baker iii. >> reporter: rushern baker officially kicks off his campaign for the democratic nomination to be maryland's next governor. >> we're here for something bigger than ourselves. >> reporter: baker told this crowd of supporters his strong leadership, experience, management style and a proven track record of success qualifies him to be the next governor. it comes amid controversy surrounding prince georges county public schools. the local naacp chapter wants baker to put school systems ceo c. kevin maxwell's contract on hold until an widespread grade changing is ended. should it be put on hold? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: why not? >> we signed the contract and he's doing a good job. >> reporter: maxwell's new contract is signed and set to renew july 1st, jews tust two d from now. maxwell insists the allegations are false and politically motivated. >> i have all the confidence in the world that he's moving the school system in the direction it should be. i have not changed that. >> reporter: maryland governor larry hogan asked the state school board to investigate the grade ch

. >>> ray shern baker announced his candidacy for governor this morning. >> maryland must be a beacon for hope and opportunity. these fights are personal, but this campaign is about all of us, and what we can do together. >> here's leslie with more from the county executive who won maryland's top job. >> reporter: i sat down with the county executive this week for an exclusive wide ranging interview, as he sets out to make his case for the job. it's a story you'll see only on 9. >> is what i prepared for my entire life, ever since i was 17. my life's journey has prepared me for this moment, you know, to try and operate on stage. >> reporter: it's no secret, prince george's county executive rashern baker has taken the long way. >> where we focus on six areas that were struggling in county and built them up, can happen across the state. we were leading the state in foreclosures at the time. and our property values were down. seven years later, we're leading the state in rising property values, job creation. >> baker also counts the county school graduation rate, now over 80%, which is t

baker released a video just minutes ago - take a listen. baker has two events already planned for today - one this morning in national harbor. we will have much more on baker's political history in our region - and look ahead to who else is in the running, coming up at 5:30. larry, autria - over to you. good morning washington. toss to eileen - happy first day of summer - longest amount of daylight - hottest day of the next 10 tomorrow (90+) - impacts from t.s. cindy this weekend - nice early next week (lower humidity!) today:- partly cloudy. hot, but relatively comfortable humidity. stray pm shower possible. highs: 86-90 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. warm. lows: 64-71 winds: cloudy. hot and humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 90-94 winds: wsw 5-10 mph right now at 5:xx - we're following district. just minutes ago - police confirming a shooting investigation - is now a homicide. police say a woman was shot just after midnight on 51st street.. a few blocks from h-d woodson high school. the victim w

barry baker alluded police for several weeks after may tenth incident at west chester 7-eleven store. but today police captured him in the motel in delaware. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live in exton with details on how it unfolded, alycia. >> reporter: well, authorities say that baker was, hiding in a room at this inn, authorities say that room was paid for in cash and booked under an alias but they were able to catch up with him because so many people were keeping an eye out for baker and they flooded them with tips. >> after a 10 day manhunt. >> we had his picture on billboard, and, you know, newspapers and everyone was looking for him. >> reporter: barry baker, probably most wanted man in chester county has been caught and cuffed. he sat in shackles as officers escorts him in the chester county courthouse. >> when he got taken in custody, he came in like a baby. >> reporter: district attorney calling baker's apprehension a blessing for him, fighting an unprecedented amount of anger from the community, toward baker after this surveillance video was released. it show

the judge set the bail for baker at $100,000 cash. the da thanked the law enforcement community for efforts to find baker as quickly as they did. live in west chester, back to you, dawn. >>> i'll take it. luckily he's off the streets. thank you much, joanne. >>> caught police say they have got two men who opened fire on crowd people shooting ten of them. commissioner ross and central detectives held a news conference this afternoon. announcing the arrest of 19-year-old tyrell broad knocks of west arizona street. he turned himself in today. now 18-year-old quadir burrell who'll lives on west lehigh avenue right now in montgomery county prison on theft charge. philly pd will pick him up tomorrow to face charges in the shooting. they say on may 20th on the 2500 block of north 23rd street, the two men fired into a crowd of people including children. those people were outside. they were dancing. they were listening to music. investigators say the men were targeting one man over a long-standing dispute. >> it's basically threats of amongst

barry baker, sr. of the infamous baker family is in the group. >> da says barry baker, jr., got arrested on opioid charge. >> i have no clue. >> is that you? >> have a good day. >> can i show you the picture? >> absolutely not. thank you. >> get off my prompt. >> i will. you got it. >> reporter: district attorney says philadelphia is ground zero for the opioid crisis. control it there and he says and you'll control it in the counties. live in downingtown, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. lucy? >> thank you, jeff. >>> valor -- stolen valor when a person impersonates a soldier or -- that became officially a crime. governor tom wolf signed the house bill into law it's important especially since pennsylvania has the fourth largest population of veterans in the country. >>> for fraud lenderly present themselves as worthy of the benefits and the gratitude that the men and women of the armed forces have earned that's really inexcusable. it's actually offensive to the memories of our veterans and it should be offensive to everybody in pennsylvania. >> indeed. the bill originally end int

baker is standing by kevin max well. we had a chance to catch up with him after this event and that's all what many people were asking about and talking about. i made the decision that he was doing a good job for the county and when i reappointed him and sent him to the school board i have all the confidence in the world that he's moving the school board in the direction it should be. my mind has not change odd that. i standby him and i standby the work that he's done. if it turns out that there is, in fact , grade drg will you recommend the termination of dr. maxwell. >> if it turns out that happens and we want a an investigation, if it turns out that that happens there will be a lot of things, not just dr. maxwell's contract, includ ing school board's contract. rushern baker spent in his run for governor deferring the school district ceo kevin maxwell. the naacp of prince george's county called on baker to put maxwell's contract on hold while reports allegedly widespread grade fraud were rated. the investigation came o

baker says he has confidence in maxwell de spite the fraud investigation. does the risk of your child drowning end as soon as they get out of the pool? lauren demarco spoke with a doctor about dry drowning. lauren. >>reporter: recent stories that have been making the rounds online, dr.s at potomac pediatricians tell us that their phones have been ringing off the hook. they want to disspell the myth that a child could be walk ing around seemingly okay and then die suddenly days later . the doctors say if a child aspirated or breathed in water they should show symptoms that would become progressively months. progressive cuff, difficulty breathing and not acting like themselves. good warning, because a lot of people are going to be hitting the pool and the beaches and all kinds of things this weekend. it's not terribly hot outside right now but i understand more heat and more humidity tomorrow. >> that's right and each day will build just a little bit. tomorrow will likely feel hotter than today did. tomorrow will feel like the mid 930s although our temperatur

prince george's county executive rushern baker announced he will run for maryland governor.aker served as county executive since 2010. >>> family and friends will pay respects to the teenage girl killed in fairfax, a funeral prayer service gets under way this afternoon in sterling for nabra hassanen. follow justin finch on twitter to see how else they'll honor her. >>> prince philip is in the hospital. stay tuned for an update on the "today" show next. >>> kerry sanders showed us how they're getting ready for a tropical storm. cindy could drop a foot of rain in that storm system will head our way. kerry has that story coming up on the "today" show. >>> and talking about southbound kennel worth at the beltway. no major delays. a warning, no other major issues anywhere now. >>> and you see the sunshine, sun glare for the morning commute, first day of summer will look and feel like it. near 90. tomorrow, 94. rain chance friday from what's left over from tropical storm cindy. won't be a tropical storm when it gets here, but we will be watching. thanks for joini>>ng > >>> good mo

job creation. >> baker also touts the county's school graduation rate, now over 80%.he highest number since 2010. he believes progress in the county will help him emerge from a group of democrats, exploring a run to take on maryland's popular republican governor, larry hogan. >> i think it is hopeful for the democratic party to have a robust and spirited debate about why we think we are the best people to lead. >> according to a washington post/university of maryland poll, hogan's approval rating is at 65%. baker says he wants to challenge hogan on paid sick leave, health care, and increasing the minimum wage. >> prince george's county and montgomery county have the highest minimum wage in the state. why isn't the state following our lead? you know, we have been able to attract businesses here, even with the high minimum wage. >> and before baker his plans for the state, he first talked with his family. his wife has early onset dementia. >> there you go. >> for several years, we followed baker's journey, as he balanced care giving and the county. >> and i will say it

of the now notorious baker clan is one. >> the da says barry baker, sr. got arrested on an opioid charge. >> i have no clue. >> is that you. >> can i show the picture. >> salute the follow. >> get off my proper. >> you got it. >> now baker, sr., did make bond. on the larger issue da hogan says philadelphia is ground zero in the opioid crisis. he says opioids have to be controlled in the city to control it out here in the counties. live in downingtown, i'm jeff cole, lucy, back to you. >> thank you, jeff. >>> develop to go night out of washington, d.c. a health care bill delay. lawmakers postponed vote on the reform bill after the legislation began losing support. meanwhile the president met with republican senators today at the white house. >> they're trying to do what they can to push this bill forward to next month. fox's lauren blanchard in washington, d.c. with the details. >> reporter: senate majority heat mitch mcconnell had hoped to pass the senate health care bill this week but the legislation hit roadblocks and john leaders now have to press paus

more expected he says baker, sr., of the now notorious baker clan is -- >> the da says barry beakier,r. got arrested on opioid charge. >> i have no clue. thank you. >> can i show you the picture. >> absolutely not. >> all right. thank you. >> please get off my proper. >> i will. you got it. >> reporter: district attorney hogan says philadelphia is ground zero in the opioid cris crisis, control it there and you'll control it in the counties. in downingtown, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> in south philadelphia police are trying to figure out who shot a teenager and left him to die. someone shot the 18-year-old man in the back. among the 23 -- along the 2300 block of marshall street. he ran inside a home after he was shot. around 11:30 last night. the teen was conscious when police got there, and officers rushed him to the hospital. but he eventually died. police did find several shell casings on the street and they're still looking for the shooter. >>> all lines lanes reopen on the ben franklin bridge tonight after traffic ground to standstill earlier this evening on the east side. now

lewis baker was up. 3-0, was tripped. lewis baker was up. 3—0, england into the semifinal, this time, no argument. crystal palace are close to appointing frank de boer as their new manager. the former netherlands player has been offered the job and negotiations are at an advanced stage. it is understood de boer has said palace are his preferred club. he's set to succeed sam allardyce, who left after helping palace avoid relegation from the premier league last season. de boer has been out of work since he was sacked by inter milan in november 2016 after only 85 days in charge. one other football line for you this evening — liverpool have confirmed the signing of egypt winger mohamed salah from roma for a fee of around £34 million. salah has signed a five—year deal. the former chelsea player was a key figure as roma finished second in serie a last season, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances. it's been a frustrating day for british number one johanna konta in the tennis. she now has one tournament left before wimbledon

baker says he thinks maxwell is doing a good job for the roar county and the naacp called baker to put contract on hold while reports alleging grade fixing are investigated. however, baker doesn't believe grades were changed. >> that means thousands of teachers would have had to participate in this. >> reporter: the county executive for prince george's county also released a statement saying he applauds dr. maxwell and the majority of the board for asking the state board of education to conduct another investigation into these serious allegations. schools ceo dr. maxwell continuing to deny the allegations saying there is no systemic corruption and makes it clear he hopes the investigation will put the controversy to rest once and for all. >> thanthank you to that are update. >> we continue to follow the tragic story of a 13-year-old girl struck and killed by a vre wednesday afternoon. reyhan safoglu was out with her older brother and cousin hiking near the railroad tracks by bull run bridge when she was hit. fairfax county police are now warning people about the dangers of hanging out

gilbert baker died.designed the rainbow flag after asked to come up with positive symbol for the guy community nearly 40 years ago. abc7 news inside the castro theater when the san francisco guy men's chorus sang in baker's honor. friend who knew baker for decades organized the memorial. >> he was full of spice of life. in drag in younger years. >> in 1997 baker helped convince city hall to let a giant rainbow flag soar above castro and market streets. >>> dubs take control of the fi finals and try to sweep the cavs. warriors fans across the nation but across the ocean? dubs have captured the hearts of people in china. >> reporter: in chinatown san francisco, fans don't have to look far for displays of warrior pride. but it extends across the pacific, especially in china, a country that loves to win as much as a superstar or a group of them. >> west coast team. 7:00 start here is 10:00 morning starting beijing, better than east coast. >> reporter: steph curry is relatable according to howard chen. >> if

gilbert baker died. he designed the rainbow flag after asked to come up with positive symbol for the guy community nearly 40 years ago. abc7 news inside the castro theater when the san francisco guy men's chorus sang in baker's honor. friend who knew baker for decades organized the memorial. >> he was full of spice of life. in drag in younger years. >> in 1997 baker helped convince city hall to let a giant rainbow flag soar above castro and market streets. >>> dubs take control of the fi finals and try to sweep the cavs. warriors fans across the nation but across the ocean? dubs have captured the hearts of people in china. >> reporter: in chinatown san francisco, fans don't have to look far for displays of warrior pride. but it extends across the pacific, especially in china, a country that loves to win as much as a superstar or a group of them. >> west coast team. 7:00 start here is 10:00 morning starting beijing, better than east coast. >> reporter: steph curry is relatable according to howard chen. >>

the baker's lawyers -- bakery fans.kery fans out there. ( applause ) the baker's lawyers claim he's a very religious man and that his refusal isn't purely about gay marriage. the baker also turned down orders for cakes celebrating halloween and other messages his faith prohibits, such as racism and atheism. hold on. hold on a second. who's ordering atheist cakes? ( laughter ) i don't know what that would be. what do those say? "happy birthday, billy! there is no god. you are one year closer to the hungering maw of oblivion." ( applause ) but-- that looked like a good cake. that looked like a good cake. but the colorado baker isn't only making a religious argument. his lawyers are citing the baker's artistic freedom, arguing: "every american should be free to choose which art they will create and which art they won't create without fear of being unjustly punished by the government." and he is not the only baker using his artistic license to rain on gay couples' big day. joining me now, live via satellite from kansas, is

eli stokels and peter baker. >>> a break for us. come back, one bit of godfatheresque imagery from the hearing today. also, what's the status of the russian infiltration of our election system? that and more when we return. >>> do you have any doubt that russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 elections? >> none. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and the dccc systems and the subsequent leaks of that information. >> no, no doubt. >> jim comey, republican senator richard berr. comey under scored the seriousness of the attack. >> it was an active measures campaign driven from the top of that government. it's not about republicans and democrats. they are coming after america. if any americans were part of helping the russians do that to us that is a very big deal. >> jeremy bash is back with us. moscow born american journalist and currently with the atlantic. before i get to a bit of visual arts at the hearing. where were the president's constant questions to fbi director about t

baker, iii. >> rushern baker officially kicked off his campaign for governor of maryland.in addition to his campaign, the democrat defended the ceo of the school district against allegations of grade the allegations are being investigated by the maryland state board of education. prince george's county school ceo kevin maxwell says claims that grades were changed to boost high school graduation rates are false. county executive baker is rejecting a call by the local naacp to hold off on renewing maxwell's contract. >> not at all. absolutely not at all. >> why not? >> because we signed the contract and i decided he was doing a good job. >> baker says he does not think thousands of teachers changed grades. >>> another northern virginia community will celebrate the life of a beloved teacher and coach today. leonard schultz died in a crash on the beltway over the weekend. schultz taught special education and coached the varsity football team at james madison high school in vienna. visitation is today followed by a funeral tomorrow at the presbyterian church. >>> today we'll fi

but the colorado baker isn't only making a religious argument. are citing the baker's artistic freedom, arguing: "every american should be free to choose which art they will create and which art they won't create without fear of being unjustly punished by the government." and he is not the only baker using his artistic license to rain on gay couples' big day. joining me now, live via satellite from kansas, is baker daniel st. john daniels. give it up, everybody. mr. daniels, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, stephen. >> stephen: so, mr. daniels, you wedding cakes to same-sex couples? >> yes, stephen. i am an artist. and as an st and trying new things. ( laughter ) >> stephen: okay, have you faced any backlash? >> absolutely, stephen. before i opened my own bakery, i was fired from carvel because i refused to use the letters "l," "g," "b," "t" or "q." and no kids wanted a "fudie heh whae." ( laughter ) >> stephen: that's understandable. that's perfectly understandable. so, what kind of cakes will you make? >> anything that doesn't

baker released this add. he joins three other declared democrats hoping to challenge larry hogan. >>> another big story, we have founder travis kalanick has res resigned. he had been on indefinitely leave and following the death of his mother in a boating accidet. in statement to the "new york times." kalanick said the move will allow the ride sharing company to go back to building itself rather than become distracted by yet another fight. >>> the state of georgia remains red following a nail biting special congressional criminal case, republican karen handel beat out democrat john ossoff to become the next member of congress. the seat will once again be up for grabs in a year and a half. >>> president busy on twitter sending out congratulations to handel and ralph norman who won south carolina. fifth district's fired up this tweet, special elections are over and those that want to make america great again are five and 0, all the fake news qualifies 0. >>> 6:01 breaking news. >>> a deadlyho midnight in northe

baker released a video just minutes ago - take a listen. baker has two events already planned for today - one this morning in

baker fue acusado de agresiÓn simple y delitos relacionados.a prometida de baker, smith, fue arrestado y acusado de intentar impedir la detenciÓn. el mismo dÍa, el fiscal de distrito del condado de chester anuncia que cuenta y seis personas fueron acusadas tras una investigaciÓn y que involucraba a traficantes de heroÍna, entre ellos se encontraba baker senior el padre del sospechoso en el ataque de west chester que ven en su pantalla, increÍble, un peatÓn perdió la vida tras ser atropellado por dos vehÍculos en el sector holy de filadelfia, ocurriÓ a las 02:30 cerca de la avenida wyoming. la policÍa dice que la víctima de 35 aÑos estaba tratando de cruzar el boulevard, cuando fue atropellado por una minivan y luego fue impactado por otro vehÍculo. la policía dijo que ambos conductores se tuvieron cifras interrogados por oficiales. investigadores dicen que el hombre no estaba en un cruce de peatones cuando fue impactado. que el incidente parece haber sido solo un accidente. no se presentaron cargos criminales. las autorÍa y filadelfia buscan a

barry baker, alluded police for a few weeks but was captured earlier today. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia neares is live with the story of his arrest, alycia. >> reporter: baker was apprehended this morning at this, and, county, and federal , students, were headed , and, they, he was hiding in and they called it a blessing for him. >> barry baker man authorities in chester county called public enemy number one, has been captured. after a 10 day manhunt, and, he was in the back of the sheriff's van and he was escorted chester county court. he was caught on video outside this 7-eleven in west chester. video shows him mocking a man with cerebral palsy, and then what appears to be an un provoke violent attack on the man. after being charged with the attack and released on bail, police say he went on the run. authorities in chester now say that he is lucky that the chester county sheriff's office and u.s. marshals caught up with him. >> it is a bless ago this the united states marshall service and our chef i have department caught this defendant because he was

keep this thing strong and keep it going. >> taylor and his husband were friends and supporters of baker even before his needle sewed its first rainbow seam. >> all of the colors and those he proposed were all of inclusivity. >> a few weeks ago, the pair threw baker a send off at the castro theater. >> before 1978, we didn't have a joyous symbol representing us. >> but now that symbol lines market street, a rainbow colored backdrop for the movement he helped unify. >> i hope that everyone who is carrying that flag and really using it as a symbol of pride thinks of gilbert and remembers his contributions. >> that contribution, the flag that now flies over a community. >> there are six colors and the six colors are going to endure forever. >> joe ris sa toe jr. nbc bay area news. >> now micro climate weather. >> perfect weather for that pride bash. >> it really was. >> hands down, which is nice. >> nice cool down, that nice marine layer. but that did manage to break apart, which means we're falling into more bay area temperatures. i know we hit the triple digits with that heat wave. we're

return baker. -- pressure and baker. >> it's time to build a maryland and leave no one behind. adrianna: he has two events already planned for today. one in baltimore, another at national harbor and we will have more on his political history coming up at 6:30. right now, theng streets of baltimore covered in look at this video, a steam pipe explosion turning yesterday's evening rush into a war zone. sam sweeney is live there right now. this is an unbelievable site. beenthis could have catastrophic. it looks like a volcano went off herein downtown baltimore. steam still coming out, you can see the chunks of concrete on eutaw street, ripped into the air and removed. if we pan to the left you can see the dirt, the dust and the , thes covering the cars explosion so strong and powerful it knocked out windows on the marriott. guests were running into the hotel covered in blood. this happened just about one hour before the start of the orioles game at camden yards. we will pull up the map to give you an idea of where we are standing. you can imagine all the people in the streets befor

eli stokels and peter baker. >>> a break for us.ck, one bit of godfatheresque imagery from the hearing today. also, what's the status of the russian infiltration of our election system? that and more when we return. on september 9, 2010, pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. this gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. the explosion and fire killed eight people. pg&e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u.s. pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. pg&e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. we are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno. while an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg&e safer. and that's why we've replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new leak detection technology that is one-thousand times more sensitive, and built a state-of-the-art gas operations center. we can never forget what happened in san bruno. that's why we're wo

rushern baker has his eye on the maryland governor's mansion. today he kicked off his campaign with this very person ale al ad. >> every day i live by the words of my father. if you see something wrong and you think you can do better, don't just complain. do something. >> derrick ward has a closer look at baker and other candidates vying to be maryland's next governor. >> reporter: after nearly eight years at the helm of the second most populous county, rushern baker says it's time to statewide. >> if i look what i've done in prince george's county, butt but more importantly the issues statewide. >> reporter: so how does it translate to governing nearly 6 million state residents? baker says the issues and concerns are similar all over. >> but you know what i found, thumg o number one issue is public education and make sure their kids are can can get a job and be ready for college. and second thing is jobs. >> reporter: baker says the inability to secure more money for public schools and a late breaking sdanl regarding inflated graduation numbers

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catty kay peter baker ayesha and phillip rucker. coming up another break for us as we've been asking did president trump sabotage his own travel ban as it heads to the supreme court. a former watergate prosecutor coming next along with the former ethics lawyer for president bush 43, the 11th hour continues right after this. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> when he first announced it he said muslim ban. he called me up. he said put a commission together. show me the right way to do it legally. >> the first time president trump's travel ban went to court, those words you just heard were used in the argument to block that ban from being enacted lawyers argued they showed trump intended to target muslims. and now many experts say what with we saw from the president on at which timer could become exhibit afrmt in the next potential legal battle at the supreme court for the revamped ban. her

. >>> prince georges county executive rushern baker has his eyes on a new job. he announced in baltimore today he's running for governor. baker says it's a good time to look at what he's done in prince georges county and issues he cares about statewide, like education, jobs, transportation, public health. health care is an issue that touches him personally. his wife has been diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's disease. >> i'm in tune with what we need across the state to help people, the same way i get helped every day. >> baker joins democratic candidates. ben jealous, richard mataleno, alec ross, and ralph jaffe. they'll be challenging republican governor larry hogan. baker has served as county executive since 2010. >>> the first major poll since last week's primary in virginia's race for governor has democrat ralph northham in the lead, leading republican ed gillespie 47-39% in the quinnipiac university survey. the margin of error is plus or minus four points. this poll also asks about president trump. almost half of virginia voters said they would be less

he spent a lot of time here selling. >> reporter: baker created his flag in the 1970s. though he later moved to new york, his second shop was his taylor work shop. >> this was the symbol. we have to keep this going strong. >> reporter: taylor and his husband jerry goldstein were friends and supporters of baker even before his needle sewed its first rainbow seam. >> all the colors in the rainbow flag and those he proposed were all of inclusivity. a f >> reporter: a few weeks ago, the pair threw baker a celebration. >> i hope everyone who is carrying that flag and really using it as a symbol of pride thinks of gilbert and remembers his contribution. >> reporter: that contribution, the flag that now flies over a community. >> there are six colors, and the six colors are going to endure forever. >> reporter: joe rosato jr. and nbc bay area news. >> i can't imagine not having the flag. it seems like it's been around forever but clearly started somewhere. >> yes, so that flag is going to be flying proudly. what do you need for that? you need some wind. it was definitely out e

it's in god's hands. >> baker said he's helped make prince george's county better. jobs, stronger neighborhoods. he wants to apply that success statewide. at least eight other people are declaring, or have explored a run for the democratic nomination. the maryland primary is one year away. >>> a follow up report on a story you saw last night at 11:00. a special assignment report on a woman from upper marlboro who is still waiting for the green light for work to start on a water line repair. kenneth middleton tells us, lawyers are reviewing a plan to dig up the parking lot middleton thought home surf would cover the entire cost of the repair. home surf said it would only pay the $1,800 to fix the broken pipe, and that she would have to pay the 4 to $6,000 it would cost to repave the parking lot when work was complete, all because of terms and conditions say repairs to third party property was the homeowner's responsibility. middleton said she didn't know about that when she signed up. after the special assignment group got involved, home serve agreed to cover the ent

its members are asking county executive baker to call dr. investigation is complete. robert ross says dr. maxwell does not have the confidence of the community parents or students and adds that the problem would be made worse by continued tolerance in their words of dr. maxwell's conduct. now, dr. maxwell did speak to fox5 for the first time since four board members brought their complaint to the governor. he said basically bring on the investigation. they will not find anything and again, strongly denying the allegations. want to let you know that dr. maxwell's contract is up for renewal so the -- basically the documents, right, those are up for renewal july 1st and they would continue for another five years until june 30th of 2021. fox5 did reach out to county executive baker's office for comment on the naacp's letter but we have not received a response yet. live in prince george's county i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> 10 minutes before the hour. anti-semitic flyers are popping up in neighborhoods in this isn't the first time pam

baker is a very renowned, very accomplished historian. her work is one to which many people nowadays turn to first. baker views buchanan in ways that echo those of his contemporary republican rivals. her take on buchanan offers substantial contrast to the one that klein advanced. baker emphasizes buchanan's close associations with a southern politicians and she also argues those politicians affected the decisions that he made as president. she titles her chapter on buchanan's approach to the secession crisis as "appeasing the south." baker says that he consistently sided with southern interests during his presidency. and she argues that his unwillingness to assert federal authority during the secession crisis was his major shortcoming as president, and to be sure that was a criticism raised by contemporary republicans and by many northern democrats. she argues that buchanan never objected when secessionists seized federal property in the south and says that he did not act forcefully enough or was not assertive with respect to fort sumter

coming up at 6:00, more on what barry baker did say in the courtroom today. lucy, back to you. >> thank you very much, joanne. >>> breaking news right now as rain showers soak parts of our area. montgomery county neighborhood s soaked for an entirely different reason much this is 16-inch settlement water maybe break happening right now in abington, six homes, seriously affected at times the water cascading through those homes looked like a waterfall through their properties. we have a crew at the scene bring you update when we are able. >>> a judge sentence two teenaged girls in the death of their classmate in delaware. 17-year-old girl in juvenile facility fort next six months. the other girl on probation for 18 months. the case sented around 16-year-old amy joyner francis who died hours after a fight in high school bathroom in april last year. bucks county guy who broke through of leg shackles is on the run. the doylestown township police called off their search. they think someone helped daniel selby, jr., leave the area. now last night, they arrested him

mike baker is here. he is a best-selling author, former member of israel's top counterterror unit and the founder of a leading manufacturer of law enforcement products. he specializes in late '80s hair metal drumming. aaron cohen is here. heavy metal hair metal. i want to start with you, mike. two of these three attackers were already known to authorities, we are being told. one of them it's being reported that a friend called one of these hotlines and reported him because he was obsessed with hate preaching youtube videos. and also police were warned that at least one of them was actively radicalizing children in local parks, giving them treats and candy. the theme, much like we signed manchester and orlando and san bernardino, at least some if not all of the terrorists already on law enforcement's radar. help me out. how does this keep happening? >> mike: this is why the public sometimes loses their mind, and the top line story you hear is that it it's an intel failure or law enforcement failure. the r

back with us joy reid and party baker., perhaps president trump will consider the possibility that it was patriotic russians instead of those chinese he keeps suspecting who did this. >> lawrence, if donald trump tweets that maybe it was patriotic russians who did the hacking, then that's it. i give up. he is literally taking talking points from vladimir putin. it does seem like vladimir putin is toying with donald trump at this point. i don't know if it feels that way to you, lawrence. the russian president has essentially gotten almost everything he wanted. even if their only goal -- if their only goal in terms of running this disinformation campaign was to harm hillary clinton, even if they thought she would win anyway, could they have possibly imagined that they would get their guy, that they would get mike flynn, someone who was so sympathetic to their aims, even in 20 days as national adviser is a coup. they've gotten sergei lavrov and sergey kislyak into the oval. they've gotten intel on a supposedly secret third pa

gary baker sr. was arrested the man who mocked and punched a man with cerebral palsy last month, that is gary baker jr. >> his son was beating up a man with a disability, harry baker sr. was selling us morphine. a hell of a family. >> he fears that overdoses will only go up until they can figure out how to stop the inflow of the deadly drug fentanyl. and many times that is cut into other drugs and the users don't know. >> take a little bit of it out into my han. if that was fentanyl that would be enough to kill for our five of us in this room. >> pretty scary stuff there. if you continue at the same pace with overdoses they will hit 150 this year. reporting live in westchester, bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> coming up on channel 6 "action news" tonight. the results are in, tests reveal whether diesel contaminated gas pump at a gas station in bucks coins. and nba summer play gets underway next week. >>> and we are in the comforts zone and we have two days in a row of below nor

schmidt allegedly paid for baker's hotel room in exton where police eventually found him. baker's in the chester county prison awaiting a preliminary hearing. >>> time is 5:36. 3:56 that would have been bad news in business news, instagram is out to improve your experience with their app >> how you can replace all of the things in your pockets with just one new device, i'm listening. money watch's roxana saberi joins us from the new york stock exchange, rocks san a, good morning. >> good morning, jim and jan, features are mixed with the dow jones pointing up, big gains on wall street yesterday as u.s. stocks recorded their biggest jump in two months, banks, tech co led the way the dow jones gained 144 points and nasdaq added 87. >>> office supply staples is sold, private equity firm bought staples for nearly $7 billion, on wall street that news sent staples stock up more than 8 percent, on line shopping has hurt office supply mega stores like staples, and sales have been falling over the last five years. >>> you may soon find it easier keeping track of those instagram pict

larry: rushern baker says he is running for governor.e caught up with the candidate in baltimore. >> rushern baker, running for governor. >> that is a phrase p.g. county executive rushern baker will be repeating all day every day. he is officially in the race to become governor of maryland. kicking off the campaign in baltimore. touting the resume, lower crime, higher graduation rates in the home county. >> that everything is supposed to be up is up and everything that is supposed to be down is down. baker will likely be viewed as the early front runner a crowded democratic primary that may grow to include eight candidates. to the people and make a case why my experience, the lifetime experience makes me the best person. >> the first campaign stop at the lexington market, no accident. virtually unknown. listen as we ask the voters who he is. >> does the name mean anything to you? >> it doesn't. >> nothing to me. sorry. >> well, the radio interview with a baltimore station is part of the strategy to increase the name recognition. in balti

the news on social media this morning. >> baker served two terms in the maryland state legislature and now there are nine candidates who are declaring or considering a run in the maryland democratic primary for governor. the primary is a year away. june of 2018. >>> we continue to track breaking news now out of michigan. a police officer stabbed multiple times at an airport in flint. police say he is in stable condition, after injuries to his back and neck. the suspect is in custody. >> i went upstairs. but i saw a cop. and there was a whole bunch of blood everywhere. >> authorities are investigating this as an act of terrorism but they say it is an isolated incident. the suspect is a canadian citizen. there were dozens of people at the airport at the time of the incident. the airport was evacuated. and right now, it is remaining closed to the public until further notice. >>> tropical storm cindy is getting blamed for the death of a child. a 10-year-old the alabama coast, afternoon getting hit by a log that was washed in by the storm surge. cindy has weakened a bit as it moved to the g

baker released this add.declared democrats hoping to challenge larry hogan. >>> another big story, we have

to find out just how bizarre and compelling a story those ingredients can make ross baker and why i've been looking into the connection between trump and organized crime for many months now and what they've discovered could maybe possibly be behind some of the more strange twists and turns we've seen taking place on capitol hill today let's take a listen press thanks so much for coming on today and talking with me i want to get into this much bigger story than what's been called so far this you know the russia gate in the russian hacking story which is actually trumps relationship to russian mafia figures and i think this could also really be the real reason behind companies firing so i want to start by asking as far as your research and what you've been studying what are the key links that we're looking at here to to indicate that trump actually has had a relationship with the russian mob problem at about the early ninety's that's right as you know it who what why were we spent months on this topic published a number of articles on it we're still trying to come to grips with that we'r

chief white house correspondent upon the "new york times," peter baker. white house correspondent for reuters. and to round out our sib subcommittee of white house press corps, white house bureau chief for the "washington post," philip rucker. welcome to you all. peter i'm going to begin with you, you were the last to file of this group. you filed a story tonight that says, among other things, what appears to be the president's simmering anger a lot of it goes back to attorney general jeff session. please explain how that is. >> well, if you look at today's twitter storm, there are lots of things you can take out of it. one of the things is the president's seeming dissatisfaction with his own justice department. it acts as if it is another branch of government not under his control, the justice department shouldn't have done this, should do this. what that reflects is this resentment, this unhappiness he has with jeff session, the attorney general, who had been one of his earliest supporters. that goes back to the decision jeff sessions made to recuse him

one of the men arrested is barry baker sr.is son is the man who police say punched a man with cerebral palsy at a 7-eleven in west chester last month. >> to allow his son who was beating up a man with a disability, barry baker seen was selling us morphine. a heck of a family. >> barry baker is in police custody after several days on the run. his fiancÉ also faces charges of hindering apprehension. >> 5:37 now. testimony continues today in the corruption trial of philadelphia district attorney seth williams. bar owner michael weiss was on the stand for a second day yesterday. the court is forcing weiss to testify as a hostile witness but has given him immunity from prosecution. weiss testified he bribed williams with lavish gifts for help with a liquor license at a bar he owns in san diego. williams faces more than two dozen counts of corruption and bribery. >>> the u.s. senate has delayed a vote on its own healthcare bill amid lack of support. nine republicans now oppose the bill. the congressional budget office says it would

bail for baker has been set at hundred thousand dollars. in west chester i'm joann pill egi, fox 29 news. >>> search is on for a burglar in the feltonville section, surveillance video right there captured a guy inside dunkin' donuts, on the 5,000 block of rising sun avenue. it happened just past midnight sunday. he managed to get a hole in the wall in the manager's office to get in the stockroom and he did getaway with that cash. >>> police are searching for a man who tried to burglarize a massage parlor. take a real good look, captured his image clearly, police say that guy walk in the shop on the 400 block of north 12th street, pointed a gun and demanded money, it happened may 26th. an employee toll the man they didn't have any money so he took off. if you recognize him, take another look here, in in his discontinuingtive shirt. police want to hear from you. >>> black bear roaming around bucks county for a couple years has a new home this morning parks gaming commission has to tranquilize him so they is, they did finally catch up with him