in class because of concerns about the bed bug problems and then 99s apparent and teachers got that he is, the savoy school community will temporarily relocate. well update you on where. school will be closed monday and tuesday. dc school's chancellor said alternate location may or may not be ready, so there is a chance that there will be no school for these students on monday and tuesday. it's something that's still up in the air. we have been reporting on this since last week. a lot of parents contacting us with concerns, one providing us photos of bites he believes to be from bud bugs. of there was an emotional meeting where parents tooled us they feel the district has not handled this properly. that has been

december. maybe even november that there was a bed bug problem here, and should feel what's happening now should have happened immediately. we just talked to the dad who gave us those photos of the child. here's what he had to say >> you all to get here nor them to show up. really shouldn't have took that long. my daughter hasn't been in school since tuesday. bit you all saying. >> reporter: here's what we know about the timeline of this. as i mentioned some parents said they heard weeks ago that there was a bed bug problem in addition with rats. on january 16th the school said. there is no a bed button if he is intimidation single isolated incident with one adult unand one child has been cited. as i mention i

new school chancellor. just started on the job this week. he didn't have answers to my questions about exactly what school leaders here knew that there was a bed bug infestation. but i did talk to him about parents feeling that what's happening now is too little, too late. >> what do you say they don't those parents? >> what i would say, i can't go back and talk about what happened. i can say it is important and we're going to do everything we can to address it. if there's thing we can do to learn from what's happened in the past we'll learn those lesson. >> reporter: looks like the cleaning process started. all material in the building, rug, cots, blankets and pillows will be removed's after cleaning, the department of allen will come in and do a thorough and

inspection. again, this school will definitely be closed on monday and tuesday as far as where students will be going if there is an alternate place for them to learn, we don't know about that yet. the school said we will have that information at 3:00 and we'll continue to follow this and bring you updates. southeast, lindsay watts fox 5 local news. now to montgomery county where school officials are responding to a video returning safely high school students. the video shows students using racist language. alexandra limon live in better tonsville. >> i want to point out when we brought this video, in an e-mail from students, they signed it a concerned group of students and they said they wanted to start a bigger conversation about what's very offensive and what's a

joke. they told us this incident happened earlier at pete's brant high school. they stairway intended as a joke. as you can see, its highly offensive. >> at least three students you can see the arms of two students pushing around a third african-american student who has a collar around his neck, and they're repeatedly using offensive word like boys and the n word. again, the students who sent us the video said it was a joke. even the students who was wearing the collar doesn't seem to be offended by it and thought it was funny. i'll tell you, the principal here at the high school did not find it funny. district said the students were disciplined and

immediately sent home to parent the day it happened. the letter said, in part, while the first amendment affords us with the right of free speech. hateful and offensive language will not be tolerated. we spoke to teachers, parents and students. >> racism rush hour. i would like to say that the high school is not revoketive of that video, not of the words >> paint branch is a safe environment. we have been an incredibly diverse population of students and teachers and work hard to make people feel safe >> i believe sometimes kids take some things out of context. they are kids. but that's where education

into play from the parents as well as the school. >> i'm not going to lie. first time i saw the video, i was shocked. but when i heard people talking about it, they were actually -- yeah, that's how i feel. >> reporter: now this isn't the first racial incident to happen at a montgomery county public school in recent months. in fact, you may remember back in november, the superintendent released statement after racist graffiti was found at several schools. reporting in burton'sville alexandria hoff we have information in the mysterious death of a 60's-year-old man found inside the northeast each after a fire. >> court documents say it man was found buried under household debris and there was evidence of an assault. investigators say

marshall was intentionally set but dc stopped shortest calling it a suspicious death. paul wagner joins us live in northeast with this story. >> reporter: guys, mere in trinidad on queen street. the fire was in an apartment building about half a block up. now, on wednesday, we told you about a chilling message that was found on the wall of mr. ialie's apartment, we're learning more about what investigators found. they found blood on him. found blood on the porch leading to the stairs outside his apartment. we know when firefighters arrived they found the door wide open, and now we know that investigators also found four cell phones inside the house. but the landlord said he didn't own a mobile phone. >> the court affidavit filed in the case as investigators found evidence of

an assault in the backyard of the man's apartment as one in the porch leading to his back door described as blood stains. also said when firefighters entered the apartment, they found the gas stove top burner controls in the on position. when they discovered his body, there was blood coming from his mouth. in this exclusive we shot earlier, we saw a chilling message written, you going down iali. the owner tells fox 5 the day before the fire, he took him to the narcotics division because he was complaining drug dealers had taken over his apartment. the next day he was dead along with his todaying. police were looking for weapons

may have caused his death, they found multiple lighters and four cell phones. of he again, did not only a cell phone. now, we've had extensive conversations with the landlord in recent days fearing for his safety, he did not want to go on camera and he does not want -- he doesn't want to his use his name. we've reached out to dc police for explanation. the fire department ruled this was intentionally set. but the police department continues to say it's just a death investigation. they are not saying it's a suspicious death or that it's a homicide at this point. so this is still under investigation. but again, most troubling circumstances appear to be that mr. iali went to talk with narcotics investigators i the day before found dead inside his apartment. paul wagner fox 5 local news.

killing three members of a dc family and her housekeeper likely won't be tried until next year. during a hearing at dc's superior court, they agreed to pick a jury in 2018, they need at least a year to examine the dna evidence. he's accused of murdering his wife, amendmy and housekeeper in 2015. a tragic story out of gaithersburg, a four-year-old found unresponsive by her mother a week ago has died of her injuries. police initially charged 20-year-old iris hernandez with child abuse. investigators tell us they could be upgrade to murder once they hear back from the medical examiner. police were called to hernandez home sunday

terrace last thursday. a fox 5 follow-up story now for you. we told you about it yesterday. a dc toddler diagnosed with one of the worst case of poising. she was exposed is to led in her northeast home. the dc housing authority performed an inspection before the family moved in, but an apartment found lead paint throughout the home. we've learned a hearing for the lawsuit against the attorney that rented is scheduled for monday morning. in a statement, the landlord's attorney said his client could not comment based on ongoing litigation. he went on to say my client would not have rented the

condition. straight ahead at 5:00. dropping the hammer. president trump slaps new sanctions on iran following a missile test. new fears about increased interceptions. virginia attorney general in court fighting for statement right to join a lawsuit suing the president over a travel ban. gary? >> reporter: have you heard? we may be going back to the moon. that's what we're going to talk about. i'm at the space museum. you know what were you find here, moon rocks? you find a lot of tourists. you guy are from texas. what are we talking about? a new moon shot? will that happen? maybe i'll talk a little weather. fox 5 news at 5:00 continues coming up after the break . president trump's controversial cabinet nominee betsy devos make it through? take a

kevin has an interview with the stars from 50 shades darker. how dark does it get. we rest super bowl ads that scored and the ones that bombed monday on fox 5 news morning.

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shot. tourist leaving talked about what it was like during the chaos. >> a lot of the girls were crying. a lot of young girls were crying but we were not scared. >> i've seen a lot of it. >> what was going through your mind >> i thought it was terrorism >> 911. >> that's what we're used to, be vigilant. we just, we listen to instructions from the security guardsly >> both suspected attacker and the wound soldier are being treated the hospital. president trump commenting on the paris attacks hours after the incident. a new radical islamic terrorist has just attack a louvre, museum. >> while some people liked the tweets

incentive for not saying his thoughts are with the french people. the trump administration is slapping sanctions on more than two dozen individuals and companies providing support to iran missile program >> this comes in response to the missile at the time. . increases treasure on t e r a n: this morning, president trump tweeted iran is playing with fire. they won't appreciate how kind president obama was. not me. he's saying he's unmoved by the threat. now that president trump is in office. what will that main for space exploration. >> many people are hoping could mean more dollars for nasa. gary mcgrady is live with more. gary? >> reporter: where are better place toc

about space travel. for the first repairs we went to the moon obviously. if you're at the space museum, this didn't make it to the moon obviously, but it was a working left-hand and so this was definitely used and again, it's the first thing you see when you come into the museum down here. now, the big question is we're dealing with are we headed back to the moon? i'll tell you, it's more and more likely a trip to the asteroid belt, there's been talk of that. that does not look very good. but the ultimate goal here without a doubt is getting to mars. it's not your grandfather's moon and if the folks we talked today here in the museum are indication, it looks like a lot of support for going to the moon >> it's going to propel us forward in many other ways, i think it's valuable. >> it's very

because of the future. we don't know what will go on in the future. >> reporter: you may be surprised to find out that there is already a mission underway in space right now. god dard has lunar mission in orbit since 2009 and sends back damage this has been an ongoing thing. and recently the talk is, a different kind of space race, if you will. it's more of a private space race between industry, and there's also a lot of nations involved as well. google, you might not know this, google has their hand in this, google lunar prize x and giving away money. apparently there's a big draw, some researchers, this is -- i didn't knoth

but there could be more platinum on the moon than we have on earth, it's not your grandpop's moon anymore >> you're saying there's a financial reason to go to the moon? >> reporter: that's why maybe it's getting so much buzz the last couple weeks, if you know what i mean? >> money talks, gary, thank you. ahead at 5:00. a new pay to park same one popular shopping center continues to be a sore subject. >> it's complicated. >> why retailers are considering a lawsuit >> a popular dc eatery robbed by a group of thieves, and guess what? it was all caught on camera. >> nordstrom announcing they're dropping ivanka trump line but the move over profits or politics

quite quite cold. i walk much faster than i usually do. it doesn't look like it's going to warm up. but what's? february? >> that's truthful. we're lucky we haven't had the snowstorms or anything, gary, not yet. at least. >> it's been nice, a good winter. >> have you guys -- you guys remember snow megeden 2010? >> i think i spent most of the weekend or whatever inside. it's coming up. it's a little seven year anniversary coming up over the next few days. as long as we don't have three feet of snow on the ground, we're doing good. a lot of clouds today,

the temperatures down. they said i get to go to the museum, i knew i was inside, i was like, yes, that's great, i get to stay inside oh a 30-degree day. mainly it's pretty cold. step out. we've had a little bit of a -- a reprieve from the wind, if you will, and that hasn't been terrible. >> in terms of what's going on with the clouds in any particular amounts of precipitation we don't have to worry about that. i think as we get into the overnight, the skies will clear. that will allow us to get real cold, middle 20's. you see the clouds and hopefully we get the back end. no precipittion to worry about. anything on sunday will be so light you probably won't see it. how about the evening forecast? we're going to be getting colder and colder. obviously temperatures will be dropping to the 30's through at the 30's, maybe before midnight. some of the suburbs easily will get down to the 20's. and real quickly, the weekend too, tomorrow is cold but sunny. temperatures tomorrow

problem. it does look like on sunday, earlier this week, we thought sunday may have little winter presip. we're still talking cold with clouds, next week, we're talking about maybe 60's or so gwen will be back with the full forecast. air and space museum lots of cool stuff down here, we talked about the moon and we may be headed back there. the lunar landing is the model behind us, really nice down here. a lot of folks, i met people from texas, my home state and from japan, kentucky, who would know >> you're like a tourist in your own city. we forget. >> i always remember that place, many years ago i interviewed john plant where you're standing gary, and it was a wonderful day to >> i'm jealous. >> it was amazing >> stay warm. >> straight ahead at

house fire in clinton maryland. >> the daring efforts to rescue two people stuck inside. >> we will not sit back and allow nazis. >> it was the university of california berkley now new york university are protesting a controversial guest scheduled to speak at the college. >> a shopping center in virginia used to be a hot spot is now a sore spot for shoppers over a parking problem. we'll explain coming up. p.

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headlines, two people are in critical condition after house fire in clinton, maryland, it happened just before 4:00 this morning. firefighters pulled victims from the home on the 7200 block of mill gin road. cause of the fire till under investigation >> no word what caused a massive fire had a fairfax county recycling and disposal center. this was the scene last night. it took several hours for firefighters to put out the blaze. all of the employees inside the building made it out safely. >> metro rail again, this time it happened along the red line as the dupont circle station, jim lokay was on the train at the time. capturing this video where you can see smoke pouring from underneath the train. service was delayed this morning for about 30 minutes. things were back to normal by 7:00 a.m. no word from metro what caused the smoke. a

the next two decade behind bars, 20 years in prison. a jury found sinsay guilty last sent of child abuse and assault. he was baby-sitting when he was injured, an autopsy shows the 23 month old died of blunt force trauma. now to a developing story out of northern virginia. parking has become a sore subject had a popular shopping center. a new pay for parking ap was launched in january but some retailers say they're turning their bottom line. >> anjali hemphill is there why some businesses are banning together to possibly seek legal action. >> reporter: as soon as you sign up for the rest on parking ap it asks for your phone number or e-mail address so it can send i was code. some people say it process takes along and too confusing, that it's not worth making the trip >>

shouldn't have to pay. >> ever since they implemented a new paid parking system, the sense of community has changed >> people work together, shop together. now, there's just all the security around, and they're not security trying to help you with the ap. they're trying to give you a ticket. >> reporter: last no, boston properties launch add paid parking system. customers parking at this outdoor shopping center must use the park r t c shop. if the business they're visiting doesn't have a designated validation area. but vice president of big bowl restaurant says his customers complained the parking system way too complicated and intrusive >> probably don't want to give license plate information, don't know they have to know which garage they parked in. different retailers are different garages they validat

which is confusing. >> he's one of 60 other businesses meeting next week to consider the options going forward including a possible lawsuit. >> everyone has expressed lower sales, decrease in traffic. people have mentioned ranges from ten to 50%. >> reporter: officials representing boston properties say there has been more than 70,000 down loads of the park rtc ap since its launch. they say it would be inappropriate to speculate or respond to any possible legal action, they did release this statement: there has been misinformation reported about rest on township retail that requires clarification. each retail tour at their sole discretion to decide which garages they choose to validate. they make their own decisions about what validations terms they choose to incorporate within their unique

model to include validating for all or select garages >> so many people that can't figure out how to use it and i meet friends here from other places, they won't come because they won't have the ap. >> reporter: some customers and retailers here continues to worry the longer the system stays in place, the harder it will be to bring back the crowd >> i'm afraid we're going to lose this special place in reston >> they have received complaints about the parking and look forward to the issue being resolved in the best interest of the record shows those involved. they will meet with lawyer monday to discuss options. in reston anjali hemphill prove prove. dc police need your help finding a person of interest who robbed a popular pizza shop. it happened last sunday at anne's pizza on the twef

block of u street, he goes behind at the counter, grabs cash and takes off. police are asking anyone with information about the robbery to give them a call. in the district, police are investigating another armed robbery. this one happening on the 3,000 block of 14th street northwest. surveillance cameras catching the suspect walking into a cell phone store sunday. he held up an employee with a gun and forced them to open a safe. then stuff add bag with cash and took off. if you recognize the suspect please call police. first it wasuc berkley now new york university. a conservative speaker was preparing to speak on campus. demonstrators and students from the group nyu anti-fish shifts organized the protest. the speaker was hit with pepper spray. he's an actor, comedian and founder of the far right

organization called proud boys. he was invited to speak by the nyu college republicans. >> we have students of the university, there is a large contingent of anti-fashist protesters, there's a large contingent of people who believe we need at this time, this place, to test edges of what the police and the military are under this administration are will go to do to stop our voices in the streets. >> 11 people were arrested. now face criminal mischief and disorderly conduct charges. virginia moving forward with president trump executive order on immigration. this morning, a federal judge told lawyers with the commonwealth that the suit can proceed. virginia attorney general mark hiring said the travel ban is causing harm to families, students and businesses in the commonwealth and must be overturned. >> we're concerned about the

residents and visa holders, whether student visas or work veterans days. it does not include refugees or asylum seekers but visa holders for the students or working visas >> a hearing will be held next friday. hiring said he's seeking an injunction to stop the theed the order and trying to help those coming into the united states to stop the order. countdown is on just two days away from super bowl 51. >> what do you like commercials? >> if the game is good, it's a tough one. the commercials >> already seeing so many of them. >> a lot of people decided they were going to go to houston to see it themselves, and with the big game in houston, many residents are cashing in by renting their homes to

bowl fans on air b and b and craig's list, they're expected to rake in $3.7 million, a tiny one bedroom apartment are going for around $1,000 a night while luxury homes are asking about 4,000 a night. there's one home going forget this $10,000 a night. >> i wonder if -- if people are actually spending that makeup money because i looked on air b and b before the inauguration, there was a lot of high end ones on there. but >> start dropping the prices >> exactly. couple days out. let's drop the price >> those sounds like bargains. >> if you have ten people and everyone is going, get to your house. a huge crane collapse >> where this happened and what caused the crane to break down. celebration happening at the

the special occasion straight ahead. gwen? >> we got arctic air and it is continuing to filter its way down. cold conditions, yes. straight ahead more details with the full forecast back to you. >> get together. before we head to break, it's a sweet homecoming surprise for a navy sailor in san diego. >> a year and four days since he has seen his daughter who wasn't expecting him until march. he came home early and she had no idea. >> you are the greatest dad because you are so special. i miss you and i love you. thank you for being my dad. will be my valentine? >> i will be your valentine.

girl scout can i being season almost here. thousands of boxes arrived today. parents and parents and troop leaders came to pick them up. one of 32 deliveries around the dc metro area, over 4 million boxes shipped to the region, girl scouts will set them up outside of local supermarkets. mgm national harbor is celebrating chinese new year. celebration continued with a traditional chinese lion dance. imperial lion dance team travelled from massachusetts to perform this by the way

year of the rooster. people born on the year of the rooster, hard working, recordsful and courageous. again? everybody in red. >> he american heart association. >> raising awareness. >> it was a cold walk to lunch. really felt cold and windy, and it was windy. we're still going to have to deal with the winds. i've come back from a great caribbean cruise staying away from the cookies. doing it on the ship. i want to say that this cold weather, i'm just not used to it, folks. not used to it. i was laying out in the sun. >> welcome back. >> we're going to have the the sun but believe me it's not going to be anything you want to lay out in. it's going to be cold. and it's cold buy we are the arctic air mass, we're

see clearing skies. but deceptively sunny saturday. because i'm only saying don'ting fooled by the sunshine, it will be a cold dame temperatures in the low 40's. and sunday is going to be actually a little bit drier and a little bit milder. we say drier because we have a system moving to the north and west and could bring precipitation. by the time we get to monday into the week, we're going to go see wet weather. but temperatures will rise 20 degrees warmer. today's high, well, quite a difference here, it was 40 degrees at reagan national, not 50, and temperatures 37 degrees at both other airports, we're seeing temperatures four to six degrees below the seasonal average. we're in the 30's degrees right now. cooler to the north, 28 in westminster, 34 at baltimore and 39 a

38 degrees at manassas, winslow have been an issue all day. they created windchills, gusty at times. we're going to go see improvement we have a couple of location where is those winds are still fairly strong. overall, sustained winds right now from six to 13 miles an hour. stronger to the west, winchester at 21, here's the wind gusts where we have quite an improvement from what we had earlier. 22 miles per hour wind gusts at baltimore, 25 martinsberg, and windchill values 20's, going to continue to be cold. clouds will start to cleve. ridge of high pressure by the time we get to sunday dealing with systems, could see snow showers or rain showers to the north and west primarily but i can't rule out not getting a little bit of precipitation by the the time we get to sunday night. ridge of high pressure in place. tomorrow as we head to the low 40's for daytime highs but we will have the sun, pretty calm

to the north and northwest of us, if anything, we'll see the action. tomorrow's high once again into the 30's and the 40's. and here's a look as were he wrap it up now, expect by midday to see 36 degrees with plenty of sunshine but once again, grab that coat, sweater and scarf, a cold 26 as the clouds clear out. tomorrow, 41 with a very light wind. here's a look at your fox 5 accu-weather seven-day forecast. by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, we're talking showers and rain in the forecast, look at where we're headed. 60 degrees, far cry from where we'll be tomorrow and where we were today. so not bad at all. we're going to be back after the break, stay with us. my daughter wants to stay organic. my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. whole family nts to stay free from artificial preservatives. and my debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 organic and free-from items.

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many people are on the ground right now in misunderstood working to bring the super bowl to your tv screen. >> fox started planning about a year and a half ago, now crunch time. fox's clare simms shows a look from the nrg stadium >> those are all cameras, we're looking straight down every line. >> reporter: field operation kevin cal hasn't hasn't says they got every angle covered. >> we can tell definitively if someone is in or out of bounds, if someone caught the ball or a did no we want to make sure we're able to show the football game. >> reporter: the network has a total of 99 cameras with 83 focused on the field. more than any other game this season. and they're unveiling a new feature

be the player, they use 38 cameras mounted around the stadium to give viewers an unprecedented perspective. >> we're able to sit there and give the point of view of any player on the field. we can show you what -- what matt ryan saw right before he threw a touchdown pass >> 200 crew on the field. 180,000 feet of cable >> this is a fox set >> and a collectable preand post game set will bring the action into your living room >> the best view of this game is at home absolutely. >> you'll have access to things people don't have. if you're football fan and you want to watch the game. fox is where to watch it. >> thank you. fox is where to watch it. i believe he's right. >> fox is the only place to watch it >> you talk about all the cools thing

people say i'm not going to go to the game. >> babies wearing diamond stud earrings, dreadlocks. >> that's intriguing >> ivanka trump parts ways with a major arraignment. was the reason profit or was it politics? that's coming up next.

we're beginning to see the super bowl ads and even the nfl has one, meantime ivanka trump and a big retailer are parting ways. mexico's famous drug lord had a court appearance. here is your fox 5 on the fly.

they escorted him. accused of running a massive drug trafficking that render millions of dollars. guzman pleaded not guilty. officials say the train toppled on to the road injuring at least one person and setting three cars on fire. strong wind believed to be the cause. nordstrom dumps trump. ivanka. the up scale department store announced they're no longer going to be carrying the label. nordstrom's didn't address the reason, they said in a statement, that the designer wasn't selling well. ♪ ♪ ben and jerries as has a new ice cream player.

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dc school closing two days due to a bed bugs investigation. >> i'm sarah simmons in tonight for tony. >> savoy alarm in southeast. the school announced it will be closed monday and tuesday for a good cleaning. some parents say it's too little too late. lindsay is live at the school with the latest. >> reporter: we have been watching opponent control professionals going nifty school. you can see those two vehicles down there there's at least one more. this comes after the teacher's union tells us that the majority did not show up because of concerns about bed bugs. this afternoon, students and parents got this letter announcing the two-day closure next week. it says in part, during the cleaning and the infection process, savoy school community will temporarily relocate. we will update you on sunday about where. this is something important for parents to know. the dc schools chancellor says the alternate location is still