simpson ball field and that is where the congressional baseball shooting took place in june. now t-back to this business at hand. it was about a block down that way where this all took place. about a quarter to 1:00 this afternoon we can tell you at this hour that police are not telling us much about what led up to these three people shot but the neighbors, well, they are talking. listen top milo degrom. he was one of the people in these houses when the shots were fired. he can tell you what he saw and what he heard inside. >> i was like inside and i hear the bang, bang, bang. at first i thought it was like construction or something but then i actually heard the car crash and so i came outside to look and a bunch of people were out here and the guy -- i guess he got out of the car, he was on the ground like screaming, yeah. >> reporter: were the victims inside the car or were they out on the street. >> they got out onto the street, yeah. >> reporter: now, take a closer look at this. we can tell

at the center of all of this. we could see it crashed into another vehicle right in the middle of east howell. we can also tell you we saw gunshots that were in the front windshield of that car. again, three people in serious condition but stable after this shooting today. you can see that car being taken away here by alexandria police. now, we do know this. the people who were in this neighborhood say they heard a rapid succession of shots, anywhere from nine to 13. one man told us it sounded like the sound of automatic weapons fire. alexandria police are confirming and commenting on none of that today. all they will say is that these three people were shot, these three people know who shot them. alexandria police now know who that suspect is and that they are now looking for that suspect. >> three adult victims all in stable but serious condition and

the hospital. at this time our preliminary investigation shows that the suspect is known to the victims and we are in the process of searching for him at this time. >> reporter: so not a lot of extra information in that briefing right now. so, to recap, three people shot, stable but serious condition. this suspect as of this hour still being looked for by police. folks here in this neighborhood, jim and sarah, will tell you this is rocking to this community coming only weeks after that congressional baseball field shooting that took place just blocks away from where we're standing right now. we're live in alexandria this evening, tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> now to suitland where we are learning about a brutal crime. get this. police believe it started on a metrobus where a woman was targeted then followed home and attacked. >> they're telling us the predator forced his way inside of her apartment and sexually assaulted her. it happened tuesday afternoon near the suitland metro statn.

matt ackland is live. police were able to get the suspects off the street pretty quickly here. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jim. jim. in fact, detectives as soon as they got a call from that woman who said she was sexually assaulted, they worked around the clock until they had this suspect in custody. police also telling us tonight that they have video that they obtained from metro from that bus that shows the victim and the suspect on board. authorities say this started about 2:00 p.m. at the suitland metro station. the victim was on the bus and so was the suspect. court documents reveal the man followed the woman home. he then gained entry into her apartment after he knocked on her front door. he struck her in the face several times, grabbed her by the neck and then police say he forced her on the bed where he raped her. >> she called us about 2:40 in the afternoon thankfully soon after the event happened and we were able to get the investigation going right away which is why

track down the suspect in just over 24 hours identify him and put him in custodyism prince george's county detectives immediately called metro transit police to gain access to video surveillance from the bus and station property. they also checked private cameras nearby. this is a picture they released to the media. court papers reveal the victim was able to identify milton wright as her attacker. >> the message we really want to get out is this behavior is not tolerated. detectives stayed up the whole time and didn't rest until they were able to track this guy down and get him off our streets because he is obviously 100 percent not welcome in our community. >> reporter: the woman was immediately taken to the hospital. this was really a brutal crime. the court papers say that the woman had injuries all over her body. also tonight police are asking that you take a good look at the picture of this suspect. they are trying to determine if he may be connected to any other crimes in the recent past. so they

that picture. you can see it on our web site and contact them if they know this man is connected to any other crimes. live in prince george's county tonight, matt ackland fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> targeting arresting and moving members of violent street gangs such as ms-13 sends a clear message to criminal enterprises around the world. are you not welcome in the united states and you'll mind harbor here. >> cracking down on some. s13. the acting director there for immigration and customs enforcement spoke at today's white house press briefing about the agencyes mission to combat ms-13 and get the violence out of the u.s. >> virginia is a hot bed for the gang that's quickly growing across the area. we have been following the rise of ms-13 very closely. >> tisha lewis is here with the story and also some exclusive photos tisha. what have you learned. >> reporter: ice considers northern virginia a hub for ms-13. there are between 900 and 1100

area alone. that number is growing and so are efforts to get ms-13 off our streets and out of our country. fox5 has exclusively obtained these internal snapshots from immigration and customs enforcement. the pictures prominently feature ms-13's markings and include images from closed cases that included arrests of gang members best known for drug trafficking robbery larceny. >> targeting arresting and removing members of violent street gangs such as ms-13 sends a clear message to criminal enterprises around the world. you are not welcome in the united states. >> reporter: a stern message top ms-13 gang members. >> and you'll find no harbor here. >> reporter: during a rare appearance at thursday afternoon's white house press briefing, ice acting director thomas holman says getting ms-13 off our streets is a priority. >> we need the community's help and most importantly we need local law enforcement's help especially county jails that will have an ms-13 booked in that

that county jail is located in a sanctuary city they get released back to the streets. hang onto them so we can take custody of them. >> pursuant to the president's directive and the executive orders the attorney general directed the department's law enforcement agents department a fbi marshall service as well as federal prosecutors across the country prioritize the prosecution of gang members specifically ms-13. >> reporter: i'm told ice is willing to potentially offer undocumented immigrants who are victimized by ms-13 gang members legal status to stay in the united states if they report ms-13 gang members to ice and cooperate with its investigations. the department of justice has also requested funding for 300 more federal prosecutors to focus specifically on violent crime and criminal immigration enforcement to directly target ms-13 members and their and associates. president donald trump will travel to long island tomorrow to talk about

eradicate ms-13. long island is also considered an ms-13 hub. tisha lewis, fox5 local news. >> trans national criminal organization like ms-13 represent one of the grave vest threats to our american safety. let me state this clearly. under president trump, the justice department has zero tolerance for gang violence. >> reporter:. >> that was attorney general jeff sessions there speaking back in april. also making a pledge to combat ms-13. today sessions flew to el salvador seeking out ways to eradicate the brutal street gang. will he meet with el salvadorian authorities as well as former ms-13 gang members to discuss the root of the problem. the gang traces its roots back to ya' a criant 1980's but a large number of its members come from el salvador. >> more collar 80 about the president's decision to ban transgender troops affect service members

serving. in a letter to military service chiefs general joseph dunn fred says the policy permitting transgender people to serve remains in place. it will not change until the white house sends department a rule change and the secretary of defense issues new guidelines. >> all too common on area roads. drivers driving the wrong way. >> it's been causing deadly consequences. ahead the stats and what you can do when moments count. >> it just flew off. the whole thing flew off. her leg hit -- hit her leg -- her whole leg -- and then the dude hit the ground. he wasn't breathing. >> what scary situation. one person killed, several others injured after the carnival ride they were on careens out of control in oh ohio. this as fair season gets under way for us in this area. gary mcgra

county. >> reporter: that's right sarah. right here live in front of the loudoun county fair and it's going to be here all week and it got us to thinking unfortunately what happened in ohio state, how do we know if these rides are actually safe? we're going to talk about that coming up in just a couple of seconds. so stay with us for that. caitlin. >> well, gary, the topic that's on everyone's mind. another topic. how much is this incoming storm system going to ruin my weekend. unfortunately it's not off to a good start. flash flood watch issued for most of the area. that takes effect tomorrow afternoon lasts through saturday. rain lynn going into sunday. i'll have your first check of that soggy forecast coming up when fox5 news at 5:00 returns after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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>> ♪ >> wrong way crashes have killed four people on maryland roads in recent days bringing the total number of deaths to six in just the past three months. last friday two drivers were killed in a wrong-way crash on maryland 210 in prince george's county. another fatal crash just yesterday morning left two more people dead on route 50 in annapolis. and on that same road this past may, two people were killed after a young mother drove into oncoming traffic with her infant strapped to her car seat. her child survived but the mother and the other driver did not. aaa says while wrong way

crashes are rare, they are 17 times deadier than other types of accidents. drunk drivers have been the leading cause of wrong way crashes. they usually take place early in the mornings and also on the weekends. aaa has some tips if you find yourself in one of these situations. >> if you see a wrong way driver heading in your direction, the first thing to do is to swerve to the right or to the right lane to try to avoid the driver. and if you're driving late at night on a busy highway, then drive in the center lane so that if a wrong way driver comes in your direction, you can veer to the right or to the left but be careful not to veer off the road because you can kill yourself trying to avoid a wrong way driver. >> if you ever see someone driving the wrong way headed towards you pull over try to get their tag and also call the police. >> ♪

called the fire ball turned dead technological last night deadly last night. >> ♪ the ohio state fare is back opened but all the rides are closed tonight. this comes after a ride broke apart midair yesterday killing a teen and injuring seven others. video captured bye stands shows the ride swinging back and forth like a pendulum and spinning in the air when part of the ride flies off throwing riders to the ground. >> and then it -- her -- it just flew off, the whole thing flew off, her leg hit -- hit -- her leg -- her whole leg -- and then the dude hit the ground. he wasn't breathing. >> i was traumatized. i didn't think i would have to witness it especially right in front of me. >> there's a similar ride at the orange county fair in california. they have shut that ride down temporarily. fair officials are doing a second round of

a precaution. how do we know the fair rides locally are safe to ride o this is fair season. gary mcgrady is at the loudoun county fair. you talked with some people about this today. >> reporter: yeah, we sure did. you know what's most important i think is we actually talked to the superintendents here earlier when we got here loudoun county fair is out by leesburg its beautiful by the way out here and they said in lieu of what happened last night at the ohio state fare there in columbus they had inspectors come back out and double-check things this morning. it's all official. you need to know that when you go to these county fares especially right here in loudoun county this week that the inspectors have come out and they've looked at all of this and there's plenty of rides for them to look at. there's no doubt about that. i mean, you have all the tip cam rides here. you have the ferris wheels and it was inspected on monday and we have the inspection right here and it was all clear. they inspected so many things the ferris wheel, the round up, the scooter, the clifan

loop of flames, the tractors, granny bugs. they went through everything. again, this was monday that they do this and really here in loudoun county is the department of building and development, they do all the inspections on all the karen carnivals. they have to do it before you can operate one of these legally. that's to kind of set little bit. we talked to some families. it's a touchy topic when families are coming into a fair like this and you want to talk to them about the safety of the rides they're about to get on. here's what some of the families said: do you feel comfortable at the carnival rides at a fair like this. >> most of 'em, yeah. >> reporter: okay. are there any you would stay away from. >> there's always some like, no. >> reporter: because they're too. >> it's just the way we are whether it's like in ocean city -- at a beach or any other fair, there's always a couple. >> i think everything is pretty safe. there's a lot of control around so i think, you

>> reporter: i think most of this is just an expectation when you come into a fair like this or anything that there's just already done some inspection and the fair is legit. right -- in the first bite there was eric and he kind of had a good point. if you think it's a little shady, if you don't think it's appropriate especially for the age of your kids kind of stay away from those. but it's the fair. it's supposed to be fun. sights, sounds, smells, the great food. it's not just about the rides but it looks like they're having a lot of fun out there tonight and again jim and sarah back to you what i think everybody needs to know here at least were the loudoun county fair is that basically everything has been inspected and it's really been checked twice because, again, the superintendents did say to us that they had some inspectors come back out this morning just to kind of do some double checks. live out here in loudoun county at the loudoun county fair, i'm gary mcgrady. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you gary. >> all right. let's take a live look outside

little bit -- maybe it's just the humidity that's in the air 'cause it's back. >> meh. i guess that's the best way to describe it. >> that's perfect. it's not a better word. it's just meh because we have the clouds, the haze and the humidity. wow the weather changes fast around here. we said goodbye to the beautiful weather we had tuesday and wednesday. the air mass outside is positively tropical. we've got a lot to work with and that's going to wring out the atmosphere, the storm that comes through and produces lots of rain. flash flood watch that will take effect tomorrow afternoon. it lasts through saturday afternoon so a good 24-hour period where we'll have several rounds of rain, some thunderstorms as well, some of those storms may be strong. that threat is primarily friday afternoon and evening. and then friday overnight into saturday it's just plain old rain. storm tracker radar showing some activity ahead of the storm system back out of towards our west. we've got some scattered thunderstorms along 66. this is back around the front royal area and towards the 81 interchange along the mountains

scattered thunderstorms picking up some lightning but not much else. these are nonsevere and then a little bit further towards the south plain old rain here showers that are more organized in the charlottesville culpeper area down towards lynchburg so far outside our area and i think most of the rain stays towards our west tonight so we're very humid, we're warm. we're going to stay that way during the overnight and aside from a scattered storm mainly west of town i think we stay dry. 85 in d.c., 86 baltimore, 85 gaithersburg, 85 at dulles, 81 in winchester. this is the exact temperature as it was this time yesterday. evening forecast temperatures in the low 80's to upper 70's. partly cloudy skies and that thunderstorm chance through about sunset mainly off towards our west. low temperatures just 75 and humid here in d.c. 60's north and west and i will have a look at those rain chances hour by hour, walk you all the way through friday into saturday, and yes

into sunday. >> northern virginia a contentious debate under way. >> should a falls church high school named after a confederate general be changed. a life preview next. >> a travel warning for a popular vacation destination. why you should beware of alcohol at resorts in mexico. that's after this.

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>> ♪ >> a contentious debate comes to ahead tonight in northern virginia. should a falls church high school named after a confederate general j.e.b. stuart change its school name. >> what the name stands for isn't the values that this school protects and holds and displays. >> there was an economy here that was based on slavery and we can all condemn that, okay, but as far as j.e.b. stuart, okay, j.e.b. stuart, again, was not an owner of slaves. >> is it necessary for this name change to occur? is this going to make our kids smarter? is this million dollars that's going to be spent could that be spent elsewhere. >> w

thing goes down to way it's been constructed is the neighborhoods and the people around here will be polarized. >> it's time to move past for it stop honoring traitors and honoring people who fought to keep people enslaved. >> tonight the board will vote on whether or not to officially change j.e.b. stuart high school's name. fox5's kristen leone is live in falls church with more on this one. hey, jim and sarah. a little bit of background. you guys mentioned the school was named back in 1958 after the confederate army general j.e.b. stuart. but it wasn't until 2015 that actress julian moore and hollywood producer bruce cohen proposed initially they petitioned for this name change. they had gone to the high school at one point in time. since then it's garnered a lot of opposition and support as well. we'll be hearing more from both sides tonight at the meeting. the meeting itself will take place at 7 o'clock at luther jackson middle school right here in falls church, vi

again, we will be here all evening long. reporting that to you. live tweeting that. any updates and changes for this proposed name change so keep it right here andline fox5 local news.com. for now reporting live in falls church virginia this evening, kristen leone, fox5 local news. >> we have a mystery unfolding in northern virginia tonight. >> the manager of a cvs is found dead by a store dumpster. new details on what happened but first ronica cleary is live. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah. there's talk of competition, leaks, treason. what is going on inside the com shop at the white house? we'll break it all down coming up after the break. >> as these great american heroes step forward to receive the medal of valor. >> stopped a gunman from going on a shooting rampage are being honored. real life heroes at the white house coming

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>> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> here's your headlines at 5:30 now. we now know the name of the man found dead near a dumpster outside of a cvs store in warrenton. the victim was the manager of that cvs on blackwell road recognized at 64-year-old rex olson. his body was found early this morning but no word from investigators on how he died. >> water service almost back on to people in alexandria. crews were working through the night to fix three broken water mains and the water gushing from a huge crater on north morgan street knocked out water service to more than a dozen buildings in the woodmont park apartment complex. there are still three buildings without water. the apartments calling in a contractor to make the rest of those repairs. >> fairfax

stabbed in the neck on a foot path this morning. the young woman just on a walk when she was attacked. >> fox5's bob barnard has& the story. >> reporter: this happened around 7:35 this morning here along a foot path in fairfax, not far from the vienna metro station. you see police here. they also had k-9 teams down this foot path. it is popular with hikers and people getting to the metro station. this leads to east blake lane park. we can show you police on the scene from earlier. they had a k-9 team out here as well. the victim is a woman who is said to be in her early 20's who was stabbed in the neck. now, according to fairfax county police, she was attacked from behind by a man she did not know. the description she was able to give investigators was that this by was about 5 feet 4-inches tall, he was either hispanic or african-american wearing a black hoodie and possibly shorts. now, she was able to run back up to the street and flag down a passerby. it just

fairfax county police officer was going by at the same time. they went into the woods along the path. they had the k-9 team in there, crime scene investigators but so far no sign of the attacker. >> the victim was taken to fairfax hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries and i don't have an update on her condition at this point but we do have detectives at the scene waiting to interview her for more information. >> reporter: in terms of whether she was out for exercise or heading to the metro, police said they just don't know at this point. >> you walk up not down there. >> yeah. i always walk here. >> reporter: what do you think of this? >> i think it is horrible. >> reporter: and at this hour, the attacker, the man who stabbed a woman here in fairfax along vaden drive not far from the vienna metro station is still out and about. this is bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> now, police are altering the attacker's description just a bit. now saying he was apparently wearing a white t-shirt not a black hoodie when he stabbe

morning. we have another incident on a popular trail to tell you about, this time in prince george's county. police say they found a body along a trail around 8:30 this morning. this was near adelphi manor park. investigators have not released any more informaion about the victim. this comes just 24 hours after police found man's body along the anacostia river trail in northeast d.c. >> ♪ >> let's talk politics right now. less than a week after being appointed as the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci is at the center of an apparent battle of reince preibus over alleged leaks. fox5 political reporter ronica cleary live at the white house with more on this brewing battle. hey, ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim. well, doesn't it always seem to start with a tweet? i want to take you to last night around 10:40 p.m. this is a tweet that anthony scaramucci posted: it says in light lightf my

then he tags reince preibus. tagging reince preibus raised some eyebrows. it made some ask if a scaramucci was implying that priebus leaked the information. he deleted the tweet. around 12:45 this morning he will post add new tweet in response to those questions. this one says wrong. tweet was public notice to leakers that all senior admin officials are helping to end illegal leaks and then tags reince again. it didn't end there. this morning scaramucci called into cnn where he addressed two issues. the first if he believes reince is a leaker and then the seriousness that he feels these leaks rise to. take a listen to this. >> i put out a tweet and i put reince's name in the tweet. they're all making the assumption that it's him because journalists know who the leakers are so if reince wants to explain that he's not a leaker, let him do that. but the white house leaks are small potatoes relative to things that a

leaking things about syria or north korea or leaking things about iraq. those are the types of leaks that are so treasoo. us that 150 years ago people would have been hung for those types of leaks. >> reporter: at today's white house press briefing sanders fielded a handful of questions on the topic. she was asked point blank does the white house believe that reince preibus is the leaker. she really deferred back to scaramucci and said that he should answer questions like that. but then she also gave us a little insight into how the president likes to run his team. he basically said he likes to foster an environment of competition. she said that he believes this gets to better results. i spoke with niles stanage a white house columnist from the hill about this environment that the president seems to deliberately create. take a listen. >> this is something that we do here from time to time that the president enjoys

and quite enjoys the drama of internal rivalries. that's a complete 180 from his predecessor who was famously nicknamed no drama obama. donald trump seems to like the drama of these kind of rivalries. >> reporter: as for the other part of scaramucci's remarks, he said that if the leaks that we're seeing today had happened over a century ago people would be hung. i spoke with attorney debbie heinz to help paint a picture of what happens to people if they leak or commit treason today. >> we're talking on the one hand about deliberately, willfully on purpose leaking classified documents that you would know would be classified documents, an unauthorized person and for that crime it's a 10 year maximum penalty and the or a fine that's involved with that. and then on the other hand what we're talking about at least what the president is trying to

treason and treason is such a much higher standard. it's not just simply leaking information. it's aiding and abetting our enemies and so it's a much higher standard and you generally don't see it with an average american such as what's going on today. >> reporter: well, scaramucci he's been in this role a week tomorrow. what do you think of a public feud like this? how do you think it reflects on the white house? and then secondly, how serious do you think these leaks are? do you think he's going to be the one to really crackdown and make them stop? weigh in. you know where to find me on facebook and twitter. reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >> coming up there's a warning out to travelers don't drink the alcohol in mexico. >> and embryo editing. is this happening in the united states? well, a groundbreaking experiment that would allow parents to alter their baby's genes to prevent inherited diseases is apparently happening. caitlin. >> thank you sarah. we have a a lot of rain on the

way. we see showers showing up on satellite radar. out towards our west a few thunderstorms moving in. don't worry, we'll make up for that with a whole lot of rain beginning late tomorrow and lasting through the weekend. i'll have your seven-day forecast coming up when fox5 news at 5:00 returns right after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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>> ♪ >> after multiple stories of vacations gone wrong in mexico the state department is now warning tourists to watch what you drink. >> this alert comes after a 20-year-old woman from wisconsin died while on vacation in mexico and her family suspects their drinks were drugged. the new travel alert says there's a good chance the alcohol in mexico i

tainted or counterfeit. roughly half of the alcohol produced in mexico is not regulated at all. the state department warns vacationers to drink in moderation and the moment you feel sick go to the hospital. it is safe to say everyone who wants a baby doesn't care if it's a boy or a girl we just want it to be healthy. >> but could you imagine genetically altering your baby to remove genes that cause inherited diseases. it's been talked about. now a group of scientists in oregon say they have and it's being called a groundbreaking experiment. the team at oregon health services -- sciences university safely corrected defective genes in multiple embryos. the embryos were reportedly not allowed to develop four more than just a few days. wow, that's fascinating. it's like that futuristic thing you think maybe eventually. we might be there. after saving her own scent deputies were able to find a florida woman with dementia. >> this is really interesting how it's working. this woman went missing earlier this week but she used something cal

preservation kit. they take a sterile pad. wipe their under arm and the pad is sealed in a stored container. if that person goes missing a k-9 can track them down using that unique scent. >> without the bloodhound it would have taken us a couple hours to locate the lady but with the use of the bloodhound and the scent kit we were fortunately enough to find her in less than five minutes. >> find and friends creates the scent jars. they cost only about $10 to make. >> science is so great. >> yes. this is a night we're telling you about science that's positive and worthwhile. >> let's now check in with caitlin roth and see if it's worthwhile to go outside today or not. i'm not sure. depends on how you feel about this humidity that's creeping back. >> yeah, no, i mean, if you're a fan of it then pie all means but if you're not t-like most of us aren't, it is positively tropical out there. it is a dense humid feeling and it's going stay that way probably through the next 24 to 48 hours. weather headlines all that humidity is in place out ahead of a storm system which could even bring us a thunder

or two this evening. we've got a few out west that i'm watching traveling east along 66. so, could see a little bit tonight. otherwise, though, we're going to wait until tomorrow afternoon. flash flood watch takes effect friday afternoon, lasts through saturday afternoon. several rounds of rain and thunderstorms are expected as well as the chance for severe storms especially south and east of d.c. tomorrow. the rain lingers through the weekend and that's going to do a number on our temperatures. it will be unusually cool thanks to the clouds and all the showers for late july. and i mean this is a rare event to get a prolonged period of rain and cool weather in this part of the summer. so here's that flash flood watch it encompass most of our area southern maryland up through baltimore, the eastern shore back across northern virginia even into sections of west virginia until late in the day on saturday. this is not the storm system itself but it is just some leading showers and even some thunderstorms that have been moving eastward across the mountains today zooming in a little bit close are you see a couple thundershowers around front royal and then we'll see if they hold together traveling eastw

probably in the next hour or two. just cloud cover overhead in washington right now. temperatures are in the 80's like i said earlier it's where we were yesterday but with the different day out there. 86 baltimore, 85 in manassas. fox futurecast likes the idea of one of these showers coming through the beltway this evening. passing through maybe headed up towards baltimore by 8:00 p.m. whether we get that or not we should see a prolonged break until about midday tomorrow. 8:00 a.m. you start off driving to work on your friday, no issues. i don't even think we see any rain around i don't think. we're going to have to wait until we get some more instability, that low pressure rolling on through by midafternoon and you see areas of rain just emergency rooming across the area especially down towards our south where more of a severe weather threat is going to exist so richmond over into the virginia beaches maybe southern maryland best chance of seeing some strong hail producing or damaging wind producing storms. now, the coverage and intensity of this rain is going to increase as we get into friday night, periods of heavy rain that will last through the night into early saturday morning especially areas towards our south. models continually want to

heavy consistent rainfall there. this model now wants to clear us out saturday but i'm not buying that. i think we're going to see rain pretty much all day on saturday. and these rainfall amounts reflect it. through saturday night we're talking on the order of two to three to 4-inches. this is accounting for some of the heavy downpours you'll get in those brief thunderstorms but still that is a soaking rain and therefore that's why we have that flash flood watch issued. slight risk of severe weather south and east of 95. that's a lesser risk north and west but regardless we are all going to see that rain. so a few thunderstorms mainly west for tonight. otherwise it's cloudy and muggy, 75. for tomorrow, high temperature of just 82. in the afternoon hours, expect a tough commute home. expect a rough start to the weekend and if your weekend plans take you to the beach i'm so sorry but you're going to have to find some indoor activities because we've got showers likely saturday, sunday even if it's not raining it's cool its cloudy, it's very unlike the weather that we've become accustomed to this summer. look at these temperatures. just 75 in the city on saturday with rain. showers linger into sunday and possibly a d

we dry out on monday but i think monday we're on the other side of this storm system. it's just a real slow mover and it's also typical of a nor'easter you'd see in the winter. of course this is not a woman wr storm but it's just strong enough to produce days of rain. next week looks nice. >> if you and i could make a list of every activity to do tomorrow and saturday indoors. >> hello movie theaters. >> bowling alleys. >> bowling alleys, malls, yeah. bars and restaurants there's always a good choice. >> good point. >> redskins players were in action for the first time. the training d today in richmond. >> kirk cousins talks to the media. brody logan with more. >> reporter: it's nice money jim. he has a future in politics because kirk cousins has perfected the art of answering the question but not really answering the questioning. nats had a historic inning thanks to some think this guy right here a

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>> ♪ >> the redskins took the field for the first practice of training camp in richmond today. while there were 90 players at skins camp working out there was only one guy everyone wanted to hear from kirk cousins. after an off season negotiation that ended without a long term deal cousins is the first quarterback to play under the franchise tag for two years. if the quarterbacking thing doesn't work out he has a future in politics. he's well healed in the science of spinning a question and not answering it. listen to how kirk cousins skirts around a question someone asks about any ill will toward the redskins after they had many chances to sign him in previous years. and made him prove himself. >> well, that would probably that michael talked about.ns- i don't know that i've ever bet on myself.

and it has noi nothing to do wih myself. i'm just going out and playing and there's never been anything but positive feelings. i'm excited to get to work here and as i've said many times, my wife and i love it here and we're in a good place so i'm living a dream being a starting quarterback in the nfl and i got my hands full this season with 16 games. i talk about how in the off season the ball is in the team's court as it is but from week one to week 17 the ball is in my court and i got to go play football well. >> yeah. i know. telling you future politician right there. all right. nats hosting the brewers and the nationals third -- it was a historic one today t already up two-nothing brian goodwin get them started along home run to right, it's a two run shot, four-nothing nationals. okay. next batter. wilmer

one. he's a tiny dude but he swings a strong bat. nice souvenir for the fans. bryce harper you know he's never one to miss a home run parade. he righteous out and touches one. his 26th homer. that's back to back to back. ryan zimmerman let's make some history. >> wow. >> nats go back to back to back team record. yeah, look at the reaction of the bench. it's the best then two batters later anthony rendon, he adds one. five home runs in the inning ties major league record. nationals destroy the brewers 15 to two. and in a blowout people look for other things to entertain them like this. check this out. you might have noticed one fan who had the best seat in the house, this pigeon. you see him next to brian goodwin here and he was there for the entirety of that home run barrage. he's behind the umpire. you can barely see him between the legs. there's brian goodwin's home run. the pigeon is sitting right there.

[laughter] then bryce harper comes around on his home run who is there to greet him. oh, the pigeon. he's there. some people wanted the nats to let the pigeon hit. pigeon stuck around until the fifth inning then flew away after the nats hit two more home runs. >> i stayed behind home plate the whole time. >> for two innings. >> wow. >> yeah. >> good luck. >> he was there for seven home runs. >> the nats just announced he'll be filling stephen strasburg's slot in the rotation. >> i don't know if he can pitch though. he's going to keep it low there. it's hard to see his release points. it's like the rally monkey years ago in anaheim but that wasn't an actual monkey on the field. [laughter] >> very good point brody. thank you for clarifying that. >> that would have been amazing. >> yes, it would. >> monkey released from the zoo takes in a baseball game. >> thanks brody. >> let's talk about real life heroes. we saw it on full display and they were honored today. >> as t

heroes step forward to receive the medal of valor. >> today they were honored in the highest form. we have that ceremony coming up next. >> ♪

>> today president trump awarded the medal of valor to 51st re51st responders -- five t responders. >> it was givendale david bialy and crystal griner and alexandria officers nicole bat tag lea kevin jobe and alexander jen son. the officers are credited with saving the lives of several gop members including house majority whip steve scalise. >> capitol police special agents david bailey a

crystal griner raced through the bullets and that's exactly what they did. they raced through the bullets. and immediately engaged the gunman. minutes later members of the alexandria police department arrived on the scene. these officers saved the lives of every innocent person on the field that day. >> congressman scalise is out of the hospital now and is now undergoing inpatient rehabilitation. the man responsible for the attack was shot and killed at the scene. >> all right thanks for being with us tonight. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> a woman sexually assaulted inside her home targeted as she got off a metrobus. tonight the man accused of attacker her is already behind bars. then, the name change

virginia school named after a confederate general. the school board's final decision is expected soon. plus, a deadly accident on the rides at the ohio state fare has people asking if the rides at fares in our area are safe. the news at 6::starts right now. >> we begin tonight with breaking news out of woodbridge, virginia. a woman was that found stabbed inside a burning house. >> prince william county police say just before 4:30 this afternoon, a short time ago, officers responded to reports of a stabbing along east long view drive. when they arrived they found a woman stabbed at the burning home. the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police have made an arrest in this case. we're told two children were also somehow involved but they were not hurt. we have a crew heading to that scene. we'll update you as we gather more information. >> tonight for the second time in a matter of weeks gunfire rocked a typically quiet northern virginia neighborhood. thanks for joining us