blue spruce planted here five years ago. that ornament on top of it is a 4 feet wide and weighs more than 40 pounds. just to give you an idea of the scale. the tree itself is about 35 feet tall, 70,000 -- 75,000led lights on the tree. so, it will be a very exciting moment. going to send it back to you guys in studio and i'll give you a holler as the president comes out. >> we're following breaking news. >> we have an earthquake that has occurred, sue palka, just east-northeast of dover delaware. >> this was just moment ago sarah and jim and we started having people say in the news room hey my friend just felt the house shake and we are seeing on us gs this may have been a 5.1 but i've seen places saying that it was a 4.4. we'll know which of those magnitudes it was in a few minutes. this was allegedly about

10-kilometers east-northeast of dover. did you notice anything jim here. >> nothing here. >> but we had a magnitude 5.8 back i believe in 2011 that really a lot of people felt. so, if this was a 5.1, i would imagine a lot of people felt it. the one back in 2011 of course was centered down in virginia so we don't know much else other than i know that a lot of people are tweeting about it. if you felt it we would love it if you would tweet us, maybe even call in. we'll give you a number you can reach our assignment desk at and put us on the air to tell what it was like. it was at 4:47 this evening about kilometers east-northeast of delaware. not unusual for this to happen in our area but to have it just six years out from a pretty

here i think that's almost trumping the christmas tree tonight. what do you say. >> it's entirely possible. before we go to that i want to let you know 5.8 was the magnitude of the 2011, we're talking about a 5.1 right now. >> that's very significant. >> yeah. >> and our producer tells me we have someone on the phone who may have felt it so i don't know if you guys want to do that. >> yeah, who do we have on the phone right now? mike tobias. mike, where are you at? >> mike tobias are you with us. >> yes, mike tobias with you. >> mike where are you at and what did you feel. >> capitol heights maryland. we felt tremble. glasses went rattling. people were a little disturbed and we all came to say that was some type of a earthquake. >> did you see any objects outside or did you see anything physically move or fall during the course of that. >> no, we was tot

>> so, what did you -- now, how long did it last and -- i mean, when you first felt it you immediately knew it was an earthquake or did you think there was something flying overhead? >> didn't know what it was but i wouldn't know anything that could rattle the liquor bottles on a bar. >> right. >> other than a quake. >> so, how long did it last would you say? >> any other quite a minute. >> so, several seconds. >> yeah, just seconds. >> wow. >> so, you're where, at capitol heights you said. >> capitol heights, maryland. >> okay. you were inside a bar at the time? >> no, i was home in the basement making preparations for the redskins game. >> that's right. we have that going on and i think mike just to give you some perspective, if you're feeling it in capitol heights, i know we had a crew out towards bowie they felt 38 as well. this is something that, you know, that had a bit of an effect and right before we let

anything from 2011? did you feel anything back then. >> i was in -- i was in giant food store when it happened. >> okay. >> yeah, a lot of people do remember where they were at for that one. did this feel stronger? weaker than that one or is it hard to compare? >> i didn't hear you clear. >> all right. >> okay. >> mike tobias we appreciate you calling in and telling us what you experienced. we'll of course welcome anybody else to call in, send pictures if anything was -- came off the wall or anything like that but mike thank you so much. we're glad you're safe. appreciate it. >> all right, let's go to lauren demarco. lauren, you know, we started off with you down there at the white house and lots going on but the -- national christmas tree lighting, what's going on. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i hear you guys talking about the earthquake. i don't think we felt anything here. i didn't feel it. of course everybody talking about the tree. we are waiting for the moment where president trump

out and light up this tree. still waiting, we do know that they should be in this area behind the stage of the the motorcade left the white house some time ago and part of the first family ivanka trump here with her children but this really is such an exciting time. it's the 95th anniversary of the lighting of the national christmas tree so it's a tradition that dates back and of course the first time for this president. sounds like they're starting the ceremony. trying to listen in to see exactly when the president will come up. okay, they're bringing out the hosts right now, kathy lee gifford and dean cane. if you want we can check back in with you when we see the president walking up and make sure that we bring you this moment live on the air. back to you guys. >> all right, lauren, thank you so much. quite a festive day out there. it's always fun to watch as the christmas tree lights go on. >> it's a big deal. >> all right. >> let's go over to sue right now. sue you got a little more information on the earthquake that hit just a few moments

outside of dover delaware. >> yes, and seeing folks talk about it right now on twitter. people thought -- people thought that they were imagining it, that this was another repeat but i'm telling you our anjali hemphill was in silver spring and said my dog leo and i felt a slight rumble heard stuff shaking on the shelves in silver spring and a lot of you are saying you felt it too. i remember august 23rd that's when we had the 5.8 here that wasn't definitely something that sticks in your memory. if this was indeed a 5.1 magnitude which is the preliminary reporting from the u.s. gs we would have felt that. i didn't feel it here at fox5. back on august 23rd 2011 there was no question what you were feeling. i was in a hair salon, surprise and i felt like the washing machine was off balance maybe they were doing the towels and i looked across the street and the windows were shaking on every building and w

supposed to do at that time which is run out of the building because of falling debris. this lasted about a minute according to people we have been speaking with tonight. a lot of you again just getting tuned in saying i felt this earthquake in upper marlboro maryland, that was patricia warren many people say that there -- again we believe it was centered about 10-kilometers east-northeast of dover delaware. hopefully let's go back to what happened, the 5.8 in 2011. so much damage to the washington monument. so much damage to the national cathedral that is still being worked on and that earthquake was felt i remember from really the canadian border down through the carolinas. it will be interesting to see how far north, south, east and west people are going to tell us that he felt this earthquake. i'm checking twitter again. this is where twitter is so incredibly helpful, isn't it? the first idea that we had that something happened was one of our editors coming

friend say his whole house shook a few minutes ago. did you hear about an earthquake anywhere. >> right. >> then all of a sudden everything came flooding in. that's what we have right now and greg redfern who is one of our sky guy, he's also a big science buff he says i wonder if the atlantic sea ridge had a landslide. there's an impact crater called tom's canyon and it can make an impact. >> we're hearing from folks in beltsville maryland, a viewer said she felt the earthquake. she says it was nothing like the one in 2011. the one in 2011 definitely a lot of people felt it here. >> just checking the usgs, they're readvising it to a 4.4 magnitude. that's still a bit significant. we said if you felt anything give us a call. james white is on the phone and james right off the top where are you and tell us what you

>> yes, good evening. i live in deanwood, northeast d.c. >> yes, sir. >> right off of nannie helen burroughs avenue and i was actually relaxing and my house shook and i called my wife and i was like did you feel that? she didn't even feel it. >> where was your wife at though? was she in a different part of d.c. >> she's in the house. we were in the same house. >> oh, she's in the same house with you, okay. >> i just assumed that somebody had a major accident or something. >> yeah. >> and next thing i knew everything in my house start shaking. >> so we're looking at right now for people who are watching, here's a map and it gives you an idea of where the epicenter was. you see the ripple effects towards the d.c. area. we asked our last caller -- james we appreciate you calling. we got to go over to lauren demarco right now. >> she's at the ellipse for the christmas tree lighting. lauren. >> reporter: absolutely we are here and you can see president trump

melania trump walking out about to speak right now. little bit of chaos up here with the media folks. there's -- they want to make sure we've got our lights off, it's a security concern so pardon that if you see them walking by but here's the moment. >> i want to thank kathy lee and we're here at president's park. we want to wish everybody a merry christmas, a happy new year have unbelievable holidays and we are now going to light a very beautiful tree and i'll ask our first lady to get ready and maybe we'll do a countdown from 10. so, we'll go 10, nine f-eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> good job. >> ♪

>> so, there you have it. >> live pictures right here down at the ellipse the tree lighting just taking place, always a magical moment every time we watch this here, president trump and melania of course their first time at the christmas tree lighting. >> all right. and of course we want to hit the reset button right now. >> yeah we've had a lot going on. >> here's what's coming up. tisha lewis what do you have. >> reporter: charges filed against a baltimore city police sergeant. we have the indictment that was unsealed today. wait until you hear what it is asserting happened and all of this is unfolding as we speak. we'll have more on that coming up. sarah. >> music mogul russell simmons stepping down from his position at def jam after bombshell accusations of rape. >> push

surrounding sexual harassment on capitol hill. more coming up after the break. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> welcome back new charges filed against a former baltimore city sergeant indicted for planting evidence. >> the latest accusation say the sergeant set up

on a suspect. suiter was killed two weeks ago the day before he was supposed to testify before a grand jury. fox5's tisha lewis with more. >> reporter: sarah and jim it's unsettling and these new charges stem from an encounter with a suspect after a high speed chase and crash back in 2010. well, now as these new charges surface lawmakers are asking the fbi to investigate the case. suiter was an 18 year veteran of the department. his death remains unsolved. now, in this new indictment, unsealed this afternoon, prosecutors say detective wayne jenkins told an officer he was sending another officer sean suiter based on court documents to search the car because he was "clueless" that jenkins had reportedly planted drugs. while suiter is not named in the documents he's named in the charging documents about the 2010 case. he ultimately found the planted heroin in the car and the suspect

sentenced to more than a decade behind bars. >> what this indictment outlines in great detail is the fact that sean suiter was not involved in any way shape or form in any criminal misconduct whatsoever. and i know there has been a lot of speculation about that and i think that this indictment spells out detective suiter's role seven years ago in this particular case. detective suiter was used. he was officer suiter at the time. he was used and he was put in a position where he unwittingly recovered drugs that had been planted by another police officer. and that's -- that's a damn shame. >> today prosecutors filed a motion to vacate omar burleigh's conviction and another man's conviction. some lawmakers say an independent investigation will be the quickest way to provide the public and detective sean suiter's family with answers. sergeant wayne jenkins is ex

january. tisha lewis fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> well, a story that continues to develop. the wave of sexual harassment accusations sweeping through the media hollywood and politics. >> the list of powerful and public men facing allegations continues to grow as new women come forward with their stories seems just about every day. >> yeah. >> a fifth accuser has come forward with accusations against al franken and representative john conyers in the hospital amid more calls for his resignation. >> matt lauer apologizing after being fired over sexual misconduct accusations russell simmons announcing he's stepping down after a bombshell rape claim. screen writer jenny lumet reveals her terrifying encounter. she claims simmons offered her a chauffeured bag in 1991 to her home but when she got in the car she says simmons told the driver to lock the doors and took her to her apartment and then forced h

sex with him. simmons says her account is very different from his. he also apologized and said he will be removing himself from his businesses because he does not want to be a distraction. a day after matt lauer's shocking exit at nbc news the former today show host is now saying sorry for his inappropriate sexual behavior. lauer expressed his regret saying "there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. to the people i have hurt, i am truly sorry. "lauer explained not everything said about him is true but there's enough truth to make him feel embarrassed and ashamed. >> another woman coming forward army veteran stephanie keplem. she said the grope lasted about five to 10 seconds right before the photo caw taken. was taken.

accuse the senator of inappropriate behavior. >> the allegations against congressman conyers as we have learned more since sunday are serious, disappointing and very credible. it's very sad. the brave women who came forward are owed justice. i pray for congressman conyers and his family and wish them well. however, congressman conyers should resign. >> it was a major change in her position from just a few days ago. conyers is facing several allegations of sexual misconduct. his attorney says he has no plans to step down and instead plans to fight the accusations. we're also learning conyers is currently in a detroit hospital because of stress. >> and in a push to end secrecy

harassment on capitol hill, house lawmakers introduced a groundbreaking bill to expose secret settlements paid out with taxpayer dollars. the measure would require all settlements to be disclosed along with the lawmaker involved and the nature of the allegations. it would also ban using taxpayer money in the future to settle sexual harassment and assault claims. >> on the way police say the guys played the part well right down to the walk. >> ♪ >> the way they were walking, they have to walk down a pier to be elderly males, one of them appeared to be the caretaker of one of the other males. >> yeah, the wrinkles bald head hunched shoulders looked like they were a couple old guys going into a jewelry store but police say it's a disguise to rob it. >> the suspected serial killer in tampa florida was in court today. new details on the case. but first paul. >> reporter: jim, police say a police impersonator raped a

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>> ♪ >> welcome back to fox5. you know we thought we would be talking about christmas trees today. instead we're talking about an earthquake because about 4:47 this afternoon initially it was thought to be a 5.1 magnitude earthquake felt near dover delaware. we now know this has been revised, that it was likely a 4.4 magnitude earthquake which is still very significant. this was east-northeast of dover delaware again about 4:47 this afternoon but many of you felt it. this is not as strong as the earthquake we had in 2011 which was a 5.8 and that one was centered about 38 miles northwest of richmond. nevertheless we know that the

damage. we're hoping we don't have a lot of damage with this one located closer to dover. a lot of people saw it in delaware. a lot of people in philadelphia sent it. jim lokay what are some of the other locations. >> the usgs has the shake map where you're likely to feel vibrations and effects of the earthquake. they're saying the national cathedral may have likely at least felt a little effect of it. they're saying just weak if that but other cities trenton new jersey, harrisburg pa richmond even hartford connecticut likely to at least feel weaking effects, you know, it just depends on where you are but it's a pretty big area. >> yeah, absolutely. i've heard from a lot of people here locally that said they felt it. it was nowhere near as strong as 2011. some folks on twitter said it was a brief shaking a few seconds whereas back in 2011 i felt that and that lasted what felt like over a minute in many areas with tremendous damage to the cathedral and also to the washington monument as we kno

continue to let you know what we are hearing but again, though, initially 5.1, that has been revised to 4.4. it's a significant difference and we hope that that means a lot less damage as well. let me show you again the weather map and you can see that first and foremost, we are showing you where that earthquake was centered and now let's talk a little weather, shall we? once again we got off easy today. hello november, goodbye november, it's been real. 60 degrees again today. that's above the average of 52. we are going to see temperatures staying comfortable tonight. it's 56 degrees right now so this is a bargain for the national christmas tree lighting, let me tell you for all the folks that are out there tonight but we are going to watch for the possibility of a few showers coming in later tonight. light south winds brought in the warmth today. but as we check out radar here comes another frontal boundary. it has a few showers with it up through western pennsylvania, now just entering western maryland. we see a few showing up out toward the cumberland area and good news, temperatures are well above average

see those in the d.c. area in a very spotty fashion closer to 9 o'clock tonight so i think everybody will be off the ellipse by then. 11 o'clock 51 degrees, a couple showers around. guess what, i think they'll be long gone by morning. futurecast will show you that at 8 o'clock, maybe a few of those are trying to struggle into the western suburbs but by 11 o'clock, we're having a hard time even finding it on radar and we're back to sunshine on friday and hopefully an earthquake free day. we're enjoying your information on twitter. keep tweeting me at sue palka at fox5 d.c. and we will share your information as well. jim and sarah, over you to -- or are we going to break right now? i think we are. we're going to break. to break.much more to tell you . we'll be right back. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> new tonight a security guard is facing some serious charges

impersonated a police officer and raped a man he had stopped. >> investigators say it happened sunday morning in langley park. now there's concern there may be other victims out there. fox5's paul wagner live from prince george's county police headquarters tonight with that story. paul. >> reporter: yeah, jim and sarah an incredible story. sunday morning police say they got a call from this man who said that he had just been raped by a man in a uniform who had used a badge, asked him for his i.d. put him in the back of a cruiser and raped him on a side street in langley park and four days later police say they were able to make an arrest because that man, that victim, had taken a picture of the license plate with his cell phone. let's show you some pictures that the prince george's county police released to us earlier today. this is michael bell. he's a 36-year-old security guard from upper marlboro who police say stopped a man in langley park early sunday morning and asked him for his identification.

flashlight before padding him down the victim telling him he was in a dangerous area and offered to give him a ride. police say he then put the victim only described as a young latino male into this 2007 ford crown victoria and drove him to a secluded location. police say bell first stopped the man around 6:15 in the morning near the intersection of riggs road and university boulevard before driving him to a side street. the two -- the 2100 block of guilford road where police say the victim was forced to perform sexual acts and raped. after bell drove off, police say the victim was brave enough to snap the photo of that car. based on evidence, they have recovered, investigators are concerned bell may have done this before. >> we have and again we are in the middle of an investigation, were you the we have been able to execute search warrants. we have gotten some evidence that makes us very concerned about the potential of other

victims. there was that i.d. that bell asks the victim to give to him, demands him upon projecting him says give me your i.d. then pats him down. we have located other i.d. of other people. we are looking into that now. >> reporter: now, although police say they did find some other i.d.'s, they did say today at a news conference that they had no reports at all from that area of any kind of a police impersonator in recent days, weeks and or months. we know that bell is that locked up currently and he's about to see a commissioner. we're live in palmer park, paul wagner fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> tonight a war of words has broken out over a grade fixing scandal in prince george's county public schools. >> maryland governor larry hogan blasted county leaders for not taking the investigation seriously. now he's planning a meeting with the naacp directly to address their concerns. >> tom fitzgerald spoke with both governor h

rushern baker he's live at charles flowers high school tonight with more on this. fitz. >> reporter: sarah, jim, this simmering disagreement between the governor and the county executive boiled over today and this is what turned up that heat. this was a letter from the prince george's county ncaa p directly to the governor asking him to step in, meet with them directly and take care of what the naacp says is an injustice to the students going to school here in prince george's county. now, the governor telling fox5 tonight that meeting is going to happen the week after next but he added he has big concerns about what he sees as a lack of action on the part of the county and schools here and what the naacp is calling a grade fixing scandal. >> when the findings came in and found widespread wrongdoing, the school system again and both the county and the school s

take it seriously. now we have a letter from the naacp pleading with us to -- to get involved and take it to the next level. you know, i'm concerned that they didn't take it seriously. i said that at first. >> reporter: now, in the text of that letter to the governor, the prince george's county naacp says they have deep concerns about the pg county performance audit, adding that they believe that the grade fixing scandal is just an effect but the cause, they say, runs much deeper. ironically, both hogan and the county executive, rushern baker shared a stage today breaking ground on a new university of maryland medical center in largo. now, following that event, the county executive reiterated his support for prince george's county chief of executive officer dr. kevin maxwell and went on to say that the governor may have been out of line in his comments abo t

because in his view, the report gives the county and the schools 60 days to respond. >> maybe he didn't read it or doesn't understand it. either way, i can't answer that question. what i can tell you is that they have taken it seriously because -- serious because we met around it and we continually meet with dr. maxwell and his senior staff about making changes there. so, i don't know what the governor's talking about. maybe that should have been a follow-up question. >> reporter: i should point out the politics of this as well. as you know county executive rushern bake baker is reasoningr the of democratic nomination. larry hogan up for reelection next year. the governor's office tells us that meeting between the governor and the naacp of prince george's county will take place the week after next. tom fitzgerald. >> could there

shakeup at the white house. >> ronica cleary is on that story for us. ronica. >> reporter: well, you're fired. it's the president's favorite expression. who could be next to go inside the administration? we're going to tell h who coming up. caitlin. >> reporter: it's been a beautiful day, temperatures close to 60 degrees for so many of us and we saw the sunshine especially earlier and guess what? front is coming through tonight. there might be a shower but we are looking at a beautiful friday, a beautiful late fall friday although it will be the first day of the meteorological winter, december 1st. that's tomorrow. i'll have your seven-day forecast coming up after the break and as we go to break, here's a live view down on the national mall, the ellipse with our hit christmas tree for christmas. holiday season 2017. we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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>> ♪ >> on the job mr. president. >> he's here, rex is here. >> here's the deal. it is not the first time we've heard reports from secretary of state rex tillerson could be fired from the administration. new details suggest it might happen. >> fox5 political reporter ronica cleary live at the white house with a look at when tillerson might go who might replace him and the long list of those who fired or quit the trump administration. >> reporter: that's right, jim and sarah. it's a revolving door for many inside the administration with firings and resignations seemingly the norm. let's take a look. just days after taking office, acting attorney general sally yates was fired and within the first six months of the year the administration said goodbye to national security adviser mike flynn, fbi director james comey and white house communications director mike dubke. from july through september the administration either fired o

sean spicer is, reince preibus, anthony scaramucci steve bannon sebastian gorka and tom price and now questions have resurfaced that rex tillerson could be the next to go. well, rumors began to swirl when reports surfaced that tillerson called the president a moron. it got so bad tillerson had to hold a press conference to address the issue. now, he complimented the president in that press conference but he never fully denied the allegation. well, now those rumors of a potential firing for tillerson, they have surfaced again, this time with reports suggesting that within the coming weeks or months, tillerson could be replaced with cia director mike pompeo. now, here's the question. the issue is the white house, they are not confirming it so in today's briefing there was a lot of focus on, you know, whether or not it's true and if

leaks coming from? take a listen. >> where the president loses confidence in someone they were no longer serve in the capacity they're in. the president was here today with the secretary of state. they engaged in a foreign leader visit and are continuing to work together to close out what we've seen to be an incredible year. look, i don't know where the stories are coming from. i don't try to spend most of my day figuring that out. i'd rather focus on the points that i know and the points that we're driving through the administration. and the secretary of state's a pretty tough guy. i think he'll be just fine carrying his job out. >> so, for now it seems that tillerson does have his job but the future does seem to be a bit uncertain. reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >> all right. a milestone

closed above 24,000 for the first time ever. stocks rallied as the senate nears a vote to overhaul the u.s. tax code. it got a midday boost when senator john mccain said he supported the bill. tech companies rebounded after a steep selloff on wednesday. this is the 51,000-point -- excuse me the fifth 1,000-point milestone for the dow this year. >> we want to get you back to talking about that earthquake. we know it has been downgraded to a 4.1 by the usgs and someone with the national earthquake center is on the line to talk about this. >> john bellini any time we talk about an earthquake in the d.c. area, this is new territory for us. we're not used to this sort of thing. what do you know. >> roughly about an hour ago there was a magnitude 4.1 earthquake roughly 6 miles east-northeast of dover, delaware [inaudible] d.c. area up to the northeast in new york cit

portion of connecticut. >> what's interesting is the fact that this is one of many earthquakes that happened throughout the day. how significant, though, is this one at this point for us? >> as for the eastern u.s. it's a fairly significant earthquake just because they don't get many of them of that size, and when they do have one of this size they're felt over a wider area than in other areas of the country such as california. >> any idea exactly at this point if we're going to have another one? is this something large enough we hear a lot of earthquakes, you talk about aftershocks and that types of things. are we likely to feel something else again, another earthquake, maybe smaller? >> generally earthquakes of this size will have some aftershocks. we have not recorded any yet and we wouldn't expect to see a lot of them but it wouldn't be surprising to see something in the magnitude two range. >> and you're not hearing anything of reports of damage or anything of that n

right? >> we haven't heard of any reports of damage so far, but an earthquake of this size would cause minimal damage such as items knocked off of shelves and maybe some plaster cracks. >> let me ask you very quickly john this came down as a 5.1 and then it was revised downward. when you have an earthquake occur is there usually that sort of disparity in the initial reports. >> well, in some areas of the country we have more corroboration of local networks and sometimes we automatically send it to the web site. when that happens the magnitude can change as we get more data and that's what happened in this situation. >> i think you kind of addressed this before. this is kind of a rare area to get an earthquake like this of this size, correct? >> yeah, it's definitely quite rare. we do see small earthquakes in the eastern u.s. magnitude one or two range, you know, somewhat regularly, meaning

>> yeah. >> but of this size, it's on the rare side. >> all right. well, john bellini thank you so much for talking to us from the national earthquake center. we appreciate it. >> all right, caitlin is here. this has been an eventful day. >> who knew, yeah, earthquake. >> we're going to start off talking about what a great day for the white house christmas tree lighting. >> yeah and right before there's an earthquake. i saw a lot of tweets throughout the philadelphia area but they're closer to the dover area than we are. i wasn't here in 2011 so i feel like i missed out on the excitement. >> it's okay. it's nothing you enjoy experiencing. >> we'll see the flood of you creative types out there tweeting pictures of your lawn furniture. >> we already have. >> never forget the earthquake of 2017. >> it's already happened. >> on that note, though, we are still looking attribute looking at beautifulweather. you saw earlier it's the tree lighting ceremony down on the ellipse lawn. it was a beautiful evening, clouds have been thickening all afternoon because we have a cold front

will bring a shower or two really nothing significant. that would be low on the magnitude square of wedding -- of weather what's coming through tonight. let's get to your graphics. earlier today, you know, it was actually another mild one. temperatures above normal. 60 reagan, 57 dulles, 56 at bwi so we did well with a nice south wind making it feel pretty mild out there this afternoon. still mild, 52 baltimore, 56 washington, 51 dulles and 51 in martinsburg. winds are out of the south out ahead of this cold front. it will get a little breezy as it approaches in the next couple of hours and there is that front right now bringing a pretty organized area of showers stretching from upstate new york down through western pennsylvania and sections of west virginia. locally, though, it's pretty minimal. you can see all the way out in western maryland cumberland and then back up into central portions of pennsylvania, some very light rain. that will move northeast ward but honestly it will lose its steam even as it gets to us so i would say your forecast for tonight generally mostly cloudy, 45 degrees overnight. a shower or two before midnight with this front but

out very quickly and as you wake up on your friday morning, we'll be greeted with sunshine. so, your setup for friday high pressure overhead nice and cool behind this front. temperatures will only be in the mid 40's kind of mild to start the day but then we'll be a little cooler tomorrow afternoon as we see high temperatures reach probably the mid-50's. accuweather 7-day forecast, sunny and cool tomorrow, 56. a couple more clouds increase saturday and a little cooler, sunday looks beautiful. now we're mild to start off next week but then there is a pretty loud signal that the second half of next week will be turning sharply colder as reflected in that high temperature after some showers of just 47 degrees. so stay tuned on that. that's your seven-day forecast. fox5 will be right back. >> ♪

>> well, seems everyone has an opinion these days about so many different issues from politics to gun control to the environment and one d.c. ch

debates. it's called faithpalms similar to face palms but the church is using jesus because this is how they feel jesus would think about these currents debates. matt auc ackland is live with me on this. clever matt. >> reporter: hi, sarah. the su church is undergoing a major renovation. instead of putting up the fence here they wanted to talk about local issues and how the congregation felt about this. as you were showing before, this is jesus and you can see his face is in his hand and there's several banners here. i want to take you through them real quick. this one is on environment. yes, science is real. and if we walk down here, take a look at this one. this is more on equality. i never said i hated anyone. little bit further down here, this is on the issue of gun control, all of the violence that we've been having, what is it with ari

and then this one really is getting the most attention. in fact a lot of people have been on social media all day today taking pictures of this. it's really starting to circulate. this is at president trump. the president said what? well, earlier today we spoke to the reverend of this church. he's the one that came up with this idea. we asked him to talk about it a little bit. take a listen. >> i don't want to speak for jesus too much but the jesus that i know and the jesus that i follow is a jesus who reaches out to people on the margins is a jesus who loves everybody and doesn't put up border walls. now, i know there's christians out there who are definitely in line with what our president is doing. but there's also a voice in christianity that says this is not in line and this is not okay. >> reporter: do you think that maybe this might actually get to the president's attention if media picks it up and the president does see it. >> well,. >> reporter: do you think

>> i don't know, our president is pretty good at attacking people on twitter. i hope i'm not in this crosshairs. >> reporter: and it could happen. the reverend said that he felt like he needed to do this, the church and the congregation is behind him. they wanted to speak out on these issues that's so many people are talking about. and jim and sarah, these aren't the only banners. we're told that maybe a few more are also going to pop up in the future. the next one is going to be one they don't want to reveal yet but i'm sure you'll see it on social media as soon as it goes up. for now in dupont circle, matt ackland, fox5 local news. >> all right, coming up, an unexpected disguise. >> robbers dressed up as elderly men getting away with hundreds of thousands of dollars in an elaborate jewelry back after the break. >> ♪

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>> creative? you bet. criminal? yup. two robbers dressed up a as elderly men. the suspect pulled off a heist at a jewelry store in georgia. the bald head wrinkles and hunched shoulders looks legit. it was all a surprise. they ambushed them with pepper spray. because of their disguise, police say it's going to be hard to identify them. the crooks made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in rolex watches. >> wow. that's pretty -- >> it's bold. >> it's bold, i mean and a lot of work to go through wow. >> for sure. >> coming up next a police impersonator is busted. >> paul wagner with what's coming up at 6:00. >> reporter: and busted after the victim took a picture of his license plate. i'm paul wagner. i'll have that story straight ahead. tisha. >> reporter: paul, thank you. new charges filed against a baltimore

accused of planting drugs at a crime scene. we have the indictment. the new details are next. >> reporter: it is officially the most wonderful time of year. we are live in the president's backyard for the 95th annual national tree lighting. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> ♪ >> we're going to begin tonight with breaking news out of delaware. a 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit just a short time ago. >> the quake epicenter just outside of dover but its tremors were felt across the midatlantic and in parts of maryland. >> fox5's cori coffin spoke with a woman who says she felt the tremor. cori, how did she describe it. >> reporter: yeah, i spoke to several people actually. we have calls coming in nonstop. several dozen calls from people on the east part of from where we are. now, the first woman i spoke to she's in northeast d.c., she says she felt her bed shake and she said it was very similar to the earthquak