this is fox a five local news at ten. right now at ten, a serous crash in southeast leaves two people in serious condition and police believe the car may have been stolen. plus another woman grabbed and attacked by a stranger. tonight police are searching for the suspect than dealing with tropical depression nate, the storm triggering massive flooding in mississippi and tonight we're feeling

the news at ten starts right now we begin tonight with a serous crash in southeast d.c. it happened ray long hill crest drive. they believe the car is stolen and at least two of the three people inside are teenager s. fox5's evan lambert is live at the scene and joins us with the latest. >>reporter: i'm going to step out of the way so you can see that car behind us right now. it is there in the woods. it hit two trees, according to officials and there are investigators still on scene taking measurements. i want to show you a picture that d.c. fire ems tweeted right as they were responding to this trying to get the occupants out. you can see how smokey it was, all the smoke billowing present the car as they eventually were able to cut out the occupants. d.c. police say the car burst into flames after it crashed into two drees just off the road right after six this evening. they believe the car was stolen because it didn't have any

information that the car may have been chasing the car but officers on scene tell us their officer winter weather advisory not chasing it. we do know the car came downhill crest drive so fast it seems to have lost control. two people who were inside the car are in critical condition, a third person inside escaped on his own and has minor injuries. two of the three are teens according to the police. the fire and the damage forced police to have to cut two t trapped passengers property car take a listen. they had to cut the roof off the car to get to the occupants. there were three people in the car. one did self escape, if you want to ul contact it that. and he's at a local hospital. and so far police have not release the names of the people that were inside of that car. we also haven't got especially an update on their conditions other than to say that two of them were in critical condition when they left the scene

injuries. it's also unclear if any of the people inside that car will face charges with this possible car theft. we'll try to update you as soon as we get new information. live in southeast, evan lambert, fox5 local news. also in the district, police are investigat ing three armed robberies overnight. police re lease two photo of two person pes of interest. the robberies all happened in northwest between five and seven in the morning. the victims were targeted between 15th street, monroe street and quincy street police also release this image. the suspect showed a knife. also developing in the district the search is on for whoever shot and killed a man in southeast early this morning. omar roger was found inside a car along good hope road. police believe he was shot on martin luther king drive avenue there was no word yet on a suspect in the case. the clean up is now

the guf coast after hurricane nate blue through the region. heavy rain and strong winds and storm surge. nate made to land false, first in lieu sans a and then in mississippi. ellison barber reports. >>reporter: nate hit the gulf coast causing power outage and flooding before raising up north , but no major damn jers reported. nait initially made landfall in louisiana saturday night as a category one. it came on shore again early sunday morning just outside of bill oxy , mississippi. the wind was blowing real hard and it pushed the water straight on up and then it was pushing the water dune into the bay. nate is the the first hurricane to make land since 2005. storm surge liter red the

floogd a casino and its parking garage. i'm extremely proud of the people who live here, who unerstand what this storm could have done. the hurricane lost most of its power as it moved into alabama and georgia. for people living in mow beal, alabama nate's biggest mess came in the form of flooding than to some homes and cars. they canceled the hurricane warning by 9 p.m. the mayor lifted a city-wide curfew after two hours allowing locals and tourist back on the famous streets much it's a spectacular beautiful day, thank you, god. hurricane nate is the fourth hurricane to hit the coast this season. the constant barrage of storms are putting a strain on resource. president trump queeted fema and first responders are working hard yet again

. here in mississippi officials say about 4800 customers are still without power. in alabama it's even higher. alabama power says they have 36,000 customers without power. in be locks i, mississippi, i'm ellison barber, fox news. now tropical depression nate expected to also bring rain to our region. let's check in with ga between for a first check of your forecast. you're absolutely right. we've had a pretty muggy day today and we'll actually getting a real good southerly flow that's helping to had to t all the humidity. let's take a look at what is going on with nate. it is a drop california depression winds moving north, northeast at 23 miles epa hourment it's making quite a bit of a clip as it continues its trek up towards the northeast. as we take a look at the track ease ' what is incorporated with it. affecting us we're looki l

overnight hours tonight, but mainly the early hours of monday , that's the time period of what we're going to be seeing in terms of nate. some of the rain we've had day is actually from a frontal system. but the heaviest rain for us will be tonight. i95 north and west could see up to three-quarters of an inch, up to an inch and a half southern maryland up to a quarter, maybe even less than a quarter of a inch. it's going to say huh humid. chance of some storms tomorrow. mostly cloud disclosures warm and humid . if you're heading anywhere late tonight, hopefully you're not, just be aware the rain is expected to sart. >> the search is on tonight for a man police say tried to sexually assault a woman while she was walking home overnight in sterling. fox5's kristin leone is live in that neighborhood with more. kristin >>reporter: this is the place, this is the neighborhood, i

hewed incident happened here. actually possibly even in this wooded area you you see behind me. now teenager thel us it happened at one:30 this morning the woman told police she was walking home at the time when a man started following her and tried talking to her. police say the at one point he pushed her to the ground and there was a struggle. the woman punched the man in the face before taking off and luckily police say she wasn't hurt. neighbors in this area tell us that that wooded area you just saw there, a lot of people end up crossing through on that path just to get to and from where they need to be. but they haven't heard or seen anything like this before. it's a family oriented community . we see a lot of kids playing through here. it's also a really working, you know, community. i don't really actually see a whole lot of people in this area at that time of day because it seems like the college is already kind of wound

down and people gone home. it's surprising. it's one of the things that we looked at when we moved here, there was, you know, the website you can go to see what type of crimes there are in the area and it's very low for this area. we'll have to maintain a more awareness in the area, especially late at night and early in the morning. again , right now police are look ing for a man as we mention ed. possibly hispanic, last seen wearing dark colored clothing. if you happen to have any information on this investigation you're asked to call the loudon county shear if 's office. kristin leone, fox5 local news. >> coming up the scandal surrounding harvey weinstein comes to t a head. the the debate over gun control taking center stage, the fight on capital hill to get rid of bump stops. that's coming up.

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breaking news out of new york city. harvey weinstein has been fired sexual assault allegations against him. those allegations were first revealed by the new york city time on thursday. weinstein cofunded the weinstein companiment the company board cited new information about weinstein's conduct. so far weinstein himself has not commented on the board's decig. we're learning new details about an attack that happened friday night on the university of maryland campus. they tell us they are looking for two people who attacked a student with a baseball bat. this happened a long cam campus drive. the studentenned up in the hospital but since been release thef. investigatorses identified the attackers. p they were not umd

any arrests in the case. a shear isabella deputy is not. a deputy spotted a woman passenger wanted for several outstanding warrants in pass diseen a yesterday afternoon. the deputy was able to p pull the car over and arrest the suspect p, melissa day of certify own a park. the deputy suffered numerous injuries, but is expected to be okay. day and the driver got away. howard county police are investigating an apparent gun battle that took place at a walmart store in ellicott city. police say two men apparently got into a fight inside the store, one man shot the other. investigators say the victim went to his car, grabbed a gun and then fired shots toward the store. the victim ended up in a hospital and was treated for his gunshot wound. no ones else was injured . firefighters battled several blazes including h one a longing on den street northwest .

the trash bin of an apartment building. zc fire also battling this blaze along colombia rode in northwest. the fire is bleag blamed on someone using a grill outside on a wooden deck. one firefighter was injured and taken to the hospital. no word on their condition tonight. one week after the deadly mass shooting in las vegas many people attend church to honor the victims. this church in south las vegas urged the victims to come together. steven paddock fired onto a crowd attending a country music festival. investigators sill don't know why pad october acted . worshipers also honored the sacrifice and bravery of the first responders who helped so many lives. a vigil of the victims of the las vegas shooting was held here today. those who attendeddedded signed a petition calling for congress to take action on gun control.

organizers say they plan to send the the petition to the congress and lawmakers on capital hill. one of the big talking points that came out of the shooting was the suspected use of a bump stock. make. some members of congress are now calling for a ban on bump stocks. cue hear more now from fox's garrett ten any. a week ago most folks haven't heard of bump stocks. most of congress think something needs to be done about the the devices. mowfer, there is still disagreement over how to do it. bump stocks are what allow a person to turn regular weapons into machine gunses. they're pushing for the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms to change the devices thement democrats such as senator diane feinstein argue that simply changing regulations isn't enough. regulatio

going to do it. we need a law. it can't be changed by another president. some republicans have suggested that they are open to legislation that would make bump stocks illegal, but many such as steve scalise are learly of democrats trying to use that issue and the vague as hooting to push additional gun control measures that won't actually fix the problem of mass shootings. you have laws that are on the books that aren't being enforced, go out on enforce those laws. democrat leaders such as nancy pee lowe's i are again pushing for universal background checks. and she's hoping that bump stock s which be the first step towards stricter gun control. i'm garret ten any, fox news. >> still ahead, president trump taking to twitter. why he's flabbing out over. mike pence in the midst of controversy tonight. how he's now getting involved in the national antm

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trending tonight, vice-president mike pence nlt midst of controversy. mr. pence left an nfl football game early a after s of the players knelt during the national anthem. the vice-president was at the independent annapolis colts game versus the san san francisco 49 ers later today. while everyone is entitled to their own opinion s i don't think it's too much to ask nfl players to respect the flag and our national and the lem. the president praised vice-president . i asked vp pence to leave stadium if any players told me disrespecting country. i am proud of him. colin kaepernick is trying to set the record

reports surfaced he would stand if he signs a team today. cbs came out with the story. kaepernick's girlfriend also reacted on twitter and refuted the initial report. kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem this year. he optedded out of his contract with the san francisco 49 ers after the season and no other time has signed him since. mike cig inner is not mincing any words tonight after a group of white national lists protested in his city last night. they chanted you will not replace us the demonstratorses gathered where the general robert e lee stands. it has become controversial after the city voted to remove it last may. another despicable by neo nazi could he wards. you're not welcome here. go home. >> angelica it's

case of he said, he saitd. president trump and bob corker are at odds over corker's decision not to run for election next year. we get p the latest from fox's jane rosen. >>reporter: for senate foreign relations bob cork ran sunday morning meant take his turn in president trump's twitter furry he begged me to reinforce him in tennessee. i said, no and he dropped out, said he could not win without. the president continued nine minutes later. my endorsement he also wanted to be secretary of state, i said no thanks. hence the president conclude chood i would fully expect corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. didn't have the guts to rufnlt an hour later corker shot back, it's sad the white house became a daycare center. it lookses like the cram a i

>> no, from the inside there was never that much drama in the first place. i think secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and chief of staff kelly are those people that helped separate our country from chaos. white house aides in support of the president the media, like the threat on north korea. a possible military conflict over the north's military weapons program tweeting yesterday afternoon presidents and their administration have been talking to north korea for 25 years. agreements made and massive amounts of money paid hasn't worked. making fools of us negotiators. sorry, but only one thing will work. askedded later what is the one thing that will work, the commander and chief as is with his calm before the storm comment of last week became krippic. >> that was fox's james

>> coming up, roling back healthcare regulations. president trump's newest effort to chip away at the affordable care act next. next.

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anywhere so we're very thankful for that. of course that's not true i cross across the entire gulf coast. nate did knock down trees and power lines. thousand s of people lost electricity, but so far no loss of life from nathan we're hearing the damage nangfully has been minute l mal. we're also seeing some weather in the northwest. tornadoes in wisconsin in october aren't that common but they can happen. this one moved through the eastern part of the state's cap to. we're told it was on the ground for ten minutes, no one was hurt but the twister did knock down some trees and tore the roof off some of the buildings. we're going to see some of the rain come in from nate. we are and we could have a few storms tomorrow. a lot happening here. we do need the rainfall. we've really been in a deficit over 22 days of no sign

rainfall for us and we are desperate for rain. we are going to welcome some of the rain that we're going to get for tonight and for tomorrow. we just don't want it to be, you know, too much rainfall, let's put it that way. here's a look at what is happening. here's our infrared satellite of nate which continues on its north, north easterly trek. it's following the path we the thought it would, moving north, northeast at 25 miles an hour and it is actually the outer rain bands are still very widespread so a lot of areas are being affected it and we're talk ing about how the deep south are still being affected. i want to tell you you that this was earlier today and we do anticipate at least another two to fowsh inches on top of these numbers. dickson, alabama almost seven inches of rainfall, more than that for crest view and almost seven for louisiana and for miss sip you pi almost five

look at a the projected path. here we go well to the west of us as far as the center is concerned, but as i said, those outer rain bands very widespread and so we are definitely going to feel the effects of it in the overnight hours of tonight into tomorrow. that's what we're talking about and we will see significant areas across the mountains which will get significant rainfall because it is to the west of us. we have a frontal system across the ohio valley. naits remnants are going to interact with the frontal system and then move its way more towards the east. because of that the ohio valley is just getting socked right now because all of that moisture is being picked up with that frontal system and so they've got two different areas that are hitting them and it's not very pleasant for them there at all, but for us as we're going to show you the timeline here of what we can expect in just a secondment heaviest rain west of the mountains because i showed you you the center is more to the west of us.

about three, four, five in the morning we're we'll start to see more. i95' seeing three-quarters of an inch. we could see some thunderstorms it with as well so there is some heavier downpours expected. southern maryland maybe up to an quarter of an inch or less. humidity sticking around, the tropical moisture is still in the atmosphere, but also some gusty winds, you factor in the rain, the possibility of storms and some really gusty winds and you've got a combination of not a very pleasant day at all. here we are at 6:30 in the morning and you you can see the rainfall starting to of month its way right across the i95 corridor, same story by the taim we get to eight, ten in the morning. temperatures now into the 70s. well above seasonal today. continues to stay warm and mild. the dewpoints in the the 730s. that's the humidity, the stickiness, the mugginess from thero

winds pushing up from the south and these going to continue as well. wrapping it up for you, 72-degrees for tonight, talking some showers, warm and humid, southerly wind flow five toen t up to 30-mile per hour winds, 8t we could see some storms 6789 let's take a look at the seven day forecast. we get to some dryer weather by tuesday. by tuesday nate has made its exit. we look at wednesday, thursday, friday, here we've got another frotal system, another little disturbance that'sing going toic p up and come through. that's where this rain is going to come from. temperatures cool down just a little bit and then we warm up again by then of the week and by saturday we're finally back to some more sunshine for you. grab the umbrella and be prepared and drive careful on the roads. >> thanks, gwen. since president trump took office the republican led senate has tried but three times to repeal and re place the affordable care act. yet the president remains determined to

law. we get the latest now from fox's kristin fisher. at the same time president trump is trying to cut a deal with democrats he's also continuing to chip away at his predecessor signature healthcare law. the latest example of that is to an executive order to be signed this week who buy coverage on their own or work for a small em employer. it will expect employees to loosen regulations and potentially lower premiums. this comes two dayses after the trump administration would speand affordable care acts and one day that president trump reached out across the aisle again to chuck schumer to try try to cut a deal on a healthcare bill. he was asked about a call as he was leaving the white house yesterday. the president said he proposed a temporary deal, one that involved the federal government handing over money for healthcare directly to the states in t

grants. basically if we could do a one year deal or a two-year deal as a temporary measure you'll have block granting ultimately to the states which is what the republicans want. that really ace repeal and re place. there is a press precedent for a bipartisan deal who can forget the deal with chuck and nancy. this morning, ron johnson said he wants worr ieded about it. if people are going to have to a deal they'll have to come through and try and get what we would require to fund what we are believing are collapsing markets . right when president trump really needs them. if he wantsz to pass the largest tax cuts in us history. in wash washington, i'm kristin fisher. we'll show you how a few play is

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to go fly because they were inspired and so compelled and had this urgency to do something and soma reen a what scoaf a who founded the regimens actually wrote a letter to joseph stall on saying the girls are stealing planes anyway. i warn you to le me fly. i considered myself a history buff never even knowing that these women existed so i'm just thrilled that we can give a voice to these women. >> and it ' all just about the relationships we picked seven women that are kind of conglomerates of women. even in war time there's still that feminine ticketed event, that friendship and love. these women flew under the cover of dark necessary in these wooden and linen by plains. they had no protection whatsoever except for

they had their fellow sisters and still had to go up in that same plane and still fly over the nazis and bomb them after many of them maybe have burned or crashed. to come here to a farm and develop the show and live together and work together and bunk together and eat together h in a way mirrors the experience of the women and the regiment. i think it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to be really immersedded with a group of seven women creating something from the ground up with just a basic story that we're all really passionate about. there's a the lot of different elements. shadow pup try, song. we use flashlights rather than traditional stage lights. i think it's so you you unique. we play airplane haryng s. we play in circus spaces and in theaters and it's becaus e

the stage. i think my favorite thing is using the real words from the women. we're getting a lot of stun signs which is a good thing in theater where p people have to take in the story and the then the medicine response following is i had no idea. an he mow eation al gat erg in em itsville, maryland as family and friends and first responders gathered to honor those firefighters who skyed in the line of duty. the names of 75 firefighters were killed were added to the national firefighters. a gunman killed objection to the form schneider while he and another firefighter checked on the condition of another temple hills man. this weekend george were bush held his annual wounded warrior ride the former president

helps showcase the courage and commitment and resilence of the wonned warriors and the rehabilitation pros. the camaraderie established with service members also helps with the healing. help each other. they've been hurt and they're coming back from their injuries and vets helping vets is the best way to help people transition from the military to civilian life. more than 50 veterans took part in the ride. coming up, a l local woman's sudden death leaves her family stunned. her loved ones are trying to save others from their tragic fake. we kickoff the week with a big day in american history, monies columbus day. tuesday, president trump is set to host canadian prime minister justin true dough for an official visit. the two lead ers are expected t

issues important to both nations as naf a that negotiations continue. also in politics this week, vice-president mike pence will be visiting mean iks on tuesday where he will sit down with arizona governor doug dozen i. both parties are pecked to touch on the efforts to pass tax reform. following the meeting pence will attend a fundraiser. friday, one of the brand muchs of the military celebrating a big birthday as the naivety turns 270 years old. it's the largest in the world with over 300,000 active personnel and these a look at the week ahead. i'm rich den son, fox news.

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>> we're back with a fox5 followup. it's been almost a year since we first brought you you a heart breaking story. a couple from our area got engaged and they were heading off to hawaii when they stopped in san francisco trad ji happened. cyst lie black man died with fredericksburg a plot clot. matt ackland. >>reporter: jeff any glover since me now. you were a close friend. you went to church with her, sang in the choir. yeah, take me back to that day. i was so awful because it was so un expected. it was unexpected her and her if i and awere traveling. he was going to propose to her and unfortunately she accident make it to hawaii because she she had a blood clot in her leg that made it to her lung. she made it

francisco. you saw pictures. >> do you think the long flight might have had something to do with it. she had been on a number of flights. we don't know, but perhaps. there's a lot of people who love her and a lot of people who want to prevent other diseghtsz, the same type of situation that happened with her hment you have a walk athon scheduled. you really want to bring awareness to this and it's next week, correct. >> it's going to be saturday, october 2 # and it it's going to start at 8:00 in the morning, from mt. airey baptist church down to the african-american museum and back to church. the it's a four-mile work. what did you you learn about blood clots. >> the signs and symptoms are blood clots are very subtle. they can mimic other conditions, but it's really good to know what the symptoms are and it it a blood clot.

that you believe zestly felt something in her heart; is that right. >> she felt shortness of breath and she felt a little leg cramp pes. she what fatigued that day . i know you're in the a physician, but what are some of the signs that people should watch out for? are they leg cramps. >> leg cramps, fatigue, shortness of breath. i don't know all of them, but we're going to have a doctor come in. the important thing to know is that zestly was fun. >> she was fine. she was always exercise he. she worked for the ymca, in fact. so she had a cess for movement. maybe people are busy,. >> but they can help. they can always donate for the website we have. walk a thon for

that's 1100 north capital street , 8:00 in the morning. i know you're trying to do something the great friend. i was there the day of her fun l nal and there were so many people that were upset because she was such a special woman. >> sweat, sweat, spirit. >> i appreciate you you coming in tonight. >> on on saturday, october 21 a walk athon will be held in memory of ceily. there's a new way doctors are helping women struggle l to become a familiar it's prp. athletes currently use it to help them heal from injuries. it can also be used on women struggling for. it stim l ultimates the development of tissue. doctors say prp may also help with the success rates of ivf

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and appreciate so much. at home carla was a successful lawyer for more than two decades. i had my goals in law. other than making mere money there was noels i would go that would fulfill me inside. during that time she met and married steve. we hey no children of our own. but you have a heart for kids? a. we love children, yes. she was a earth month of sorts to an entire city of kids serving on the board of philadelphia's children's literacy initiative. to help with literacy of inner city children. also was inspired to help the young children of kenya for ed kaig. during her travelers she learned about a special group of girls there. i wanted to take my passing for helping these children and somehow mesh it with the jewelry.ualry had become her second love. my mother-in-law, she and i were very close and she used to make these beautiful beaded

so carla got busy with her own creations. i started making the jewelry just to be pieceful, meditate. and people started noticing. where do you get that ? i love that piece. i need to have it. and you're like i made it. >> she started selling it full time giving up the quforts of her law career. i didn't want want to be the person who gross up to be the selfie, wealthy woman who does nothing to give back. the idea of donating a portion of her proceeds to the amazing girls project in kenya. just because of where they're born they don't get the opportunities that we get. in africa, girls are often priced out of school because after age 12, school is no longer free. now, education becomes a stretch even p if possible. car look learned the cost of excluding girls is expensive. adolescent preg fancy is ran rampant. there

world who are rooting for them. cheering meant changing these girls. jane kay said in my home my parents started respecting me . we are treated like kinks and queens in our homes for the most part no matter what your social economic status are people over indulge their kivmentdz i have seen that i can make it. i would like to be a doctor, i am able to express my myself. that is the important of literacy. she always knew that jewelry was just a means to anen. does it ever bring means to anen. and she has no regrets . my life is totally different now i am completely inspire. >> about her past life. and i think it's really important that everybody give back something. and now she sends out a challenge. whatever you're capable of gig, gift. even fit means on giving up on one dream you you only have one dream so you have to go for it. to chase another. children are our future. the newses tonight far from over. the

starts right now. this is fox5 local news at 11. we begin tonight with a serious crash in southeast d.c. it happened a long hillcrest drive. right now police believe the car involved is stolen and at least two of the three people inside are teenagers. evan lambert is live at the the scene and scroins us with the latest. >>reporter: police are getting ready to open up hillcrest drive right now. they've cleared the car, but it's up on a tow truck getting ready to be taken away from the scene. i want to show you you a picture of when officials first got to the scene . there was smoke billow ing from this car that had just crashed and they were work ing to save the occupants inside. d.c. police say the car burst into flames after it crashed into two trees just off the road right after six this evening. they believedded the car was stolen because it didn't have any plates on it. there was initial information that police may have been chasing the car, but police officials on scene told us us

officers were not chasing it. we do know that the car came downhill crest so fast it appears to have lost control and smashed into the woods. two people who were inside the car were in critical condition according to police, a third person inside escaped on his own and has minor injuries. two of the three are teens. the fire and the damage forced officials to cut two passengers from the car. they had to actually the cut the roof off the car to get to the occupants so guys they got them out. there were three people in the car. one did self escape, if you want to ul contact it that. and he's at a local hospital. and right now police have not release the names of the people who were taken to the hospital from the car. it's also unclear p if they'll face charges again. replies believe that this car may have been tollen. live in southeast, evan lambert, fox5