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right now at 10:00, prince george's county police handing out these wanted flyers after a woman says she was sexually assaulted in a park. an unbelievable and terrifying security breach. i'm ae cutler and i'll tell you h a 26 year old man snuck onto a high school campus. coming up. and jay-z might soon add nfh owner is resume. we're gettinge tmz's on the s. rapper's pl your news at 10:00 starts now.
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>> we begin withg a develop story in prince george's county tonight. police are looking for the man who attacked a woman in a b park. >> the attacker grabbed the victim, dragged her into the d woods anstruck her before she got away. this happened a. the intersection of pennsyl ania avnd walters lane in district hayghts on wednesd night. tonight detectives back in that area. ayesha kahn there with ayesha.ing details. you.here, good evening to dete spent a large part o eir evening handing out and canvassing area by handing these flyers in the area letting people kno they' looking for this person, this after the woman reporte that she sexually assaulted in a park very intersection here in , this district heights. now, police tell us this all ed happened on wnesday night when the woman says she was walking down wolte lane when the manbe grabher, dragged her into a woed area and then attempted to sual assault her. she fought back though, even e
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after man hit her several times causing minor injurie to her. now, she managedo get away and flagged down ar. of police say the attacker, though, got away. e area.y have beenth canvassing now, neighbors we talked with earlier tonight tell me that it's unnerving to know that d someone could such a thing and is still out there. >> it doe m concee considering that i have two daughters that are in their early 20s and granddaughter so, yes, that does concern me. >> i sit out here all the time tonight, we be out h all times of the day and whatever and this i shocking to me. this is very shocking t me to hear that someone got assaulted, sexually assaulted in the neighborho. >> reporter: no detectives spent the evening handing out the flyers with the man's descr. but they are also warning people to be vigilant and t be on t lookout, especially for themselves when they're walking alone. >>ry not to be alone but if you have to be alone, you know,
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not have your ear pods or anything in your ears, be mindful of your suoundings, you know, and try to get to your destination as quick as possible. don't, don't really let anybody detour you off your path.nc >> reporter: noe again, police are reminding people to this flyer handy because they are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for any information thato may lead t an arrest. backo you. >>. >> and a story develghing ath in prince george's county e today. police went to aome on mordente drive in clinton afters beked to do a welfare checwhen they found the bodies. investigators don't thi the killings are randommenthi evng back to normal after a computer glitch shut down customs organizations including dulles airport. you see the long lines there, theomputers went down this afternoon preventing workers from processing passengers coming into the cotry. the outage lasted a couple of hours, a spokesman for cbp ss
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it's investing what happed but nothing malicious is sueected. >> of the other top nories, we have breakingews out. jeffrey epstein's death has officially been ruled aic sue. autopsy reporticrom theal examiner in new york say the billionaire financier hanged himself in his jail cell. he was fnd in that cell at a federal press none manhattan back on august 10th. we'll have much more on ts in our next half hour. montgomery county police are looking for this man who robbed and bea an elderly man at his home inockville earlier this week. the viim new the suspect rodriguez and agreed to let him stay at his home if he helped with repairs. police say the two men argued about the arrangement and thath led to attack. people will have to wait e national park service e of the announced it will now be reopening on september 19.it wa reopen this month. the monument has been closedsi 2016 as crews work on aew n security building and em
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improvts to its elevator system. >> talk abo the weather right now giving you a live lk over at national harbor where, yeah there it capitol wheel, looks like they're missing a light up on top there. >> i know, they better fix it. >> they better. still a hot and humid tonight for sure. l>>et's check in with gwen, she's here with our first look at the forecast ase roll into the weekend. o be role're going t in with the heat guys,el unfortunat with the humidity. eealso we'ven having this deal all week long a it's not going anywhere. let's take look at where things are and where we standd ant it all together for you.gh s today, 89 degrees at rean national airport, 88 at dulles and compline as well at bwi thurgood marshal. wheretures close to should window be, maybe a degree ballpark. but we are in the mostly cloudy skies but it feels that southerly wind flow, very light asls it is, buto the humidity. thatumidity continues to be a rg
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comfortable outside, but get ready for the weend because it's going to stick around like. here's the heat indices right no feels like a hot 93 degre 82 at dulles as we elsewhere wn, into the0s or the 70s.r satellite ramposite showing you we've got mainly some clouds that are starting to roll in butus we've gott the order little pop-up shower he and there. we haven't had too much e happening. had just a bit of isolatedr thunderstorm o isolated pop-up shower. but not looking at that being t anything that's go really hours too much.he so here's what you can expect as we move into this weekend. temperatures both in the low 90s on both days, 92 degrees on your saturday, 94 on sunday still hot and sticky, and both days a chance of maybe a little pop-up thunderstorm or an isolated shower. nothing organized. so it's going to be very spotty in nature. and as we get into sunday, sunshine than we will on . satu but overall, the advice isis finitely to stay hydrated and
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the challenge, of course, will be to stay cool. we've got a warm-up coming in the seven-day focast. if you think this is hot, wait until you seewhat's ahead. i'll have those details later. sarah. >> stafford county parents areh in shocks evening after receiving a letter that said a man boarded a school b transporting students to a locae high school he was then able to get inside.le this whoncident happened yesterday. here is fox5's anne cutler. >> reporter: police are calling this 26 oar man a mental al th subject. looking. he was very young he not facing any charges but thisreajor security bh on the first week back to school is sending shock waves through the entire tmmunity. >>hat man is bare foot and had humped on the school bus here at lance bury park drive in fredericksburg, the dunston family who lives there in sb diief. >> terrifying. >> i be scared and i'd probably freak orout.
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>>ter: that man riding the bus alongside act students for six miles to s thetafford high school campus, strolling in the cafeteria where he was finally caught after officials say stole food. >> the bus driver knows them all so it's really strangee to m that this 26 year old, believe, got on a bus and rode it all the way to school. kind of crazy. >> a letter to parents friday saying, quote, he did not have a weapon and made no threatening comments or actions.t stafford county public school district calling for a thorough review, saying it is o change in our procedures and be implemented immediately. police are alsosing this as a reminder to report any suspicious activity.hi now, becaus man's not facing in i charges, they are not releasing h o photor his name. however, police d tele that he was taken in m fortal health treatment. back to you. >> we are following more breaking news athis hour o
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police sayhis newborn baby girl was found abandoned in woods in silver spring. thtababy is inble condition at a local hospital. man who prompted a major scare toda. in new york investigators, this m left two riceookers near a subway station in lower manhtan. a thirdound on the sidewalk in the cityhelsea neighborhood where a pressure cooker bomb went off a couple years ago. t least 30 people were injur in that incident a security threat closer to home this morning near the embassy of israel. the secret service says a man wearing what appeared to be a bulletproof vest and carryfeg a was arrested. an explosives time came in, check out the man's car prompting road closures for hours. the man was eventually charged with carryin a dangerous
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weapon. n developments inhe back and forth invitation between israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and two freshmen netanyahu reversed course today and said one of the congresswoman, michigan representative rashida talibom coulde and visit her grandmother who lives on the west bank bull she turned ther down saying in a tweet shewi not visit her grandmother under the oppressive conditions. israel initially denied entry to talib and ilhan omar over the support of the bcott isr movement. >> if they are, as members of the american government, it's going to be a huge boost to the movement internationall president trump appeared to have set this controversy in motion when he said w israelould show great weakness if the country allowed the congressul d with to visit. >> actor peter fonda has died. heatad beentling lung
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carser.r the 79 yea old was bornnto hollywood royalty, his father henry and sister jane. but he carved out his own near in easy rider. it just had its 50th annivetaary, had other sing rolled and nominated twice for >> one of the worst pests to ever invade north arica has invaded north virginia. what you should kno i and whatt could do to the trees. plus jay-z announc a partnership with the nfl this week but now he could be part of am tea an owner. >> a pokemon partyn the district. we'll take you inside the world pokemon championships next. ♪
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an invasive insect is being blamed for damaging or stroying millions ofrees around the country including in northern virginia. forestry workers are hardn at work virginia and dozens of states ting to get that beatle under control. >> fox5's marina marraco in or studio with on what this is all about. i >> reporter: thisa large problem because it's across the
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en commonwealth that many people may not actually be a weared of this. the emerald ash borer is a beatle originated in china, tiny only half an inch long first appeared in michigan in the latb 1990sut since has spread to 35 states including virginia. the beatle has damagedr destroyed countless ash trees in our region and across t commonwealth. earlier tonight fox5 poke with a forester inth virginia abou problem. >> municipalities or homeowners, land owners, t ifhey have an ash tree on their property, it's really no longer a matter of the they will get the eab. it's a mter of when. so we're trackingt state wide, and there's a couple of populations that we've been watching. the first was up in arlington, northern virginiaar ea, and it kind of hopscotchedheown to t danville area. nd now it's sort of tracking right down the i95 corridor. >> reporter: forestry officials say the beatle is tough to get
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rid of but they are trying to slow its spread. while it'sou to spot the beatle home owners can see its effects. ifgou see an ash tree sta to die from the top down, people should call a forest ter to evaluate that tree. also se insect sides on the market and forestry officials recommend you pre treat your ash tree to prevent it fro any sort of beatle attack. >> a growing dead zone ithe chesapeake, now spanning two cubic miles making it one of the worst in decades. it's being a caused bylgae stealing oxygen from the water. of the lower potomac ll as parts patuxent rivers being affected, it could harm crabsnd oysters the seafood industry. >> animal control is investing after dozens of dogs, two cats and three tundles were in montgomery county.ions in investigators say this all b dickerson.llsville road in one of the dogs taken fromme th urned out to have been reportedea missing y ago by another owner. the dog a its own have now
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been reunited. >> my understanding is they're very happy so theppwere very y to be reunited. you know, the conenction betwe there will obviously be reestablished, and i know with a their excitend enthusiasm, i t nk thatdog's happy to be home. there's a cost -- >> t county's animal shelter is now houng the pets. so far no charges he been filed against the homeowner. > it is so hard to believe we have, what, two weekends left officially in summer right now? well, unofficially rather. >> we're getting the middle of summer in about aeek because it's hot and sticky ando going ready for thter jim are you >> no, not at all. but i guess you captain wait. >>o can't d much about it can i it i would mak it pleasant but downright warmust out there tonight even. look it's 80 degrees right now our feel itlike. until i show you that. 81 degrees at baltimore, 84 this hour a annapolis. 79 at dulles, 77 at frederick,
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same atrs gaitrg, 78 at quantico and9 at westminster. so here's the feel like. it feels like it's3 degrees at annapolishis hour. 82 at leonardtown, i 84n the city and 82 at so, yeah, still pretty sticky out there and going to kind of stay humid as we get into this sky conditions not a lots going on but a little bit here and there, how about. that a few isolated pop-up showers we're seeing and we've had a few pop-up thunderstorms in that as wear across the ea. there was a report that a water spout was reported over the potoc river moving to the north area, but it dissipated on ce it got close to saint george island.didn't cause any anywhere. that was rouly a little bit earlier about just theinning of the 9:00 o'clock hour. thingsore startin die down a little bit there so not much to deal with.es 75 degre for your overnight and once again warm and muggy. i'll have that seven-day i forecast coming up a bit and let you know when is going to heat up and it will.
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jim. >> jay-z reportedly going to become part owner of an nfl team. telceoconnected t jay-z tmz he's going to have significantership interest in a team. he's a huge fan already has sports business and wants to be a change agent for the nfl. we talked with tms harvey levin about it. >> this, i'm told, explains part of the reason, and ts is the way it was put to us why jay-z entered intohis kind of partnership with roger goodell and the l, which puzzled a lot of people and there was some criticism. but this is part of the reason. >> tmz says it doesn't know aywhich team j could become part owner of but it's reportedly going to happen soon. jay-z at one point was a minority owner of the brookn nets. brady yatesome run s the pace for the loudoun south baseball team. f pitchers combineor a no
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hitter andea the teamt rhode island 3-0. is is the first time a very team has been in the little league world series tournament in more than two decades. >>. >> i've been a part of this since the very binning and it's just been an amazing outpouring of well wishes andpp sut from the community, from the strict, from the state. even from across the united states. so orwhelming but in really, really good way. >> the team's next game will be sunday at 11:00 a.m. against minnesota. ge>> one of the big games in the world is bringing thousands of pokemon fans to this weekend. the pokemon world championships brings competitors and fans together at the wcehington conventionnter. >> what is this music? >> this is the pokemon theme? >> it is i had no idea. >> players competing for half million dollars in price >> the ulte pokemon 45 chris. ce they come out here they can say this they're the best pokemon players in theworld. three age division when you're a 12 year old and
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you're the world champion it's really something. >> other pokemon events for spectators to checkut and as a way to promote, pitachued the national gallery of art. >> pikachu, that's pretty cute. >> that's a goodimpression. >> peek co- >> yesterday she had no idea pokemon go whi ang now she's impersonating pikachu. on t for space tourism, how many people have signed up for an expensive trip. >> curbi drunk driving maryland is testing new incar technology aimed a drunk drivers off the road. ♪
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two pedesians are in the hospital after a vehicle hit them in bethesda on wisconsin avenue between cheltenham avenue and east west highway. sky fox flewn over the s shortly after the crash. we're told onef the pedestrians was critically hurts the drivtayed at the scene. police are invting and no word on whether any charges will be filed. the annual america's 9/11 ride rumbled into leesburg virginia today. bikers pas ang throughfter stoppinge in shefrpgsvill pennsylvania the crash sight of 93ited . it stopped at the pentagon why e 77 d. they'll leave tomorrow for the trip to new york city to honor victs killed at the world tradecenter. a new push to crack down on drunk driving. the drive alcohol detection system for safety analyzes breath for drivers. if the sensor detects alcohol the car won't move. the maryland mva will test the technology on some of its own
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vehicles for a career. federal investigatorsre trying to figure out what causei ra legend dale earnhardt, jr.'s plane to crash and burst into flames. the family was on the way to a race when it made a hard landing bouncing several times. it happened at anirport in tennessee yesterday. the plane rolled off the runway before catching fire. thankfully everyone on board surved. earnhardt was the only one sent to the hospital where he was treated and released. >> traveling into the final frontier taking another g step forward. space company verb engine galactic has new headquarters, i the facilin xico.il l soon house gala lounge which it calls the gateway to sp >> i imagine a quiet number where there's a g lotng on, that check lt procedures whe there's a time where you look outside andgo, i'm here. >> the company says about 600 people have already reserved trips to space which cts about $250,000 a ticket. still to come tonight, new
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welcome back. it is 10:30 we are continuing to follow toght's top stories. we begin with break of montgomery county. police say this newborn baby girl was found abandoned i woods in silver spring. the baby is in stable condition at a local hospital. police they received reports of a baby crying off ofdr 10 brk e this afternoon. it was there they found the new
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ral feet from a sidewalk. they're now looking for the mother. formation to contact police. h ayesha? >> reporter: prince george's county police spent a large majority of their evening handing out these wanted flyers afterhey say a woman told them that she was sexually assaulted in a park near a busy intersection. this all happened on wednesday night. as she said, she was walking and a man approache her, grabbed her and then dragged her into nearby wooded area and then attacked her. however, sheays she fough him and managed to get taway. buhen so did the suspect. in the meantime, police say thee ar offering a reward of up to $25,000 for any informati may lead to an arrest. the stafford county public security pro after a bare ng its foot man without a backpack was able to get onto a bus w students, ride it six miles to stafford high school and ent the school cafeteria. e 26 year old
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