some of the changes happened in prince william county. fox5's paul wagner is live in gainesville with more on the story. paul. >>reporter: hey there marina, we're out here in gainesville where we were talking to the president of the prince william co democrat and he was angry after he saw a tweet from president trump which basically said that mar shon lynch with the oakland raid ers should be suspended for the rest of the season after he refused to stand for the national anthem. mr. swear so i s he decided to put out a tweet of his own because of what he saw from mr. trump. let's show you this tweet now. it says attention pwc s, or prince william county school students and staff you are not required to stand for the national anthem or pledge. there will be no action taken against you for chootion to not stand or participating. he went onto say our president is a bona fide idiot, but you are safe in prince william county schools. we should point out that it's been in the student handbook for quite sometime now that students are not require

steves outrage across prince william county, fairfax county. a lot of people demanding an investigation. to determine where they originated and who sent the phone calls, the robo calls and text. >> the election is over. controversy about the live and the robo calls and the texts steering voters to the wrong polling places continues. >> this is part of a partisan game where one party is seeking to lock out voters from another party. >> voting rights activist are trying to determine how many people in northern virginia, prince william and fairfax county receive these bogus calls and texts. and why. >> that is of course. >> the intention is keep them getting out to exercise the franchise and vote. >> now is time for the law enforcement to investigate, to trace the source of the calls. to figure out where they are coming from. who funded them. how many people were targeted. >> they are looking into this but in some cases tracking down bogus robo call or a text message tracking down the origin of it. finding out who is responsible can be difficult.

the people in prince william county made history tonight because we'll now have a transwoman who can finally win. we won because i am a transgender woman, because i am a reporter, because i am a lifelong resident of manassas, because of my identifier. i never ran away from them. i champion them and because of that, yeah, prince william county is now more inclusive than it was before this election. >> reporter: what do you say to the young girl, the young boy, whoever it is sitting at home who may be transgender watching this right now? >> if you feel safe, if it is okay for you without anyone pressuring you into doing something you don't want to do, it's okay to be you. i know what it's like to be that to be that closet case and to be too afraid and to cry myself asleep about it. it's okay to be you. >> reporter: okay. so the power of live tv, i'm standing here doing this live shot and guess who walks up. danica, congratulations on your win. i know you've done a lot of door knocking. you've been busy. how are you going to celebrate? >> i want to say i'm just going to sleep, but i kee

faded from the daily headlines, but the people in puerto rico are struggling to -- the prince william countyrtment are being deployed to the island to assist first responders and they'll work with virginia and the prince county -- the first rotation of 8 officers are flying to puerto rico today for a 14-day assignment. two other groups of officers will head to the island over the next six weeks. a monument task ahead of them. and there along with first responders from across the country and others helping out and dc chef andres down there. >> and -- it's going to be -- it's going to be years. it's something you can't snap your fingers and fix. >> you can snap your fingers and give us the forecast. >> i can. we'll start with a three-day guarantee. it has been tricky the last three or four days. northeast winds and clouds. 50 for a high. and something to remember, it'ss a cool day for us. okay. but it's an improvement of yeste look outside. 49 right now. dew points low 40s. that tellst going to get crazy cold tonight. probably hold in the 40s and 30s in the suburbs. a lot of clouds and chilly.

new this morning update on three missing freepz prince william county. one teen was found. brianna thomas was found in the district chb the other two teens, 17-year-old ashley serahi and chamarea white are still missing. any with information is asked to call prince william county sglees a former uber driver accused of assaulting a woman in his car on american university. he is charged with first degree sexual abuse. "fox5" learned he was permanently repoovd from provider uber rides in 20 victim says the driver that picked her up in the due hospital circle air sunday morning and sexually assaulted her before they got out of the vehicle at american univ university. >> 4:35 now. two lucky turkeys won't end up on the dinner table. wishbone and drumstick as they're called will get official pardon from the president today in the white house rose garden. pardoning of the turkey is presidential tradition 07 years in making. they are donating two turkeys to d.c. non profit martha table. after pardon opening the family will thol mar largo will they fill celebrate thanksgiving. >> onc

>> danica roem went from the glitz and glamour in los angeles ink to talking education prince william county in a matter of 24 hours. the delegate elect personally invited to the ama's. feltlovato said she connected and inspired after hearing danica's story. danica defeated altra conservative bob marshall in the 13th district. her win making national news as the first openly transgender person elected in a legislature. "sorry,erform her song not sorry" about how she was bullied in school. lovato said she wanted danica there because they went through

the democrat from prince william county won a house of delegates seat. now, g-o-p house majority leader m. kirkland cox says it's time to stop calling lawmakers "gentleman" or "gentlewoman." he says all lawmakers will be referred to as "delegate", if republicans maintain control of the chamber. fallout for charlie rose the tv host now fired, as new accusers come forwards. how his collegaues are reacting. and another gold medalist comes forward acusing the team doctor of abuse. theapology to a teammate, as gabby douglas tells her own story of assault. vj live tease

here, one of the worst roads we have this time of day through fairfax county, through prince william countyssas and very heavy rain there and back towards parts of culpepper and fauquier counties, too. heads up this evening, the rain continuing over the next few days or the next few hours. you can sigh where the back edge is. it does continue to fill in, though. we have to wait for this whole front to move on through before we finally get a little bit of a break here. look at the snow. yeah, you think it's cold here? just to our north they are seeing some snow out there. may even accumulate a little bit. how about the wind chills? 37 in d.c. 29 in hagerstown. the warm spot, ocean city. let's go there, 52 degrees. that's much better. how about waking up tomorrow morning for the kids at the bus stop, it's going to be a cold start. amelia is here with more on how it affects your wednesday. >> yeah, at least it is going to be dry tomorrow, but still on the cool side. normally our highs coming in in the low 60s. he at the bus stop, you want the jacket, we do have plenty of clouds around tomorrow

meantime, as we are here in prince william county, it's worth looking the county that has been ratherctable at times. if we just go back to 2016, the general election, clinton dominating over trump by some 20 points. but then you go to the last race that gillespie was in here, and that was 2014, he actually ran for senate against mark warner. that race here in prince william county at least, much closer. warner only winning by less than 3%. as we look ahead to the results coming in, we're going to be coming to you live from ri richmond. that's later as we embed ourselves with the gillespie campaign. i'm david culver, news4. >> stay with news4 for complete election night coverage. we have a fun article posted in the nbc washington app. it's on election day etiquette and rules. open it up and check it out. >>> a key vote in the effort to raise the minimum wage for thousands of workers in the washington area. >> jim and wendy standing by in the newsroom to tell us what's comin hey, guys. >> hi. yeah, after a whole lot of debate, the montgomery county council votes to raising the minimum

. >> prince william county police requested the assistance of the helicopter early monday morning. they were trying to catch a man who'd robbed one convenience store in woodbridge minutes after attempting to rob another and was headed for a third. andrew wiseman was in the pilot's seat of fairfax one. >> what happened is i have to put them in a position where they can look with the camera and be able to spot the individual. and sometimes it requires moving around to certain spots so they can look directly down on the individual. >> video from the infrared camera shows prince william county police including canines closing in to make the arrest. the suspect surrendered without resisting. >> our practice is to stay overhead until the subject is in custody just for officer safety reasons. so if anything does happen we can call out and have more help come. >> reporter: that suspect, 17 years old, has been charged with robbery. in fairfax county jackie bensen, news 4. >>> an 18-year-old died in an early morning crash in montgomery county today. yonatan tedros of silver spring had just g

the story. >> reporter: a i'll let you know how much was on her when arr arrested. >>> prince william's countyng for a man who broke into a home and sexual assaulted a woman. >>> two neighbors one with a fire extinguisher attempt to save two people from a burning house in temple hills. >>> new tonight at 6:00. >>, maryland high school teacher is facing charges accused of selling drugs on school property >> police arrested the special ed teacher after a month-long investigation. cori coffin is live in the newsroom with the latest. cori >> heroin and pills that's what wicomico authorities say they found on monica snee. special education teacher. deputies arrested her after the month-long investigation after they received a tip in early october. detectives said their investigation revealed she was selling heroin and prescription pills through the wicomico county. including on campus at park side high school, that's according to those investigators. they stopped snee after she drove off school grounds, when they stopped her, they found 100 capsules which tested positive for heroin inside as well a

people that walk through here from the apartments, that we don't know >> according to prince william's county county police, the woman was standing in her kitchen when they believe a man got inside through an unlocked sliding glass door >> the victim was just in her kitchen doing dishes. all of a sudden out of nowhere the suspect came up behind her and grabbed her. she didn't hear him come in. she was able to scream, like i said, then get away from him and he ran out the back door at that point. >>> that was matt ackland reporting. to breaking news out of charles county. a deadly fire, skyfox flew over the scene after crews responded to a trailer home on place in waldorf around 3:30 this afternoon, there was a disabled woman who died. it's the second deadly fire today. >> the heat melted the door down, and i tried to go in, but the heat was too much. he tried to back door, i tried the side door, i kicked the side door open. >> and neighbors come to the aid of an elderly couple in prince george's county county after they became trapped inside their burning home. first responders eventually res

in texas, shooting prince william county police started working on what they are calling worship watch training to create a safer house of worship. go to wjla.com to learn more. at the live desk, cheryl conner, abc 7 news. kimberly: not officially a terror act, but terrifying. after tweeting about the mass shooting earlier today, president trump is speaking out while on his foreign trip abroad and shared this message. arms, and hands, lock through the tears and sadness, we kimberly: president trump calling the shooting inactive evil. he denounced violence in a place of worship. the unthinkable in the most unlikely of settings. more violent acts keep happening in our country, and now the question we all ask after such incidents is why. the victims ranged in age from five years old to 72. emily is live in san antonio tonight. i know you hearing from victims families. are you getting a sense of what led to the shooting? , nobody canrly answer that question. it is the top of everybody's mind, but all they can do at this point is pick up where their family members left off, which they were

nowhere is it more evident than prince william county. julie carey joins us from the democratic campaign office in wood bridge with that story. hi, julie. >> reporter: hi, doreen. campaign headquarters closed tonight, but the hard work done here by volunteers across the coury delegation. and these newcomers, they're planning to shake it up a little bit when they get to richmond. election day brought a striking change, especially in prince william county. >> look up here right now. our representatives now look like prince william county. >> reporter: what was a nearly all-white, all-male delegation, now includes the first transgender person in danica roem, and a latina and african-american woman. and one who bluntly gets asked what are you. >> i tell them i'm the daughter of an el salvadorian, ragu, it's in there. i'm bringing all of this to the table. >> reporter: the wave of diversity extends into fairfax county, too, with the election of this year she gave up her job at the cybersecurity office to run for office motivated by the electio

prince william county police sent out this alert on social media and got the fbi involved.he girl believed to be out of the state by now, driving a small silver suv. so what are the circumstances? either police don't know or they're just not telling us yet. the fbi who says that there's no indication that this thing is gang related but it's definitely a cause for concern and unusual. out of the ordinary for three young girls to vanish altogether and lose contact for a week. look it you towel a -- i want you to take another look. ashley was last seen wearing a nike sweatshirt and gray leggings. she has tattoos on her chest and arms and wrist. thomas was last seen rocking a colorful romper and bandanna and. and wright head on a sweatshirt and leggings the last time she was spotted. while police can't offer much, they stress that they strongly believe that these girls could be in danger. reporting in bristol, virginia, i'm michael quander, wusa9. >> and officers say that the girls left of their own free will. if you think you have seen these missing teenagers, or you know wher

and the majority of the votes came from loudoun, prince william's county, fairfax county and arlingtonich is interesting because when you're talking about those ads and the rhetoric that came out of them, it just goes to show that the president did energized people to go out and vote. it's just more eof the people voting against than for him, the minority, latino vote, swooped across the state and we had folks winning house delegates races, we had the governorship, by and large, it was a matter of rhetoric >> the other side will say no, this is just virginia trending to become a blue state and that's the trend it was on. do you really think this more of a referendum on president trump or is it just virginia, just the way we're seeing things trickle right now? >> look, the gains were made in this districts and in regions of the state that were already trending blue, we have to talk about the fact that voters turned out to vote and decisions are made by the people that show up. so yes, whoever would tell you that has a point. however, i believe that trumpism was also on the ballot there

. >> we learned that the phone calls and the texts were sent out across prince william county and in fairfax county. as well. and right now voting rights activists are calling for a criminal investigation to find out who made these calls, why they were made. and who was targeted. big wins for democrats in virginia, despite what many believe was to keep specific voters away from thecas. >> robo calls are an old and familiar tactic. used to discourage minority voters. stephen: 50 c prince william county naacp alone about bogussal calls, robo calls and texts directing voters to the wrong polling place. >> voters don't declare a party when they register in virginia. voting rights advocates say there are ways to determine how an individual is likely to vote. >> i have seen data bases that have the information. for the most part they are very accurate. >> the virginia board of elections is aware and there are calls for a criminal investigation. >> this falls under the purview of possible criminal action and it's been referred to the attorney general's office. stephen: if the naacp received

covering the city of manassas park and parts of prince william county. we spoke with roem over the summer about her campaign right here on good morning washington. we'll have much more on her historic win coming up at 5:45. meanwhile in virginia's 12th district.. democrat chris hurst won a seat in the house of delegates. hurst... a former news anchor.. was the boyfriend of television reporter allison parker who was shot and kill hurst was backed by gun control groups.. but his campaign centerd on other issues. abc-7 is your home for election results... the local race results - are scolling at the bottom of your screen. full results at wjla.com - and our news app. and we'll have a look at the big national races- coming up later in this newscast. new overnight. president trump - arriving in china for the latest leg of his asia tour. the president's trip comes amid mounting tensions on trade in the region and north korea. just hours before landing in beijing - he delivered a speech in south korea that put the north on notice - warning kim jon un and his nuc

prince william county police believe they left in a small suv. something like this 2007, or 2011 honda crv. the three missing teens then 17-year-old breonia thomas, and cheyonia wright. we reported on one of the missing teens before. this was last year, as part of a wusa9 missing awareness program called the bring them home campaign. lemus had actually went missing for 2 months at the gaithersburg area. she has connections there. we're talking about two minors involved here, so there are a lot of details police are not giving us. first, the girls reported as runaways. then their status jumped to missing and endangered. stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >>> we've got the prince william county, and fbi numbers you can call on the bottom of your screen there, and our website, wusa9.com. >>> now to some new information on the search for a cop killer in baltimore. police say sean suiter was on a murder investigation when he stopped to question someone wh wednesday. that man then shot the d.c. native, and he died from his injuries a day later. today, police re

in threeecond time weeks, prince william county police are looking for this girl. right behind me when i come from school. for her to be missing again -- wow. melissa: she was allegedly abducted from a house party by a self proclaimed member of ms-13. she was later found safe and returned to her family. but police say the man who took her is facing a series of charges. around 11:30 p.m. saturday night, her family says she left her home on her own, and has not returned. what is scary to most folks is that they do not know why she keeps disappearing but they do hope again for her safe return. >> my daughter walks home from school. is scary.t, it especially, with everything going on in the world. is a mom of a teenage girl. >> i talked to her about walking to know that she is missing again and she willingly left, that is scary. quantifypolice cannot how many hours go into investigating a missing persons case like this. but considering the circumstances of her disappearance of few weeks ago, this case will be thoroughly investigated. anchor 1: it was a dreary day out t

. >>> due to the opioid crisis in virginia, prince william county police officers will carry narcan. it counteracts the effects of an overdose. since june, 24 people died from overdoses in prince william county. >>> in news for your health, a comment about a child's weight stays with them longer than you realize. that's why there's a policy change about the way they discuss weight. doctors say helping children lose extra weight isn't the only symptom of obesity that needs attention. the psychological affect of bullying is something that's -- it's not just happening on the playground. many children say the stigma at home from family members who only focus on weight makes them feel alone and sad. >> focus conversations on health and health behavior rather than the number on the scale. we can all improve health regardless of what ou for children to hear. >> pediatricians have suggested that the entire household take part in a living healthier lifestyle. instead of just giving nutritious meals to one child, have the entire family eat the same healthy dinner. really, don't -- create a hea

. >> and you just heard from the the prince william county police department they're part this worship watch program and organize quarterly meeting with their own local fa faith-based community to teach safety strategies and even provide active shooter training and again very similar to several programs thought our area here. many county police do offer this and the next worship watch meeting in prince william county is scheduled for later this month. anjali hemphill, "fox5 local news". >> keeping right here on "fox5"on air and on linl and also mobile apz for breaking update on deadly shooting in texas. >> now to a "fox5" update we now know the name of probry us is 13ebg9 killed in a crash on the beltway. montgomery country these fine men held up a check cashing business in wheaton friday afternoon and led officers on a chase on inner loop and alleged robbers dmrooshd two other vehicles and the driver of the van 37-year-old one carlos gomez tried plea the scene and he was hit and killed by unmarked police cruiser pursuing suspect. police believe the group is responsible for two other r

right now - the f-b-i and prince william county police are looking for three teens..ng from bristow, virginia. they've been gone more than a week now. the f-b-i got involved in this case because police believe the two 17 year olds and one 18 year old - may have left the state. they were last seen leaving the bristow area last sunday. if you know where they are - call police. a seven on your side scam alert for loudoun county.. thieves are going door to door, pretending to sell blinds and shutters. they say they're with economy blinds and shutters. but that company went out of business last year. the scam artists are telling homeowners they need to take measurements. then they offer an estimate. the victims are asked to pay a deposit for the materials. loudoun county sheriff's officials say this scam has happened at least 10 times recently. no work is done, and the homeowners end up losing their money. police say if anyone claiming to sell shutters and blinds appears at your home, close the door. today crews are breaking ground on new express lanes on i-66 outside the

last year there were 52 fatal overdoses william county alone. up next tonight, a teacher is on leave accused of pulling off a muslim 's student's that jab. was it just an accident. protecting your home security video system. a local cyber firm security system, what you need to know. >> on the final five tonight we've seen the political fallout of sexual misconduct, but what about the psychology behind it. jim lokay is disiefg deep with the doctor tonight on the final five at 11:30. >> accusation rest rose ma gow and did not appear in a loudon county quoter, a judge agreed to waive that appearance at the request of her lawyer and schedule ul another hearing for january. the act easies facing a felony cocaine drug. variety ors say they found drugs in a wallet that they found in an airplane. they told the new yorker she didn't turn herself in if she didn't feel it was real. she felt she was being targeted after she claimed harvey weinstein raped her. she denies the drugs were herself. the fairfax county teacher is on leave tonight accused a hijab f

a politician's tweet about stunt getting a lot of attention here in prince william county. i'll have the story straight ahead. matt, changing the way d.c. leaders discipline students. it's the focus of a new proposed legislation. we're going to gin tonight with breaking news. if you are an uber customer, listen up a massive hack crow myselfed the data of some 57 million uber customers. according to bloomberg news the breach happened last october. it included the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of uber drivers worldwide. they also accessed the drivers. uber paid those hackers $100,000 to keep quiet. we've learned a top company executive has since been fired. we'll have much more on that coming up for you later today. to the latest

we first heard about it yesterday from the prince william county naacp and today you're looking at a tweet sent out by the aclu that reads, we are getting reports of calls to virginia voters falsely saying their polling places have changed. now, the fairfax county registrar says they have also received some complaint calms about this today. it raises a question about whether some outside group is trying to suppress turnout. certainly something that is going to wanto told the issue is not widespread. we'll be leaving this polling place and be going nearby to george mason university. that's where democrats will be gathering tonight. right now we are going to head down to my colleague david culver. >> reporter: and, julie, i wish i could say the weather was better down here. it is not. another cold and rainy one. but folks in this particular polling place, this is a short pump area, have been coming at a good clip. this line continues now into the evening. it's interesting, i was just looking up some of the history when it comes to voters here in this region. henreico has been going blue

yi for more than nine years, i covered a beat: my lifelong home of prince william county.ad reporter for the gainesville times, i wrote more than two thousand five hundred news stories, vetting facts, and holding politicians' feet to the fire. and when dominion wouldn't tell us who owned the haymarket data center, i didn't stop until the truth came out. now i'm running for delegate to bring a reporter's eye to richmond. it's time richmond answered to us. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable. >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >>> we're not sure if football players set their clocks back but were they up and attem. definitely break the rules, punching a helm

investigators are now involved in the search for three missing william county in virginia. the fbi says they're worried the teens could be in danger. ashley lemus breonia thomas and sham ray ya' wright left the bristow area sunday morning. police want to hear from you if you know where they are. >> ♪ >> roy moore and donald trump, we are toast. >> you're the guy that could just for fun -- think how much fun it would be just to be the foil and point out what an idiot this guy is. >> that's arizona senator jeff flake spilling his candid feelings about president trump on hot mic. he was unaware his microphone was on. flake has been an open critic of president trump and previously announced he would not run for reelection in 2018. of course president trump wasted no time hitting back at the comments tweeting senator jeff flaky was caught purposely on mic saying bad things about your president. >> the presidnt is also making headlines for tweeting about the three u.c.l.a. basketball players shoplifting in china. now president trump says he should have left them in jail tweeting

in princestory, made william county. a lot to cover this morning.anne kennedy is live in virginia this morning. the lineup for the statehouse, now set. suzanne: it certainly is. and there is a different mood here than there was one year ago today. a lot of people seeing what happ presidency and the political climate in our country. yesterday last night there was celebrating going on here. fairfax, that's where the lieutenant governor celebrated his win. statewide there was unprecedented turnout by democrats and liberals. traditionally don't vote. the former pediatrician getting more votes than any previous virginia governor. by the numbers, african-american overs favored northam gillespie by 73%. hispanic voters favored northam by 33 points. the governor elect will hold a press conference at 10:00 this willng and he and his wife have lunch with the current governor and his wife and then the governor and lieutenant governor will hold a press conference at the state capitol at 12:00 noon. reporting live in vienna, virginia, suzanne kennedy. autria: ed

live in prince william county, jackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, jackie.e saw a surge in the number of general assembly this year. 51 in total. apart from the sheer numbers today brought a number of historic firsts for female candidates, mostly democrats. kathy tran flips virginia's 42nd district blue. she is the first asian-american woman elected to the house of delegates. her district represents parts of fairfax county. virginia is about 9% hispanic but has never had a latina delegate until tonight. now virginia has two democrats. ie lelizabeth guzman won in fai county. and hala ayala won in district 31. jennifer foy took the second district. foi is one of the first black female graduates of the she is also a new mother to twins born earlier this fall prematurely. >>> and emotional win tonight in honor of two young lives taken too soon. the boyfriend of the young tv reporter who was killed on the job in southwestern virginia has just won the race he ran in her name. chris hurst quit his job at the anchor desk in february. he announced his run then. it wa

. >> and right you just heard from the prince william county police department. they like fairfax country police department are part of this worship watch program and they organize quarterly meetings with their local faith-based community to try teach them safety strategies and give them active shooter training. again very similar to lots of programs found here in our area with several local police department. the next worship watch meeting in prince william county happens to be later this mo month. that's the latest in springfield guys, back to you. >> anjali thank you very m much. one thing lieu palumbo bro talk xwing bipartisan compromise. manning toomey joe mansion of west vir vr a democrat and pat toomey of pennsylvania a republican both in the stat came one bipartisan bill they hoped would get traction for mental health checks. it lost. and that was you talk about joe mansion who is a guy that could use a lot in west virginia he may face competition next year. i'm ready to see them i wish there was bipartisan legislation that gets passed. i feel like a lot

roem will represent manassas park and part of prince william county.ress call is set at 9:00 a.m. larry: hope beating hate. what clinton is saying about how she fought her own loss in the election. how cities across the country are cashing in on teen sports. win two free tickets to see lorde in concert. autria: it's friday, finally. take means another edition of "good morning washington" friday morning lights. we're headed out to centreville high school as they get ready with playoff football. live with the wildcats when they come back at 8:00 to switch to news channel 8. to an exclusive this morning. >> she had no pulse for 15 minutes but months later a d.c. grandmother is still alive. > thank you so much. larry: kim jennifer went into cardiac arrest. her neighbor started to help her before the rescuers got there. >> to see my grandkids grow up and make sure they stay on the right track. autria: jennifer thanked the heros who kept her alive and presented each with a coin, a token given to someone who saved them for cardiac arrest. bundle up. it's comi

one of three missing teens in prince william county have been found. the girl in the mild of the screen has been found safe. the other two remain missing. the girls were reported as runaways on november 12th. silver honda crv. >>> this morning, you can donate the extra cans in the cupboard or scarves. >> we are live stuffing the box at the king street metro. molette green is braving the cold and getting your donations. so important this time of the year, molette. >> absolutely. you said it. we want to stuff this bus. this is a dash bus here at the king street metro. on your way to work or school this morning, we are taking your donations of clothing. as you can see here, cloets hanging up and food donations here. because the idea is to help as many people as possible. coming up next, why dash is doing it and what they say the greatest need is in this community. stay with us on "news4 today" for that. back to you guys. >>> great effort there, molette. can't wait to hear more about it. >>> belly flop. the emergency landing you would va'a to see to believ

this is a talker, nonetheless and so far it appears that prince william's county schools is defending the teacher who used the racial slur during class, during classroom instruction, in front of a classroom full of students. take a listen. she came in and she did i'm not going to read that book. it talks about: >> i'm like give the book a chance because in the 1950's, the word -- did mean what it means today. the white people most of the time and they're not going to say well, when all the -- come, we'll be more culturally sensitive. i'm using the word because it's so loaded. >> reporter: appears the teacher was at least recorded using the n word at least three times, this video was posted to youtube. prince william's county school district said the incident happened last school year about six months ago but fox 5 was contacted and they say the incident happened just three weeks ago. either way, the teacher is heard on camera using the n word multiple times, students are reacting, one students saying he's telling. students are recording the lesson being taught is apparently how impact

>>> making history in prince william county. one candidate who used attack ads to work in her favor. >>> and democrats are hanging on the edge of their seats. >> the races still up in the hitting home. >>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. >>> 6:00 a.m. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gill crest. >> welcome to "news4 today." i'm eun yang. many races may come down to a recount. >> we need to get to breaking news. let's turn to melissa. >> breaking news. take a look at this. a big delay here. 95 northbound before the beltway because of this crash still have some lanes blocked here this morning. this right now has gone to a six mile backup. we are sending chopper 4. have our eyes above this in just a minute. you can see everything being pushed to the right in those main lanes. 95 north before the beltway. northbound 95, triangle left shoulder still blocked. still causing delays there. inbound inner loop crash. metro orange and blue lines. no other problems. good morning. >> good

prince william county police say arguetta is wanted for abduction and assault and battery. if you have information about the fugitives, call the police. i'm q mccray. we'll see you next week with another edition of "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. alison: still ahead at 5:00 -- we head back to a neighborhood plagued by smash-and-grab robberies. find out if anything changed. larry: redskins pull off a shocker against the seahawks and we'll hear what fans think in sports. alison: tonight at 11:00, the struggles and the heartbreak of what is often called childhood alzheimer's. robbing children of their memories. ultimately their lives. "7 on your side" reveals a breakthrough that could buy the children precious time at 11:00. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam nt to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad beca

tonight tran is held at the prince william county adult detention center charged with felony hit and and one count of driving under the influence. >>> well, this is some story. a massive dragon made from a converted school bus looped around the mall this morning carrying dancers and blasting music as part of the catharsis on the mall sort of like a mini burning man. here's some sights and societies from our photojournalist who was there. >> it's about self-expression. it's about feeling comfortable in your own skin just to really feel that, you know, the joy that's inside of you, to follow your joy, to follow your passion. >> the practice is actually here from san diego and has been at burning man the last two years. >> well, our theme for catharsis this year is nurturing the heart and the feminine and rising up. ♪[ music ] >> so proud of all of us for seeking our truths and coming together to create this and it was beautiful and so many people felt free there and respected and loved and that's what we're here to do. >> thank you to photojournalist nick patrillo. >>> a rally outside

this latest case out of prince william county is particularly upsetting. prince william county police say 37-year-old picked up a woman in manassas saturday morning and during the trip he's accused of holing her down and sexually assaulting her. police arrested him on monday. he had been driving for uber for eight months and had passed a background check. >>> you may also remember this case out of d.c. police say a man posed as an uber driver and assaulted a woman. this happened earlier this month. the woman and her friend went into a car that had an uber sticker. that was near dupont circle. the pair had not booked the ride through the app. the driver at the scene took her to american university and raped her in the parking lot. the driver claims it was consensual. he had already been fired by uber. >>> and so the q when you're using one of these ride sharing services? >> we're working for you with some tips to think about before you request your ride. news 4's justin finch is driving through arlington with more. justin, good morning. >> reporter: hey the

covers the city of manassas park and parts of prince william county. roem becomes virginia's first openly transgender public official, and the nation's only openly transgender state representative. here's a look at some other races... the lieutenant governor - predictably - also won by a democrat. justin fairfax - beating out republican jill vogel. in the attorney general's race - democrat incumbent mark herring will get a second term, defeating republican john adams. herring campaigned on his efforts to eliminate a backlog in testing of rape kits, fighting opioid addiction and support for gun control. and in virginia's 12th district-- former t-v anchor chris hurst now preparing to join the house of delegates. hurst turned to after his girlfriend alison parker was fatally shot on live television. he said he would fight for causes that were dear to him and his late girlfriend. he also called on the state to stand together. parker and photojournalist adam ward were gunned down on live television back in 2015, by a disgruntled former employee. another wom

larry: a chance encounter that ended with the prince william county and demi lovato. autria: and how will things shake out for the weather and your thanksgiving holiday? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] butia: we have got not one, to miracle starting us out. everyone wants to thanksgiving holidays going to be like. veronica: we are on top of the travel weather for this week. not too bad. julie: it bodes well for the folks doing travel throughout the week. veronica: one little part of the country that could get your ears wet. we could see a brief shower coming our way tomorrow. there is your out the door temperatures for this morning. 34 degrees is what it feels like with a little bit of wind blowing to the area and temperatures through the afternoon and evening rush. little bit of wind we will have to deal with. as promised, throughout the mid-atlantic we will have summary -- some rain coming hourly look at your thanksgiving day forecast. eileen: -- julie: a crash a

up 72%, voter registration in prince william county. used to be red, now it trends blue. ounty used to be solid red. 132%, the population growth, voter registration growth in just 17 years. the other d.c. suburbs as well, a state that used to be red is blue because of this area right here. but, because it's blue doesn't mean it's not winnable for republicans. so that's why we're going to keep checking the vote count at 4% right now. we have long night of counting. >> we certainly do. we'll stay on top of all of these numbers. erin, there's other important news we're following as well. >> all right, wolf, and of course, as we have that long night of counting the results starting to come in, we're also following breaking news in the russia investigation. at this hour, new information on something very unusual that the president asked his cia director to do. it is raising red flags tonight. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is with me, and unusual is one word that we could use to describe this. what exactly happened? >> unusual, alarming, frankly, to be in

. >> 19 out of 20 precincts reported tweeting on prince william county's absentee ballots and didn'tything, we had a commanding lead, but then joe biden called me and wished me congratulations an that's generally when the vice president calls you, that's when you know it's time to declare victory and at that point, you know, i kind of paced around for a bit and i told the room of supporters that joe biden called and that we won and the reaction was so overwhelming and i just -- i felt like just throwing myself down to the ground and just kind of, you know, letting the moment happen and my dear friend marilyn carp in that photo worked so hard, along with all of her friends, and we had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of volunteers who knocked on more than 75,000 doors throughout this campaign to make this happen. so it's historic, yes, because it's a team effort. so many people worked so hard to make it happen. >> let me ask you this, why do you think voters picked you over a 13 term incumbent republican? he's been in the seat for 26 years. do you think gender identity was an issue

that's not our prince william county, our manassas park.ginia is a commonwealth where we celebrate each other because of who they are, not despite it. >> and you outraised financially for financing your campaign, you outraised your incumbent opponent by three to one with a lot of outside help, a lot of lgbt communities around the community helping your race. could you have won without that outside infusion of cash? >> i want to mention a few things. number one, we had hundreds and hundreds of donation from within the 13th district, from manassas, gainesville, and hay market. there was reporting we were crushing it locally. another big thing is look at the small dollar donations. something almost like $12,000, the difference between $1 and $100. that is a grassroots army. we succeeded in the 13th. we succeeded in prince william county. we succeeded throughout the commonwealth of virginia. we succeeded raising money nationwide too. yeah, our lgbtq groups as well raised money for us, their loin f -- reason for that is that in our message, it w

for more than nine years, i covered a beat: my lifelong home of prince william county.the lead reporter for the gainesville times, i wrote more than two thousand five hundred news stories, vetting facts, and holding politicians' feet to the fire. and when dominion wouldn't tell us who owned the haymarket data center, i didn't stop until the truth came out. now i'm running for delegate to bring a reporter's eye to richmond. i'm danica roem. it's time richmond answered to us. >>> new tactics tonight to fight the growing abuse of opioids in the district and as tom sherwood reports, proposed new laws could sharply restrict excessive doctor prescriptions. >> reporter: deaths and overdoses from both heroin and other opioid abuses, a growing problem preventions. >> it's definitely a city wide problem. we know that people aren't always -- they're not always overdosing where they live or, you know, where they engage in other activities. >> reporter: cindy klay is executive director of hips, now in its 25th year of counseling and medical assistance on city streets. it serves abou

some areas around manassas through prince william county and culpeper, stafford, spotsylvania, you couldperatures on the high side of 60 degrees for today. for later this evening, if you are heading to the caps game, the puck drops at 7:00. 47. 9:00, stilly looking like it will be dry. mainly shower chances north and west of d.c. you can see the rain coming into our area and started to break up this front. your chance very late in most locations. saturday, 52, 55 on sunday. a dry weekend for us, but cool and then cold for next weekend, more on the pattern change cong we have accidents to report, especially for those working into northeast washington. southbound kenilworth at burroughs, the left lane is closed because of a five car crash. delays off of 50 and the bw parkway leaving riverdale and new carrollton. inbound 50, 7 minutes from 200 to to the new york-kenilworth avenue split. the crash on the inner loop before braddock road has traffic squeezing by using the center of the road and now most of the activity is contained to the right side. that is our traffic watch. back in 10 minut

now, what we know at this point, is there had been 52 deaths here in prince william's county last year, all this related to overdose. according to the county, in 2012, there were 37 deaths. now, that's an increase in a matter of year, tonight demonstrations focus how to react during an overdose and administer a narcon injection were shown. and how to properly suiting up while treating victims who had contact with the medication fentanyl. law enforcement was in attendance ramping up >> it brings unity community is the ant dot to think i feel like it's important for everybody to be involved. and without the community, what are we? >> police officers every day, we have to respond to the overdoses, fatal and non. >> and you see a lot of destruction to families, you see these drug users that you go to residents, go there use narcan to bring a person back and then few hours later, another overdose they refuse to go to the hospital. it's frustrating but we give them a card or we try to get people r that are addicted. >> reporter: now, additional information for a community members that was pr

it and yes i 95 south in spotsylvania county and prince william county are two of the worst in between them is bw parkway northbound at 195 the exit towards bwi airport. i used to work at night and i'll tell you, wednesday before thanksgiving was traditionally the worst of. it we would see it on this tuesday night. the tuesday night thanksgiving week. wovt of traffic for holiday we would see. still going to be bad. and we in this d.c. area have the sixth worst thanksgiving holiday traffic in kupty. it won't make you feel any better. right now headed southbound on 95 not so bad. but late this afternoon early evening if you're headinging out of town going north on i 270 and south 95 and northbound on bw parkway or 95 expect to be in a lot of traffic, guys, it will be bad. but you're going somewhere happy hopefully. so maybe keep nat your mind as you sit in traffic today, guys. >> look if you get a chance to get out of town:00 tuesday you should think all positive things it. bob, thanks very much. first up growing sexual harassment scandal. >> john conyers on the growing list of national

stafford county and new port news and fair nax and prince william county all finished county votes yesterday left with 8 volt lead. 82 votes. new port news republican david yancy leads by 1 votes and in fairfax and prince william counties republican tim hugo remains maintains his 106 vote lead. if the tally stand republicans will hanging to majority in the house. >> and let's head to capitol now. attorney general jeff sessions pace facing growing scrutiny. he has a foggy memory when it comes to campaign discussions alleging dealing with last year's presidential election. session denies he lied to congress about the contacts and he flames the chaos of race for making him forget. yesterday he delivered more than five hours of testimony to congress. >> and president donald trump is waking up at white house this morning. he returned to washington overnight after a twelve day trip to asia. and which he seas and prolsing making or announcement on north korea and trade which could happen as soon as today. meanwhile, we have learned the first family is expected to spend thanksgiving in palm beach at

. >>> the fbi meanwhile is looking for three missing teens from prince william county. the feds think that the teens may have left virginia. we'll show you the pictures of the missing girls. ashley and brianna are both 17, and shthe on other 18. people are looking for possibly a lon todhonda crv. >>> and there have been a lot of david cassidy is hospitalized with organ failure according to his publicist. he was taken to the hospital on wednesday in florida. he is in need of a liver transplant. you may remember back in february the partridge family star revealed that he was battling dementia. he's just 67. >>> this morning the cousin of a fairfax county woman set on fire by her boyfriend is breaking her own silence about being the victim of domestic abuse. >> don't let dumb love or stuck on stupid be the kryptonite that could maybe get you killed. just seek help. >> diane walton came forward during the vigil for her cousin dee lda loris williams. williams was set on fire and she died from her injuries. williams was 64. and if you or someone you know is the victim of dome

this is 95 in prince william county. it has been a trouble spot, along withre we are moving at speed, not even heavy traffic, but it was not that way even two hours ago. comeom new jersey to hear it has been six hours. tom: the main reason their trip was taking so long was i-95 in northern virginia. >>. it's not good trouble spots have been southbound near dale city and dumfries and northbound near fredericksburg. for many travelers, this is the absolute worst spot. >> the bay bridge and 495. it was all 95. spotone other big trouble was any road leading to reagan national airport. a section of the gw parkway was a virtual parking lot much of the day. the airport says the sunday after thanksgiving is normally its biggest travel day of the year. as bad as that was, 95 in off to eat. >> just relax a little bit and then drive when the traffic eases up. tom: they really try to see it as the glass half-full. >> we are getting to see part of the road that we normally just zoom by. such an optimistic viewpoint because they were