anjali hemphill. >> good morning, guys, yes t. was monday president was hit with a lawsuit over real estate holdings like trump international hotel behind me. and now today a new lawsuit is expected to come down with the support of almost 200 democratic lawmakers. "washington post" is reporting democratic senator richard bloomen thal led the filing in district court and representative john conners jr. will lead the effort in the house. post is reporting according to advanced copy of the complaint they obtained there's a "foreign emalument clause in the constitution that requires the president to get permission from congress before getting gifts and trump empire is incentive trump businesses special treatment. attorney again ral monday for maryland and d.c. fled a lawsuit seeking tax returns saying ownership of trump international hotel in d.c. violates constitutional law that bars elected officials from receiving gifts and personal payments. now the post is reporting so far 196 lawmakers joined recent

anjali anjali hemphill is live on capital hill with the story. anjali, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, guys, last week it was hearing for james comey and today, all eyes will be back here on capital hill as attorney general jeff sessions will face fresh questions about russian contacts during the election campaign and role in the firing of the former fbi director. this is all coming at the same time president trump is trying to push his agenda on the country infrastructure. today trump will be in wisdom in wisconsin promoting jobs. sessions is testifying in a hearing before a intelligence committee later this afte afternoon. there will likely be tough questions thrown his way regarding russian am bar door and comey firing and recuseing himself. president trump says it was a mistake for sessions to recuse himself. his press secretary said trump has no issue with him testifying in open setting. >> i think the president has been clear last week in the rose garden that he believes the sooner we can get this addressed and dealt with the

anjali hemphill fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> all right, thanks so much anjali.he chaotic scene we also had rain coming down. >> yup. >> for the firefighters. obviously that's cleared out. >> yes. >> but sunny now and hopefully it will stick around. >> yeah, absolutely will. it's funny we've been talking all week about what could be a really wet saturday morning with the cold front and the remnants of post tropical system cindy but that moved through overnight. it's long gone now. it's going to be a gorgeous afternoon. it's already bright and sunny. 76 at reagan national, 74 dulles, 75 bwi. maybe those heavy downpours woke you up. it was brief but pretty strong when it moved through into the district about 4:30 this morning. 76 in d.c. but it's already 78 in manassas, 78 in culpeper, 73 in leonardtown annapolis. it's a warm morning but as we go through the day, it will dry out a bit. it will become less humid and much more comfortable. storm tracker radar showing the very last of the showers now moving off shore. it looks like they just about cleared ocean city m

that's the latest in northwest, anjali hemphill, fox5 local news. >> all right, thanks so much anjali>>> okay, and so we obviously want to see your pictures. share them with us. if you're going to be joining in on the festivities of the capitol pride parade here are some we're already looking at. tweet us all weekend long usualing #capitol pride. we see a lot of those photos coming in. keep them coming. d.c. pride with marianne here out there with her friends. the city is that decked in rainbow, everything is gay and okay, #capitol pride. keep it coming. >>> let's take a look at some of the other top stories happening this morning. we've learned new information on the condition of two d.c. police officers hurt in a hit-and-run thursday night in the adams morgan area. one is expected to be released from the hospital soon and the other remains in serious condition. a pickup truck drove right into them as the officers worked to clear a traffic jam on 18th street. our fox5's paul wagner picks up the story from here. >> reporter: witnesses to the collision say one bicycle officer wane side

"fox5" anjali hemphill is live this morning with the latest on that.ali. >> good morning, guys, yes, it is attorney general turn in the hot seat here on capitol hill today as he will face fresh questions about his rishian contacts during the election and role in the firing of former fbi director james as you said, all coming at the aim same time president trump is push ago agenda on infrastructure. he'll number wisconsin promoting jobs and that visits will likely not be the focus as sessions is testifying in a public hearing before the senate intelligence committee later this afternoon. there will likely be tough questions thrown his way. especially regarding conversations he has had with the president, russian officials and his involvement until comey firing and his decision to recuse himself from the fbi investigation. president trump continues to say it was all a mistake for sessions to recruise himself but press secretary sean spicer says trump has no issue with him testifying in an open setting. >> i think the president has been clear last week in

anjali hemphill. "fox5 local news". >> we vup date now gruesome murder of 17-year-old girl in fairfax county and investigators say this appears to be case of road rage and as of right now they do not believe that nabra hassan was targeted because of relimbon bought she was targeted and they're demanding justice for her death. they have more on the investigation. >> around 3:00 the police come to my home and say want to talk to you for your daughter we're thinking maybe somebody he take her to the hospital. >> after learning about be loved daughter's murder. >> i find my daughter died already. >> reporter: i daughter with so much life app a bright future ahead of her. >> she love everybody. ask anybody. she love everybody. >> nabra's father is trying to make sense of why somebody would want to take her life. >> have to drive in the and go close to the mosque. >> mohamad believes nabra was innocent and person arrested the maybe he wants to face. >> why do do you this? >> is filled with so much hate? >>

fox5's anjali hemphill is outside d.c. superior court with more on the story.ali. >> reporter:. >> reporter: sarah, one of those four people who were arrested faced a d.c. judge here this afternoon where he was held without bond and d.c. police hope others involved in that vicious attack will also be brought to >> i condemn this attack. it was an affront to our values as washingtonians and as americans and it was a clear assault on the first amendment. >> reporter: harsh words from are d.c. mayor muriel bowser after 18 people are now facing charges from an alleged attack by turkish security personnel on peaceful protesters outside the turkish embassy back in may. >> with the help of state of the art technology, law enforcement has identified several suspects by comparing screen captures from video footage to visas to passport images. >> reporter: d.c. police say nine people were hurt after security hired to accompany the turkish president during official business in washington, d.c. attacked them during a peaceful protest on may 16th. two arrests were made that

anjali hemphill is there tonight. anjali they are remembering what happened and honoring people there. >> yes they did earlier today, jim. you know, we found out last week that america's past time hasbility to bring together both democrats and republicans with that congressional baseball game and it's hope of alexandria city officials here that the sport of baseball will also bring together their community again and you can see behind me here on the field where games were supposed to be played today dugout and flowers as city officials hoped to reintroduce this baseball field and sports complex to thousands of kids who play on it every week and to reassure them this is a safe and happy place and however you can see the weather there making a mess out there. so that reopening ceremony for today was postponed due to the weather. but earlier today the city recognized many drove police fire and personnel that helped save lives under fire today at that press conference alexandria police released these pictures of three off

that's the latest here in alexandria, anjali hemphill, >> all right thanks so much anjali. >>> hello.oud cover.we l not the best for working on yonsely. >> it does. it's very comfortable to go outside for a walk. >> we got a trace of run, well 101 of an inch from those showers. out of d.c. and baltimore that was breaking a streak of 15 days of no rain so i didn't even realize that. we really went through such a dry period before getting a tiny bit of rain yesterday. maybe getting some today but no doubt we should get that by monday so it has actually been a very dry stretch. 74 at reagan, 72 at dulles, 73 bwi. let's check everywhere else. temperatures are very mild here this morning. most of us stayed above the 70-degree mark. that indicates a very humid air mass overhead. radar showing a few showers drifting north maryland through pennsylvania and i think it those two friends, heat and humidity but it will be noticeably hotter today with high temperatures in the upper 80's and noticeably hotter than that tomorrow, father's day it looks sunnier, a little bit drier but it will be warme

. >> anjali hemphill live outside the trump hotel in original west with more, anjali. >> good morning, ladies, unprecedented. two days ago the president was hit with a lawsuit regarding real estate holdings specifically trump international hotel here in d.c.. now today a new lawsuit coming down with the support of almost 200 democratic lawmakers and it's democratic senator richard bloomen thal leading filing in federal district court and john conners jr. will lead legal effort in the house. according to advanced copy of complaint, there's a foreign emolument s clause in the constitution and that requires the president to get concept of congress before accepting gifts and trump emtire it alleges is incentive to give trump businesses special treatment and meanwhile back on monday the attorney general for maryland and d.c., they filed a lawsuits against the president seeking his tavrming returns, claiming trump's ownership of the trump international hotel in d.c. violates constitutional law. that specifically bars elected officials from severing gifts and personal payments. guys, so far

anjali hem now. >> anjali, where are you and what are you seeing right now?porter: hey, guys we judd arrived on scene here to the baseball field. we are staning on the back side of the field on the outside fence of the outfield here. but as you can see, my photographer zooms in here. right behind the dug out there, in the back stop area you can see a lot of flashing lights from fire truck, several personnel and law enforcement are still on scene there. it's hard to see exactly what is going on from our vantage point here, but obviously a lot of police presence, and right now, the entire park is roped off with crime scene tape no one is allowed to get any colors than& where we are now as he pans over to the parking lot you can see several more emergency vehicles here. self more police cars as well as some officers standing by keeping watch. again we just arrived on scene here. so a lot of the chaos has subsided after those shots rang out, but certainly the extent of this crime seen here you can tell quite a fright for the people that were playing baseball here

trhoh challenging "fox5" anjali hemphill live on capitol hill with the latest. anjali, good morning. >> good morning, yeah, last week it was james comey. >> reporter: and today it will be attorney general jeff sessions in the hot seat here on capitol hill as he will face fresh questions about his russian contacts during the elect firing of former fbi today he will number wisdom martin pro noting jobs and that wiingt will likely be over shadowed by session is and regarding conversations he has had with president. russian officials. specifically am bar door and involvement in comey firing and decision to recuse himself from the fox m president trump has hasish of him testifying in open setting. >> i thinks president was clear last week in the rose garden they he believes the sooner question get this addressed and dealt with he want no >> today's hearing is scheduled to start at 2:30 this afternoon. meanwhile, guys, there are reports from associated close to the president he may be considering special council robert muller. that's the man in charge of investigating

anjali hemphill, "fox5 local news". >> anjali thank you "fox5" is tracking metro and safe track. almost over. final search started sunday. what does this round mean. no red line trains between shady grove and spinning br brook. they will transport ride others to time destinations. >> also in the districts mayor bowser and d.c. police officers teamed up to offer residents tips on how to avoid the smash and grab car theft you hear about. some tips included removing keys from the ignition obviously and making sure your windows are closed and locking your doors and keeping valuable items out of site. officers were out in the district today leaving mock tickets on cars they identified as perfect target for thieves. >> we are focused on theft from another and also theft and package thefts and we know where things are and the person that steals from package on the force is same person doing the theft. it's an opportunistic crime right. so when we can do those things and arrest that person we may not get them from the theft from pack am theft or stealing a bike out of somebody's yard and

anjali, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys.morning out here and, you know, there really is no better place to be on the fourth of july than the national mall and even though we are still days away from the fireworks, set up for all the other events going on all weekend long has already begun. take a look behind me. we've got a circus tent right now set up on the national mall. this is part of the smithsonian folk life festival its their 50th anniversary and of course the theme this year circus arts. visitors will be able to delve into the history and culture of the circus so if you're into that kind of thing, if you're having maybe circus withdrawals after it ending this is going to be probably a pretty cool event for you to attend. the national mall is expected to be visited b thousands of people over the next several days and so we definitely want to make sure you're informed of how it's all going to work and of course if you're visiting the national mall metro is going to be a big factor of how you get down here. so, some ch

fox5's anjali hemphill is live from the hill with more now. anjali?ladies. today's hearing here on capitol hill is expected to start at 2:30 this afternoon. it's a hearing attorney general jeff sessions requested be open to the public and it may be explosive. >> jeff sessions couldn't jean sal senator a former co-worker are not likely to yield much ground as he make his return today. >> democrats salivating to go after their former colleague. esche not expect softball because he's a former member of the senate. i think he knows that. >> right off the top sessions may face questions about whether his boss is considering firing special counsel bob mueller. appointed by the justice department just last month. to carry out a criminal probe into possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. >> they attacked the referee and try to be smirch the reputation of someone like mr. mueller. >> reporter: democrats defend mueller but a key ally of the president news max ceo christopher rudd dee says the white house is considering getting rid of him as critics

anjali hemphill live on capitol hill now with more. anjali. >> reporter: well, good morning, guys. yeah, we're on trump tweet watch as well as healthcare watch because it's expected to be a busy day here on capitol hill as senate republicans try to release a draft of their new healthcare plan so a vote can happen when they get back from the july 4th holiday but& it seems all the attention has once again been taken up by trump's tweets. the president playing dinner host last night with south korea's president. it all looked polite and dignified enough but twitter can be another matter where donald trump has never really held back calling people dopey losers. still when cable tv host joe scarborough and mika brzezinski this is what came out. "i heard poorly rated morning joel speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. then how come low iq crazy mika along with psycho joe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a row around three years eve and insisted on joining me. she was bleeding badly from a face-lift. i said no. condemnation from both sides of the aisle followed. >> i don't see that as

fox5's anjali hemphill has more.eporter: well, one of the four men who have been arrested face a d.c. judge here this afternoon. he was held with no bond and d.c. police hope the others involved in this vicious attack will also be brought to justice. icon disem h this attack. was an affront to our values as washatonianss and as merngs and a clear assault on the first amendment. harsh words from muriel bowser after 18 people are facing charges after an attack on personnel back in may. with the help of state of the art technology, law enforcement has identify several suspects by comparing screen captures from video footage to visas to passport police say nine people were hurt after security hired to t accompany the turkish president during official business in washington, d.c. attacked them during a pieceful protest on may 16. two arrests were made that day, two more, including this man, shimon newer in of virginia were arrested wednesday. d.c. police now have 14 outstanding warrants most of them turkish citizens and t

live in northwest, anjali hemphill fox5 local news. >> 7:11. happening today the man arrested to are having guns and ammunition as d.c.'s trump hotel and scheduled to be arraigned. police took bryan moles in custody last month. >> president trump back at the white house this morning after a campaign style rally in iowa last night. the president touchingn various topics using the opportunity to revel in two republican victories in house seat elections in georgia and south carolina. comments he made about his cabinet member picks which consists of several ceo's and [inaudible] >>> the united states from being on welfare. problem is that that law already exists. it's been on the books for decades. >>> before the rally president trump visited a local commcommunity college to get briefed on new agricultural technology developed there. >>> the sixers on the clock. the nba draft tonight. they have the number one pick expected to take a local guy number one. >> tropical storm cindy making landfall early this morning in louisiana. we're going to have a

our anjali hemphill continues our coverage.eporter: music from a marching band playing lady gaga's born this way filled d.c. streets sunday morning as did a sea of signs, rainbow flagses and tens of thousands of people what do we want equality? when do we want it, now. >> the equality march for county and pride was one o events planned during capital pride weekend in d.c. and people from all over came to celebrate a common cause. with everything going on in america right now i think this is more important than ever that people get and show their support. erin back could be traveled up from manassas that marched along 17th street to the white house and eventually to the national mall i think the message is very clear that gay lesbian section transjer americans are proud and we are marching to send a message to america that we're never, ever going back into our classes. national cochair nicole ramirez says the march is about giving the gbt community heard. it is also about honoring the victims of the pulse nightclub victims in or

our anjali hemphill as the rest. >>reporter: music from a marching band playing lady gaga's born this way filled zc streets sunday morning as did a sea of signs, rainbow flags and tens of thousands of people. what do we want? >> equality. when do we want it? >> now the equality march for unity and pride was one of several events planned during capital pride weekend in d.c. and people from all over came to celebrate a common cause. with everything going on in america right now i think this is more important than ever that people get out here and show their support. up pennsylvania manassas to be a part of this massive crowd that marched along 17th street to the white house and eventually to the national mall. i think the message is very clear that gay leslie and it and transgeneral diser americans are proud than we are marching to send a message to america that we're never, ever going back into our closets. national cochair nicole ramirez says the march is about getting the lgtb community a voice that is heard and it

hey, anjali? >> reporter: hey, guys.from the actual five works, but today is sort of the unofficial kick off to the fourth of july events happening all weekend long here on the national mall. take look behind me here because we've got plenty of set up already happening this is specifically for the smithsonian folk life festival and if you can't tell, the theme this year is circus arts i can tell you there's even a huge circus tent out here. this is going to be for visitors to be able to come and learn about the history and culture of the circus. so it should be pretty cool event going on today. but we all know the national mall is sort of the center of everything this weekend. expected to be visited by hundreds of thousands of people over the next sever days. and we want to make sure that everyone is n of how it's going because certainly one of the mape things you'll want to know about is metro. that's going to be one of the biggest factors on how to get down to the mall this weekend, and we've got some changes that you'

anjali hemphill, locks five local news. >> montgomery county police are still trying to determine ifas also targeted or was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. we're following breaking news out of london where police say a vehicle hit a group of pedestrians. it all happened in northeast l morning there in london. authorities say there are a number of casualties, one person is under arrest. police have closed the area to traffic. the muslim counsel says the pedestrians were worshipers leaving a nearby mosque. >> with everything that has been going on in london, but we'll stay on top of that story as well. here in our area celebrating the dads today with a little bit of heat. >> happy father's day. >> it didn't for the most part rain. it kind of held objection to the form we were very lucky today, actually. not a hundred percent of the clear as we move into knit in the overnight hours . we'll see some clouds and i can't rule out maybe you might get a passing sprinkle here and there or maybe an isolated storm. right now primarily radar is showing that things over areas of of ou

anjali, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, guys, we've been running around this del ray neighborhood speaking to several neighbors and people who not only witnessed this horrific and frightening incident this morning but they also ducked and took cover. some of them ran to their nearby homes. not knowing where the bullets were coming from. where the shooter was. quite a terrifying experience that they have described t this morning. you can see behind me here the street is block off. still plenty of police presence but many people were actual until nearby dog park when this shooting started. they heard the gunshots ring out. they say they immediately knew it was gunshots. they themselves hid behind cars. and i'll let them take it over from here and tell you more of what they witnessed. >> we was in my car. we was just leaving the gym and we heard a loud bang, and so it was a brief silence and then she look at me i look at her multiple gunshots and i hid behind my car. i just hid behind my car and i just reali

that's the latest in nort northwest, anjali hemphill, "fox5 local news". >> president today will continue his week-long focus on jobs. president expected to sign executive order that would likely eliminate government oversight of apprenticeship programs. he'll talk more about that this afternoon. >> and president is also celebrating his birthday toda today. he's turning 71. dwiter, which we know the president is fopd of using is park marking the day. if you go to his twitter page the real donald trump you notice a bunch of balloons floating. we're showing it to you there. flow floating to top of page. happy birth day to president trump turning 71. >> did you notice? >> i have not noticed. >> if you got them let us know. >> cool feature. >> it's cool. >> what has not been cool is the weather. >> speaking of cool. it's going to be a little cooler today right. >> little better. up to 0. storms later during the afternoon and they will break the heat waiver. yesterday we broke a record dulles and tied baltimore. and it will be i cooler day upper 80s to 90s. warm and humid out early morning. re

. >> reporter: anjali davis, fox news. >> not on her watch a local mom went to some impressive representset her son's bike back. >> you know what, you don't see this every day. do you? car up a pole. your eyes are not playing tricks on you. ♪ local mom making news after she went to extraordinary lengths to get her son's bike back. she used the power of the internet to get to the bottom of it and crack the case. >> shawnette wilson in havertown with the story. shawnette it sounds like good old-fashioned detective work going on here. >> reporter: that's certainly what police would say, lucy, right? and for $600 bike i say go get them mom. she actually went to the house to get back the bike but says the family wasn't cooperating. that's when she decided to allow police to finish the job. >> it was a christ nass gift last year. it was, you know, his only gift that he got. it was very expensive. >> reporter: caroline but company made more than $600 for this mountain bike for her 14-year-old son aiden. you can imagine the panic that set in when he came home and told her someone had stolen it wh

anjali hemphill live on capit hill now with more. good morning, anjali. >> reporter: good morning.n't forget today is an important day for health care as a draft of the new republican health care plan could come down today. so a vote here in the senate can happen after the july 4th holiday but trump's tweets yesterday continue to take center stage and it sounds like he's also just put out a tweet responding to everything that happened yesterday but let's back it up to yesterday morning's early morning tweets where trump took aim at cane tv host joe scar bow row and mika brzezsinki saying... >> reporter: now condemnation from both sides of the aisle followed even though the white house says it was all in response to the steady stream of attacks by programs like morning joe on meanwhile this morning bolling joe and mika are responding to the tweets on their show. take listen. >> you know, big picture, my father just passed away. my mother had two heart tax, my daughter just lost a friend. those are the things i'm really worried about. the president's tweets,. [ laughter ],. >> whethe

in anne arrundel county, anjali hemphill fox5 local newsily. >> ♪ >> new tonight take a good look athis picture on your screen. d.c. police need your help identifying this little girl she was found alone just after 10 o'clock last night in the 2900 block of 14th street northwest. she is described as hispanic between two and five years owned primarily speaks spanish. she was wearing black pants, a white tank top and blue sandals if you recognize this little girl please call d.c. police. >> we told you about this st know a suspect accused of engaging in illicit sexual contact with a minor at arlington national cemetery has turned himself in. the incident happened on memorial day during the wreath laying ceremony. the man repeterlily tupped a girl in an inappropriate manner. officials say the suspect of course has indeed turned himself in. >>> meantime low income residents in the district of columbia can now get free security cameras if they qualify. >> the mayor made the announcement in a press conference today. fox5's alexandria limon has more details on this. >> reporter: the mayor's

anjali hemphill is live from the hill now with more. anjali. >> reporter: well, good morning.t hearing that will happen in the hart senate office building here on capitol hill at 2:30 this afternoon it's going to -- it was requested by session to be open and it may be explosive. jeff sessions may have been a couldn't scene jal senator just a few months ago. but his former co-workers are not likely to yield much ground as he makes his return today. >> democrats o and very smart ones are salivating to go after their former colleague. he should not expect softball because he's a former member of the senate. i think he knows that. >> right off the top sessions may face questions about whether his boss is considering firing special council bob mueller. a and poped by the justice department just last month to carry out criminal probe into possible ties between russia and the trump cal pain. >> they attacked the referee and try to be smirch the reputation of someone like mr. mueller. >> reporter: democrats defend mueller but a key ally of the president news max ceo christopher rudd d

. >> anjali hemphill is live with what welsh faces in court today. morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. today is the day when the man responsible for terrifying people at this popular pizza restaurant comment ping-pong will face a judge at 10:30 this morning to learn his sentence after immediating guilty back in march. he had war welch, tway years old, admitted to traveling to d.c. armed with an assault rival confrontation known as pizza gate. that's unfounded conspiracy theory that 11 the hillary clinton campaign was linked to a child sex trafficking ring that oped out of the basement of met pink upon the incident true national headlines when welsh showed up on a quiet sunday afternoon and opened fire, firing off at least once inside the restaurant. luckily hurting nobody. before this sentence hearing, though edgar welsh did summit a hand writ tepp letter to the federal judge seeking leniency in the letter he wrote in part "i am truly sorry for epp dangering the safety of any other bystander who's were present that day. unfortunately, i cannot