>> don't do it. don't do it. >> huh, boy. >> what happened. >> oh, you stabbed me. >> police, police, police. >> he stabbed her. >> police. >> police. >> get away from me. >> stay away from me. >> well, the altercation that led to johns' death takes place off camera as you just saw. you don't see anything but you can hear a scuffle and then johns saying she was stabbed as bonds calls for police repeatedly. during the trial bonds says he was in fear of losing his life and johns was attacking him and strangling him. bonds was working the grounds at a wedding at a park in chantilly where johns was working as a caterer. the dispute was reportedly over chairs during the cleanup process after the

>> he has been attacked viciously on social media being called a racist and all sorts of things that border on down right threats. >> reporter: and that was attorney peter greenspan who represented bonds. i did get a chance to speak with him today. he says his client is out and about. the video that you just saw in totality lasted about eight minutes. you see people cleaning up and also you hear arguing, bonds again was found not guilty in this murder after a mistrial was declared this summer. tisha lewis fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> now to the latest on the las vegas shooting that left 58 dead and nearly 500 others injured. tonight investigators are not any closer to determining a motive for the mass shooting despite the fbi interviewing the gunman's girlfriend marilou danley. they say paddock may have intended to escape ali

concert committing suicide may not have been part of the original plan. during the rampage, police learned paddock shot at a nearby jet fuel tank but it did not explode. he was spotted gambling for eight hours with a woman who was not his girlfriend before the shooting. he booked a hotel in august that overlooks a park where the lol lollapalooza festival ws held. >> today it took a significant step forward with several high ranking republicans, the white house and even the national rifle association opening the door to possible new regulations concerning those bump stocks. lindsey watts is live on capitol hill. lindsey, surprising the nra is saying this. >> reporter: absolutely. so, extremely rare for the nra to be in favor of anything that would impose new

regulations on the gun industry but that's what we're seeing today. the nra saying they do that want to see regulations on bump stocks. we'll show you some video now so you can see what these devices look like. a bump stock allows a gun to fire at a rate of 400 to 800 rounds. the las vegas shooter used these on 12 of his rifles according to authorities. automatic weapons are all but banned in the u.s. it's not impossible to get one but they're extremely regulated. yet these bump stocks are legal, very, very easy to get ahold of and they became that way in 2020 over the obama 2020. it says despite the fact that the obama administration approved the sale of bump stock at least two indicationing the national rifle association is calling. the nra believes that devices desied

automatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. republican speaker of the house paul ryan and the white house press secretary also weighed in on this today. listen. >> we all have to get more educated as to what these are, how it -- how they became available in the first place, was it -- was it a regulatory misstep by atf some number of years ago and we all know and believe that will fully auto weapons are illegal and so is this a big gap that needs to be closed and if so, how to close it. that's -- we're all just beginning to go through that analysis from the investigation still continues to be in the very early stages. we know that both -- members of both parties and multiple organizations are planning to take a look at bump stocks and related devices. we certainly welcome that, would like to be part of that conversation and we would like to see a clear understanding of the facts

see input from the victims' families from law enforcement, from policy makers. >> reporter: this week several democrats in congress introduced legislation to ban bump stocks. we will see what happens with that. it looks like this has a strong possibility of passing. also worth noting that this week several retailers have decided to stop selling bump stocks including wal-mart and cabela's. live on capitol hill, lindsey watts fox5 local news. >> breaking tonight embattled gop congressman tim murphy of pennsylvania has resigned in the wake of reports he was involved in a sex and abortion scandal. murphy is known as a strong opponent of abortion but recently a pittsburgh newspaper published text messages that show the congressman asking his mistress to get an abortion when he thought she was pregnant. murphy's last day will be october 21st. >> a 26-year-old woman behind bars tonight after fairfax county police say she lef

three young children in a hot car while she was at work of the investigators say they found the kids suffering from heat exhaustion with temps inside the car at 150 degrees. >> fox5's anjali hemphill is live in falls church where she spoke to the woman's employer about what happened. anjali. >> reporter: we've learned alexa faulkison had just started a new job here at a law office and that's where police say she was on tuesday afternoon while her three children were here in the parking lot less than 100 feet away locked in a hot car with temperatures inside in the triple digits. this is a mug shot of 26-year-old alexa faulkison. investigators say she told them she left her kids ages five, six and seven in her car because she did not want to bring them in her workplace. investigators say a passerby called police after noticing the kids had been left unattended in the car for at least 45 minutes. police arrived around 2:30 tuesday, which as you remember was

in the 80's and discovered one of the kids had that punched a hole through a taped up window in order to get air in the car. they say temperatures inside were up to 150 degrees and the kids were all suffering from heat exhaustion. now, we did speak with faulkison's boss, he's an attorney, who tells us she started working there six weeks ago as a filing clerk. her job involved driving her car to the courthouse several times a day to file documents. he says he's shocked at what happened and would have let the kids come inside if he had been at the office or aware of what was going on but he says faulkison has been a good employee, the short time she's been there. >> just recently moved here. i think that her children were not enrolled in school. her babysitting fell through. she just moved here. her lease just started. her babysitting fell through and i think she probably thought she could keep the kids with her in the car as she went back and forth to court. it was terrible judgment but i think she didn't think that she would be out of the car for

i think she's a very frazzled mother. she's a young mother and she has three young children that she's trying to get in school and all that and probably some things fell through. >> on a 93-degree day in 20 minutes your car can be 120 degrees. so, it was 85 degrees that day. >> that's why we put this story out to remind people that even though it is fall it still can get very hot in your car so do not leave children or animals in your car even for a quick errand because you never know what's going to happen. you might be prolonged on that errand and it's in triple digits. >> reporter: we did go by faulkison's home. people who identified themselves as family say they did not want to talk on camera. faulkison is in jail held without bond due back in court on november 6th. we're told her kids are all doing okay. and that they are currently staying with their stepfather. live in falls church, anjali hemphill fox5 local

>> coming up some new details in the case of a the las vegas massacre. >> why chicago police are now involved in the investigation. we're going to have a live report from the windy city next. >> caught on camera. the search for a teenager seen in a violent knockout game attack. caitlin. >> hi, sara and marina. certainly doesn't feel like early october. temperatures in the low 80's with some humidity as well. it's going to be a warm night and we are going to see our dry streak continue but what will bring an tend to it? tropical moisture. the latest on tropical storm nate. that's coming up in your forecast when the news at 5:00 returns. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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>> ♪ >> all right, we had another beautiful october day. you can see as we take a live look outside, sun is out, clouds are out. you couldn't ask for much more than this. >> no, you couldn't. it's absolutely beautiful but caitlin, there may be some rain on the way, hm. >> yes, there is some rain on the way marina and sarah but not for a few days. in the short term for the first half of the weekend this october warmth like it or not is going to continue and actually really through the seven-day forecast temperatures stay well above normal. so, pretty amazing here as we take a look at these temperatures in the afternoon of october 5th. normally in the low 70's but we're doing low 80's. 80 in washington, 82 in gaithersburg, 81 in baltimore. 82 frederick. 81 in martinsburg. we started this week off pretty cool and it is

tomorrow morning, low temperatures much warmer than the way that we started out the week. now we've got a cold front moving across pennsylvania. you can see the showers associated with it east of pittsburgh and headed towards philadelphia but most of these rain showers have stayed off towards our north. the exception being extreme northwestern maryland, hagerstown seeing a little bit of rain right now. this already moved through cumberland and dropped the temperature. it looks like it may cross through frederick county and then head towards baltimore a sprinkle or two but for the most part these rain showers will stay north of washington and even i think decaying before they even reach baltimore so any rain will be confined to areas off our north this evening and will be fairly light. evening forecast for us, we are looking at a warm night. 77 by 7:00 p.m., 73, 9 p.m., partly cloudy skies. low temperatures overnight, no 40's here. 65 in washington. upper 50's north and west. let's go to the tropics. we now have tropical storm nate. it is a weak disorganized system with winds sustained at 40 miles an hour and moving northwest

you can kind of see it's this blob of convection right here off the coast of nicaragua and honduras. even though it's disorganized and fairly weak it's bringing mudslides to honduras and nicaragua. it will move over the center of honduras and set its sights on the yucatan peninsula. it's expected to strengthen to a stronger tropical storm before grazing cancun. this would be sometime during the day tomorrow, friday. from there a northward track through the gulf of mexico is expected with potential to increase into a category one hurricane. the northward track has been pretty consistent meaning there could be a land falling tropical storm or perhaps a hurricane over the weekend along the gulf coast and that cone encompass the new orleans area but there's wiggle room east and west. from there it looks like the remnants will bring us rain which will end our dry streak going well over 20 days by the time we get some rain. much more on tha

your seven-day forecast. for now that's your forecast. >> dreamers on a deadline. tonight at midnight the time when expire for dreamers immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children to apply for protection under daca. >> president trump announced last month he's ending daca and today a major lawsuit was filed in a last ditch effort to block that decision. fox5's tom fitzgerald spoke to both sides. >> reporter: daca stands for deferred action for childhood arrivals but as of midnight tonight, there will be no more deferments, at least on these applications that have still not been filed. midnight is the deadline. the trump administration put people on notice last month saying that they were ending the obama era program but with this clock ticking down now, coming in under seven hours until we reached that point, the pro-immigration group casa filed a federal lawsuit today hoping to block the trump

administration's action. >> we are standing here today to challenge the arbitrary mean spirited and awful end to daca by the trump administration and to raise the voice of the warriors who fought for daca and won. >> reporter: this lawsuit today is that they are alleging that the trump administration in their views did not file proper procedures in deciding to cancel daca. they say this is discriminatory against mexican and central american immigrants and they want the court to assure that the trump administration would be blocked from moving ahead with its plans to cancel daca altogether this spring. there were about 700,000 people that fall under this category and administration officials say they are still processing nearly 150,000 applications since this announcement was made but you talk to some

immigration watchdog groups, they will tell you, while they may be -- well, there may be an effort to keep daca in place, this still does not address the major problem here that anywhere upwards of 12 million illegal immigrants still in the united states right now. >> what do you do with people who have broken our laws. if there's 11, 12 million people here illegally why do some people get to stay and some people don't. more importantly how do you give the american people assurances that we're going to get illegal immigration stopped and under control. >> reporter: the question and so far there are no answers on that tonight. incidentally, this midnight deadline, this comes this evening but the daca program is not scheduled to end officially until march fifth. we're live in northwest tonight tom fitzgerald fox5 local news. >> look the aftermath of this derailment. a train slams into a house injuring the homeowner while he's sleeping inside. >> jeff

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>> ♪ >> back now in atlanta georgia where a freight train derailed and slammed into a house. at least a dozen cars were involved in this with many of them flying completely off the tracks. one of them slammed right into the bedroom of a home where a man was sleeping. he is said to be in stable condition suffering from a leg injury. fire officials say the train cars were carrying materials such as sand and rocks. the cause of the derailment is still under investigation. >> and in new york city police are investigating a grisly murder-suicide at a construction site. it happened this morning at a luxury building under construction on the upper west side of manhattan. police say a disgruntled construction worker who was recently fired shot his former boss multiple times and then turned the gun on himself. police have yet to release their

>> ♪ >> attorney general jeff sessions is reversing course on a law that protects transgender people from discrimination. in a letter to u.s. attorneys sessions said the justice department will no longer interpret title vii of the civil rights act to include discrimination based on gender identity. the protection was initially introduced under the obama administration. the american civil liberties union slammed the decision calling it another low point for the department of justice. >> and former maryland congresswoman donna edwards made it official today, she's running for prince george's county executive. >> and we're going to create a government in prince george's county that is transparent, that is open and that is accessible. >> the long time maryland lawmaker says she wants to improve schools expand healthcare and grow the economy. she also pledged not to accept any money from developers for her campaign. the primary election for prince george's county executive will be held in june. >> coming up a virginia state trooper

>> the crime he's accused of committing against unsuspecting drivers. paul. >> reporter: getting a concealed handgun permit here in the district just got a little bit easier. i'll have that story straight ahead. marina. >> and talking to your kids about tragedies. next we speak to a high school grieve counselor about strategies for parents. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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arrested two men wanted for attacking a bus driver. police caught 19-year-old eric holmes and 21-year-old john paul after reviewing surveillance footage from the bus attack. yesterday three men tried to bring a gas leaf blower on the x2 bus near 14th and h streets in northeast d.c. the driver told them they couldn't bring them on the bus. one of them threw a gas can at the driver. no one was injured. the two men were also charged with committing two violent robberies. and take a good look at these pictures. howard county police need your help finding these suspects wanted for stealing from the macy's at the columbia mall. it happened around 10 o'clock in the morning yesterday. the surveillance images show two suspects with a handful of hoodies. police say they got away with a black acura with temporary tags. if you've got any information on these men contact police. >> ♪ >> d.c.'s attorney general said today he will not go to the supreme court in hopes of saving the city's conceal carry handgun law. karl racine said an appeal of the federal court ruling blocking the law was too risky. >> it's

backed by the mayor and members of the city council. fox5's paul wagner joins us live tonight from mpd headquarters with this story. paul. >> reporter: hey, there ladies. in order to get a conceal carry permit here in the district of columbia, you have to supply what's called a good reason, for example, you have a verified threat on your life or you have a job in which you carry a lot of cash. however, a federal appeals court has blocked that law and today the district said they're not going to fight it. the district's gun laws were forever turned upside down in 2008 when the supreme court used a d.c. law to affirm a second amendment right to gun ownership. going there again the attorney said could turn gun laws upside down which would have an impact on the city. >> if we were to lose this case before the supreme court, it true that the district of columbia worried i think for good reason that

illegal guns, but also from the north so that was a factor. >> reporter: the attorney general said today the decision not to appeal was based in part on the possibility that other good reason laws in four other states could have been in peril. >> i have received several phone calls from folks around the country, both elected officials and nonelected officials weighing in on the -- you know, the seriousness and difficulty of the decision that we have before us. >> reporter: no longer will a person applying for a permit to carry handgun have to supply a good reason for wanting one. however, it does not mean that anyone can carry a handgun on the streets of the city. a point driven home by chief peter newsham. >> you need a carry permit in the district of columbia to carry a firearm. if you do not currently have a carry permit and you carry a firearm in the d

columbia, you will be arrested, you will be charged and you will be prosecuted. >> reporter: to date the d.c. police department has only granted 123 conceal carry permits to people who have demonstrate add -- demonstrateda good reason to have one. now, there are a number of requirements just to get a conceal carry permit and i asked the attorney general today if you can meet all of those requirements, does that mean that you're likely going to get a permit and he said, yes, that good reason rule is now gone. the police department today confirmed that 425 people have already been denied permits because they couldn't come up with that good reason. live outside d.c. police headquarters, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >> d.c. fire crews are investigating the cause of a fire that injured a firefighter. >> the fire started this morning in northwest d.c. near logan circle. fox5's matt ackland has the story. >> rep

beautiful historic building right here behind me. that's where the fire happened to give you an idea of where we are, we're about a block away from logan circle. this all happening right around the noon hour. in fact, people all over the city could see is the large plume of black smoke rising up from here. i want to take you to some video sent to us from some of our viewers. this first piece of video shot at 11th and m, just a couple of blocks away from here and then this one right across the street from the building that was on fire. take a look at the smoke. here's video from our fox5 camera. a firefighter was taken away after being overcome by the heat but a little bit later the chief says that that firefighter was just fine after cooling off. at first there was a concern people might be trapped but firefighters rushed in and were able to determine that everyone got out safely. we spoke to one resident earlier who grabbed her cld

>> i just heard a couple of pops and i heard sirens so i ran out to see what was going on and i saw the fire department going upstairs. so, then i went back down, got my son, got my dog and we got out. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is still under investigation tonight. it appears that most of the damage was sustained on the top level, the fourth level to the roof, but what we don't know at this point is if there was water damage or other types of damage to the three levels below. in logan circle matt ackland fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> now to the latest on the las vegas shooting that left 58 dead and nearly 500 others injured. tonight investigators are not any closer to determining a motive for the mass shooting. despite the fbi interviewing the gunman's girlfriend. but investigators have determined more about stephen paddock's plot. they say paddock may have intended to escape alive after opening fire on the country concert. committing suicide may not have been

plan. police shot at a nearby jet fuel tank but it did not explode. he was also seen gambling for eight hours with a woman who was not his girlfriend the night before the shooting. paddock also reportedly booked a room at a chicago hotel in august that overlooks grant park where the lollapalooza music festival was held but there's no evidence he ever checked in. >> immediately after an incident of terrorism or mass shooting like that, parents wonder openly what do i tell my kids, how do i address this. joining us dara harris director of counseling at stonewall jackson high school here to tell us more on that. thank you for coming in. i imagine every time this happens, it's just how much do you say, how much do you tell them? i got to imagine it also depends on the age of the child. >> absolutely. students -- whether they're 10, 15, you know, they have real valid feelings and so the best thing that you can do for a child is acknowledge that they have feelings. >> uh-huh. >> and that, you know, that their feelings are val a

to really listen to those things that might be of concern to them. >> so, to say like, oh, don't worry, is not the way to address it or is comforting them the way to kind of -- you know, you're going to be okay, you know, we're safe. >> well, they're going to worry because, you know, that's the nature of a child, but to comfort them, let them know that you're there for them, you know, providing just, you know, basic details but not details to the point where, you know they're becoming more concerned and then keeping your composure as an adult because at the end of the day, you know, they're taking their cues from you. >> right. >> so, if you're nervous then they're probably going to be nervous as well. >> what are the signs that maybe a child is having difficulties coping? what should parents be looking for? >> as a school counselor, you know, one of the things that we see with students, if there's a concern it's going to show up in their grades, in their performance in the classroom. they may be withdrawn. you might see things like they're not eating like they normally would. you m

asking you questions that maybe they didn't have of interest before so they're just -- their daily behaviors that you see that you should really look for to make sure that they're kind of acting in the normal routines that you would see in any adolescent or for a parent what you would see on a day to day. >> which would just be a child in distress no matter what those signs are fifty two absol. >> you can't just dismiss them. >> what about the community as a whole, that the line is that it takes a village kind of things. >> it's very true. >> there are resources in the community for children. where do parents go to find that? >> [inaudible] school counselor, we're connected to a variety of resources whether it's the community services board. many of us have services right in our building. we have new horizons at the school that i work at. you have mental health workers in there as far as social workers, we have school psychologists. we have rou

building and from there we can refer out to other services. >> i got to imagine as well just being able to take the time and realize the importance of having the discussion is probably something not to be ignored and not to brush off. >> absolutely. as adults we have our day to day issues and so we're expecting to go and perfor on our job and the same is true for students. they have concerns things they're uneasy about it's very difficult for them to focus and that's one of the jobs of a school counselor is to help with in transition. >> all right. pay close attention as these kind of things unfold. dara harris, director of school counseling at stonewall jackson high school in virginia thank you. >> thank you. >> marina over to you. >> coming up controversial statement from a star nfl quarterback have him in hot water today. brody logan with the controversy. >> more fallout from cam newton's sexist remarks including one company that's dropping "the

spokesperson. >> temperatures got into the low 80's for. of us. 80 degrees. it's a beautiful evening reminiscent of summer than october. dry weather for now but tropical moisture headed our way. hurricane season is not over -- it's not over. tropical storm nate i'll have the latest on that coming up when fox5 news at 5:00 returns. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

>> well, what is trending right now oscar winning producer harvey weinstein taking a leave of absence from his own company after the new york times released a report

harassment. the times reports two company officials say at least eight women have received settlements including actress rose mccowan. the report includes ashley judd's account in an incident from two decades ago in which she was asked to meet weinstein in his hotel room. in a statement weinstein acknowledged he behaved inappropriately with colleagues but did not address any specific allegations in the times piece. >> panthers quarterback cam newton under fire for sexist comments he made towards a beat reporter after she questioned him about a teammate's running routes. >> brody logan joining us with the latest on this story. brody, still no apology either from newton right. >> reporter: still no apology. he says he regrets it, it's also now -- he might regret it more because he's losing money from sponsorships. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: cam newton is taking heat for sexist comments he made toward a panthers beat reporter after her question about one of carolina's receivers running routes to

yards. take a listen. >> take a lot of pride in seeing your receivers playing well. devin funches seems to embrace the physicality of his routes and making -- getting those extra yards. does that give you a little bit of an enjoyment to see him kind of trucking people out there. >> reporter: it's funny to hear a female talk about routes like -- it's funny. >> reporter: in response the nfl has condemned the comments and panthers coach ron rivera says newton made a mistake. yogurt brand oikos has dropped him. rodrique is drawing criticism for some racist tweets. one is a conversation where she mentions how funny her dad's racist jokes are. today she issued her own apology saying there is no excuse

now, while rodrique has tried to seek out newton for an apology for his remarks yesterday he has not apologized to her but the steam has says he has expressed regret for his comments. now, this is not like offsetting penalties. >> yeah. very different things, too. >> reporter: very different things but it's one of those situations when you're in the public eye if you have that in your past people are going to find it. >> yeah, no, that is true. >> reporter: but it doesn't discount what cam newton did. >> it doesn't make it okay what he said. >> reporter: it doesn't make it okay what he said. >> probably wipe that smile off your face. >> reporter: just apologize it's not that hard. >> brody thank you. let's move on to something more pleasant. >> it's been nice and warm today, nothing like early october. >> we can smile about this weather that is for sure. >> that's

baseball starts tomorrow, right brody. >> yes. >> it will the have you wearing your shirts tomorrow. >> no pants. >> some sort of bottoms would be appreciated but at least the top layer you don't need a jacket, how about that? warmer air is in place and it will be in place for awhile most of the seven-day forecast showing temperatures well above normal. like i said it looks dry for both tomorrow and saturday but tropical showers will be putting a damper on our forecast as early as sunday and that could be as early as sunday morning and that will last through monday, tuesday, even shower chances that may linger into the middle of next week. rain is likely in the forecast after going 21 days now with dry weather in a row and we'll tack on a couple more days before sunday, so that will be quite a streak that will be broken but we could use the rain. 80 degrees in d.c., 79 annapolis, 82 gaithersburg and 81 in martinsburg. beautiful evening and it's the harvest moon out there

ni we've got some high clouds here but i think they will start to thin out late. high clouds courtesy of this front off towards our north which is bringing showers across pennsylvania and even into far northwestern sections of maryland, so as we zoom in a little bit, you can see those showers just from the hagerstown area moving down through across frederick county, maybe a sprinkle getting into northern montgomery county but this is very light stuff and even though we're seeing lightning in parts of pennsylvania with a of couple thunderstorms none of that here. the i-70 to 270 stretch just a little bit of light rain which will quickly move eastward. fox futurecast shows that complex weakening quickly this evening and staying far off towards our north and east. cloud cover may dissipate a little bit so we should start off with sunshine by tomorrow morning but it will be kind of broken sunshine, partly sunny skies expected for tomorrow. so our surface setup we've got that front off towards our north, that's bringing the showers and thunderstorms right now. that's going to allow the warm and, yes, kind of humid air to build for another day into tomorrow, very warm

high temperatures probably in the low 80's and i think with full-son sunshine by saturday we'll be into the mid 80's. here's your planning forecast for friday the last day of our work week warming up quickly, 60's in the morning, 80's by the lunch hour. we're dry. 83 degrees partly cloudy skies later on in the day. we'll get back to the tropics. this will be the story dominating the weather scene over the weekend. tropical storm nate formed kind of quickly and not too far away and it's moving very quickly off towards our north. the center of it is right over eastern honduras. it looks pretty disorganized with winds of 40 miles an hour. it is expected to move due north over the next 24 to 48 hours. tropical storm warnings for the coast of nicaragua and honduras and the yucatan peninsula including cancun. this will bring flooding rains and tropical storm force winds before strengthening to a

hurricane one. moving up into the gulf coast somewhere around the new orleans area before the weekend is over. from there the remnants much weaker of course should move northeast ward and could be impacting us as early as sunday. you see that reflected here in your seven-day forecast. so, it's dry and warm for a couple of days. those showers are courtesy of nate spreading quickly northward sunday. monday looks like the most likely day for rain but we've still got to hold those shower chances through a couple of warm days. that's tropical air in place tuesday and wednesday. there may be a severe weather threat in there too before we finally dry out and cool down. that would be next thursday. that would be a welcome change. that's a look at your seven-day forecast. marina and sarah back to you. >> thank you caitlin. a slew of orders asking for a coke with their fries. >> a mcdonald's manager accused of selling cocaine out of the restaurant. how he got busted up next. kristyn. >> reporter: hey, marina and sarah. new details involving a man accused of threatening to

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>> ♪ >> an alexandria man appeared in federal court after he was arrested for allegedly posting threats on line to kill african-american students at howard university. >> those threats were made nearly two years ago. fox5's kristyn leone is live in alexandria with more on what came out of that hearing. kristyn. >> reporter: ladies the main take away here today is that the defense asked the judge if the 24-year-old john edgar rust could be released to the public on his o own recognizance. the judge said he had a.m. serious criminal history on top of those disturbing

this is the man accused of threatening to murder african-american students at howard university. on november 11th 2015. according to the affidavit john edgar rust posted online on a site called 4chan.org using the n-word repeatedly promising that "any n's left at howard university after a certain time would be the first to go." his preliminary and detention hearing was today at the federal courthouse in alexandria and a couple of big things came out of it. an fbi agent took the stand, the prosecution verifying the evidence gathered and the defense questioning why it took them almost two years to make an arrest. even though they interviewed rust on the night in question. the fbi agent referred to the affidavit saying that it takes a period of time to access those devices. many of those devices taken into evidence were encrypted and she added it takes time to make an a

now, we also learned a little more about rust today. we learned that rust has lived in alexandria for 18 years and he has two felony convictions as well as three felixs. as far as when he will appear next in court we'll break that down for you now. now, according to the u.s. attorney's office, because this is a criminal complaint, if rust does not file or enter a guilty plea in this case, then they will indict him and a trial will begin. of course we'll let you know what happens there. for now live in alexandria this evening, kristyn leone fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> coming up the search tonight for a teen caught on camera in a violent knockout game attack. >> and busted. a mcdonald's manager arrested for dealing cocaine out of the restaurant. we'll explain more on this scheme and the bust next. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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>> a woman dragged off a flight over a pet allergy dispute now claims she was racially profiled. video shows her being forcibly removed after she reportedly said she had a life-threatening dog allergy. her lawyer says that's not true. she says her client took a new seat and then was asked to leave. the attorney says she's muslim and claims she was racially profiled. >> to texas where police are looking for a suspect in a brutal attack. 18-year-old alejandro maldonado was caught on camera running up behind a man and punching him in the head. the force that of hit knocked the man's hat off and caused him to hit the pavement. police are hoping the video will persuade the suspect to turn himself in. investigators say it may be part of a viral trend known as the knockout game where people try to knock out strangers without warning. >> a mcdonald's shift manager is in trouble with the law accused

and fries with a different side of coke, cocaine. new york city special narcotics prosecutor's office arrested frank guerrero yesterday morning. he worked at a mcdonald's in the bronx. prosecutors say he stashed drugs in a soap dispenser in the restaurant's bathroom and twice he sold cocaine to an undercover officer by stashing it in a bag with burgers and fries. police found more drugs and cash during a raid of his home. guerrero faces a long list of drug charges. >> when it comes to making big bucks many of the top earners actually live right here in our area. when you look at the top 20 counties across the u.s. the majority of people making more than $75,000 live in the suburbs and commute to work. but four of the top counties are among the most urbanized parts of the country which include manhattan san francisco d.c. and seattle. tony and marina is standing by for your newscast at 6:00. it starts right now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news

6:00. >> right now at 6:00, newly released cell phone video captures frightening moments during the deadly confrontation between a wedding caterer and the man who was accused of killing her. >> ♪ then, a mother arrested after leaving her small children in a car in the parking lot where she worked. tonight we're hearing from her employer about how this could have happened. >> ♪ and, an antiabortion congressman resigns amid reports he asked his mistress to end her pregnancy. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ we begin tonight with a story that has a lot of people talking. >> a wedding caterer killed and the man accused of her death found not guilty by a jury. tonight we have newly released cell phone video showing the deadly confrontation between the former fairfax county parks employee and the wedding caterer. >> fox5's tisha lewis joins us live from fairfax with the

story. tisha. >> reporter: well, the cell phone video you're about to see was central to the defense in this case that played out here at fairfax county court. 19-year-old at the time kempton bonds was found not guilty in the murder of the caterer, 35-year-old tyonne johns. now, we're starting the video as johns approaches bonds moments before she was stabbed. >> you must be from out here. that's where you from. 'cause i'm going to knock you out. you think i'm playing. >> don't do it, don't do it. >> get the bl (bleep) off me bo. >> what happened? >> oh, you stabbed me. >> police, police, police. >> he stabbed her. >> police. police. >> get away from me. >> oh, my god. >> stay away