park. police say that morning around 8 o'clock they were called to the park about a body that was found. during their investigation they learned 14-year-old elias portillo and a 13-year-old boy approached the victim francisco sagastizado and demanded cash from him. now we're told when sagastizado refused, that's when portillo, if the 14-year-old stabbed him several times. now, officers pronounced is ing ssagastizado dead at the sc. almost two weeks later when they were interviewing a witness at this park that's when the witness said he spotted the two suspects walking by at the park. now, police detained the juvenile at first for questioning and then later arrested both him and portillo. again, they say for committing this horrific crime. >> it's certainly troubling to

certainly to our community that two young people so quickly escalated to extreme violence which led to man being killed over something so trivial as a small amount of money. >> reporter: now, both portillo and the juvenile are currently facing first and second degree murder charges. portillo is being tried as an adult. the other tried as a juvenile and that's because of that age difference, the one year gap from 13 to 14 years old. according to maryland state law. but we're told that that could change depending on court proceedings. again, we will keep a close eye on that for you. for now we are live in adelphi park this evening, kristen leone, fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> fox5 was first to report monday that the united medical center obstetrics ward was shut down. now a southeast woman says her baby was delivered stillborn and she's blaming umc for it. >> she says equipment wasn't working there wasn't enough staff and

concerned when she checked in about her baby not moving in the womb. womb. >> fox5's tisha lewis joins us live from southeast with more on the story tonight. tisha. >> reporter: well, we are prohibited from being on the property at united medical center so we're across the street but we're told that for the obstetrics wardlame- shutdown. we did ask about this specific case and this woman that you're about to meet. a hospital spokesperson cited privacy rules and regulations and did not answer any of our questions. the district department of health did not respond. though patients have plenty to say on social media and in person. this southeast woman who you're about to meet is still in mourning after she says she lost her baby when she came here first and received inadequate and unacceptable care. >> well, as soon as i walked in i told them what was going on and they told me they was ta

delivery room. once i got up there, she gave me a gown took me to change my clothes and everything but no one came in the room for about 30 minutes. she finally came in the room she asked what was going on. she was trying to hook me up to like the machine that they hear the heartbeat and everything but the machines wasn't working. she finally called in a doctor. the doctor came in with a sonogram machine. it was so black you couldn't even see the baby once he rolled everything over my stomach. >> reporter: that was the final straw for 26-year-old rakita hill and her family who were prohibited from joining her in the examination room at united medical center. >> my sister kept calling my phone like what's going on, why they not making it a urgent matter. she then she basically went to the doctor and was just come on, put your stuff back on, we can go to another hospital. >> reporter: that same day t-july seventh the baby was delivered a stillborn at washington hospital center nearby

immediately treated by doctors and staff. just one month after the baby's passing, the d.c. department of health issued a ntice to united medical center restricting the hospital's license for obstetric and related newborn services for 90 days. >> they gathered every department, every department gathered with their own departments and had a meeting about it and it was a big one in the auditorium. >> reporter: for rakita hill it's too late and her message to united medical center. >> maybe if they was more urgent about the situation then my daughter could have been saved and could have been here with us today. >> reporter: the baby was delivered seven weeks early. the hospital says in the next three months o-it will review cited deficiencies and hope to fix those cited deficiencies involving three spate cases. they're going to be looking at clinical assessment screening and delivery protocols. everyone was

about this closure aren't also the specific story you just saw. tisha lewis, fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> we have new video tonight of an actual shootout in the district. two gunmen fired multiple shots as a person holding a baby almost gets caught in the crossfire. take a look here. it happened last week in the 3600 block of 22nd street southeast. you can see the two gunmen wanted by police are firing multiple shots. a person carrying a baby actually fell during the gun fight. police say one man was shot. he was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> fox5 in montgomery county where a montgomery county public schools now at the send of a new lleyto lawsuit tonight. john vigna was sentenced to 48 years in prison for sexually abusing multiple young girls. vigna taught third, fourth and fifth grades over the course of 20 years. that will lawsuit filed against the district was filed by a lawyer on behalf of one of the

there were several red flags that vigna was not safe. >> the d.c. fire departmentally is asking for your thoughts and prayers for dayne smothers jr. the rookie firefighter who was injured on the job is still in critical condition after three surgeries and a fourth one scheduled for today. members of the department spoke on behalf of dane's family who say they have been overwhelmed by support. even fire departments from around the country have been reaching out want to help. dane's instructor says he's always wanted to be a firefighter. >> the only way i can best describe him as my quiet before the storm. very quiet reserved very intelligent and you ask him a question he just smile give you those big white teeth but when you put him out on the yard dane always performed. very proficient with everything that he did. if he didn't get it right the first time, he definitely got it right the second time. he always wanted to be a firefighter. this is something that was

dear to his heart. >> the department said they raised an overwhelming amount of money to help with medical costs. >> one year since a apartment fire and explosion at the flower branch apartment in silver spring killed seven people and two kids. investigators believe a gas leak in a meter room caused the blast. last year there was a lawsuit filed on behalf of the victims alleging washington gas failed to perform routine specials. that vigil set for 8 o'clock tonight in a a parking lot. >> singer taylor swift comes out singing. >> she testifies against a former dj who she says was groping her in this photo. the elaborate details she gave about the alleged assault and what she said she did right after it happened. >> wal-mart apologizing for a back to school sign that appeared to have a hidden message. >> and the show must go on. a group of film makers banning together to keep the

closing its doors. hey, sue. >> hey, jim, sarah. if you want you want to get outdoors. still a lovely day although you might have noticed the clouds starting to thicken up. yeah, there will be rain coming behind them. not tonight but we'll let you know when to expect more wholesale showers and thunderstorms returning to the forecast. we'll have a peek at that when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

>> ♪ >> taylor swift details to a jury today in a -- in her trial involving an alleged sexual assault. >> the singer says it happened when the two posed for this picture back in 2013. she said it was a long grab and when she tried to move away from him he wouldn't let her go. swift testified that she didn't stop her meet and greet after the incident because she didn't want to disappoint the few dozen people who had been waiting in line. she says she first told a photographer about what happened 15 minutes later. on muller's side of things he called the photo awkward but insisted he was touching swift's ribs, not her bear behind. muller was fired after the incident and then he sued swift for $3 million for losing his job. she counter sued alleging a sexual assault and is asking

for 1 million-dollar judgment set. wal-mart is on defense today after getting blasted on social media over a back to school sign inside one of its stores the. >> the sign reads own the school year like a hero. the problem, the sign sits above a gun display. the photo went viral. concerned customers pointed out the display sent a strange message. wal-mart first responded to a woman who claims she took the photo of the store in evansville indiana saying that was immediately. wal-mart apologized to another twitter user although wal-mart tweeted the sign had been taken down in evansville a spokesman said it is incorrect. >> the samuel c johnson's imax theater in the national museum of natural history is set to close on september 30th. >> those imax film makers putting up a fight to try to save the theater which is being closed

space for the cafeteria. >> cold front. >> i met with a claimed imax film producer jonathan barker at the national museum of natural history where his latest film amazon adventure 3-d is being shown in the samuel c. johnson imax theater. >> this is the prime location in the world for what we do which is make natural history and science films. >> an experience one of the most extraordinary adventures of all time. >> it's just the most wonderful and prestigious place to show the film to hundreds of thousands of people every year. most people don't have the ability to go to these interesting and exotic places and the great thing about imax is you can go there, you know, it's the next best thing to being there. >> you're about to experience the excitement of larger than life films. >> barker explained to me why an imax screen is so much different than a regular movie theater screen. >> the thing about imax is six stories high, wide

view and you are immersed in it and that's really what it's all about. it's an immersive film experience so you're inside the frame. you're having like a frameless experience. >> barker's film is currently playing at the samuel c. johnson imax theater but the question is for how long. the smithsonian plans to close the theater on september 30th. >> the museum leadership itself at the natural history museum not the smithsonian overall but at the natural history museum made the decision to demolish the theater and they made it in order to provide expanded cafeteria and food services. so, the message -- it's incredible to me but the message from the leading natural history museum in the country and the world is that what our children need is less nature and more fast food. >> is there not a way that they can do both? >> well, that's the thing that as far as we understand there's been no analysis on how to do both and if you walk into that theater, into that museum and go to the theater you walk through this area that's all

walk towards the theater and on the bottom floor is the cafeteria. there's easy two or three more floors of cafeteria that you could put between the theater and the other wall. >> in an official statement from the director of the smithsonian's national museum of natural history attendance has dropped dramatically since the theater first opened in 1999. >> what they've been saying is s average occupancy so if you take all of the available seats, 20 percent of them are full. i challenge them to go down to regal or any of the other cinema chains and ask them what their occupancy rates is. guess what? they're doing better here than the commercial cinema chains so that's a bogus argument. >> i reached out to the smithsonian for an interview with the director but they declined obviously barker is very passionate about the subject so i wanted to ask what can be done. >> what needs to be done to change the decision is well we've created a web site called save our imax.org. this is a number of the film makers who provide all of the content to this theater. we have a save our

change.org to sign and we have over a thousand signatures so far and so writing letters to particularly to the secretary and the board of regents of the smithsonian and that information is it on the save our imax.org. >> in early july christopher nolan a major imax advocate was in d.c. for his premiere of "dunkirk" at the national air and space museum. being such a huge proponent for the cinematic experience i asked if nolan would get involved. >> yeah, wooer in touch with chris nolan about this and we expect him to get involved. >> real are? have you heard from him. >> we've heard indirectly and we're waiting now. >> ♪ >> that was our kevin mccarthy right there. turning now to some weather. 80 degrees out there. not bad, though. >> yeah, it all depends on when you time it outside. a lot of sun and then the clouds rolled in here and there. >> sue palka, what's it going to look like the rest of the day and tomorrow. >> hi, sarah and jim. we've got a lot of clouds start to go to come in. we had a few vy

sprinkles. these temperatures though still a terrific bargain and most of the rest of the evening is going to be quite comfortable. 81 degrees, winchester 73, gaithersburg 79, westminster 84, fredericksburg at 82 degrees. and this is what i'm talking about. there is not a lot of rain out there, just a few spots getting very light sprinkles. we had a couple here in the district. you can barely see them but you can see that they're hit or miss. go up through montgomery county there have been a few passing through the 270 corridor and up toward lisbon and damascus and down toward culpeper and little washington to marksville we've had a couple of very spotty showers. i don't think this is going to amount to much. we have increasing clouds, though, from a little disturbance that is getting closer. if you are headed up 95 and going to the battle of the beltways for our first preseason game at 7:30 weather should not be a problem at all. about 77 degrees. we'll definitely see the clouds increasing but a very pleasant night for sure. enjoy it because guess what? the unsettled weaer

tomorrow. not so much in the morning but clouds will be around all day long and chances for showers and storms go up especially later in the day. in fact, a lot of this might hold off until after 6 o'clck or 7 o'clock tomorrow but they are definitely back in the forecast so we want you to be ready for that. i'll look at your friday planner. shows us a temperature of 72 degrees. that's comfortable tomorrow morning. we'll have a little bit of sunshine getting through those clouds. by noon, though, it's more humid. noticeably more humid with a temperature of 80. and that loads us up on moisture and by 5 o'clock we've got to track a few thunderstorms with a temperature of 82. i think primarily they will be west of d.c. but they will be getting closer and if you have friday night plans you'll want to be aware that an umbrella may need to be part of those plans or if you're planning to be outside, you might need plan b. we'll talk about the weekend. we have some improvements to the weekend forecast. at least on one day. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. jim

>> that's a woman a-grown woman getting into a scuffle with a worker at a merry-go-round. this happened last weekend in the island carousel at columbia mall. the woman in the dark jeans on the left allegedly reached into the register and stole some money. when the employee confronted her the suspect threatened her grabbed her hair and yanked her to the ground. she also bit the woman's hand. that suspect is still at large. >> police need your help identifying a man accused of robbing a store in northeast d.c. it happened last month on nanny helen burroughs avenue. the surveillance video showing the man walking up to the counter and when the clerk opened the register he grabbed the cash door and the took o off. >> a mailman in bethesda chucking passengers tomahawk style. the mail carrier throwing that package over the gate. the bethesda resident said it happened tuesday and that wasn't his regular mailman. good news is nothing in that box was fragile

fragile. dozens of people found their cars dirty but it wasn't car it was tar. vdot put out a statement today to explain what happened. our contract was placing latex but due to the weather and rain earlier this week it didn't cure as intended. if you're affected log onto the web site to get your vehicles gleaned a snapchat video captures a man allegedly raping his step granddaughter. >> how she was able to record her alleged sexual abuser in the act. >> signed on july -- >> whoa is right. talk about an explosive city council meeting but it was actually about what was inside a woman's purse some that made it burst into flames. >> and as sue mentioned it is the battle of the beltway. hey, brody. >> hey, jim. battle of the beltway and like sue mentioned nic

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happened in the middle of someone's presentation but the boulder city fire chief happens to go to every meeting. the fire wasn't from the phone. it was some kind of battery she was carrying instead. >> you have to be careful what you put in your purse. a lot of people like to bring a lot of things with them. >> they extinguished the woman's flaming purse and she walked away with minor burns. >> it wasn't the phone but it was some sort of random battery. >> maybe one of those portable batteries for your phone or something like that. >> maybe. >> coming up busted for voter fraud. >> a virginia college student is heading to prison for registering dead voters. how he got caught and how much time he'll be spending behind bars. ronica. >> the president is no stranger to battles with his own party. another one is brewing. we'll tell you who it is with. sarah. >> that massive

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and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> 5:30. look at the stories we're following for you right now. this is damage at a 7-eleven in the district after a car crashed into the building early this morning. happened near the intersection of bladensburg road and kneel street in northeast. the driver of the car suffered minor injuries but at this point no word on what led to that crash. >> we have some surveillance video for you to look at from a robbery at a dry cleaners in the district. this happened on monday in the 3100 block of 14th st

northwest. video showing the suspect walking into the business and demanding an employee to open the cash register. the suspect grabbed cash and took off. if you recognize him call police. >> a virginia college student sentenced to 100 days in prison for submitting fraudulent voter registration forms with the names of dead people. andrew spiels worked as a staff for a group affiliated with the democratic party. he was paid to register as many voters at possible leading up to the 2016 election but the registrar's office found multiple fake registered voters. spiels admitted to preparing 18 fraudulent voter registration forms. repealing and replacing the affordable care act seems less likely but who is going to take the blame. >> fox5's political reporter ronica cleary is live at the white house with a look at this new battle that seems to be brewing now. ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah. well, you know, the attacks they're still fairly mild for what we've really gotten used to over the past six months of this administration but let me tell you, the tensions are definitely rising between sena

mcconnell and president donald trump. as they look to -- as the future of healthcare really hangs in the balance. i want to take you back to monday afternoon. it was a rotary club meeting in kentucky where mcconnell spoke and he took aim right at the president. >> our new president has of course not been in this line of work before and i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process. >> reporter: well, the president has addressed mcconnell on this issue in handful of tweets. here's one where he replied directly. senator mcconnell said i had excessive expectations i don't think so. after seven years of hearing repeal and replace why not done? and then this morning, the president tweeted, mitch, get back to work and but repeal and replace tax reform and cuts an great infrastructure bill on my desk for signing. you can

well, today in bedminster, the president was asked if mcconnell should resign. well, the president sort of referred to what we heard this morning in that tweet. he said look if he can't accomplish healthcare tax reform and infrastructure then you should ask him that question again. well, i spoke with ben camisar of the hill to get this take on the growing feud. take a listen. >> he's needling him. i think you have a president that is frustrated with the direction that places like things that obamacare repeal has been going but he's stopping far short from calling for his head doing anything that would really explode the relationship between the two so i think you're seeing a trump that's frustrated and trying to walk a fine line but yet is aware of the fact that he needs some sort of relationship to work with mcconnell. >> reporter: well, i'll be back on f 5 at 6:30 for the pulse of people. use that #5at630. reporting live at the white house,

local news. >> ♪ >> we are following some breaking news right now out of northeast d.c. police are on the scene of a double shooting right now. this is in the 1400 block of saratoga avenue. >> fox5's lauren demarco brought you this first on facebook. she's live at the scene with the latest. hey, lauren. >> reporter: sarah, jim, this is saratoga and montana avenue, definitely an active scene at this point. over my shoulder there is this white car, sedan. what i'm told from witnesses is that there was a female, i'm not sure of the age, a woman or a younger female, but somebody in that car who just happened to be driving by and was caught in gunfire here. that is not yet confirmed from police but you can, of course, seal that the passenger side front window is shattered and the car smashed into another suv there that was parked on the side of the road and this seems to be the center of the investigation at this point. also down the road a little bit out of our camera view there appea t

another part of the scene where police are investigating the forensics team has been called out here. police we know that there is a female victim and also a male victim, both shot. the female victim said to be in pretty serious condition. the male victim was conscious and breathing. there was a lookout for two male suspects. this happened around 3:30 this afternoon. talking to people who live here, they are just so upset. one woman telling me that there's just gunfire around here way too frequently. she said two days ago she heard gunshots. today about 15 minutes before this shooting, she heard gunshots. she was hoping that there would be a larger police presence and there's some private security that works in the housing complex here. she thought that they would would be out but she said, you know, 15 minutes later, the gunfire right here in front of her apartment. she had to dive down to the floor in her kitchen fearing for her own life and then finally to come outside once she saw the police arrive and find out that there was a female

just very upsetting. again, we are waiting for more details from police, the commanders here on the scene working to gather that information. what we do know confirmed, a male and female victims, female really not in good shape at this point and they were looking for two suspects apparently just some sort of gunfire on the street here in northeast in the brentwood neighborhood right in the middle of the day. sarah, jim. >> thank you lauren. coming up a sexual assault captured on snapchat. >> the videos that we witnessed were very disturbing. we hope to never have to deal with something like this again. >> how a woman managed to record her step grandfather allegedly raping her as it was taking place. >> and remember o.j. simpson's infamous white bronco? it can be yours for a price. we'll tell you how much it's being sold for coming up next. caitlin. >> kind of feels like it would be a bad omen. >> it's not really in good working condition at this point. >> i know, that was mid 9s

20 plus years ago, that thing is going to need a lot of work. another nice afternoon. clouds have been increasing today, temps are in the low 80's, still comfortable but those increasing clouds signaling increasing humidity. that will be back for tomorrow as well as thunderstorm chances. when we could see heavy rain. that's coming up in your seven-day forecast right after the break. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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snapchat. a friend of the victim who saw it called police and here's one of the prosecutors explaining how the victim managed to record the rape. >> she was laying down and had the phone located up by her head actually. shooting down. highly unusual that a victim is able to actually capture her rape on video and format and to share that. yet to come across any other cases like it. >> allen is charged with first degree rape and being held on $1 million bond. he appeared in court yesterday but has not yet entered a plea. >> michael vick's dog fighting conviction is long gone. while some have for given him it's long past some animal rights activists have not forgotten. >> protesters gathered outside arrowhead stadium in kansas to

protest bringing vick along as a coaching intern. despite time served restitution and subsequent work with animal rights group some say vick deserves zero forgiveness. >> no amount of money or time served that could make up for what he's done to these poor animals. everyone says there's a lot of players that beat their wives or there's physical human abuse going on in the nfl but those humans can go to court they can press charges they can get help. animals don't really have the option to do that. >> not everyone agrees. there's a change.org petition saying tell chiefs yes to michael vick asking that vick be given a second chance. >> if you remember o.j. simpson's infamous white bronco? could be yours for half a million dollars. the ford bronco will be up for grabs monday on history channel's pawn stars. simpson's former agent will appear on the show in an attempt to sell it. oj's friend drove that bronco with oj inside during that chase back

the vehicle was most recently on display at a crime museum in tennessee. >> by the way, fun fact ford is bringing back the bronco. >> really. >> they're bringing it back next year. >> really. >> a white one, too. >> i'm sure you can. i bet that will be the most -- hottest selling one is the white one and you can probably buy a lot of them for $500,000. >> i was going to say you can get a much, much nicer car for half a million dollars. come on. >> i'm assuming the body style is different from the 94. >> probably just a little bit, yeah. >> let's hope it is. >> i mean hopefully. >> those aren't the best looking vehicles. >> come on. >> someone will buy it. >> better use for the money but -- another nice day today. >> it was. >> we are going to change things up a little bit. returning to that august humidity tomorrow. this evening closing out a thursday in which it looks kind of cloudy and hazy. we had low clouds earlier this morning. just fair weather clouds really dotting the blue sky. it was very pretty and then those high level clouds started to move in during the afternoon its still a very dry night. we had a few

both the redskins-ravens preseason game and the nats game this evening, you should be fine comfortable and also dry for tonight. so, the humidity does start to increase during the overnight hours. it will be a little stickier by tomorrow morning and by tomorrow afternoon showers and thunderstorms are back in the forecast including a period of what could be some heavy rain tomorrow evening. so, nats game tomorrow night may be kind of questionable. saturday is looking unsettled. we've got rounds of showers possible. sunday is improving in comparison to yesterday. sunday also looked unsettled. right now looks like we'll salvage half of the weekend so that's great. 81 degrees in washington, another day where our high temperature failed to hit the average of 87. i believe it's still 87 right now. 79 in baltimore, 79 in gaithersburg. that's it for temperatures. 82 in westminster. 79 dulles. 78 in martinsburg. so that cloud cover also helped keep things a little cool later this afternoon. here's the increasing cloud cover with the exception of southern maryland and down along the eastern shore so i bet it's still been a beau

beach. you can see the clouds are coming from west to east and there's enough moisture that we've got some showers as far close as western fairfax county but mainly along the higher terrain of the mountains stretching back down into the tennessee valley and first it will be a warm front that lifts through tomorrow night. we'll get that cold front by saturday evening. which should deliver a nicer sunday. so, 81 degrees for first pitch nationals forecast clouds rolling in but it stays dry. looks like a nice night. for tomorrow warm front lifts through. it will be a little sweatier out there, kind of sticky and cloudy and showers and thunder back in the forecast. w'll show you that here on your fox futurecast. the drive in tomorrow should be mainly dry. same with your lunch break and even for the drive home as we begin the weekend very widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. little bit more organized and if this model is correct it paints an area of very heavy rain over the beltway. this is at 10 o'clock tomorrow night. so, nats game ongoing, i'm sure you're trying to enjoy some outdoor plans on your friday night. maybe interrupted by some heavy rain. we'll be watching that closely through tomorrow. otherwise, it looks like the wa f

and then we wait for some more scattered showers and thunderstorms out ahead of the cold front on saturday. so, saturday have a plan b, maybe not cancel everything but it does look unsettled so you know what that means. going have to run inside and out of the pool at times. the weekend setup, this is what we've got unsettled weather on saturday. that cold front should pass through by sunday making it look a lot nicer for your weekend. so, your seven-day forecast, 85 showers and thunderstorms on saturday. mainly dry on sunday. still keeping a pop-up thunderstorm especially towards our south but overall i think it will be nice and actually a little less humid, 87 degrees and sunny, kind of a nice day t showers return late monday. tuesday looks the rainy day and then wednesday and thursday shows improvement, sunny and dry and in the mid 80's. all right, that's a look at your seven-day forecast. jim and sarah back to you. >> what was the really sweaty day you said? >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow, okay. >> okay. >> we were just trying to prepare for it. >> exactly. >> yeah. now a new story you saw first on fox5. families from around the

who have children with a rare june mutation came to d.c. this past weekend to participate in the study that could lead to medical break through. >> the mutation has only recently been discovered and is now linked to autism alzheimer's and even cancer. fox5's anjali hemphill continues our coverage now. >> reporter: these families may be from all over the world but there's a rare genetic link that brings them all together. >> that has been so overwelling to see these kids that are so similar to her. her: fox5 first brought you the story last week. their 12-year-old daughter ella was diagnosed with a rare gene mutation called any more remains a mystery. and up until now, the 30 or so families who have a child diagnosed with it have only spoken on

>> had you told cynthia and i a year ago that we were going to be doing something like this we would have said, you know, no way. >> reporter: recent the mutation was james jordan syndrome after the daughter of joe and cynthia lang from california who have made it their mission to gather the country's top researchers to take a deeper and wider look. lab work for the study is under way at the gene dx [inaudible] lab in gaithersburg. >> historically this type of research would have taken decades to do but with the rate of science being so quick we're trying to basically take advantage of that. >> reporter: families like the butlers hope others will take advantage of getting tested. >> a big take away from all of this is that it gives us hope for ella and really i think it gives hope for a whole lot of other people like ella who are younger and maybe who have not gotten a diagnosis yet. >> reporter: anjali hemphill fox5

>> and if you would like more information about how to get tested for jordan syndrome, ask your doctor or geneticist about taking a test. it is expensive but some insurance companies cover it. may be offered for free through other medical studies. >> on the way, they call it the battle of the beltway. can we call it battle of the beltway when it's still the preseason. >> reporter: why not call it the battle of the beltway. it doesn't mean as much but sure it's baltimore versus d.c. i'm here with grant paulson. we're going to tell you how long the starters my play and which starters aren't going play and who to watch out for in the first preseason game of the season live with grant paulson after the break. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> 5:52. live look outside. we'll see what's going on over there. let's talk about what's going on in just a little bit up the beltway an hour and a half from now the redskins first preseason game. the battle of the beltway between the ravens and redskins at m and t stadium. >> kickoff at 7:30. brody logan is live with grant paulson with the latest for us. squares and shirts.te pocket- >> hey, sarah. [laughter] >> we did not coordinate this. i swear . >> [laughter] >> didn't mean to if we did. but yeah, you mentioned the weather here. it feels kind of fall-like and it is the unofficial start of fall, football is back but it's the first preseason game grant. how long do you think we'll see the starters and what should we and expect to see out of them. >> happy new year. good to be back with you. starters are going to play about one series on offense and defense from everything that we're hearing now. if it's a very quick series. three and out for the offense or the defense gets off the field. they may get a second series. i think you think about this more in terms of plays. probably in the seven

range maximum for both starters on offense and defense. >> a couple guys were definitely not going to see tonight. hamstring injuries in the ca camp. no josh dotson, no junior galette. there are a couple guys we haven't seen n that much. >> those two names are the top of the list. i would go with dotson as a first round pick. a lot of people feel like he was the best wide receiver in his draft class. he taught caught a 57-yard pass and we haven't heard from him since. we've got to wait josh because of that hamstring. one guy who will be on the field i'll stay at the wide receiver position terrell pryor a former quarterback at ohio state a marquee acquisition this off season. monster at six-four. he won't play a lot but it will be our first chance cameo between he and kirk cousins as they build a rapport.

>> who are you most looking forward to seeing on the defensive side. >> on that side of the ball you got to go with the kids jonathan allen drafted out of alabama at 17 overall makes his first ever performance here in washington happened on the road against baltimore in an hour and change. ryan anderson similarly his college teammate a guy who sets the edge in the running game, physical and someone that despite maybe lacking what is typical of and second round outside line backing inside line backing athleticism can rush the quarterback. he's strong. scot mccloughan no longer with this team as a gm was asked by a fan online who is your favorite new redskins and he said ryan anderson. i believe in scot mccloughan's eye. i too think he's going to be a good player. >> you mention the guys from the alabama system its a machine. it was interesting when ryan anderson said practice at alabama was tougher than its been so far as a pro in training camp. do you believe him on that. >> i don't. i think probably

hyperbolic but nick saban runs an nfl type ship there. my general philosophy draft the best players on the best teams with the best programs and the redskins did that this year. >> quickly who is the break outperformer. >> nicoh marley, grandson of bob marley. >> pretty much everything is going to be all right for the redskins. >> that was bad. >> i'm sorry. >> that's all right. >> it's your preseason, too. >> i'm still working on it. >> right. by september i want that stuff out of the playbook. >> no more marley puns. >> right. >> it's redskins-ravens 7:30 kickoff here in baltimore and we'll be back in the 6:00 coming up a little bit later. >> ♪

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>> fox5 in the district now where mayor muriel bowser and congresswoman eleanor holmes norton unveiled the design for the new frederick douglas memorial bridge. >> construction t

is the largest project in the history of the d.c. department of transportation. it includes replacing the 68-year-old bridge and the reconstruction of the suitland parkway, i-295 interchange the new bridge will be rebuilt from its current reaction big deal. >> yes it is. >> that's it for us at 5:00. >> tony and shawn standing by and the news starts right now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> ♪ >> right now at 6:00 a 13 and 14-year-old are accused of stabbing a homeless man to death in prince george's county. how an eyewitness helped police solve the crime. plus, dramatic video in the district. that's a mother running for cover clutching her baby as the bullets fly by. and the montgomery county public school system is at the center of a new lawsuit following a sexual abuse scandal. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> we begin tonight with some breaking news in the district. police are still on

intersection of saratoga and montana avenue in northeast. >> fox5's lauren demarco is live on the scene now with the very latest. lauren. >> reporter: tony, shawn we are still here, still a very active scene. this happened around 3:30 this afternoon but you can see forensics team is out here, d.c. police investigating, they're talking with some residents out here. there is a car, this white vehicle that you see is smashed into a black suv that was parked on the side of the roadway. well, what i'm told is that there was a female, not sure of her age, but she was inside of that car. witnesses say that she was shot while just driving down the street because there was some ongoing gunfire. there was also a -- a male victim who was hit and then apparently jumped into a vehicle, drove some distance away, then got out of the vehicle at that location. that person was also taken to the hospital. the female was