let me show you the first things you need to see though and that is that we continue to watch this storm and hopefully the computer is going to move for me here, doesn't seem to want to go. let's see if i can do this the old fashioned way -- i'll just tell you we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:45. computers a little jammed up here so it doesn't want to go but the concern there is wind that could gust to 60 miles an hour, hail to the size of 1 inch. we've also -- there it goes finally moving. also we know that this has been bringing down trees in the area so this storm at least is moving a little faster than some of the storms yesterday moving northeast at 20. but as i mentioned it is not the only one. we have another storm that seems to be percolating just south and west of front royal. that one will have a lot of heavy rain. wanted to to mention as we go through the rest of the evening there's the marginal risk in the green area

marginal risk including d.c. and especially points north for more thunderstorms to develop between now and about 8:30, 9 o'clock so we have to wait for the sun to set but they'll do the usual heavy rain. these do seem to be able to produce some hail and they're also producing winds gusting to 60. i'll let you know if we get any more warnings. sarah over to you. >> sue thanks. a rookie firefighter is in critical condition tonight after he was hit by a ladder truck at a house fire on capitol hill. >> dane smothers jr. was getting ready to attack the fire on f street when he was pinned between two vehicles. fox5's paul wagner live at the scene tonight. paul. >> reporter: hey, guys, this is where the fire broke out last night around 11:30 right here in the 800 block of f street northeast. that's the fire in the -- the townhouse right over there at 809. now, there's a lot of prayers being said for this firefighter tonight. he's in bad shape. according to multiple sources i want to show you how this happened. he was on engin

he's in the middle of this pulling poles from that firehouse -- i he's pulling hose from the firehouse when -- from the fire truck when the ladder truck comes into the block. this is a picture of a truck that's very similar to the one that came into the block. there is a driver in the front and there is what's called a tiller man in the back who is also driving. according to multiple sources as the truck came around the corner and onto the block it pinned that firefighter against engine three. he immediately was knocked unconscious. medics began cpr. he was rushed to medstar and it's our understanding now that he's in intensive care unit surround by friends and family dane smothers jr. had only been out of the academy for about two months when he was hit on the fire ground late last night. multiple sources say the engine he was riding on had just

smothers had begun working with the hose when he was pinned against the engine by the truck. >> we're on the scene if you need us. >> the patient that was struck by the vehicle at eighth and f, okay. eighth and f, frank. there's going to be a man down. that's a priority for ambulance 18. >> reporter: multiple sources say smothers' injuries were traumatically. >> firefighter smothers had dismounted the vehicle he was riding and he was preparing hose lines and other equipment to attack the fire. firefighter smothers' injuries are serious and he's in critical -- critical condition. our thoughts and prayers are with firefighter smothers and his family that includes his uncle who is also a d.c. firefighter who responded to reo dane smothers was assigned to an engine company near the capitol where margie dickie got to know him in the last couple of months. dickie drives engine three and says dane is fairly quiet. >> he

him. he doesn't say a whole lot unless you talk to him first. i understand that when he goes out, that he becomes a little more lively but here, you know, i think he's just here to do a job and he wants to do it well. >> reporter: dickie says she now worries about the other rookies on the job. >> he's still, you know, really close with a lot of his rookies, a lot of recruits that came out with him and seeing somebody injured this early in his career, you know, is really disheartening for the young ones 'cause they haven't yet learned how to pbond with all of us yet and to cope with this type of traumatic event. >> reporter: now, we understand one of the firefighters' uncles was on the job actually responded here to the scene right after the injury. he actually was on a air unit and came to the scene as per

instructions from the dispatch. so at this hour what we know is the d.c. police department's major crash unit is investigating this. it is absolutely protocol to test these firefighters for drugs and alcohol. we understand that that was done. the results are unclear at this point. live in northeast, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> patients of a doctor accused of sexual assault are suing the company he worked for. >> there have been no criminal charges filed but kaiser permanente tell us dr. brian williams was fired and the maryland state board of physicians has suspended his license. >> attorneys in a class action lawsuit are suing keiser on the behalf of 11 alleged victims. matt ackland has the latest details. >> reporter: the attorneys allege kaiser permanente did not do enough to stop the actions of dr. williams especially after the first female patient came forward in 2013 to report this alleged

illegal activity while she was being examined by the dock to. let's take you to video. this wasn't long ago a attorneys representing 12 patients called a news conference in front of the prince george's county courthouse where they filed in a civil lawsuit. they claim the sexual misconduct was carried out during medical exams by the anesthesiologist and pain management doctor at keiser offices in largo and kensington, maryland. they claim it happened between 2010 and 2014. listen to the attorney now. >> during that time, dr. williams sexually assaulted at least a dozen women that we know of. and some patients who we don't know of. the dozen women who we know of were courageous enough to step forward. those who we fear multiple dozens more we suspect unfortunately did not have the courage to step forward who are

stigma that comes from these kinds of crimes. >> reporter: all right here's a statement we got from keiser not long ago it says in part in this case we terminated the physician and reported him to the physician licensing board in maryland, virginia and the district of columbia. we also have reached out to each person who has raised allegations against dr. williams and sought to address their concerns. we should point out tonight once again that no charges have been filed. in fact we called the prince george's county state's attorney to ask if this is an active investigation. they searched their records to see if there was a criminal case. they couldn't find any. we checked with the police department waiting to hear back from the police department and then we made a call to montgomery county, remember one of those offices was in kensington and at this point they haven't found any criminal records. this is a civil suit by some of these victims and the attorneys today did not say how much they were

kaiser permanente for. that is not being disclosed at this time. live in prince george's county matt ackland fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> we have some new details coming out tonight after a spotsylvania man was arrested and charged withholding a woman and her two children captive for two years. >> the man arrested over the weekend made his first court appearance on monday. he's back in court next month. fox5's tisha lewis live tonight in spotsylvania with that story. tisha, fill us in. >> reporter: well, jim and sarah, here's the new information that we learned just moments ago. a neighbor says that she saw a spotsylvania county sheriff's deputy parked here where we're standing just a few weeks ago. we're talking two, three weeks ago. we did ask the sheriff's deputy's office about that assertion and they say that they have no history of being at that house but in that fact they are looking into it. now, i want to explain why many thought that this househate if you walk with me, you can see that there appears to be towels covering the windows here at the front

some sheets covering the doors along with blankets and then your traditional window treatments and shades. but again, if, in fact there was a sheriff's deputy that was parked here at this home as recent as two, three weeks ago, that means that there was a deputy outside while there was a family purportedly being held against their will ins inside. >> never saw anybody come out of that door. the only thing i have seen is a deputy sheriff's car over there in the front yard, a white car with sheriff on it but yeah you don't pay any attention to that kind of stuff anymore. >> reporter: you saw a sheriff's deputies cruiser three weeks ago. >> yes. >> reporter: it may have been a deputy backing out the drive way making a u-turn or completing paperwork after a traffic stop. just imagine inside this home investigators say

kareem moore was holding his girlfriend and her two children captive for at least two years. the little ones were eight and 11 years old. at first glance one might think the fredericksburg home where it all happened was abandoned. lorraine james did. >> i didn't even know anybody lived in there. >> reporter: an investigator tells me deputies came to the home on saturday after a private citizen called them requesting a wellness check at the home. when they arrived, they spoke with moore, mid conversation, the woman and children dashed out the back door. moore was arrested and charged with abduction and assault. >> i seen the two boys maybe once when they first moved here and i seen a woman and the boy probably -- i would say last year or something taking groceries out the car but other than that, you really don't see no movement around here. >> reporter: moore was reportedly renting the residence which public records indicate belonged to an area doctor who told us she did not want to comment on camera at this time

detectives are still investigating more specifics but if you look around me you can see the lawn is unkept. that's why many people thought no one was living inside this home. moore makes his first pretrial court appearance on september 1st at 10 o'clock a.m. he could face more charges. for now he's in jail with know bond. as for the victim she was hospitalized and her two young children we're told are safe and sound with relatives. tisha lewis, fox5 local news. >> fox5's in anne arrundel county where two people accidentally drowned in a neighbor's swimming pool in this afternoon. skyfox was over the scene as you can see where firefighters responded to jamar drive just before 2:00 p.m. when they arrived they found two people at the bottom of a pool, a 51-year-old man and his four-year-old niece. fire officials say the man jumped in the pool to help his niece who jumped in the deep end. neither of them could swim. both victims were taken to the hospital where they later died. >> a stafford county sheriff's deputy

exposed to the powerful drug fentanyl during a call for an overdose. it started when that deputy moved moved in to arrest this couple david chambers and samantha. after their arrest that officer followed up with stout at the hospital and that's when staff noticed his speech was slurred. it was later determined he was exposed to fentanyl when he was handling the drugs found in the van. deputy was treated with naloxone to reverse those effects. >> coming up. take a look at this crazy car cash. >> a car slams into a building then takes off. you see the damage he left behind so what about the search to find him? >> and are ford police vehicles making officers sick? tonight another officer is recovering after passing out behind the wheel and crashing his cruiser. carbon monoxide poisoning may be behind this. >> it can be used for anything that you put in the back seat. >> and there's a move to prevent hot car deaths. one company showing new technology that aims to prevent it from happening in the first place. >> and before we go t

here, a heads up for you drivers in maryland. columbia pike at blackburn road is closed right now. this is due to a downed pole and wires. that area is expected to stay closed for several hours. the maryland state highway administration says drivers should expect significant delays. again, this is columbia pike at blackburn road in montgomery county. we're back after this. >> ♪

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accident in college park maryland. you can see skyfox over the scene in this video this afternoon. investigators say a worker fell from the top floor of a building that is under construction at the university of maryland. it happened along campus drive and route one. university of maryland police are still investigating. >> in the district police looking for the driver of an suv who took off after crashing their car into an apartment building. it happened around 6:30 this morning in the 5,000 block of d street in southeast. about 20 people inside had to be evacuated including a pregnant woman who lives in the unit the suv was smashed into. she went to the hospital. they treated another person at the scene. >> ♪ >> developing tonight a story fox5 first told you about happening in prince george's county. now another police department is dealing with its cruisers potentially exposing officers to carbon monoxide. this time it happened in auburn, massachusetts. three officers were treated for exposure to the toxic gas the department pulled its fleet

this comes after the austin texas police department pulled its entire fleet of more than 400 ford suv's. here locally just today montgomery county police tested its fleet of ford suv's today. the inspections found several vehicles with cracked exhaust manifolds which means the potential is there for carbon monoxide exposure. >> over 60 perhaps up to 80 percent of our fleet of ford explorers have cracked manifolds. some of the cracks are less severe, some of them are quite severe. if someone is in the vehicle using an air intake from outside air, the exhaust fumes are coming up from that crack in the manifold and immediately entering into the driver compartment. >> fox5 reached out to several other local departments including d.c. police, fairfax, prince william and prince george's county all of them say they are aware of the carbon monoxide issue ander courage their officers to report any concerns. earlier this year as i was telling you a prince george's county police officer became sick after being exposed to

officer was driving a ford crown victoria and a cracked manifold was to blame. >> two senators proposing a new law aimed at preventing kids from dying inside of hot cars. the law would require lawmakers to include sensors in rear seats. nissan rolling out a similar idea calling it rear door alert. >> it's monitoring the door logic. there's no sensors. it doesn't know if there is anything in the back seat. it's monitoring and remembering if you open and close a rear door and then have driven. and then if you get out of the car, again opening and closing the driver door, that's when the alert will sound. >> the new technology will be available on the 2018 nissan path find when it goes on sale next month. >> an armed carjacking turns into a wild police chase. where this violent crime began and how it ended coming up. >> and the legal marijuana businesses are paying the irs in

why she say banks are to blame. >> then, snacks are not the only thing being sold out of vending machines. how about some clothes. where you can pick up a new fit on the go next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> here's what's trending. after filing for bankruptcy bridal store alfred angelo says it will not fulfill any remaining orders. >> the company closed 60 stores. after filing for bankruptcy brides scrambled to the stores in hopes of picking up their dresses before the store shut down for good. >> vending machines they're dispensing more than just snacks. if you get to the airport and realize you forgot to pack a jacket you can now buy one right from a vending machine. >> the vending machines will

down jackets which i have one of those jackets they're actually really nice, they're good to travel. you can't buy them from a vending store in our area. you have to go to their store out of tysons but you can find them in new york houston and oakland. >> surprised it took this long. good idea. >> marijuana industry is thriving but there's a potentially crippling flaw. >> companies paying big bucks to the i.r.s. can't but that money in the banks. the regulation forces many to handle transactions in cash. jared kylo says he feels vilified. >> i'm always looking in my rear-view mirror to make sure someone didn't follow me from my dispensaries so i did a quick little precursory search of the kind of cars that were in the neighborhood. >> it is not normal for people to be walk around with millions of dollars of cash. so, we've got to deal with this reality and figure

way to address that concern. >> next year recreational pot use will be legal in california but it's still unclear if banks will allow dispensay owners to access banks. >> healthy food shopping for some people got easier. >> target making big changes to offer more nutritious food. the retailer says it's cutting artificial flavors colors preservatives and sweeteners from its own brand of kids' food. right now about 75 percent of the foods sold under target's market pantry and simply bald labels meet the criteria. target hopes to finish the switch by the end of next year. do you need an extra kick of caffeine this week? i always do. starting today starbucks is offering a buy one get one free deal on its macchiatos. >> guess what. you can get a free iced or hot macchiato when you buy one at full price. this is part of something called international friendship day on sunday. >> don't forget about me okay. the deal is only good from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and it

so get me one while you're there. >> sure. >> tonight there is a major development in the russia investigation. >> tom fitzgerald is on that story tonight. fitz. >> reporter: jim, sarah, we're live at the justice department. we will have the breaking details on the reports that robert mueller the special counsel in the russia investigation has impaneled a grand jury. also, efforts to keep him in his job. ronica. >> reporter: hey, fitz we're bringing it local. the battle in virginia continues to heat up. earlier this week we told you about immigration. now the candidates fighting over planned parenthood funding. we're going to break it all down coming up. jim. >> and as we go to break a washington, d.c. man is a million dollars richer tonight. jonathan jones was in williamsburg with his family enjoying a vacation at busch gardens when he decided to stop nearby at a convenience store and pay the powerball. his ticket matched the first five numbers to win the

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>> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> coming up on 5:30 a wild car chase that ended in the district began as a armed carjacking in prince george's county. it crashed with another car. two people were arrested. two others inside the vehicle that was hit they were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> a motorcyclist is in police custody for trying to avoid a traffic stop. a virginia state trooper tried to pull the biker over just before 7:00 this morning along eastbound i-66. the cyclist led police on a short chase before crashing at exit 28 and then took off into the woods. police are still invest investigating. >> t.s.a. at reagan national busting a fairfax county man who tried to bring a gun on board a

the man was stopped at a security check pint way 9-millimeter handgun in his carry on it was loaded with 13 bullets. had a ticket to fly to fort- lauderdale. now he faces state weapons charges. >> a virginia man under arrest for stabbing a man multiple times in dumfries. sean irwin charged with aggravated malicious wounding accused of getting into a fight last night at a home. the man suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive. >> ♪ >> tonight there's a major development in the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller reportedly convening a grand jury to look into russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> this comes on a day when congress appears to throw a roadblock at president trump to prevent him from firing mueller. tom fitzgerald is live at the justice department tonight. tom, what do we know about this grand jury so far? >> reporter: well, right now and officially in the hours since this news cam

spokesperson for robert mueller is not commenting on this. now, understand, that is particularly not unusual. very often prosecutors will not comment when they are presenting evidence to grand juries but what's remarkable about this today is the speed by which this took place. remember, it was only two and a half months ago that robert mueller was named the special counsel in the russia investigation. this is moving down the tracks quickly tonight and while all of this was going on here at the justice department, up the street at the capitol, there was almost a bipartisan race between republicans and democrats to throw a roadblock up in front of president trump to make sure that robert mueller is not fired. delaware democratic senator chris coons says he has joined with republican senators to block trump from firing mueller. and to do that he wants to give mueller the power to appeal to a panel of judges if he is fired. >> there's an argument

made that the president has the power to fire anyone in the department of justice. i don't think that's a correct argument but there are some making that argument. this would put it in statute rather than regulation and thus lockdown both the grounds on which he could and couldn't be fired and create a remedy. right now there isn't a remedy. >> reporter: so, what is this remedy they want? this republican-democratic bill would create a situation that if mueller gets fired, he would then automatically be able to go to this three-judge panel, argue his case and if the judges determine that he was fired improperly he would be returned to his job and returned to this investigation. there is another bill that was introduced today by senator lindsey graham and senator cory booker, a republican and a democrat. that would block this from even happening at the front end prevent, the president from even enacting a termination of the special counsel. now, is this legal? that is not very clear tonight.

at the heritage foundation say that this would dramatically strip a power of the presidency. and either way they say, no matter who was in the white house this kind of bill would wind up before the supreme court. >> i understand the impetus behind this bill but i don't think there's any question that establishing a special counsel who is not accountable to the president and can't be fired by the president is an erosion of presidential power. >> reporter: for his part, the president's personal attorney tai cobb said in a statement issued by the white house tonight that he was not aware of robert mueller impaneling a grand jury. senator coons tells us tonight that there is not enough time left in the calendar before the senate goes off on its august recess. he expects to have this before the senate sometime in september. we're live at the justice at the fitzgerald fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> new tonight, the

rejected healthcare bill proposed defunding planned parenthood for a year. for now, funding at the federal level will stay in place. >> but states also have discretion over planned parenthood funding and there's one cell phone video that's bringing the issue into the spotlight for virginia voters. >> fox5 it's political reporter ronica cleary is live in manassas with that video. ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah. well, you know, ed gillespie he's the republican nominee for governor, he just had a normal campaign stop yesterday in glen allen, virginia but a group of planned parenthood supporters they gathered outside of the event and then a small handful of them decided to go inside and confront gillespie on the issue that is so important to them. watch his cell phone video and see how it unfolds. >> i do not believe in taxpayer funding. i would rather have the money going -- no, i would sign a bill that does not have taxpayer funding go to planned parenthood. >> okay, well, we have that answer then don't we. >> thank you. but most of the money goes to -- 'cause you know most of the contributions

the private sector. > do not touch me. >> reporter: well, gillespie's campaign confirmed his comments from that cell phone video with fox5 saying in part most of planned parenthood's funding comes from individual donors and ed does not support subsidizing their budget with taxpayer dollars. of course we'll bring the full statement for you on facebook and twitter coming up soon, but, you know, it's interesting the northam campaign say this is the first time we're seeing gillespie go on record through this cell phone video saying he would defund planned parenthood. why does it matter to you on the state level. terry mcauliffe virginias virginia'sgovernor has had the opportunity to veto bills that attempted to defund plane the state of virginia. when voters go to the ballot& they're thinking about it because depending who the governor is this issue could become very real and tonight northam supporters have gathered in

the phones, calling supporters, potential voters because they want to you consider it when you vote. we'll chat with them coming up on 5 at 6:30. reporting live in manassas, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >> some new reaction tonight regarding the deportation of two brothers from montgomery county. diego and low sandro claros were deported yesterday. county executive ike leg get ikt released a statement that says: >> new tonight, a push to ban pesticides in montgomery county coming to a screeching halt. the county judge struck down the council's law which would have that banned residents from using certain pesticides on private property. the county cited numerous studies that point out the harm

animals and humans. supreme court finally going digital. scotus which is what all the cool kids call it announced today it's launching electronic filing system later this fall to make documents available on their web site for free. the move towards more public access comes after the high court unveiled their newly designed web site. coming up an unexpect the turn of events during a live shot. >> ♪ [speaking foreign language] >> saw that right there. man delivering a right hook to a reporter's face on live tv. what the attacker did next coming up. >> and it may be a strange way to spend a summer but maybe not as superficial as it seems s the summer camp that teaches kids how to become social media stars. >> oh, boy. sue. >> you know what #sad. >> no. >> no, sad. [laughter] >> they're already doing it anyway, jim

for sure. hey, wanted to mention that we still have tracking some warned storms mainly north of interstate 70. just got this new warning for howard county until 6:15, baltimore still going strong and in a little bit closer to home i'm watching a stronger storm beginning to develop. its not warned but this one between reston and chantilly that is moving northeast. it has a lot of heavy rain and lightning on it. this is that storm that we're watching along interstate 70 also moving to the north much that warning again until 6:15 it includes parts of howard county, carroll county and baltimore county. at least these storms are moving but we'll have to keep a close eye on radar for the next couple of hours. we'll do that and we'll also talk about your weekend forecast, it's coming up when we come right back. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> caught on camera right here. police looking for the man who held up a silver spring ice cream shop. montgomery county police say it happened back on july 31st at marenko's ice cream. a man walked in and demanded cash. the employee handed over money and the man took off. if you recognize him, you're asked to call montgomery county police. >> also caught on camera you may have seen this one bouncing around online a russian yearn lift punched in the face while reporting live on air. [speaking foreign language] >> yeah. i don't know what he said but we know that it went viral. it happened as the correspondent was reporting from one of moscow's central parks. he was approached by man who appeared to be drunk, the attacker cursed at him and yelled things like this is our country and we will conquer ukraine. the man delivered that right hook to the reporter's face before walking o

attacker was later arrested. >> a problem that's starting to become all too common now. malfunctioning fair and amusement park rides. last week in ohio, a fair ride broke down killing an 18-year-old high school student. then you'll remember back in april here the joker's jinx in prince george's county that got stuck leaving passengers stranded for hours. now there's yet another incident this time in southern california. some riders got a lot more than an adrenaline are you sure when a malfunction left hem hanging in the air, a glitch on a bungee jump ride at the ventura county ride left three people stranded one man hanging upside down for at least 20 minutes. the other two were stranded riders stuck inside a steel cage for more than an hour. no word yet on the cause of why that thing broke down but, yeah, a lot of these happening it seems like. >> yeah, yeah. >> ♪ >> you be the judge if this is a good idea for not. a camp where

selfies is required. >> isn't that every day on the streets? it's typical to send your kids to summer camp for sports and learning but those may be behind the times. now there is a sleep away camp for teens who want to become the next social media star. but the growing -- with the growing fame of influencers on youtube and instagram many kids want to make a career out of it for themselves. the camp is only in its first year but it's bringing in karchers from across the world mississippi colorado even sweden. workshops exploit that desire for fame and fortune teaching teens how top brand monetize and produce videos. the web star is social star creator.com and prices range from $529 to $1,790 for three days. >> i have three words for anybody that thinks that's a good idea. american idol camp because did you see anybody who went to those camps hit it big on the show. >> yeah. >> the show is gone

just look -- watch what they're doing on social media. >> and i think it's -- i think when we talk about going viral you can't make things go viral. >> right. >> that happens organically. i feel that's how super stars on social media -- if you set out to become a superstar on social media. >> it's like -- you have to have that kind of x factor. you get it or you don't. and you know i hate to criticize it because we all kind of do the same thing. >> sue palka fox5. [laughter] >> shameless plug. but. >> but i also throw in some weather out there. >> there you go. >> for the good of the community. >> i've been tweeting radar pictures this afternoon and this evening and love to get your pictures too. i just got a great picture from rob who follows us on twitter showing us the sterling virginia area that was getting pounded. one side of the street was dry and a huge rain shaft on the other side. tonight here in the direct we are dry but a lot of activity north and also west and you

out there as well. so the warnings are up to our north mainly north of interstate 70. baltimore getting very heavy rain, large hail. in fact i saw one report where they not almost an inch of rain in 20 minutes up in baltimore. this is not good because this area is saturated here. these thunderstorm warnings for a portion of howard county a very small portion of it into carroll county go until 6:15 tonight and this baltimore one keeps getting extended. closer into the d.c. area weakening storm coming through fairfax county, not warned but a lot of lightning and pockets of heavy rain. these storms are pulsing up and down so they're not really created by a frontal boundary coming through, they live on the outflow of the other storms that are around and we've seen kind of little boundaries coming out of these storms and firing up new rounds of storms like this one that we're seeing just north of the beltway in montgomery county, west of vansville. most of these are generally moving slowly to the northeast and then closer look at these storms up here toward freedom and

getting hit hard there, also, moving north. so, we are going to be under the marginal risk in these darker green areas for severe weather between now and about 9 o'clock tonight but we've noticed and you probably have, too, that most of these start to dissipate after about 8 o'clock as we lose the peak heating of the day. weather headlines going forward. one more warm and muggy day and maybe a couple of isolated daytime storms. i think the better timing tomorrow might be later at night because we have a frontal boundary that's going to come through friday night into saturday morning. so, we may see these -- the better chance of storms maybe later, 9, 10 o'clock or something like that especially north and west tomorrow night. the weekend still looking great. it looks like the front will maybe have a couple of clouds or a few showers before the sun comes up on saturday and then we should be able to chase it out to see a lower humidity day on saturday and sunday looking terrific. tomorrow 91 with a thunderstorm later in the day. saturday maybe a morning shower, a temperature of 85 but the best news of all, the humidity is

sunday looks even better. a check of temperatures right now. we're still 88 degrees. you can see how the rain has cooled off dulles to 78 degrees, baltimore really cooled to 72 but close by in winchester it's still 90 degrees. annapolis 84. leonardtown 82. and again, combining it with the humidity you now see that we have a pretty good uptick where it feels like 96 in the district, 97 at quantico. but 92 for annapolis and cooler at baltimore because of all the rain that has been going on there for the last couple of hours. your evening forecast, we keep the thunderstorms around through the 7 o'clock hour. probably gone by 9 o'clock. 81 degrees. and by 11 o'clock, 77 degrees. we wrap it up with a look at one more 90-degree day. thathat's the only 90-degree day i have on the seven-day forecast. a pair of mid 80's. the weekend looking really nice and what you'll notice the most is the lower humidity. a rainy day expected on monday with a temperature of 83 degrees. that's about a 70 percent chance of rain on monday with a strong system coming on through. and then we think we can dry things out tuesday,

keep those temperatures really comfortable for this time of year in the mid 80's. sarah and jim i'll keep my eye on radar let you know if we get any warnings next hour. >> thank you sue. shaq is in town and he went one-on-one with brody logan today. >> brody how intimidated were you. >> a little bit but sarah if you're going to take on shaq one-on-one in anything it would be a free throw competition. that's happening at live casino later today but the news was maybe a future in the political realm. yeah, a political run for shaq. we'll tell you more about it coming up. >> ♪

>> nba star shaquille o'neill is in the area tonight. the question is will luck be on his side. >> shaq taking part in

throw competition against the guy who owns m maryland live casino. brody logan took free throws, too with shaq. >> reporter: yeah, jim, i don't know if i could go down in the paint with shaq. he might box me into oblivion. but yeah, so the owner of live casino david cord dish will be taking on shaq right here. this will be live in about -- it's going off between 7:30 and 8 o'clock so you can come down, you can watch this take place and if you were going to take on shaq in anything it would probably be a free throw competition his career average is somewhere around 52, 54 percent from the free throw line. the interesting thing you never know when you go into an interview what you're together to talk about. i thought we were going to talk about basketball which we did but shaq had an interesting bit of news. he's entering the political realm. he says he's going to be running in 2020 for sheriff in the atlanta area. take a

>> you have recently said you're going to run for sheriff in 2020. where is that going to be. >> in henry county georgia suburb outside of atlanta georgia population 200,000& people, small community. i love people. i love children. i love juvenile delinquents and i love the police. when i was coming up, police and people were like this. you walked through the neighborhood, how you doing officer jones, hey, man, i heard about you, you know, fighting, don't let me catch you, like they gave us chances. my uncle was a cop. i actually told this story earlier. on an army base i lived in san antonio me and my friends stole a car. the general was a friend of my father 'cause my father was a drill sergeant, well respected on the base everybody looked up to my father so the general said you got two options buddy t i can turn you in mess up your record or you can pick up trash on the post every day for a year. every day. even on christmas and thanksgiving. like you know what, i don't

want my record messed up in case i do this nba thing i'm going to pick up trash, sir, and relationships used to be like that between cops and police. like me as a sheriff i'm not going to try to brutalize youngsters. i realize what they're going through but i speak the language so i can have a certain conversation with them. like i caught you selling weed. next time you do that, i'm going to take you somewhere and i'm going to take you for a ride and i'm just going to take them for a ride put them in jail for a couple days and let them see what can happen to them in the future. rather than just beat them up right away 'cause a lot of these kids they just need some be to talk to them. they just need chances. >> reporter: hey, so, if you listen to future sheriff shaq, 2020 that's when he's running. i think he has a lot of gun points wants to bring back community building. i is him about the wizards. he thinks they need one more player to go with bradley beal and john wall to ever have a chance at being a contender. he says sheriff is going to be as far as he goes, he doesn't have any aspirations to

governor or any of that. we'll see if that day comes along and just this past week, he did that drop a dis' track against lamar ball. he says he has zero recollection that it ever took place and he is just focusing on being a coach and a mentor to his son sharif who is a top basketball prospect in the same aau realm as the ball family but jim and sarah, it was very interesting he was very coy when i asked about it. anyone out there if you want to google it you can find that dis' track. >> no word on a kazaam2. >> reporter: he was dodging the question. i don't know. >> thank you brody. >> we'll look for sheriff shaq. perfect name for it. >> yeah. >> all right, we'll be right back.

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>> that will do it for us here on the five. >> the news continues tony and shawn with your news at

and it begins right now. >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> ♪ >> seeing somebody injured this early in his career, you know, is really disheartening for the young -- young ones. >> tonight at 6:00 a rookie firefighter responding to an overnight fire was critically hurt. not by the flames but by a fire truck. we'll have an update on his condition. plus, tragedy in anne arrundel county. a four-year-old girl and her uncle drown in a backyard pool. we'll take a closer look at what went wrong. and a woman claims a virginia man held her and her two children hostage in a house for two years. tonight what we've learned about the suspect. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> all right, we are going to get to those stories in just a moment but we have storms that have been moving through the area this afternoon. hi there. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm shawn yancy. let's get to sue palka. what's going on. >> shawn tony we just got a new warning for