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number three: 8:00 a.m. to a.m. 11:00 p.m. on sunday now that allows about eight hours extra e a week today the committeemittee voted to approve this changeange for two years but jack evans representing d.c. made it clear what he planned to do and one member called eight threat. >> we are not willing to go t beyond a year.ea association you can pas mr. augustine's resolution and at the end of this meeting i will inform the generalnforthe manager and the board that we w intend to exercise ourxercise or jurisdictional veto and thenti we goon back to 3 o'clock 3 o'co immediately and it's not aatelya threat mr. goldman, it is what i -- >> [inaudible] >> it is the position of the district of columbia. c >> reporter: all right.ig so, after evans said that,d t there was vote.erot we then asked him about itked ht again and he kind of walkedal
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he said he was going to go to t the mayor, he was going to go to to the council and see if see i there is any more of a compromise.mise a little bit later we askedle b the general manager aboutager ao this. we said why can't you do it in i a year? why do you need twotw years? here's what he said to o us. >> there's no way we're goingoi have this preventive maintenance program up and running and get realna datnca ba in a year. y it's knot realistic.list >> reporter: so, what so, w happens next here? well, there is a full metro board meeting vote in two weeks.ee can come together and say listen we're vetoing this. that would 19 v right after safe track it goes back to 3 a.m. 3 m in the morning back to the regular hours but there is but e hope possibly the mayor, mor possibly the council will meetet with some kind of prom compromise. compromise. the mayor issued a statement a t today saying she stille sti believes in these late night hours and she wants to makeants sure that the local economyconoy works here. but jack evans is going tooi t take this argument back to the
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compromise maybe not bite next n meeting in two weeks.. live downtown matt ackland fox5 local news. new >> to prince william countywillc now where a little girl just j three years old wandered outd ou of a day care alone and at at nit.t. luckily she want flood a nearby business and wasn'tas hurt but now parents who take wt their children kid academy on estate manor drive want wt answers as to how and why thisdi happened. fox5's alexandi the story. >> reporter: on november 19th, this kiddies ki academy was supposed to be holding a date night events eve but instead of enjoying theirg time off one family ended upp picking up their child fromhild police after she wanted off toto a nearby business. b >> i was not aware of that. i, no, one told me about it. unless i missed an e-mail thatl was sent out but i'm now'm concerned now. i don't even -- i mean, i'm speechless.
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county police department says nguyen park was charged with felony child neglect becausehild she was supposed to be directly supervising thee wa gi. the statement says 23-year-old3d director has been placed on beed indefinite administrative leave. >> i was concerned that i didn't see her 'cause i see her w easvery c see h day when kids but i'm surprised.urprised. >> reporter: employees of a nearby papa johns confirmednf the three-year-old walked into-a their businessr- around 8:30 at0 night when it was blackout and one of them called 911 after being unableera to figure out whose child shelde was. other nearby business owners say it's lucky girl didn't instead want into any of the nearby streets where cars are zipping by. by. >> i just cannot believe it, 8:30, three years old walkedd wd away. i don't know. >> reporter: now the the center's back gate has a chainin locked around it and the center's statement also sayso sy in part, that every parent was
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and that the director's tenurere here was predicated by all qualifications required by the state. while parents who missed the memo are shocked this mom also a points out it would be easye for an unattended child to getet out.ou >> it has like a kind of a lock but, you know, when youn y press it, it opens but my kid would -- my two-year-old wouldld open it. >> reporter: police say the child wasn't harmed and shewasn was released to her family'ther that night. meanwhile in their statement,met they take the safety of the children very seriously andus they self reported what theyy call the unprecedented event eve to the state childcare licensing body. by. reporting in gainsville,aivi alexandria limon fox5 local news. >> ??>> ? >> happening now, it is almostn if i'm flip the switch and fli light up the nationalup theatio stristmas tree. >> president obama will leaddent the count down for the finale fi time to light the tree at the ellipse in president's park. p
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the festivities.tities such a beautiful time of yearea jim. i know this is your first time to cover this.to how is it going down there?n t >> reporter: i got to tell to t you laura and sarah it'sarah i beautiful down here.l downer earlier on when we got here, h it was sunny, it was warm, it wr was beautiful out there. nowe. w the wind is kicking up ackg up little bit so for a lot of o people who got here early onn and lined up a little chilly chi at this point. let's take you over to the stage right now. rairre seeing theta uke.s. ai force band airmen of note up on state.on state this is the preshow.th this is rise opening act for everything going on tonight. obviously everybody is who inboi here at this point it's full out here at president's parentnr a lot of people standing, aof po pllot of people est sitting. i see open chairs but i believe that's the vip t section. yolanda adams kelly clarksonly n and james taylor before we see s santa out here and everythingven else going on as part of thishis annual tradition. traditi you know, getting seats,eats, getting these tickets to cometse
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to come basement you have to b enter that lottery and iasemotni talked with a few peopleew peopl earlier on who said we waited we eight years, some people sayears they waited as many as, maybeym 20 years. 20 y nonetheless, this was the year r they made it through andnd thinking back to the weather, wh i was down here in d.c. about. a two or three years ago for thers lighting not working it obviously and it was certainly n a much colder night. nig so, a little brisk out hereisk e but by and large a beautifuleaul night as they're trying to getto this crowd ready for the bigeade ceremony a little bit later oneo and you can see behind me andd really hit up and now we're starting to see nightfall here. all of the trees, all of thereee decorations really standing stan out and it's absolutelyabsolu gorgeous out here.go so, people are getting excitednc about it and right beforeht b everything started tonight, a few of the hosts who were emceeing the preshow came outamo and made reference to the factoc that this is indeed thes is indh obama's last time lightinghting that national christmas tree,re a nice ovation here and some a of the people who say theyayhe
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momentous occasion.ou keep you posted as we continue c the national christmas tree lighting. li live at president's park, i'm jim lokay fox5 local news. new >> this is always one of those a things that we wailwt, we waitew and then it always happens when we're not on air. a >> i think we're going to do it this year. what do you think guys. >> yes, we have it on screenat d though.o we h >> i will say it'sthou rgheallya incredible the weather sue. i think the last time you wereea down there it was rainingst t cs and dogs and cold. cd. >> yes. >> cold, cold, cold.>> cold, coc >> i was the only one there as e [laughter]a >> but jim has a great vantage n point because he can see when se the motorcade levers the whiteer house and you know that you'reh probable five minutes awayle fiv from the tree lighting at thatat point.t. >> right. >> so, i don't know if he's seen the motorcade leave yetor but we'll likelcay see that s ta happening here in the nextg herh five or 10 minutes and if it10 m happens while i'm doing theng t weather we'll make sure we letee you know about it but you heard jim mention it's getting chilly.ly. sun went down at let me just double-check at 4:46 t donightot and it doesn't take long toong get chilly after that and he'sth right about that breeze, it's
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our currents temperature iss 51. i think it will drop aboutbo 48 degrees in the next hourreesi but the wind chill is i 45 degrees thanks to thatha gusty breeze out of thee ou northwest that's gusting inng d.c. at about 26 miles an hour. there's a look6 atmian temperae around the region tonight.he reo and yes, this is one of the better nights for the tree lighting in t nigerms of thef te weather cooperating that is for sure. it's 46 in gaithersburg and a frederick as well as martinsburg, 50 manassasg, 50 quantico and annapolis annol 53 good thing thet ya done it last night because we had thoseha t gusty showers and strong windsgw moving through the area. that's the last thing anybodyhel would have wanted but we are sharplyasve w cooler. cle you can see that 24 hour temperature change has us down anywe herech from seven to aboua 13 degrees cooler than we were w 24 hours ago and a check of those wind gusts you can seean most places are seeing gusts g in the 20's maybe as high ashiga 28 miles per hour at gaithersburg.. those breezes are going toze stick with us through thes ugh t evening. they'll be back againk a morrowow.
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a peek at the weekends as we as continues to watch everythingwac down at president's park.h idens i'll have look at that that forecast coming up a bit r.ter. sarah, laura back to you.ack yu >> sue thanks. >> coming up next priorities prr for the department homelande de security. >> what secretary jehpa johnson jns believes is the greatestthe threat to the countrytry currently that we are facing. fn >> and as we heads to breakds tk let's take another look at the o national tree just in case it c might light up duringur mmmmercial break. the ceerremony getting ready to get under way soon outside ofdef the white house.
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>> ?? >> tonight in the district a new warning about home grownht n terrorism from theg about secry of homeland security. he claims selfom radicalized islamic extremists are now the greatest terrorism threat the tr u.s. faces here at home. fac >> the remarks were delivered dr at a high level meeting of thent homeland security advisory council.nd scouncil. fox5's tom fitzgerald wasd was there and joins us from theand o capitol with the details of this. th hey fitz. >> reporter: goo holidateyente season, the questo today was this.hi are we facing a whole new wave w of lone wolf terror attack? atc this afternoon at the reagan r building here in d.c., the message was but the words were real and its message from the f homeland security secretaryary was this.hi radical islamic extremism ismi i not going anywhere on its own.. now, keep in mind all of thisf t conversation comes in the wake k
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going on into that attack atttat the ohio state university where a man authoritiesutri believe was inspired by isis propaganda used a car and a knife to attack people.ttack pee it was a man, a somali student reportedly complained about com the way muslims werepl treated t on facebook. with this busy christmas cistm season upon us and the new call from isis for the loner the wolf terror attacks to launchro insides the united states thetat homeland security incoming trump administrationist to increase its efforts to prevent young muslims from becoming self radicalized by islamic extremists.xtre this program is called c.v. ele. for countering violent extremism. >> our c.v. e mission must. e mt continue into the next administration and that this thh is not a matter of politics.
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for homeland security. >> in my view our efforts encountering violent extremism e here at home are as important as any other homeland security h mission. >> reporter: and with this 49 -- just 49 daysorte left on job now, secretary johnsonoh today has all but endorsed a possible replacement, that being texas republican congressman mike mccall.e mcll johnson saying that no one in congress is tougher on border or security incidentally president obama himself will deliver his final n counter terrorism speech nextter week at mcgill air force base in floridaor.mcgill live at the capitol tonight,e cn tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> let's go back down toet's president's park. prella can see kelly clark soon is on the stage singingin hevoice e out. she is really belting it out it for this national christmas cism tree lighting and we are going to hear her sing the rest of res
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is the host this year.his year. >> she'll be introducing somedus other performers as well. w we know garth brooks tricia yearwood also is going to be there.ls we have quite a few people,eo james tail for mark antony wasys added to the lineup as well but first eva longoria will w pro trough the president -- introduce the president and the first lady.t >> they're the ones that will officially light thelare the tr. we'll hold up a little bit asup eva longoria should be making her way to the state. the sta it's a local treasure toour because it's right in our own backyard and every year we getra to do this and watch it and it a jim lokay as you mentionedtion down there for the first timehe actually being there for itly bi and working here as well. wel >> it's a festive time of it'sof a tradition that dates back to 1923 when president calvin cal coolidge was the firstolid president to start this. he walked from the white houseiw tohite h the ellipse and lit up christmas teen that's a gotmas this all -- thiste tradition started.
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hundreds of people trying toryin make their way down to the ellipse every year to be ae er part of this. t you can see the crowd there t that has gathered around.ro it's obviously become muche more of a star-studded event. >> changed maybe since calvin coolidge.. >> since calvin cool limpoo started it. >> a little bit. >> traffic getting around tonight too has>> braeenffic a l i know for a lot of people. >> we kind of forget about that.kind there's quite a few roada w r closures down there as well. >> there's also a hockey gameoc going on. >> it's be careful if you're trying to make your way out of town orn down there as well.el it's pretty interesting and amazing to watch every year.at e we never get tired of it. i i got to wonder being the obamas what it's like for themit to have -- to be part of this ti for the very last time.st time. i got to imagine it's a little t bittersweet. >> they've done different things every year and they come up and read differenthe books, we've seey'n tvehe e firf lady read the night before christmas and they have different performers everyt pe year and the girls sometimesomes
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we'll see if sasha and malia m are going to be on the stage t a this year for the lighting butfi looks like they're switchingwitg out the equipment on stage before the first family comesam up to do the actual lighting.ign but i don't know if they're t going to be reading a book bk this year. but we've seen obviously some s growth in this eventgrow throughout the years as we said. more star-studded hollywood hwo acts have taken part in thisrt but then there's different additions to thens t s well. well. we've seen the lights,ig different lights that have thaha been added.. >> yeah, and it wasas interesting through the 70's and 80's different kids that ks would come up and help the help president light the nationalt t christmas tree.ma t i don't know that they reallyea do that same tradition. traditi. it's just a family now is that right. >> i think so, yeah. >> it was>> i actually in 1983n that there was wish kid and we do the season of wishes here wis
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benta joined president reagan rn and first lady nancy reagan began lighting the tree and amy had written to the to make-a-wish foundation shen sh said "the christmas tree thate lights up for our country mustrs be seen all to heaven. h i would wish so much to helpp the president turn on those christmas lights ."gh" so, it was really a very touching thing that first ladyfa nancy reagan began was allowedll to have a child be a part that h of. >> i think i see eva hovering back there.here we also want to bring in sue palka.lk this is why your tree lighting because you've done it so many m times had to be in suchin suc inclement weather but it's not ' too bad tonight. tight >> something i've noticed ie nod throughout the obama yearshout s they have been coming and they always come with first grandmom mrs. robinson always comes with them tooken the girls seem to appreciate this eventsh wayem m to ore than the turkey pardoning, right., rht >> they didn't show up thisup ts year. >> no, but i bet you they'llut b be here for this and what iand t
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obamas handled this is you is y would often see the presidente i and his family stay behind thebd glass and we certainly tderstand that. you know, it's a surreal situation when you go down dow there because you have a lote of security and you have hav snipers that are up on the building which is certainly -- but the obamas would come downn and sit with the audience withi the rest of the guests and is thought that was a great symbolic gesture that they've g done for the last eightestu yeas and i'm quite sure they'll do it again this year an td close to the people who wereer down there too not just seet them and the tree lighting but all these fabulous performance that is we're seeing tonight.ini >> and it's not just thist'not stage and that tree that'sthat part of this displacement it'st' the pageant of -- the walk of peace over,, there's another,, portion of that, too, sue. to, u >> right. >> something is going on. igoin >> eva longoria is taking theing stage perhaps.erha >> but there are some other som trees that represent thes th rep different states.ff
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there and there's plenty toave y seen the other thing i reallyeay like about our tree lightinght here as eva longoria comes out s is that that's a real tree tre that's growing down there. youn can see it any day of the year. it didn't get blown over by a big storm. let's listen in as she gets s g ready to introduce president obama. >> we will do you mean president's park here in washington for the 94th we idenl national christmas relying. rel. what an amazing night we have here across from the most famous house in america. ameri family and tradition andon tonight as we get ready to light this night, and listen lis to the great music we are not unmindful of our own familiesl m but also the families of our t men and women heserving inervinn uniform all around the world.or your service, your sacrificefi remains an inspiration to all tl americans.ans. millions of the americans will be celebrating the season withst their own holiday tradition tdii but tonight we're glad youlayo joined all of us here for a for
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much more. mor so speaking of music let'sicet hear it for the united statestet air force airmen of note. n [cheers and applause] >> now it is my great honor to welcome the first family. united states, please welcomeel president obama, mrs. obama and sasha. >> ?? >> hello, everybody. [cheers and applause] >> happy holidays to all of you. eva longoria, thank you for
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kelly clarkson we love.ks we lo. to everybody who is hererybo whi tonight and everybody watchingdr at home, it is now officiallyffa the time to light this tree.. [cheers and applause] appla are you guys ready tou guysa count down?t dow [cheers and applause]ers anappl] >> we'll start from five. you ready? rea? >> yes. >> you sure? >> yes. >> okay, let's go. five, four, three, two, [cheers and applause] ala >> merry christmas, everybody.
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>> i'm proud say that our nextux performer is a five time latin -- >> i that was little one rightlo there. so cool to watch the so lights come on. >> you know their parentsir snapping pictures. >> exactly. >> they'll remember it through the picture rs.emres. >> the program will con on that comingrs ue p later on n tonight as well.el such a beautiful event. ent >> really is. reais. and we'll be right back with rib more coverage right after this.is >> are y'all having a good time so far? isn't this
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>> a prince george's county police officer was indicted today by grand jury on charges of seconds degree assault and misconduct in office. >> windy hernandez an 11 yearrin veteran of the force isor i accused deliberately hitting ana
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pursuit.uit. fox5's paul wagner joins usjoins live from upper marlboro withlbr the story.to paul. >> reporter: so, you might m be saying to yourself wasn't there a prince george's county'u police officer just indict add few weeks ago maybe twowo others? in fact you're right. r this is the third princehird pre george's county police officerou to be indicted by a grand jury here in upperntcted marlboro ine last five months. let's show you how it all came together it was caught on his that's what the state'sat's attorney's officers says about a police w off pursuit and ann alleged assault on june 13th of this year according to thengo indictment and the state's t sta attorney's officers, officers, o juan hernandez was one of two officers attempting to stop s man in the 800 block of fairview avenue in theirew a hyattsville section of the county. one of the officers was on foot while hernandez pursued the the dune side street into a i open field.ie
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attorney's office.rney >> from our review of thevi of evidence we believe that he intentionally struck a suspectut with his cruiser during a pursuit. this stemmed from an incidentpun that happened last union. officer hernandez andof another officer wereficeanothe responding to a callr forof an armed person.erso the officer -- first officerrs on scene was giving chase via foot.ot officer hernandez arrived andna began to pursue indn his cruises and as i stated we believeieve that the evidence shows thatt the suspect into a open fieldie and steered the cruiser into a a path to strike the suspect.he se >> reporter: now, princeowprince george's county police saypo say that they got onto this rightht away and they suspended s officer hernandez that veryhavey same day.same now, if you go into the courtrt records and look up the victim's name, you will see wl the charges were also filed alse against him that same day.that d he was charged with four with different counts includingunts i
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possession of narcotics. now, according to the court theu records we were able to see online it says he has askedsk for a jury trial.yri live in upper marlboro paullbora wagner, fox5 local news. n >> up next a closer look atook a donald trump's deal with carh eighty four keep jobs in the u.s.u.s. >> plus, how he's kicking offkig his victory tour tonight. tonig we'll be right back. ht back. >> hi. i'm lieutenant colonel randy i bol commander of the 455th55th medical squadron.qu happy holidays to my wife and wn kids in frederick maryland.yl happy holidays angie love you. happy holidays kaitlyn and olive y love you much.h. miss you.
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>> ?? >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00.00 >> president-elect donald trump is kicking offer hisreside victory tour.ory tour. up first a stop in indiana. ind >> that is where the tis w president-elect spoke about at-p deal with carrier to keeokp jobj in the state. fox5's political reporter ror ronica cleary is live in live i northwest tonight with the story.or >> reporter: hey, laura and sarah.sah. well, donald trump he isdona tru making good on his promise pmi keeping jobs here in thee in united states starting withtater the carrier plant with over ave thousand jobs that he'she's keeping here instead of beingera moved to mexico.d to mo. it's a promise he made time and time again on the campaign g trail and with that also promising to make business --usn make life more difficult foriffi businesses by increasing taxes on those businesses if they t move jobs abroad. abr >> we can't allow this tolow tht
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country.untr so many jobs are leaving andnd going to other countries.ou not just mexico. many, many country. i will tell you that unitednite technologies and carrier car stepped it up and now they're te keeping actually the number is over 1100 people which is soichs great. which is so good.gr [applause] >> reporter:la well, the president-elect and viceel president elect they toureden the carrier plant, met witht elh workers there and when vice wn i president elect pence spoke,t ep he called it a manufacturing in america.cturin going on to say today americame won and we have donald trump to thank. now, when president-electprident trump spoke about the futureokeb for companies that choose to move manufacturing abroad,br manufacturing jobs abroad, he said there will now be consequences but he also spokels about creating incentives for those companies to keep jobso ks here in america.
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business tax from 35 percent hopefully down 15 percent15 per which would take us from the highest taxed nation virtuallyna in the world. wor this is terrible for business.e. to one of the lower tax, not the lowest yet but one of the lower taxes.lower tax >> reporter: tonight donaldon trump will begin what he's he' calling a thank you tore.or he's going to be traveling to various swing states thatates helped him win the election. ect reporting live in northwest,we i'm ronica cleary, fox5 news. >> an election recount is recoui under way right now wisconsin. the recounts requested by green party candidate jilldidate stein is the first candidate cdi driven statewide recount of aouo presidential election in 16 years. campaign observersca representing trump clinton and n stein are spread across thehe state to watch as nearly n 3 million ballots are retabulated. donald trump won't wisconsinmp by less than w a percentageercee point over hillary clinton.overi stein has raised questionshas about the integrity of votesf vt
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michigan.ig the recount is not expected too change the outcome of the election.elec. >> ?? >> first on for former vice presidential candidate tim kaine opening up aboutenti a bruising presidentialsi campaign, the shocking loss toei donald trump and transitioningni back to life in the senateheen serving the people of virginia kaine spoke candidly about his running mate hillary clintonmate and what he felt was working agait election.ec take a listen.n. >> hillary was trying to belaryy the first woman president. that cannot be under so manyer it's very, very difficult toy d do. in congress right now just toest give you ano example 19 percent women. that ranks us 75th in theth in e world. we're behind iraq.e behi i we're behind afghanistan.fgha we've made it hard for twenty fy nine get elected to federal to l office and that was ahead wind d she was running against. ain hard to win three terms in a.re. oh very difficult in recentlt ie history to win three terms ineer
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be followed by a democraticrati term. >> only two democratic presidents have done that. the first de onlentsmocratic prt andrew jackson and fdr. fdr so, we're kind of app channel a changing nation after twogingat terms we tend to say we wantsayw to see what's -- you know, soha all of those aret's factors. fo >> as far as the recountsnt efforts in several states he says that was an effort thawas started by green party member jill stein and that thell s clinton campaign is on board just to make sure thattecamp everst to ything is done fairly. there is promising news in the decades olds battle to end the district's hiv epidemic. epide there are dramatic increasesreas in the number of new infections from needle drugio use and for yet anotherns f year no babies were born hiv positive in the nation's n's capitol. ca officials are also announceing c a new comprehensive plan to end the city's hiv/aids hiv/aid epidemic by 2020 throughhr increased awareness,wareness,
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prevention. >> for the eighth year in an a row, we have seen a decreasereas in washington, d.c. in new hiviv cases.ses. that's good news.s. eight years going. in 2015, there were 371 new new cases of hiv diagnosed and reported.repoed. a decrease of 48 percent from the 720 cases reported back in >> officials say roughlyough 13,000 people in the districteos are living with hiv.ith h that is down to aboutbo 2 percent of the population. po. the rate used to be higher than 3 percent. 3 percent and the mayor says now is not it the time to back off of efforts to end the epidemicpidec once and for all. a very good news in developmentsee in those numbers. >> absolutely. >> now ranking suggesting living in d.c. makes you more vulnerable toow rann d.c. ident. >> and as we head to break here is another live look out lo
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>> three, two, one,. one [cheers and applause] appus >> so beautiful. so >> there it is. the nat>>ional christmas tree lighting.ting >> a replay, instant replay. >> yeah. >> just that beautiful.us >> i know.t thnow. and it just gets brighter and brighter every year. i imagine it has somethingight o do with those led lights. thousands of bulbs on that tree a-live tree of course it cs grows down there and it's beautiful see it if you're y driving down by president'swn bd park it will be there until january 1st. >> such a gorgeous tree.rgus t >> it is really is.y is. great night.ig they have such good weather weah and i was story see maliaal wasn't there.sn >> i know.'t > off par itying.
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>> moving on with life.ov >> but then you see how tall tal sasha is too. >> i know. >> when they came to t washington they were cutewere little girls. watch thematch them grow up before our eyes.ye >> very glad they had aery ad t beautiful night. nht thanks heaven we didn't doit this last night. >> perfect way to go out. >> new york lit there's yesterday. so how was that weather newat york. >> yeah,w right. rht >> is that the crescents moonreo i see up there in the corner? ro my g >> it is beautiful. >> gorgeous. g waxing crescents i do believesc and that is a really nice n picture well done theredore whoever is manning the towerhe t cam tonight.onht i lover seeing that out there. . it's spectacular looking andng a we have some pretty good weather to observe thather t crescents mover with tonight. it is a little bitmove breezr ya it is getting chilly and tonight -- chiller -- and- and tonight we'll see our o temperatures getting chiller chr down into the 30's as opposedth to the 50's thate 30 we stayed overnight into the morningorni hours. i will have another breezy dayed
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temperatures in the low 50's. 5' today we got to 59 degrees.gree and outer loop official highig was just... -- and our official high was 53. 5 tomorrow a nice bright day and a saturday we'll have a lot ofa lo sunshine as well.l. sunday we'll see clouds c increasing around the area.ng ah there's a very slight chance chc late on sunday that we could cld see some showers but it's only l about app 20 percent chance.hae. we still need more rain.ai we did get some decent rainenra yesterday that. system is out of here. he. but you can begin to see a little bit oof s t snow flying again as the colder air blows across their b great lakes and there's seeing a little bit of that, nothingloi epic up across upstate newew york but we are seeing tempsin now drop into the 40's.0' we're 51 degrees here in thehe e district and as the sun hassun h gone down now at 4:45 we seeee temperatures dropping offes pretty quickly although dty qly tonight being rather a breezyre night it might take a littlee ai bit longer.r. still getting a gust of 26ust o here in the city, 28 for gaithersburg, westminster,tmin 21 miles per hour in thater h gusts for manassas and getet used to that because thatse tha
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for this evening we'll drop to about 48 degrees by 7 o'clocklo in the city. obviously the suburbs are already there. by 9 o'clock 46 under clearder skies and by 11 o'clocko'oc 44 degrees. as we look at our forecastt tonight, big area of low l pressure up to our north. nor that is keeping the breezes bez going and also pulling thatullia lake effect snow across thecrose lakes but we'll see ours temperatures under the clebuartr skies head for the 30's and 40's.40 there are some snow showers possible on the recitele on mountains but not hereta and that means at se re it's building, we'll value lot of sunshine. you get up and over the mountains this time of y weae'lr get upf year and you start runing into ag ina little bit of cloud cover.it of we'll likely see that againt aga tomorrow, maybe a couple ofoupl snowflakes out there butut locally 40 degrees atre at 8 o'clock in the morning, kind e of a cold start, 30's in the rbburbs. by noon, 48 with thath t noticeable breeze and by 4 o'clock 52 degrees and againra a cool afternoon.ftno that cool afternoon will beill e enhanced by the fact thatact th we'll probably get breezes that will gust between 20's
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e se into the weekendei we go. sunny on saturday. maybe a late sunday shower possible from this weak troughgh that's going to be moving going through and we'll likely see temperatures near 50 on o saturday and just a little bit cooler on sunday at 49 degrees. your fox5 49accuweather 7-day 7y forecast and you can see that sa we are going to see temperatures staying nearea 53 degrees on monday. mony. hey, this is good -- a good sign. we've got some significantignift rain possible on tuesday fromro a southern storm, so that tha would be beneficial rain forraif continue. it was eased a little bit bybi yesterday's rain.ai wednesday 55 degrees, thursdaygu more showers possible,bl 58 degrees.58eg that's your seven-dayr n-day forecast. now over to laura, sarah anduraa brody. >> all right, sue, thanks veryry much. ch. >> brody here with sports ander it's been a big day for kirkwifi cousins, hm. >> it's been a big day forigay r kirk cousins coming off a big b month. everyone is wondering is hengs going get that big money extension. ex he just keeps setting records.
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going up. kirk cousins has played quarterback at a level skins fans haven't seen in a very a vr long time. this year he set the franchisehi record for 300 and 400-yard00-y games in a career.eer. then today he was named nfc offensive player of the month for november the second timehe m he's won ah the award.wa no redskins player has done that double dip since garyble d clark. before cousins the last redskins quarterback was todd collins in 2007. i00 the secret to cousins' success c could be that he's a bit of ait song and dance man.ng a there he is in college, yeah, looking good.ing good. you like that two-itself hehe knows all the songs in the hamilton soundtrack.lttr even though he's surrounded byry some of the best athletes in the planee tbe he's in awe of te skills displayed by the finestis in musical theater. theater >> i lover him. heer can do anything.th >> and love musical theater.hear my mom kind of raised me on o
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was in new york city a couple of years ago went to ago went broadway show and just was jt w blown away. >> ?? >> i have a huge appreciation for singing and dancing andg ann again those guys are veryy athletic and they can do some impressive things so i enjoy inj it for what it is and was raised to appreciate it andecia it's not easy what they do. the takes the kind of practice andtd intensity and focus that weand have to have on the football field, too.d,oo >> yeah, you like to see thatha maybe trading in his tap dancing shoes for some cleatsesf this week. this week the nfl looseningooseni their uniform laws for a good gd cause. week 13 is my cause my cleats ms week where players will wearillw cleats designed for charity.ignt here are kirk cousins cleatsns e for the international justice ministry this week.minist and then tryhese are the colleagues that pierre garconpin is wearing for the pierre garcon helping handspian foundation. just about every playerry p will be sporting kicks for a cause.ca
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went with the ijm. >> nfl has a week 13ee13 opportunity you can wear wea whatever cleats you want.you wa they take the reigns off aff little bit so the charity i've i always partnered with and pared tried to support as best i cansn is international justice mission and we're able to give g the monies raised from the t-shirts to implete jm and a i've always wanted to get behind them. >> baseball's winter meetings mi start next week.art that's when teams like thetes li nationals get their last las spring training.sp if the rumors are to be believed the nats might havetave another m.v.p. under the tree. fox's ken rosenthal iss reporting the nationals and pirates are discussing a deale i to bringsc andrew mccup don'tup washington. he did have the worst the wor offensive season of his year yer last year but is still in his ih prime at just 30 years old. old. seems like the nats are goings r for it.. they already have one m.v.p. in right field. fld
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winner max scherzerer is. max s. if you have an award the nats tt will come get you and pay the te money accordingly.ccding >> exactly. they're trying get that big prize.iz >> yeah. >> let's hope this does it. hop >> they know they have a window of a couplee y kn of yeas and now is the time to strike s while it's hot. that news could be coming at con any time. we're kind of onan mccutcheonn watch. watch. >> thanks brody.. first place ranking forankir the district but this isn't a category where you want to whe come first. >> w d vulnerable to identity theftityt
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>> okay. have you started your holiday shopping yet. >>tarted well,. month people are buying their be gifts online this year i wouldn't doubt it. i numbers show shows spent over o $9 billion on line fromon le fr thanksgiving to cyber monday ada 16 percent increase from lastas year and 37 percent of allll
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customers spent nearly nearl $5 billion during that time on theline retail site.e >> i was a sister in shoppinghon with you.with you with all the onlinenline shopping expected make sure there are expec no unusual purcs being made.ing made. december is national identity it theft prevention and awarenessns month.month. the web site wallet huble released their annual list oft o states that are most mt vulnerable after researchingeahg several things from identityde th amount lost, the district came in at number one followed by california, florida,rida, massachusetts and nevada andand the states that are least vulnerable to identity thefthe south dakota maine and westota e virginia. >> okay. if you have a tough time hav nig didep at night did you know it could actually bet c a wakeuptu calall for your bosso a new study found a lack of sleep among u.s. employees is i costing the economy over ove $400 billion in lostn l productivity and more than than
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the study revealed majorealed mr health consequences associated with lack of least it found people who sleep on average avea less than six hours per night nt have a 13 percent higher riskhe of death than those who sleep longer.er wow. wo >> interesting. not surprised. f>> the national academies o>> sciences engineering andnginee d medicine are asking for better allergy warning labels on food products. in a report released, they are the asking the food and drugand dr administration to replace a precautionary label way new one that is risk based.at is rik they say b consumers the necessary n information they need aboutio the safety of then th productsru that they are planning to t purchase. >> hm. >> so many people suffer fromfe those now it's amazing.w it'smai thanks for joining us tonight tn here at 5:00. 5 >> news at 6:00 starts rightrtst after the break.r th
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>> ?? >> this is fox5 local news at atis fox 6:00. 6:0 >> a prince george's county police officer is in trouble.fft today a jury indicted him on charges of intentionallyentional hitting a suspect with hish s cruiser.cr thanks for join and us i'm u shawn yancy. sh >> andawn i'm tony perkins. pki he's facing seconds degreeacin assault and misconduct inuc officers charges. fox5's paul wagner starts usrt offer live from upper paul.pa >> reporter: shawn and tonyorten if you're saying to yourselfrsf wasn't there another princethere george's county police officerou indintcted just a few weeks ago in facts you're right.ht. there have been three now, three prince george's county police officers indictedrince b grand jury here in upperpper marlboro in the last five months. one for upskirting one for fraud and now this one for assault. it all it you now how came together.
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officer's police cruiserer dashcam. dash that's what the state'sat's attorney officers says about aff police pursuit an allegiced assault on june 13th of this t year. according to the indictment indn and the state's attorney'sney's officers officer juanua hernandez was one of two of officers attempting to stop a sp man in the 800 block of fairview avenue in theirvive hyattsville section of the county. coun one of the officers was ontyffio foot while hernandez pursued psu the man down a side street and onto an open field.ie john attorney's officers. officer >> from our review of theof t evidence we believe that he intentionally struck a suspectsu with his cruiser during a purchase z this stem stemmedmm from an incident that happenedd last june. officer hernandez andheande another officer werer oicer responding to a call for an armed person. pso the officer -- firstfi officer on scene wrsas givingiv chase buy via foot. officer hernandez arrived ad and began to pursue in his cruiser and as i stated wed believe that the evidencethat te

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