coming up at 5:00 -- >> southeast d.c. woman is grateful after a fire nearly took her life. coming up, we will show her how the community came together to get her back on her feet and the emotional reunion with the firefighters that helped save her. leon: mobile track 7 on the road. alison: freezing rain is following all the snow we got. this is live at the outer loop. after the american legion bridge. near g.w. parkway. things moving well on the major roads. alison: the "7 on your side" item is all about exposing the dirty tricks of scammers. but what our team found recently joce sterman found they are able to buy paperwork to get your money and ruin your credit. she is here to explain how. joce: if i have a few key pieces of information, things i can find on the internet i can pretend to be you. takes my computer and cell phone and couple hundred bucks and i could end up with the w-2's like this one that appear legitimate and the pay stubs to back it up. at 11:00, the item uncovers how easy is it for the scammers to buy all of this paperwork. thinks of fraudulent refunds a

the search is on for whomever shot four people in southeast d.c. this happened just before 9:00 last night in anna a coanacosti. all are expected to be okay. no word on a motive for the shooting. >>> and c street at 14th northeast in d.c. is back open after a serious crash. it happened late last night. you can see the force at which the cars collided here. police are not telling us what led up to the crash, but the road was shut down for some time while they investigated. >>> new details this morning in the case against wikileaks founder julian assange. he says he will accept the arrest by british police if a u.n. panel investigating his case rules against him. he's been hold up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for the past three years. assange took refuge there too avoid extradition to sweden. he tweeted that if the u.n. finds he lost his case, he will turn himself into police at noon tomorrow. >>> the man who orchestrated and armed protest at a federal wildlife refuge is facing serious charges. a i mond andmmon bundy and ten others we indic

it happened last march at the potomac avenue station in southeast d.c. the metro transit police officer was responding to a report of somebody in the tunnel. the u.s. attorney's office says the officer opened fire when the suspect, bobby gross, charged at him with a large branch. the investigation found the officer couldn't back away from gross without risking falling on the electrified third rail. >>> a story only on news4. rare access to one of metro's most sensitive buildings. the transit agency allowed our cameras inside their new security operations command center to show off just what they can see. transportation reporter adam tuss has the story now to help keep you safe and secure while on metro. >> reporter: from the outside, this small building in hyattsville isn't much to look at, but step inside and your eyes won't be able to stop looking. this is metro's new security operations center, truly the nervous system for the transit police. >> if you're in any public space in the metro system, there's a good chance you will be caught on camera. >> y

when they arrived they found maurice sinclaire of southeast d.c.. he was shot to daebling.lier today police charged darnell and darshay bowingland with sinclaire's murder. police have not released a motive for the deadly shooting. >>> trinity university student is recovering to after a group of teenage girls attacked group of teenage girls attack group of teenage girls eded her. well tonight's the cool's president says violence citywide has to stop. lauren demarco joins us live with the details lauren. >> well, shawn a fraud student was walking down the street past this metro pus stop last night on way to class at trinity university, when a group of six to eight teenage girls crossed michigan avenue and came rushing at her a cord and came rushing at her a cording to police one of the girls leading the pack knocked her to the ground roughed her up. they made off with her cellphone own other items. students here, people who live in the area, they're stunned and outraged and so is the university president. >> this is the first i ever heard someone got jumped from trinity. >> i

. >>> we know the name of the man shot and killed in broad daylight in southeast d.c. police say that demetrius medlay ran down the street and collapsed after being shot on martin luther king avenue. he later died at the hospital. no no word on a possible motive or suspect. >>> the university is asking students to consider a probably to get a metro pass with unlimited riding privileges. it would address about $100 a semester to student fees. if students vote to accept the deal, it would take effect for the next academic year. >>> this weekend you can check out a new art display at park in southeast d.c. the light show is called light yards and it's ones c s candisp beat of a giant deejay. giant rabbits are being put up for a family event. >> complete light up giant rabb? >> wouldn't it scare kids? it would be 3:00 to 6:00 tomorrow and also a giant lite brite to play with. the art display closes next sunday. >> very cool. >>> stepping up efforts to make sure you are safe when you ride metro. the changes being put in place after a series of high profile climbs. >>> also

how about a new art display in southeast d.c. it is called light yards. it's on display to the beat of a live deejay. pretty cool. the family event from 3:00 to 6:00. the admission is free. it closes next sunday. all right. you may remember a few weekends ago angie mentioned she was never asked to prom. >> do i have to read this? >> i'll read it. >> we heard you never went to your prom. >> so april 23rd prom. so, will you and your husband come to prom with us? >> a group of students from freedom high school inviting her and husband robert to attend their prom in april. it will benefit pediatric cancer research. >> my husband still has not texted me back. but the flowers are so sweet. so, yes, i have to go to prom. if my husband doesn't go with me, one of you guys will. >> i will. >> get the corsage ready. we have to start coordinating our outfits. >> thanks ♪ >>> hello and thanks for joining us today. i'm aaron gilchrist. over the next 30 minutes we hope to take you for a journey along the underground railroad. the secret network of people and places that

darrell best admitted to sexually assaulting a girl at the metropolitan police headquarters and southeast d.c. church. the judge in the case called the crime reprehensible and said he believes that best should be locked away for life. however the judge agreed to a lighter sentence to spare the victims of enduring a trial. police have rearrested one of six suspects in a january 26 fight at the gallery place metro station. maureen: the suspect charged with unlawful entry and attempt of court for allegedly violating a judge's order to keep away from metro. the teen was caught riding a red line train this week. leon: just ahead at the political endorsement that you probably didn't see coming. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports details on the reported tag on kirk cousins and erin hawksworth goes one-on-one with the m.v.p. bryce harper. his thoughts on how last season end and for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice f

police say they attended the god of second chance ministry in southeast d.c., where best was head pastor. they say he sexually abused a 16-year-old inside the office at his church and the 17-year- old in the inside has office at mpd headquarters, both times, wearing his police uniform, badge and gun. best was also sentenced today, on a child porn charge, for snapping seven pictures of the 16-year-old's naked body. best had support inside the courthouse. two retired police officers spoke on his behalf. so did two members of clergy. these women wore t-shirts, supporting the former police sergeant, scripture on the front. and hashtag, team best on the back. >> what was it like to hear from the victim's >> it's hurtful. it's hurtful. because i'm a mother. you take into consideration when you're a parent. it hurts to hear that someone did something to a child. but god is a forgiving god. so he can forgive him. >> one of best's sisters said that -- said that one of his victims still lives with that pain every day. >> when best gets out, he'll be on supervised release and will have to register

we're eye now reporting life in southeast d.c. marina maracco, fox5 > we have a developing story out of hess ton, kansas where a mass shooting happened tonight. the local sheriff says that four people, including the gunmen are dead and another 20 to 30 people were hurt in that shoot manage. which happened north of wichita. investigators say there were multiple crime scenes including an xl industries plant and two other nearby locations. the suspect gunman either was or had been an employee of that plant. > neighbors in waiverly, virginia are cleaning up the widespread damage that was caused by an e1 tornado. it hit the small town about 50 miles southeast of richmond about 26789. 30 yesterday afternoon. the national weather service says the twistier stayed on the ground for about 10 minutes and left a nine-mile long path of destruction. today terry mcauliffe toured the damage and was moved by what he saw. it's almost hard to believe until you see it. when you see it f on the helicopter, the extent of the damage and the power, it's

walmart recently pulled out of locations under development in northeast and southeast d.c., so when the hope of new jobs, affordable retail and groceries. >> we just want answers. irate that walmart built three stores in middle-class sections of the city and then went back on a promise to build two additional stores in a working-class neighborhood. the retail giant announced the closing of more than 200 stores worldwide due to profit margin concerns. monday night, concerned met toity leaders that -- discuss future ways to minimize risks of residents abandoned. >> when i read that we had an agreement with walmart, i thought it was a written agreement. turned out they said they would do it and they changed their minds. jay: there were written deals between walmart and the developers for each site, but according to one high-ranking official, the binding deal between walmart and the city did not exist. so this certainly is a business and development issue. but you also get the sense, in the coming months and years, what happened here will become a political one as well. leon: thank you. the

but we are here at 15th and15 a butler in southeast d.c.re the shooting n happened late last of last nighg around 9:00 o'clock. if you look straight aheadoo you'll see the evidence markerse still on the street but you'll l also see the red forward for fod explorer with the windows blowns out the not exactly sure at thit point how that vehicles comesehc into play, but officers were wee around that vehicle for quite sometime. officers obviously still out stt here since the shooting happened late last night around 9:00 son0 hours later they're still out here processing the scene. s evidence markers still remain or the scene here and all morningor long, we've seen police escor escorting residents in and out of this neighborhood due to thio area still being treated as a crime seep. last night, a number of officerc were out here.re oer they scowered the area for morer evidence with k9 units, and wenw still don't know, again, at this point who they're looking foror and what caused this shootingot but sources do tell fox5 it's i believed the shooti

over to southeast d.c.using chaos for for drivers along benning road and east capitol street.apit the flood waters rose quicklyos as thee rain pounded down forof about an hour and at one pointto flood waters were up to thehe car headlights. at least three cars stalled as a result and they all needed to be towed away. >> checking our other top o othp stories this morning, the d.c. d fire lieutenant accused of neglect of duty case of a child was a no show s at his disciplinary hearing yesterday. that child died after choke ondo grapes last year.es l his death was blamed partly onpo human error an delayed response.se attorneys for the lieutenantfo guy valentine say he did not attend because he has officially retiredr and b his h actions can no longer be judged. >>> apple ceo tim cook ceo tim o weighing in on his company's battle with the fbi. fbi he says agreeing to unlock an uc iphone would be "bad for america."ic the iphone in question wasstio w shuster by one of the shooters in the san bernadino terror atta

region some most step ear we saw was in southeast d.c. where cars struggled to make it home during the evening commut commutech the storm is still impacting travel in our region and at national airport arriv arriving flights are delayed two hours and bwi there are also residual delays. dulles airport tells us there are no flight delays that time to report >> and mark trains stopped operating out of union station and amtrak says they were not impacted by the storm. >> as for power outages pet coreporting over 4,000 outages and dominion has more than 5,000 and bge has more than 6,000 outages. and we have live team coverage tonight of the storm and damage starting with sue palka. sue, this has been such an incredible sight for february. >> unbelievable, sarah, you're right about that and strong tornadoes on first glance when we seat piingts and look at the damage they look like unusually strong this time of year. we've had about 15 reports of tornadoes in virginia in february and they're usually week and to my north these are the first fatal

was drive in the wrong direction down interstate 95 the chase entered alexandria and ended in southeast d.c. near east capital street. police arrested several people. >>> lawmakers in washington d.c. approved a bill that would pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. the yearly stipend could be around 9,000 based on similar programs and cost the district half a million a year and they have not committed to funding the bill yet and if she does not the council would have to find that through new funding and council member mc duffy several times initially agreed to speak with "fox5" and later wroou application. the wild weather has caused hundreds of car crashes and spinouts. tornadoes and heavy rain and mississippi on tuesday. there's video that captures the chaos of the twister pounding aliceville alabama and high winds damaged several homes and business there's including the correctional facility. >> tough times in the weather development there. . >> if they're dealing with problems on the road. >> minnesota only got a foot. >> you know a lot of places that were supposed to got a foot

d.c. where four people were shot today. >> butler street southeast near morris road. she's live on the scene tonigh tonight. we now know two teenagers were hurt. >> a lot of conflicting information as you know this is always breaking news and it involves second by second and we understand one of the victims presumably a victim apparently just turned 18 and that's why there was some sort of confusion and in fact there was at least teen aimer we know for a fact was 15 years old and we understand the 15-year-old was shot in the thigh and in and out of conscious ntion on the way to the hospital and losing a lot of blood. now, out here the scene remains firely active. there are several evidence mark that sure ourd like beer cans and -- potentially this all stemmed from some sort of gun battle. take a look at video we shot earlier on the scene. eventually you see d.c. police officers with rifles on hand and that's because out here some of the broundz recovered on the scene were high caliber rifle rounds and d.c. police searched that and police wanted to be prepared in case

:31,:3 we're following up thisng up morning on a shooting that a shog happened last night in i southeast d.cce say four people weree w shot including two youngoung people. all are expected to make amak full recovery. a fu that's the good news here. it happened last night in theht t area of 16th and butlerutr streets in southeast.outh so far no suspects have been arrested. >>> let's stay in thelet' district. a firefighter is recovering from minor injuries afterr fighting a blaze last night in northwest.rtest. crews responded to a fire atded an apartment on m streettr around 9:30. flames could be seen shooting shoot out of the fifth floor of theloor building. you're looking at it there. investigators are checking in in to see what caused thishis apartment fire.ire. >>> developing overnight from alexandria, police are calledal to the scene of two robberies. robberies you're looking at one of them the a 7-eleven in the 5700 block0lo of edsall road. r police tweeted out around 2:30 2:3 this morning that the store had been held up by twotwo gunmen. a little earlier they tweethey twe that'd another

d.c. mayor muirial bower set to the come to southeast washington today to announce some d.c. school children would go to school an extra week or two starting next we're year. we'll lay it out for you after two starting next we're year. we'll lay it out for you after the commercial messages. you can kind of seen the kath reedal out there but not across the river with rain and fog out there. >> okay. >> yesterday the fog was really bad coming off the snow. >> especially kids headed back to school that time of day. next school year d.c. public students could go to school longer or year round. >> muirial bower and okay khan son will come here 11:00 this morning top announce the extended year program for several more schools it's happening now at the raymond education campus up in ward four northwest washington pet worth area standard 180 days and now at raymond education campus they're going extra ten days this year and extra ten days of school extra two weeks and next year they go ten more beyond that an extra 20 days and 200 days in classes next year for raymond education campu

alison: streets in southeast d.c. are back open after a multi-vehicle crash this morning at at least three cars were involved in at 14th and east capital streets. fire officials say one person sent to the hospital. there is no evidence it was a chase. leon: police arrested edwin ponce martinez after he was identified in a suspicious vehicle. they believe he broke in the department a couple of weeks ago and threatened the woman inside and sexually assaulted her. >> we want to bring him to prosecution behind bars for the rest of his life. leon: he is charged with burglary and rain and providing false identification to an officer. >> four prince george county schools locked down for an investigate a shooting. >> brad has more on what happened. >> a lot of people, thomas was going about his business visiting a doctor when it happened. >> this is disgusting and terrifying and senseless. >> a shooting victim stumbles and the witnesses hear two more shots and he goes down. >> they stop traffic and the nearby high school is o

chase involving several local police department and the chase started fairfax county and ended southeast d.c.. fairfax police attempted to pull over a vehicle. the driver did not stop at one point the suspect was drive in the wrong direction down interstate 95. the chase entered alexandria and ended in southeast on i 29 5 near east capital street the incident is under investigation. >> police are on the hunt for a gunman that carry gunman that carried out a double murderner prince george county. >> a toddler shot and killed in front of for the washington home. "fox5" melanie alnwick has more now. mel. >> well allison, you know this time yesterday morning nashante davis and 2-year-old daughter chloe were very much alive going about normal routine of morning getting ready to head out for day nashante was preparing to drop chloe to daycare and headed to her job at second grade teacher at brad bury hite almosty control and it was 7:00 in the morning she was fised with terrible violence. they heard several muffled gun shots and screamed and there were family members at home in the townhouse she l

the chase entered alexandria and ended in southeast d.c. 295 near east tap call street police arrestederal people. >> new evidence may give the man that was subject of pod cast a new trial. he will return to court in baltimore. 16 years ago he was con vibd of murder and september to life in prison. this week's hearing is supposed to have newal buy witness and cellphone evidence. he was convicted of murder of former girlfriend and high school classmate. first season of serial looked at that case and raised questions about the state's evident and siad involvement in his death. >> bill cosby is back in court today trying to get felony assault charges dropped against him. he's accused of drugging and sexually assaulting an dro aconstantine in 2004. he denies those aetions and says the sex was concept you'll. >>> so more to come there with bill cosby. straight ahead, some help could be on the ray for residents of flint michigan still dealing with tainted water crisis. >> first rainy start to tuesda tuesday, gary. >> listen, we don't have to worry --. >> today is wednesday. >> it said tuesda

kellye lynn is putting the spotlight on education live in one of those schools in southeast d.c. kellye: i am outside of chart hart middle school -- charles hart middle school in southeast. it's one of many slated to have a longer school year. a push to close the achievement gap for the d.c. public school students. >> we have selected ten schools, elementary school and middle school who will have an extended year. kellye: most of the elementary school and middle schools are in ward seven and eight. all will extend the academic year from the current 180 days to 200 next school year. >> we want them to have more time. more time to go in depth in the academic subjects, more time for art and music and p.e. more time for field trips so teachers don't feel stressed out about trying to fit it all in 180 days. kellye: the new calendar set aside three weeks of summer vacation between july and august for students. two weeks for teachers. >> extending time does not necessarily mean students are going to improve in academics. kellye: washington teachers union president elizabeth davis said sh

region some most step ear we saw was in southeast d.c.ars struggled to make it home during the evening commut commutech the storm is still impacting travel in our region and at national airport arriv arriving flights are delayed two hours and bwi there are also residual delays. dulles airport tells us there are no flight delays that time to report

we're going back to our top story, a woman robbed and shocked with a stun gun near a southeast d.c. metro station.. a life report from the scene ine less than 20 minutes on fox5 local news at 11. ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. > a row house divided intoou three apartments on q street northwest is too dangerous to living in hotels. five people were inside -- living inside the units when a crack formed and a wall began to give way. the owner of the property says s work at a nearby construction project and yesterday's heavy rains caused that wall to collapse. one resident we spoke to sayss she walked into her bedroom last night and noticed a big crack in the wall.e she quickly alerted her neighbors. i noticed a huge crack in myy bedroom and it went all the way down into my window and when i went over to investigate moree closely i heard a noise and itt freaked me out. o so when i called the lieutenant, and then i kind of just escalated from there. it couldn't explain it

region is going through some major heartache right now.ght their loved one, david airinging ton of southeast d.c. is missing and relatives are desperately trying to find him. he initially went missing in january, but he eventually he turned up at the washington hospital centerment he was moves to a couple of different medical facilities and was dischargedchr from united medical on february 4. the family has not heard from him since then. last night d.c. police learned that he was spotted in richmond and reportedly was taken to a shelter. the family is still trying to locate him.m. > with the recent blizzard and cold temperatures across our area, crews in fairfax countynty were out today training for ice rescue.re units from mclean and tysos korner were just a few that toot part in the training. several dogs have been rescued after falling through the iceh h becoming stuck in the freezing water. >> we want them to stay off the he's, the ice may look safe, but the area around northernd virginia routinely doesn't getst cold enough for the ice to harden that it would be able to support a human's wei

a car slammed into two vehicles yesterday afternoon on south capitol street in southeast d.c. one of the drivers involved is in critical condition this morning. a woman and a child in another car also went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> jury selection has started in the trial of another officer charged in the death of freddie gray. sergeant alicia white met the police van carrying gray last april. prosecution argued she tried to speak to him, and when he didn't respond, she did nothing further to examine his condition and did not call for help. investigators said gray died of a spinal cord injury he received in the back of the van. >>> denver fans, wherever you are, we know you're celebrating the broncos super bowl victory right now in denver. it was a long night for some fans. police said crowds were peaceful for the most part, but they did arrest a dozen revelers for making mischief. the bronco doing the most celebrating, quarterback peyton manning. he was asked if he's going to retire. he got that treatment on the "today" show. >> two wins, by the w

four people were shot in southeast d.c. police say two juveniles and two adults were injured at last check, their injuries are not considered life threatening. >>> in prince georges county, this woman has been arrested after police say she was involved in a drug related shooting in capital heights on saturday. 32-year-old, markenna town send has been charged with first- degree murder. you can get more on all of these stories and the latest breaking news on our wusa9 app. it is free. >>> now to campaign 2016 this morning, donald trump's plane was forced to make an emergency landing in nashville on wednesday. the republican presidential candidates boeing was flying from iowa to arkansas when it experienced some sort of engine problem. the plane was eventually given the all clear and trump was able to make it to his evening speaking events. >>> ahead of the primary elections in new hampshire, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are still voting, vying for voters attention in the granite state at a town hall last night, sanders

headed to bayou bakey southeast d.c. they're getting ready for a bidsy day too coming up in the early morning hours. >> i would like to be part of that. i love food in new orleans. >> still ahead. >> we're keeping an eye on wipt remix and impapingt on the roads. >> let's take a look outside right now as we head to break on this tuesday morning. melanie is out drive around on the left right now and you see the snow out on the roads if frederick country we'll check negative with tucker after the break. let us know what the snow is break. let us know what the snow is like in your area as well. . >> it looks pretty tuck. >> that's impressive. >> hopefully not --. >> is that oxon hill now. >> watching rain, snow mix. transitioned to all snow to parts of area. and we will expect light accumulation around here. >> here's got news, temperatures well above freezing. what is falling out there at leasted in the city is not having a lot of sticking and that's going to make travel easier. here's a live look at storm tracker radar if

on the fourth floor of this apartment building on 37th street southeast, d.c. police. o say shawn baker stabbed robert wig instance in the chest. the 911 center immediately sente an engine and a truck but theret were no ambulances in the immediate area. the officer in charge asks for extra help to come to the scene. also send me a supervisor since the patient is not breathing now. as first responders are performing cpr an official getsl on the radio and wants to know where the ambulance is. engine 18 communications. c >> come in engine 18. where is ambulance 2318 coming from. >> ambulance 23.mbul ambulance 23.bula communication with ambulance 23. officials on the scene have hav already said the man is in cardiac arrest and there is nown an urgency to get him to the hospital. an officer picks up the radio and this time calls for the ambulance himself. i copy that.hat. considering we have cpr in progress. > alpha hold means there are no other ambulances to send and the first responders will have to wait for ambulance 23, which isw still miles away, at least 20 minutes af

for now in southeast d.c., sot macfarlane, news4. >>> the legal battle between the government and apple is getting even more complicated. this afternoon what the head of the fbi says about the case. >>> this is news4 at 4:00. >>> another crackdown on the confederate flag. the maryland house today passed a measure that says drivers cannot renew license tags that depict the confederate flag and you can't transfer those tags to other vehicles either. lawmakers voted 131-8 in favor of the bill. it now goes to the senate. >>> the legal battle between apple and the government rages. today apple asked the federal judge to throw out the order to unlock a terrorist's iphone. >> the tech giant doesn't want to give that government that kind of, quote, dangerous power but the fbi director says his agency won't back down. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill breaking it all down for us. steve? >> reporter: thanks. this is cook versus comey. here in washington fbi investigators are reported frustrated by apple, but here on the hill you couldn't from their boss. with the apple battle being fought

wusa 9 stephanie gailhard live in southeast d.c., to explain this ridiculous situation. steph? >> guys, this is really disgusting. i want to show you, take a look. it starts up there. the dog's feces and urine drips down onto this balcony right here, you're looking at. and the person who lives here recorded it all as it was happening. check it out. >> neighbor is washing the dog excrement again on my balcony. >> if you think that looks gross, it smells worse. >> i smell the stench of urine and feces. unbelievable. >> reporter: kita vanderpool says it's ruined her quality of life. [000:16:00;00] to actually enjoy fresh air. i can't have my nieces and nephews come over to play. because the balcony is always contaminated. >> norma brooks says her balcony is contaminated, too. >> i don't want that. oh, my god. >> reporter: so i went two floors up to talk to vander pool about the droppings. >> is dad here, paul? >> he invited me in to talk. but didn't want to be on camera. he admitted to washing dog feces and urine, off of his balcony, at least once. vander pool says the problem has

for now for now reporting live from southeast washington d.c. marina morocco "fox5 local news". >> there's a small measure of relever for the family of that shachb take sdiv is and-year-old daughter chloe. the who were shot and killed yesterday morning in front of for the washington home. tonight the baby's father is charged with mother nature. >> t. >> you know what tony, it is. it's really disturbing and heartbreaking how a father to do this to mother of child and also child. we're here at prince george county police -- investigators were able to sol this case in 24 hours. that's amazing feat. there's still a lot of work that lies ahead. mostly how to prevent something like this from happening again. . >> 25-year-old darren boz well johnson was arrested for shooting his 2-year-old daughter and his mother because of a supreme court aild support order. >> it's unfathom basketball. and except to say again these are also risk factors where you had angry reaction for example two achild support order. unfortunately we have to begin to say to people

news4's mark segraves is in southeast d.c. with the s >> reporter: hey, doreen.this has been a long time in coming both for the wizards and the mystics. the owner has been looking for a spot for years to build a new facility, and for this neighborhood. congress heights in ward 8 that is in desperate need of an economic boost. mayor muriel bowser today led the charge saying this project is going to cure both of those problems beginning here at building 119. the former mental health facility on the campus of st. elizabeth's hospital. we got an exclusive look inside this building before the demolition. just about 30 minutes ago the mayor got inside that hydraulic excavator and she went at it tearing this building down. now, by 2018 this property will be the home of the new washington wizards training facility, a 5,000-seat arena that will also be home for the washington mystics' home games. but on this campus, the development will go much further. there will be new retail, med use, as well as residential here. by 2018 this entire neighborhood is going to look a whol

. >>> drivers in southeast d.c. will soon have access dnc. they cut the ribbon. it opens for business tuesday bowser says it will serve residents in ward 7, as well as the rest of the city. the mayor also noting that the new dmv went from ground breaking to ribbon cutting in under 12 months. >>> let's talk some consumer news now. march 24th. that is the deadline day a judge has given volkswagen to submit a fix for nearly 500,000 diesel engine vehicles, equipped with those cheat devices. the u.s. district court judge, overseeing class action lawsuits against the german automaker says six months is long enough to find a solution. volkswagen has been ordered to submit a plan that would compensate the affected owners. >>> even theflo is -- evenflo is recalling booster seats. here's the problem. your little one can reach the central front adjustor, loosens up the seat harness them at risk in a crash. three model numbers, manufactured before january 29th of this year. evenflow said it will notify owners and even provide a remedy kit. >>> no more coupons. macy's says sh

we have learned graves is a suspect in armed robbery in southeast d.c. in december. he is the one in black rifling through the cash register and going through tobacco products before running off. some metro passengers we spoke to are relieved that graves is charged as an adult. >> yeah. he acting like he should be charged as an adult. you are doing adult things. why not charge as an adult. that is your fault. why put people in jeopardy? >> attorneys for both teenagers are expected to advise for supervised release. prosecutors will argue that the judge order them held until the next court appearance. a lot of people wondering why graves was on the street anyway if he was a suspect in the armed robbery. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: in case you didn't know it a debate got started recently at george washington university la bathrooms? that is the debate. men and women can use this on campus. the urinals next to the sink, no divider between them. what do you think about this? good idea? bad idea? we post the story on the website at wjla.com and a poll live on twi

. >> just some of what residents in three apartment buildings in southeast d.c. say they have been dealing with for two years. and now, the city is taking that landlord to court. delia gon salves -- gon calfs -- goncalves ms. -- has more. >> what's it's hard to imagine that these apartments sit on prime real estate. take a look. congress heights metro, sits right in the middle of this property. we're told that the landlord eventually wants to tear down the apartments and build high- priced condos. and that's why residents say they are being ignored and pushed out. >> and this is the way i feel, -- [ inaudible ] ruth barnwell, ready for a fight with her landlord. >> it is a gis disgrace, how they treat us. we pay rent, faithfully. >> the 71-year-old is just one of three tenants, in her apartment, overrun by rats, roaches and bedbugs. today, we saw them covered in black mold. emptying out the dozens of units. these pictures, showing just a glimpse of the filthy and dangerous conditions inside. >> you've got broken windows in the back. people go in and whatever. you

peephole detailed h heow >>> developing right now, doctors are fighting to save a man who was shot in southeast d.c. it happened just after 4:00 this afternoon. on langston place. police say when they got there the man was not responsive and he was medevacked to a hospital. a tweet from police say they are looking for three teens in connection to the shooting. this was one of three shootings within an hour in southeast. it is unclear if all three are connected. >>> also developing tonight, new indictment returned against that prince george's county school aide who is accused of child pornography. chris lawrence has details. he's in the newsroom. >> prosecutors have just upped carraway faces from 8 to 13, all of which involve sexually exploiting children. they've also increased the number of victims from 6 to 11 and those children are all between the ages of 9 and 12 years old. prince george's county police say they've discovered as many as 17 victims but not all of them have been included in this indictment. today's documents also specifically accuse carraway of engaging in crude sexual acts with t

many of the restaurants inuran that area did close last night s as a precaution.utio >> and in southeast d.c. flash l flooding caused chaos fors drivers along benning road in east c the flood waters rose quicklyck and drained as the rainn pounded down for about anwn foro hour. at one point flood waters were r up to the car lights.ig at least three cars stalled.s sl as a result they needed to be towed away. >> happening today metro'sng t board will meet and on the agenda a recent report aboutorta how many train drivers have run lights. daydreaming could be a a contributor to the numberto tougher red light violations.lih 47 in the past three years.ea in the meantime metro announced it's beginning ait major new project to installo new radio cable underground that is supposed to improve communications for firsticatio responders also would be wifi wf for customers.for customer >> staying in the districtng i police have made a thirdmade a arrest now in connection withiow a deadly shooting.ho christopher procter has beenher charged with second degreeec murder in the death of matthew shlonsky. shlon

southeast d.c. around anacostia. the storm is just on your backdoorstep. you can see here is the anacostia. compare it to here to the west of you. that is where we look at the stronger storms. for those in rosslyn near reagan national airport. oldtown alexandria. oxon hill, maryland. these are the areas that will see prolific lightning and heavy rain. we have flood watches and the warnings. posted for a good chunk of the area. this here is the national harbor. gaylord resort. they are building a casino off the expressway. this is that location here. head due west. heaviest rain around the delray and potomac yard. this is the time that you need to stay where you are. stay in place. not go out. it's very strong. if you consider how high an airplane flies when it is cruising. around 38 to 40,000 feet, we have the cloud tops here upward of 50,000 feet. doug hill has new information. doug: we have a all right of hail in south arlington. this buttress what i mentioned the storm are getting stronger where you had wa report of hail and lightning and no shortage of

unsettling scene as theys still have the crime tape up here at the 1500 block of butler southeast in anacostia. d.cering e up the evidence.vide a lot of liquor bottles and beer cans is part of thes is pt evidence here but we're toldcee that also they found high caliber rifle rounds as wells a on the roadway.oa last night police were outht pwe here with k-9s, they werey scouring the area for more evidence. officers carrying some riflesomr as well. it was a very intense scenene around 9 o'clock last night.ck g four people shot.ur people we understand two of them arefm adults, one male, one female and two are teens.are we're told by police that onee of the victims is a 15-year-old who was shot inin the thigh.the thigh. tain, they're all at then, hospital expected to recover toe just fine. you know, this morning they're t still looking for the suspect.pe we don't have a suspecte lookout or any additional information. they're still investigatingstiln and we're told this is goingl to be the scene for another f a couple of hours here and we've e been seeing a number of people o being walked in and out of

suzanne: just to give you some perspective, we are about 95 miles southeast of washington, d.c. the storm ripped through about 7:30 last night. we have a gutter ripped off a house. take a few steps, there is debrief from a roof, a barbecue grill, and a chair. , it is see over here absolutely uprooted trees throughout the entire area. the storm tore through here and as we hear time and time again, sounded like a freight train. the man who owns this property said he planned to retire here in two years but now he has a lot of cleaning up to do. >> it is a war zone. we have the natural preserve next-door. the trees are all blown down, they are all horizontal. it is mind blowing. i have lived here since 1960 two and right now, this place is unrecognizable. suzanne: and this community alone, 30 buildings were damaged , 15 are a total loss. buildings being used as shelter. they are expecting the governor to tour this area later this afternoon. reporting live and tappahannock, virginia, suzanne kennedy. jummy: a lasting effect of the storm for much of the d.c. area has been chopper seve

police pol headquarters back in 2014 in another at a church in southeast d.c. e best was the head pastor.the >>> also happening today, a d.c. man will be sentenced fornc threats he made against metro.et 20-year-old dre7.re coleman also known as kiddnown cole for his role on an mtv show pled guilty back in back in december to making threatening coleman was arrested back ins ae may of last year. y that follows some 300 calls hels played to 911 over a six-month m period. some of those threats includedd claims of having bombs aboardin a metrobus. mro coleman faces up to 10 years in prison.ri >>> while riding metro youet might see more avenue policeue l presence. the transit agency amping up its patrols to keep ridersider safe. safe. >> annie yu with more on whatont they're trying to do. annie, good morning.oo >> reporter: hey, good morning allison and steve.d n ae it's no secret in many ridersid have felt unsafe over the over t years riding metro and so metro's gm paul wiedefeld heldfl a meeting yesterday to talk tal about those safety kearns andke says metro is res

george washington parkway.n parw >> we have the license plateense that bob found yesterday interd southeast d.crom a driver whr struck a pothole. ple not sure what you'll collect out there this morning but you might get souvenirs.ve >> reporter: you'll seel s wheels, probably some licenseomi plates as well.platesel up and down the gw parkway we've had some reports that therehat might be some major potholeothoe problems here. here. we did find some very bumpy b stretches of road but s major craters that might cause u someone to get a lot of suspension damage, but we know o that park police and parkar service are on top of it of occasionally we know last yearls when they had major problemsrrol here they actually shut down shd portions of the road to dooato d emergency pothole repairs. rai so they'll be out taking a lookl here to see if that is needed. if they find any reports. ror arlington county says right ss r around this time of year they yt get as many as 150 calls a day for several weeks reporting potholes.. it does cost people a lot ofa l money.mo aaa says $3 billion a year in damage to ve

george's county looks likeooksie some snow flurries but heads up for prince george's county,gc southeast d.cy p see these heavy snow squallsw sq moving through within the next 10, 15 minutes.5 m temperatures outside right nowen supporting that snow to stickows very quickly. qck so again if you are just aboutta to head out with the kidsh the k early on a saturday morning, m you've got the brutal cold andoa you've got this snow overhead. o 18 in gaithersburg, 22 inn washington, 20 out at dulles,ul 16 in martinsburg.bu but it's all about the windut t today and that's what's goingha the make it feel so cold. 28 mle here inur washington, out of the northwest. our winds will be increasing be throughout the day.hrou we could have wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour and that willtw make it feel even colder thandea these wind chills that you'rehie seeing right now. n wind chill advisory out for outf the whole area because itca feels like eight inig i washington, already feels like l below zero up in the mountains t so we'll say negative toe single digit wind chills alllls today and all tonight. futurec

d.c., east, southeast. heavier shower ace dros middle pennsylvania. it's a waiting game for time. the future cast suggests when we get to the 3:30 time period in the morning we stop it. there will be snow, d.c. metro area east. you get far enough to the east coast to be rain. the colder air should change that to a little snow. and pile up. through new jersey that is the area locally that get the most. new england, boston area could pick up four or five or six inches of snow. this is just one computer modellal version. the farther east you go, the heavier the snow chances will be. rush hour in morning we don't need any snow. so if there is snow falling even if it's only accumulated on the grassy areas snow falling in washington in morning or the evening rush is not a good combination. 45 tomorrow to become partly sunny and breezy. warmer, pleasant over the weekend. monday-tuesday, the computer models are at it again to subject another east coast storm could develop. where it develops will determine if it is rain or snow. too early to call that. steve rudin will have his hands full t

southeast metro. and west ofnorth d.c. will get sunshine tomorrow. south and east will get cloud cover. it is just cloud cover this time around. that will hold temperatures under 50, low 50's in the sunshine. monday, tuesday, the beginning of the high rate is forecast catches the start of rain in the afternoon, evening. then we transition. what we are really watching, the , nearly 70recast different forecasts, it is suggested the upper level low puts the energy on the ground. it begins with rain, then the snow is most likely north and west. watch the track that it took, right over the top of us. we have been forecasting some snow, then the area of low pressure travels over top, like the eye of a hurricane. there is nothing there. and mosthe snow hole, likely snow north and west. we may get hardly anything in the washington metro. but the very latest forecast that came and had a very thin swap of heavier snow. it will be a very thin band of snow, maybe about 30 miles. , but be a slight deviation one of these put a ton of snow would know the virginia, the other put a lot north and west of

news thisin t morning we're following up o'rlo an shooting that happened lastte night in southeast d.c.st d >> d.c. police say four peopleeo were shot including twoludi juveniles. happened in the area of 16th and butler streets inn southeast.sout two men a boy an girl wereirer taken to the hospital. hpi they are expected to make a full recovery.full rec so far though he no suspecte no has been arrested. aes police are investigating.ng >> fox5 is in prince george'seo' county where a pedestrian wastrn struck and killed in clinton. ct police say a car was traveling e westbound on piscataway road near old branch drive when theeh driver struck a man.er happened last night just after 9:00. 9:00. prince george's countyce g officials say the driver stayed on the scene and ise sce cooperating with them.g with the >> a d.c. firefighter is. firefi recovering from minor injuriesmj this morning.. firefighters responded to ante apartment building on m streetr in northwest. nwe flames could be seen shootingeng out of the fifth floor of thattf building. buil flames broke out around 9:30 9:3 last night and at this

d.c. police officer and church pastor finds out his punish chment today for sexuly darrell best pled guilty. best was the head pastor of a church in southeast washington. he's accused of abusing a 16-year-old girl inside the church and a 17-year-old girl inside d.c. police headquarters. best faces up to 18 years in prison at his sentencing this morning. >>> you you are all talk and no action. >> make america great again, we'll win, win, win. >> first of all, he's a joke artist and he's a liar. >> i weren't to talk about the economy. p. >> i know you're embarrassed, but keep swinging. swing for the fences. >>> just a brawl from the g get-go. two players dominated in the debate. for the first time senator marco rubio was on the attack challenging donald trump from the very first question. rubio hit trump over immigration, hiring practices and his palestinian/israeli conflict. but it was a discussion over health care that really got explosive. rubio pushed trump to explain his plan. p. >> here's what you didn't hear in that answer and this is important. what is your plan? i understand the lines around the state, whatever that means. this is no

d.c. couple, nearly died in a four-alarm fire. right after the break, they're thanking the rescuers for saving their lives and a whole lot more. >>> this is southeast. 10 months ago. the d.c. couple nearly died. both had to be dragged out by firefighter. the home was a total loss. but thanks to the kindness of others, they had an entire home remodeled, donated to them. and they got a chance to see it for the first time today. >> stephanie ramirez captured the gratitude of the boston family. >> lesli, adam, such a warm welcome on this cold, cold day. and to add icing to the cake, not only did they get a brand- new 16th street southeast home, but they got to thank the d.c. firefighters who saved them. >> thank you, thank you. you all don't get the recognition that you all need. but thank you. >> reporter: dreb ra edwards -- deborah edward with her husband made sure the firefighters got the recognition, with plaques. >> it was nice. it doesn't happen very often. we don't expect it. >> reporter: he was one of the first responder when firefighters pulled his limp body from the second floor. mrs. boston flatlined in the alleyway next door. that's where t

southeast. this is bringing heavy rain here between d.c. and norfolk, virginia and stretches to atlanta all the way back to houston and dallas. in time, couple of areas of low pressure will develop along the front and will bring a cold front through south florida. but rate now we're looking wade night into thursday morning of the in the meantime, what's gonna steer our forecast is the wind direction. so as we go through tomorrow morning, you can see the clouds falling that southeast breeze. morning commute looks dry. by the afternoon, a couple of showers around likehe last couple of days. very fast movers. but tuesday thehe wind starts to come out of the south and you can see no rain early but in the afternoon, we'll go with a 40% chance to see a shower and a thunderstorm. in our forecast, that will be the highest rain chance over the as we look at the forecast up to 40% chance of a shower, maybe a thunderstorm on tuesday and web wednesday up around 83. here comes the cold cold front. could bring u u a shower, maybe a strong thunderstorm be