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a terrifying taxi ride. we'll break down what led to the frightening ordeal. the news at 10:00 starts now. you know who your kids are talking to? predators are hoping you aren't paying attention. a sting in northern virginia is catching predators before they get to kids. thanks for joining i'm shawn yancy >> i'm tony perkins. police arrested eight men accused of trying to range sex with children online. little did they know those kids were actually police officers. local police and the fbi work together in the operation. >> lindsey watts is live in fairfax with the latest on how this went down. lindsey? >> reporter: shawn and tony, i asked police today, what parents would be most surprised to to know about these kind of operations? and the response was, parents need to know just how easy it is for predators to make contact on the internet. when kids are playing out in public, doing sports, it can be obvious when

approaches, but online, much harder to know exactly who is reaching out. >> it's easy to make the contact. that's what's so fright among. >> reporter: investigators were i fairfax county loudoun and the fbi teamed up to target online predators in a three-day sting. police don't want to get too specific about their tactic, but in these operations, they utilize social media sites, chat rooms >> a lot of times it seems to be around 14 years old >> girls and boys can be targets >> likely for a young boy to be solicited as it is for a young girl >> fairfax police says investigators often don't have to go searching for predators. >> it can be instantaneous. from the time they sign on start a conversation. the response, the images, the requests, they're

instantaneous >> eight men were busted. seven have been identified. some were arrested when they showed up to meet the so-called child. they're 20 to 64 years old. we found some are fathers, one of men is already a registered sex offender. >> i'm glad to hear they found quite a few predators. >> reporter: we talked to parents about how they minority their kids online >> main policy is they won't have access to online or social media >> we use program called custodio, tracks their time and sites and limits them from going to bad places >> i monitor him with other activities outside the home, same applies with computers. >> reporter: this dad spreads the word to help other parents keep kids safe >> people need to know about computers. i passed a church and tell parents all the time, make sure you know how to

so that when your child gets access to the internet, you know how to put controls, you know, how to monitor, things like that. >> reporter: police have similar advice, they say watch your kids activity closely online and let your children know that you are watching. we did ask fairfax county specifically where they went online, and investigators did not want to reveal that, they said once predators know police are watching they will find another place, another way to target kids. live in fairfax, lindsey watts fox 5 local news. developing, another hateful incident on a local college campus. this time a georgetown university. anti-semitic graffiti. >> reporter: this now a criminal investigation, anti-semitic

graffiti was discovered. you can take a look at those pictures inside men's rest room on campus found at the levy on campus, all the stall doors had a fresh coat of paint, the bathroom is adjacent to the gathering space. it reads in part we strongly condemn this act of hate as a catholic and jesuit university, we're committed to fostering a committee welcoming to people of all faiths and values diversity inclusion and respect. this act of anti-semitism has no place on our campus. this was a response from the campus community. >> i think the university handled it well. not very much discrimination or bias. but when there is the

does respond to it quickly. and i think it is pretty nondiscriminatory campus and students don't like that type of thing. >> the e-mail seemed all right. >> it's painful when something like this arrives in the community. and i think those students are feeling and are reminded of our vulnerability but reminded of our strength, so they've been -- the outreach of support from jewish students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents has been quite remarkable. >> reporter: meanwhile the anti-defamation league reads in part the disturbing up tick ker on college campuses has demonstrated a need for all students faculty and campus community members to stand together. we're

department says they're investigating the incident and increased the patrols here on campus and are coordinating with the dc police department to get to the bottom of who was behind the graffiti. in georgetown marina marraco fox 5 local news. talk about a terrifying ride. a taxicab driver is arrested after he reported's abducted his passengers. the incident happened early saturday morning, the driver remains behind bars with no bond. tisha. >> reporter: this cab driver picked up three women somewhere here in the district. then drove them to wood bridge. that's in northern virginia. when they reached their destination at some point, there was a dispute about the fare. shortly after 3:00 in the morning, between 30-year-old

three female passengers who questioned the fare once they arrived here on nasan drive. this was supposed to be the destination, once the passengers said they could not pay, he locked the doors and drove to a nearby business here on mapledale avenue in wood bridge, ignored repeated questions and requests for him to stop. the victims are 22, 29 and 32 years old. during the incident, one of the girls was able to get in touch with a family member. who called police. >> about ten minutes after they called the family member, they were able to to reach up into the front part of the vehicle, unlock the door and jump out of the taxi as it was moving. they actually were able to get out. when they got into a car with a family member they followed until we were able to respond. >> reporter: the neighbors describe

said hi and bye to, they were surprised to hear of this. well is charged with three abduction charges. we found one of the victims off camera and visibly shaken by the incident but not did want to talk about on camera. the manhunt for a sexual assault suspect in northern virginia. >> he posed as a maintenance worker then forced his way into a woman's apartment. how you can help coming up. honoring the lives of officers in our region who made the ultimate sacrifice >> as we head to break, happy news, a family of ducks is safe tonight. thanks to first responders in the district. eight little ducklings fell down into that storm drain at 12th and main avenue in southwest. mama duck stood by as dc fire and animal control crews rescued her babies

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i have checked the calendar. it is spring. but we are dealing with cold temperatures these days. some could see frost tonight. i said frost. let's check in with sue palka. sue, when will we see a warmup >> definitely not tonight. the words frost sent a shiver down the spines of most gardners. they don't want to see the response. some areas west of dc may see that. these are widespread go into pennsylvania not in effect for dc, points east or south, but it does include loudoun, western montgomery, western howard and most

the frost advisory, the difference between the frost and freeze warning is the temperature. it's colder in the freeze warning and you may be below 32. that would be cumberland. frost would include hagerstown winchester, may be low mid 30's. it will be a cold start and definitely get ready for that. i wanted to show you temperatures are already in many areas into the 40's. including 45 in winchester. culpeper 47, furnace will be clicking on. hagerstown 51. much of the day we had a little bit of a blustery breeze. gotten much lighter. air is dry. skies are clear and that's why we think temperatures are going to fall into the low 30's. maybe freezing mark.

35 frederick, 35 gaithersburg. i wanted to give you an idea. the good news is we're expecting more sunshine but it will feel like a straight out of the freezer, dc near 50 at suburbs still in the 40's if not 30's, by noon we're about 61 and tomorrow still below average but few degrees warmer and less windy. 4 4:00, 66. we're not quite done with chances for rain this week, i'll let you know when to expect more coming up later. shawn, over to you. took police in howard county a week to recapture a prisoner from delaware. david watson will remain at the detention center in jessup. he ordered he be transferred

hospital for mental evacuation.o let a visiting doctor evaluate him. watson is serving a sentence for more than 100 year. the man was back to his home in el salvador. it captivated the nation. in any deported him to el salvador friday. he has a documented gang member, convicted in 2010 with her death and the lawyers found a key witness lied to the jury. there are new developments opportunities in the child porn case against two rockville high school students initially, charged with rape. 18-year-old henry sanchez and 17-year-old jose montano appeared for a bond hearing. montano's lawyers paid the bond.

then detained by immigration officials. sanchez's lawyer not yet posted bond, the attorney appeared on fox news morning today and says, he's disappointed prosecutors filed the child porn charges against sanchez. >> we were extremely disappointed they filed these charges, essentially it's the criminal litigation of adolescents in america. this is a fair warning that parents could theoretically be subject. he's determined fight the porn charges and attempt to deport his client. in the meantime montano's lawyer said his hearing on the immigration status oh could take place within 48 hours. new video and images as the man who possessed as a maintenance worker and sexual assaulted a woman in her

this is video of the man getting on the elevator along key boulevard in ross land. he pretty much looks directly into the camera. several times. police released these new surveillance images of the suspect. they say he was spotted on camera. when the victim opened her door, police say the man attacked and sexual assaulted her. if you recognize him, call police. fairfax county police want you to take a good look at this vehicle here on the right. investigator says it was involved in a hit-and-run crash on linden street saturday. the driver hit a 10-year-old girl knocked her to the ground. she has cuts and bruises. the driver stopped and took off. they believe the vehicle is a navy blue chrysler put a as if ka.

in blue. special recognition for five members who gave their lives over the past year. the special white house welcome for veterans who served in world war ii korea and vietnam. tomorrow morning on fox 5, digital dangers and expert will be here to break down what parents need to know to keep their kids safe on devices. four planes known as hurricane hunters are touching done in dc. urge close look at the technology. researchers may have stumbled on to a breakthrough for a cure for baldness. fox 5 news morning starts at 4:25 a.m.

mayor bowser say they're committed to clean up a neighborhood that's seen its fair share of violence near 22'nd street and alabama avenue. four murders, 21 robberies and 26 assaults with a deadly or dangerous weapon but the number is town. mayor said the city can do better >> crime is down all across the city and we have several psa, police service districts focused. and part of what we're doing i'm talking about summer strategy and high crime areas. people need more services >> the mayor said she will send the city's substance abuse and the employment services van into the neighborhood. . the mayor and police chief attended a

honor officers in the metro region who gave their lives in line of duty. it took place in the dc police headquarters this morning, five members died this past year were honored. prince george's county police officer cold son, prince william's county ashley gwen done, patrick daily and mark lawston, and harvey is that okay? >> we're strong people and stronger people and stronger nation because of the heroism displayed. here unwavering of. the work they did and the sacrifices they make to our nation's families are gifts. and gifts that we are appreciative of each and every day. >> today is memorial's service coincided

national police week. mike pence honored the veterans at the white house. he hosted honor flight veterans on anniversary of ve day or victory in europe day which marks the end of away. he thanked the veterans and called them best the u.s. has to offer. >> the sons and daughters of america and indeed all who call themselves free will remember your names for eternity until the world stops turning. to all of you who won a victory in world war ii. you have the undying thanks and gratitude of the american people. >> the flight network is a nonprofiting or that brings veterans from around the country to the district. the goal is for the vets to visit the national monument. fox 5 at 10:30. tony while you were an coring the newscast, the capitols did

we're going to talk about a video gone viral. take a look. >> we have the story behind the confrontation in the checkout line. the attacks on your flex bill, a effort foremore and more lawmakers to add costs for streaming services and a baby gender reveal. a local couple turned a capitol wheel to share the big surprise. news at 10:30 coming up. at 10:30 coming up. ♪

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this video of a checkout line gone viral. the story behind the exchange. forget about the cake of the photo shoots, one couple using the capitol wheel for the gender reveal. news at 10:30 starts now. >> let's get going i am joel >> i'm shawn yancy, first top story, a sting in northern virginia put eight child predators behind bars. lindsey watts. >> reporter: if you're familiar with the show to catch a predator you know how this went down, investigators posed as young teenagers and these men tried to solicit them for sex and were arrested. most were from virginia. one from maryland. fairfax county police was the lead agency with help from loudoun county and the fbi. investigators say it's a reminder to monitor your children's activity. .

investigating a hate. >> reporter: investigating this incidents, they say this is what the stalls looked like following the discovery, the retail theft room stalls had been covered. the graffiti was found in the rest room. in any both put out statements condemning the actions and vowing to work with law enforcement and finding the person or persons responsible. three women say their cab driver took them on a terrifying ride >> the cabby wouldn't let them out. tisha lewis is live with what happened next. >> reporter: three women picked up somewhere here in the district taken to wood bridge. when they reached the destination, he locked the doors and did not let them out over a dispute about the

woman could not pay. police say he kept driving. and then that the when one of the women were able to call their family member. that called police but all three women jumped out of the moving cab. he's behind bars charged with three counts of felony abduction. we'll take a look at weather on this chilly night. certainly hasn't been feeling like may >> not at all. i got my fingers crossed that we will have a warmup some time >> keep those fingers crossed. it's not going to be in the immediate future. we will see temperatures a little bit warmer a few degrees warmer than today. if you have been out, you know how chilly it is. the national weather service placed frost and freeze advisories and warning in in effect to the west. it could be closer to 30. i'll show you coming up in a few minutes. the avera

we will get back to sunshine, by afternoon it will be comfortable. it will not be quite as gusty as it was today. the wind settled down. that's another reason why we're getting cold tonight with so many places already in the 40's heading for 30's. what about chances for rain? you kind of don't want to hear about that. the chances for late week rain are going to start to increase in the thursday through saturday time frame. can't rule out for the westbound. i will tell you that the forecast is a little bit uncertain the trend is pour temperatures stay cool little bit below normal, we may be able to touch 70 or 71 by wednesday, upper 60s for tomorrow. seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. former acting to testify sally yates broke her silence to testify about the alleged russian interference in the election. yates told the judiciary, former

national security advisor michael flynn misled. she had two meetings about concerns flynn could be black mailed after the warning flynn stayed on the job more than two weeks >> we believe that the russians knew this but likely had proof of this information. that created a situation where the security advisor could be black mailed. she was fired four days later during her dispute over president trump's forced travel ban, flynn resigned after white house had said the president lost confidence. former president barack obama warned donald trump not to hire mike flynn, mr. obama reportedly warned him during the 90-minute meeting. the white house

>> the question that you have to ask yourself is that president obama was truly concerned about general flynn why didn't he suspend the security clearance? additionally why did the obama administration let flynn go to russia? there were steps they could have taken, if that was truly a concern more than just a person that didn't -- had bad blood. president obama has not responded. the confrontation between two shops at a trader joe's is going viral. it turned into a tense conversation fox 5 angelie hemphill has the story. >> reporter: you're in front of me. >> excuse me? >> i was born here. i don't know if you -- you

obama is not in office anymore. we don't have a muslim in there anymore. he's gone >> he may be in jail too. cell phone video captures a tense interaction between two women in line at a reston trader joe's saturday. >> immediately went viral and i woke up and exploded >> jeremy mcleal lynn woman wanted to rain anonymous, he says his friend let the woman cut in front of her. when the woman started bats faithing her and another woman, his friends pulled out her phone and started recording. >> you need to get help >> i'm fine >> you don't

conversation in line. >> what set you off >> mclelan shared the video because he says this is not an isolated incident >> i have a lot of muslim friends and they experience these things quite often, people don't believe it or come up with excuses or scenario where like you're exaggerating. this is not really a big problem governor. >> sad reality. pretty awful >> many customers are seen or heard about the video and were upset v >> the hatred is unbelievable. and there is a lot of hate. >> reporter: surprised it was higher >> in the really. it's everywhere now. it's a

they're going berserk >> the woman did not want to speak on camera but she reached out to me over the phone. she tells me she and her family have been receiving threats. she also claims that it was actually the muslim woman came up to her and made dispatching comments and egged her on. the conversation only escalated after that. the woman says she is now leaking legal counsel. at 10:30, it could cost you more to cut the cord >> streaming services the kind you watch all the time like netflix and hulu, while be right back. >> mega merger monday. coach is buying kate spade for 4.2

sinclair broadcast agreeing to buy rival tribune media. two cable tv giants teaming up to team up. comcast cutting cost in developing cellar phone service. each company plans to offer their own service to their own service and agree not to compete. wall street where fox barely budged monday, but still enough to close at record high for the second trading day in a row. with mothers day less than a week away, new study by wallet hunter biden is naming vermont the best stated for working mom. pay employment opportunities and cost of quality child care. that's business, i'm david as man.

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sglufrjts may have cut the cord and deciding to with stream >> local governments are considering tax service like netflix and hulu. the details. >> reporter: government official don't produce shows for hulu netflix but that's in the stopping at some. local governments are like you squeeze them they pop up someplace else. >> reporter: watch dogs are wary cities argue they're losing money, cable and satellite companies lost more than a three quarters of a million subscribers. five times more than during the same period last year. a trend that's meant to drop in utility taxes att

bills. glendale california is among those considers increasing utility user taxes which cover gas, electric to make up for hundreds of thousands >> not to tax you twice but to allow there's a consistent flow of revenue that you expect. glendale is enlisting the help of satellite providers to determine how it might work but critics fear a slippery slope when streaming video services are taxed >> if you allow a city to do that, you're setting a precedence where almost anything on the internet or off could be considered taxable. >> reporter: chicago learned that after blazing the tax trail in 2016 imposing 9% levy. last career,

6% on digital downloads to help close a budget gap and others are considering the idea a dozen here in california. the consumer groups threatening to sue. stay tuned in san francisco, claudia, fox news. . 10:30, could the caps force a game 7 on the road. an expect ant couple of unique celebration. we'll be right back.

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prom invitations birth announcements have turned into major productions. one couple revealed the gender of their unborn child by

capitol wheel. caitlin roth for the big surprise >> just to be clear neither of you know the gender >> no, >> you're on team girl and you're on team boy >> i like the keep the clown in the household >> i want to spoil another girl. >> they're local couple who have had their friends and family gathered around. they had one specific friend got the gender reveal from the doctor this morning, she knew she put the call in to national harbor and let them know what color the wheel should be let up in. when the lights turned on, just after sunset earlier, here's what they saw. >>

[cheers and applause] one more girl in the house. i love this woman and i'll take little girl. >> you were team boy but thousand switched teams ■havea little partner. as long as he's ready for the lifelong expenses that come with girls. after the reveal britney cried all her friends and for that matter got to take a ride on the wheel themselves. picking a name for the baby girl. no word if there's going to be a reveal party for the baby girl'

cute. how very sweet. >> britney, she doesn't have to give up the crown, there will be a baby crown. >> almost room for two. >> not in my house. >> that was very sweet. hard to top that one. >> and i imagine it was windy and chilly. >> near the water getting up there. >> this is kind of a atypical for may. running a little chilly. we topped out in the 60's in many areas. it's getting cold quickly, and expect a lot of 30's around tomorrow morning, a frost maybe even a freeze depending on where you live. mainly west of dc. wanted to tell you about something else cool happening tomorrow. we're getting close to the beginning of hurrica

june 1st, the national weather service is bringing in the hunters to reagan national open to the public from 2:00 to 4:30. the pilots will be there. you can tour it and get on board and we'll send mike thomas out and gary will be there. if you'd like more information, go to sue palka fox 5 dc. you can find out the information's what you need to take if you'll head on out to see hurricane hunters. i flew in myself in 1997. it was an unforgettable experience. we're watching frost's freeze advisories. means low to mid 30's. includes loudoun, western howard county and points to the north and out in the colder

the growing season isn't considered to be underway. if you want to protect planting you'll need to cover them up if you live in the freeze warning. if you're thinking it's unusual to be getting a freeze this late, it's not this is the average late. the freeze being below 32. average date april 16th through the 30th, not too far off and out to the west aware we have the freeze warning in effect. the average is between may 1st and 15th. you get out to garrett county more like the 15th to the 30th. we've had a persistent area of low pressure to the north. we're not dealing with the snow like in pennsylvania and parts of new england, we're still under the influence of that system bringing in the northwest breezes that you felt. while the system will be weakening and moving out, it will not be a whole lot warmer tomorrow. and certain

reagan hit 65 today, dulles 63, bwi 62. 68 looks like it might feel better. without the breeze i believe you'll find it easier to be out and about. 71 on wednesday. we'll see a bit of an increase that clouds, later in the day and by thursday and friday, maybe saturday, the showers will be back in the forecast. meanwhile tonight, it's about the clear skies and chilly temperatures, low 40's, heading for the 30's and many of these areas, especially north and west no freeze or frost for the stricts you'll stay in the 40's, it is a cold start for the morning, it will feel better in the afternoon as we get more sunshine's temperatures pump up into the 60's. let's check out the fox 5 accu-weather seven-day forecast. all temperatures by the way are below average, we'll get over 70 wednesday, showers coming in thursday temperatures 65, more

saturday. chance of showers on mothers day. that may change depending on how the models trend. might stay in or go out. monday looking news with temperature of 72 and lots of sun, that's your seven-day forecast it was a big night me pittsburgh, jim's got the call on what happened do or die for a reason. the caps not only did. we're not going to keep new suspense, it was a huge night. let's go to the first period. caps on the power play. t.j. with the first goal. 1-0. second period making it look easy. look around, found the goal, 2-0. not the last time we here from him. the third break it open. backstrom goes in 3-

celebrate that. fo fo former pen wynn. again, 5-0, making an at me. captains win 5-2, wednesday there will be one left standing. that is a look at sports. news at 11:00 coming up next tony what's going on >> thank you. coming up tonight at 11:00. a grammy award winning singer targeted in annapolis, what thieves stole from her tour bus. the undercover sting targeted online predators in our area, how police busted eight men in a few days. bill clinton's experience is coming in handy. story and more next at 11:00. next at 11:00.

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. this is fox 5 local news at 11:00. hunting down child predators. the stipulation landed eight people behind bars in virginia. the cab driver accused of taking three women on a scary ride follow a fare dispute. how they managed to escape. the nasty grocery store confrontation that went viral. the end of a secret two-year mission in outer space. news starts right now. do you know who your kids are talking to online? police are going after internet predators. thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy >> i'm, police teamed up with