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suspect in custody rented a van in a town 15 miles from barcelona. authorities say he is moroccan citizen that lived legally in spain and isis claimed responsibility for the attack. >> president donald trump quick to respond saying u.s. condemns terror attack in barcelona spain and will do whatever necessary to be tough and strong, we love you. a short time ago vice-president mike pence weighed in. >> the united states stands ready to assist and punish those responsibility and on this dark day our prayers and the prayers of all of of the american people are with the victims, their families, and the good people of spain. >> here in d.c. flags of embassy of spain were lowered following the attack. the investigation is underway. we'll
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all the information as we get it. >> police released a new composite sketch of a suspect they say ab ducked and tried to sexually assault a 22-year-old woman. >> that sketch is making rounds on social media tonight as police hope someone recognizes the man. the deal happened in a northern virginia maibd. tisha lewis joins us live from weston with the story. >> marina, sarah, we're steps away from why police say a 22-year-old woman is sid sidewalking behind my right shoulder in this wooded air. that's when we're told she was ambushed. then abducted and almost sexually assaulted all of this unfolded monday and now today we're getting a look at who police believe is responsible. three days later police have released this come podsit sketch. they i have abettor idea who they're looking for but need
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they released the sketch of a suspect described as latino maybe in late 20s, early 30s. brown hair and full beard. we spoke with a resident in restin who says more police patrol is needed in this area. >> i mostly feel safe. and i take precautions and try to use good judgment. unfortunately i think there's places and areas that probably are not as safe as where i personally live. so, yes, of course, it create some anxiety and discomfort and sadness for the victim. >> wow like to sew more police in the area. >> probably yes, yes, i would. >> the suspect was reportedly wearing a sgrae shirt red letters shorts and red baseball cap at the same of the incident. the victim was walking a round in restin monday afternoon when
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behind her and dragged her into the nearby woods. the woman was walking on the sidewalk of the 12,000 block of north shore drive in rest ton. once in the woods the suspect tried to remove the victim's clothing and then moments later abruptly left. he was last seen in gray or silver gray hyundai and the tag may begin with the letter v as in victor. all thun foldeled near a shopping plaza and apartment complex adds recent as yesterday police tell me they were canvassing the area. >> we want to make sure officers get in the area and are able to talk to folks in the community and allows for community policing aspect of our job to get out there and speak to people who are responsible witnesses to the case. >> anyone with information about this case is asked to call fairfax police. you can enter a tip on crime solvers. that web site is fairfax crime solvers and you could be eligible for
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new tonight we lerntd that fairfax police detect stivz will be back out here next week canvassing the area and interviewing more potential witnesses. tisha lewis, "fox5 local news". >> also, northern virginia, police need your help finding a teenager that went missing in fairfax county. this is 16-year-old muft muftstaiesmel. police say he was walking to track practice at lee high school and never made it. he is 5' 8" and weighs 155 pounds and has cognitive disguilt and is in need of his medication. if you know his whereabouts call police. >> to the sheriff ace office of loudoun county to analyze what stole a confederate stroot uthis happened sometime overnight. confederate statute came under scrutiny
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following a death of woman in charlottesville during the white national rally to protect a statue of robert e. lee. we spoke to a man that said the statues should stay where they are. >> i think it's disrespectful. i don't think in any place, i mean, it's a public place. i think it has a right to be up. there as far as i mean it's history all history is not good history and won't be good history. just a reminder we cannot repeat the past. i believe they should stay and be remind her of not repeating what's happened in the past. good or bad. you know we have to move forward together. /we don't move forward together and stay divided nothing will get solved regardless. >> the graffiti has since been removed from the statue. >> and battle oaf the future of confederate monuments moves on as more leaders are are calling to remove them from public spaces. >> will the
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probably not, ronica cleary live at the jefferson memorial with moran this one, ronica. maureen, sarah, there's been a debate for years in this country about future of confederate monuments and flags. of course that came to a t tipping part in light of events in charlottesville. people are moving to new topic jefferson memorial. it was interview with charlie rose of pbs and reverend al sharpton said he blepz we should no longer use federal funds because jefferson was a slave owner. it's personal because his great grand father was a slave. interestingly enough the conversation moving from confederate monuments to those that recognize the funding fathers who own slaves. that's where the president said the conversation would go in fiery and controversial nres conference earlier this
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week. >> this week it's robert e. lieu. stonewall jack some is coming down i woontder george wawb top next week and thomas jefferson the week after. you really have to ask y yourself why does it stop. >> the president doubled down on in in a handful of sweets. you cannot erase history but can learn from it. to be clear this is funded and supported by federal funds into the not purview mayor bowser but we had a chance to ask her today about the topic and whether or not she believes that funds should could be tin to be used to support mop uments that honor legacy of founding father who's were also slave owners, take a listen. . >> that's the first i've heard that. i don't think i would support that. if we don't fund it it will sink to the tidal basin. he with have to have
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we're talking about monuments and extended core it has to be a conversation. we have a confederate statue on federal land at judiciary square we think the federal government can remove immediately. . >> now we also asked mayor becauseer another question about the future of confederate monuments in the district what she think should be done move are to ward. nup in 5@630 and here what she had to soy in a future in the district. reporting live at the jefferson memorial. ronica cleary, "fox5 local news". >> a fire breaks out at a local church. >> firefighters battle a blaze first baptist church of glen arden and we'll explain what caught on hero. >> kevin durant brings his trough owe back. a celebratory
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>> if you had not heard this is kevin during respect day. >> they're honoring a hometown hero who happens to be nba champion and mvp. >> he is the man of the hour for august 17, 2017 is kevin durant day in prince george county. >> i cannot believe it. i cannot believe he's here. >> i'm excited, kd. he's a real mvp. >> city of sea pleasant host ingt a parade in durant's honor. >> i've been living here 40 years i never seen anything like this. >> and kevin durant is icon. he's made it but has not forgotten where he's come f from, his roots. >> nba super
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back of convertible along sea pleasant drive. getting their first face to face with the hometown hero. >> kevin durant. >> we had a chance to speak briefly with the native midway through the two mile parade route. >> kevin what do you make of this crowd saying thank you. >> it's surreal, man, to come up here and come back and do this. this is crazy. >> durant's mother wanda and father wayne joining in the celebration. >> this is the sound daition of what kevin is built on and to see all these people here is totally amazing i appreciate the support from this neighborhood and i co county. this is the area my grandparents from the south and this is part of who we a are. afterwards inside the community center gymnasium where durant said he crafted basketball kills two time olympic gold medalist was honored by
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members. sure oubding by during rants sponsors. >> especially now with so much going on in the country and world with. and we aised some pretty amazing kids here. thank you so much. i owe you way more than you owe me sglin deed a day to remember for soupier star aming least and those living in his hometown. in sea pleasant maryland, bob barnard, fox local news. >> and some of those who barked had to do scrambling later after authorities told more than half a dozen vehicles there were signs warning people not to parka long that street. but, some clearly didn't see it or didn't heed the warning. no word how much that will cast those who attended and got cars towed. >> there's still actually confusion tonight why a festival in basketball tournament presidential
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cancelled. we're told more than 1,000 free tickets went out but the party was postponed until next spring. >> it's humid. >> feels like a sauna. >> it's really hot. let's check in with sue. >> is it really that hot or humidity today. >> or is it just us. >> really that humid. >> it's a free paishl facial if you step out. >> we were talking earlier it feels like miami out there. and those dew point temperatures are out of control. >> here's what's happening sarah and marina. we had one across prince george that developed lightning moving out to the bay and more importantly tapping heavy rain because it is so incredibly humid and activity is not widespread n now. in fact, what we're watching at the moment is a bit of shower activity. no liringtening moving out of montgomery country. between wheaton and clarksville area as we put this in motion paralleling 95 here those downpours
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breaking up a bit and over to the bay to watch the activity is already traversed anne arrundel making its way to the eastern shore seems disp dispainted. rough lied route 50. here's what next. few more showers tonight. by in large most of this activity used to die down between 7 and 8:00 and this is what we ahead of a cool front crossing our area toment. that's a bigger trigger for us. as a result of that we expect stronger storms to be around our area tomorrow afternoon and early evening. those stronger storms yes could have heavy rain and might have stronger winds and maybe a bit of hail with them. and talking about those temperatures we've about a lot warmer than 85 this year and it is so incredibly humid and one of the most this year that
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it feels this is the actual temperature raeting culpeper. 90. make sure dewpoint of 75 and 79 quangt cope '79 dull hees. humidity is making it warm. several places feeling at or above 1 0. dulles feels like 100. culpeper feels like 102. quantico feels like 100 and 93 in d.c. with frederick feel like 98 due to incredibly tropical chutety and that will work would some of that tomorrow as well. for the rest this evening i'll keep a few showers arounds through:00. 85. shutting off after 7 to 8 and by 9:00 partly cloudy to m mostly cloudy 81. patchy fog possibly late. we have not had enough rain to get that development later tonight
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a lot of hot, humid air ahead of had and present think of we'll show you timing and improved weekend forecasts and flights chance to eclipse forecast monday as well. all that coming up in a few minutes. maureen, sarah back to you. >> the school year getting started and there's a big concern for some parents. >> over crowded buses are causing a safety concern for students and what the school district is saying about the problem. >> it's awe new app popular now with the utube and face book among teenagers but risks that could come with using is it. stay with us.
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>> muir becauseer is addressing concerns offer a school building $100 million over budget during opening of another school watkins elementary in southeast bowser was asked about the cost of reopenening duke ellington school of arts. original budget was not the actual budget that will open to the zoo next week a year behind schedule and it's not just duke ellington. washington elementary started $14 million and cost close to $40 million. mayor says she wants to put truth in budgeting to make the process more transparent. >> i do have something to say about that whiling the post got some of the story right the headline was exactly wrong let me explain. and i don't work for the post for anything. i might write the headline a little differently. i would say we're finally getting school budgeting ri right. >> mayor also aannounceed up improvements
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in the past two years. >> a warning for parents about a messaging april popular among teens serahot allows messages cents and received anonymously teenagers are using it to cyber bully one another. >> kids have unrealistic reality of what life should be and it's based on likes. when you start getting negative comments they take personal and it leads toe mental health conditions and suicide. >> sarah has more than 200 million. >> after admitting to pouring windex and aj ax no coffee maker at
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you're boulevard in northwest. workers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> sky fox as over scene of intense fire that broke out on the building of campus of first baptist church glen arden before 10 a.m. investigators say the fire started on roof of building that was under construction. >> a virginia woman sentenced to more than three years in prison for poisoning co-w co-worker's coffee with with windex and dish soap. she pled guilty to adult ration of food with intent to injury. the workers in sterling began experiencing stomach pain and vomiting beginning in juan of 2016 and a soup virus then found security footage showing her pouring win dmeext break room coffee maker. at some time a terrifying case of alleged physical and sexual abuse inside a kond min glum montgomery county. >> a 38
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charged with first degree rain and animalle cruelty among several other charms. >> reporter: we're learning more about the accused ripist anthony russel junior and we're told he visited his victim quite frequently at their condo and they kept toel themselves. the victim told police during the 1/2 year relationship russal salted more more than ten times. >> behind the crewed up blinz inside this bottom level konld owe with a keyless entry lock tools a woman -- in the span of two months. >> this is the man accused of first degrow he rain and aggravated animal xhulty and other rnl chas and anthony sherwood russel jn junior according to documents
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junior and the woman had within in a sexual veltion shl for two and a half years. she said june 20 to june 20 russel ordered her into the bedroom where she said he had sex with him out of fear and if she did not have sex with russel he told her he would break her hips. the documents also revealed that russel would cover her nose and mouth making it impossible for her to speak or even breathe. the alleged sexual abuse tuned extremely violent and medical and went on during the month of july and on july threatened to kill and skin her puppy he later stabbed the animal on its side. the dog was taken to to the veterinary an because of injuries had to be put down. >> charging documents revealed that russel was a personal trainer and a former marine but what's even more draw
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but what's even more draw troping we're told by the state attorney office russell held but bound. we spoke with property manager of the condominiums complex according to him he did not 2340e the owner and the vick anymore in this case well. one time he did interact there was noynd occasions of her being a volatile relation shxt as you can imagine he was telling thus comes as a shock and surprise to this community. >> in montgomery county this evening "fox5 local news". >> the u.s. secret service was slapped with a major lawsuit. at issue a public watchdog group now accusing secret service violating freedom of information known as foia. and "fox5" tom fitzgerald poured over the suit and is
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live any court. >> this is it, the lawsuit filed at the district courthouse in norm west d.c. watchdog group named public citizen mild group because they say they have been the group's attorney said that over four months they've been trying to get information about who went to meeting with the office of management in budget and environmental quality council and office of drug control policy and science and technology council at the white house. secret service claims that these kinds of records are not public records even though the request was filed through the freedom of information act. >> the wreak set service respond first we telling us these were not agency records subject to told them
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d.c. wishingit had held in 203 that they were emergency records and all right transheard records to white house. >> as it stands now the sit sdeps do not have those reports. that's why they say they're taking secret service to co court. what wear they're asking this. u.s. district court to force secret service to furnish over visitor logs and records of who goes in and out of meeting and they're also asking the court do deplay not to release these type of records. why is this important. in previous administrations these types of visitors remember mack to the mondayic auto lieu win ski scandal in the 19990 s. visitor logs were key pieces of evident
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that intern monica lieu inski was entering the whitehouse during the affair she had and clinton tried to cover that fact up. though, flash forward and determining whether logs should be private and personal information. >> i think it's information to be made public. >> i don't think we need to know everything detail of nerve that is done part of national skubty. >> for sure it should be. >> why are they trying to keep this information private. >> so we wanted to know what the whitehouse and secret service had to say about this today. neither one granted our request for an interview that may surprise you. however the secret service did get back us to with a statement that was not very long. they said
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on mipding lit. >> tom fitzgerald, "fox5 local news". >> developing tonight, police are searching for the us is secretary who vandalized a building near a george town university track. someone wrote anti-dynamic the the graffiti was move and georgetown release aid statement saying the police department is coordinating closely with mpd and offer ago signature answer. the building is opened by d.c. ps and joosed by studentage lease during certain hours. >> the national park service has removed red marking from the vietnam veterans memorial. 9:00 last night workers spot whad looked like red crayon or lipstick and crossed offer a single name on east wall. park police are investigating the incident as vandalism and they don't think it's corrte
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down frat government officials argued landmarks are important part of cultural landscape. gettysburg honors own others than fought aiingt dayed even men that said the in phone federate army. it will not rereceive or request to think them down. >> coming undisard seen noen ends with a car threat falling from loading train. >> a crash driver wrashs into we'll complain how other's drives get to erase the timely crew. >> we're keeping it on radar. they're widely scattered tonight. we're not off the hook yet
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a quick check of radar and what we were watching smallen apart. as we look towards montgomery country a few lingering showers are still around and then another one that is desk just north of knew market lodge i 70. if i move around at area and i also wanted to show you here and there we still catch a couple showers towards the savage area, fabzville and over towards olney. wakz more importantly what should you respect any and the paektment
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angeles xing a suspected car thief falls to his death from the top of a crane as police led a chase. unclear if they jump odor fell after an hour longstanding-off with police after a man stripped naked on top of a crane. >> the dramatic standoff the night sun aimed at the suspect high atop crane number 85 at times he strips off clothing while on top of the crane. other times climbs walking on the catwalk unfazed as appears to exercise with the peers and channels of water front below with coastguard and harbor patrol stationed in the water in case he jumps or falls. it all starts with this pursuit that towns down right dangerous running on the wrong side of the road heighting speeds of 90 miles an hour. that white subaru suv still with paper plates stolen from a dealership all over the
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around inside the port while workers are still there on the job even doing donuts. how dangerous is this. then the suspect ditches suv and starts climbing the crane. 140 feet up running wild to the edge of the boom. that's suspended over the water with this guy on the loose shoremen that work the port are told to get out. >> i heard a bunch of sirens saying he with to leave the terminal. as i was exiting -- >> that brings in a crowd everybody looking upward and the suspect holding police at bay hour after hour. >> this is crazy i've never seen anything like this 26 years oflying there i wonder how he got there. >> you think sxhurty would be
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fight and a truck driver narrowly survived a fiery crash on kansas highway. take a look at video. camera captures the moment this seem eye with the red cab crashes rights into the barrier and then burst into flames. flames rather and all the other cars happened to be the right distance of away and avoid being hit narrowly and what the truck driver strapped inside environmental others have pulled him free. including a three nasty smelling the tropical gets it bloom because it emits a small spell with three corps flowers though at
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institute you. >> especially with the heat and humidity. >> you can imagine. >> i have been here for many mroomz and i never smawld it. >> i'm not rubbing to throw it tlavrpingz given. >> isn't it crazy, 85 and feelings like 100. >> i saw the anybodys it's all reds and purple. >> it's incredibly dulles because we have more downpours and right now pretty ice advise he i think there's a small chance we'll see these developing n the neighborhoods and better chance tomorrow. we start with first and foremost a look at monday's weather. i know i'm jumping way ahead of myself. everybody knows we have partial solar eclipse
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monday and i want to show you we're going with the forecast we're mace basing this on the european model. the time we need the sun to be able to be visible about 2:30 should feel like twilight oar overcast day what that happens and that will min unwe'll be all over it for you at "fox5". marshall visibility fair. we dropped from good to fair on monday. we hope we'll continue to be peeks at that eclipse sun durt the meex. >> we'll try to dodge those. stronger elements came into play tomorrow afternoon. a line of thunderstorms ahead of a frontal boundary
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approach us between 2 and 8:00 tomorrow. that weekend right now looking good. yesterday we were worried the front frat is pushing these storms towards us bri. >> and favre enough today we have a i you he and as i showed you with solar eclipse we expect to have a few clouds around. at least right now it's still doable that we're going to be able to see this. tomorrow, though, 9 degrees. we'll have clouds and sun. the cloud will start to thickening in the afternoon. we'll still get up to 9 th though. because that's a strong south wind that coil come in our direction. saturday, warm, dry, as in no thunderstorms expected here's a check of ray car at this thoment. something is develop this
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the night these tend to be moving south to north. you can see the new store. good news they're moving. we're not geeing reports of flash flashing and we have downpour falling apart on the eastern shore. watch for strong storms tomorrow. we have marginal range to see damaging wundz and i hail with any storms tomorrow afternoon. we got a break opt weekend. tem tush on monday about 90. solar eclipse looking partly sunday any now and call of showers us is eighter chance. >> big cool down coming end of week. september preview at the end of the 7 day forecast. marina, back to you. >> as the school way gets under you can see this picture behind me from culpeper county public schools sent to the fox 35 newsroom showing a crowded school bus. the woman that took the picture says the bus was ca carrying middle and high high schoolers and you can see how some are cad with three or four to a seat and some of
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>> i'm hearing there's fist fights because they're trying to figure out who will sit in the aisle that day. >> my fear one of the kids bill go into the window or i'll. if there's something for the kid how will they get in the back of the bus to get to the kid. whether she havealer i jzic sick, whatever the case may be. >> we -- the director of transportation says "it's typical to have overload at the beginning of school year as soon as we were alerted to overload we take the corrective action to solve the problem. this story came from a viewer tip. fw you have a story or you email us to fox5tips@wttg.com or 202-895-3000. >> we have three weeks away from the kickoff of redskins season. >> today, head
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do our jobs and make sure we're doing our jobs and execute. >> so you twinlt proof a little bit. going three out two yearys in a row is not what we inend tended we went three out on defense with our first two groups josh and d.j. were in there and ryan. i would like them to continue the trend of making plays and flying around with the football. >> you wion't see jordan reed on the field. wide outside josh talk sand is injured and geelingz them sem trust rating but redskins are preaching pain sfwlens take each injury for what they are treat them and get them out on the field as quick as they k josh has been unfortunate with the achilles and he's doing a lot of running and doing good and tweaked hamy. they're both totally different and jordan had a couple of different lingering iue
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concussions and now the foot. so just a matter of taking care of them and getting them back on the field. >>. >> good juryry news for the nationals. stephen strasburg expected to return from the dl and sda start saturday. he's been on the disabled list since jewel with a nerve in his elbow. returning him to rotation this weekend. >> so while bryce harper is still out maybe get strasburg back a little momentum on the injury front and it's good strasburg was not more long term of injury. he's had a history of injuries shoulder and elbow sgle from day one. >> exactly from day one with strasburg. that's very good news if he goes out and throws well
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>> a big donation in the district to help those in n need. d.c. central kitchen and capital area food bank received 85,000 pounds of food today and it's all thanks to smith field foods teaming up to prepare 5,000 barbeque meals for homes this summer. >> lots of bacon. >> love it. >> that's all forever us here at 5. >> tony and shawn standing by with the newscast at 6. that's now. high, gaze. >> thanks. >> this is "fox5 local news" at 6. >> rights now at 6:00 a retired marine is accused of raping and physically abusing a maryland woman for months and neighbors told us they had no idea what was
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>> terror attack in spain at least a dozen people killed and many more hurt after a terrorist drove a van through a crowded street. what we learned about the suspects and how the u.s. is responding. >> plus, do you recognize this man? he's accused of abducting aen trying to sexually assault a local woman. they're ep hading this warj will have them another 6. >> we begin tonight with terrorist attack in barcelona, spain, 13 dead and dozens more hurt. thanks for joining us i'm tony shawn yancy. >> and i'm tony perkins. >> and a car slaxd into a popular tourist area and isis claimed responsibility for the attack. americans in spain if you are safe be sure to notify friends and loved ones. if you use social media be sure up to date your status. >> we stand ready to assist law enforcement, national security authoriti i
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world should know united states and allies are resolved to find you and bring to you us istis. >> several men's college basketball teams from the u.s. are in barcelona now and we're told everyone is safe. >> rain assault and aggravated animal cruelty some of the charge as i retired marine is facing after a terrorizing afak and kristin, i understand the victim and suspect they knew each other two and a half years. we're learning more about that 38 year-year-old accused wreck linl and what the victim told police is during that span of 2 1/2 years russel assaulted her more than ten times. >> behind the chewed up blinds inside this bottom
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