potential conflicts, public safety was her top concern >> any city that has confederate statues are concerned about violence occurring in their city. and i just think that baltimore right in the midst of getting the consent decree completed. this is not something needed. i think that we should work together, figure out how we move our city forward >> the city still trying to figure out where to put those removed statue, confederate cemeteries in maryland were previously talked about as a possibility but the mayor wouldn't say where they were taken in the meantime or how much that removal cost. could the next battle ground over the removal of confederate statues bee inside the united states capitol building itself >> congressional black caucus members are renewing demands that confederate statues throughout the capitol be removed >> let's check in with tom fitzgerald at the capitol now with more o

contact 2017, the numbers tell their own stories, right now, insie the u.s. capitol building, between us, there are 12 confederate statues and keep in mind, there are only four statues of african-americans in this same building. now, also in the unitedstates capitol, obviously, are statues of founding fathers, like georgia washington and thomas jefferson, the president's comments yesterday, that if you removed confederate statues, by that logic you would also then have to go and remove statues like jefferson and washington as being met by on that position by historians. in his opinion, there was a big difference between a founding father an southern rebel. >> thomas jefferson and george washington helped to create a nation. stonewall jackson and robert e lee tried to split. the

president trump not knowing history perhaps as he should. got that wrong as he has many other things as it relates to this issue. >> reporter: now, here inside the united states capitol, what you're looking at right there is the united states ratuin, da, statues of washington, jefferson, but there are other statues, statues of confederate figures like jefferson davis. robert e lee, alexander hamilton, throughout the united states capitol and tonight, the congressional black caucus chairman, democrat out of louisiana is renewing his call for the removal of not only confederate statues but confederate imagery throughout the capitol complex. as to the question about georgia washington and thomas jefferson, many people here in dc say they have heard those argumen

before, fact, both of those founding fathers owned slaves but in the opinions of people we spoke to today, there are differing sides on how that issue and how their memory should be handled. >> not really, because at the end of the day they helped build the country. they're till, they're still considered founding fathers. at the end of the day, yes, they owned slaves. but without them, this cloudy wouldn't exist >> if that means having to change washington, dc's name go ahead and change it but it's no different than seeing white only sign, black only sign at a water fountain and that's part of history, if you think it's offensive that needs to be taken down. >> reporter: fox 5 just heard from eleanor homes norton ordered her staff to prepare a report on the history and the meaning behind each and every one of the confederate statues in the u.s. capitol

he spokesman said she w after receiving that report. incidentally, dc's effort to obtain state hood last year convened a constitutional congress, that decided if dc were to be granted state hood, the name washington could be removed from the capitol city. the dc would remain. that would instead stand for doug commonwealth to honor frederick douglas. tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. mean the tonight, there is more fall-out our the latest remarks on charlottesville >> with ceos dropping out of the president's strategic policy form as well as the council, he tweeted he would simply end both >> ronica cleary live with more on this story. >> jim and sarah, it came after decided to resign from one of the presidentially advisory

councils, as you said he decided to do it via twitter. the president jumped ahead the game and decided to dismantle both of his council that have seen significant attrition before they might have had the opportunity to do it themselves, rather than putting pressure on manufacturing council and - strategy forum, i'm endng both, thank you all. just yesterday, at that firing press conference, in trump tower, the president said that the reason business leaders were leaving, it had nothing to do with the remarks he's made since charlottesville. >> i think the challenge that people face or the consumers face is that they want ceos to agree with them. and ceos aren't always going to agree with them on what their issue is and as a society, we have to get into a place where we're comfortable that not everybody is going to hold all our views or positions on every issue and we have to

sometimes you just have to not every decision you make is a political decision. >>reporter: that wasn't the president. that was actually matt mcdonald. and the president's remarks yesterday, he blamed it on fact that these business leaders don't make their products in the united states. but that's not what the business leaders are saying. they say it has everything to do with charlottesville. and you know what? six of those business leaders resigned because of that. not to mention the fact that two business leaders resigned from one of those councils after the president made the decision to leave the paris climate accord and another business leader left one of those councils after the decision to invoke the travel ban. now, more from matt mcdonald. he basically said unfortunately for business leaders today, they're forced more and more out of that safe space, really in the center of politics, and they're forced to enter this political fray because of the heat that you see in politics today. here'sy

ever decided to buy or not buy a product because of the decision that a company has made that really is political? we've had awesome conversation on the street in the district. use the #5at630. we'll be back with the pulled of the people i want you don't want to miss it. reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary, fox 5 local news. meanwhile, hundreds turned out to remember heather heyer today. she was killed when a car random into a group of counter protesters in charlottesville saturday. the man accused of driving the car is charged with second degree murder >> those who were at the service were asked to wear purple. heather's favorite color and her parents want people to remember their daughter for her belief in equality and injustice >> i was overwhelmed at the rainbow of colors in this room. it didn't matter who you were or where you were from. if she loved you

you were stuck. so for that, i'm truly proud of my daughter. >> as i listened to her friends, and hear stories of my daughter and the way she was, she loved people. she wanted equality. and in this issue of the day of her passing, she wanted to put down hate >> she was a firm believer in whatever she believed and let's do that. let's find that spark of conviction, let's find in ourselves that action. let's spread this. let's have the uncomfortable dialogue. it ain't easy sitting down and saying why are you upset? it ain't easy sitting down going, yeah, well, i think this way and i don't agree with you.

listen to what you have to say. of we're not going to sit around and shake hand and i'm sorry, it's not all about forgive ness, i know that that's not a popular pattern. but the truth is, we are going to have our differences, we are going to be angry with each other. but let's channel that anger not into hate. not into violence. not into fear. but let's channel that difference, that anger, into righteous action. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her [cheers an. cheers. schools back and so are heavy backpacks. >> the upcoming eclipse is fast approaching. pwhy it's raising fears of

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♪ ♪. sunnies this morning. a montgomery county judge denied a new sentencing hearing for lee boyd mall even though vo. he was convicted for participating in the snarl sniper attacks that dilled killed ten in the washington region, his attorney challenged his six life sentences in maryland and virginia, a recent u.s. supreme court ruling said mandatory life sentences without parole were unconstitutional for juveniles, the montgomery county states attorney said the original findings stood the test of time. >> the bottom line is any way you analyze this case, this is a complete loss for mr. mall vomit vo vo. the case opinions he relied upon don't apply. his sentence what do you mean illegal. >> malvo is now 32 and could still have the sentences overturned by a federal judge. virginia executed malvo's accomplice in 2009. >> we. we now the know the names of the two people killed in a murder suicide in prince george's county. bernard williams was shot and killed by quiroz t um o r. in new indicated alley dia lane arcadia lane. no word on why. new video out of capitol heights. had one of two people robbing a man ts

they're also accused of robbing a second person before taking off. no one was hurt. the driver of the car is now under arrest. police are still looking for the second man. rising rents costs across the district forcing restaurants to tack on a surcharge to your talk about or worse shut their door, a northwest restaurant found a discrete way for customers to help foot the increasing cost to do business >> a lot of people were wondering why, tisha had a lewis is live in northwest tonight to break this all down for us. tisha, what does this all mean? >> reporter: well, jim, it means a lot more money for the restaurant coming in and here's why. we're talking about a 3% surcharge, there were more than 2000 restaurants across the district. we're here at ocean air restaurant in northwest. you can see they're open for business, preparing for the dinner hour. the message patrons are receiving when it's time to pay the bill is creating a lot of buzz, especially on social media. we wanted to see for ourselves and here it is. it says, due to the rising cost of doing business in this location, including costs associated with higher minimal wage rates act 3% surcharge has been added

this was first brought to our attention by pop villa. the surcharge is added on the bill and fine print below the signature line. prestaurant manager told me the move was mandated by the corporate office who made the decision. now, i spoke with several city officials throughout the day about this, including the district's taxation office. we're told there is a 10% sales tax on food sales. no one and i repeat no one we spoke with and i spoke with more thn half a dozen people, were informed or aware about the surcharge, nor could they tell us if it's allowed. now, instead of increasing menu prices, ocean air has a different approach to covering increased costs and all of this is happening while many restaurants have been forced to close shop. >> yes, there are closings, but with that, there are so many new restaurants and there's a lot of excitement in regards to the industry as a whole >> there's always going to be turn over with restaurants, that's why you see so many

continuously looking at ways to change the environment. if something new opens and if there are 50 new restaurants opening in the city, the question will be what are you doing to remain active and relevant and a very competitive market? >> reporter: now, the surcharge here at ocean air restaurant comes amid restaurant week across the district. i did speak with the district's consumer affairs office. they tell me someone would actually have to launch a formal complaint in order for them to investigate. but the big issue surrounds disclosure and i want to have you walk over with me. this is the menu posted at the entrance on the restaurant, and at the very, very bottom, there's the last line, we were talking about disclosure, and the consumer affairs office said do they tell people before they order? they don't tell you verbally but it's on the menu due to rising costs of doing business, costs associated with higher minimum wage there will be a 3%

now know is,s yes, even though i'm told it was just put in the window and we did dine there for lunch, i didn't quite notice that. appears they do at least give patrons a written notice about this surcharge, again, folks across the district i have no idea about this surcharge and really have little information to provide to us when we were asking them questions about it. tisha lewis, fox 5 local news. >> think people will be looking at the receipts a little bit closer >> buyer be aware and buyer be aware. let's, you know, tisha had lunch -- i don't know if they sat outside, >> could have >> been a nice day >> little humid. 89 degrees, let's check in with sue >> i'm going to put a 3% you surcharge on this forecast, we hit 90 >> were we paying for it in the first place >> no, you weren't. you know what? forget i even brought it up. i have to say this, this is the first time since august 4th we've hit 90. august has been a little bit on the cooler side, and on the wetter side. i don't kn

dry day because after yesterday's heavy downpours we need to dry out. that is for sure. we got company in new york city at 83. boston, 83. down toward raleigh, 90, everybody a lot warmer than they were just 24 hours ago. and check of temperatures, i know i think we've been to say the least as warm as 91 here today. and that's where you still are in manassas at this hour. annapolis, a little bit cooler at 84. then you get up towards hagerstown, frederick, martinsberg, everybody at 88, dulles is there, cumberland, humidity still around that led to thick fog late last night and early this morning, that has burned off. but the humidity remains, and that means the combination of the humidity with the temperature makes it feel like 95. a full five degrees warmer. 90 in hagerstown 92 in dulles. i don't think we'll see the widespread fog like we had. could be a patch or two of fog but we're noticing on our visible satellite picture just

one or two isolated showers and storms, watching just a couple little pop-ups, very tiny between round hill and leonardtown and loudoun county and between baltimore this a healthier storm. for for the most part, we're not going to go see anything like that for rest of the evening, 7:00 temperature warm at 87. feeling like 90. by 9:00, partly cloudy and 81 degrees and by the time we get to 11:00, 78 degrees. what should you expect tomorrow? got to tell you more clouds than sun and scattered showers and storms in the afternoon, not necessarily a severe threat but because it will still be humid, i think any showers or storms we have will be capable of dropping heavy rain, that's we'll be watching for thursday, we got to talk about friday and the weekend as well as next monday, the solar

>> kevin durant festival planned is not happening. what the mayor said when fox 5 asked that question coming up >> the maryland couple who gained internet fame for playing a prank on their kids have been charge with neglect. a warning at atms, after card skimmer s are found across virginia. back after this.

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♪ ♪. a massive search underway for five u.s. service members after the blackhawk helicopter crashed off the coast of hawaii, the coast guard said it found a field of debris including a fuselage and a helmet no signs of those on board, training mission was underway when it lost contact with the chopper. richard spencer will not be allowed to speak at the university of florida next month. the university announced it will deny the

institute request to rent space for a september event featuring the alt right leader. move sentence for serious concerns following the deadly protest in charlottesville. spencer was also scheduled to speak at texas a and m but the university cancelled citing similar safety concerns. the maryland parents whose youtube pranked aimed at their kids gained national criticism. mike and heather martin charged with two counts of enact of a minor, prosecutors claimed they neglected two of five kids between november of 2016 and april of this years, including their son featured in the video that gained attention in which the martins falsely accused him of making a mess and used all sorts of obscene tea. the couple is due in court next month for a plea hearing, if convicted up to five years in prison. talk about this one tonight in prince george's county, a festival scheduled to celebrate nba championship kevin durant has been cancelled? a parade in his honor will still go on

there were reports earlier that the festival portion was cancelled due to a permit issue. we spoke to the mayor to get his take. >> what we've done is paid an adjustment and we want to focus on the parade. the permit is not a problem. that would come from the county and that's a co sponsor, that's not the issue, the issue is to insure that we put on a quality event for our hometown hero and that's what we're going to do. and tomorrow with this parade to honor kevin durant. >> the parade starts at the judith p monday sorry school in land over then travels down and started at 10:00 a.m. >> it's still a good thing to see him come back home and get the proper salute from everybody >> it will be a huge crowd. coming up a woman fighting off man try to go attack her is caught on video. >> we'll tell you how witnesses reacted after driving by what they saw in full view.

. politician is protesting the covering up of a confederate monument in his state >> she's only 28 but hope hicks is a new white house communications director. we'll talk about what the latest move is for the president coming up. as we head they don't break, friends, family and could workers who continue to remember the life of heather heyer >> she was a wonderful soul. she would get to work and stay after, come home on the weekends. of we admired her commitment to her job. she was a real person.

5:00. time to look at your headlines, the woman killed in a deadly pedestrian accident yesterday in alexandria, 46-year-old glen today quiroz was hit and killed by a pickup truck on bueller street. the driver was apparently experiencing a medical emergency, the driver was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition. we do want to warn you about skimming devices found on atms in prince william's county. police discovered the devices at five different 7-eleven locations. the skimmers were found on an atm along prince william's county parkway, two locations along miniville road and two 7-elevens along dale boulevard. loudoun county office released two photos. the suspect used a shirt to conceal their face. trying to rob someone at gunpoint last friday at bank of america atm and the countryside area of sterling. suspect got

victim's wallet and cash. while baltimore was sleeping, mayor pugh removed all four city's confederate monuments before the sun came up >> she watched as the process taken more than a year come to action came to a head in the early morning hour, comes after monday's baltimore city council meeting where members voted unanimously to remove the statues. mayor moved quickly and quietly. public safety was her top concern. baltimore residents react to the removal. >> where are we going now is going to destroy us all. it's going to destroy us. >> mourning the art. and the archive and the documentation that we lost. because it was an accurate piece of history >> what are you going to do if it's bad history? we don't have statues of hitler and munich. >> the city is still deciding

confederate cemeteries in maryland were previously discussed. the mayor would not say where they were taken in the meantime, or how much the removal cost. to alabama politician is protesting the covering up of a confederate monument there, city crews boarded up the statue in birmingham last night confronted by angry candidate for mayor. the reason? frank matthews wanted the monument taken down back in 2015 after white supremacist shot and killed nine people in an historic black church in south carolina. now he's objecting to it being covered up. >> this is not -- i'm speaking to what is wrong. that is not right. you didn't take it down when nine people was killed. nine black people in the church. >> birmingham's mayor ordered the symbols to be covered up in the wake of this weekend's violence. a confederate monument inside a hollywood cemetery being taken down. the hollywood the cemetery where dozens of civil war

buried. the cemetery said it's being removed after growing outrage. crews are expected to remove the statue and based by tonight and put in private storage. the cemetery is footing the bill. it's not just confederate monuments two signs honoring robert e. lee were also removed from a church in new york. the plaques had been affixed to maple tree outside st.'s john's episcopal church in brooklyn more than 100 years >> he must be remembered not celebrated especially on the streets of our community. we called on the dioceses to remove the sign >> you don't change history >> officials they say removed the plaques in response to the events in charlottesville. three mower protesters arrested today for

in the vandalism of a confederate statue in durham north carolina. identified at dante stab ino, peter gilbert. thompson was arrest yesterday for participating in a riot they tore the confederate down monday. new tonight, attorney general jeff sessions continued to condemn so-called sanctuary cities during an event in miami point the add chicago as an example of a city where crime spiked as a result of sanctuary policies. he claimed chicago politicians are putting their own politics before the safety and well-being of their constituents. >> we cannot continue giving taxpayer money to cities that actively undermine the safety and efficacy of federal law enforcement. and actively foot pursuit efforts to reduce crime in their own cities. so if the people in chicago

these other cities are concerned about losing money, i suggest not call me, call your city council and your mayor. >> chicago officials claim there is no known connection between illegal immigrants and the city's efforts to combat violent crime. president trump's long time aid hope hicks will be the trump communications director. she's filling the vacancy left behind by anthony scaramucci who was fired after ten days on the job. the 28-year-old former teen model was mainly flown under the radar but considered one of the most important members of the team. who gets interviews with the president. her current title is director of strategic communications she'll work along sarah hackabee-sanders until a permanent replacement is found. a violent attack caught on camera. >> police say man tried to attack a woman and take her pants off. but she fought back. we're going to show you how this ended next. thousands of fans flocked to grace land to pay tribute to elvis on his 40th

40'sth anniversary of his death, we'll explain why many say they were disappointed when they got there. sue? >> i'll tell you what we're keeping an eye on that forecast for monday. for the solar eclipse. 90 degrees, some crowds but we think those clouds right now will be in the early stages. the partial phases of the eclipse, our max eclipse will be about 81% at 2:42 in the afternoon, the visibility looks like it will be good, again, this is a light shadow that we get. we don't get dark because the little bit twilighty. the partial phase will end at 4:01 and looks like the weather will cooperate with maybe a fair visibility toward the end of the eclipse, how is the weekend shaping up and what is the timing for showers and storms we're expecting tomorrow? all of that coming your way when we come back.

. a cal woman fighting off a man trying to attack her caught on video, surveillance images show the woman hitting, kicking and scratching him. police say he was trying to take off her pants, this happened early in the morning outside of an la apartment complex, people in cars passed by but no one stopped to help. >> a lady walking down the street looking back disturbed by what she seen, but at no time did anybody stop to help. >> a woman should be able to go and get a cup of coffee in the morning before the sun comes up without being sexual assaulted. >> los angeles police are still looking for the man tonight and have released a sketch of him. the woman was not seriously hurt. . chris brown is opening up about his relationship with ex-girlfriend brianna. he details the infamous incident when he was arrested for physically

things became violent after she found text massages from another woman on the phone he said he felt like a monster and his behavior will haunt him forever. today we remember the king of rock and roll. elvis presley fan started gathering outside his estate to honor the legendry singer on the 40th anniversary of his death. elvis passed away in 1977 at the age of 42. officials say this year they had to amp up the event security. >> some elvis fans were ticked off when they learn they would have to pay to visit the late singer's grave. those who made the trip to grace land for this year's annual vigil had to purchase an elvis week property pass for about 30 bucks. in the past it had been free. sue, what's going on >> jim feels like day off because it's so much more quiet. >> and tomorrow may be another day, that we have to watch tropical downpours, but he said real humid and this is our first 90 degree day since august 4. fe l

that's for sure. humidity is still around. fog broke up early today. might be a little bit of fog later tonight. but we cannot ditch this humidity. and by the way, i don't think the fog will be anywhee near as widespread but it's important to note that the humidity is still in place, because any showers or storms that we see tomorrow could also feature some of those heavy downpours, let's get you started with a look at your weather headlines, most shower or storm we see would be in the afternoon. again not terrible. i think the main concern would be heavy rain, not strong winds. but we'll watch that for you closely. tonight we have a couple of isolated showers around but not widespread. the main threat as mentioned with anything we see tomorrow is rain. friday, we have another chance for storms, and these may have some severe elements including those strong winds as well as heavy rain. there's a frontal boundary that's coming on friday. of right now, we think it will keep moving. but because it could stall just south and east only an isolated show

or not the storm gets too close to some suburbs. the weekend is looking good and summer like i might add. we hit 91 officially. dulles at 89, bwi, 89, we've only had this is our fifth day at or above 90 so far this august, it's been a little easier in terms of the heat. that's because we've had so much rain this month. temperature in gaithersburg right now, 85. 91 for manassas but then when you combine it with the humidity, feels like 95 in the district. 89 for gaithersburg, 93 for quantico and 95 is what feels like in culpeper at 5:00. our visibility satellite picture, a few cumulus clouds and we have a couple of showers in a few of those popping on out there's been one near baltimore and a couple more passing across loudoun county and central virginia, nothing causing problems. of but this is category 2 hurricane gert. let me show you last six hours, very visible eye. aren't we lucky this thing missed us, strong but moving

quickly away. gert has winds of 100 miles per hour and moving northeast at 31 miles an hour, lots of rough surf for the north atlantic. strong rip currents, gert will be out by late tomorrow. and we're glad to see that she didn't cause too much trouble along the eastern seaboard. what can you expect? showers and storms in the forecast tomorrow. clouds and sun, so a mixture of both, it will not be quite as sunny as today. kind of goes for friday too. scattered showers and storms, temperature of 90, here's what's changing, tomorrow, a warm front is going to move in. driven by high pressure that will get off the coast. that gets the temperatures cranking again. but it also allows a little bit more instability and showers and storms chances return in the afternoon, here's what we're thinking in terms of planner, more clouds around in the morning on thursday, 75, by noon, still humid, 85, a little bit of a mix of sun and clouds, and watch for shower and maybe a few

5:00 around 87 degrees coming down from a high temperature that will be close to 90 again tomorrow. 87 for quantico. 88 for fredericksberg. futurecast. and let me show you what you can expect because tomorrow morning looks like things will be on the dry side with just clouds around. the noon hour, not a lot of activity. but as we go through the afternoon, one or two of these could have heavy rain with them, and futurecast even wants to suggest around 9:00, there could be stronger thunderstorms still hanging around, we'll do it again on friday as well. so your fox 5 accu-weather seven-day forecast, couple more days to watch storms here thursday, friday, drier days saturday, sunday, again, isolated shower possible but only a very small chance, then monday, looking good in terms of the weather forecast, it's a warm one for the solar eclipse but hopefully not too many clouds to block the view. showers back in the forecast on tuesday and wednesday of next week. that is your seven-day forecast, sarah and jim over to you. we're just five

from the solar eclipse on monday, the shadow of the moon will completely block the sun for a few minutes in the middle of the day >> the best views oregon to south carolina but most of the country will be able to see the eclipse to some sort of degree, joining us dr. michelle is the assistant director for science communication in maryland. good evening, how are you? >> great to be here. >> there's lot of excitement. i think we want know around here, what are we going to see around the dmv. >> in washington, dc, we'll have about 80% coverage of the son be that's called a partial eclipse, the sun will look like a crescents as the moon goes in front of it. if your lucky enough to get yourself in the path of total tea. the sky will get entirely dark. the moon is lined up perfectly so it's getting in the way of the sun and casting a shadow. as you mentioned the shadow goes all the way from oregon across the country and out at south carolina. so 80% of the sunil

up where you are and that's something that there still be noticeable. >> tell us people might think, that means i don't need to be as careful perhaps when it comes to my eyes and looking at it. i'm assuming that is not the case. you still need those glasses. you still need to be careful. >> that's right. if any bit of the sun is showing, it can damage your eyes. the only time you can safely look at the sun is during a total eclipse where the moon is completely in front of the sun. so it will not be safe in our area to look at it with your pn. as you mentioned you can do one of two things, take safe solar eclipse viewing glasses and these are safe enough to look directly at the sun, but an easier and inexpensive thing to do is make something called a pinhole camera, punch a tiny hole in a piece of plastic or paper and let the sunshine through that on to the ground and that little hole will focus the light and you can see the shape of the sun with the moon going past it. it a will turn into a little crescents. you can actually observe this wherever you are, a simple way is tak

them together and make little holes between your fingers. it's easy. >> i got to say, there's so much excitement around this right now. i mean, it's contagious, this is a great way to start getting kids involved. >> seeing a solar eclipse is really dramatic, it's a way that makes you feel connected to the larger universe. you realize you are on this little ball that's flying around the sun and the moon is another little ball has to line up and everything lines up with you when you're in the shadow. so i've seen two solar eclipses, i'm hoping this will be my third. and i was never quite the same again. they really did a number on me when you look up into the sky and see things go dark during the daytime, if you're in total tea, you see the stars come out, a sunset 360 degrees around you it's

i'm getting goose bumps >> we appreciate it getting us excited. >> there's a lot to say about this. by the way, there's cruise ship where bonnie tyler will sing total eclipse of the heart live. i'm excited about. i wish i could be there. but anyway, moving on. lot going on in the world of sports, brody, what's going on >> jim, he don't do i get on this cruise? and i nothing about it. i'm bumped. the redskins are back in their practice facility, looking to put their poor performance in the first season game behind them. the nats in their nine game stand trying to end on a high note. some amazing video from a race in wisconsin. tell you all about that. ahead in sports.

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performance in their first preseason game. after a 23-3 loss. trent murphy was lost for the season with a knee injury, and sue what cravens suffered a knee injury. thankfully that's nearly as severe, cray vens had meniscus tear. of missing out on crucial replies for a player sliding into a new position for the first time since college. team was back in ashburn after training camp and they set out to fix the issues that resulted in a sloppy two-series for the starting offense and a number of miss qs on both sides of the ball. something they can't have saturday against the packers. to baseball, angels and nationals midday matinee baseball. ryan zimmerman, bottom of the first, wearing the shades, a two-run homerun put it out in the seats in left center. six of zimmerman's last ten hits have been homers or

those in a big way here. nats up two to one, calhoun goes to the upper deck, struck out three in seven innings and got great defensive help. drive to left center, michael a taylor, the a is for amazing. lays out makes the grab. he loves it. the fans love it. they couldn't come back falling to the angels 3-2. >> check out this video from over the weekend, check out the cars they reached the turn. a three-car crash results in a trail of fire. amazingly, the three drivers trenton more yacht tee jeff knight and taylor walked away from the wreck sustaining minor injuries. the fire suits in the cars they had no burn, just minor injury, pretty amazing >> back to the nats it's important that michael a taylor doing things like that because you

bryce harper >> he has a little pop in the bat but brings great defensive. they went six and three in the nine game home stance and lost bryce harper. we'll see. >> thanks brody >>. the sports collection is the smithsonian is getting more legendry, the iconic artifacts donated by baseball greats today. next.

smithsonian national museum of history is adding new items >> the museum took in 14 artifacts used by major leagues. willie mace, hank aaron. oz see smith >> and some include a baseball signed by babe ruth in 1927 yankees and a glove used by brooks robinson. >> always good to see history

sticking around and seeing true baseball greats out there for sure >> that's it for the 5 >> your news at 6:00 starts now. this is fox 5 local news at 6:00. right now at 6:00, the controversy over confederate statues comes to a head, four monuments removed in maryland. all while residents were sleeping. and now, the confederacy battle could be moving to the capitol building. and more fall-out for president trump. two of his councils come crumbling down in the wake of controversial comments on charlottesville. plus, hidden fees, the surcharge at one restaurant that's leaving patrons confused. the news at 6:00 starts for you. it's a story gaining national attention. thank you for joining us, i'm tony perkins >> i'm shawn yancy. baltimore's's mayor had the city's confederates remov

overnight. the process to remove the statues took more than a year. crews removed them early this morning, while the city was still asleep. the move followed monday's baltimore city council meeting. members voted unanimously to remove the statues. the mayor said she moved quickly and quietly in an effort to avoid potential conflicts like the ones in charlottesville. she said public safety was her top concern >> i think any city that has confederate statues are concerned about violence occurring in their city. and i just think that baltimore right in the midst of getting the consent decree completed. this is not something that is needed, that i think that we should work together, figure out how we move our city forward. >> the city is still deciding where to place the removed statues. confederate cemeteries in maryland were previously discussed as a possibility. the mayor would not say where they were taken in meantime or how much the removal cost. could t