the crews are doing a great job getting it cleaned up. there was a big hole in the middle of the house and basically now, they're just cleaning up out here and that's what they will be doing quite a while. basically, what it looked like when we got here, a tree companies crane contractors, the insurance company, they've all been out here. and the tree fell basically from the back of the house and it just cut right through. it took a crane to lift this tree out of the middle of this house earlier today. it's out now. but it basically is cut right through. jean moore is the homeowner and got home last night. the wind of course was blowing hard by the bay and it was blowing so hard, she listened to that little voice, and she chose a different bed last night. >> where were you sleeping in relation to where the tree fell? you can turn around >> the bedroom on the right there. >> is that your normal bedroom, no, that's the grandkids's

kneed husband was on the couch >> were your grandkids there. >> no, we had six friday night >> why were you sleeping in your bedroom. >> because i was afraid of the trees >> your husband was on the sofath yes >> was asleep when it happenedth yes >> what did he think. >> he jump up like i did and surveyed the damage and i stood there in shock. >> was anyone else in the house. >> just the dogs >> everybody is ok. >> everybody is ok. >> everybody is ok. a little shaken today. but everybody is doing good. they expect to be out of this house about six to nine months. they're going to have to do a lot of construction. a quick note too, their nightmare had a tree come down and is took out a storage shed. the 20 years or so these are the only two trees they can remember coming down. jean and tony, there they are. wave to the camera. they've been good good spirits and jean says i guess something got to come good out of this, she's going to get a new kitchen. she's wanted a new kitchen and so sh's

kitchen. a lot of work. the winds calmed down a little bit. now, back to work. get the clean-up going. back into the studio. >> thank you much. you can imagine high winds knocking down trees, not just there but a lot of the other places. power lines were down causing serious damage and still at this hour, many without power. including more than 3400 dminian customers and 500 pep co, bob barnard with a look at the wind's toll. >> it was quite the more than on americaa drive in annondale virginia. clean-up crews attacking a giant tree fallen on to a parked car blocking the street for hours, those destructive winds tearing roofing material off an apartment building at woodland to her race in southeast washington. nobody was hurt and power was restored quickly, but ronald lee says it

pretty wild. >> everything flying off the roof. the impact, you know, you couldn't really see because stuff kept flying around. >> reporter: crews worked to clean up the debris. city housing officials told us nobody living here will be displaced >> it's about 10:45 almost 11:00, and we heard a how olding wind sound and all of a sudden we heard the crash. >> reporter: in germantown maryland, a huge branch off an old tree was snapped by the winds. it may not look like much. this thing is really, really heavy. >> falling on to two parked cars in this townhouse community on hotting jer circle stephanie lives in the end unit >> we called 911 and they sent us to the fire department and they came and cut a path for us to get out. >> this was the

borrow row in bethesda where a tall pine tree fell. the road block just bradley boulevard. in mclean virginia, power lines were brought down when a utility poll snapped forcing police to block part of great falls street. thousands of homes and businesses have lost power all constitutes the d m v. and those near hurricane strength winds toppled this brick wall damaging two cars, parked at this apartment complex off mlk in southwest. nobody hurt, just some more clean up to do on this very windy chilly today. bob barnard fox 5 local news. wow. let's check in with sue palka. the wind advisory been cancelled are we in the clear. >> it's a little bit dusty but nowhere near as bad. we're getting wind about 25-25 miles an hour, not terrible. earlier, these are crazy winds, andha

woman that gary just interviewed to sleep in another room. this is a good time of year to check out the trees. this is scary when you get a gust of 72 miles an hour, that's just two miles an hour underneath hurricane strength and at joint base andrews reagan national on their climate data they said 50 miles an hour but there might have been a gust earlier to 66. highs still 63. 60 miles an hour gusts were common. dulles airport on their climate data said their highest gust 50 but a lot of people had damage and we're glad to see now a high wind warning then a advisory been dropped. high wind warning was changed to a advisory about 11:00 this morning, but still getting gusts up and over 20, gusting to 23 at reagan national. 26 at dulles. 29 at quantico, that feels like a walk in park. but where do these big wind come from? well, there's another huge storm up over new england and this is really dumping heavy snow just ss

got last week. but heavy snow on maine deep ended rapidly and with that strengthening low pressure system in an area of high pressure building in, we had a wicked gradient that is getting better and will continue to get better through night. temperatures not bad considers the wind, 45 degree temperature right now, 39 for frederick and since the winds are coming down, the windchill is a little bit better but still feels like 39 in the district. 33 for gaithersburg, 30 for frederick and 45 at culpeper. so boy the rest of this evening we're going to keep those breezes around but they're certainly going to be better. 42 at 7:00. we're get chilly by 9:00 down to 39 and as you lose the wind temperature can get cold quickly and by 11:00, 37. tomorrow is a sweetheart of a date. valentine's day. i promised not to do that one more time today. at least we're not going to be blown from here to high on valentine's day. th

roses. no i don't want any. just you. >> back you to guys. new tonight, parents and students the we have the potomac high school have learned the principal was put on leave >> school officials aren't saying much more but a letter was sent home to students and families, anjali hemphill is live with more on this story. >> reporter: well, guys, right now, it's not clear why principal alex case was put on administrative leave. however, students here tell me he was incredibly well liked and respected, and the news comes as a is shock. take a look this is a picture of mr. case from the school's website. according to that website he has been principal since 2013. fairfax county are not saying why he was put on leave. saying they can't comment on personnel matters. but they did send home this letter to parents today saying, in part, quote, we appreciate your patience and suprt while

principal alex case has been out on leave. jessica staff assistant principal agreed to serve as principal designees during his absence. while we don't know the circumstance to say, rumors here at the school have been going around. but at this time, none of those are confirmed, but students here say mr. case did a lot of good things for their school and they're really sad to see him go. >> i think since he's a younger principal. he's a lot more relatesible, which is good for a high school. principal. he's really involved, he really cares about his students. we care really care for him. it's disappointing. i hope, i hope for the best. >> reporter: we are hearing there is a regularly scheduled pta meeting at west potomac high school later on this evening and we understand that this topic will most likely be discussed. anjali hemphill fox 5 local news. right now at 5:00, hands off dc. that's the message on capitol hill

>> and tom fitzgerald is live with more. what's going on? >> reporter: this is going on right now. go and take a look for yourself. congress woman eleanor author ton at the microphone. the issue, can congress save what the dc council can pass when it comes to law? there's a full report coming up as it happens. ronica? >> reporter: thanks. fitz. the prime minister of canada president trump female business leaders from both countries met today. what it means for you. coming up after the break. sarah? >> if you have a story idea, call fox 5 tip line that number is 202-895-3000 or fox 5 local news at wttg.com. .

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marching on the u.s. capitol. they say the republican controlled congress is interfering with plans for a new assisted suicide law in dc and that is just start. let's go live to the hill where fox 5 tom fitzgerald is. what's going on up there? >> reporter: this is going on right now, take a look at this crowd. they've come here to the ray burn house office building, the reason being. at first they say to keep their hands off of dc. what's going on at

house oversight committee is holding a hearing on a bill on death with dignity. however, dc is not happy about this, they say this is congressional interference. dc congress woman eleanor homes norton, you gotten minutes before this hearing starts what are they doing inside? why are you so concerned about this? >> what item on the agenda to take away a law passed by the council signed by the mayor and passed by everybody, i can voting committee. if and when this bill goes to the floor, everybody will be able to vote on it except me >> they're expressing displeasure with the council. what does that moan >> disapproval resolution which means death with dignity is passed by the authorities. >> reporter: they have limited power in congress over dc >> lots of power. >> what's different about what

done in the past >> usually they attach something to an appropriation. most of the time, they do not succeed when they do this approval resolution, they will not succeed this time i got to get there. >> reporter: the congressman, we tell you, we contacted the chairman, the republican chairman of utah to come out and talk to us, we were told that chairman was not going to have timing on camera. what we do know is this. this hearing starts inside at 5:30. we are told case is going to make a statement at the beginning and we're going to be there to hear what he has to say. tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news we'll send it back to you. president trump hosting the leader of another u.s. ally today. >> canadian justice trudeau pace a visit to the white house about women in the work force with top female business leaders both countries. the president and prime minister

>> ronica cleary live at the white house with more on that. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah president trump president trudeau and female business leaders had a round table discussion about women in business, ivanka trump reportedly had a very big role in making this happen. and reince priebus called it calling it a great discussion with the president ivanka trump and justin tin trudeau. when donald trump spoke about the meeting. he called it a great discussion. he said it was very productive and he said they must work to address the barriers that women face. women entrepreneurs face including access to capitol, markets and networks. now, the task force is going to be called the united states canada council for the va of women's business leaders and female

they went on to address the importance of the relation the u.s. and canada shares >> in our discussion we will focus on approving the ways our government and our governments together can benefit citizens of both the united states and canada. and in so doing, advance the greater peace and stability of the world. as we know, relationship between neighbors are pretty complex. we won't always agree on everything. but because of our deep abiding respect for one another, we're able to successfully navigate those complexities and still remain at the closest of allies and friends. >> reporter: prime minister trudeau hinting at some of the differences in philosophies that at the two leaders share. most notably and recently brought to light by donald trump's temporary travel ban.

tweeting out this photo and the #welcome to canada referencing and directing pointedly to his stance on welcoming refugees to canada. donald trump is actually asked about it today. the president, they said to him. how do you feel about this difference in stance with refugees? and do you think that our northern border is safe because of it? take a listen. >> are you confident the northern border is secure >> can never be totally confident. but through the incredible efforts already, i see it happening formally general kelly now secretary kelly. we have really done a great job. we're -- we're actually taking people that are criminals, very hardened criminals in some cases, with, with a tremendous track record

problems, and we're getting them outlet. and that's what i said i would do. . >> reporter: prime minister trudeau responded saying that canada will continue to have a policy and stance of openness while focusing on security. reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary fox 5 forgery. at 5:00, a murder mystery after a dead body found inside the driver of see the of a parked car. a peeping tom caught preying on innocent shoppers, the popular clothing store police say he targeted his victims a set of former penn state jerry sandusky himself arrested for child sexual abuse. the same crime his father was convicted of. details on the case coming up next. xt.

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pennsylvania the son of former penn state coach jerry sandusky is charged with the same crime. jeffrey sandusky is facing 14 criminal charges, he sent inappropriate text messages to an alleged victim and asked for naked photos. he made his first to court appearance today and bail is any timee set at $200,000. his father is facing a lengthy prison sentence. hundreds of thousands of people in northern california can breathe a little years tonight. water levels are stopping at the damn northeast of san francisco. nearly 200,000 people who live downstream were forced to evacuate their homes this weekend. water levels were so high there on saturday, the damp emergency spill way was used for the first time since it was built five decades ago. let's take it outside for you right now. cool day out there but you know what? the sun was out there. it's still out there nice way to

here. we'll take sun after the winds and looked like a beautiful day if trees weren't blowing. i thought all the windows pushed into my house, not just rattled but pushed in. crazy winds scary winds. we did see the wind advisory getting dropped about 4:00 today and high temperatures getting into the 40's. now, here's what temperatures are right now. still mid 40's and a lot of sun as you see, sun going down, 5:45. i'll check the exact time. we do still have a bit of a breeze out of the north northwest sustained at 14. gives us a windchill of 39. that feels a lot better than it did earlier sustained winds in gaithersburg down to 10, frederick 14, quantico seven. the gusts we've been continuing to monitor are getting better. just a little over 20 miles an hour wind gusts. our big wind maker is the snowstorm that has been producing more snow for maine and just a little bit of nant

the two, the area of low pressure as well as high pressure building in giving us big winds. those will slowly dmin issue through the night. we'll see a little bit of cloud cover. generally getting cold heading down to 20's and 30's. headlines, wind getting better but will be cold overnight. a nice and mild valentine's day. looks like it's going to be dry with maybe a little bit of a mix of sun and cloud. few showers are possible wednesday. we're looking warmer again by late week. if you like it warm, hang in there, it's coming on back. high pressure will continue to singing to our south tomorrow. and that is going to pump in should what milder air, cool start maybe with early clouds but afternoon sunshine temperatures rising into the 40's and 50's. so it's a pretty nice looking valentine's day coming our way. hope you are ready for it and again, get ready for a cool night as we're going to head back down for the 20's and 30's. it's been kind of a weird wind season very high indeed on

back side of that area of low pressure. jim sarah, back to you. >> thank you, sue. coming up at 5:30, felonies at prince george's county trying to make sense of a fatal crash with odd circumstances. paul wagner is working that story for us. >> reporter: a man with an assault rifle. the questions you is was it intentional or an accident? i'll have the story straight ahead. man ordered to wear an ankle bracelet is caught going on another robbery spree in the district. the sentence he was given today after police say he upped 18 businesses. >> and the liability bacteria of congress stopped selling an inauguration posed's president trump after social media pointed out a problem with it. the mystic title contenders, who is atlanta dell don. he sits down to talk

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this is fox 5 local news at 5:00. a look now at more top stories, house and basketball player is recovering after being shot in philadelphia. police say forward john davis was standing outside his home when shot in the knee. in a drive-by shooting saturday night. davis and another man were shot but expected to be ok. so far no arrests have been made. out of the district we know the name of the man shot to death in southeast. police say kenny bell was shot and killed in the 3800 block of 8th street. no word on the suspect or motive. dc police need your help finding a teenage boy missing

14-year-old miguel esteban was last seen wednesday in the 1200 block of cold brook terrace northeast. he's about 5'6", weighs about 150. last seen wearing black sweater, khaki pants and red and black shoes. in montgomery county, take a look at surveillance photo because police need your help in finding this man. they say he was a peeping time in ellicott city. stems from an incident that happened last week an old navy store on montgomery road and if you happen to recognize that man, give police a call. prince george's county police are trying to make sense of a vehicle crash in upper marlboro borrow that left one dead >> was it an accident or intentional? this much we know. the man killed was armed with a loaded assault rifle. matt ackland with more on this story. >> reporter: this is where it happened right here. the man was struck and killed, where

it was all captured apparent on camera by a papa john's camera facing out through that doorway there. but it's unclear exactly what was captured on camera and at this hour, police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened and why it happened. early day when we arrived, we were told they were hearing different versions of what took place here. what we know is that the man is in his 20's. he was hit and killed right here by a man driving an suv when the police arrived, they found that he had an assault weapon on his person. we want to show you a little bit of video we shot earlier today. this is the vehicle police say struck and killed the man found in possession of the rifle it's a range rover with maryland tags. the other vehicle that police say was on the scene was also a range rover. detectives had it towed away from the scene. in the red range rover, police say it was a man and his daughter, and in the black range rover was the man who was kille

and his mother. she was here when he was struck and killed but it's unclear if she witnessed the collision. at one point, officers had to escort her away. officer harry bond is a police spokesman. >> the driver is talking with investigators as we speak. >> reporter: you don't believe it was accidental. >> it's early on. we don't know if it's intentional. we don't know if it was an accident. too early to tell right now. >> reporter: now, at this hour, police are not saying what's on the record but are investigating whether or not it's possible that the woman who was in the car with the man who struck the man with the rifle may have had some kind of a relationship with the man with the rifle. it's unclear how they came together to be here in this parking lot at 8:30

morning. there was nothing open around here, although we do know that after the man with the rifle was struck, someone who was in one of these buildings did see something, came out and performed cpr on the man struck. so at this hour, it's still an odd story. we don't have complete circumstances. all lined up we can solve this puzzle for you, police are still working on it at this point, and we're hoping to get something from prince george's county police a little bit later. live in upper marlboro borrow, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. developing story out of prince george's county, police are investigating the apparent murder of a man in accokeek. investigators say a body was found in the driver's seat parked along st. mary's view road. a neighbor flagged down an officer. it appeared someone shot the man howling he was pronounced dead on the scene. as you can see this is a very fluid investigation, we're still trying to establish

motive in this incident. >> neighbors tell fox 5 they noticed the car sitting there as early as the night before. police are asking anyone with information to step forward. update now on a man suspected in more than a dozen robberies in the district. he was caught on camera robbing this yoga studio in ivy city. 49-year-old melvin turner appeared in court today. he was sentenced to seven years in prison for breaking into 18 businesses. turner pleaded guilty to the robbery from november. . ongoing debate, should airlines allow passengers make wifi calls during flights >> thousands of people urged the transportation department to knicks the idea. many ban voice calls. the decision about wifi calls is now in the hand of newly appointed transportation secretary elaine chow. if she pursues, it could take months or years to take effect. if you're looking for a new cell phone p

verizon is bringing back its undid it noted data plan. verizon customers can get unlimited data talk and text for $80, it includes up to ten gigs of mobile hot spot usage and the ability to stream unlimited hd video. if you use too much data you could experience slower network speeds. next trip to wallet disney world will cost you a little more. it's hiking up prices. i could see you with mini mouse ears on. the company will base the pricing on whether it's considered a value, regular or peak time. valentine's days at magic kingdom will cost 107 decision and 102 for kids. all disney tickets now have expiration dates. >> sad. >> some people argue the trump administration gotten off to a rocky start. >> we're learning a posted celebrating the president's inauguration is in need of a do-over. the library of congress is selling the posted on

item was posted, social media reacted that's because there's a misspelling in a quote tributed to the president. the quote said, no dream is too big. no challenge is too great. nothing we want for the future is beyond our reach. only problem is the word too is misspelled. >> we're wondering, considering we speak in texts and abbreviate things, how many put people would catch that these days? >> i don't know. if i look at it >> this came from the library of congress and they pulled it off line >> we got spell check these days. >> there you have it. coming up in honor of valentine's day, a popular restaurant is giving away free wings for anyone with a broken heart. but you have to prove it. >> that makes it worse. >> here's why i'm so sad. if you're so-called hater i got something. a new ap can help you

how it matches you with like minded singles howling i wonder do you need written proof of this? >> it's called a tease. we'll explain. >> i want to know now. >> you look at these text messages, i promise you i have a broken heart. believe me. that's coming up as well as your seven-day forecast. tears alert it is still breezy out there have not not as windy as the overnight hours but north northwest winds at 14 miles an hour sustained, and slowly diminishing. 45 with a windchill of 39. it was a blustery february. but luckily. whether you are in love, single, heart broken, got a beautiful forecast for you tomorrow. stay tuned. we'll have your seven-day forecast coming up as fox 5 news returns after this. zap

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winds. as we look off to the west on this monday evening, gorgeous shot the those days are getting longer, sun rising around 7:00 a.m. sunset 5:45. beautiful sky. weather headlines we're starting off with the forecast for tomorrow. valentine's day with your loved ones or not. is going to be a sweet one. because we got less wind, sunshine, especially in the afternoon, and some milder temperatures, so for february, that's pretty excellent. we'll have a sweet valentine's day forecast again just hot, the incredible wind gusts we saw, worth showing again. 72 miles an hour wind gusts reported at joint base andrews, reagan national, 60's miles an hour wind gusts, hagerstown 60, dulles 58 miles an hour wind gusts. the highest one we got listed occurred before midnight at the onset of the wind with this storm system. so i don't know about you. i went to bed early, 10:30. i was up. that was incredible wind when you consider

a storm system to go along with it. there was off towards our north, we didn't see any snow. 23 miles an hour wind gusts in washington right now, 24 in baltimore, 24 in annapolis and not nearly as high as late last night and early this morning and those wind will continue to decide as we go through the evening hours and will be calm by the morning. 45 degrees is our temperature right now. 37 gaithersburg, 37 in westminster. brutal windchill values have been in the low 30's. here is our storm system wrapping up that we got all the wind from, so there's philadelphia, so did new york. way off towards the north and east where boston saw nearly a if i have the snow. same with coastal maine where you can see it rapping around nova. here's our fox futurecast. as we go through tonight, clear skies, can few more clouds by day break, early tomorrow

and school. we got clouds but that's it. cloud break for more than sunshine from north to south into the afternoon. it will be beautiful with a lot of sun and those temperatures jumping into the low 50's here in the district. more clouds come through on wednesday, we can cold front pass us by, this is the opportunity for maybe a shower or two. but there's not much behind me right here at 8:00 a.m. on wednesday and i think we might squeeze sprinkles out of this down towards our south southern maryland. that's something we're watching. they're not really any phasing or agreement of any moisture coming through but there is still just that possibility for a few showers. >> we're continuing the february really winter roller coaster ride with highs in the low 50's tomorrow 40's new england and that jet stream sinks south. high temperatures in the 30's for the northeast. we might get into the low 40's thursday, but it will be breezy too. it will feel colder. here's your forecast. very chilly out there. the winds is decide clear sky, temperatures bottom out 32 in the district

cold beginning to valentine's day. look at that bright blue sky, sunshine coming out. 52, it will be a really nice end to that sweet, sweet day. 50 there on wednesday, still mild but more clouds, and a chance of showers. chilly breeze on thursday, feels winter we're cool through friday but yet again, here we are tracking a warmup into the weekend. this past weekend did not really pan out. we had too many clouds stuck in the 50's, but with sunshine. and going a little bit mr. conservatively with our numbers. it now looks like we could have a spring-like weekend with high temperatures right around 60 degrees. you get more sunshine on saturday, a little less sunday but that sun sticks with us through monday where it looks like we'll have above average temperatures. that's a look at your seven-day forecast. jim and sarah back to you guys. >> thank you, she's one of the wmv's biggest stars, this season she will suit up. brody logan goes one-on-one. the true star in the family. ily.

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some say she's the face of the wmva and dc is embracing i lana deladon with open arms >> she spent the first couple years in chicago but a new trade is bringing her to washington mystics. and and ifs might remember she had a remarkably successful career playing for university of delaware. she grew up in delaware and playing near her home has always been important to her. here's brody logan. >> reporter: why dc >> something after the season i wanted to weigh my options and see what other organizations are about. but dc, i mean,

proximity to home has always been a great draw. but aside from that. just the organization has been second to none in so many aspects. and i've known about coach tebow and what he brings to a team and the culture that he creates is something that's infectious, and something i was drawn to and i'm about family and that's what i felt when speaking to coach t, speaking to some of the girls on the team, and just knew right away, you know, this feels right, and this is going to be home for me. >> reporter: you mentioned home and the family. not just the basketball family but your family is close. how important is that for you to be close to your family and especially liz? >> being close to my family is mainly being close to lizzy. i can't pick up

tech her. i have to be in the room. >> reporter: how does she react to you when she sees you and when she sees you play and things like that? because it's limited how does that feel >> since he's defective and blind and has several disabilities, her other senses are extremely heightened, so when i see her the first thing she'll do is pull me in and she sniffs my head, and she knows by my scent, that's elana. that's my person. and i get the big smile. if she gig gels, i laugh immediately. >> reporter: the other day we talked about this before, so what changes would you like to see potentially in a league, if any? >> i talked about this many times, but i think it would be really cool to lower the rim and see us play above the rim. because we play unreal basketball. wela

we make the right passes, we play at a high speed, but if you got to see us also playing above the rim, i think that would just make the game even better, and you go to an nba game, you know, there could be a beautiful pass, a great three, point shooter, you know, could cross half court and knock down three, but the chairs will never be as wild as when somebody posted rises someone and slams it. i think if you could see that in our game, it would be really special. >> reporter: you are a cowboys fan. >> everybody keeps saying this. my love for the cowboys came when i was a little girl and i loved their uniforms and he's wearing a redskins hat. i'm not going to get distracted. i stuck with them ever since and i wasn't a band wagner, i've been a cowboys fan from day

i guess i can cheer for the reds if they're not playing the cowboys as long as it's not close. >> reporter: john what would done's son is a huge cowboy fan. >> as long as you play well >> then they will like me >> if you want to get how she gives back. she's from delaware, favorite daughter of delaware, by virtue of winning a gold metal. every newborn child at children's hospital of delaware got free nike shoes at part of her deal with nike. she has her own shoe line with nike. and you see right there. she's, when you look at her next to john i'd love to see them go one-on-one. >> don't mess with her. >> looking forward to seeing her playing here with the mystics. love is already in the air >> we'll tell you how a group of

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seniors today: a nice gesture. love comes in many ways >> yes, it does. thanks for being with us. >> fox 5 local news starts now. this is fox 5 local news at 6:00. high school principal was suddenly put on administrative leave but the question is why? thanks for joining us, i'm shawn yancy >> i'm tony perkins. school officials aren't saying much more about what's going to on at west potomac high school in alexandria but a letter were you sent home to student and families. anjali hemphill is live at the school with more. >> reporter: well, right now, it's not clear why principal alex case was placed on administrative leave here. students at the school here tell me he was very well like and respected, and this news comes as a total shock. take a look. here's a picture of mr. case from the web according to that same website he has been principal of west potomac high school since 2013. at this time, fairf c

officials are not saying why he was put on leave. saying they can't comment on personnel matters. but they did send home a letter to parents today. take a look saying, in part. we appreciate your patience and support while principal alex case has been out on leave. this jessica staff assistant principal agreed to serve as the principal designee during mr. case's absence. now, while we don't know the circumstance to say behind mr. case, rumors at the school have been going around and at this time, none ofs those are confirmed. however, students here tell me mr. case did a lot of good things with their school and they're sad to see him go. >> he's a lot more relatable for a high school principal. i think he's really involved, he really cares about his students. i think we all really care for him. it's disappointing but i hope for the best. >> reporter: now, we're hearing there is a regularly scheduled pta meeting here at the school tonight it's happening less than