takedown landed on three attempts for rafael dos anjos. let's see what he can do with it here. about a minute gone by in this third round. >> daniel: that is not an easy feat to accomplish. robbie lawler is very difficult to take down. >> jon: john anik daniel cormier on hand. "ufc fight night." watching the welterweight fight between rafael dos anjos and robbie lawler. a big second round for dos anjos. looking to add to it here in round three as lawler gets back to his feet. >> daniel: good job by robbie to use the right underhook to get off the back the side of the fence and put r.d.a. back in the defensive position. so two minutes the top and r.d.a. has to get back to work now. short elbow on the

dos anjos. robbie is doing a good job of controlling posture with his head. really leaning in to dos anjos. making him carry weight. pushing back into him. not allowing him any space to breathe. >> jon: few guys will be able to keep up with the pace over 25 minutes that either of the guys set. lawler away from the body now. >> daniel: you saw lawler defend the clinch earlier but now he is a little bit tired. dos anjos goes to the muay thai clinch and robbie starting to punch and dig to the body which is very important. especially after the coach has been asking for it. >> jon: slight advantage on the strikes for rafael dos anjos. can you speak to how exhausting this work is? >> daniel: my goodness. when you pressed up against the side of the octagon where the opponent is as skilled as these two men are. they are punching the short

underhooking you, leaning on you, it's exhausting. it is hard to train for these positions. i no people prefer you out -- i know people prefer you out in the middle of the octagon but if you are robbie lawler and trying to accomplish emptying the gas tank of rafael dos anjos, this is the best way to do it. >> jon: right. there is a lot of entry date maneuvering that happens in -- intricate matthewing. you can see the strikes and robbie lawler closed the gap in the third round. >> daniel: he is working well on side of the octagon. dos anjos had a takedown earlier in the round so this is a very close round. a lot of times i would consider this the clinch position. you have your opponent against the side. he handed that there by dos anjos. elbow landing. short elbow on the inside hurt robbie lawler really bad! >> jon: lawler again leaning on that veteran savvy trying to control posture here. if you are dos anjos do you even think about letting him get back

>> no. you control the end of this round if you are dos anjos. >> jon: yep. >> daniel: again, that is two takedowns in this round. it may have been a push in there but two takedowns in this round in a close round. with you finishing the round on top we may look at three rounds to zero right now for dos anjos. >> jon: huge elbows from dos anjos. lawler hanging tough as usual, but dos anjos with his top pressure game on point here. nice job by dos anjos to continue to control lawler here. >> daniel: another big elbow by dos anjos. as lawler tries to control, dos anjos got his back flat on the mat. great end to the round by rafael dos anjos. >> jon: 15 minutes down, ten

>> let's go, buddy! >> two more. you got two more. going forward. yep. >> all right. >> daniel: height here you saw robbie lawler in the clinch working the body like henry asked him to. from here, dos anjos hits him with a little bit of a left hook and it pushes him down. then robbie accepts the bottom position and r.d.a. gets off some real good ground and pound. close round in the end of the judges' memory is

top. every round has been close so far. >> jon: you heard the conversation at least partially with robbie lawler and henry. not sure if he is dealing with a knee injury of some kind but he asked him if it was okay but he said no, it got caught up. we'll keep an eye on that as we have hit the fourth round of the possible five. on the fox ufc fight night main event. >> daniel: two big body kicks by dos anjos to start the round. >> jon: oh. looks like there is some swelling around the right knee of robbie lawler but nothing too pronounced. >> daniel: a lot of that is from the kicks. he has taken a number of the outside low kicks from r.d.a. you know how powerful dos anjos is. he has taken multiple kicks like that. it's surprising that robbie is still able to move forward with the pressure and fighting after take something many punches or kicks like

now in this position, henry asked robbie disengage with your hook. don't stay in there just throwing those tight punches. let's see if robbie listens to the advice of the corner. >> jon: well, the leg kicks have certainly been a big part of the narrative in this one. 15-1 in favor of dos anjos. >> daniel: robbie is really having trouble with his legs. that jab made him stagger a little bit. look at him. >> jon: having a hard time really putting pressure on the leg. >> daniel: dos anjos is going to kick it. look at the swelling and the bruising on the right leg. in these positions where dos anjos's body shots -- >> jon: a pretty good answer there by lawler. >> daniel: yeah. because robbie lawler is a fighter. it does not matter how he is feeling he will give

every time. >> jon: the last thing he is looking for a way out. and thus his fan base continued to swell in a pro career that dates to 2001. under three minutes here to go in the fourth round. >> daniel: a good knee by dos anjos. both of the guys seem to get stronger as the fight goes on. now dos anjos is the one that is taking the fight to robbie lawler. so it looked like dos anjos was going to struggle after round two and now it has changed. he secured the top position in the last round and puts lawler to start this one off, too. >> jon: lawler -- excuse me, dos anjos. lawler perhaps a counter here. >> daniel: i think he has to, because he is having trouble walking forward and he

the outside of the leg. look at that. every time. every time. can't take many more so he has to be going backwards where it's easier to check. nice straight leg by dos anjos. >> jon: a nice head movement, too. he is bobbling. >> daniel: it's not on the line, j.a. it's just to get going a little bit. just enough when you punch to a spot it's not there anymore. >> jon: see if dos anjos goes back to the elbow. and i guess if you are robbie lawler, you limit how much you have to move with the back up against the fence. >> daniel: there you go. if you are robbie lawler you have to go forward. the more you sit back, the more r.d.a. is

pressure you, throw the combinations that ends with the kicks. >> jon: and now dos anjos is starting to pull ahead in terms of the total strike. less than a minute here round four. the exchanges continue to define the fourth round. dos anjos largely has led this part of the dance, though. >> daniel: this has been easily the most defined round of the fight. r.d.a. has controlled the fight in the fourth round. his cardio seems to be holding up a little bit better than robbie lawler right now. >> jon: it will be interesting to hear that lawler corner if we do get to the fifth round. he is having a real hard time putting weight on the main leg. a knee from dos anjos, followed up

elbow. 20 minutes down. potentially five to go. >> going, going! here, here! [applause] >> you may get the first shot. [inaudible] >> watch him. watch him.

>> i want you to fight like crazy. >> jon: so it appears as though it's actually the left leg of robbie lawler that is giving him problems. >> daniel: with all the damage he has taken to the right leg he said something odd happened when he fell to the ground. it will take a big round for robbie lawler. i feel like he is behind on the scorecard here. at the start of the round he starts to go forward. i mean that was a jab. >> jon: yeah. >> daniel: that staggered robbie lawler. >> jon: you certainly laud the toughness of lawler fighting on half a leg right now. >> daniel: he will never go anywhere. he is too tough. he will never give up on himself because he believes in himself and believes in his power. he is one of the better champions we have seen in a long time. one of the most exciting fighters we have seen in the

octagon. robbie lawler will never quit. but r.d.a. is putting on a massive performance right now. >> jon: dos anjos for a takedown here. lawler just controlling posture here. >> daniel: but i mean that is almost like helping robbie, right? he can hardly stand on the leg. so by taking him down you give him a chance to -- i mean i don't know what he is going to do in this position because i said robbie has not attempted a submission in 12 years but it gets him off his feet where he is even struggling to stand up. >> jon: dos anjos appealed to stand the fighters up. herb wasn't having it. three and a half minutes to go in the fifth and final round. dos anjos two for five on the takedown attempts. and now herb dean stands the fighters up. once again, r.d.a. back in the pocket off of that left hand

>> daniel: back on the leg. change of position. robbie lawler has had to fight the last three rounds with his back against the side of the octagon because of whatever injury or leg damage is dealing with. and rafael dos anjos has taken control of this fight. >> jon: you have to think there is some risk management if you are rafael dos anjos seemingly sitting on the lead here. >> daniel: you have to be careful. because like i said robbie lawler can finish the fight anytime. i remember when he knocked out magno. he knocked out his legs. and he got knocked out. there is no place you are comfortable with robbie lawler >> jon: dos anjos laying clean shots now. >> daniel: how good is rafael dos anjos? >> jon: right. >> daniel: my goodness. >> jon: incredible. >> jon: well, he always said i did what i had to do to

champion but a lot of times he had a hard time to compete at the weight. it's one thing to make it and another thing to compete at the weight. clearly the move to welterweight paid major dividends for the former lightweight champ. >> daniel: i mean he is fighting a guy in robbie lawler that has put on some of the best championship performances we have ever seen. as the fight has gone on, he has done it. robbie lawler is a guy known for his cardio as the fights go longer. dos anjos has been the one that set the tempo in round four and round five. >> jon: lawler with a little flurry there but not much doing. i'm sure a lot of fans wonder how it would affect dos anjos. but he seems to recover quickly and he has largely dominated the championship rounds. >> daniel: he got a second win toward the end of round three. then round four and five he rebounded. >> jon: dos anjos with a quick check of the

it reads 1:10 to go. finally, speck of blood to the right of the eyebrow of lawler. dos anjos elbow. >> daniel: he is getting closer and closer to landing. even that, even that takes effort to throw the strike at the end of the fifth round. >> jon: dos anjos has thrown nearly 400 strikes. he has landed 232 of them. lawler rips the body here. 30 seconds now to go. we will see what lawler can muster up here down the stretch. dos anjos is staying heavy and staying active. >> d

working from the start to the finish. that is what you want to see. dos anjos got the lead and didn't rest. >> jon: so robbie lawler and rafael dos anjos go the distance. obviously lawler visibly disappointed because of that leg. be but how about dos anjos? i mean, it's safe to say he is ready for primetime in the welterweight division. get to the move of the fight brought to you by metro p.c.s. to bring you closer to ever to the ufc. putting knockout coverage in your hands covering 99% people of the u.s. >> daniel: the outside leg kicks worked crazy early in the fight. then look at the jab, the left hand. rafael dos anjos, boom! left hand. body shot. right there. rafael dos anjos set the pace of this fight and continued to fight at that pace for five rounds. unbelievable pressure. unbelievable performance

rafael dos anjos. you have to applaud the toughness of robbie lawler. as hurt as he was, he stayed in there the entire fight. >> jon: well rafael dos anjos looking to go to 3-0 in this ufc welterweight division and set up a title crack against tyron woodley. did he do enough? the official decision after this.

>> jon: all right. back live in winnipeg. the main event goes the distance.

official decision. >> ladies and gentlemen, after five rounds. we go to the judges' scorecard for decision. all three judges score the contest 50-45. for the winner by unanimous decision -- rafael dos anjos! [cheers & applause] >> jon: i'm here with the winner rafael dos anjos. congratulations. a perfect 3-0 in the welterweight division and a big one tonight against robbie lawler. you seem emotional after the win, my man. >> i am. just happy, you know. i have been in this game for so long, and for me tonight was a pleasure to fight a guy like robbie. a warrior. my hands are hurting because i hit that guy in the head. >> jon: i imagine you are thinking what is it going to take to get this guy out of there? the second round, your output was crazy.

worried you would punch yourself out or confident in the conditioning to hold up five rounds? >> i was. i knew he had a tough head. i started to work on the body more. i'm glad to have a guy like that. the guys that make me fight every day. >> jon: you mixed the martial arts beautifully tonight. you take pride in being the first brazilian lightweight champion. you want the next fight, do you think you did enough to play tyron woodley? >> in my opinion i think i'm the toughest guy in division and i think i deserve it with my history, what i did in the division, being ten years in the ufc already and i think i did enough tonight to deserve the title fight. >> jon: i agree. congratulations. we look forward to the next fight. enjoy it. ladies and gentlemen, the main event winner, rafael dos

anjos! [cheers & applause] >> daniel: it could not have gone better for rafael dos anjos tonight. 50-45 over former champion. as he said, the toughest guy in the entire division. hats off to rafael dos anjos. 3-0 now. and he seems to be in the driver's seat for a title shot whenever tyron woodley return returns. >> jon: so rafael dos anjos getting it done. 17th ufc win. we are not done for 2017, ladies and gentlemen. back to pay-per-view december 30 for the ufc 219, cyborg versusus holm. >> holly holm is an 18-time world boxing champion. but she is taking on the most violent woman in all of mma. >> just watch me now! ♪ jus

♪ just watch me now ♪ >> jon: all right. don't forget to tune in to fs1 for the ufc fight night post fight show live from winnipeg. coming up next on fox, it's the late local news. with that for the ufc light heavyweight champion daniel cormier, john anik saying so long from the peg. see you two weeks from tonight from l

this is fox5 local news at ten. right now on fox5, a toddler in the district now recovering after she was shot in the leg. new details on how the events unfolded this afternoon. the sprint to pass the tax reform plan b

what last minute revisions could mean for you. plus, the intents to contain the southern california wild fires turned desperate, a police officer's close call and the twist in a new sexual harassment allegation against a political figure. your news starts now. we begin tonight in southeast d.c. where a toddler is recovering after she was shot inside an apartment . police say children were playing with a gun when it went off hitting the toddler. fox5's lindsay watts is live outside of d.c. police headquarters with the very lat est. lindsay. >>reporter: matt and brody this little girl is expected to be okay. police say she was taken to the hospital after she was shot in the leg, but her injuries fortunately are not life threatening. officers could not give an exact age for the little girl but say she was approximately three years ago. with a

access to a gun and police say there was more than one child play withing this weapon. it was an an apartment complex 2300 pomeroy road in the berry farm section of the district. i ask ed police if they recovered the gun? whose weapon it was and if anyone had been charged. no answers yet to those questions. i'm told the investigation is still ongoing. this happened around three this afternoon inside one of the apartment buildings. these are familiar apartments. this is at least the third juvenile to be shot here in the last year and a half. i was at these apartments back in september after a 16 year old was gunned down. angelo sterns later died from his injury. last year, a six year old boy in july was hit by a stray building as he was playing on the apartment building playground. he did survive those injuries. the little

expected to be okay after she was hit in the leg. police are continuing to investigate. we're live in northwest, lindsay watts, fox5 local news. >> thank you, lindsay. new tonight the search is on for two men police believe shot and killed another man in germantown this afternoon. this happened inside an apartment on falling water circle. we're told the suspects drove away in a jeep. police are now canvassing the neighborhood to see if anyone heard or saw anything. investigators say they still don't have a motive for this killing. also tonight the search is on for a person who shot and killed a man in upper marlboro. officers were called to van diver court around 11:00 last night. when they arrived they found a man already dead. investigators say the man had several gunshot wounds. right now police do not have a suspect or a motive in this case. in montgomery county police are scraiting a deadly pedestrian accident in silver springs. it happened at opinion any branch road and cigar lend

1:00 this morning. police say a toyota corolla hit a man who was lying on the pavement in the road. it's believed the victim was identified as 30 year old al a hones contact bar was suffering and later died at the hospital. the driver and the passenger of the toyota were not hurt. now. an officer was make ago traffic stop when he was forced to turn sideways and narrowly being avoided by hit by another car. police tell us that driver stopped and was charged with a dui. in frederick, maryland tonight a man accused of robbing a person is tracked down by police. police arrested trayvon take you burns after a brief chase. investigators say estopped a man on north market street yesterday afternoon and asked about buying a phone. police say burns took two phones from that man and threatened him with a weapon. officers spotted burns hrs

numerous charges, including assault and armed robbery. a maryland man is behind bars accused of importing and selling a deadly opioid across multiple counties. maryland state police tell us they began vaight dangerous deliveries rot a walls this mall fall. the investigation revealed walls was allegedly selling one of the most powerful opioids. turning to weather now and taking a live look out side. a nice clear evening. it was a much warmer day today compared to earlier this week. let's check in tonight with gwen for look at our first forecast. not a bad day at all. we were much warmer today than we were yessed i'm telling you we had highs only in the low 30s and the upper 20s. today we hit the 40s. 48-degree s at reagan, 46 at dulles, that was the same for

u thurgood marshal. yesterday temperatures were actually some 16 to 17-degrees blow the seasonal average, but today we hit it right out of the ball mark and we had the sunshine to go with it. right now it is getting chilly out there, folks, bundle up if you're heading out to the holiday parties. it's only 39-degrees in the city, 33 in annapolis. twenty-four at manassas, 28 at culpeper and at dulles, 28 at winchester and 27- degrees at frederick. overnight lowe's tonight will be in the low 30s and into the upper 20s. it will be a pretty cold night out there. we have some radiational cooling as well even though the winds are coming in from the south, southwest, but satellite radar not showing you much happening now. we'll see some changes for tomorrow. your full forecast a little later. >> we'll see you then. tonight the trump administration has reportedly banned the cdc from using certain words. according to the washington post the order is highlighted in budget documents. cdc officials were allegedly given a list of seven

banned words during a briefing on thursday. the words include fetus, diversity, transgender and signs-based alternative word choices were given in some case the trump administration is disputing this report, calling it, quote, mischaracterization. we appear to be just days away from congress approving a major overall of the tax code. the house is expected to vote on the measure tuesday, the senate could follow suit shortly after we get the latest from fox's caroline shivly. >>reporter: this weekend republicans say they've got the votes to push through their tax reform bill next week after unveiling the final version friday night. the bill keeps seven tax brackets starting at 10 percent and going up to 37 percent. the corporate tax rate is slashed from 35 percent to 21 percent. it also repeals obamacare's individual mandate while retaining a deduction for medical expenses. five of the seven tax brackets are reduced from today's rates, but

$1.46 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. the standard deduction would be nearly doubled. so would the child tax request. filers who itemize would lose some deductions, others are capped. that is going to stink for those who use those deductions in high tax states. democrats say the wealthy get the biggest cuts and remind us those individual tax cuts eventually expire while the business tax cut is permanent. i'm very excite bd this moment. it has been three # years in the making. the tax reform bill is a disaster t. it helps the wealthest most powerful corporations n and individuals and it hurts the middle class. the house should vote tuesday with the senate likely a day later. the senate would normally go first but they're hoping to gift extra time for senators quok ran and john mccain get back to work. both has been ill. the president has said he wants a tax bill on his

like congress will deliver it to him a few days earlier. >> developing tonight, us capital police are helping to provide extra protection to new jersey senator corey booker after a death threat was reportedly made against he and his family. the mayor of nubbing, new jersey say itself the city is providing security at booker's home. the nature of the threat is not yet home. president trump is reaching out to senator john mccain who is in the hospital battling brain cancer. the president called mccain's wife cindy on sunday. the 81 year old was diagnosed with brain cancer in july. he was admitted to walter reed medical center for side effects of his treatment. bombshell allegations for sexual harassment on capital hill, but this time it's against a female lawmaker. details next. plus the fight continues out west to put out those massive wild fires

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>> the search tibias tonight for the masked men who robbed an arm ored vehicle at gun point in beltsville. it happened yesterday out of the bank of america on baltimore avenue. police say the suspects made off with more than $200,000. now to the district, still no word on what caused a fire that damaged a row house in northeast. this happened around five this evening on girard street. firefighters tell us the fire started in the garage and some of the flames spread to the house. firefighters got this fire out within 20 minutes. no

we've seen several times in the past few weeks. house fires that appear to be caused by fireplaces. last night montgomery county firefighters responded to a house fire on clarksburg road. early reports indicate the fire started near the fireplace when firefighters arrived they spotted flames near the chimney and apparently the fire had spread into the attic. we're told three people in the home got out safely after seeing smoke. firefighters are urging residents to check their fireplaces and chimneys to make sure they are working properly. now to those massive wild fires out west in southern california tonight the flames continue to grow. threatening thousands of homes despite hundreds of firefighters battling the fires fox's will car has the latest. >>reporter: the raging wild fire now california's third largest ever with more devastation possible from a resurge event of the harsh santa and a winds

deadly fire. i went to sleep last night about midnight and then woke up to the roar of this fire coming through about 3 a.m new he vacation ordered in the hardest parts. the fire destroyed 750 homes in coastal communities in southern california. hear the crackle and the pop and there was, you know, all these loud sounds, banks and booms like it was right behind our house. the fire claimed a second life thursday. firefighter corey i ever son died working with his strike team on the eastern flange of the nearly 400 square mile of blaze. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and a two year old daughter. he's part of our own family and he has his own family. the biggest thing we think about his wife and his children and just give all the support we can to them and also to his department. you also think about your own family just to make sure you make contact with

firefighters continue to battle l this fire both in the air and on the ground round the clock as they try to do everything they can to protect these communities . in mont seat oh, california, will car. >> more violence in the middle east over president trump's decision to recognize jer russ em as israel's capital and that violence has turned deadly again . israeli troops fired on a group of palestinian and troops in the west bank. four palestinians were kicialtiond dozens more were injured. authorities say ate palestinians have now been killed since the president's decision ten days ago. to capital hill now where the sexual harassment issue playing congress is now affecting a potential lawmaker and h this time it is a woman running for office. andrea ramsey of kansas is dropping her bid for a house seat over a 2005 lawsuit accusing her of sexual harassment. we get the latest

>>reporter: and h one is a twist because in this case the accuser is a man and the alleged perpetrator a woman. she's andrea a candidate in kansas' third congressional district race, a former employee at a qup with ramsey was an executive filed a complaint with the eeoc over ten years ago allege he was fired after rebuffing ramsey's sexual over terse. they quo find no wrongdoing. she has withdrawn her candidacy. in the allegations i fired him because he refused to have sex with me. that is a lie. ramsey then fired a shot at the democratic party, quote, in its rush to claim the high ground in our royaling national conversation about harassment the democratic party has implemented a zero tolerance standard. as a first time candidate i am disappointed and dissolutioned by the political process. she joins

growing. blake acknowledged he ran an office that was quote, too permissive but aid the charm s were untrue. democratic congressman rubin key win of nevada is facing a second accus er. he's apologized but claims not to remember any of it and he's stopping short of resignation. i've spoken on the subject. i think he wants to go through the ethics process, that's his right to do. of quoars in recent days three other members of congress have announced their resignations after accusations of sexual i am protrite. in the aftermath of accusations against president trump, the hill reports that attorney lisa bloom conspired with tabloid media outlets to arrange payments to trump accusers to tell their stories. one declined an offer of $750,000 to pay off her mortgage . now back to you. a proposal to get metro to change its policy when it comes to strollers on metro buses is fac ing a

ahead. but first a holiday tradition at arlington national cemetery attracts tens of thousands of people. reets to honor our nation's fallen heros. .

>> tens of thousands of volunteers descended onto arlington national cemetery early this morning for the annual reets across america event. the long running tradition brings people from all over the country to place holiday reets at each grave, a total of 400,000. fox5's angelica lee hem l hill reports i put mine here and i put this one here. it looks g. i read all of them. i read the number when they were born and dead. the meaning of placing a reet at a veteran's gravies not lost on even some of the youngest volunteers

national settlement try. when you place a grave of somebody who served and we instruct people to stay their name outside loud it makes a connection. george harrison taylor. marilyn. organizers and founders karen and her husband worcester are proud to say the 26th annual reets across the america in dy with people from all over the country a attend. i was here 26 years ago with the first reets. it was just a handful of people. i think a dozen people put those reets out. it took us one trail er load, it took us about six, seven hours to put those out. they put us way over in the back here just to make sure that if we did something wrong it wouldn't be a mess for the cemetery, you know. and look at what it is now. what began as a small donation of left over reet s from the worcester family

tradition many look forward to as a way to honor the almost 400,000 people laid to rest here . we have some family friends who has a dad buried here. it's kind of a bucket list thing to do and i'm in august. >> and the frigid temperatures and dusting of snow did not stop anyone from lining up and fan ning out. it's a great experience out here even though it's like really cold. i really love it out here. i think that was one of the neatest things waiting in line this morning is seeing how many people want to give back. a display of respect come full circle just like these reets. it's so good that people take this time during the holidays when they're so busy. i always say, though, if their family is like ours in coming here to participate they get more out of it than they give. it's special. at arlington national sem

hemphill, fox5 local news. >> i'm so stunned by all of those people that came to -- ten s of thousands, like a sea of people to do this. it's amazing . they say each person's name before laying the reet down . it's a fantastic honor still ahead tonight, a check of your top stories including the late osmose toddler shot in southeast d.c. plus it was a case that captivated the d.c. region. it's been two years since a northern virginia teen vanished and left investigators puzzled. a closer look the at disappearance of caitlyn akins. .

>> strange text messages, luggage found by the side of the road, no witnesses who refuses to cooperate, it's all part of

baffling disappearance of caitlyn akins. the spotsville woman was 19 we she vanished. the case has left investigators deeply puzzled. fox5's paul wagner has rewind to the crime. >>reporter: they have done seemingly everything they can think of to solve the case. we've worked with three psycho tics. we're not going to turn out any investigation. the two say they are constantly thinking about the investigation wondering what they may have missed. two of them puzzled over two text messages sent from the teen's phone the day she disappeared. i'm staying with a friended. i need sometime alone and that's the last text that came from caitlyn's phone. these are two separate text. >> two separate texts. these are the ones you believe were sent from the tower in stafford county. no one in the investigation and certainly not anyone's in caitlyn's family think she was the one who typed those messages. do you think she sent those messages. >> no, because it

messages in a row. caitlyn doesn't do that. lisa sullivan is caitlyn's mom. she drove her daughter to the part low, virginia home of her ex ex-husband. they had been divorced by then, but the two had remained friends. when james had arrived to drive caitlyn to the airport for a trip to arizona. he seemed happy to see her. they were talking about her cosmetology school with her high school diploma they were both looking at it. caitlyn's flight was at five, but according to james the teen wanted to be dropped off at springfield mall to kill sometime before taking the subway to the airport. at one. 52 p.m. he sent this message to lisa. i descropped caitlyn off okay, thank you. how was traffic, not too bad. ate minutes lisa received a text from ate line's home, i'm at the airport, battery dying, so w't

five hour and 15 a minutes later the text that sent a wave of fear to her family. i'm staying with a friend. i need sometime alone. the text messages were not sent from the airport but from i95 in stafford county. within days investigators knew that caitlyn had never made it to springfield bhawl and they began to question james. the last time anyone saw caitlyn alive was here at the home of her stepfather, james. they say that brandt ton has not been truthful with them about where he took caitlyn the day she disappeared. they also say he's refused to take a polygraph test and he's declined to purn off the password to his encrypted cellphone. we attempted to reach james brandt ton to get his side of the story leaving this note in the mailbox and. you've not spoken to him in ove

>> no. q. they searched his home and brandt ton's dna and there was nothing that would lead them to caitlyn. there's another twist two days after caitlyn failed to board her flight, a road crew found her luggage along a ditch, nowhere near reagan national airport. her id, wallet and glasses were still inside, but not her clothes or her high school diploma. i mean it's bizarre, isn't it in. >> absolutely bizarre. and it appears as if someone threw that out of a vehicle. >> correct. because of the condition of the luggage. >> yes. one wheel that was missing and scuff marks on the luggage which was a clear indication that it had tumbled. although caitlyn's mother is convinced her daughter did not disappear on her own there was a facebook message caitlyn sent to a friend which said that she doesn't want to be here, meaning virginia and she doesn't want to be in arizona where she was living wit

and as the days, animus go by with no sign of caitlyn lisa than a her family have marked special occasions by releasing balloons into the air. at the same time she has kept the pressure on james leaving this letter at his home in h recent weeks. do you care at all? you're acting like a coward. i trusted you, james, why didn't you just drop caitlyn off at the airport. and he hasn't tried to help. >> he's done nothing. >> hasn't shown up. >> hasn't shown up for anything. >> hasn't gone out and tried to search and be there for balloon releases. >> no, nothing. >> despite the ominous signs lisa may have met with foul play lisa sullivan still holds out hope her daughter is still alive >> if you have any information on caitlyn's disappearance t text c9 # one along with your tip to spots vein a crime

solvers at 274637. >> let's take a turn now to the weather and talk a little bit about this weather that i think improved over the last couple of days. i was freezing today, it's cold but it's funny how the body does it to you, doesn't it they have to dress warmly for hushing that's right. just dress warm or dress warmly, whatever you prefer. you know what, it was cold out there last night and getting a little warmer today, but it's nippy out there tonight. so just make sure you bundle up if you're heading out anywhere. a beautiful shot outside as you can see. is that georgetown? i think it is georgetown. >> we do have changes coming, however, in the seven day forecast. tonight temperatures dipping to the 20s and the 30s. definitely cold, sunshine. we're going to start the day tomorrow with that sunshine and then the clouds are going to start to role in and we could see maybe slightly a chance of a shower later in the day tomorrow before it's all said and done and then temperatures, they're rising in the next week. we're definite g

up. here's a look at where we warmed up to today into the 40s yesterday temperatures were into the upper 20s, low 40s for day time highs, but today a different story. forty-eight at reagan national airport 46 at dulles and 46 as well as bwi thurgood marshall. we're going to see the temperatures rice even more once we get into the seven day forecast. in the meantime for tonight, 37-degrees this hour at d.c., a chilly 25 at map, 32-degrees at dulles, 26 at culpeper. thirty-one at fredericksburg, that just chang ed and 30 greece at baltimore. thirty-three at annapolis. so satellite radar really nothing much to show you we have a ridge of high pressure that's in charge so skies are clear. we'll see some changes, though, once we get into tomplet in the meantime winds are calm moving in from the south, southwest with a little bit on the breezy side. finally the winds have lightened up somewhat . but we'll see a bit of ray digs al cooli

north, northwest. >> clouds will extreme in tonight. tomorrow starting out with some sunshine we have a back door frontal system to deal with. we'll see some clouds rolling in and an upper level disturbance. once again i can't rule out that maybe tomorrow in the late afternoon we might see a light passing shower. it's very possible. here's a look at futurecast for you. this is succeed in the afternoon, a little bit of precipitation out to the west, higher elevations where it's colder, could see a little bit of wintry mix. as we progress here we are by the 6:00 hour. it's now moved its way a little bit more north to of the city. it may give us a sprinkle or two. not too much to be concerned with however. for tomorrow by midday with a few clouds it will be about 46- degrees, 47 by the 4:00. 33- degrees for tonight, then, becoming party cloudy it will be a cold one. 47-degrees for tomplet once again, a chance that we could see a light shower by the end of the