someone was killed in a crash in alexandria. we're working to learn the victim's name.down but it is back open now. >>> right now in the nbc washington app there's new video showing the suspect mom arlington police are trying to track this man down. they say he posed as a maintenance worker, forced his way into a woman's apartment and sexually assaulted her in roslyn. >>> the man accused of killing two boston doctors engaged to be married was arraigned at his hospital bed yesterday. a source says the suspect used to work at a security guard at a building next to where the murder happened. the "today" show will have the next. >>> the capitals are coming back to the verizon center. they force a game seven. the best game in hockey. the penguins won the stanley cup last year. >> penguins, smenguins. >>> 95 north express lanes to prince william parkway. still slow. main lanes slow. bellway no major issues looking pretty typical here. 66 in bound 18 miles per hour. taking a look at chopper lanes. >>> looks like a beautiful morning out there. going to continue to be a beautifu

. >>> plus a small alexandria community fighting back against hate after racist flyers start add piering in del ray neighborhood over the past week. we're live with their message. >> live look outside tuesday may 30. rain showers coming down. not a total washout. we'll have he details with weather and traffic coming up on the fives. 6:0 5. good morning to you maureen umeh. >> steve chenevey. >> former dictator of panama died. country current president confirmed news on twitter saying the dealth closes chapter in our history. he was ousted in american invasion in 198 and later served 17 year drug sentence in the u.s.. he was taken to a hospital to remove two brain tumors and suffered suffered a new brain avenueage. died at the age of about about just after midnight that explosion killed 25 people a few days into holy month of ramadan. after surpriseds restaurant wake they are cafes. >> word of another car bombing in the iraqi capital. this one killing two people rupd reds gaemingerring. >> 14 of them remain in custody. today one of the city's main train stations we had for the first time

vernon trail is sporting a new look running from alexandria to thee doodore roost island.this is an upgrade compared to a few months ago. >> there was no alternate to it and very narrow. >> reporter: and bicyclists go just about everywhere with precious cargo on her. did you ever have close calls? >> all the time. i probably had close calls with cars once a week and pedestrians running and people would suddenly make a u-turn or have a dog on a leash that bolted away three times a week. >> reporter: visitors who come in, what can they expect to see different? >> so the main changes are to the mt. vernon trail going through the parking lot. >> reporter: the national park service closed the roosevelt island parking lot working on the changes. today the barriers are coming coming down, along with it, the cones. this exit ramp will be back open along the gw parkway. the folks at the national park service say this is just in time for memorial day. the uni shall start of summer. >> what better weekend to open the parking lot on theodore roosevelt island. we were trying to get it

attorney's office in alexandria, virginia. they were received by associates who had worked with flynn on contracts after he was forced out as a director of the defense intelligence agency in 2014. we reached out to robert kellner, who's an attorney for flynn, and he declined to comment as well as spokespeople for the justice department, the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office. >> do we know what investigators are actually looking at with regard to flynn? >> well, investigators have been looking into possible wrongdoing and how flynn handled disclosures about payments from clients tied to foreign governments including russia and turkey. flynn was paid $45,000 for making an appearance in moscow to celebrate russia today, that's the russian-funded news outlet that the u.s. intelligence agencies say helped disseminate stolen e-mails in order to damage hillary clinton's campaign. >> what does it tell us about the state of this investigation? >> up to now we've only gotten some small peeks into what the fbi and federal prosecutors ha

our alexandria limon is live in rockville with the latest.g. >> reporter: good morning, and we are at the montgomery county school bus lot where dozens of buses are stored and parked overnight. behind me there's still some debris on the ground from that fire and at least two vacant spots that we can see, so at least a couple of these school buses have been towed away because of this. take a look at these photos so you can see what we're talking about. just a huge fire that engulfed one of the buses completely destroying that one. in these other photos you can see flames shooting out of the windows and doors and according to montgomery county fire officials, at least two otr in addition to the one that was destroyed. in all, they're saying several buses affected by this fire, not giving an exact number. we also don't know how the fire started at this point officials say it's still under investigation. it started around midnight. likely not a lot of people here at that time but for now that's all that the spokesperson with the montgomery county

here in the city of alexandria, a developer recently asked that about ten spaces be eliminated from a new development near the braddock road metro station because that extra parking wasn't necessary. the city council agreed and took away the spaces. >> i'm a great believer in right sizing parking. >> reporter: alexandria city council member was in favor of getting rid of the extra parking. >> we should have enough parking for what we need, but beware of overbuilding parking, it's a waste of valuable land, especially if it's downtown or near metro stations and it encourages people to drive. >> reporter: he says the city is not trying to discourage driving, but he doesn't believe that everyone has to take a car everywhere. on the other side, a concern about too few spaces. the mayor raised concerns about discouraging visitors from going to the new development if there's a lack of parking. drivers say the city has to strike a balance on the number of appropriate spaces. >> but it's probably good for the environment. so it's not such a bad thing are not too terribly inconvenienced. >> rep

the police say two of the shooting victims live in alexandria and it's not clear why they were targetedansom ware attack that crippled nearly 100 countries, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks, and government agencies, british cyber security officials are thinking a 22-year-old british researcher known as malware tech and a 20-something american security engineer for finding the kill switch to stop the attack. some experts call the attack the perfect storm that took advantage of a security hole in microsoft windows. users who do not apply the patch allow the malware to spread quickly. in d c,not an exhibit this is a couple feet of water at 19th street and constitution avenue. by the time first responders arrived, nobody was in the car. they don't know why it was left. a california cross-country trip and welled up 1500 miles -- and wound up 1500 miles away from home. >> she escape ther.v. near mis souri, and she belongs in sacramento. kimberly: elizabeth said that her grandchildren found the cat behind their house in oklahoma, just east of oklahoma city. she called the number on t

. >>> someone in alexandria put up fliers with hateful and discriminatory messages on them.ake a look here at one. we blurred out some of the objectionable images. residents took these pictures and then took the fliers down. the images are being circulated on social media to send a message that this will not be tolerated. >> i wanted to make sure that the word got out that this is creeping in our inclusive community. so we could stand up against it. >> we denounce hate speech and hate crimes, discrimination in all forms. >> alexandria police are now investigating. in recent weeks, we have reported on a number of racial incidents, and suspected hate crimes in our area. those stories include nooses being found on school campuses and last week's murder at the university of maryland. police mourning the loss of one of their own. special agent michael walter died today after being shot on the job in richmond. the alleged gunman travis ball is now in custody. the shooting happened during a city/state joint police initiative last night. special agent walter was an 18-year veteran a

in 1862, a photo of alexandria, virginia.ern day protests, a beach scene of a father and son. >> what do you want people to feel when they come in here? >> a connection. an emotion. maybe somebody in your family feels like she feels. >> reporter: farmer's 1982 boom box photo in anacostia park is among the work. farmer sees the full scope of history. in the 1990s, she was the first african-american and the first woman to oversee the white house photography office. she has a philosophy about being a >> if somebody is going to be first, pick somebody, would you? otherwise your historical status don't mean nothing. >> lonnie bunch called all of the museums 25,000 photos, not just 150 on display, the joy and struggle of life. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> we have more of these photos and tips for how to get to the museum in our nbc washington app. just open it up and search african-american museum. >>> and when we come back, it used to be free to park around the national mall. all of that is about to change and we'll e

. >>> people who live in alexandria will soon have to pay more in taxes. they adopted a new budget that raises the local property tax 5.7 cents and races water fees. that's $700 more a year for the average homeowner. >> i'm not the wealthiest person in alexandria but raise our taxes so we have affordable housing. >> i feel it is too much and that we had enough options that were presented to us that we course. >> the votes passed 6-1. mayor was the only no vote. average property taxes will increase by $356. the rest will come from fees. increasing by $350 per year. the council says the money is needed to help over crowded schools, and the metro. >>> 5:07 now. republicans are claiming a win after the first step in the repeal of the affordable care act passed in the house. this of course comes after seven years of gop opposition. it is president trump's first major legislative win. the gop win was able to pull out just enough votes with 217 to 213. that victory could be short lived. coming up news 4's edward law rinse will break down what play every game at h

. >> alexandria hoff is in princeton with details of the investigation. alex? >> reporter: well, ukee, jessica, the same suspect description has been popping up since 2015 and among multiple groping victims, a university student and a teenager. >> friday, around 9:45 p.m., a woman walking on spruce street in princeton reported a man grabbed her rear end before running off. it's an identical scenario to one that took place last month, same block, same suspect description. that april 13th incident was caught by a surveillance camera. there it shows a woman whose identity has been concealed by police walking on spruce street when a man runs up behind her. man described darts off. like most recent incident, that woman reported that the suspect groped her rear end. >> it's pretty disgusting. >> i have heard like reports about someone inappropriately touching women. >> reporter: since 2015 there have been at least five reports of a stocky man between 5-5 5'7". in one the groping victim was 15 >> if he came to me, i would show him a lesson but like who knows what i'd

the alexandria police investigating. still no word on what caused the accident. as melissa mentioned still impacting traffic. >> angie, thank you. 4:30 now. we have new video to show you. take a close look and see if you recognize this face. police say on sunday this man posed as a maintenance worker, forced his way into a woman's apartment and sexually assaulted her. in this new video you can see the man react to the sound of something. police believe the man heard patrol cars racing to the atrium condominiums after receiving multiple calls from 911. officers say they missed him by call police if you have any questions. >>> today opening statements begin in the case of two volunteer firefighters. they're charged with assault and misconduct. prosecutors say in 2015 miller and kelly responded to a house fire in high yates chill. a fight broke out when the volunteers blocked the door to the burning home so members of the career company couldn't go in before the volunteers. the trial is expected to last about four days. >>> heather cook was driving drunk and texting

found at the alexandria country day school. >> can i have elastic? >> reporter: with help from their's teacher, scott lieberman, they're building the prosthetic from scratch. >> it is cool that the technology is getting so easy that i can introduce them to his 3d printer project with very little support. a little guidance and direction and they are off and running. >> reporter: as for charlie, he said the lesson is for patients. >> it is about troubleshooting and if you get it wrong, try again and find a way to make it work. >> reporter: their hard work paid off. the prosthetic is now ready to be shipped by the way, that funky coloring of blue and orange was on purpose. young christian is a broncos fan. >> it's really exciting that he can go to school and instead of feeling different, feel special and show it off and potentially catch a ball, hold a cup, open the refrigerator. these are things we might take for granted and he ul week. >> reporter: in alexandria, evan koslof, wusa9. >> we partnered with a group called enabling the future and have 16 d

reporting, alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news" >>> jury deliberations will resume tomorrow in the trial of david creato. the camden cam father accused of killing his three-year-old son. i want. the jury got the case and deliberated about 20 minutes' they said david creato was grieving parent. the prosecution argued creato wanted to save his relationship with his teenager girlfriend who did not want to be around his young son, brandon. >>> 11 jurors have been chosen for the sexual assault trial and the jury selection process will continue tomorrow. these are sketchs from inside the courtroom today in pittsburgh. where jury selection is taking place. lawyers for cosby accused prosecutors of trying to keep african-americans off the jury. of the 11 people chosen so far, one is black. cosby is accused of drugging and molesting andrea constand at his home in 2004. >>> in glassboro, the fraternity is offered a $2,000 reward leading to the arsonist that torched their house. three people escaped the flames. police say a wooden fence down the street was set on fire. >>> president trump will

he did tell time magazine h heads up for those of who you live in alexandria, virginia. your sewage bills will be going up for the next several years. i don't know what that's got to the do with sewage. residents could pay 25 to 35 a month for at least the next five years. while you're watching that movie on the screen there as an effort to help fund a system to reduce sewage overflows. >> that was alane aof avalor not of alexandria. >> wrong video. >> starting reality when it comes to dangers ever smoking. world health organization smoking kills 7 million people every year. that's nearly double the number recorded in 2000. results show tobacco leading cause of preventsable death all around the world and nearly 1 million is from exposure to secondhand smoke. >> and expected to hold an election after janet announce resignation. it's effective ts. she's following her husband who got a job overseas. her term was supposed to last until 20 19. special election could be held in august. >> good morning to you thank you for joining us i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> t

in alexandria, wusa 9. >> pretty brazen. police say they are investigating but they say they are in the early stages. he's hoping that by releasing the video you saw that detectives will work that case a little harder. she wants to save all other small businesses from falling victims. >>> it's going to get cooler and wet around here as we had to the end of the week. >> yellow weather alert on friday. let's go ahead and go through some of the rest. heavy rain, high risk. strong storms are a moderate risk and damaging winds a low risk. what the impacts will be on your friday and if the >>> three people killed and nine injured when a car was speeding into a building where an auto auction was taking place. it happened this morning in billerica. the driver in his 70s did survive. he is employed by the auction compy jeep grand cherokee when the vehicle suddenly sat up and crashed into the concrete wall. right now police are calling this an accident. >>> new information tonight in the cases of two fatal shootings by police. one cas

players came to core kelly school for math, science and technology in alexandria to honor more than 830teachers for their accomplishments and their work in the community. they also gave special recognition for 15 teacher united recipients. they will host a group of teachers at a home match this weekend. congratulations to them. that's it. fox5 local news at six starts right now. we begin with a major shake yup in washington, just a short time ago, we learned that president trump has fired fbi director james comey. in a statement just released, the statement says comey's firing will mark a new beginning for the fbi. the president says the search for a new fbi director will begin immediately his firing comes dayses after he testified on the capital hill into russia's meddling with the presidential president obama appointed comey as fbi director back in 2013. the term was supposed to be for ten years but now of course we know that has been cut short. our own tom fitzgerald is live at reagan national. we know that comey has upset both the republicans and the deps. did his firing, though, co

this is the confederate statue in oldtown alexandria. the city council hoping to tear it down for some time but unsuccessful in doing so. now the heated debate is focused in charlottesville. >> we live in turbulent times. >> that debate intensified in charlottesville where alt-right leader spencer posted this picture on twitter organized the so-called torchlight event. chants of "russia is our friend" protesters opposed a city council vote to remove the statue general robert e. lee. the move on hold by the courts. they had a message for the protesters. >> they don't want to debate. they don't believe much in democracy. they are interested in theat yacht ricks and name -- theatrics and name calling. >> we tried to track spencer down today but had no luck. old town is one of the many places you find statues, roads or schools named for or honoring leaders of the confederacy. >> it can be hurtful. >> anthony shakes his head at those fighting to preserve the confederate heritage. >> there is more to work toward. >> he thinks they should remai

united players will pay a special visit for math, science and technology in alexandria. will honor the accomplishments of more than later this week d.c. united will host at rfk stadium when they take on the philadelphia union. >> and special arrival due at reagan national airport today. check it out. hurricane hunter. just like this one. will be on display. part of hurricane awareness tour. and discussing dangers of tropical storm and 2 to 4:30 this afternoon and our very own michael thomas will get his own tour. we'll be at reagan to check out the planes beginning 8:00 hour. >> planes were fancy. >> united states. >> chipping shard any while you drive through the hurricane. >> time for morning line. >> caps dominant last night. sfaiing alive in the stanley cup playoffs won every aspect of game in pittsburgh and now in a position to win the st steeryes on home ice over overnight. you could not ask for a better scenario. caps on the power play. first goal of the game. and app dry made it look easy as well. caps broke a seconds in backstrum with goal 3-30 and setting up on

if you look at the crime scene out in alexandria this morning, police have been at a shooting at the extended stay america. this includes one man and two women who were shot. no word on what led up to the shooting. we'll continue to update you as information continues to come in. >>> and interviews continue today for james comey's seat as head of the fbi. the candidates include the acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, senator john cornyn of texas, alice fisher who criminal division and judge michael garcia of the court of appeals. meanwhile, democrats want general rosenstein to resign if he does not appoint someone to investigate the trump ties and his connections to russia. james comey denied the chance to publicly appear before the senate intelligence committee next week. he does expect comey to brief the committee in private. >>> president trump is delivering his first commencement speech at liberty university today. the president is scheduled to arrive in lynchburg after 9:00 this morning for the ceremony to begin at 10:00. the christian school's president was among some of his bi

it started with bank fraud here in the falls church and the alexandria sections of fairfax county.the scheme started in january 2015 when 12 to 14 suspects engaged in check-kiting at nine banks. they would write checks and take out money from accounts that had no available cash. then they bought cigarettes from the stores and then they were respecting vehicles to transport the cigarettes to new york. >> price of cigarette in richmond is low. price in the northeas extremely high. they will transport them up to new york and double the profit. it's extensive investigation and this is a very large group of people which is unusual. 19 of the individuals are in custody and the authorities are confident that they will catch the others. they brought in millions of dollars and a lot is unaccounted for. the federal authorities are looking into weather any of that money is linked to terrorism. jonathan: you can see what is left of the daylight trying to piece through the crowds to get sunshine. sunshine. we could get more rain on tap. doug: sunday will be the better outdoor weather day than t

gw parkway down in alexandria traffic lights on flash at slater's lane.his time of morning. please allow for extra time. treat that intersection as though you would a stop sign until they get those traffic lights fixed. aside from that you can see secondaries in alexandria looking pretty good right now. 295 southbound typical delays in the district between burroughs avenue and pennsylvania avenue. northbound side a little bit heavier. and then the 11th street bridge quiet. fourteenth street bridge still good. we have northbound 95 delays building from dale city all the way up to the beltway. some stop-and-go traffic. south of that point you're a bit heavy from fredericksburg as you make your way into stafford this morning. metro is on time except for safe track impacting the green and yellow rush plus. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you allison. >> mother's day of course is sunday and we want to see more pictures of you and your mom. that was one of our colleagues here michelle and her mom. use the #fox5moms. keep them coming. we love

. >>> if your taxes are going up you call alexandria home. city council adopted a new budget that raises the local property tax 5.7 cents and increases your water and sewer fees combined. that means almost $7 every year for the average homeowner. >> i'm not the wealthiest person in alexandria but raise my taxes to make sure we have affordable housing. >> i feel that this is too much and that we had options that were presented to us that we could have taken a different course. >> the vote passed 6-1. the mayor was the only no vote. average property taxes will increase by $356 a year. the rest of the increases come from fees from storm water management and sewer line maintenance increasing by $350 a year. the council says that money is needed to deal with overcrowded schools, outdated sewers and to fund metro. >>> a man who runs a youth soccer team faces charges for allegedly sexually abusing a player. officers tell us the victim was according to charging documents the girl says he would touch her under her shirt and told her to keep a secret.

bad news for alexandria homeowners..il is indicating it plans to raise the local property tax rate five-point-seven cents. the move is an attempt to address years of overcrowded schools, aging buildings still-growing bill for metro. the proposal would cost the owner of an average alexandria home about 356 dollars more per year in property taxes. the council is set to vote on the proposal tomorrow. the house is set to vote on a bipartisan spending bill today. but the white house is pushing back on democrats claiming they got the better end of the deal. budget director mick mulvaney says the agreement is actually a win for the administration. meanwhile a frustrated president trump lashed out in a tweet that the country quote "needs a good shutdown in september to fix the mess." top house republicans are scrambling to prevent another collapse of their push to repeal and replace obamacare. but they may have found a way to win over some moderate g-o-p holdouts. at issue.. pre-existing conditions. under the current proposal, s