you are will see the purple line getting around >> this will connect hyattsville to bethesda, angelie hemphill is live with the product as they get ready to turn on the green light. good morning, angelie. >> reporter: here at the new carrolton, station, the purple line will come to town and the governor hogan and elaine chow will attend ground breaking and ceremonial signing ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction of that 16-mile stretch of the purple line, which up until recently, guys, as you know, was in risk of not moving forward. there's 21 stations planned. both in prince george's county and montgomery county, and they have faced backlash from a opponents have argued the line could would not reduce congestion or spur. economic growth which was a criteria to secure the funding. it was only recently an apellet court overturned a lower court ruling in favor of a lawsuit filed against the purple line construction, that finally gave state to go ahead to start building and ended that decade's long fight. the federal government is expected to fund $900 million, that will help cover

angelie hemphill fox 5 local news. >>> turning to the weather now. taking a live look at the capitol dome. looks like we may have gray at least cloudy skies and we have several thunderstorm warnings out there right now >> let's go to gary mcgrady for the latest. >> it's gotten real active out there. let me show you. we take you down to charles county. i think this is one of the strongest out there i've been watching this closely for the last half our orders, big wind coming out. they've extended the warning further out to the east. they will go until 6:45. prince george's county and st. mary's. you see the humidities ahead of the storm. most severe part right now is over denseville. and we're talking about good wind out of this, maybe more than 60 miles per hour and right in here, is just south of roger's mills i'm getting the biggest wind reports, again, all along highway 6 here, the core of this storm is denseville expect hail possible as well as extremely heavy rain and there's a lot of lightening coming out as well. the severe thunderstorm warnin

in northeast, angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. >>> all right.are talking aut everyone is talking about next monday, the solar eclipse >> one week from today it will be over. the hype will end. and we'll talk about this coming up, i'm hoping we get a clear day, tony and marina. >> does it look cloudy >> no, it doesn't looks good here. i'll tell you where it might be dicey >> is this to scale? >> good question and we're not prepared to answer that right now. i'm not sure double-check the dimensions of the sun, i will tell you this, i saw a total solar eclipse years ago in 1998 and struck me that the sun was much smaller than expected when i finally was able to look at it. it's when the moon passes between the earth and the sun and the shadow of the moon blocks the sun out for awhile. but it's a very small area in which you see the total darkness, like i saw in 1998. and dc unfortunately is not in that path. that's not to say we might not have a pretty cool show. but you're not going to get total darkness out of the eclipse in our area, just to giv

angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. >>> time is 5:33. the removal of those confederate statuings comes as president trump deals with major contoversy over his latest remarks on the violence in charlottesville. the president was heavily criticized for blaming quote many sides for the violence in charlottesville. one woman was killed, dozens more hurt after a man plowed his car into a crowd of counter protesters. on monday, in a carefully address, the president denounced the white supremacist and called racism evil but then he was back to blaming both sides. >> what about the alt left that came charging at the alt right, do they have any semblance of guilt? >> i believe there's blame on both sides. you look at -- you look at both sides. i think there's blame on both sides. of and i have no doubt about it and you don't have doubt about it either. >>> both democrats and republics are calling him out. paul ryan and senator marco rubio are a few of hundreds of members of congress who took to twitter last night to tweet about their displeasure.

fox 5 angelie hemphill is live with the latest. angelie? >> reporter: it was a solemn news conference, prince george's county police called this a heartless crime and the entirety community is grieving with this family of these three young girls all under the age of ten years old. their bodies were discovered inside a home here that you can see is still surrounded by crime scene tape. and at this time, no one has been arrested. >> i was shank i'm still shaking, because of the fact there are three children dead in my neighborhood. >> reporter: aerial footage show as deflated kitty pool in the backyard where three children were found dead friday morning >> we're able to see they're call girls, they're all under the age of ten. they had trauma to the body. as i mentioned to you this morning, and that this is a homicide. >> reporter: prince george's county police say family members discovered the bodies of young girls inside this house in clinton around 7:30 this morning. neighbor james pinkney came back home around 8:00 a.m. to find this stree

angelie hemphill fox 5 local news. >>> next at 10:30 are you geared up to watch the next month rare solar >> what to do to protect your eyes next. uceclipse . >>> blowing out the candles on your birthday cake, turns out the tradition increases bacteria by 1400%. >>> a professor another klemm son university study to get them thinking about food safety. the professor said don't let this ruin your next birthday party unless the birthday boy or girl is sick, you should be fine taking in that bacteria. >> yes, that's but cream. >> a warning from nasa to people who plan to watch the solar eclipse with special viewing glasses. nasa says there are counterfeit glasses sold. four manufacturers certified they meet the international standards. >> i cannot believe it's almost eclipse time. >> i went to one in 1997. it's mind blowing. >> i remember it >> here, the danger is it will be partially eclipse, a lot will be eclipse 80% will be attempting to look at it and really like, you know, give yourself >> this is where you get the cardboard with the pinhole. >> i thought -- that will work but it's so bo

live in baltimore, angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. >>> meanwhile, the removal of those confederate statues and president trump latest remark >> the president is facing more backlash over the most recent remarks yesterday to the press. maureen umeh jones us with the latest. >> reporter: the president was blaming many sides for the violence in charlottesville. one woman was killed and dozens more hurt after a man plowed his car into a crowd of counter protesters. on monday, in a carefully worded address, the president denounced the white supremacist and called racism evil. but then yesterday, the president was back to blaming both sides. >> protesters are riled up against over donald trump's remark on charlottesville. large crowds gathered outside trump tower tuesday to voice anger with the commander in chief. many were already upset he didn't condemn white supremacist groups. in the immediate aftermath. he did acknowledge them in hit latest press conference but critics believe he equated the actions of the white national groups with the people protesting them. >> i think there's bla

angelie hemphill, news >> we heard earlier three statues were down now we're hearing all four, is that correct? all four statues taken down in baltimore? >> reporter: yes. we can confirm all four were taken down, it's unclear the timeline of when but all are gone. now that the sun is up. >> thank you very much. live in baltimore this morning at 7:00 the removal comes as the president deals with major controversy over his latest remarks? the president is facing more backlash over most recent marks that he made yesterday to the press, maureen umeh joins us with the latest >> good morning the president was heavily criticized saturday for blaming quote many sides for the violence in charlottesville. one woman killed, dozens more hurt after a man plowed his car into a crowd of counter protesters on monday in a carefully worded address, the president denounced the white supremacists and called racism evil but then yesterday, the president was back to blaming both sides. >> does anybody an infrastructure >> president trump hoped to talk about infrastructure and had a prop ready to drive home