the flames and the smoke got so bad, they couldn't get inside, another man came by with a fire extinguish also trying to get inside, but ultimately, the neighbors had to wait for the firefighters to arrive. smoke was coming from the upper level of this house on lorraine drive when natalie said she saw a man on front porch calling for help. >> he went right back into the house. immediately right back in the house >> that's when her husband and another neighbor brandon clay tried to get inside. >> heat melted the door down, i tried to go in but the heat was too much, we both try to do. he tried the back door, tried the side door, i kicked the side door open, >> i didn't hear him say anything but help and my husband got out and he heard him say we have to get out and my husband asked him where was he but by that time, the flames were coming out of the

>> reporter:ness mit said the woman who lives there is confined to a wheelchair and the man who ran back inside is her son, clay said, as i was trying to get inside, he could also hear cries for help >> i heard the lady asking for him. i just wish i could have got in there. feel so bad. i got grandparents. >> reporter: clay said he grabbed a fire ask extinguisher and emptied it on the fire but it wasn't enough to get him inside >> any idea at all on how the fire started? no indication from the occupants. or any of the community member, so we'll leave it up to our fire investigators to determine the cause >> he was devastated. very devastated. >> that's ms.ness smith. she said her husband was the one who tried to run up on to the porch and get inside and can hear the people calling for help inside, we did speak with that man off

he told us his story, he declined to tell it on camera, from what we understand now, the two people who lived inside that house again, a mother and her son again, she was apparently confined to a wheelchair and he had trouble getting her out of the house. we're told they're in very critical condition. temple hills fox 5 local news. more breaking news >> let's head to tony with latest >> this is news of yet another fire in maryland in waldorf maryland in charles county, unfortunately this is being reported as a deadly fire. some time a short time ago early this afternoon, these are live pictures from skyfox, this occurred in what appear puts to be a recreational type vehicle that someone was living in. we're told that when firefighters responded and were able to get into this structure, they did find a woman deceased, she was a disabled woman who apparently had been asleep

this recreational type vehicle. and she was pronounced dead there at the scene, we're told that as you can see the fire is under control at this point. unfortunately, this is the second deadly fire to be reported today in charles county. again, this one occurring a short time ago in waldorf maryland. as we get more information about this, we will certainly bring to you. jim? sarah? . . less than 24 hours after an alarm hearing on a ramped sexual harassment on capitol hill, there's a bipartisan push to ditch a system they claim protects the guilty and punish the victims >> since 1997, a congressional fund paid out $15 million in settlements but nondisclosure agreements keep them a secret. now there's an effort to change that. tom fitzgerald on the hill with more on this, fitz? >> good evening, this effort is being led by california congress woman jackie speier. she testified yesterday that two current members of congress have

on the hill. now, we wanted to give you a look at exactly the process you would have to go through if you were sexually harassed and work here on the hill. look at this thing, this is the flow chart. you start you have by reporting to the office of compliance, that's not all. then you have the to go through mart counseling, then mandatory mediation, you have to sign a nondisclosure agreement to keep all of this quiet. at cool off period, finally, then you get to follow former complaint, that entire process can take up to six months. this is a process that congressional officials are saying tonight is not only outdated bud protects the harassers and victimizes the victims. >> more and more current and former congressional staffers are coming out and bravely telling their stories about how they experience sexual harassment while working here. this is shameful. there is a serious

harassment problem in congress and too many congressional officers are not taking this problem seriously at all. >> right now in the process, the only one that has counsel paid for by the taxpayers of this country is the harasser. >> mediation of the harasser has house counsel it is the victim that pays or appear with no counsel. >> reporter: i told you last night how the congressional office of compliance has paid out more than $15 million in settlements since back in 1997 to more than 230 individuals who say they has been harassed on capitol hill. this new me too act would changes that you system. one of the things they wanted to is establish yearly mandatory sexual harassment training to make sure this doesn't happen in the first place. now, c

not only does this not happen in offices harassment has happened on the floor of u.s. house of representatives. one of her colleagues, anne mclean custer said she too was assaulted when she was a staffer, she kept that a secret more than 40 years, coming forward now, she hopes inspires others to speak out and draw the harassers into the daylight. >> when this happened to you, what did that do to your life? you stand here right now >> i'm here. fortunately, for me, i think i was of a generation of survivors that never said a word. i didn't tell my roommates, i didn't tell my best friends. i didn't tell my husband or my children, until last year. >> reporter: one of the things about this system is

now is that the guilty harasser, they get to keep their name and their identity secret because of those nondisclosure agreements we've been telling you about, also this practice where the taxpayer paying out the settlement. that too would end under this new litigation, the guilty party would have to reimburse the u.s. treasury for every dime of that settlement they're responsible for. live on the hill, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. it is an easy target for cars, >> the incidents happened within 24 hours apart. just within the last week. fox 5 tisha lewis is joining us live now from manassas where this has been happening, tisha, what's the latest? >> well, sarah and jim, one incident happened within walking distance from where we are right now. this manassas auto shop as you mentioned there's been three incidents in three separate neighborhoods nearby. the manager here tells us that it's not what's under your hood that the thieves

it is what is under your car inside the catalytic converter that they are targeting. >> basically it's what the converter is made of. two important metal, platinum, which is really expensive, they cut the converter off, take the converter somewhere else and usually on the average, you can get anywhere from 60 to a hundred dollars per converter. >> reporter: bob steven went ons at the converters are removed in about 15 minutes flat with a saw. they're nestled underneath the car, some cars have two, now, city of manassas police say all three reports of catalytic converters being stolen came in thursday into friday and in he want each case the victim's car was parked in front of their home where they thought it was safe. one incident happened here on the nine thousand block of sandal wood drive. police say they think the cases are connected, and a person or gr

the car parts, investigators want to help you avoid becoming a victim. >> we're encouraging the public to try to put their vehicle in well-lit areas, in front of your residence try to use is exterior lighting to illuminate your vehicle. you can also make sure your alarm system is enabled on your vehicle. if you're in the public you can park in the building trans entrances or any area that will have a high pedestrian foot traffic. >> reporter: if you don't have secure parking make sure you park where there's plenty of people in the public and also plenty of light. again, there were two other cases one happened on the nine thousand block of battlefield drive and then also in the 10,000 block of magnolia drive, all three incidents happening here in manassas. also we're hearing that the crooks responsible for ceiling the catalytic converters likely have ties or connections to scrap sho

quickly turn this over into cash. tisha lewis fox 5 local news. more than a dozen dc high school football players will not take part in a thanksgiving day tradition >> it is because of this video maybe you've seen it showing a brawl on the field involving another high school but first, ronica? >> reporter: inauguration day protests turn into a battle over facebook privacy rights, we'll take a closer look at how the courts can try to gain access to your facebook messages, photos and more. and more. . fda approved, how a small device previously used for acupuncture may now be the answer to fighting opioid addiction. well, you probably notice the clouds coming in this afternoon after a sunny wednesday. and that helped to get our temperature a little warmer than yesterday, we got up to about 55 here in the city. but clouds and yes, even showers now in the forecast i'll let you know if they will be hanging around for thursday, and what changes the frontal boundary that's b

will bring to our forecast, we'll be back. ♪

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. nearly 200 people were arrested on inauguration day after protests broke out in downtown dc, today, jury selection began in

many trials that will take place in response to those arrests. in one case, the u.s. attorney for the district attempted to gain access to months of facebook posts for several defendants which opens as conversation where your facebook privacy starts and where it ends. >> political reporter ronica cleary takes a closer look how the court ruled and if how the aclu feels about it. >> they're weighing in let me tell you, we have all heard about search warrants for your home, maybe car, but in the digital media age, search warrants go beyond physical property and into your digital presence, in one of many cases involving the inauguration day protests, the u.s. attorney obtained a search warrant for facebook page of the disrupt j20 group and the personal facebook pages of two protesters. now, the scope of the warrant was vast. with the government seeking to access the entire contents of the accounts in question for about a 90-day period. this would include private messages, friendly

photos and more, the aclu pushed back filing motions in dc superior court saying that the warrants violated the defendant's fourth amendment rights and where an extensive invasion of privacy. court rule by limiting the scope rider facebook exclude the following from information requested in the warrant. they had to exclude all third party information, to give you an idea what this means, this includes the identifies of about 6,000 people who like or follow the disrupt jay 20 page on facebook, they had to exclude the names of friends on person pages in question and limit the date range for photos. now, even in light of the ruling, that does limit the scope of the warrant, the aclu doesn't think the ruling went far enough to protect the privacy of the defendants. now, we spoke with scott michaelman staff attorney at the district of columbia

ruling >> the judgely ruling imposed some safeguards that government will have to follow. it didn't go far enough in protecting our client's personal information. it's not enough that a judge issues a warrant based on probable cause. if the warrant is for everything in your house or everything in your e-mail account or everything in your facebook account. the warrant has to be particular i seed to what the government has shown probable cause cause to look for or to put it more concretely, if the government has probable cause to look for a car on your property, they can search your garage, they can't search your bedroom. >> the aclu tells me they're consulting with their clients and weighing their options on a response if any. we reached out to the u.s. attorney for the district, for their reaction to the ruling, they had no comment. back to you. next week, the wood son high school football team will play in the turkey bowl on thanksgiving day without a team of its players, this after video surfaced online of some players

getting into a fight with an opposing team. according to dc schools, this video first appeared on twitter but since been taken down, it shows a fight between woodson high school players and eastern high school. the teams were playing each other last weekend for a spot in the turkey bowl. >> the woodson team put in a lot of effort and, you know, put in a lot of time and energy this season, and we believe that they deserve the right to continue to represent the school and play the game. and so we have, i think about half the students maybe a little over half who although they left the area, which is against the rules, to do so, we believe that they deserved opportunity to represent woodson high school and go on and play the game. >> there are also nine eastern high school players who are facing suspension effective next season. we're talking about football. 51 degrees right now, live look at the white house as it gets darker earlier and

it was nice today, it was sun. >> we sure did, we need that day jim, we had no sun, so at least we got a sunny morning, and part of the afternoon, but those clouds have come in from both sides now. wouldn't that be a great lyric for a song? and anyway, we got the clouds coming in we also have this frontal boundary that is approaching with showers just about to western pennsylvania and the western edge of west virginia, that will be heading in our direction in the overnight hours, so temperature-wise, we get a little push of warm air ahead of that we actually topped out at 55. we're still at 51 right now, a little warmer than we were at 5:00 last night. it's 51 at manassas, 50 in hagerstown, 52 for frederick and 51 for quantico and fredericksburg. most of the early evening we're going to keep dry, we've got 49 degrees expected at 7:00 with a lot of clouds, by 9:00, about 49, and by 11:00, probably still dry in most areas, 48, but that frontal boundary may be able to

west, so i wanted to show you that we have that front coming down through, it's going to make pretty good haze getting through our area way couple of showers in the overnight hours, we will be clearing out after that passes on by, but it will be breezy and temperatures will top out in the mid and upper 50's tomorrow. but i don't think you're going to need your umbrella for the morning commute. let me show you why, as we show you the futurecast with a lot of clouds, maybe a few showers, hagerstown, front royal down the interstate corridor at 11:00. by 2:00 in the morning, a scattering of light showers, we're talking less than a 10th of an inch of rain, by 7:00 a.m., things will be clearing out, a breezy day filled with temperatures in the mid and upper 50's the breeze it won't feel quite that warm but it will be sunny, that's a first look at your forecast, we'll talk more about a bigger change for the weekend on our seven-day forecast. coming up in just a bit, jim and sarah >> first year a potential serial killer in a florida neighborhood is yet

dead. >> what? what? and then he say, he said he's dead. >> why police believe a fourth homicide is now connected with three other deaths in that same area. >> a teacher in virginia arrested for selling heroin on school property. details of the bust coming up next. >> it's a step in the right dire direction. there's a networking event called come meet a black person and has some people scratching heads. we'll tell you why the organizer said it's aimed at attack on racism when we come back.

. we're taking a look at what's trending, first up on a maryland teach on administrative leave after arrested and

heroin where she worked as a special education teacher. after driving off school gounds, officers stopped her, found more than 100 capsules with heroin, hundreds of oxycodone pills, $3,000 in cash. she's currently being held on a $50,000 bond. head up if you shop at forever 21, the retailer is currently investigating a credit card breach >> they say may have affected customers who madin store credit card purchases between march and october. no word on the number of people who may be affected forever 21 said customers should monitor the credit card statements and call their bank if they notice suspicious activity. in other words, you're on your own right now. papa john's doing damage control after the ceo blamed a slump in pizza sales on those nfl protests. papa john is apologizing for those controversial comments. >> a series of tweets last night, coat said, it supports the players' movement to create a new platform for change but

honor our national anthem. papa john's also said it wants to work with players and the league to find a positive solution. they added they're open to all ideas except ideas from neo nazis. >> from papa john's >> get a little spicy >> networking event in georgia, this is really raising eyebrows. offers professionals the chance to meet a black person. >> may sound like a joke but the event is scheduled for tomorrow is the brain child of cheryl moses >> she dreamed up the event should or should not showed 25% of white people don't have any nonwhite friend's 65% of black people don't have white friend of the goal of the meet a black person event is to bridge the racial divide and people are talking about. meanwhile, public bin. watching you may have done it yourself or seen others >> 2/3 of customers are

outside the comfort of home >> 44% takes place on airplanes, 27% watch while standing in line, and even bathroom breaks are becoming prime time for tv show fan, 12% confessed to watching in public bathroom stall >> if it's replacing the newspaper and books, if you got a kindle >> here's the thing, there's nothing more -- i'm not speaking from experience, somebody who walks in, you curb your enthusiasm playing in the bathroom. put the head phones on. that's what we have, trending for you on fox 5 new disturbing details about the gunman who went on a shooting rampage at a california school. we know that was his second attack of the day after first killing his wife and burying her body. more on that story next. first let's check with matt ackland. >> reporter: hi, sarah, authorities in woodbridge are on the look-out for a man who was able to get into a hom

go up behind a woman and sexually assault her. he was wearing a ski mask at the time. we'll have that all coming up in a live report. good afternoon, man, how are you? do you have any instructions in the back >> we have a dog. >> structures, buildings, out house, no, there's a back door >> stepping up search for a possible serial killer, new video of agents with guns drawn showing up at people's doors. >> what i did was stupid, there's no other way to put it and i'm not that type person. >> the aclu players arrested in china for shoplifting apologizing for their actions, but was it enough? we'll talk about that coming up.

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. this is fox 5 local news at 5:00. dc police investigating a shooting near the dc maryland board before 7:00 this morning in the 5200 block of east capitol street, the victim found about two miles away near the i 295 onramp. police found a man inside a car suffering from multiple gunshot wounds taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. police say they're searching for two suspects who ran away from the scene. a deadly fire inside of a mobile home in charles county, you heard us mentions this off the top. it's the second fatal fire we have reported today. this one happened early this morning in a mobile home in the town of brian road. no one else was hurt. police are looking for a man they say raped and sodomized two young girls. 57-year-old mike heyman was questioned last month but took offer from the area before police could issue a

his arrest. police say both of the victims are under the age of 13. if you know where he is, you're asked to call the fort royal police department. prince william's county police are looking for a man wearing a ski mask and dark clothing who brother in a woman's home and sexualitied her >> she was able to break free and suspect ran from the home. matt ackland is live on gaz ebo court in woodbridge where this all happened. matt, what are you hearing. >> reporter: residents in this area imagine are concerned, this happened about 6:30 last night. he was able to get in through a sliding glass door. the woman was standing in the kitchen. he apparently went up behind her and grabbed her. she was able to fight him off. detectives going door to door trying to come up new leads asking neighbors if they ask you a anything strange. maybe a strange running from the area with dar

mask >> i'm concerned because there are people that walked through here from the apartments. that we don't know. >> according to prince william's county police, the woman was just standing in her kitchen when they believe a man got inside through an unlocked sliding glass door >> the victim was in her kitchen doing dishes, and out of nowhere, the suspect came up behind her and grabbed her. she didn't hear him come in. she was able to scream like i said and then get away from him and he ran out the back door at that point. >> once again, the woman was able to fight the man off. she did sustain some minor injuries. the description, there really isn't much of one, he was wearing a ski mask, authorities once again reminding everyone, asking anyone in this area if they saw something, somebody running from a -- the apartments around here to give them a call, they want track this person down right away. for now, live

matt ackland fox 5 local news. there are new details in the deadly shooting rampage in northern california earlier this week, the death toll at five after the wife of the alleged gunman kevin neil was found in their home. her body found in the floorboards. 14 other people were hurt. neil eventually killed in a shoot-out with police on exact motive is unclear. neil's mother said he was frustrated with an ongoing dispute with his neighbors who reportedly claimed he was running a meth lab. he called her and said i'm fighting against everyone who lives in this area >> i am aware of incident where is neighbors reported shots coming from that residence on every time we responded, we would try to make contact with mr. neil. like i said, he was not law enforcement friendly. he would not come to the door. actually, his house was arranged in a manner where we couldn't detect him being there. >> i

home the day before for a domestic violence call. two of his first victims were his neighbors, he was already out on bail for allegedly stabbing one of his neighbors in january. good afternoon, ma'am. how are you? >> you're welcome to come in, i'm the only one here. >> do you have any structures in the back or anything >> we got a dog. >> structures, buildings, out houseses anything like that >> no. there's a back door. >> this is fbi and swat teams going door to door in tampa, trying to put a stop to a suspected serial killer. police believe the same person who killed three people in october is behind a forth yesterday. ronald fell ton was shot in the back before 5:00 a.m. tuesday. he was at a church where he volunteered at a food kitchen. he was blocks away from where three others were gunned down. investigators say they believe the suspect lives in the same neighborhoods as the shootings >> you walk out

somebody just shoot you for no reason. he wasn't hurting nobody. he wasn't doing anything to nobody. and they took his life. that's my brother. you know, somebody that's going to be well missed very well missed. and just hurts. really hurts. >> police released the surveillance video last month. they believe this person may be the suspected serial killer or someone who may have seen or heard something. arizona senator john mccain is threatening to block pennsauken nominees over a report the army is granting mental healthy whatevers to recruits. with a history of burglar disorder, depression or drug and alcohol abuse, mccain is the chairman of the arm services committee. easy he was not notified of the policy change before it appeared in that article. a half dozen democratic

lawmakers introduced articles of impeachment against president trump. it is most significant push to have him removed from the presidency since he took office. they're accusing the president of object struck of justice. undermining the federal usual shear and freedom of the press. >> those who will judge us properly have not been born yet. i believe that those who will look back through the vista of time at this time will conclude that there was some people who refused to allow a president to continue to bring shame, to continue to dishonor the office >> the push to remove is not likely to pick up steam since the republican party is the majority in the house and senate. i'd also like they don't they know, president trump and united sta

you for taking the time to intervene on our behalf. >> thank you to the united states government and president trump for your efforts to bring us home. >> aclu basketball players accused of shoplifting in china thanking the president. they were at a press conference where they read those prepared statements admitting to the crime. they thanked the president for helping to range their release. this happened before the president tweeted do you think the three aclu basketball players will say thank you president trump? they were headed for ten years in jail. >> i'd like to start off by saying i'm sorry for stealing from the stores in china. i didn't exercise my best judgment. and i was wrong for that. >> i want to start out by saying how embarrassed and ashamed i am for disappointing my family, team mates, coaches and the entire aclu community. >> i apologize to my team mates, my coaches and my family because how much negative attention i put on

>> the coach good young man will be suspended indefinitely they won't travel or take part in practice while the school reviews the situation a southwest airline pilot caught trying to bring a loaded gun on the flight. we'll have details and video of a jet on fire while passengers run for their lives, what caused that to burst into planes. bwi has a had new policy about travel this season >> looks cold early next week, respective for a big travel week, looks like we'll start off great for the first part of the week. we got showers moving in as you take a look at satellite and radar, that sunshine fell nice this morning, clouds first, we'll see precipitation overnight. impacts from the cold front bringing the rain showers tonight coming up in your seven-day forecast. with fox 5 news at 5:00 returns after this. after this.

the national transportation safety board releasing new surveillance video from a 2015 british airways airplane fire. the blane on the way to london from las vegas when the left engine burst into flames. the bowieing 777 quickly came to a halt as black smoke filled the sky. from another angle you see emergency chutes. 157 passengers and 13 crew members were on board. no one was seriously hurt and the ntsb said the fire was caused by engine failure. let's take you over to southwest airlines. where a pilot is under the influence trying to carry a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage. he was arrested at st. louis international airport trying to board a flight headed to vegas when

loaded 9 millimeter pistol in his flag. airport officials say he did not have a concealed carry permit. bwi making changes, the first hour of parking in the hourly garage will be free. so you can have those wonderful reunions with your family there. bwi also adding about 50 additional spaces to its cell phone lot. if you're using something like uber or lyft you'll have to be dropped off on the upper level. restriction does not apply to taxis. >> it is the sound of the season. bells ringing all across our area, kicking off as salvation army red kettle campaign, it's a proud media sponsor, joined joyful givers there's allison seymour there. tucker barnes kicking off the holiday

to fox5dc.com for more information and how to give great job allison. it's wonderful >> multitasking. we were talking about football, talking about the bell ringers, you know, gets you in the winter spirit >> we've had temperatures to go along with it. it's been aside from the first few days, a chilly november. and it's continuing, we had such a cold morning this morning, so many of you started below 30, just below freezing, it was a slow climb to 50's. the morning sunshine helped. we'll have to wait for sunshine tomorrow. a cold front is passing through. many of you will not even notice the showers that it will brink i think it is exits quickly rain showers are out of here before the morning commute. your weather headlines will begin with that. you do see showers moving in probably by about midnight for our western suburbs swinging through here during the overnight hours and exiting early tomorrow. behind that, we will quickly turn sunny and also prey

it's actually going to be warmer tomorrow than today, but gusty ier. it looks sunny and bright friday and saturday calling for rain, although it doesn't look like much and looks like it will hold off into late afternoon evening, possibly into the overnight hour, maybe hour or two lingering into early sunday, 51 in dc, 49 in baltimore, 46 westminster and 48 in gaithersburg, 48 martinsberg, temperatures like to fall off quickly once we move past sunset which is now before 5:00 p.m. 39 binghamton, 47 new york, 39 in boston, chilly day across the northeast, 46 in columbus, 44 in detroit. not a big temperature swing behind this front, which is bringing in narrow band of pretty steady showers moving east out of cleveland into western pennsylvania, pittsburgh going to go see some of that steadier rainfall but it will weaken as it crosses the mountains and moves through our neighborhood during overnight. heavy clouds overhead. we saw a nice amount of sunshine this morning, and clouds filled in this afternoon. ov

here's the showers fox futurecast shows them arriving about midnight, then swinging through the 95 stretch during the overnight, looks like even by the time we hit the commute tomorrow morning, we're already seeing some of that sunshine break out. it should be a pleasant day. wind out of the west, and notice up slip snow showers there, this is tomorrow evening, 7:00 p.m. some ski resorts extreme western maryland down to the shenandoah could see snow showers through tomorrow night, rest of us see clear skies, back for tonight, clouds on the increase, 43 degrees with a few showers, tomorrow, we'll see temperatures jump into the upper 50's with that west, northwest wind that will be a little gusty over 20 miles an hour at times. now to the weekend. we are waiting on a cold front which is kind of slowing down now, meaning if those showers don't get in until late saturday ahead of it, south of the warm front, it will be pretty cloudy but breezy and near 60, so kind of mild showers swing through during

overnight hoay shower early sun that colder air doesn't look to come in until later. now on sunday. temperatures will likely be falling throughout the afternoon turning breezy and chilly. so a transitional day there on sunday. herely your seven-day forecast showing those transition's temperatures, breezy and milder tomorrow, 59, back to the low 50's friday, but back up towards 60 on saturday. 49 will probably hit the temperature in the morning on sunday. so turning colder and breezier into the afternoon, then monday, itself looks chilly, we're getting into the holiday week, monday, tuesday and even into wednesday, looks fine, not just here but around the midatlantic and northeast temperatures in the 50's, questions remain about thanksgiving, looks like we could have showers around depending on what you look i was the, ironing that out, looking at that closely and ironing that as we go through the rest of the week, jim and sarah? >> could it be a solution to the opioid crisis >> a new battery operated device

help addicts fight their urge to get high. we'll have that coming up next. t coming up next.

. yesterday, the fda cleared the way for the first digital drug, the pill tracks what's going on inside your body and sends the data to your cell phone, we talked about that yesterday. today, the fda clear the way for a new device they hoped will help in the fight against opioid addiction, here's sarah to explain more. it's called the nss2 bridge device helps treat symptoms of opioid withdrawal. it's placed behind ear and uses electrical pulses to stimulate branches of certain cranial nerves. according to the fda helps provide relief from opioid withdrawal systems like sweating stomach pain, agitation and joint pain, patie

up to five days during the beginning of withdrawal phase. in a clinical study of 73 patients, all had a reduction in symptoms within 30 minutes of using the device. 88% of the people who tried this transitioned to medication assisted therapy after five days of using it. but one doctor we spoke with says the real battle is figuring out how to prevent patients from relapsing. what are the stress factors that cause you to use the drug in itself. do you have a bad family environment? stress at work? no work? what else is going on? do you have a chronic pain issue that you need the use the narcotics for and obviously we saw that you had an issue with the narcotics maybe you need to see a physician, anesthesiaiologist who can diagnose the pain, it's multi-factorial, it's not one and done, there are a lot of reasons why people have psychosocial reasons for drug abuse and addictn.

little while, back in 2014, the fda approved the device for use in accu-weather puncture steve is target cell phone s stores around our area, photos of suspects caught in the act. up next. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, up next. please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee, with a 2-year agreement.

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. can you help identify these three suspects police say three people broke into a. mobile store on the 2400 block of market street northeast, this happened last tuesday, before 5:00 in the morning, investigators say the suspect searched around the store but left without taking anything. a new unnamed actress is suing harvey weinstein. beverly hills police confirmed they're investigating allegations against weinstein but they did not get specific about the

now defemaled hollywood movie mogul. a teacher arrested for selling drugs on campus. cori coffin working the story. >> reporter: a i'll let you know how much was on her when arr arrested. prince william's county county police are looking for a man who broke into a home and sexual assaulted a woman. two neighbors one with a fire extinguisher attempt to save two people from a burning house in temple hills. new tonight at 6:00. >>, maryland high school teacher is facing charges accused of selling drugs on school property >> police arrested the special ed teacher after a month-long investigation. cori coffin is live in the newsroom with the latest.

cori >> heroin and pills that's what wicomico authorities say they found on monica snee. special education teacher. deputies arrested her after the month-long investigation after they received a tip in early october. detectives said their investigation revealed she was selling heroin and prescription pills through the wicomico county. including on campus at park side high school, that's according to those investigators. they stopped snee after she drove off school grounds, when they stopped her, they found 100 capsules which tested positive for heroin inside as well as nearly 350 pills of oxycodone sub ox zone strip as well as $3,000 in cash in her car. in a statement. the wicomico county public school system said we have no knowledge that any students were

nor any knowledge of any drug transactions made inside park side high school. as sheriff lewis mentioned. the transactions took place in a parking lot behind the school, and nearly bus ramp, end quote, she's now facing seven possession and distribution drug charges, her bond set at nearly $50,000, now, she's due back in court december 7th, if convicted, she could face 40 years in prison. there's an extra 20 year sentence tacked on because of the proximity near the school. a special action team on opioid crimes led the investigation. this is the latest in a series aimed at curbing the epidemic >> a man wearing a ski mask and dark clothing into a prince william's county without home sexual assaulted her. police are still trying to find him. matt ackland is live in