not seriously hurt. investigators believe lee shot himself in the head before losing control and flipping it over in the northbound lanes. that backed up traffic for hours. lee later died at the hospital. now, lee's sister told fox 5 he and his wife melissa knew each other since high school, and had been married more than a decade. they had two children, who are believed to have been home at the time that of that shooting. more on this late in the broadcast. sarah, jim >> now to the deep freeze. most of the snow has cleared up. much of the east coast now dealing with these bone chilling temperatures, the coldest conditions yet this winter >> even the reflecting pool at the national mall, as you take a look at the capitol and then you see that, yes, the national mall, the reflecting poolly people thinking i can walk on water. ? >> it's not frozen

>> i was driving over the woodrow wilson bridge. you want to step on it. it's not that deep. it's been a long week, sarah and jim. unfortunately we got a long weekend in store when it comes to the brutal cold. it is in the forecast about all weekend. unfortunately even the smallests trips require immense around of sweaters. >> there's windchill warning along the ridge top of the mountains where it will feel like it's on the order of ten below here and a possible 20 below as you get out to extreme western maryland, portions of west virginia where you're in the mountains there. temperatures right now as we begin our friday night, 18 in washington, 12 in gaithersburg, 15 out of dulles, 14 in winchester, and we've had the

to be breezy through tonight. wind gusts exceed 20 miles an hour here in washington. 30 miles an hour in annapolis, we started the day with some incredible windchill values, going to go show you them later on, on the order of 25 to 30 degrees below what it felt like >> five below in hagerstown, 4 in washington and seven in cambridge. stepping out? if you dare, layerses are needed. ? s are in the teens now, they will continue to fall off under clear skies. it will remain windy tonight. however, temperatures i do believe will be a little bit colder than they were this morning, you got the battle with the wind and the cold air, the windier, harder it is, but the windchills are so high, so it's a lose, lose situation and for tomorrow, lit mainly be in the single digits, washington the exception. just due to the it will be right around 11:00. i will show you the weekend forecast and also a look at the

week ahead. that proves to be much warmer coming up. sarah and jim? a substitute teacher and field hockey coach was fired after students discovered via that he was involved in a alt-right movement. >> tisha with the story tonight. >> reporter: jim and sarah, just another reminder that what you post on social media can and will be used against you. the fired teacher using an alter name greg ritter continued to post on twitter. an extremist and anti-symmetric messages that students discovered here at holy cross and brought to the administration's attention, the principal said prior to his firing, he was successfully using an alternate identity and has worked

policy institute, which is based in alexandria, several organizations consider it a white supremist group. students and field hockey players here at holy cross tell fox 5 they're shocked. >> i knew him quite well, because i was on the field hockey team. it was shocking for me and everyone to see that. but i didn't know he had this double life going on. it's shocking because i wouldn't think in this century that there's people still like that out there. >> it's pretty shocked to hear the news. but like we always knew that something was kind of a little wrong with him in a way we never thought this was what it was. like his personality, always kind of like awkward. he wouldn't really go out of his way to talk to us. and like but like

didn't know that this was what it was. >> the president here at holy cross said the information students gathered on social media about conte is, in fact, constitute, including an admission that he was fired from the school immediately after his affiliation with the quote alt-right came to the administration's attention, now the school reportedly learned about conte's connection with the white nationality movement in october. even though parents learned last night >> it's good they found it >> i think she did exactly the right thing. and alerting the parents, and and accepting firing, basically

. >> reporter: the school president says, in part that she did conduct an investigation to see if there was any impact on the students, this is an all girl's school and she said ultimately there was not. back out here live. again, i can tell you we were here when school let out, and this was the buzz on campus. the students were talking about this. of we're told that there was at least a 30 minutes meeting with students to address their concerns again. parents did find out tonight we did want to ask the school president why the school waited so long to notify parents, however, we're told that they had no additional comment, no further comment at this time. we do know that greg conte worked here at holy cross at least dating back oh august of 2014. tisha lewis fox 5 local news. tonight act former school assistant has pleaded guilty

carlos bell abused victims between may 2015 and june of this year and the case rocked the entire community. fox's krysten leon was at the press conference and sharing details for us. kristen? >> reporter: sarah, definitely rocked the community. thirdth 30-year-old carlos bell plead guilty to 27 counts of sexual abuse of a minor on top of other serious charges here as well. and we're told that he will be sentenced to 190 years in prison. now, according to the state's attorney's office here, the decision not to go to trial and instead to accept a plea agreement or plea deal, in this case, was based on not having the victims testify in court. and relive that pain all over again. keep in mind here, investigators say this man is accused of sexually abusing dozens of children here in charles county. not to mention they say he was not wearing protection. and

as you mentioned investigators say this happened between may of 2015 and june of. while he was an instructional track coach. we're told up to 42 victims, both identified and unidentified between the ages of 11 to 17, now, the charles county state's attorney's office said none of the victims have tested positive for hiv and they say this pleading is the best possible outcome for all parties involved. the other goal just as important, probably more important quite frankly, was maintaining the privacy and frankly the an nim tea. if there's a trial one of the these students

on stand and testify. none of you would want to do it they wouldn't either. i'm not saying nobody was cooperative because they were, because we tried to fashion an agreement that alleviate that day and we were able to do so >> this past june we learned of horrific details of what carlos was doing to young people in our school system. and hurts our heart, hurt our community and it hurt this county. in fact, i've been an officer in this county 25 years. and this is perhaps one of the most horrendous crimes i've ever seen, carlos bell was in a position of trust, of our young people. he misused that to violate the most vulnerable people in the community, our children >> we're thankful that a plea agreement has been reached between the charles county state's attorney's office and charles bell. this holds mr. bell accountable for his

which could have caused further trauma to the victims of men of whom are our students. >> we're told bell is expected to plead guilty to those charges and we will let you know what happens there. reporting live at the la plata county sheriff's office, krysten leon fox 5 local news. the trump tell, set up a book is out. author is defending every word inside. >> justice department launched a new investigation into allegations that clinton foundation used pay to play politics while hillary clinton was secretary of state >> and fox 5 learning elisha comings is in the hospital. more on his health coming up next. as we head to break, we want to take you live to ocean city, look at all the snow down there on the boardwalk. you don't see very often. this is from ocean city

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. an employee at a red robin is cueded of shooting video inside of a rest room. matt ackland is there live with more. matt? >> reporter: hi, sarah and jim, this happened while over a week ago on december 26th, here's the story police a

tonight is that a 15-year-old who was here with his mother went into the bathroom, was ask at the urinal when he noticed a cell phone pointing at him. let's take you to the video. police say the victim noticed the person filming, was an employee, mom then apparently notified restaurant staff and later called police. when officers responded, the employees apparently would not provide details about the alleged suspect. so detectives executed a search warrant. he was charged with unlawful filming of a minor and at with a marijuana charge. detectives in fairfax county are sending out message that if you came to this red robin restaurant and you believe that possibly you were in the bathroom and you may have been filmed,

like to hear from you tonight. live in fairfax county, matt ackland, fox 5 local news. maryland congressman alicia comings is in the hospital right now. he was admitted to johns hopkins in baltimore. he said he underwent a minor procedure and expected to make a full recovery. the 66-year-old suffered a string since last year. it comes on same day as his wife announced she was suspending her campaign for maryland governor. that new book about the trump white house is on sale called fire and fury and details everything from the president's campaign to life in the trump administration inside the white house. the president claimed the book is full of lies. he send out a cease and desist threatening to sue. he indicates he has

recordings. >> earlier wolf was on nbc to defend the book >> he's not only helping me sell the book but prove the point. this is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop publication of a book >> it at takes a look at the russian investigation, milania trump, and the president's love of fast food. kramer books in dupont cycle sold out less than an hour. dozens lined up hoping to get their hand on a copy. it also became the number one top seller on amazon >> the clinton foundation is at the center of a new investigation by the justice department. investigators are looking into allegations the foundation used pay to play politics while hillary clinton was secretary of state. they're trying to figure out whether the charity violated

law and her use of a e-mail server. they say it's an a attempt by the trump administration to distract the public. broadway star ben vareen doing damage control after accused of sexual assaulting and harassing several actress during a production of hair. he did not deny but issued an apology to the cast members. several actresses say he forced unwanted kisses, hugged them aggressively, stripped naked during an acting exercise and made degrading comments about weight, sex appeal and personal lives in alabama woman accused roy moore of molesting her when she was 14 is suing the former senator -- excuse me, he's now suing the former candidate for senate for defamation. including repeatedly calling her a liar and questioning her motivation for disclosing allegations. she want a public apology and reimbetterment of legal

of moore repeatedly deny 5ed the allegations. this consists of the six episodes, guest including george colin knee, jay-z and tina of any, the first episode will mark the first appearance on at first since leaving office. it will you be unavailable for streaming. it will be in front of a live studio audience but it will be fascinating to see him >> a lot changed in less than three years since he left cbs. >> we'll go from that to preparing to a nuclear attack >> it may sound extreme. wait until you hear what the cdc is doing to prepare you for that possibility. cracking down on illegal hunters, officials use a life-like decoys to catch poachers in the act. back after this. back after this.

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sparking an uproar by the public and prime minister theresa may, wedding fault may 19th, they want the public to be involved to some degree here in the district, homelessness is a big problem. >> despite cold, some possibly are choosing to stay outside all night because they have no other place to go. the city is trying to help. looking for people who may need to go to a shelter, but workers say it's not that easy. >> some of the folks that are just insisting on staying outside. it's just like anyone else who has identified areas of being their home. they don't want to leave their home. it's what they know be familiar with, what opportunities are around them. they know that at some point somebody will probably stop by and give them change or help them get a cup of coffee or give them something to eat.

going to an environment they don't know about. rather stay where we are. they set up a hot line to call if you spot someone live on the street during the bitter cold, 202-399-7093. taking a live look outside. beautiful sunset. >> you look for those silver linings, we got a cold weekend ahead of. caitlin standing by >> the arctic air masses beautiful sunrises and sunset but they deliver the cold and this air mass is unbelievable. seems to keep getting colder and we've seen these windchills behind what was our storm system yesterday. reached levels uncommon in this area, for the weekend, yes, single digits lows to start you out on saturday, then again sunday, not much relief in the afternoon, tomorrow all day. sunshine is absolutely

deceiving, we'll have sunshine both tomorrow and sunday, but with high temperatures barely hitting 20 tomorrow and just getting into the mid 20's on sunday, it will be tough out there. look at this, tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. saturday as you go out to walk the dog, whatever else, i'm sure is not much. we got the windchill values that are in the sub 0 category, windchill advisory in effect, feels like six below in washington, 12 below in gaithersburg, 12 below in fredericksburg. of when i say it doesn't get better, some windchills remain below zero all day, the winds will not let up until some time saturday night. then that will allow the temperatures to really fall off sunday morning. so here's your forecast for saturday. bitter cold with sunshine, a high of just 20 and that's in dc. everyone else stays in the teens. 25 on sunday afternoon with a few more clouds, not much relief but i promise on monday, we do start to see relief but it comes at a cost of what could be a pretty messy day with freezing rain, much more on that and a look

still ahead. a man sexual assaults a woman while she was taking a nap on board a flight. >> doesn't stop there. wait until you hear who the man was traveling with. then starting moments for a driver in maryland. after a deer comes crashing into his windshield, the daring efforts to rescue the driver coming up. i like these award-winning cheddar puffs. and i like these award-winning cheddar puffs.

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. this is fox 5 local news at 5:00. here ap look to your headline, the body of a maryland woman disappeared nearly two months ago was found in an icy pond. kristen was found dead in a pond. the pond is less than a mile away from where she was last seen on november 9. she was reported missing two weeks later. the cause of her death is still under investigation. rough start to the new year from arlington. tsa caught him trying to bring a

loaded gun through a security checkpoint at reagan national airport. it marks the first gun confiscated by tsa this year. last year, officer at reagan prevented 13 guns getting through the checkpoint >> two teenagers are charged with stealing more than 30 packages from front porches in maryland, two 17-year-old boys are under arrest for stealing dozens in december. the teens targeted homes primarily in largo and upper marlboro. the good news is, most items stolen were returned to owners. we're learning more tonight about the scene inside a reston virginia home where a couple was killed. >> new information merging about the suspect accused of killing his girlfriend's parents, court documents ariiing describing wh they learned. angelie hemphill live with more. >> reporter: well, jim, the property owners

tells fox 5 that back in october. somebody mowed a 45 by 45 foot swastika into this field, which is right next to the local community center. the field also happens to be directly across the street from a home where police executed a search warrant in connection with the murder of that married couple in reston >> search warrants show when police look through the 17-year-old's home in lorton ammunition and gun parts were found, the suspect has not been identified because he's a juvenile. however being charged with the murder of scott fricker in their reston home last month. it is believed the 17-year-old shot and killed his girlfriend's parents after they made attempts to end the relationships describing the boyfriend as having neo nazi views. several cartridge cases a hammer were found, and blood stains were found, bullet fragments and holes were

ceiling and in an office. neighbors of the suspect here in lorton say there was thought back when that huge swastika showed up that the same 17-year-old was behind it. however, instead of calling police, neighbors decided to just me over it. the property owners association has now sent out a community e-mail asking if anyone knows more about incident to speak with police. now the family of that suspect, that teen suspect says they never saw or were ever made aware of any swastika in this field. however, they do tell me that the teen is out of his coma, still unable to speak, being watched by police 24 hours a day, handcuffed to his hospital bed. it's unclear when he will be arraigned on those murder charges. of live in lorton, angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. the sterling moments for a driver in maryland. a deer crashed through the windshield while the truck was traveling this morning, the driver pinned underneath the

animal. the deer did not survive. driver is expected to be just fine it's not only cold outside but many classrooms in baltimore county public schools don't have adequate heat and that makes learning that much more difficult >> a former nfl player is trying to get more heat. this should not something, you expect the schools to be warm and ready, this is a simple. >> reporter: you don't even think about that being a problem. a lot of these buildings are older, infrastructure not there, they're in place, i heard from people that say they have cooling problems in the summer but they can't come into school because it's too hot. summer school in late summer, it's pretty amazing this is even a problem. while well we deal with this, kids are huddled together, this is a picture from one of the class the in no heat. aaron

tired of the kids having to deal with the freezing classrooms. posted this video. >> what has the day been like for you guys today >> very, very, very, cold. >> very cold? you got a cold >> yeah. >> you got frost bite >> these are young children, one of them saying he had frost bite, they posted this on social media but their own videos and pictures, thermometer readings in the 30's inside, governor hogan responded quote, i'm outraged at the failures of baltimore city. this is something we have been trying to address at the board of public works in put a with partisan way. they're one of the few jurisdictions in the state that hasn't addressed these problems. in spite of the fact that i believe it's one of the most highly funded school

america. once he put up this campaign he's been going back and forth including the governor of maryland, basically all blaming the city. he's trying to get more space heaters into the school. gofundme.com need heat in our public schools. he's asking for people to donate coats, gloves. scarfs, anything to keep them warm, they're trying to at least get a stop gap to get the heating problem resolved >> i can't believe we have to go to a gofundme page for this >> somebody is not doing their job on her >> apple users being warned of a flaw that could expose you to hacker >> more importantly, what you need to do. of >> stung by the cold, the winter weather so shocking to some florida wildlife literally falling over. take a look at this. giant panda in china enjoyed the snow by

>> more on this gwen just -- is watching. >> so cute: >> we'll be right back.

. the cold weather is calling iguanas to fall from trees. zoo officials say when the temperature drops below 45, the reptiles become what is called cold stunned, causing them to lose balance and fall meanwhile they may appear dead, don't worry, they're still alive. they're not built for the cold. just for a day or two. they will just get to where they're completely frozen, in time. and they're still able to breathe and do bodily functions, just very slow >> animal experts say

temperature get above 60 degrees, the iguanas will be back to normal. just just people who love to go sledding, this is a shepherd named secret. you see he climbs up the hill and there he goes. there goes secret. yeah. >> what's your secret, secret >> the owner said, secret loves sledding so much, he must have gone up and down this hill dozens of times >> i never seen a dog like that. i would think they would freak out being, out of control on this sled. >> dogs can break the winter weather, >> that's cool. >> that's awesome >> one more ride >> thanks for making our day >> too cold for the kids to sled in anying. so many places including atlantic city, new york, through boston but i mean, you know, when it feels like 15 below >> exactly >> nobody wants to do much when >> i'm going to try not

my house whatsoever this weekend. and you will probably agree because it will be tough as we take a live look outside right now. nothing in the forecast besides sunshine. i will say that. and heck of a lot of cold. so through the weekend, we will still be dealing with these brutally cold windchills, and air temperatures like relief comes monday like i said that will be -- however, wait till you see the seven-day forecast. much warmer numbers. let's start off with what happened this morning, these were some incredible windchill value, just in our area here, these are the coldest ones we saw around the area. out in the mountains felt like 29 below this morning, germantown not too far, montgomery county 17 below, upper marlboro and even american university here in northwest dc coming in with wind chills at 13 below. those winds were how long all night. air temperatures were in the single digits. we got another windchill advisory because we're expecting pretty much the same thing. area under that advisory until noon on saturday.

windchill warning where they will see of course the lowest numbers. a bit of a struggle. high temperature air temperature hit just 21 at reagan, 19 at dulles, 19 at bwi. we'll do the same thing again tomorrow. current temperatures 18 in washington, 15 in baltimore, 18 annapolis, 12 in westminster, for those of you heading out on friday, first you're brave and second of all you got the wind, gusts over 20 to 30 miles, look at this frederick, 32 miles an hour wind gusts, it's still just blustery across the area and as a result we've got sub freeze windchills everyone north and west of washington first and foremost here in washington, feels like four, two in annapolis, five in manassas, really does look and feel like an arctic tune dra out there. haven't had an air mass for quite some time. i don't even know the last time in washington. satellite and radar a lot quieter after the massive nor

ea as that continues to move out and high pressure moves in, winds continue to how old through tonight, and this extreme cold will be with us not just the windchills tomorrow then again on saturday as those winds relax and you just have bitter air temperatures. here's your planning forecast for your saturday. first weekend of 2018 and wow, 13 is how we start off. sunshine be 18 by noon and we're lucky to hit 20 most across the area today in the teens. i want to fast forward till monday we got another winter system headed our way with totally different impacts that we saw yesterday. at warm front that's pushing up from the south but with all the cold air entrenched over the area, that's going to be tough to push out. even though in the upper part of the atmosphere, it's warmer, and it looks like we'll have rain falling, that ground is just absolutely frozen. unfortunately, we could be in a situation where we're dealing with freezing rain, which is very dangerous, and could become an issue

precipitation is very light approaching and this looks to be about monday afternoon and evening, we'll be watching that closely as we go through the weekend. it's nice you got the warmer temperatures but it's not nice we could be dealing with an icy mix possibly for the weekend, 20's, 40 there on monday, if you just been listening and not watching come look at your screen and don't freak out. yeah, we're talking about like 35 degrees warmer by next friday. so, back to normal and then some, tuesday, 47, 43 on wednesday, but then, temperatures are in the 50's and this can be under done guidance well into the 60's, some is of our models and i don't think that will happen, let's at least think warmer thoughts and have motivation. temperatures with showers attached to them. looking back into the 50's possibly by this time next week. sarah and jim i'll think about that all weekend long. talk about annin flight nightmare. the 22-year-old woman woke up to find a man sexual assaulting her aboard a sri

u.s. attorney said the woman's pants and shirts were unbuttoned by suspect who stopped when he saw the woman was awake. the man first told fbi officials he had fallen into a deep sleep after take medication. but later admitted he might have done it. the suspect's wife said the only medication the man had was regular strength tylenol, and, yes, she knew because she was on the flight with him. the suspect will remain in federal custody until the court hearing in a few weeks. it is sobering thought but the cdc will hold a briefing to discuss the public's health response to a nuclear attack. a spokesperson said it's unlikely but important to take plans to prepare and plan to help minimize deaths and illnesses. fears have grown in recent months amid tensions between the u.s. and north korea. big news from apple but it's not the kind users like to hear, coat said all mac computers and devices like phones and ipads have a

could gain access, apple said it will release patches to defend against the flaws. the company said the risk likely will come from a malicious ap, so users should only download aps from trusted sources. an hp recalling laptops amid problems with the battery, hugh let pack erred receiving reports, the recall involves 50,000 lithium batteries, no one has been seriously hurt but the consumer product safety commission said it's received ten reports of battery packs overheating, melting or charring. washington state is using animal decoys to catch poachers. the department of fish and wildlife is deploying mock dear, elk. they say they're made with real animal skin and are controlled remotely. hunting is generally permitted between daylight during the

dark and use spotlights to blind deer and lessen the reaction time. officials say the decoys helped them catch dozens of poachers. so realistic. >> sells it right there. on the way, doing drugs while on the job? the number of americans that aren't working sober >> aaa already received thousands of calls regarding car issues from cold weather, up next, we're talking to the pros about the most common questions callers have been asking. asking.

. the worse of the so-called bomb cyclone may have passed. the cold temperatures and snow are literally freezing cars in place in boston, in addition to bl

of the city blooded during the high tide >> north of boston. >> frigid temps causing problems too for cars and drivers up and down the east coast >> business is booming for aaa. midatlantic responded to nearly 4,000 calls. joining us is robert the fleet supervisor for aaa midatlantic. it's been a busy couple of days for you, has it not? >> it has, it's been extremely busy for us the past couple days, we ran probably about 20,000 calls in the past two days in the midatlantic area. >> wow. so what are the main questions you're getting and concerns? >> i'd say at least half those - calls are the vehicle wouldn't start due to a dead battery. they want to know what they can do to prevent this. you want to get your battery checked out when you're having it serviced >> that

easy, that's not an expensive or inexpensive fix, i should say an inexpensive fix. should you do that every year? i think a lot of people go into the water thinking, it's a new battery, i'll be fine. >> the battery in the midatlantic region lasts about three to five years due to our extremely cold temperatures and the hot temperatures in the summer. with that being said, people don't reallies how old their battery is, a lot of people think just got it down two years ago. in reality turns out to be about four years ago and it's not really that expensive, they range for a aaa battery range anywhere from 121 to 175 if you're a member. >> that's installed? >> with labor? >> yes, that's installed. that's with labor, installed, we come to the house or your job, if you're out with the kids at a sporting events and you're covered nationwide >> here's the question act lot of us know, you know, yes,

of those additional and he knows that is we're not going to fork out the money for unless we really know we have to, is there any way to know if your battery is about to go dead before you head into the winter season? >> if it's got a slow start. when you go to start it, and it starts to turn over slow, you definitely want to get it checked out. if you notice that your interior lights are dimmer get it checked out >> you want to make sure the car is warmed up so you physically are warm inside the car. is that something you suggest for the sake of your car's healthy to prestart the car before you take it out? >> you definitely want to prestart the car. especially with as cold as it is, you want it to get up to operating temperatures so the fluids get moving. what you don't want to do is prestart it if it's in your home garage and leave it running. you also don't want to leave it

unattended outside. another thing people tend to do is throw the heat on automatically on high. all that's doing is recirculating cold air. you want to let the car get up to its operating temperature then turn your heat on >> we're looking at video of people starting cars up and you're seeing the exhausts bell. ing out of the back of the car. i think that's another thing, this kind of relates to digging your car out, you know, be if you happen to be blocked by snow piles or something like that, do you see a lot of issues with carbon monoxide this time of year when it comes to people in their cars? >> we do. and one of the things that our technicians do when you're at home at a garage, is we'll actually get your vehicle started and back it out of the garage so that way, the carbon monoxide doesn't fill up the garage and like into the house. >> that's important. >> robert moreman, supervisor for aaa midatlantic. thanks for the tips. appreciate it. >> thank you. coming up, the search tonight for a group of thieves, you can stolen

>> research revealing new information about people who are doing drugs at work. back after this. the arctic national wildlife refuge -- one of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world. but barbara comstock just voted to put it up for sale. why? to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. comstock supported donald trump's tax scheme for the wealthy, adding $1.5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. tell barbara comstock we won't stand for selling our wild lands s

arlington count police identifying a man robbing a td bank. police say he passed the teller a note. wanted money, made off with we don't know how much. we give arlington county police if you have information. in fairfax county police looking for three men who stole credit cards and used them at search department cards stolen back in late november and offering up $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest >> this may surprise people, there is a new study that shows many people use drugs while at work. detox.com conducted a survey more than 1100 people and found seven in ten americans admit they've done drugs on the job. the

in reality and also in the food service industry. believe it or not, educators ranked third on the list. people working in the healthcare field were ranked fourth. it will be a little while longer before serena williams returns, she said she's not ready to compete. she lot an exhibition last week. this was a big surprise, after she won, came out she was pregnant with her daughter at the time. she took time off from the circuit to give birth in september. maryland basketball took on michigan state down by one, miles bridges hammers homes the dunks, later in the half, spar tens up two. he slams down the dunk, michigan up by four, kevin hearder knocks down the deepest three to take the lead. hits the three pointer from the wi

xavier tillman, part of a 15 and 0 run for michigan, takes home the win, final score, 35-ten. harlem globe trotters coming back and for the fox free free friday give away, you can win for magic passes to see them on march 17th at capitol one arena. the prize is $428. if you want to win, go to fox5dc.com/contest between now and 11:59 p.m. during the final five. enter for your chance to win, they will be selected january 8th. complete rules and online entry are available at fox5dc.com/contest. i feel like eddie mcman. >> another day of frigid temperatures. here's gwen. >> mother nature not letting up. the arctic express continues and it will get colder. i'll let you know when the changes are coming. tisha? >> reporter: the president here in a

girls school has a message for parent after one of the teachers and coaches was involved in a white supremist movement. details of that letter is next. a former charles county teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing dozens of students in the county. the news at 6:00 starts now. this is fox 5 local news at 6:00. cou couldn't. frigid friday, a live picture outside. eight cold day. a cold night. temperatures are continuing to take a dive. we begin tonight with breaking news. tonight we're getting a new look at how a iconic place chase and crash played out in stafford county >> sarah simmons is in the newsroom joining us with the details >> the dangerous chase and crash happened along i95 last week. the sheriff's office just released dash cam video from

you can see an suv flip over. we're told gregory led deputies on this chase a short time after he killed his wife. lee fired several tiles during the pursuit striking a trooper an deputy's car in the windshield, trooper and deputy were not seriously hurt. investigators and lee shot himself in the head before losing control and flipping it over. that backed up traffic for hours and lee died at a hospital. lee's sister told fox 5 he and his wife melissa new each other since high school and had been married more than a decade. they had two children who were believed to have been home at the time of the shooting. tony? to the weather, which is once again, the big story tonight. temperatures are well below freezing but with the winds feels colder >> a code blue alert remains in effect in the dmv. when will w