live in ashburn. i'm melanie alnwick.x5 local news". >> mel, thank you. >> 4:50 the time we're tracking metro this morning. a new federal report is out revealing several safety concerns. including several broken emergency power cutoff boxes. water and lightsing issues too. fta says many problems were often fixed in a timely ma manner. >> maryland will not hold a special legislative you symptom talk about diversity in the medical math industry. they wanted to discuss giving out more licenses to grower after none of 15 awarded last year were given to businesses owned by african americans. state lawmakers rejected it but tried to pass emergency legislation on the issue. >> coming up next. a former sheriff with reputation for being tough on crime is now a convicted criminal. >> and two men and women are in custody after kidnapping a man enforcing him to rob a bank. >> we're going to break now with a live look across the region. 4:51. 73 degrees. fist day of august. back in a moment. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap

very green and friendly in ashburn, virginia. state-of-the-art as 1,100 students get ready to walk into these classrooms for the first time. we're going to be going school to school this morning in our school track 7 all morning long here on about back to school on a thursday, a little unusual but nevertheless, thousands will be going back to school this morning. and coming up later this hour, i'll tell you what the school motto climb means here in brambleton. reporting live in ashburn, john gonzalez, "good morning washington." larry: in honor of the first day of school, can you guess who this blondie is? yes, that's our very own john gonzalez, bowl cut and all. john, are you sure that's not a man purse? are you sure? john: well, it wreaks of leather, the hallways wreaked of leather when i walked around with that thing. it's not a man purse but a satchel. indiana jones had one. larry: autria fell out of her chair. cute pic. you're even handsome today. we want to see your back to school pics. send them to us at urst.com/wjla. autr

can't wait to get back to ashburn and keep it going.of my favorite days in three weeks of camp, volunteer day. this is the scene. only the volunteers walked through. and they get a personal meet and greet inside the ropes. only the most passionate fans take time off their paying jobs to work for free during camp. this day makes it worth it. autographs, pictures and thanks. >> to give back to the people who volunteered who make camp possible and fun not only for us but for the fans. it's nice to be able to provide a service to them and hang with them and talk with them and get to know the faces behind the t-shirts that helped us so much. >> what do we expect in preseason game number two? coach gruden expects the starters to play more. you can see if that happens, redskins versus packers on saturday at 7:30 on nbc 4. our coverage with us after the show for the post-game report. >>> stephen strasburg could be on the mound this weekend. he was making his first rehab start looking like his major league self. he allowed one run on three hits

john gonzalez visited a middle school in ashburn where students got a warm welcome. do you ever remember back to school including a morning pep rally as he walked into class? that is what is happening. each and every student getting greeted the teachers with loud cheers, music, it is brambleton middle school's first day, one of several new schools, seven to be exact that will open between now and the next 2, 3 years. a fast-growing school system. blount county, not only one of the fast-growing in virginia but in the entire country 1100 of them right here at this new middle school. open one school each year, a couple of years ago we opened three schools. that trend will continue for the next several years. of about 80,000 which creates a lot of challenges and opportunities, we hired over a hundred new teachers. >> it is a very diverse county. about 44% of the student body is now minorities. watch each student getting a standing ovation as they walk into the brand-new school. and ashburn, john gonzalez. .> quite a crowd the maryland state fair gets underway in baltimor

. >>> the redskins return to ashburn after wrapping up training camp. team is getting ready for their second preseason game. you can tell things are heating up on the field. our carol maloney is out at ashburn. you can't stay away from this team, can you? >> reporter: no, i can't. it's not fall but it is football season. i'm not producing the show but i would have put this segment after the corpse flower story because we know they stunk it up last week in preseason game number one and they definitely don't want to do that. they are back in ashburn now and hoping to get back to feeling good about this team. last week's lackluster performance in baltimore everyone says it was a wake up call. practice footage to show you from today. don't let the casual stroll out to the practice field fool you. the guys coming out flat. no more mr. nice guy. players tell me the mood has definitely changed. three weeks left there is definitely a sense of urgency now that wasn't there before especially with the offense and it starts with the coach. >> 2.2 yards a carry. for

john gonzalez takes us back to school in ashburn. john: for 1100 students the day started with a pep rally. greeted by teachers, dance music and pom-poms. >> the community school, and we are a team. we want our students to know when they walk in the building that they have a full administration to support them. john: this means 3,000 more students than last year. one of the fastest growing school systems in virginia and the entire country. >> well, we continue to open at least one school each year. a couple years ago we opened three schools in a particular year. that trend will continue for the next several years. we are up challenges and opportunities. for example, this summer, we hired over 800 new teachers to join our team. john: 28,000 students enrolled. the county is building six other schools that will open within the next five years. >> we have a beautiful glass crossway connector in back hallway where the students can go out and read and journal. it's all about learning in this building. that natural light is helpful and bene

live in ashburn, i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> 5:04 is the time now. john rawlins is in and anthony are scaramucci is out. hours after john kelly was sworn in as chief of staff he announced scaramucci was fired after step days on the job. this comes one week after explicatives laden presidential view between scaramucci and reporter went public. >> vice-president mike pence is on final leg of his diplomatic trip in eastern europe this is video of him meeting with georgian prime minister. the goal was to re-- and the next up vice-presidentmont negro the latest member. >> new challenge against president trump voter mission will be heard in federal court. a watergate error law protecting voterer roz. president trump created commission after claiming voter fraud cost him popular vote in november. >> 5:05 on this first dave august we're looking at another hot day. >> august day here ladies. good morning to you both. it will be a good day. i love the sunshine later this afternoon. great day for the pul pool our outdoor activities. tough more humidity than yes

really getting back out here in ashburn and the regular season schedule. getting back to the season schedule and >> kirk cousins and jay gruden called the preseason loss to the ravens a wakeup call. they heard it loud and clear. >> we could have done a better job in the first game. we want to gout and put better showing on tape. erin: what are you trying to get out of the second preseason game? >> everything for me. i'm just looking forward to having fun. run out there and competing. >> a player that is not out there competing is safety craven who injured the knee in the loss to the ravens last week but is expected to be ready by week one. >> third play of the game he jumped over the pile and landed on it funny. >> jamison crowder missed the first preseason game with the hamstring injury. and hoping to be back on the field with the skins host the packers saturday. >> anytime i step on the field regardless of who are we going against. >> abc7 is home for the ravens preseason. the coverage begins at of:30. you can see it on abc7 and newschannel8. for the red

this morning, meagan fitzgerald is live at a brand new middle school in ashburn. ready to welcome students today. an exciting >> reporter: good morning, eun. this is exciting for a number of reasons. one of the reasons is because it's the first of its kind school, architectural design in the community. what's most noticeable is all of these amazing large windows. they're throughout the entire building. as we're out here admiring the building, who do we run into? none other than the principal of the school. renee dawson. we want to bring her in here. first, we're excited for you. a lot of eager and excited kids are watching right now. you're out here putting in inspirational signs in. >> absolutely. >> reporter: tell us what makes the school unique and what kids can expect. what makes it so exciting. >> the thing that's unique about the school is the architecture, of course. a lot of natural light. a beautiful glass crossway connector in the back hallway with bump out bench seating. our students can have that natural light and read and journal. it's an amazing arch

. >>> the burgundy and gold get back to work in ashburn. we're going to check in >>> now, wusa9 game on sports with frank abraham. >> after a lack of days, the pre-season game against baltimore, expect the redskins, and they'll tell you to come out with more urgency this saturday against green bay. >> we know we could have done a better job in the first game. this game we want to go out there and put a better showing on tape. >> we got these guy prepares. i think everybody has to come out and understand the other team has an agenda also. we match the same agenda. >> cousins says it was a wake ravens loss. we should see if they hit the snooze or if the alarm goes off for the redskins. i'm frank, wusa9 sports. >> to the most important sports day, it's a new era for howard's football team. they won three games over the last two seasons, but the program has a new head bison in mike london. london takes over at howard after one season as an assistance and six years as the head coach at the university of virginia in charlottesville. london has sp

jeff goldberg, abc7 news, ashburn. nancy: thank you. just a reminder back to school tax free shopping begins monday in maryland. larry: in d.c. repairs are about to begin on the bridge carrying monroe street over metro tracks in brooklyn. brianne carter explain what is you need to know about the project. >> distressed, depressed and deteriorated. work to overhaul the aging monroe street bridge in brooklyn is now underway. >> if it is for safety reasons it's more important. it's track underneath it. >> the bridge which sits over metro and safe. city officials say it's 86 years old and it has come to the end of its useful life. for the next year and a half, folks using the bridge will notice lane closures and delays. as crews rebuild not only the crumbling bridge deck but the support below. >> ddot officials say it's more cost effective to go ahead and replace the existing bridge structure rather than repair it piece by piece. the project will be divided into two phases. construction will start on the north side and swap to the south side

are back ind skins ashburn. i will be at redskins park tomorrow as they prepped for the packers.aturday wants to kirk cousins stay with the redskins the rest of his career, hopefully the team president will learn his name. alison: always some sort of controversy. alison: this north dakota guy has some company on his way to work these days. nancy: he took care these birds once they hatched. not long after, neighbors asked him to take care of other orphans. who cannotes wilbur, get enough of his caretaker. anywhere he goes, wilbur flies alongside the truck. to fly over other vehicles when he follows his owner to work. that seems like a nice one. alison: he's attached. tomorrow things are looking great. tomorrow morning. alison: have a good night. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. g

this young mother and two small boys were seen alive leaving a relative's home in ashburn, virginia that night. who mader stepmother the terrible discovery. her car overturned in the water yesterday evening and the bodies asheurtney nine-year-old cousin, partially submerged in this creek. they were visiting this area to stay with family in leesburg. friday night they never made it to that home. the stepmother inside telling us they are not ready to go on camera. here is a woman who drove this road a number of times this past weekend. >> since friday i have been down the road eight times and i can't believe we missed it and last night i was crying reading that information. it is heart-wrenching. john: what you are looking at is the area where the car went over. the metal rail is damaged. dayse and family spent since they were reported missing over the weekend searching different route. today, police say there is no indication of any foul play. in leesburg, i am john gonzalez. rightna: happening maryland after a woman's body was found buried in the sand. the body of a woman vacationing fro

one more walk-through, then the redskins are going back to ashburn. returned to practice after missing time with an ankle sprain. jordan reed and deangelo hall not in pads today but were running drills on the side. head coach jay gruden and the players are reflecting on this year's camp in the river city after today's practice. >> it was a good camp. we got a great evaluation on a lot of guys. we got three major preseason games left to finalize our evaluation process. that's what it's all about. just challenging each other on offense and defense, getting after each other. it is extremely competitive. that's what we got out of it. scott: redskins gearing up for the second preseason game on saturday at home against the packers. united resumes their match. the game was postponed last night and the 30th minute due to heavy rain around rfk.coverage begins at 7:00 on news channel 8. join us later tonight for abc 7 sports sunday. sb nation ra will join me in the studio discussing bryce harper and the redskins. all the fun starts at 11:35. kimberly: no one wo

talking to a third grade teacher who is now working at the elementary school she attended as a child in ashburn. and if your kids go to school in fairfax county, you might get a personal visit from your teacher tomorrow. teachers are heading outnt schools, going door to door to personally welcome stupds back. the school year starts on monday in fairfax moint. >>> a young woman can't walk and the dump truck driver who hit her may get off with a ticket. dc police say he failed to yield to miss butler last month. he hit or on south dak avenue near south east and dragged her nearly 70 feet before he heard her scream. she tells pat collins what the driver said to her. >> reporter: did he talk to you after it happened. >> he didn't talk to me. he said i'm sorry what happened. i said that's all you can say? look i can't even walk now because of you. >> reporter: al various easy is facing hit and run from in 2017. he is facing charges in that case. he no longer drives trucks for fort mire the company says they are cooperating with the investigation. >>> felt like 100 degrees across the area yesterday.

it's 64 now in leesburg as well as riverside high school. 66 in ashburn and right now

live in ashburn i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". past the hour. it deposit take long for president trump chief of staff to mack a mark shortly after sworn n retired general john kelly started cleaning us. >> it is new inifing for administration or truling of the deck chairs. maureen umeh joins us in studio with more. >> it looks like teeth of rivals and and new chief of staff. >> and putting a strategy together. >> like retired marine he has del kelly has already established chain of command. even ivanka trump and jared kushner must get to him to go through the president. anthony scaramucci will report to no one. kelly's first move was to recommend piering scaramucci after explicatives filled grant to new yorker. >> he felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and didn't want to burden general kelly. >> truex. supporters are hoping kelly can improve relations with congress marked by hand hand add text to push senators into health care. >> i don't want to talk about tweeting or anything else. i want donald trump

investigators say friday night, courtney was visiting her mother at their home in ashburn. that night they had it to her uncle's home where the three were staying, but they never made it to the house. officers believe on the drive, courtney accidentally drove off the road. >> it appears as though she had crossed the road coming towards leesburg, hit the embankment, the car went in the year, flipped over, hit part of a tree, and landed upside down in the water. jeff: friday night it was raining, the roads were slick. there are no street lights out here and courtney lived in virginia beach, so it is familiar with these roads. earlier tonight i spoke with a family member of the victim who was far too distraught to make a comment. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. alison: just all full, jeff, thank you. and the police aren't the scene of a deadly crash in temple hills. -- are on the scene of a deadly crash in temple hills. this is on 20th avenue in st. barnabas road. there is no word of the exact circumstances, but stay with us for updates. jonathan: part of the ocean city beach had t

courtney with the two boys left her morning's home in ashburn around 11 friday night and it was dark and rainy with loudoun county sheriff investigators believed her car hit a guardrail, and flipped over embankment and landed upside down in the swollen creek. >> this is notoriously tough road when it comes to weather conditions, rain, winding road and so forth. one lane each direction. it's not a great road to navigate in normal times let alone during you know very bad weather. >>> now, police at this point cannot tell us why that car crashed. whether there was any kind of trouble, if there were some other vehicle involved and all of that still is part of the ongoing investigation. but, one of the things that we can tell you is that it's possible that deputies may have looked that creek before but because it had been rain sog heavily, the creek was probably very high. and maybe steve and allison only on monday had recede far enough to reveal the car. live in ashburn, i'm melanie alnwick, >> in temple hills maryland investigators are trying to figure out what led to deadly crash 8:00

drafted jonathan alan who played high school football a few miles away from the team's headquarters in ashburn. to play for your hometown team is a dream come due for most people. you wouldn't know if you talked to alan. for him playing close to home, it's the last thing on his mind. >> i really don't focus on the fact i'm from here because this is a new environment for me, a new play book, a new team, so even though i'm home and it's a new experience for me, i'm excited, just being apart of washington redskins. >> it's a story that won't go away. in maryland, will the ravens sign colin kaepernick or won't they. a report came out that owner steve was blocking the team from signing the quarterback. the team released a statement saying well, that's not true. the team hasn't made a decision yet. by the ravens host the redskins next week. next week, can you believe it. that's when we're going to open the pre-season. could another nats starting pitcher be headed to disabled list. please, no. matt says he's going to see a chiropractor about neck pain that forced him to leave last night's game. schiz

the pigskin through the uprights. , and now it is time to go from richmond to ashburn. beckham, jr. wowed fans today with an amazing one-handed catch. at least one person did not like the show -- the giants head coach said, "i like two hands on the ball better than one." strasburg gothen a rehab start today for three hits in five innings against salem. that is the red sox single-a affiliate. he struck out five. if you does not suffer any setbacks come he could be in the lineup making his next art for the national saturday in san diego. before that come heading out west, they will have two more games at home. i like that one-handed catch. . nancy: skills. alison: we have our eclipse expert here. : i've learned so much just over the last couple months covering this. monday will be really big for a lot of the country. tomorrow, the cloud cover sticks around and a good chance of spot showers and storms. alison: have a good night. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august v

a special someone back on the field in ashburn. will he play sunday? next in sports. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> we'll start seven-game road trip for the nats, they're facing the ast row the best team in the al. close game much of the night. tied in the fifth. jackson a slider he launched it to outer space. it's really out there. but it was hit very far. astros take the lead. never looked back. beating the nats, the final for this one 6-1. football, redskins tight end jordan reid off the p.u.p.

host: that's qualm knee ashburn, virginia. we're going to hear from mike, woodbridge, virginia, describes himself as a legal immigrant. good morning, mike. caller: good morning. yeah, my problem is that we family o bring -- the usiness. people who have family, so when they come in, they cannot bring a r family, it's like, group of people from the valley. we were trying to bring in more -- yeah. i was -- e in here, people were happy. and we were working. and in the morning, they would get up and go again. and now i have my own transportation business. that's the way it is. e come here, work hard, and we trying to have the citizens, through the citizens will go in and pick up the crumbs, . migrants who do it host: and so, mike, tell us what country you came from, how long you've been here. caller: i've been here for almost 13 years. i came from ghana. host: mike in woodbridge, virginia, sharing his story. about the raise act, which the president endorsed, again, some of the elements of the act that were legislation from two sena

biggest offensive weapons backing brody logan was at redskins practice today, joining us live from ashburn with more and brody, i'm feeling like this is a must win, if we're going to muster up optimism and excitement, come on, we need a win. >> reporter: it would be nice, it was interesting i talked to jamison crowder wide receiver and he echoed those sentiments be they out gained the packers, the packers has been looking better, but he's like we want to win, preseason, during season, this team needs ws, jay gruden has been saying he wants progress but he also said the' this offense played so far in cure the offensive wounds back in action, jordan reid 86 on the practice field for the first time, since he was put on the physically unable to perform list in the beginning of the preseason with a toe injury he's using a specialized orthopedic in his shoe to make sure he doesn't reinjure the foot and ready to get back out and hopefully take wide bullets on sunday. >> i believe it's really important just to throw some hits and live plus at me and get my feet under me i think it's really importa

this was the scene this morning in ashburn, more than 80,000 students attend 90 of the district schools. it's also the first day of class for nearly 800 new teachers hired. loudoun county is one of the fastest growing school systems in the nation. think about this, it will be summer again before the teachers and students know it. the last day of school is wednesday, june 13, provided they don't go beyond the allotted school days. >>> with all the controversy and life's beautiful moments.ns get between you flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. >>> welcome back tth noon, we're learning more about the catholic priest who took a leave of absence, after once admitting he was a member of the ku klux klan 50 years ago. father william aitcheson. >> if he is willing to come forward, and confess, that he was a member of the klan 23 years ago, this same priest now should be willing to tell the public who all was with him. >> according to a new stateme

in virginia, they're working on 7 eastbound before ashburn village boulevard where the right lane isetting by. staying in virginia on 28 northbound between old ox road and nokes boulevard. if you are headed out, a few things in your way shouldn't cost you much time at all. aaron and eun, back to you. >> thank you, jack. >>> it is 4:28 and friends and family will start to stay goodbye to the police officers tild near charlottesville. trooper pilot, berke bates and jay cullen died patrol the site. a visitation for trooper bates is today in richmond. friends and family will come together tomorrow for lieutenant cullen. his service is being held in richmond as well. since last weekend's violence, the outpouring of support has been huge for the friends and family of heather heyer. >> and for the city of charlottesville. the violent clashes on saturday took place off campus and on city streets. after the moment of silence, people in the crowd sang songs to come together in peace. earlier wednesday another crowd along with family and friends honored heather heyer at a memorial service in ch

this could move into ashburn junction. they're moving very, very slowly. much like yesterday. there was some damage, a downed tree near church road, and mount oakwood road around woodmore. they do have heavy rain, and some of them will have gusty winds. heavy isolated storm early tonight. morning camp temps, low 70s, and low 80s. the best chance of storms be midnight. i think your barbeque is going to be okay. 92 tomorrow. 85 on saturday and sunday. 83 on monday and tuesday. monday and tuesday right now look like yellow weather alert delays. so 70s to start. we ramp up to 80 by 9:00. 85 by 11:00. 88 by 1:00. look at saturday. just beautiful. 85. gorgeous on sunday. also, 85. again, maybe some 50s saturday night in the burbs. rain and showers, and thunderstorms monday, tuesday, and thursday. nats back in town for a long home stand. >>> a week from tonight, redskins will have their first preseason game, yes! best thing about the preseason is just seeing the uniforms finally back on the tarell pryor looked great. we all know it will matter on sunday, catching balls from a new tal

it has to continue on into ashburn. minimum wage oor pre season games left to finalize our process and that's what it is all about. establish some kind of identity and have a great evaluation. this roster still the best roster that i've seen since i've been here. some people that was here last year are not here, but i do feel like we've helped ours in a the lot of different areas. defensive line, we would like to have it thursday, but i still feel pretty good. one of the criticisms been levied against d.c. united is they're kind of cheap. at the bottom of the league in mls salaries and that's resulted in them being at the bottom of the standings. this week they broke open the checkbook paying $3 million to club tijuana and a signing. this signing and others is willing to t pay to dig their way out of the basement. we've seen it year after year. it's not just lip service. i've wait ed too long to think that we can make a run at this. it's how we perform under pressure. i try not to think too much about it. i try to be mi

she was visiting family in ashburn friday, and as the rain poured down, she got in the car with her 5r-old son, cameron martin and 9-year-old cousin jay lynn sills russell. ash's mother said she warned her daughter to be careful driving in the storm. investigators believe that ash hit a guardrail and flipped into the creek. >> the car was flipped over and partially under water, and based on the rain, may have been under much deeper water yesterday. so it's cleared up some, so the water has receded. it may have been quite under deep water yesterday >> i think the response on anything like this because you don't know until you get to the scene, until you see a car overturned, you're hoping that they're still alive in there, and you're going to make effort you can to get there as quickly as you can and try to save lives. but unfortunately, that wasn't the case. it really is a credit to the, you know, our men fire and rescue, a deputies to how well they respond to think and to these kinds of situations, every day. >> reporter: and skyfox was overhead as this investigation was underway. th

bram belton in ashburn is open and ready for students. >> if you have kids in fairfax county schools, you might get a visit from their teacher today. teachers are heading out into the neighborhoods near their schools going door to door to personally welcome back students much the school year in fairfax county starts on monday. can you imagine if your teacher showed up at your >> worst nightmare. >> stop it. what did i do? already. >>> some breaking news now. somebody won that giant powerball jackpot overnight. >> hopefully you bought your ticket in massachusetts. i must have family there. i'm going to do some searching. >> each if you didn't, erika gonzalez has good news for people around here. >> good morning to you. one lucky dog in boston this morning. but both maryland and virginia had million dollar winners. you might check the tickets this morning. tweeted out the numbers for you. we'll put them on the screen as well. the winning numbers pulled last night, 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and the powerball was 4. the big winner as we said before, boston massachusetts. there's that live shot the

it's also the ground opening of the all new brambleton middle school here in ashburn. the building was designed so kids could make use of every single space. 80,000 students attend school in loudoun county. the district also hired 800 new teachers. >> have a great first day, everybody. >> for sure. >>> hope you had a chance to step outside on this refreshing thursday afternoon. >> no humidity at thank you. topper is back after the break to tell us how long this will last. >>> and maryland governor larry hogan weighing in into the state's flag controversy. >>> plus expired meat and moldy produce at a d.c. safeway. has anything changed since last week? we are back with the latest after the break. . >>> we are following up on a story that we brought you last week that has struck a cord with thousands of you on facebook. i'm talking about the surprise safeway inspections that turned up spoiled meat and moldy produce. now, there are only two grocery stores serving 70,000 people in ward 7 covering parts of southeast and northeast d.c. council member vince gray has a closed d

coaching staff will have to move their evaluation process from here in richmond and take it back to ashburnand today's practice was the last day that fans were able to take in practice where there's a treat during one-on-ones today. wide receiver jamison crowder working his way back on the hamstring injury and you saw they were making an incredible grab over d.j. swearinger, and still signing autographs once practice was over. all of the players with sharpies in hand. they thanked the fans for their support this summer jerseys. >> i guess, you know, they really admire, you know, our talent and what not. it's kind of crazy in a way because at the same time they kind of go overboard sometimes and at the end of the day we're just humans like everybody else. so -- >> that makes all of it worthwhile. to see that kind of reaction and to get that kind of response is pretty awesome. football is back and we want to make it a memorable experience for them coming to rich mopd and it's the least we can do is give the practice jerseys away and make their day. >> it was really a touching moment. we do ha

now the team had a light practice in ashburn today. >> i get it. >> now the cool part is, area high schooloaches were able to look on, this was part of a clinic held at redskins park, where the high school coaches could watch practice and take part in a panel discussion. let's just hope when they play green bay, it 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ great rates for great rides. >>> breaking news. prince georges county, police department just tweeted. they have arrested a suspect in those killings. antonio williams, we do not know his relationship to the children, but his address is the home where they were killed. we're going to have updates on wusa9.com and tomorrow morning on wakeup washington. >> you'll see topper back on college park on monday for the big eclipse. >> and it will be hot over the weekend, but not humid. enjoy. >> have a whatwhat made them belie