yesterday how long that body was in the bathroom, or how long it went uncovered still unknown at this time. still a developing story here breaking in the last hour. of course, we'll keep you posted at 6:00. back to you in the studio. now to prince george country where one woman is dead and another man is in the hospital after a sungle car crash in laurel. >> police spent several hours investigating the scene and matt ackland is live in laurel. what you can tell us, matt. >> it happened a couple hours ago behind me at old sandy spring road across the street there. you may be able to make out the tree. the car was removed an hour and a half ago. it came off the road and hit that tree. i want to take you to video and show you what it looked like earlier today. laura, officials say 58-year-old sanjaya smith of baltimore was killed in the accident and she was a passenger in the car. the driver was male and he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. at first there was some confusion over whether

occupants in the car may have been injured before the accident. and that turned out not to be the case. take a listen. >> there was some earlier reports about other injuries sustained at this accident and we now believe and it's still under investigation, that other injuries that were reported earlier were as a result this car accident. a lot of people exercise, walk and run on this road and luckily somebody deposit get hit. >> all right. just a recap here. one female was killed in this accident. one male in critical condition at a local hospital. we were told by the police chief who was on the scene today, that this session is underway. so far no cause behind this accident is known and has been made public that could happen in the future. for now, live in laurel, ma matt ackland, "fox5 local news". >> and a mana assaulting a

police have not identified the suspect yet. they say he's responsible for two robbys in original west one happening june and other in november and a third robbery that happened in southwest earlier this month. investigators say -- >> investigators say the same man was involved in this assault on a special police officer on fourth street southwest. this incident happened two weeks ago and police are looking for several other people involved in the assault. we now know the" identity of a man shot and killed by d.c. police officer on christmas morning. he's gerald hall of northeast d.c.. police say officers were called to a home on walnut street fwor a testimonyestic disturbance, investigators say when officer arrived hall was carrying a knife. officers ordered him to put the knife down when he refutesed an officer shot him. paul died at a hospital. the officer involved is on administrative leave. >> tonight there are new signs popping up in a chevy chase neighborhood where vice-president elect mike pence is renting a home p

rights activists posted lawn signs saying this neighborhood trust women and the move comes in response to pence's stance for abortion. and as you saw neighbors put up rainbow signs also. >> american university made a couldn't verse yl decision to host a statue of convicted murderer on its campus. hope is to raise awareness of efforts to grant inclemencey before obama leaves office. >> ron ska is live with this story. >> jim, sarah, it's a controversial statue here at american university. it's a nine-foot statue representing the likeness of a convicted killer, leonard palteer found guilty of murdering two fbi agents. for years u. there have been efforts to grant him clemencey. aand now there's a new push to seek pardon from president obama before he leaves of

now according to the leonard pelteer web site the goal of the project is to honor him as a "symbol of native stru struggle for self determination in north america" they believe he was wrongryly sentenced and there's hope president obama will grant him clemencey. they have used leonard's own self port troots create the nine football statue dedicated during human rights week. peltz has been dedicated a political prisoner by am nesty international. many find trouble with this effort to free him and they believe his convictions were fair and just. i spoke with steve pomerantz he is spormer assistant fbi director to tell me more about his thoughts. >> when i see this i'm outraged because i know to the except anybody could possibly know that this man received a fair trial, is guilty

crime he was charged with and is serveing a sentence proportionate to the crime he committed. he's still alive. those two agents are dead. and he is a grandfather. they'll never been grandfathers and he committed this crime and killed those agents in cold blood. >> now, of course, i reached out to american university to see if the placement of this statue is in fact the statement in defense of pelteer innocence and the university sees this statue as exhibited piece of art and takes no position on the advocacy movement. i would love to hear from you. is it appropriate for american university to host this statue? and what do you think about the case in general? should pelteer be granted clemencey. you know where to find me facebook and twitter at ronica cleary. reporting live i'm ver ronica cleary, "fox5 local news". >> let's take it outside.

chilly one. you know this is about what you expect around the holidays. >> i took a walk without a jacket on today. >> not bad. >> that's for sure. >> let's check in with caitlin and see the latest on the weather for us tonight and what it looks like tomorrow, >> hey there, both of you yesterday's holiday weather nice and we lost sunshine today. it has not been chilly. temperatures steady in the 40s and actually we're going to really warm up by tomorrow it will feel like nice spring afternoon. let's look live outside through the sat line and radar right now. a lot of cloud cover today. we were generally overcast. we're out ahead of a cold front brip showers across the ohio valley. green stretching from tore owe on toe to western kentucky and those showers slow sli move east ward overnight tonight and give us a chance for raindrops tomorrow morning and i don't think we'll squeeze nuch moisture out of this front. what we will see is increasing whipped and warm temperature you can get from forcing ahead of a cold front. >> temperatures rights now, yeah, we've been kind of stuck

there. you cannot warm up too much. 46 washington and 43 gaithersburg and 46 dulles and 46 leonardtown and obviously temperatures well above freezing and not concerned about any type of winter weather coming in. and winds fairly calm today. 5 to 10 miles an hour and out of the south, southeast now they will switch out of the northwest by foam as the cold front comes through and they are expected to increase. those winds. now, mostly, going to see the higher gusts norm and west of washington. wind advisories have been issued and takes effect 8 p.m. tonight to 10 a.m. tuesday and washington county, maryland looks like loudoun county virginia and along the ridge tops you can see the higher gusts over 40 miles an hour at times. tracking that cold front on our future cast, you see showers rumble through western pennsylvania and west virginia that would be overnight tonight and 7 a.m. we have a couple showers towards north and west and notice this front as it moves through and all the models do this. breaks up that moisture real, real fast. any morning clouds are passing

sunshine. we stay warm in the afternoon and this is going to feel more like april than january. planning forecast for front tonight. holiday over and many are celebrating a day off. if you have to head back to school or work tomorrow we'll have dry weather for tonight and temperatures in the 40s and they'll slowly rise in the overnight. really nice looking tuesday, guys, this is about the time jim, sarah, everybody starts to get cabin fever and want to be outside. we'll have more on the 7 day still ahead. >> good time to work off all the calories you consumed, too. >> i have no idea what you are talking aboutment not at all. >> fraternal order of police taking a stand against amazon. >> and controversial new misdemeanor they de mapped the online retailer stop selling. >> and keep the cardboard box if you're a prime member and constantly ordering how you can use those boxes to help de clutter your house and give back, too, we'll explain coming up. >> one of the most popular gifts given at holiday time and

never use it. guilty of disregarding this gift and another way you can put it to use. >> george michael's last christmas the music world stunned by sudden death of christmas pop star on christmas day and how he's remembered around the world tonight♪ last christmas, i gave you my heart, and the very next day, you gave it away♪ ♪ this year, stop me from tears, i'll give it to someone special♪ last christmas♪ ♪

>> russia transport minister says pilot error or technical fault most likely caused the crash near sochi ob christmas day. they're recovering bodies from the wreckage it took off from sochi and disappeared two minutes after takeoff. all 92 people on board the plane died some part of russia famed military choir that performed during the olympics two years ago. they were on their way to a concert for troops and no word whoon caused the plane to crash. >> republican national committee sxhaining itself after sending out a christmas message that let up social media. a savior who would offer the promise of man kind to salvation allman kind as these wise men

christmas her aldz a time to celebrate news of new king. the reaction was furious and fast. john kasich said we don't have a new king what the hell was wrong with you people and democratic political consultant said rnc you this apologize for comparing donald trump to jesus and calling him new king and shawn spicier defend the the message saying it had nothing to do with the president-elect. sarah. amazon is latest company being forced to remove black lives matter misdemeanor. pratt verbal order of police is demanding company repoof a shirt from a third parties vendor that says bulletproof black lives matter across the chest and walmart recently removed the shirt for online store after police union called it offensive. it's still listed on amazon web site and currently unavailable and amazon has yet to comment on this issue. well season of giving is underway. amazon is making it easy

you to de clutter your home and give back. all you have to do is sgrab a delivery box laying around your house and fill it with things you want to donate and print a free shipping label give back box.com and then drop it off at your nearest post office or ups store. any cardboard box will work for this by the way and good will plans to recycle boxes once they receive them. >> well, believe it or not one of the most poll lar christmas gift never gets used. and industries estimate 1 billion of 10 billion spent on gift cards goes unused. it's perfectly fine to regift cards since they're most usually transferable. there you have it. now that the did you tablets and video console have been unwrapped some kids may spend more time online playing gimz or surfing web. but, are your kids stave while on internet. one online group called pure site issued a report saying

in five teens have received unwanted solicitation online and they recommend to set up parental controls on gadgets and toys and adding parental control ob home wifi to avoid inappropriateness while prouzing the web. now music world lost yet another ledge and pop singer george michael died christmas day and we're learning from heart failure. >> loss of the 53-year-old is felt in the united states and britain his home country. >> reporter: fans pay tribute to george michael outside his home in england believing flowers and other items at the place it appears the pop star died of heart failure. >> he's a local man. >> michael first gaining star status with the teen group wham in early '80s and pop duo last christmas

>> last christmas i gave you my heart♪ >> and michael eventually moving on to sew owe career selling over 100 million albums globally and winning album of the year at the 1989 grammy for faith. >> i got a body like you♪ >> and over the career the 53-year-old recorded duets with aretha travrping lynn, ray charles and elton john who writes on instagram "i am in deep shock and i have lost a be loved friend the kindest most generous soul and brilliant arist my heart to out to his family, friends and all fans sglts michael was also known for off stage controversies and he struggled with drug use and was arrested in 1988 for public ludeness in los angeles. the singer keeping sexual orientation private prior to the incidents and didn't let arrest silence him releaseing a single making fun of the incident. >> i didn't even know he was that sick. i knew he had b

to a surprise to the entire world. >> 5 years ago christmas time suffered pneumonia and nearly pass away gave emotional trib out to those who saved his life. what a year it was. prince, david bowie, george michael. >> too many losses for sure. >> coming up in sports. what has to happen for the redskins to punch ticket to the playoffs. >> maryland kicks to over he drive as they go to the mow or city boston college. >> well we're looking at unusually warm weather headed our way tuesday and the rest of the forecast does not feature anything overly winter like. maybe you like that maybe you don't. let's look at the forecast and ahead new year's day and ever after the break. fox news at 5 returns after i got to have faith♪ i got to have faith♪ because i got to have faith♪ i got to have faith faith faith♪ . baby,♪

>> taking you back to the way back machine 1985 maryland played in something called cherry bowl in detroit. the terps beat syracuse 35-1, 31 years to today maryland back in motor city playing in the quick lane bowl at ford field. there you go. there's the tie against old acc rival boston college. and first season ahead coach we take you early to second maryland down 13-0 and gets drilled as he tries to throw the fumble and returns to 0-yard line that led to a field goal and 16-0 deficit andhen terps rally behind running of ty johnson. quick bursts up the middle and just about everybody on their way to 2 yard touchdown johnson tenth play of 0 or more yards with terps down 16-7 and then bc decides to pull out the trick play. reverse no michael walker but no he's not running he throws to patrick out

the score "b.c."up 27 and terps you cannot keep them down immediate answer low end up in to hills and gives to johnson, scoots for 30 yards and second 2u67 down and 3rd quarter maryland trails 36-27. you're saying there's a chance. >> one game left for redskins question know it's going to a later start and you can watch only here on "fox5"and it's a must win and tonight's "monday night football" game can play a major role in guiding destiny. this is how the redskins make playoffs, "monday night football" tonight 9-5 lion if they lose to cowboys and new year's day redskins beat the giants and they're in. here's the other scenario lions beat the cowboys and the following must happen. new year's day they need to defeat the giant and they have to win no matter what and have to defeat the packers. today they asked the head coach what do you need to win this game? >> any calls to dallas about maybe keeping starters

tonight. >> yeah. no. it's hard root for dallas. >> but you know like i said, it's fun to watch to the bitter end and see what happens. we'll see what happens. if dallas ends up slipping the night against detroit and detroit has to beat green bay and we still have a choice. regardless of what happens we vo to take care of giants and then the dust settles. >> there's a chance. >> small miracle perhaps. >> still a chance. >> i said last night gvrz you an excuse if you have new year's eve hangover you can sleep in why you year's day because you can go to the game. >> or a later start. >> don't sleep in tomorrow. it will be a beautiful day. morning cloud maybe a shower. maybe. otherwise we will see sunshine by noon noon and we clear out. wind diminishes late in the afternoon and 64 for the high temperature. that's a beautiful tuesday afternoon. you know it's one rowing day in the 7 day forecast we have 64

>> you get paid by "star wars" people for that to slip nip rowing day. >> i'm not allow todd say that over the airy don't think "star wars" and "fox5" has collaboration. >> we do not. >> a rogue day. and then we turn cooler wednesday and not cold and 50 for high temperature and late thursday, showers move in and there's a chance that could start as mix of rain and snow and it's 37 for low temperature here and we're more concerned about places like frederick, maryland, out to loudoun county and fauquier county and north and west we're cold erin but any flakes should turn to rain and clear out quickly thursday afternoon. cold on friday, 42. is it for high temperature chilly night and no wet weather new year's day looks nice while sleeping in or headed outdoors. >> is this the first snow we'll see this week. >> we've seen a little bit. if we do i guess you know for some of us who maybe didn't see the snowflakes the first tie

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life from all over this remarkable area. our phenomenal "fox5" photo journalists did it yet again crafting very compelling stories that highlight why this is one of the best places in the world to live. we'll start with area that is devastated by fast-moving waters and several months ago. ellicott city, maryland, we're also going to take you on board the uss gulf may havey ship for a close-up look at life at sea. we start with ellicott city. >> you have to. [ sounds of water rushing ]. >> come on! >> we need to call -- >> somebody -- >> somebody got to the building here. >> why is it -- [ water rushing ]. >> come on

>> july 30 was normal every day kind of day. up until 7:00. i talked to people that lost hundred of thousands of dollars of misdemeanor down the river years and years of business down the river. houses they lived in for years, down the river. >> clearly it's overwhelming and we have to close down. so it wept dark for a while you know? because people didn't know what they sko do or not do in ellicott city and so the rebuilding aspect is a little daunting but it will help and people will find out we're on. >> very few people have ever expressed regret they're part of ellicott city and expressed they don't want to come back. it's not feasible for them to come back. but that type of strength and resilience i don't think this is everywhere. >> ellicott city is unique place in that it's a community that supports

bog to come in here and help you rebuild and you're going to help us rebuild and we'll keep going and goes from the bottom of the hill to west end. everybody is helping everybody else work and deal with what they possibly can. there aren't very many places like ellicott city and i'm excited about being part of something that will be bigger, better and stronger. >> i don't think there's a lot of towns that would warn away and every person would want to come back to it. there's parallels between ellicott city and new orleans different stroke of tragedy. i think there's a parallel somewhere that new orleans was too big and too great to be crushed by water. ellicott city is not as big but in hearts of people that live here, it's just as great and it won't be crushed by water. ♪ ♪

[ helicopter sounds ]♪ ♪ ♪ takeoff camel 1311, roger out. this is the uss leyte gulf, a world war 2 111 room are out. >> u.s.s. a world war ii bat until pacific and this is guided missile cruiser chesapeake bay off annapolis. >> i've been in the navy five years now. getting ready to go to baltimore for fleet week. this say big ship and we see a dozen

>> 300 men and women -- >> i think people would find that amazing if they see from shore this ship has 300 people. >> it's a big ship. it's up with of our biggest short of carrier and needs 00 people to run it and it's a great deem team of professionals. >> there's weaponry on this ship? >> it is she is a war horse of the fleet certainly but you have the 5" begun hypothetical us and vertical launched missile sales. >> we're standing by every day for call. if it's necessary and my crew is over 00 people and it's standing by for that. make sure we work and communicate from the top down and with t

men down to lower making sure the dwun is correct and smoomly. >> channel 1, 1, 1, >> roger out. >> when we return nature's beauty on prominent display and this is beyond the lepz on the dmv continues.

welcome back. a tractor, a ferry, and a kayak. they all offer ver >> a tractor, ferry and kayak they all offer very different perspectives on life outside the concrete jungle. take a look.

>> ever day is different and always a challenge. >> we don't like to run an empty boat. >> it's run offer a general and he crossed here during washington during the civil war. >> it will always be here. we're a historical site. i don't for see it going anywhere. >> a lot of commuters will say that's their 15 minutes of quiteet tomorrow throughout the day and breaks up commute. it's nice to see somebody smile when you can tell they had a bad day and three minute trip across the river makes their day. it's the highlight of the day.

i'm paul baker from dickerson, maryland and we're harvesting corn to feed the cattle and i'm 65 years old and i was born into it. >> it is a quiteet lifestyle and this a lot 6 strs because of the work you have to do. labor on the farm is hard to come by. folks don't want to labor on the farm anymore they figure that that's ancient type of job a lot of hard labor. >> how much longer do you do this. >> probably until i

>>. >> so we're at little falls on potomac river just north of chain bridge. this is the tidal break for potomac river. and so this is where chesapeake bay is actually meeting with potomac river everything below it is affected by the tide. i'm surrounding by rushing whitewater i can see rocks, trees, birds and maybe snakes and for me it's great to have this wild environment right in the middle of the city. and this is also the boundary between d.c. and maryland. so when we put it on the river we're

take out we're in d.c. and there's no sign of human civil vacation. i could be out in west strir vir or in a canyon somewhere and completely forget that i'm 15 maint way from metro buses and traffic and poll iing titions and everything going on in the city and i can totally escape. the spot that's most fun on river you can see the chain bridge come into view and whether early morning before work battle or after work battle i do take a little bit of pleasure when i snap back to reality and see i'm in a major metropolitan area. there's people stuck in traffic and i'm out here enjoying some amazing whitewater. in the zone sort of like in this flow where you cannot think about anything else. so any other stresses of your daily life are

pushed out the only thing you hear is rush of whitewater and you're very much in that moment. you cannot think of anything else other than what you're doing and it's incredibly relaxing if i'm really stressed out you know okay acting wants to california m you down. the kayaking lifts me up. brings me to this middle state. >> you cannot beat the river. >> like the river always wins. the river is more powder full than any padler will ever be and you cannot overcome that what can do is learn how to work with the river and use power and energy of the river and utilize features of this to get where you want to go and so i think sort

is applicable in a lot of as of aspects of life. still ahead a snapshot from the streets. city life in d.c. and why we should never take where we live for granted. we'll be rights back.

in 1999, the population in dc was about 570,000. in 2015, it was up to 672,000. >> in 1999270,000 and then 62,000 and then this is city of hustle and bustle and it's only getting big erin it can be tough to get around and when do you it's worth it. here's a reminder.

i'm not a morning person and i'm donna and all the coffee in columbia will not make me a morning person i'm usually in my zone. i have my headphones in and i have to get it work. get to work. >> always something going on and booming and busting and it's always fun. >> traffic around here scars me. people in d.c. now are to the point where red lights are only a suggestion it's scary out here in the mornings. i stop sometimes and appreciate the

architecture and everything. >>. >> and i love coming through the mall and i love seeing the monuments and there's excitement about that when you stop and think you get blaze and when you stop and think i'm until d.c. and i'm in the capital of the country and one of the most important cities in the world looking what's all around me and that comes to pick me up and get me going. >> i was on street corner one day and president bush's motorcade went by and he looked over and i was the only one there and he waived and look around

me, hi. >> you forget these things and forget that you're in important place. it's when you remember that it's exciting again. >> i love being in this city. i've been doing this almost 30 years now coming to work. and there are times when i forget and got to stop and look around and see it again and the excitement comes back. >> when we return, the sites and sights and sounds of the city. we'll be right back.

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my favorite instrument is the cello. 'cause you know what? you got the curves of a lady, right? the most intimate instrument that's out here. ("bennie and the jets" by elton john) is. >> she's got the curves of a lady. >> rally resonate within and makes me feel like i'm part of an instrument. >> we came out today to did a little bit of music. >> we play khel owe around the city and play different event and hit up different metro stops. >> the

vibrates directly into my sternum. and the wood they useen the bridge is rich and the sound i get off amplifier is very good. you fund a lot of people in support of one another. that's one of the most commendable things you have many different people from many walks of life and it can be septembererd around music or people less fortunate and people come together to make sure it returns smoomly and especially outen the street that things continue to run smoothly. changes we do at the end of the day can be disbursed with other people in the city who need it more than we do. >> the city allows me to take this change and meet people lesser fortunate than myself and that allows me to help them out whether it's to gefo

for the evening or just make sure they can get the toiletryes to keep up with and every day live-in that's what i do when i come out here. >> a lot of people walk around in d.c. and may not have the fund for time to stop and be able to give back to somebody. we come into play and are musicians of the people. whenever i'm out here playing a see a lot of love and support and see a lot of people able to come together despite add veersties going on in the world right now and we have a great city

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>> thank you for joining us i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm tony perkins. >> one woman is dead and another in the hospital after a traffic sdmept laurel. >> police sent several days searching the scene. >> it happened here earlier this afternoon just across the street here this is old sandy spring road and the car basically left the road and hit the tree here. laurel officials say 58-year-old sonya smith of baltimore was killed in the accident and she was the passenger. the driver was male and he was taken to a nearby hospital listed in critical condition.

confusion over whether the occupants in the car may have been injured before the accident but that turned out not to be the case. >> there was earlier report does other injuries sustained at the accident. we believe other injuries reported earlier were injured in the accident. >> luckily somebody didn't get hit. >> there were many officers here for several hours. the car was moved from the scene about 3:00 today and once again an investigation is underway still no cause known at this point. and in laurel, matt ackland, "fox5 local news". >> d.c. policecy a man suspected of committing several robberies and aut saing a police officer is in custody. no identity on the suspect.polie for a pair of robbyes in northwest one happened in june and the other happened last month and third robbery happened in southwest earlier th

investigators say the same man was also involved in the assaults on this special police officer and this one happened on 4th street southwest in a cvs incident happened two weeks ago and police are still looking for several hours who were involved in the assault. >> we now know the identity of a man shot and killed by a d.c. police officer on christmas morning. he is gerald hall of northeast d.c.. they were called to the home. when officers arrived hall was carrying a knife. officers ordered him to put the knife down and when refused an officer shot him. hall died at the hospital. the officer involved in this incident is currently on administrative leave. >> in the district tonight people there septembering a strong message to one of their temporary members in chevy chase abortion rights activists put up lawn signs saying this neighborhood trusts women you see it there this as news mike suspense running no their naked. the group says it's in response to pence's stance dwens abortion and