is in the public pb domain and i don't think they -- the -- legally i don't n think the office of theice of t attorney general has a leg to t stand on and those documents dos should be disclosed or those videos should be displeased. >> reporter: he hasul years ofeo experience defending drivers accused of dwi and knows how powerful video evidence could be.nc >> oh, those videos i think vid are game changers because bau you're now able to see without -- without someone's soe interpretation or someone trying to remember facts that may have happened months m before, you're able to see in realtime wha
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>> reporter: he also sayso say being forced to get the the footage from d.c. policee raises new questions and concerns. >> there is a huge chance thatet what you're going get from the metropolitan police department is going to beit entirelyntiry different than what you would get if you saw the video as it was presented in court because u when it's parend in court it'sts got to be presented without wit redaks in most cases.redaksmost it's got to be presented without pixilations that would u hyden at thes in most cases cas and that's because it iss public and it's for -- it's i for the purpose of airing out o the facts at trial.s at trial >> reporter: and here's why. why in the regulations posted on mpd's web site it says footage o turned over in a foyer request may be provided in redacted form.rm now, we requested an interview w with mr. racine today but we w were told he's unavailable.il his office released thisd th statement can which reads inhien part the district's
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records law specificallypecifica directs that all requests for rt body worn camera footage can can only be made to the metropolitan policeit police department. upon receiving fox5's5' request we carefully reviewed this statute and relevant casets law. ultimately we determined that the office of the attorney att general is not the public body d authorized to release these the footage.foot now, the statement goes on tooen say the ag has done everythingry it can to ensure the requested records are in mpd's mpd possession. paul wagner, fox5 local news. nw >> straight ahead at 5:oohoo killer convicted by blinking.li. >> the victim's helps identify jermaine ails in court. >> unwanted guests. a raccoon family has made themselves right at homeccoo rih forcing workers out of the out building. >> and if you don't wander theah health risks that come alongiska with drinking guesst what? yoa don't have to give up theha booze altogether. althe >> right on. >> we'll tell you what researchers say you can do toouo help counteract the
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>> reporter: two shattered families left prince george's county circuit court today. felicia pate lost her sona pater paralyzed in a shooting inin sho 2010. >> i mean, he couldn't couldn'ou do anything. he kept asking me, mom, let me go. but it was me wouldn't let my lm son go. i was selfish because i wasn't ready for him to go.lfreadfor >> reporter: melvin pate meln pe died two years after the shooting.. the hailes has also lost a son father and brother. bro jermaine hailes sentenced totend 70 years in prison foundrisofoud guilty of pulling the trigger ti on the gun that was used to use shoot and ultimately killl melvin pate during an armed robbery.er >> it's definitely left a hole in our family. you know, it's a blessing tole be able to communicate withte w him when we can. >> reporter: jermaine hailes will go to prison leavingsonea behind a six-year-old daughterdh and his sister tori stillri stil trying to make sense of it to mo all. al >> we do all woke support our sp niece. we love her very much.very mh. i. very active. i love her. i lo i let her know all the timeheim her father loves her. h
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she's aware of everything.vethin >> reporter: this becamesecam known as the blinking case because pate was able too identify shooter hailes from aht photo lineup by bringing fromg his hospital bed.hispital bed. >> this is the person thatis pe shot you? yes? y >> reporter: the first time t such evidence was used in a trial in maryland, only they fourth time ever in the united states. states. hailes one of four people now sent to prison in a case which h prosecutors say serves as a warning to others in the community. >> if you kill someone in prince george's county, whiley,i you may still be alive we will l take your life from you by incarcerating you and we willl not alloy you to continue tonu t walk our streets and be a part t of our community. community. >> reporter: before being sentenced jermaine hailes toldce the cd ourt he fell short of his dreams, hadn't always made m wise choices. offered his condolences to the pate family hoping to one dayy n taste freedom again. again in upper marlboro maryland, bob barnard fox5 local news.ews. >> the three other suspects,
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the murder suspects pleduspes pl guilty and for their testimony y against hailes received lighter sentence. >> in montgomery county a family of four is lte>ooking for a new place to stay after lightning destroyed their homedt in gaithersburg. the lightning strike hitlist around 6 o'clock last night nig sparking the fire. f a woman insides the home washe w able to make it to safety.to saf that fire caused about abo $700,000 in today.,000 the home is a total loss.otalos the family's neighbors arehbor working to save money to helpp them get back on their feet. >> ♪ >> all right. taking it outside now.utside now it's heating up this week it i seems today is worse thanha yesterday and the humidity, my goodness, getting worse.ng wor >> yeah, we're a few daysh, we'y weigh from the start of the s of nfl season. steelers coming to town toee coo play the redskins.edins. mike thomas we're talking 80's 8 for football. foo >> we are we're talking 80'sare for football but iwe tell you tu what the weather for monday form night's game against the steelers looks fantastic.an glad they're not playing on sunday though. we have a few more days of 90-degree temperatures to go.ers we have record
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temperatures out there already a later on this afternoon.ernoon. let me rephrase that. t we've already seen someee records around the regionnd theo today. there we go. second time is a charm. aha 96 degrees here in washington.ii 91 in gaithersburg.sb dulles 94. dulles was as hot as 96 today. t that is a new record high athi dulles.du we he probably fell short ofho our record though that's not ahn bad thing here in d.c., ourc., record high for today wasas 100 degrees.10 taking a look at those heatho h index values, you factor in fto that moisture, that humidity, that laura was referring to,er t feels like 103 he degrees dre outside there in washington.ashi 99 in manassas, one oh he two hw at culpeper. culpeper. these are values that we wouldh expect to see in july maybey mae even early august. aug not so much almost mid september but that's exactlyt'sa what we're dealing withre deangw outside tonight.e tht nats baseball back in town, in phillies are in town taking on i the nats. 92 degrees by 7:05, 89 by 8:30 p.m., by 9:30,0, 87 degrees. your overnight low a warm and humid 78 degrees and guess
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rolling on. i'll let you know when you can expect a break from the heat coming up in just aa bit.a b all right, laura and jim, backic out to you.out y >> thank you sir. u.s. park police have beenvn forced out of their the headquarters but wait until you hear the reason why.hy >> lauren demarco live ine in southwest d.c. to explain. t exp we got a #unwanted house guestog there, don't we.on >> reporter: it is definitely an unwanted houseted guest i want to point outint where we're standing. sandin we've got the potomac rightac rg here, the 14th street bridge.rig this is the area pretty close to the tidaltty basin whereasine people come to look at the cherry blossoms. across ohio drive is the bigs t national park service complexom and the first part of the building that you come to isou s the u.s. park police pic headquarters. well, no longer.we, no they have now had to move to a o different part of the complex ol and you see right on the front r of the door there, there are, ta some signs that says thehat building is closed and it warns about asbestos. ato they tell me that asbestos iseso the problem sort of. o they knew there was a littles
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of the building but whatofg happened is a family ofamy raccoons moved in and theyy disrupted the asbestos. a we've got a photo of the photo raccoons. not sure if you're looking at it yet. it was an esuntkiire family they moved in and they were causingen quite a problem so the park service actual had to move more than 20 employees to ahan p different part of this complexsc and i want you to hear exactly how they figured out that theyoe even had raccoons in the building. we'll listen to a sound bite from sergeant anna rose.a r >> they were using our atticsina space as a bathroom and some a m of that made its way through the ceiling tiles and so that affected our work days, rightyst and it what happened once andnc we thought okay, through, thrgh committee it's the condensation from the airir compressor. comp we didn't know. progressively it got worse and we hired a trapper to come in n and we found a family of
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living in the building. >> reporter: two parents and three babies and they were taken by that trapping company to the eastern shore of maryland where they were set free according to sergeant rose. she says that they think thathit the raccoons got in actually i l through a hole into theole foundation and then somehow made their way up to theun attia of the building.of thelding. this happened in june and the te park service has been out been u of -- or the park police,olic pardon me, have been out of beeo this complex since then.plex sct they've moved over to another area.. they do wander people to knownow that in you -- want people toeoe know if you need a policed report from the u.s. park police you can no longer come here. contact them firstpo yer c and ' direct you where to go.o the thing is they wereey w planning on moving anyway.ingwa this whole building was going to be renovated so it was goodd timing. timing they're never going to moveroint back in here until everything eh is cleared out and gutted anduta they've got a new part of the building, but pretty cheekyy chk little guys here causing allausg kinds of problems and laura l and jim, you know, i asked them, i mean, you guys didn't know -- it didn't smell -- shels said they didn't notice
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anything until that dripping. pretty gross.pp >> oh, geez. >> they need some kind of pest infestation regular checkup iup think.in >> right. >> what a funny problem to whaaf have. >> you never expect it to be b raccoons.raccoons. >> but it reminds me of the mof beavers and cherry trees.es >> or the squirrel in the griswold's living room.ld >> if it's not one thing it's another. >> lauren thank you. >> drink up but do it b do it responsibly. >> are you ready to put in the work. work. >> you're kidding? >> no. >> aleppo is in syria. >> their party candidate garyan johnson maybe not sounding sou presidential for some in anside interview with msnbc. mbc we'll talk about the slipup.hel >> the nationalatna african-american museum ofeum history and culture gettingturei ready for its grand opening.nd g we have the details on the the special events planned to celebrate. >> before we head to break make sure you j
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for friday night life with fox5. tony perkins along with somee other members of the fox5rsf th family. they'll be tasting food fromfoof local restaurants.taan >> they'll bring it back fory'lt us i'm sure they will. wl. >> yes, sure. >> yes kicking off a concert and, a cod checking out everything else eve the square has to offer. off stop by and say hi or watch wat friday 5:00 to 7:00 right hereit on fox5. >> ♪
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>> ♪ >> health watch tonight if you or your child suffer fromor yr h severe asthma attacks a study ay finds vitamin did could help reduce the symptoms.om researchers studied more than a thousand people with moderate to severe is asthma. they found vitamin d supplements reduce severeev attacks from six to 3 percent pr it also reduced the frequencyrey of those attacks. attac alcohol can increase your risk of cancer and heartndrt disease but there's a way to way counter affect those effects.ec >> you have to exercise.e. new research finds
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drink regularly and work out a hour a day five days a week are no more like to die than dit people who skip boozele w ski altogether.ther. exercise helps counteract many of the harmful processes thatest happen in the body after drinking like inflammation and a rise in certain hormonein hmoe levels. exercise, exercise, exercise.xec >> i just do it 'cause i knowi i can do a brownie afterwards.ed 10 more minutes of cardio ando then i can eat that brownie.wn >> calories out, calories in. >> zero sum that's what you you want. >> straight ahead, the national s museum off african-american history and culture gearing up for its big i grand opening. >> we have a he preview of theew o big stars and events coming com for the celebration.elebon >> gary johnson's big gaffe. the libertarian nominee wasn't s familiar with the city at the t center of syria's civil war.ar what he's saying about that tha slipup. >> this will definitely work.lll the leader of north korea's new plan to ban sarcasm. >> don't say that
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nd your walk near you at alz.org/walk. >> ♪ >> nation's capitol once tiron rolling out the red carpet for people from all over the world. >> opening of the national peng o museum off t african-american history and culture just weeksrs away and tonight we are learning about the grand gra kickoff. fox5's matt auckland is live on the national mall with the details. matt. >> reporter: hi, laura jim.ils.. boy, this is exciting.xcit we are about two weeks away awa from the big opening ceremonies and today we are learning about some really biglg names that are going to be here. a lot of people getting to look inside firsthand early.ar but if you haven't gotten yourto tickets yet, well, you might yog have to wait awhile and we'llndw tell you about that in just a
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moment, but even if you wantou t to come and be a part of thisf s celebration you don't have toe t there is going to be a three-day festival right outight here in front for everyone to enjoy. we are learningenjo the presidet and mrs. obama will be therehe for the opening ceremonies on saturday september 24th.4t they will be joined by former fe first couple president george w. bush and former first lady laura bush. supreme court chief justice jti john roberts will also attend. n the entire weekend has beenee planned for those in town to celebrate. the freedom sounds a community celebration will take place pce from friday september 23rd to3ro the 25th. th the festival will include music dance oral history activities and two big concerts onvi saturday and sunday evening. evening have you gotten your passeste yet? well, you might be oute ou of luck. because there was so muchere wam interest in getting thoseuc passes, the smithsonianni offered extended hours andrs a timed passes for those wantinghg to get a scheduled tore of the
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museum.se but we c today around 2 o'clock and found the next openings, get this, october 25th and 26th. 26t all right, guys, so we wenteen back and we checked that web site.site in fact my photographer ronniere mccray went back to get someckoe tickets for his mom and dad when they come. guess what? the 25th, the 26th of october, not not september, gone.one. ronnie took the last couple ofeo them.them. the next time will be in i november that you can get oneha of those tyoimed tours. so, obviously a lot of people excited, but remember if your ou want to be parter of this thats weekend it's going to be big down here.do live on the national mall, ml, matt ackland fox5 local news. >> ♪>> >> okay, let's talk about the race for president. president just hours after facing off off with donald trump and the a t commander in chief forum hillary clinton tried ton triedo reshape the narrative in an impromptu press conference andrn she called into question trump's ability to lead and
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said a trump presidency woul be and this is a quote a giftif for isis.si in last night's forum clinton promised she would never send ground troops into iraq or sr syria. that was a point her gop rivalal seized upon. >> i think under thenk u the leadership of barack obama and a had hillary clinton the t generals have been reduced to rubble. she deletes 33,000 e-mails andad that's after getting the subpoena from congress. if you do that in private business, you get thrown inn in jail. >> earlier today mrs. clinton attended a rally at johnson c smith university in charlotte.r. trump was in cleveland for aor round table discussion oncussn n education. >> third party candidate gary arjohnson meanwhile makingg headlines and not in a way that he had hoped for. for the libertarian nominee wasomee tripped up by a questionueio during an interview on msnbc.sn. take a look at this. thi >> how about aleppo and whatndha is aleppo?? >> you're kidding.idng >> no. >> aleppo is in syria. sia
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it's the -- it's the epicenternt >> okay, got it, got it. >> so, johnson released a statement about the gaffe saying that he immediatelymmedty thought aleppo because used as an acronym.. he admitted he should have suld identified aleppo and that het h does understand thed the significance in the conflict in syria.inyria johnson went on to say "as " governor there were manyan things i didn't know off the top of my head but i succeededce by surrounding myself with thewe right people, getting to theo t bottom of important issues and making principled decision."isi" >> join us for news andews and analysis on 5:00 at 6:30. 6:3 among the topics wednesday'sness presidential forum and the backlash against moderator moder matt lauer. join us tonight and every s night at 6:30 right here onon fox5.fox5 >> tracking metro tonight, metro's board is pushing back bk against proposed changes thatnga would reduce service hours. hrs at today's meeting boardng members expressed concerns exprs that shorter operatiedng c houru wouldn't even accomplish eve anything. a fourth p
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was also introduced in today's meetingeei thereou at 3 a.m. on friday and a saturday but opening at noonn on sundays. metro wants shorter operating oe hours to allow more time for f maintenance work but the board a is skeptical that it will help. meanwhile safe track surge nine is set to startil nextex thursday.thursd it will impact commuters on on the orange line for 42 days.ay trains will continuouslyontinuoy single tracking between ¥53ween3 nan the west falls churchlsrc stations on weekdays. on theee weekends of september 24th andr th a october 1st, the vienna dunnaun lore ring and west fallsinand we church stations willl completely shut down. the following two weekendsee just vienna and dunn lore ringne will close. >> ♪
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>> first a song then a citation, now an the opera singer arrested for f a loud performance on the streets of alexandria has hada h charges against her dropped.he . the city attorney says shes s should have received a warningca instead. the city manager publiclyublicly apologized for the way that for whole t situation was handled.a. >> i love that video. she just sang through the whole thing. >> she felt the music. he all the way through.hrough she's okay tonight.ht. developing tonight northht n korea's leader has a real a rl genius idea.a. >> genius. >> yeah. banning sarcasm. >> whatever. wr dictator kim jong un. >> nice haircut.e hai >> don't do it.t. that's a hat.at nice hat.. people were warned to stop the snark. it's the latest restriction onin free speech. officials in north korea gaveave the phrase this is all america's fault as an example ep of the sarcasm they don't want
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to so don't say it. it. don't say it's all america's ama fault. >> got to love that. just got to love the crazinessss that comes out of that whole regime.me. you laugh at it but youou realize people are livingre livg thunder every single day.un >> it's crazy, it'sev terrible.l there are papers all across aos the globe calling him a crack ak pot and i think sort of ---- >> poking fun tonight. tonight >> poking fun.>> >> retirement coming a thingt cm of thein past. pas >> more and more people people staying on the job later inngn j life and it's not just aboutou the money.the >> then a high school football o team clearing on one of their cheerleaders.rs the players attribute to aers at girl recently diagnosed withh cancer. >> but first you no longer have to choose between oreostwes and a candy bar. c oh, no, snack company is introducing oreo candy bars all in one people. the bars are already on store s shelves in europe and will hitel the u.s. next month.t month there are a couple differentfent
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versions.rsns. one is cream filling with bitshs of oreo covered in chocolate.co covered in cream andn cread chocolate. are you salivating.are you >> just a little bit. sal>>it >> just a little bit.>> >> we're j cramming oreos intoeo anything we can. >> hey, mikey. >> hey, laura.>> >> does that sound good to you. you. >> have you had deep fried oreos. >> i actually have. they're delicious.>>el hey, we're in the middle of af heat wave whoever we had record setting temperatures in parts of the region today. the n we're about halfway throughfwhru it. i'll let you know what the weekend has in store andtore and whether or not some thwhunderstormset will ruin youy friday night plans.friday that's coming your way y right after the break.
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i know you weren't here last summer jim but we did have a little heat wave last >> little up and down.>> little >> thank you.up t. >> i'm trying to keep you up to date. >> we go through this in march. it's transition time andnsit september. >> we have a couple more days ha go. maybe we do a 90-degree day next week but i think this ishi our last heat wave.oust h we're in the middle of it.of hang in there people we'll get to fall very shon rtly.ry sho live look outside clouds haveud rolled in across the region.eg no rain out there for the timeht being and actually what these clouds are going to do is kindog of help us lang onto the heatthh as we head through the evening hours. rather humid and ratherhondather sticky. if you're heading out later hdig tonight nats baseball in town.ow definitely don't need any sort of long sleeves or jackets.. was might be used to needingee in september definitely not the case tonight.e caseonig current conditions there theyshe are once again, 96 degrees outge there. relative humidity 43 percent which is still kind of highfig for this year.r thiear. winds a little breezy out of bef the west-southwest but that'sbut a very warm direction.irec again we're kind of stuck withcw this warmth here across thecrost midatlantic. coming up from the southeast. ta look at some of the cities c that were close to or beating temperature-wise. 96 here in washington.ashingto
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dallas a with dallas darn those cowboys. 97 out in las vegas so we'reegae right around where las vegas is this time of year.of y that doesn't happen too often. t again, look at these heatt thesa index values.dex 103 he is what it feels like starting your evening commute.. 103 for frederick as well. w 94 hagerstown, 96 at dulles.tul baltimore feels like a hundredea degrees. again, we last saw this in in august so kind of dealing withnt it in september. you need a little hope.e. only 13 days remaining untilng u the official start of fall so so again hang in there. fall temperatures will be hererb before you know it.e we just have a cbeoufople morepe days to go. to. here's your look at yourlookt yu satellite and radar. there it is, clouds you audyou talking about coming in fromab the west.om looks like there's a little bit of clearing off to theliarit north. so maybe we get some breaks in the clouds, mix of clouds andlos clear skies heading into theeadi evening hours but not expecting any rain. again there's your cold front way back to the north andy toouh the west. this is actually kind of going g to stall out just to our rtrth. that's your setup for your y friday afternoon.ft we're on the south side of theee
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front. we've got high pressure down there as well pulling in alle the gulf statements the realem cool air still back to the airll west and that cold front therent will actually swing through our region late saturday andynd into sunday and finally bringlyi us some relief.ie for the day tomorrow, we dow, we have a chance of some afternoon thunderstorms. i think the best chances are going to be north and west of d.c. over the high lands. lan let's start with tonight.onig 7 o'clock with nats in town in t maybe clear skies. s we turn mostly cloudy as we head into the overnight but we should keep it dry.ould kp i friday starts once again with ah a lot of sunshine tomorrow morning and as we roll through the afternoon hours there we t are at 6 o'clock, tony and ind going to be in rockville,ocil rockville live tomorrow night. t come have fun with us ifs i you're able to do so. d there's the cold front kind of stuck north and west and then te it starts drifting back to theac north so maybe we get lucky l and don't see so much in the way of showers ander thunderstorms tomorrowrrow afternoon.afrnoo 92 by 7 o'clock.y'clock tonight going to be hot andghin humid evening, 88 degrees by
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9 o'clock, 86 by 11 o'clock tonight so the temperatures tema just really slow to fall your highs tomorrow 96 here inei washington. that's just 2 degrees off theffe record. 94 for manassas.ansas. 95 for quantico.o. 93 up towards frederick.reri what can you expect as we rollel through the weekend? saturday s still going to be very hot andad humid. we will have that front,t fro, though, that i mentioned i menod swinging through the plain states through the midwest andge then finally through theou t midatlantic by sunday. s sunday the dry air will arrive and we'll have another tastethes of fall as we roll througholhr into next week. nexk. take a look at your fox5 f accuweather 7-day forecast.orecs 96 tomorrow.orro yes, we're live in rockvilleockv don't forget tony perkins andera i, maybe a thunderstorm, bestors chances north and west. saturday i'm tying record for ii now, 98 degrees, very hot andotd humid, maybe a showerhower overnight saturday into sunday with that front clears us out, 87 sunday, 85 monday.87 sun we'll warm it back up brieflyef ahead of the next front nextnt wednesday popping 92 degrees2 dr but then look at next nex thursday, a high of only 80 degrees finally feelingee like fall. fal all right, ah that's a check of the forecast. jim over to you.m over t
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>> i love the 80'so feels like thank you mike. what was supposed to be steven strasburg's fry yum fry fantastic return was anythingrna but last night. but making his first start since august 13th. excitement quickly turned t concern as strasburg sufferedn r yet anotherg injury. inj strasburg was forced to leaveto in the third inning after 42ingt pitches and you could see cld se there it losing control there wincing just a little bit. he says heit felt a pinch in his right elbow on the second to son last pitch that was high andhaws wild. his last pitch just that big grimace there. good news is his mri revealed ra no ligament damage butame strasburg suffered a flexor f strain and the timetable forhe b his return if at all isll undetermined here's thee's skipper on the news. new >> everybody is pretty satisfied of where we are at this point. and it's very good to know exactly the timetable that we we don't know but it's good tod hear that it wasn't whatasn't w everybody was speculating that t it was. >> all right, new york metsrk m
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finally win something. last week tim tebow worked outd in front of major leagueorgu scouts. today the mets say they have thv signed the former floridaly fri gator quarterback to a minor leagueo contract. ctr tebow hasn't played baseballeb since high school 2005.005. he'll start in the fall f instructional league leagu september 19th in port saint louis see florida. a lot of attention played downd there.ther a lot of attention at fedex field. monday night jay gruden begins s his third season as redskins head coach. c stability bringing continuity. t kirk cousins back throwing tohrn the same receivers desean jackson pierre garcon jamisonn m crowder and tight end jordan jor read who say they'rehere comfortable in that offensive on system. >> we got the same offensive line back owner vernon davis the same receiving core tightngr ends are back, matt jones is back, chris thompson is back, obviously kirk is back soko having that luxury of guys in the same system workingor together knowing the scheme, scm knowing the concepts is very v beneficial. >> we havene a great opportunitr
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to go be effective and playnd p well and that's excit and great -- something for ourho fans to be excited about.bo but we've got to go out and out prove it.prov you know we've got to go out go and play well and right nowightw it's just talk and doesn'talk ae mean a whole lot.le lot >> he's so positive. pitiv >> yeah. >> tomorrow night make sure to join us for or our fox5 sportss kickoff special 10:30 p.m.30 p join me with brody logan grantog paulson and former redskins linebacker ken harvey. h >> he's positive mature and a ad leader. >> it's going to make a bigoe a difference this year. the team makes trust him. he's going to wear that captain's patch for the first time this year. we'll see if last year wasn't ws a fluke.aluke fingers crossed. >> straight ahead at 5:00s a ca0 high school football team's tea' touching tribute to a t cheerleader recently diagnosedrd with cancer. cacer. >> how old are you planning toln work before retirement? more employees are sticking aroundgro longer in life and believe itele
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or not it's not about the cash >> ♪ >> teens switching away from sugary drinks and more of are you planning on working into your old age. d yo >> mother and daughter landter l themselves behind bars. >> ♪ a mother charged withh incest for marrying her marry h daughter. police say oklahoma mom patricia span also earlierar married her son. not totally clear why but mom mm told investigators she'd lost custody of her kids and thstodought it was okay to marrr her daughter because her name wasn't on her birthtory heda -- certificate. >> ♪ something may be fishy about the dinner on your plate. fish fraudpl plaguing the seafood injury.njur oceana looked at 200 studies from 55 countries and found andf
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fraud throughout the supply they chains worldwide.chaild many of them could health complications. ♪ ♪ more employees are putting s off retirement.etirem a new survey shows 70 percent 7c of americans plan to work as long as possible.ossible. many people say it's becauses they need the cash.dhe cas but just as many folks say s they just like to work. wor hm. >> ♪>> put health warning labelsngl on sugary drinks and apparently teens pay pay attention. a recent published study found u the majority of teens actually support warning labels to raise awareness of the healthea risks and they say they want healthier options. >> ♪ a california high school football team with a huge showus of support for a cheerleaderheed before a recent game. ashley adam was diagnosed with leukemia.
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as each player entered laid a rose at her feet. >> gives me chills. >> straight ahead, a young aheay stan steals the show at thethe t baseball game. g >> her reaction to cottonot candy you got to see it. y got it's coming up. >> students going gluten free have their very own diningir ven hall at done university.nive kent state is the first state it college in the country toe inhec offer an alternative cafeteriaer that is gluten free.re the meal here is -- meals here e are designed to benefit students with celiac diseaseac s and change happened after after university administrators adm noticed an increase ofase students with intolerance toan t gluten. we'll be right back.
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l be right . >> this adorable little girl and her love of sugar is winning over the internet. how cute is she? she's been's b dubbed the cotton candynd dagirl. >> caught on camera dalast night's seattle mariners gamesam and the reaction maybe that'se ' just a sugar rush going viralir on line. l the mariners captured it to i t say we're going the need more cotton candy isn't that is so't cute. >> and it sure looks like theokt sugar crash is real. rea the girl's father tweeted this t photo of her sound asleep in as the car on the way home fromay the game. >> i think it was an age we all getth teohink when cotton cy is like no, no thank you.haou >> all that energy.rg >> yeah. >> big rush. >> and then she crashes. >> there you go. g at leaf the mariners know to kw stock up the next time her dad d takes her to a game goodgo thanks for joining us at 5:00. >> fox5 local news at 6:00 6:0 starts right no. n >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> just days before the 15thyser
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anniversary of 9/11, there ishei a new warning from federal fedal offici at 6:00 u i'm shawn yancy.wncy >> and i'm tony perkins. isis inspired terrorists mayts possibly be targeting stadiums and sports venues.ue fox5's tom fitzgerald is lies at nationals park now where n the team is set to take the field tonight.onig tom, what to we know aboutnow ab this warning? warni >> reporter: well, tony, wee can tell you law enforcementnfme officials in our area are very aware of this bulletin.ulletin. what they are not so eager toert do is go on camera and talk andt about this, but this is what isw we know tell you. you this appears to be an update upt of a department of homelandf hoa security national terroristort alert bulletin that originallyri went out in june and has nowhasn been updated in just the past p few days.s. it says this. t according to national securityy officials, isis inspired loneon wolf home grown terrorists may be altering their targeting ofto government and military installations and are nows and n
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looking at civilian targets tar like stadiums and ball parks.la. this is what we can show you. this document went out in just t the past couple of days.ay two law..., to law enforcementnt officials nationally. nat it has gotten the attention of o officials here in the d.c.als ht maryland and virginia ahere da e well. what it says is this. t that over the past 12 months, mn 75 percent of these home grownow violent extremist attacks like the pulse nightclub have beenlsc focused on civilian targets.ge law enforcement officials whoia spoke to fox5 on backgroundkg today said they are payingay attention to this, they have been in contact with federal cow officials and they are working very closely now with the professional sports leagues spos but did not want to go into io any additional details about what additional security stepste may be taken in the way of this bulletin. bletin. now, a spokesperson to thekesone washington redskins todayins toy declined to comment todayoday saying that they'd rather haveav law enforcement handle this,e
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