forever define the football great after the murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman. >> simpson back in court. lauren demarco joining us with more on this. >> reporter: once again the country captivate as o.j. simpson appears in a courtroom. it was that familiar face aging questions from a parole board via video conference. the 70-year-old disgraced football star getting some unlikely help from that bruce fromong one of the his robbery victims. he called simpson a good man misled on that night in las vegas back in 2007. >> i don't feel that he's a threat. he's a good man. i know that he does a lot for other people. i feel that nine and a half to 33

>> reporter: simpson's daughter also spoke calling him her rock. the four member parole board unanimously voted to free him. he was emotional repeatedly thanking them. simpson served the minimum nine years of his up top 33 year sentence at love lock prison in nevada. he's had a mostly clean record while incarcerated coaching in the prison gym and counseling many other inmates. simpson described himself today as a now devout christian and family man devastated to have missed his dozens of children's birthdays. he says he learned his lesson and is prepared to return to the community. >> i'm not a guy that has conflicts on the street. i don't mean expect to have any when i leave her but i feel that i'm much better prepared but more so i think my commitment to being a better christian 'cause i thought i was a good guy. i had some problems with fide

always been a guy that pretty much got along with everybody. >> reporter: simpson could walk free as early as october 1st. now as you can imagine this has been a trending topic across social media. some dubbing it the parole hearing of the century. the latest posts the world is watching. also we've been hearing it, the juice is loose. o.j. simpson to be sprung from the slammer. feel sorry for the families of ron goldstein and nicole brown. the man wasn't found guilty of murder. he got an unfair sentence for armed robbery. get over yourselves and then the man did his time. jim, sarah. >> ♪ >> all right, thank you lauren.u lauren. news tonight the lead singer of the band linkin park chester bennington is dead of an apparent suicide. tmz reports the 41-year-old hanged himself in his home in california. bennington battled drugs and alcohol over the years. he once said he had considered suicide previously because he was abused as a child

hip hop and rap. the debut album sold 10 million copies. >> montgomery county police identifid a man killed inside his forest glen home last night. detectives say several people including the victim's mother were inside the house when the 20-year-old was shot in an upstairs bedroom. >> for more, paul wagner is live in the neighborhood tonight. paul. >> reporter: hey there guys. it was just before 10 o'clock last night that at least one gunman entered this house here behind me on belvidere boulevard in the 1600 block and apparently went upstairs to a bedroom and shot to death this 20-year-old. we know that at least two on the people were inside the house set but they were not harmed. now, earlier today i was able to speak briefly at the front door with the victim's mother. here's what she had to say. >> i'll give you my reaction which is pray that the person

quickly because he knows that i know that i saw him and i saw the vehicle. so, you want somebody else, i'm ready for you. that's all i have to say. >> reporter: and you're his mother. >> that's right. >> reporter: john christian webster. >> yup. so that's all i have to say. thank you will but just get that message out for me. >> reporter: this is just one of dozens of photos posted on twitter this afternoon of webster. the 20-year-old remembered with rest in peace messages with his nickname penny. montgomery county police say they received a 911 call from inside the house just before 10:00 last night alerting officers to the shooting. at least one gunman and possibly two other people had entered the house shot the 20-year-old and left in what was later described as an older model black sedan. at this hour there have been no arrests. for several hours

wishers arrived at the house to pay their respects. this postal worker spent several minutes with the victim's mother later telling reporters that she is just -- just knew the family from years of delivering the mail. most people in this neighborhood declined to comment even when we said the cameras would be off. >> detectives now believe this was a random act and that the victim and the suspect had some kind of known acquaintance or association with each other. >> reporter: this was not a forced entry into the house. >> detectives still trying to determine that, how the suspects got in. at this point they're still trying to determine if somebody let the suspect in or if there was forcible entry. that's still to be determined. >> reporter: now, two other notes in this case. one of them very unusual. early this morning when fox5 was out here reporting this story, our reporter was approached by a large group of men who threatened her telling her that she should leave the neighborhood, that the story

that incident was reported to police. also, back in late april, there was another shooting right here in this very same block. two men were arrested. they were both charged with second degree murder. we checked those men are still locked up. it's unclear if what happened here in april has any relation to what happened here last night. live in silver spring, paul wagner fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> new information tonight about what led up to the shooting of a toddler in northeast d.c. police say the shooting was over a dice game gone wrong. derrick watson charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. surveillance video captured the shooting on july 11 in an alley way off i street northeast. a one-year-old was hit in the crossfire. police are still looking for two other men seen in that video. they identified one man as saheed sulu. there's a $10,000 reward for anything leading to an arrest. the detectives are hoping the public can help them identify the thi

>> ♪ >> we are closely monitoring a story that's involving an african robotics team that's gone missing. the group was here competing in an international competition that ended on tuesday and it gained global notoriety you'll remember when teen girls on a team from afghanistan were denied visas. this morning two of the missing teens on the african robotics team were last seen leaving the united states and entering canada. fox5's tisha lewis joins us live from northwest with more on this story. tisha. >> reporter: well, sarah, the team is from barundi yet a senior counselor here at the barundi embassy said they didn't even know that this group was here in the u.s. and told their coach -- until their coach called them yesterday morning reporting them missing. what we do know is that police say that the six teens are not in danger. they also say that they are actively looking for them but would not elaborate on how. as for their visas, we're told it is

issued from barundi for a year. the teens again are between the ages of 16 and 18 years old and include four males and two females. aside from the two spotted today at the canadian border, they were last seen tuesday night again each we're told was issued a year long visa which is standard. that's what we're told from a senior immigration attorney. that's -- even though the trip here was a couple of days. police tweeted some pictures and information for the missing team this morning and they tell us they do not believe there is any suspicious activity associated with their disappearance. the barundi embassy says it's contacted the government in barundi to let them know about the developing situation. we did reach out to the state department several times today. there was no response. fur first global is the organization that hosted this international competition. they say the disappearance may have been

the teens left all their keys and mentor and chaperone's bag and removed all their clothing from their rooms. >> the presumption would be that they went to canada to seek asylum because their laws are much more favorable than ours towards refugees and asylum applicants. we would hope this would not have the impact of a chilling effect on our consular officer serving abroad and issuing the visas because they did nothing wrong. >> reporter: and that is immigration attorney jan peterson who emphasizes that the teens are here legally. she goes on to say that there is an agreement between the u.s. and canada regarding people seeking asylum, that they typically would seek asylum from the country they first landed in which means according to peterson that these teens that are at least in canada could be returned to the united states. the state d

early as last month warning them against going to barundi citing political violence and also potential for civil unrest. tisha lewis, fox5 local news. >> coming up, road rage tirade. it was all caught on camera. >> (bleep) idiot. you're a (bleep) punk. >> a driver goes on a racially charged rant against another driver. what police believe happened that sparked the altercation. that's coming up but first matt. >> reporter: jim, sarah, do you recognize this man? that's what police are asking especially if he's done some handyman work inside your home. police have a message for you. especially if you have children. that's coming up in just a moment, sarah. >> and the prominent black lives matter der ray mccongestion sin announces plans to leave his job with the baltimore public schools after a brief rocky tenure. caitlin. >> hey there

line from uncomfortable heat to potentially dangerous heat. heat advisory remains in effect until 8:00 p.m. we have heat index values in the triple digits. first look at your and forecast coming up when fox5 news at 5:00 returns right after this. >>

>> ♪ >> (bleep) idiot. you're a (bleep) punk. oh, you're a (bleep) punk. >> yo', yo', yo'. >> gone. >> oh, right you got a (bleep). >> well, yeah, some unsavory words there to say the least. this story lit up our social media channels today. this road rage incident in virginia a man going on a racially charged ranted against another driver apparently happened monday morning near ryan and beaver dam roads in ashburn and police say it escalated after the driver of a box truck hongd at a man driving the mercedes under the speedúlimit. both drivers pulled over. the driver of the mercedes on the left-hand side get into the driver's truck face calling himself offensive names. so far though no charges have been filed. >> staying in virginia a handyman who was doing work inside of homes is now charged whip sexually assaulting three young kids between the ages of four and 1

11. >> matt ackland joins us live with a message from police we should all hear. hey, matt. >> reporter: boy, sarah this really is an awful crime. i'm standing here in fairfax on the border right down the road here is arlington county. the reason why is that authorities say that the three incidents that this man has been charged with happened in fairfax county but they believe that he may have been working in other areas. not only arlington county but all over on the dmv in the viewing area. that's why they want every one to take a good look at him. take a good look at this picture. police say if you have hired this man to do work in your home and you had young children in the home at the time, it's time to have a talk with your kids. they say he's been doing handiwork for seven years now and had many customers. >> even if you don't residin

look at his picture, look at the story and if you recognize him or you think your children have had contact with him please call us. >> reporter: we went to palma's home in springfield virginia today. no one was home so we spoke to a neighbor. >> he's a nice guy, yeah. >> reporter: so he's charged with sexually abusing kids when he was working in their house. >> wow. >> reporter: back out live one mom quick shot at this guy. this is his picture. how did authorities learn about this? well, they told me today that this guy was working inside a home doing some repairs. apparently there was a young girl inside the home. he allegedly sexually harassed that girl. she went and told her father. once he left, the father picked up the phone and called police. live in fairfax county tonight, matt ackland fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> well, look, the last couple of days we get to this point in the show and we talk about what a miserably hot

we go to whoever is in the weather center. >> yeah and i do have to say, though, caitlin, 96 degrees out right now, that's the actual temperature? >> that's the temperature and we have to split these duties, jim. a lot of people you got to divvy up giving the bad news every day. >> look, we're just saying what people know but obviously the one question a lot of people have is how much longer is this going to stick around for. >> i know. you don't have to say it's hot so many times per day but people want to know when relief is on the way and i got to tell you it's not going to be until after we get through the weekend so find a cool spot to be saturday and sunday if you can. heat advisory in effect for the whole area for two more hours and we'll likely be reissued tomorrow. if you have any exercising you want to do save it for after 7:00 p.m., save it before probably noon tomorrow. actually the earlier you can do it in the morning is better. i'm going to say around day break to about 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. because it gets too hot too quickly in the morning hours. right now peak heating 97 degrees in washington, that's the air temperature. that's so far the hottest it's been today.

frederick and 96 in baltimore and 91 in cambridge. so, unfortunately it's not just the heat but also humidity and that's what really makes you sweat fast when you go out on your lunch break or step out to your car which is no doubt stifling if it's not in an air conditioned garages. feels like 104 in annapolis. higher humidity by the water. 101 in martinsburg. there's nowhere to escape. it's just hot everywhere. the one good thing is we haven't had any thunderstorms again today. it's actually -- it can be outside too hot for any storms to form and that's exactly what's happening. the exception would be down towards our south. south of southern maryland in fact, just east of tappahannock we've got a couple cells and a lot like yesterday just a few rogue downpours out there and they should fade away with the setting sun in a couple hours but that's all we've got. we'll be dry here in washington this evening. 93 by 7:00 p.m., heat advisory expires thenut

got temperatures in the 80's and you have no doubt got a heat index in the 90's even when it's dark. low temperatures overnight. we only hit 80 in d.c. another part of what makes these heat spells really bad is that you don't get a break during the overnight hours. so, air conditioners keep them blasting. you're going to need that with the stifling heat and humidity through the weekend. there's nice relief in the seven-day forecast. next week is going to feel amazing. i'll left lane gary mcgrady show that you in a couple minutes. jim. >> the ceo is in the hot seat responding to a lot of controversial claims and many of these are the ones you saw right here on fox5. >> we also have dramatic video where a torrent of water is flooding the street damaging residents' homes and basements. what caused the flood and what's being done to fix it. >> what if you could get from d.c. to new york in less than 30 minutes. >> yes. >> yes. [laughter] >> we have the latest on this ultra high speed underground travel system that

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>> we begin with stunning allegations of sexual abuse of students by prince george's county school employees. >> allegations of abuse in the head start program. >> school bus aide arrested and charged with numerous crimes. >> we have gotten new details about staff members on leave. first the latest numbers for you. 848 school staff members accused of abuse or misconduct and put on leave this school year. about half of those are teachers. 233 employees remain on leave right now. >> the biggest news out of this interview with the governor today, he says he wants to see outside independent investigators looking into this. >> all right. so you

it's stories on fox5. allegations of misconduct. >> it was a visit to the principal's office meeting with state lawmakers who are concerned about a number of scandals some of them first brought to light right here on fox5. here's bob barnard. >> reporter:. >> fox5 and washington post have the resources to do their own investigations. they don't need us to provide them with filler. >> this environment cannot continue. >> reporter: it was at times a contentious meeting between prince george's county members of the statehouse of delegates and prince george's county schools ceo dr. kevin maxwell. >> i've dedicated my entire year -- my entire career of almost 40 years to providing children with an education that will help lift them out of poverty, into the middle class and higher. >> you are -- you run the school system top to bottom, you run it. >> reporter: their meeting to talk about a number of troubling issues. allegations of fraud and corruption in the

grades and diplomas to inflate graduation rates among the county's public high schools. >> however, i can assure you that there is no systemic attempt to inflate graduation rates or as the letter of the governor said systemic corruption at the highest levels of the organization, it does not exist. >> the first thing you do is triage. what's just touching, what's actually sexually in nature and that's how we kind of got to where your cases exploded. these sate lawmakers want to know what the school system is doing to correct an unintended fallout from policies established by a student safety task force. with some 800 teachers and staffers placed on leave this school year, while being investigated for allegedly abusing students. >> we must remain vigilant to provide a safe learning environment for children while regaining our balance. ú>> reporter: dr. maxwell says the listing ship is being righted. >> we had a whole summer training session with principals and senior leaders this year on

about building trust, about rebuilding trust. >> reporter: delegate jaywalker was asked whether he supports dr. maxwell. >> just to give you an honest, honest answer, i'm more concerned now about the leadership we have in the school system now. >> reporter: officials say they're looking forward to regularly scheduled meetings mes executives starting tomorrow to help keep these lines of communication open. in upper marlboro maryland, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> coming up, school sexual abuse claims in charles county. >> today a jury reached a verdict in the case against a lackey high school science teacher. details of his day in court coming up next. but first tom fitzgerald out to you. >> reporter: jim, one of the lines of the u.s. senate sidelined right now with serious health concerns. senator john mccain's revelation of brain cancer is rocking capitol hill but it's going to have political impact as well. we'll have that story. sarah. >> and busted. police seize $2 million in

cleaning jugs. how the shocking discovery was made during a traffic stop.

>> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> we're back with your headlines at the half. not guilty. a jury in charles county maryland reaching that verdict today in the sexual abuse case against charles county teacher ronald wells. he was accused of sexually abusing two students last year. he vehemently denied the charges. he was removed from lackey high school in indian head more than a year ago when the allegations arose and was placed on a paid administrative leave. >> woodbridge woman wanted for child neglect is now under arrest. police say they found a two-year-old boy and an 11 month old girl by themselves outside of their apartment in dumfries. 30-year-old amanda allen was found asleep inside the apartment. at some point the babysitter climbed out of the bedroom window and took off. inst

that she provided officers with a false name and was wanted for a probation violation. >> a former booster club treasurer under arrest for embezzling number. police say he embezzle at least 60 grand in the south other members noticed theclub.- missing money after he stepped down. he later turned himself in. >> upper marlboro maryland skyfox over the scene of a deadly accident involving a dump truck on white house road. you can see the truck on its side with wires wrapped around it. the crash happened around 6:30 this morning but still no word on what led up to it. >> ♪ >> tonight the political implications of senator john mccain's brain cancer are reverberating here in washington. the gop has to move its agenda forward and now with one of the biggest voices in the republican party sidelined that challenge is even bigger. >> fox5's tom fitzgerald live on the hill. tom, you know, this is a big story obviously. a lot of people are

with everything going on this is taking center stage. >> reporter: it certainly is, jim. clearly business has been up ended here on capitol hill in the last 24 hours with this news. now, remember this is especially hitting hard in the united states senate. that is where john mccain has served for the past 30 years and politically in that body, republicans have no room for error. they only value 52 seat majority went saw this week just how razor thin that that is in the republican's inability to repeal and replace obamacare. earlier today, arguably mccain's best friend in the senate, senator lindsey graham, gru emotional when he started talking today about his hope for mccain's return. >> it was a really tough operation but john is ready to come back and i ask one thing of the good lord, just give him a chance for what time he's got left and i've got left to be relevant. >> reporter: now, in a tweet

today, mccain himself wrote that a message to his sparring partners that he would return. now, if he does return, one of the big questions right now politically is would he stay. now, if mccain were to leave the senate as it stands right now, the republican governor of arizona would name a replacement. that replacement would serve through until the 2018 midterm elections. that is key because arizona's other senator republican jeff blake is also up for reelection in 2018, meaning that one state would have two republican seats up for election. that could dramatically shift the balance of power in the senate. of course throughout both sides of the aisle, republican and democrat, there were warm words up here for senator john mccain today, especially from some democrats. i spoke with virginia senator tim kaine. he related a story about mccain that we had not heard before, a

after losing the vice president see and being met on the floor of the senate to the man who lost the 2008 presidential election. >> mccain kind of seeks me out and comes and finds me and he says, tim, there's only one person in this body right now who understands the way you're feeling and that's me. there's other people who have run in the primaries, et cetera, but being on the national ticket and falling short at least in the senate right now it's just you and me. and we know how it feels and he said and my advice to you is just th throw yourself back into your work. so i heeded john's advice. >> reporter: of course the lesson in that is one that mccain has had throughout his life especially as his years as a pow in vietnam to keep fighting and to keep working no matter what obstacles life throws in your way. of course the tweet and the statement from senator graham today that senator mccain will return of course ther

time line for that and we do not know if and when that would happen. we're live on the hill tonight, tom fitzgerald fox5 local news. >> and meanwhile senator mccain a vowing a quick return to d.c. despite his new diagnosis. he took to twitter today saying i greatly appreciate the outpouring of support. unfortunately for my sparring partners in congress i'll be back soon so stand by. >> meanwhile tonight attorney general jeff sessions says he's staying put and will not step down despite criticism from president trump. the president lashed out at sessions during an interview with the new york times yesterday. mr. trump lamented that sessions had recused himself from the russia investigation. sessions reacted to the time story during a news conference today. >> i have the honor of serving as attorney general. it's something that goes beyond any thought i would have ever had for myself. we love this job. we love this department. and i plan to continue to do so as long as that

appropriate. >> in that times interview the president said he wouldn't have picked sessions to be attorney general if he knew he would recuse himself. >> a prominent blac black lives matter act activity is making a major change deray mckesson says he plans to leave his job to focus on demonstrations and his podcast. the 32-year-old made the announcement on twitter this morning. mckesson has transitioned into the school district role after he finished in sixth place during his 2016 run to be baltimore mayor. >> a lot of people talking about this story tonight. imagine trav traveling from d.co new york in about 29 minutes. >> wow. >> it sounds like a pipe dream but maybe not. it kind of is. the man behind space-x elon musk tweeted this morning he's got government approval to speed underground travelhigh- system in the northeast corridor. problem is mayor bowser and new york mayor bill deblasio blays yo''s offices have said they don't know anything about that plan yet. if built though musk envisions a ride that would take 29 minutes between the two cities. by the way this is

know those vacuum tubes at the bank, that's sort of what this is like except for humans. transit experts say though they have their doubts because they think it would cost way too much. >> maybe he got the go ahead to experiment with it or something. >> you know what, dream big though. why not. >> exactly. hey, a lot of people would like to get to new york in that amount of time. go right ahead. >> coming up you got to see this. >> ♪ >> now that's what happened. a man shooting tires out of a utility truck parked in front of his home. as the worker is standing and watching in disbelief. >> and it sounds like something out of breaking bad. how much time behind bars a chemistry professor will now spend after being busted for making meth. gary. >> hey, listen, i tell you what, we've been so hot and i'm here to tell you unfortunately according to this heat wave and the forecast that's going to stick around for a little bit longer, at least the next few days. pretty much right on through the

next week does look a little cooler. something to hope for. full forecast. it's hot whether you want it or not all coming up in just a bit. stay with us. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> a central s-w texas woman is facing drug charges after police bound to million dollars worth of meth in her car. she was pulled over for speeding. police k-9s sniffed out meth hidden in empty jugs of cleaning products. >> three words i thought i would say, speaking of meth a rbreaking bad. john ghost pleaded not guilty back in may. arrested late last year after police found drug paraphernalia in his car during a traffic stop.

[gunfire] [gunfire] >> this is pretty crazy video out of south florida. it has gone viral. police say the man in the video was mad about the at&t truck parked outside his house so he started shooting out the tires. a worker recorded the whole thing on his cell phone. the man was eventually taken into that police custody for questioning. repair crews are trying to fix a broken water main causing lots of problems in one southeast d.c. neighborhood. the main snapped earlier today on east capitol street and sent a torrent of water into the streets flooding basements of nearby homes. no one was hurt but right now we're not sure when those repairs will be finished but quite a mess they have to clean up. >> yeah especially imagine the humidity out there and trying go down in that basement that's all damp. >> i know, it won't be good. if you're ready for the heat to stop raise your hand. i can't do anything about it but, you know... >> i'm indifferent on it. >> i don't mind it either to

but a little break would be nice i think everyone can agree. >> just a breeze every now and then a-nice little breeze. >> some air movement. >> true story. my wife and i actual had lunch outside, we went to restaurant and we sat out in the shade and it wasn't that bad. >> shade is key. >> shade is everything. >> just don't throw the shade my way or anything. >> no throwing but if you're under it it's a good thing. it's still hot. it's going to stay hot right through the weekend. it's going to stay humid through the weekend. it does look like the heat wave breaks next week. look, you can just see how heavy the air is out there this evening. it started this morning and it's going to continue and it will be this way for tomorrow. so, it's hazy, it's hot, it's humid. 97 right now here in town. culpeper is 95. so far i haven't gotten the official high temperature for today but on the hour we've managed to get up to 97 degrees. gaithersburg 92 right now. westminster 93. but look, you know, you click the next button and you

the dewpoints which actually for the city came down a little bit. trust me, a dewpoint of 68 is a lot better than a dewpoint of 72. so, when you get to 97 degrees and you have a dewpoint of 68 it gives you a heat index or a feels--like temperature of 102 degrees. that's where we are right now. quantico is more at 106 and annapolis 104. again, we continue with numbers like this and the heat advisory goes until 7 o'clock tonight and all up and down the i-95, it's an extreme heat warning up towards philly where their heat index values are running a little bit more than ours but pretty much the same. big thunderstorms to the north and to the northeast of us. you see right in here there's a thunderstorm box out for northeastern sections of pennsylvania into new york. there's a line forming into pennsylvania this evening. so, it's going to come together and we'll watch this all indications are once the line gets down closer to us, it should break up. there is yet another little cluster of thunderstorms that's been moving down to the south of us

here's saint mary's county. i think that in terms of what we're dealing with the next couple hours is about all we're going to be able to see. we'll watch the line that's up into pennsylvania and see if it's able to hold together and get down to northwestern neighborhoods late, late this evening, all right. so, still hot this weekend. 98 on saturday. the heat index value will be around 100 to 104 and there will be some thunderstorms and it looks like saturday will be the more active day with thunderstorms than what will be sunday, okay. okay. sunday's a little cooler, high temperature of 96 degrees. this weekend there will be thunderstorms building along the front and coming in our direction. we're already outlooked for the potential of severe weather by the way on saturday. 880 tonight. look how mild it will be. baltimore may only stay in the lower 80's for lows tonight. tomorrow right back up into the mid to upper 80's. it will start off almost hot by 8:00 a.m., 83, 84 degrees. we're 95 by

temperature so i think tomorrow basically pretty much a carbon copy of what we had today. just so you know. look next week, though, if you want to because tuesday, wednesday, thursday we break the back of the heat wave. probably on monday we start breaking it up. 92 there but don't middle 80's at this point sound nice and refreshing? how about that, guys? middle 80's. we can only hope. >> sounds perfect. i know, i'll take it. thanks gary. it is summer outside of course but the unofficial start of fall is actually here. >> we were talking -- birdie and i were talking one week away from the start of redskins training camp in richmond. it's amazing. it's happening so soon. >> it's it's right here but i do love sarah's duh. in a week the kirk cousins drama is going to feel like a distant memory. we'll still be talking about it but camp is just a week away. what did ted leonsis have to say about john wall's future with the wizards and what is drive by

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>> kirk cousins drama is behind us. we're going to hear about it for at least another nine months. for now we know he's going to play on the franchise tag and the future that remains to be seen. while it feels like a hundred degrees outside it's beginning to look like fall. we're one week away from redskins players reporting to richmond for training camp. one week from today we'll be in richmond for the kickoff of skins camp. new this year fans who want to attend camp will need to get a fans pass. that's the way you get in. fans will have a chance to see how cousins meshes with terrell pryor and how a revamped seven. working on camp preparations, this is what your bid a trivia game started by the skins punter who came up

quizzing team and staffers. he's launching a kickstarter next week for the game. he'll be here at fox5 tomorrow to demonstrate the game. yesterday the wizards introduced their newest nine figure player forward otto porter to the media. the question many people had is how does this affect john wall. he has been offered a four year super max deal by the team. but hasn't signed it. team owner ted leonsis says john wall will sign his extension and maybe the wizards can sign this kid in 18 years. this two-year-old jet limon of odd did he say is a texas. he's nailing long distance shots with east. what a great name too jet. law the only survivor of a crash two years ago a crash that killed his mother and sister. as for how jet mastered the art of long range basketball shots according to his dad joseph he began shooting on trash can and watched videos on youtube of people making similar shots. now to the latest trend for bored teens. it's called the drive by dunk challenge. started by

instagram it has taken off. the concept is that simple. drive around in your car with a basketball on hand and dunk on every hoop you see in stranger's driveways. no videos of people 'cause kids are bored. no people have confronted the dunkers but i'm sure that is coming at some point. >> somebody will get cranky and say you're trespassing. >> exactly. it's all in good fun but eventually someone is going to be mad. >> of course. >> or someone is going to be out like washing their car and get dunked on and that's when it's really going to -- >> then you s shoo them off. >> if you do a good one send it in. we'll put it on the fox5 plays. >> two local bakers scored a pretty good deal with wal-mart. >> we'll tell you how they baked their way to the big lesion with advice for other entrepreneurs who want to

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>> you know the key to our heart here is to bring us food. they're here for a good reason. these are two local bakers who will soon be selling their goods on the shelves at wal-mart stores after taking part in the retail giant's manufacturing open call contest. >> hyattsville based baker april richardson is already well known around town for her most popular item sweet potato cake and washington baker warren brown also known around town and is the owner of cake love cake in a jar. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> what was the secret getting into wal-mart store shelves. >> good product. >> good product and having fun, too, you know what i mean. they want people that are enjoying what they're doing and i think we both are. >> absolutely. >> so, you did a pretty long drive 'cause this was down in arkansas right. >> vincentville arkansas. >> did you drive. >> my sisters

wanted to drive almost 18 hours. >> wow. >> and it was worth it. >> yeah. >> i mean. >> apparently so. >> totally. >> if anyone else wants to get to wal-mart the key is to drive. >> i flew into tulsa and then drove from there. i thought that was long. >> how long is that. >> two hours. >> that's chump change. come on. >> no, so wal-mart they've increased their footprint especially around the d.c. area over the last couple years. there's some people that say wal-mart when you talk about small business 93 say it's a detriment but in this case we have two local businesses here that are benefiting from the company. >> absolutely. i think that's the important part because for me i've always wanted to do business with people who have bigger footprint but challenge those people to take the small companies along with them not eradicate but take us along with them. >> they support small business. that's what we are. we hire people locally. >> yeah. >> we're in the neighborhood,& they're in the neighborhoods. >> and people love to shop

>> there should be enough room. >> what do you have here april? tell us what we'll be seeing on store shelves. >> this is the d.c. sweet potato cake. we have a couple different varieties. the original d.c. sweet potato cake and the red velvet sweet potato cake. >> red velvet cake made with sweet potatoes. >> so, i came in and said these are giant. >> these are our little guys. these guys are actually in that cake but the important part is that they're fun and they also keep our product moist and the cream cheese pecan frosting is an addition to just all of it just makes it fun and exciting. >> okay. >> well, we did find that cream cheese frosting is what people want as well. we have traditional red velvet for you a carrot an strawberry short cake. >> my god. >> and what neat is that so wal-mart is going for this larger size, the papa size gary as we call it but. >> that's my entire nightly snack. >> it could be, i

could be but we've got the smaller size if you want to try samples. >> we'll do two here. do you that and i will do. >> do you that. >> april's creation. >> you need to smell this guy. tell me was think. >> oh, man. >> amazing. >> it does smell good. >> now you go to the eat it. >> love it. >> we'll head to break. >> no pressure. >> we'll send it over to tony and lauren with the news at 6:00 we'll enjoy this. we'll see you on 5 at 6:30. >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> tonight at 6:00,. >> based on all of that, mr. simpson, i am voting to grant parole. >> after nine years behind bars, o.j. simpson will soon be a free man. and the search is on for the suspect who shot and killed a young man in his home. and tonight police say this wasn't a random attack. plus, six teens from africa visiting d.c. for a robotics competition are missing tonight. what wre

their disappearance. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> and we begin tonight with a story that is captivating the nation. o.j. simpson will be released from prison. thank you for joining us. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm lauren demarco in for shawn. a parole board voted to free o.j. simpson today. >> mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. >> vote to grant parole when eligible. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> simpson was emotional after the decision was announced. the 70-year-old served the minimum nine years for armed robbery and assault charges. this stems from a 2007 incident at a las vegas hotel where simpson and several others tried to steal sports memorabilia that simpson claimed was his. during his parole hearing the former football star got some help from one of the men he robbed. he called simpson a good man who had been misled that night. simpson has had a