bob barnard is on this bus. he is giving us an update on what commuters can expect when they hit the roads today expecting to see a busy traffic day with metro rail system shut down. erin why don't you tell us what we can expect on the roads. >> this bus more crowded than 20 minute ago and extra metro bus snvs place between penitentiary going f gop and franklin square. keep in mind metro access and parking lots are free if you want to park your car one of those locations we'll get crowded quickly during the metro shut down. and from maryland openings for public transportation aside from metro ride on bus running on regular weekday schedule today and they'll be providing additional buses where possible once we get more information from them we'll share. it mta marked camden clarification all trains will serve green belt and operate as usual to and from union station. if you head out in virginia today. vre has regular service available and you can also take fairfax county corrector they're offering additional serv

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. >> that's the headline.t's part of the deal.rt bob barnard live in northeast tt try to explain more how this h t will work. bob? >> steve and allison, goodon, morning. part of much larger crime pre pe tension effort led by d.c. council member kenyan mcduffie creating several new new initiatives. one of them being this plan to pay young people to stay out of trouble. if they're at risk for committing crimes they can workr with a new team of city c officials to come up way live plan that steers them away from a life of crime and they'll get paid to do that.o do t up to 200 people a year. d.c. mayor mur eighty threeyhr bowser expressed some concernssd about the cost of the which is based on a similar onee in richmond, california.. >> i'm looking to see what thett council is going to do in termsr of put something workor requirements and requirements around how those funds are used, and evaluation for hour they're' used just like some of the o requirements that have been put on other work programs like the summer youth program. >> reporter: now, the new lawaw is called the near act for a

cornell barnard has the story. >> reporter: a routine training exercise for firefighters quickly became a rescue mission on the water. this firefighter still wet standing in his bare feet was one of six firefighters thrown into the pacific. it happened during that training exercise near the cliff house. seven firefighters aboard a 30-foot rescue fire boat when they got into trouble. >> conditions were pretty calm, as i understand it. there was a big wave that came up. some might call it a rogue wave and flipped the boat. >> reporter: all firefighters tossed into the chilly water. first responders on jet skis were nearby but rescuing everybody wasn't easy. >> the jet ski came to get one swimmer, or person in the water. the person grabbed on and the waves were breaking and the jet ski had to leave him and bounced off a couple of waves and ultimately came back and pulled a couple of people back. >> were you worried? >> we thought maybe somebody wise trapped on the rocks. >> reporter: sky 7 hd was over land's end where the boat drifted. >> we've had some of our most experienced firefighters

abc news reporter cornell barnard is live there. and cornell, how cooperative were passengers with police? >> reporter: eric, not helpful at all, apparently, in fact, passengers we're told, were hostile with the officers, one assaulted the investigator? why? we don't know. but we do know the passengers will survive, their conditions are improving. the bus company, the person operating the bus, not saying much at all. the person you're looking at for the distance was not involved in the shooting. chp says they're searching for the suspect but don't have much to go on. the bay bridge area was closed after the gunmen opened fire and injured one passenger critically. they were returning to san francisco, we counted at least nine bullet holes in the side of the bus. the driver was not hurt and told police he saw two gunmen driving a red suv who took off. but party bus passengers were angry and combative with the officers. >> i provided a statement, y'all described a suspect vehicle, several were combative and one even assaulted our offic

>> what a mess it's been.a mess' bob barnard, thank you for that. >>> well, it h h tkittart to the workeek, and a first check of the forecast. f rtod morning?. wta l> welcome back, holly.ol . go.soggy early week.ly w yes, low clouds and the drizzlei out there. here to stay.y. 50 now in washington.hin. fours north and west. west 45 in martinsburg and winchest winchester. 47 in hagerstown and these a temperatures not going to much lot today.loday winds out of the east and theofe north that will lock down the wo cool for the day today.ay there's your cloud cover. c cov and again damp, drizzle, most of the measurable rain out of heree now. but we're watching a few showerh kind o thhe pattern locked down here forner couple more days.ore d all rigunhtdn the seven day iny just a minute, guys.ute, g back to you.yo >> thanks tucker.ucke we want to get now to horrificc shooting in prince george'sce g county.unty an officer gunned down just dayd before his 29th birth today. >> this marks the second shooting in our region in less l than month that's left anst a officer dead. dead officer jacai cols

that's right it's absolutely a very, very busy day and the good news is right now bob barnard showed us the roads are currently quiet and i can guarantee it will not stay that way much longer. if you are up, getting out to work, right now, is your best bet. >> you should have left yesterday. >> don't do your hair just get in the car now. >> know the curling iron seems look a good idea it's not. but the good news is there's a lot of other options. the bad news they'll be really crowd the. this is a lot of people in the city of d.c. that depend on metro every day. so what can you do. extra metro bus service now. you can take metro bus service. they're tweeting outleting you know hey it's crowded. i'll make it ahead. and free parking at the metro lot. a t today during the shut down. uber is capping pricing at 3.9% that's high make sure you budget for that. offering normal service and virginia vre regular service fairfax connector they're offering additional service and can get to you penitentiary gop and from that point into the district from metro bus. we'll goat other information with

cornell barnard has the eye opening results. >> a last us are going nowhere fast.y inching along. in traffic. >> how do you describe it? >> ex hasting -- exhausting. >> she car pools monday through friday to san francisco. >> it takes two hours to get home. >> a study shows bay area commuters spend 75 hours sitting in traffic in 2015. the worst commutes is highway 101 in san francisco. from hospital curve across the bay bridge. when we speed up the drive along the skyway it is still bad. >> tuesday, wednesday, thursday, morning commute from 6:30 to 9:30 is considered the worst time on the road. >> we flew over the east shore freeway through emeryville approaching the maze and another rough commute in the bay area which made the list. and a big stretch of 280 through san jose. there is a reason it takes longer. >> low unemployment rate and obviously low fuel costs put more people on the road. >> public transportation options are plenty where we live, but they do not work for everyone. some commuters say they have seen worse. >> it is worse in manila. >> hang in ther

bob barnard has been trying luck on bus. making his way to foggy bottom. how is the commute going looks like you made friends. >> we have 1 and i now and you can see now the bus thinned out a bit. we got on nay lor road i will tell you this is around 5 a.m. plenty of parking free marking nay lor road we hopped on and people loaded on to the pus and they've slowly gotten off as we head to 36 bus and spoke to brenda earlier she normally takes the train and got on this bus earlier than normal because of anticipated slow commute. it was not bad. maryland is here. how do you normally get to wor work. >> usually subway or bus i have options. >> you do. >> yes. >> like brepd ahere did you get on early today. >> a little early yes, i did. >> i arrived 5:30 this morning to take the bus. >> going all the way to foggy >> it's hopefully for people of the -- safefy of the people. >> even if it's inconvenine. >> yes, safety first. >> there you go. do any of you guys normally take the train to work? no, you do, sir? >> did you have to lever earlier today because of the n

cornell barnard is live with that. >> diplomatic relations for the u.s. are warming, going there is about to get less complicated for tourists and those in the bay area doing outreach in parts of cuba that need support. images of cuba not always seen by tourists. this is eastern cuba where water and other resources are often scarce. >> people walk up to five, six, ten kilometers to get water. >> reporter: ni they started the non-profit bay area cuban alliance phelping bring clean water and clean energy to cuba. >> solar panel. wind. you know, with wind, with water rp the group has already installed water filtration systems in several towns called colonies. new openness with the u.s. and cuba will make the job easier. >> we can send things and have a bank account and work with people on the ground there in a much easier way. >> reporter: as for tourism, going to cuba is about to get easier, too. >> the announcement has been made for reestablishing direct flights and my estimation is within the year, we will see that. >> reporter: until then, getting there

abc news reporter cornell barnard is there with the very latest. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, this gas station is closed until further notice. just take a look at the extensive damage from the fire after a paratransit van caught fire here today. the van was just towed away. now, many witnesses started rolling their cell phone cameras when they heard the explosions. flames and explosions heard as the 25-passenger paratransit van caught fire about 2:30 today. here's another angle of the fire at the chevron station at 9th and howard. the fire department says no passengers were on board. the driver pulled into the station because he was having engine problems. sky hd was overhead. the smoke could be seen for miles. now, the driver said that the engine was overheating. he walked into the station looking for a mechanic. moments later the fire started. manager of the nearby burger king told everyone to get out. >> and from there it just got bigger and bigger, reached the ro roof. my other manager, myself, got everybody out of here to get past the line down there fo

bob barnard live for us atst dulles. dulles. very much.an we appreciate it.we >> let's check in with tuck kearse barnegat a look at your forecast now. ack 7:37. 7:37. tuck. some changes in the weatherth today. to this seems to be the changing cg point of the week.. >> yeah. i mean cold this morning andornd then later this afternoon we'lln warm it up into the low 60s, and get ready 70s around here by hee wednesday and thursday.huda cherry blossoms on track forck their big blossoms starting stan tomorrow. i think with temps in the 70spsi we'll see that. t 37 now in washington. 35 up in new york city.or cit 34 in boston where they got couple of inches of fresh snow s yesterday. 43 out in chicago.n chic we are generally waking up thata 37 at reagan national one of the warm spots so much of our areacu in the upperr 20s, low 30s to 3s start your morning.ur few clouds out we'll gradually turn mostlyurn l sunny. we'll also be noticeably warmerr this afternoon.ernoon daytime highs in the low 60s ans it should be a dry tuesday foror you.

coming up: air travelers can expect to see increased security, we'll check in with bob barnard, bob is at dullos international airport with the changes you can expect. >> another live look right now at brussels belgium we head to break. moment of silence will be held coming up at the top of the hour. that will be noontime in brussels. also, learning, new details about one of the alleged attackers, those details coming up next. >> live look at brussels, belgium. our time it will be 7:00 a.m., moment of silence to remember the now 34 victims who lost their lives in yesterday's terror attacks, and many more that are still in the hospital, hoping to get home. welcome back to fox5 news morning. let's get the very latest details, though, from maureen, maureen downstairs in our news room, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison, hearing reports from bbc and other media the other gentlemen has been arrested, bbc reporting third suspect has been arrested. yesterday afternoon, this picture of three airport bombing suspects, was released, two men on left believed to be the suicide bomber

good news, nobody was hurt.ur our bob barnard is headed toeade that scene.e'll check in with bob ash bob soon as he gets there. tre. >>> erin will have another update in just a couple of o minutes. welcome back to fox5 news morning. in >>> first though in this news hour, a community mourning thecm loss of an officer gunned downd right in front of policeof polie headquarters. 28-year-old jacai colson shot co and killed in what's beingha b called an ambush attack. a he was a four year veteran of vr the department and assigned to the narcotics unit. u he would have turned 29 thisned week. police say they have two suspects in custody. >>> now that officer's death's a sparking outrage throughout the nation and reaction ison pouring in on our facebook page.page ssseennie wrote so sad.hanie killings of officers who swearso in to protect us. u these murders are uncalledal for. two in a week in this area is ridiculous. this is getting way out ofway of hand.ha. may god comfort his fellow coworkers friends and family. fm >>> we will have more on thise n story at the to

bob barnard live at dullese at d airport with the latest.ates bob it seems like the, i guess,, the atmosphere seems to be seems changing a little bit as more a and more news seems to bes filtering out of europe thisop morning.morning >> reporter: indeed, and rightht on queue here take a look.ueere the airport police here have a k9, three heavily armed officerr here with their machine guns bys their sides clearly on an heightened state of alert.tatefa we happen to be at the unitedte airline ticket counter where a e flight that left here just aftet 7:00 p.m. last night flight 9500 a direct flight to brussels landed at 7:00 a.m. centraltral european time that was right w r about an hour before the attac attacks, and united airlines put out statement saying that all of their employees had beenloye had accounted for and were okay. o made no mention of any of the passengers.passengers any of united airlines customere who were on that flight 950 a direct flight from dulles last s night that again landed an hourh of those passengers could haves been

bob barnard, fox5 local news. > his according police latoya morgan will be sentenced onnten friday and faces up to five years in > a role referring al for r prince george's county states attorney angela brooks she s testified today in support of senate 960 before the hearing ig yap last. if passed the bill add harassment to the definition of abuse in connection with domestic violence incidents. > if i show up and bust your windows out in an attempt to threaten you and make you feel unsafe in your home, that shoult be a crime.rime if you tear your own computer ue in the driveway that's one thing, but what we're trying tog correct is a situation where i show up and break the windows out of the house or i do something else to destroy property in order to make you feel unsafe. > the bill would also increase the number of reasons for granting protective orders. the picture of a baltimore teenager has gone viral becausee of what the young man is doing in the picture. p take a look for yourself. the teenager praying homeless man. i was posted on facebook. the officer had seen plenty ofy peopl

bob barnard reports. >> prosecutors called kelly lows a danger to the communicate six now 40-year-old annapolis medical office administrator was released on parole in 2013 after spending four years of a ten year prison sentence for killing two men in a drunk driving crash on the beltway near bethesda in the summer of 20 09. >> today in rockville courtroom lows told a judge she had indeed been drinking and driving again in recent months and in clear violation of probation. divorced mother of 8-year-old daughter preev yutsly told court and parole officer it wasal toydz that triggered her car's inter lock system. >> john mccarthy prog cuter mark anderson called her a system and said inter lock works and but for the inter lock she would have been driving more. >> lows had her bond revoked today and left court in handcuffs and a frustrated judge calling her a liar and alcoholic and threat to kill somebody else? this is an individual that was given multiple chances both at snptioning and through her probation time to rehab ill state herself and keep herself on the straight and narrow and so

. >> we find bob barnard live he this morning. i know it's early there, bob. what's the atmosphere you're feeling there this morning. . >> holly and wisdom materialsly and we're seeing additional security here. we're at the approach to the terminal here and this was not here yesterday it was airport flashing and i asked the officer if she was parked here to turn and she said she is. this is the ramp. anybody driving up to the parent whether arrivals or departure will see this added police officer. we'll show what you it looks like inside and we're here this morning and there are armed police officers and k-9s patro patrolling and though there's not a threat made to dulles or airlines here or local airport airports. tsa says it stepped up security at the checkpoints and not describing exactly what those are. and passengers will see that there that there is enhanced security to get to other terminals and also the state department issued a travel war warning to anybody traveling to europe. saying isis would like to target sporting events and if aarr headed to eur

in morgan hill, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> new this morning, pope francis is marking palm sundayin rome. rome is the top destination travel location during easter week. thousands of catholics attended this morning and many people took home small olive and palm branches, which are symbols of peace. palm sunday marks the start of holy week. >> the faa and alaska airlines is trying to find out how one woman's phone burst into flames on a flight. she was flying on thursday. the flight was just 90 minutes aquay from landing and over the pacific ocean when, with no warning, her i-phone 6 caught on fire. >> there were like eight-inch flames coming off my phone. i flipped it on the floor. the flames got higher and a bunt of people stood up. >> flight attendant quickly put the fire out. no one was hurt and the flight landed safely. >>> we've all done it, texting while walking. it may not be allowed in some places much longer. some lawmakers are trying to crack down on what they call a risky habit. candice gibson has the story. >> reporter: a new push to make this is criminal offense. >> e

bob barnard live this morning with the latest on that story., we know there is no threat, specifically, to this area, but they just are doing this as a precaution? >> reporter: that's right. wisdom, for the second day in a row now united airlines has canceled its direct daily non- stop flights to brussels, the airport closed again this wednesday. that flight supposed to leave about 7:00, is not going to leave again tonight. you mentioned security, showing you, there have been hea teams, the airport police department here not because of any threat. there is no word of any imminent threat, or any known threat at all against any of the airport or any target, potential target here in the area. there is no a squad car with flight flashing at the entrance outside it. sa at their security check pit, traveling warning to anybody flying to europe, anywhere in europe. talking to passenger here this morning for the most part taking it all in stride. >> i think they already have things line up pretty well. not terribly concerned in the state here. >> i any

cornell barnard, a. about.ew this morning, pope francis is marking palm sunday at the vatican in romo. romo is the top destination travel location during easter week. thousands of agent licks attended this morning and many people took home small olive and palm branches, which are symbols of peace. palm sunday marks the start of holy welcome back. >> the faa and alaska airlines is trying to find out how one woman's phone burst into flames on a flight. she was flying on thursday. the flight was just 90 minutes away from landing, and with no warning her i-phone caught on fire. >> there was like eight-inches of flames. i put it on the ground and the flames were getting higher and a bunch of people stood up. >> flight attendant quickly put the fire out. no one was hurt and the flight landed safely. >>> we've all done it, texting while walking t may not be allowed in some places summer much longer. some lawmakers are trying to crack down on what they call a hay-his being habit w he have the story. >> a new push to ma

bob barnard, fox5 local news. >>> accomplished latoya morgan faces to up five years in prison when she is sentenced on fridays. >>> new tonight, maryland court has ruled one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray can now be ordered to testify against his own colleagues. officer william porter was the first to go to trial over gray's death, trial ended in a hung jury but a judge ruled he could testify against his colleagues, while he waited for a retrial. the trial's of five other office verse been in limbo while appeals court decided whether the ruling would stand. the appeals court's decision means the cases will be sent back to lower court, and those trial can move forward, all six officers face various charges in gray's death when he suffered fatal spinal injury inside baltimore police van last april. >> law makers in maryland are hearing testimony on new law to support children who are victims of child the bill would extend the statute of limitations, allowing victims to take civil action against their abusers. now, the limit right now is seven years, but under the ne

. >> bob barnard this morningarna live on an exclusive story forto us. bob. >> reporter: hey, guys.orte hey new questions this morningor about ambulance response timeslc here in the nation's capitols t after a man is shot on thison street and people captured the aftermath on their cell tir phones. the story is next when fox5 fox news morning continues. >> ♪ >> good morning. welcome back. we are looking at slightlyt sliy cooler air.er a temperature in the 60's toaturee start your day.ur should be a beautiful friday as we are featuring -- let's -le go right to the maps if we can. featuring springtime countsprite down. eight days until spring andunti guess what? we've got ave g couple showers out there showe early. little frontal system trying tin to slip through early this morning will bring us cooler b air later today and tonight. tot 62 now in washington.ashington. notice the 30's and 40'sce0's there.ther pittsburgh only 42 degrees. and 45 in columbus.olbu and again we're going watch a wt brisk northwest wind developrthw in the wake of our frontale syste

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in morgan hill, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> new this morning, pope francis is marking palm sunday in rome. rome is the top italian destination travel location during easter week. thousands of catholics attended this morning and many people took home small olive and palm branches, which are symbols of peace. palm sunday marks the start of holy week. >> we've all done it, texting while driving. it may not be allowed in some places much longer. some are trying to crack down on what they call a high risk habit. candice gibson has the story. >> reporter: a new push to make this is criminal offense. >> even headphones are bad. headphones are bad because you are not paying attention to where you are really going. >> so dangerous. >> i've been caught a couple times, about to get hit by a car. >> a new jersey assemblywoman introduced a bill making violators subject to a $50 fine or 15 days in jail. doesn't matter if you have the right away. the bill states if you are in a crosswalk, your phone has to be put away and you have to be hands-free. >> our abc cameras rolling as one after the oth

twice while i was a student at barnard i was assaulted by police. they hurled homophobic of the fact that me. another time i was beaten by some guys over here in riverside park and police stood by and watched. so, for people of my generation or certainly for me the idea that a lot later we would turn to state regulation as a way to be freer and more equal people, struck me as a strange move. it still strikes me as a strange move. that not many years after our intimate lies were criminalized by the state and we were prosecuted for it, not publicly and privately and that's what i take it to be as private prosecution. that we would invite the state into our intimate relationships and ask the state to regulate them. that's always struck me as an odd political objective and i thought i would write a book about it and that's what "wedlocked" is, but i also thought that game-- gay people are same-sex couples are not alone in that experience of having the states regulate their lives in the form of marriage shortly after or in part of the civil rights moveme

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is there. >> reporter: the fire is out but the extensive damage has been done. take a look. really not much left here at this gas station, at least this section. the chevron station at 9th and howard. . you're looking at a 25-pass swr enger paratransport van. the van was completely destroyed. sky 7 hd was overhead after the engine compartment caught fire then erupted in flames. smoke and flames, at least the smoke could be seen as far as the east bay. witnesses caught the drama on cell phone cameras when the fire broke out. the van driver was not getting gas at the time we were told but had stopped for a drink. moments later the fire broke out. a quick thinking gas station attendant cut power to the gas pumps and the fire chief says that was exactly the right thing to do. >> the owners of the gas station did the right thing. they hit a switch that shuts off the gas pumps which eliminates that from being a hazard for us. so the only has start here was to the property, itself, and s dealt with appropriately. >> reporter: this is a very busy gas station.

"fox5 local news". >> mel, thanks, bob barnard is commuting throughout the district and got an early start as well. >> he was on the bus with other commuters an now he stopped off on pennsylvania avenue in southeast. good morning. . >> good morning we're on capitol hill inbound pennsylvania passing eastern market area slow and steady and not atroshious. it's kind of rally compacting now. it has not been very thick about now so the going has not been that rough maybe as not as rough as people and it doesn't mean people represent home or arrived in early. >>> if you were to arrive here this is what would you see. escalators are running at the bottom the gates are closed and locked at eastern market station. you mentioned we were on i bus. i wants to show you from earlier we got and i bus 5:15 nailer road and road that to foggy would thele. there was free parking an plenty of parking at the nay lor road station and the gus got crowd as we snaked our way southeast no form east d.c.. the people a lot of people on the bus said they would with normally take a train but they're riding bus th

bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: prosecutors call kelly lows a danger to the community. the now 40-year-old annapolis medical office administrator was released on parole in 2013 after speaking four years of a 10-year prison sentence for killing two men in a drunk driving crash in the summer of 2009. today in a rockville courtroom she told the judge she had indeed been drinking and driving again in recent months, in clear violation of her probation. the divorced mother of an eight-year-old daughter had previously told the court and her parole officer it was al toids that had mistakingly triggered her cars interlock system. >> the prosecutor called her a poster child for the interlock system and said the interlock works. and but for the interlock, she would have been driving more. >> reporter: she had her bond revoked today, left court in hand kufrs. a frustrated judge calling her a liar, an alcoholic, a threat to kill somebody else. >> this is an individual that was given multiple chances, both at sentencing and through her probation time to rehabilitate herself or keep h

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in rockville, bob barnard, "fox5 local news". >> right now at 1:00:00 days after a local police officer was shot and killed on the job, someone targeted virginia officers again as they responded to a call for help. details on what led to today's shooting. >> and at 17 years old a local high school students was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose. the latest in the drug epidemic that is threatening our youth. >> and winter not ready to let go yet. by this time tomorrow night it looks like more snow could push across the area from this storm system. "fox5 local news at 11" starts right now. >> and we thank you for joining us i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm shawn yancy. >> we begin the 11 in fairfax country virginia where two people died of heroin overdoses since yesterday and one of them a 17-ye student with her entire life ahead of her. >> fox5 tish atisha lewis joins us live. >> 17-year-old alexia springe springer's death comes as heartbreaking reminder of impact this drug is having across our communities. police confirmed that springer died from complications caused by heroin use. n

cornell barnard has more. >> this honor to bestow on you, kennedy watson. >> talk about a proud moment for parents especially richmond firefighter anthony crowell and his wife. their sons among four teens from oakland's allen temple baptist church who around eagle scout badges after years of hard work. >> they weathered the storm and made the jump any what they were looking for and i am proud of them. >> two sets of froms get the honors, clayton and cameron crowell and kennedy and brendan watson. this scout troop has produced 39 eagle scouts since 1989. all the motto is "be prepared." i learned being prepared in all facet of life, school, work, my parent, brother. >> clayton earned his status in six years but scam ran wanted to know. >> i did it in five years. it taught me about brotherhood because we are all brothers in the troop. all the troop wants to keep scouting going but money is tight. equipment and uniforms are right y. they need help. the pains is not sure where her boys would be without troop 409. >> it involves trying to stay out of the streets and being able to help expand

our reporter, cornell barnard, has the story. >> this dog is recovering along several of her friends at the animal shelter. she was one of 19 limit dogs crammed tight in cages in a u-haul truck found parked on this street in bay pitch. animal criminal officials say the days were sick and starving. >> very bad state, some with mange and aoperations and tumors. >> steve said that the sheriffs arrested a transient couple who kept the dogs as pets, charging them with animal cruelty. two of the animals were too sick and had to be euthanized. this is biggie, just had surgery and was malnourished but is recovering nicely. >> they have been parking here day after day. >> a neighbor said the u haul was a common site. >> did you see the dogs in the back? >> i didn't. there were cages on top of cames. >> what did you think? >> not right. >> the suspects face possible trial later this month. steve said that animal cruelty, a terrible crime, never taken lightly. thank you is why our agency exists, is to bring those people to justice and bring the animals to care. all the dogs need now is a good h

o barnard has been reporting andog showed you all those frustrated commuters this morning. blue and orange update trainse n to virginia will skip wil mcpherson square and farragut fr west to reduce delays.elay use eastbound trains or busou keep in mind those shuttle stt buses wepartment d activity nearnua also single tracking so thatingt isaue delays across theoss the orange, blue and silver lines. silver wiehle-reston toreon ballston that is the onlyon t location getting service so a ss lot of changes for metro this morning. morning. everything is detailed on mydetn twitter at erin fox5 d.c. d.c back to you holly and allison. n >> erin thank you very much.erym appreciate it. >> still ahead this morning, mog two separate terror attacks reported overseas in less thanss 24 hours. we'll have the latest developments coming up. >> and also after a wildwild weekend on the campaign trail,at the candidates are turningurning their focus to tomorrow's bigro primaries.im who's ahead in the latestat polls next. 7:09 now. life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spen

. >> bob barnard is following this story. he's live in alexandria.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning guys he has family living in the kings town section of fairfax country who reportedly have spoken to fbii it's not known how he got to the middle east and he's not in u.s. custody on video. a kurdish general says the man in this video is american citizen also a member of isis. the general saying the man was fighting for terror group until he surrendered monday to kurdish troops. >> where are you from? >> united states. >> the man is identified as 2 27-year-old mohamad jamil amin from virginia born to iraqi mother and palestinian father. >> we do see and have seen over the last several weeks reports of more and more defections from the group. >> monday morning he walked into northern iraq and gave himself up. he was carrying multiple forms of id including u.s. driver's license as well as cellphones and large amount of cash. meantime a new unicef report out monday find younger children are being recruited to become fighters in syria including some a

bob barnard joins us with that story. >> let's head outside with traffic and weather even the five.'re going to love the forecast if you like spring and warmer temperatures. time now 7:1 2. is that coffee? yea, it's nespresso. i want in. ♪ you're ready. ♪ get ready to experience a cup above. is that coffee? nespresso. what else? ♪ >>> look at the capitol domeol m right now.ow yesterday beautiful sunshine.nsh great day here in the nation'sis capitol.cal. temps well into the 60s and and today could do even better thant that.. >> about 10 degrees warmerarme yesterday. yesterday was beautiful. >> so funny the different camrec off. this is a live moment. the different cam a look how how sunny it looks there. that other camera looking aing a little gloomy. change your view. >> adjust your lense.r lense. >> isn't that -->> >> it's a life lesson. >> deep thought.hought >> deep thought. >> going to be gorgeous today.oe >> it's going to be absolutelytb close to perfects and by tomorrr perhaps record high temperatureu wednesday and thursday.ursday >> wow! getting up there. there.

extra security appears to be on patrol at dullos international >> bob barnard out there today. was out there yesterday. bob, you saw the added security yesterday. what's the atmosphere like today? >> atmosphere is fine, people coming and going, not too many, too worried, but what we are seeing is more police. there are armed patrol officers inside the terminal. some with their k9's. this morning, we got here little after 4:00 this morning, and there was a police cruiser in the dark with its lights flashing at the entrance to the main terminal, i asked the officer sitting in the cure err -- cruiser, she said yes, there as a deterrent. anyone approaching the airport would see the flashing lights. there is no known threat against any target in the district. not here at dullos nor anywhere else, but police have stepped up their security presence, it. sa says if you are traveling, you're going to see some enhanced security at the security checkpoints, not saying what that is, because that there is enhanced security, and the stage department is warning anyone who is traveling anywher

even though it's a gorgeous dayu here it's a dark day.. >> bob barnard.nt that remember these are -- these are familyam members. i know a lot of time s it gets it lost on us and people don't peo really think about. a these officers what they have to deal with on daily basis justoni how dangerous their jobs are. a lot of people just don't thinn about that.about that. >> you never know on any givener day what ty' >> contentious time we are you have what seems to be a group oo the public against police officers and vise versa. this bring it home. h all of us go to work to do our jobs. and to think that you may notnkt make it home because you're simi doing your job is too who areooo breaking for words.. this boar girl standing outsideo of a door. of a shot through a door. there are no words. w there are no words. >> lieutenant says she can't s't make sense of it.makeense i don't think there's any makink sense of it.sense >> you can't.ou c >> never knowing to respect berry mine beside lamb all the b time there are no routine days.d no routine calls. >> right.

operationspi here at howard universitynivers hospital in the district today. >> all right.ht bob barnardorting thank youa very much, bob. muc checking in on metro right nowow today the transit agency willncl begin installation of two new escalators at the deem wood woo station part of the project to provide more reliable escalator service for customers. crs two were originally stalled inll 1978 and last rehabilitated in 2001. 2001 metro has installed 39 new escalators since 2011. 21. and additional 20 will benal 20w installed this year.ea >>> turning to politics now itsn trail especially for donaldor dl trump much he and rest of theoft presidential candidates exceptxc bernie sander are due in d.c. today to address the annual apec meeting. john front runner is kicking off major effort to unite his partyr behind his controversialoner campaign for the white house ani much of it may take place behinn closed doors near capitol hill. fox's doug luzader has details. >> reporter: this very powerful law firm here in in washington is where drum many ii expected to try to unite thenite party today.

sprong police presence.e bob barnard at dullesdul international airport.iona their travel plans todayeven though people are a littlepl tense, bob.tens owe want to ask you because so o much focus on security atity a airports getting to the gates.at now this attack yesterday showeo that this -- something like thii can happen just as you enter thr airport.ai as you entered the airport atpoa dulles, bob, have you noticed nc anything different than what di we've seen in the past? >> reporter: indeed, steve, sve yeah. we got here about 4:15 thiss morning.rnin so it was pitch black and weck could see flashing lights up byp the terminal as we approachedace and sure enough there was an airport police -- airport authority police cruiser withert it's lights on parked where the ramps go up for departure and a down for rivals.iv we parked there.we parked there. owe went back and spoke to thek female officer. offic she said, yes, we are parkedd here. they are not normally there. noe we are parked here as a a deterrent today.. so anybody approaching theroacht airport will see flashing policl lights

but maybe i shouldn't speakhouln ahead of myself.d ysel let's check in with bob barnard.are? yo >> reporter: hey, annie, we'renw down at 14th and constitutionutn along the mall decided to get to off a business and get fresh air. she's are comes coming off thect 14th street bridge and into i town. still heavy volume, but it's mowing. talked to someone who came inmea this morning and saidorni and interesting thing about the sluu lines over in northerng virgini. in springfield, there were a lol of people and no cars.s and in another place of northern virginia, she had heard thatad h there were a lot of cars and no people.ople. so even this affected the slug s line situation today.oday i want to show you this. t this is constitution of a coming from capitol hill, and it'st's bumper to bumper traffic, and ii you think about it, people whopw would normally get to uniononi station and ride a metro train a toward the white house or gw gw gg be, you know, on the road or on foot.ot thank goodness it's a nice day ' weather wise.ather but a lot more traffic kind off traversing the ci

our very own bob barnard out att dulles airport previewing thiss weekend's sessions.ons.enda?nd >> reporter: hey, wisdom we're out at the economy lot purpleur lot at dulles with mike spec a a driving instructor for fordct fr motor company and what we'rewha' going to do this hour is to tall about impaired driving, youving know, with marijuana lawsna l relaxed in lot of places and obviously people drinking and a driving unfortunately happenstu all the time. this is mainly geared to youngrg people for first time drivers that come out here this weekend. you go ford driving skills.comco sign up there's still slots lefl saturday and sunday.saay it's free. f you're trying to show younghow g people the dangers of impairedfi driving and what we have here wh are some goggles it's not theote full suit the kids will beids we wearing this weekend or parentsn if they want but this thing gives you the shakes. shake these goggles are ridiculousleer it's what you would see right ig guess. >> yes. it's a basic simulation.io what you try and walk -- walkk w that right line. i can't even see

abc news reporter cornell barnard is live there.

at dulles airport, bob barnard, fox 5 local news. >> tonight at 11:00, you will not believe what one couple did to find their missing wedding ring worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> that's a beautiful ring. >> it is a stunning ring there. >>> and after a long week, it is time to relax and say cheers to the weekend! and tonight we are welcoming matt. he looks like he's peeling a little lime right there. he's going to be mixing up his signature cocktail called the japanese. stick around we're going to have the recipe and everything you need to know about it coming up tonight on fox 5 news at 11:00. you can worry about them. you can even choose a car for them. (mom) honey, are you ok? (child) i'm ok. (announcer vo) love. (mom) we're ok. (announcer vo) it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. unless you have allergies., then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our

fox5's bob barnard at the tidal basin this morning with neww details.g, bob. >> reporter: hair, maureen, mre guys, good morning.ng beautiful day down here. he. feels like it's in the 70'sinhe7 maybno guys.ys take a look. a it's ptt of slightly green are going to flourish rye sack fox r on the other side of the tidalis of what the blossoms look like now nast of the last week thelae national park service said the peak bloom would be betweenould march 31 and april 3rd.rd well yesterday they gave us a gs new prediction they're moving it up now they're saying peak iseai going to be between march 18th and 23rd.d 23rd you know what it will look likee once it gets here. he. take look. l the sea of pink surrounding thit tidal basin is just something st that people come from around the world to see.o in the last two years, peak has actually been april 10th.h so it will be quite a bitite earlier this year. year. we spoke to michael stackck witnesses a hour toy actual erra rift with the national parkthe l service who makes the predict.re we asked him what's going o

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> authorities in turkey say two american citizens were among the victimsthe streets of istanbul. the morning attack happened on the main pedestrian shopping street. five people died including a couple who held dual israeli-american citizenship. the bomb exploded outside a government office and caught a group of israeli tourists who had just eaten breakfast. >>> terrorism has been ruled out as the cause of friday's airline crash in russia. investigators have recovered both flight recorders. the boeing 737 was coming from dubai and went down in south russia near the ukrainian border. all 62 on board were killed. surveillance captured the moment the crash happened as the plane burst into flames. no official cause but investigators say one likely factor was the strong wind gusting to near hurricane levels. >>> the faa and alaska airlines are trying to find out how one woman's phone burst into flames on board a flight. anna is a college sophomore flying from bellingham, washington, to hawaii for spring break thursday night. the flight was 90 minutes away from l

bob barnard, fox5 local news. > speaking of driving, does itt feel like you spend a lot of time sittingin your car as yous try to get around the district? it sure does to me. to you are not alone. a new study found area commuterc spent on average 75 hours per hu year stuck in traffic. that's the second worst behind loss angle also at 81 hours. ho the study found nationwide na commuters spend a tote l a of 8 bill extra hours stuck in in traffic. i think i'm more than 75 a year. i think i travel about an hour o day and i live in the district.t you live outside, too. >> i live in northern virginiaen so i fall in that category. i think what i could be doing b with all of this time i'm spending in my car. > all right. in march most basketball fans are focused on the college game. but the wizards are dog all theh can to turn march into their the month. the straight win against the nicks. highlights ahead with brody logan. take you with us. what happens when an all-encompassing brain scan is followed up with an all-embracing hug? what happens when the world's

at dulles airport, bob barnard,a fox5 local news. > belgium officials say the airport will be closedmorrowr and have no timetable on when it may officially reopen. > meantime american airlinesana says reports of two explosions taking place next to their check in desk are incorrect. they did release a statement that reads in part, quote, all of our airport and crew memberss are save and accounted for with no injured injuries.urie they operate at row 8 of the departure hall. the explosions did not occur att row l. the airline is one of am allowing customers to changenge their travel plans or request a refund. > in regards to the effort tofo stop isis in the d.c., maryland and virginia area. tom fitzgerald joins us. i know you've been in courtrooms and a lot of the men who are facing what are you hearing from law enforcement with the kinds ofof cases that we're seeing right now. >>reporter: if there is a hallmark of all of the activity that we've seen in your other,r you have by and largeç people o have self roadway lied, turnedie to the internet and then tried to bring others along wi