it is cool enough where you will want long sleeves. 56 degrees in bethesda, maryland.

he's chairman of the medical history department in bethesda, maryland.e knows battlefield medicine from a to z. if a soldier was wounded in the revolutionary war, what kind of medical treatment is available to him if he had a ball from a british musket in him? >> what you freely got is rough and ready exploration, crude amputations, a lot of what we would say were infections. they, of course, had no germ theory. >> few doctors had anatomical training. leeches were used to bleed the patient to health. >> it's not really a crazy idea. there are well designed beast but they would have reduced the pressure reducing the fluid and the pus would not hurt as much. >> leeches didn't save lives or prevent infection. 4 out of 10 patients died. >> three times as many people die of infectious disease as enemy action in the war. more physicians died of disease in the revolution than line officers killed in battle. being sick was a bad thing. even for the doctor. >> one of the biggest killers was smallpox and under one famous general the continental army was part of me

it is cool enough where you will want long sleeves. 56 degrees in bethesda, maryland. light wind. this morning, we had a breeze. this morning, lighter wind making it feel better. highs getting into the upper 60's. spotty drizzle and showers coming through the area. going out this evening, 60's for this evening. the sun does not set until just before 7:00. nine in personnel, we have tieups. working into leesburg, the .roblem area is on route 9 a medevac helicopter has come and gone. the roadway is blocked until further notice. you may want to plan on using 7 as one of your alternate routes. a crash on camp springs. no problems on the beltway. that is our traffic watch. i am back in the next 10 minutes. very disappointing not to be going. it was a tough game to lose. road to theington's championship coming to an end. larry: for the fourth time in nationals the pull up short. pitchedales has never five innings and five season starts. a wild pitch here. 4-3 at this point. matt is on the mound. you would think the ace would deliver, but it was a disaster. then, mistake after mistake. a

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new this morning a silver alert in bethesda maryland police are looking for this man. 92-year-old named william bateal last seen around 6:45 last night drive ago way from his home bulls run parkway in gray 2013 nissan cube. family members say he suffer from memory loss and may be disoriented. >> meanwhile d.c. police need help lobeing a teenager missing more than a week. griffin was last seen september 22 in the 1200 block northeast she was just recorded missing yesterday. if you have information on why about make sure to call "b.c."police. >> coming up next while local drivers need to be cautious on roads. >> and headed to break this wednesday morning. weather and traffic next on the fives. that makes it 6:15. it's 6:13 now >> 6:15 now outer loop 270 already slowing down. hopefully things get back to normal. before you get too deep into commutement little way as way from heaviest stuff. >> we're playing music and makes it feel like things are moving along long. >> it's all perspective i guess. >> right. >> right. >> feeling rhythm of commute this morning. >> exactly. >> i'm up and read

from bethesda, maryland, the director of the national institute on drug abuse at the national institutehealth. from boston, and addiction medicine physician and clinical persistent professor -- clinical assistant professor. with me is the vice president of the lower east side service center. i'm pleased to have each of them on this program. tell me where we are today. we've spoken to what the president said. tell me where we are today in terms of the opioid crisis and what is necessary to get our hands around this. >> it is worse than it has ever been. i work for an agency in the city, the lower east side service center, that has been fighting the battle for the last 58 years. there was a time when it was confined areas in new york city like the lower east side and harlem and bad parts of brooklyn, but it has changed. now, it has affected everyone. hite, it ist, the w an wonderful areas like long island, staten island. as much in rural areas as urban areas. >> as much in rural areas as urban areas. >> absolutely. it used to be confined to pockets of minorities but that has changed. incr

from bethesda, maryland the , director of the national institute on drug abuse at the national institutehealth. addictionn, an medical physician and the former chief of addiction medicine. and with me in new york is the vice president of the eastside service center. i'm pleased to have each of them. so tell me where we are today. we've spoken to what the president said. tell me where we are today in terms of the opioid crisis and what is necessary, in your judgment to get our hands around , this. >> it is worse than it has ever been. i work for an agency in the city, the lower east side service center, that has been fighting this battle for the last 58 years. there was a time when he was -- when it was confined to areas in new york city like the lower east side and harlem and bad parts of brooklyn, but it has changed. now that it has affected everyone, the affluent, the white, and in wonderful areas like long island and staten island, scarsdale. charlie: and as much in rural areas as urban areas. peter: exactly. it used to be confined to pockets of minorities, but it is not that way anym

treatment at the national cancer institute of the -- of the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. every year cancer claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of americans and millions of others across the globe. it is a relentless and complex disease. it comes in many forms that demand varied and specialized treatment. there are many centers of excellence in the struggle against cancer, but n.c.i. plays a special role. the physicians assembled there are recruited from the outstanding medical institutions of the world to lead the fight. yes, n.c.i. corn ducts its own research and treatment -- conducts its own research and treatment programs, and i am among its many patients. but more importantly, it oversees and funds our national effort against cancer awarding grants and supporting a nationwide network of 69n.c.i. designated cancer centers. n.c.i.'s role in the development of anticancer drugs has been especially noteworthy. roughly two-thirds of cancer medications approved by the f.d.a. have emerged from n.c.i.-sponsored trials. despite the special tenacity of this disease, we've

more than 1,000 people were forced out of homes after a fire broke out at highrise in bethesda, maryland. >> this fire started and went to three alarms. it cost 1 million worth of damage before firefighters were able to put out the flames. this morning we're learning more about what started the fire. >> montgomery county fire officials say the blaze started with transformer in underground parking garage. they were able to keep those flames continued. there was so much smoke around 1500 residents had to eva evacuate. >> i was sitting in my car clipping coupons before i went and all of a sudden then was loud boom happened and power went out a on and came back off and then i guess the again rater came on and i thought i should get out quick. >> no water, no electrically, it's unsafe when it's dark. >> many residents are waking in a shelter this morning. they may not get back to their homes for up to a week. >>> new this morning, firefighters in parkersburg, west virginia, working for hour to put out a massive warehouse fire. there officials say the ames plant caught fire yesterday afternoon

it's based in bethesda, maryland, and around the time president obama came to power, the russia official in charge of ten-am was mccuren. the obama administration reportedly issued a visa for mccuren in 2010, but racketeering investigation led by the f.b.i. determined he was already operating here in 2009. the rack teering scheme, as -- the racketeering scheme, as mccurrent was responsible for managing the contracts with american uranium purchasers. this gave him tremendous leverage over u.s. companies, with the assistance of several confederates, mccuren used this leverage to distort and defraud the u.s. contracters in paying inflated prices for uranium. they then laundered the proceeds through shell companies and secret bank accounts in latvia, southwest switzerland and the is a shale islands, although some transactions were handled in cash. with the skim divided into nfls stuffs -- envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars of cash. they enriched kremlin connected energy officials in the u.s. and in russia to the tune of millions of dollars. and they compromised the american companie

as a local man from bethesda, maryland, also heads to the island with assistants tans. >> into the greatmusic icon tom petty ♪ >> right now though a live look outside on this tuesday morning 8:00 o'clock. 57 degrees out there to start off this tuesday morning. going warm up to really nice d day. >>> ♪ >>> vigils being held across the nation to honor the victims of sunday' deadly massacre in las vegas. here at home and overseas landmarks have gone dark in show of respect. >> empire state building in new york and eiffel tower in paris switched off their lights in tribute. nearly 60 people were killed and more than 500 injured after a lone gunman opened fire on a country music concert 23 firearms were found steven paddock's land bay hotel room the shooter and 19 more at his home in mesquite. ammonium nitrate found in his car. this is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the united states. ♪ >>> just 24 hours after that tragedy struck, tourists and residents in las vegas walking up down the vegas strip they're refusing to let it stop them. several hotels have illuminated their signs

we sent our own mike thomas to dynamite gymnastics center in north bethesda maryland to meet tomas ming boy who has been selected to represent team usa at the 2,017 worlds competition. which is the highest level of youth elite competition for double mini trampoline the competition will be held in bulgaria in november and to learn a little bit more to you tomas' journey mike joins us live now. now, mike, don't hurt yourself. leave it to the champion. >> yeah, i'm not worthy of his presence right here. guys. his resume writes itself it's incredible. imagine being a state c and correct me if i'm wrong if i'm wrong on this state champion at the end of. >> yeah. >> regional champion at the age of nine. >> yes. >> a national champion at the age of 11. >> yeah. >> now you're going on the worlds at age 12, almost 13. >> yeah. >> as mentioned guys tis tomas ming he's an extraordinarily athlete. he's represent the united st states. the world games coming up next month. tomas let me ask you this. what got you into gymnastics and specific wal got you into doing double trampoline here? >> so i was l

nancy altman of bethesda, maryland.the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i'd like to make a motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands the chair would ask all present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. the chair asks that the house now observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the attack in las vegas. >> coming up tonight, president trump on the las vegas shooting. just before 11:00 a.m., president trump spoke about the las vegas shooting.

shaded in light blue, southern maryland, germantown, gaithersburg, bethesda, reston, fairfax, burke, college park. bring plants indoors before heading to bed. don't forget to download the stormwatch 7 weather app. not only can you track the storms but in the morning you can look at the app and it will kill you what's cold. morning in bethesda, 39 college park on the middle 30's manassas. lunchtime, have sunglasses and a light jacket. if you are going out early, we range from the mid-60's at noon, near 70 by about 2 p.m. the highs eventually make it into the lower 70's. leesburg and manassas, middleburg, fredericksburg, pax river looking at 69. the weekend even better. if you like warm temperatures and a lot of sunshine. howard university's homecoming this saturday, 77 degrees. that's during the afternoon. sunday looks great, mild start for the marine corps marathon, lower 60's. midmorning, mid-to-upper 60's. by the afternoon, upper 70's. about 10 degrees above average this time of year. tomorrow, great. awesome thursday, fantastic weekend ahead. then we have showers and clouds for th

a lot of concern for a 92-year-old bethesda man missing. his family and marylandte police desperately want to find him. want to show you what william batale looks like. he was last seen just before 7:00 last night. when he left his bulls run parkway home driving his nissan cube. he's 6'2", weighs 140 pounds. wearing a blue and plaid shirt and khaki pants at the time. call 911 if you see him. back to you. >> thank you, molette. >>> chuck bell joins us now to tell us more about a little less chill than the temperatures, right? >> oh, yeah. nowhere near as cool this morning. if you think this is mild, you just wait. tomorrow and friday are looking almost balmy. welcome as temperatures go back to late august levels for averages as we head towards saturday as well. very warm air is set to come back into the mid-atlantic. right now, 59 degrees at national airport with a very light wind. it's gone calm this hour. generally southwest at under 5 miles an hour. ahead of this weather front way back here out of northwest chicago. we'll keep a broad southwesterly flow. that wi

we have rain falling through much of northern maryland right now. bethesdae towards fauquier county, leesburg seeing that too. martinsburg, rain. so the heaviest rain will be around for the morning commute, which is why there's a weather alert today. tapering off by 9:00 a.m. we'll see cooler temperatures later this week. we're still going to keep the rain chances in the forecast. it's not going to be a dry week like it was last week. we'll have more rain chances in the forecast. but a warmer weekend is also in the forecast, too. i'll show that you in a second. temperatures are warm. mid to low 70s. it is humid outside. it is windy with that rainfall. as well, we have a south wind coming in. could be gusting near 30 miles an hour later on today. here's future weather. kind of starting to break up by 10:00 a.m. through the afternoon, we can still see a few lingering showers. tomorrow is going to be a cloudy day. but mostly dry. the rain chances do return as we go into wednesday. that's going to last wednesday through friday. so the rain chances do come back.

maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in bethesda with reaction.y mixed on this one. >> yeah. a lot of opinions. but the boy scouts say they are just reacting to the times. that is nothing new for them. for instance, look at the advertising here on rockville pike. not just about archery. it's also about science, engineering and math. responding to customer demands. details of the change were announced to staff here at the boy scouts national capital office in a webinar this afternoon. spokesman says welcoming girls will make life easier for families with son and daughters and business schedules. >> we are excited about it. this is something the families are asking for and for us a chance to better serve members. brad: next year, the girls will be welcomed to the younger age group of the scouts. larger scout packs have an option to go program. the program for older girls will start in 20189 enabling them to work toward the rank of eagle scout. public opinion seems mixed. >> i'm not for it. it's like mixed dorms. i prefer to keep the sexes separate.

maryland student. >> a busy part of bethesda with lots of shops and restaurants has a new neighbor now. an abortion clinic. the move prompted protests there today. the clinic opened in the wildwood medical center near walter johnson high school. as chris gordon reports new york city you some people are already trying to shut it down. >> our standing as a witness -- >> reporter: antiabortion activists are holding prayer vigils and protesting a controversial doctor who is opening a new abortion clinic in bethesda. they packed the sidewalk in front of the wildwood medical building on old georgetown road. >> i'm calling on each one of you to continue your peaceful, prayerful witness outside of this abortion facility. >> reporter: for almost years the maryland coalition for life protested in germantown. at the clinic where dr. leroy carhart performed abortions. carhart's website says it provides advanced gestation abortion care. antiabortion activists say he performs abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. they raise money, bought the building where dr. carhart worked in germantown, thinking

maryland state police. southbound 355 inside the beltway. bethesda, crash reported montgomery county authorities on scene. chopper 4 over the investigation. democracy boulevard, gains borough road, the incident, the investigation with the reconstruction ongoing this morning. plan ahead in that -- that's the latest on the roads. now with the forecast, here's mr. chuck bell. >> thanks, jack. had a great time yesterday. the whitman walker clinic invited me for the groundbreaking. they gave me this hard amazing you need one. i went to the groundbreaking. not only did i get a hard hat, i got a shovel and helped turn the ceremonial dirt. >> he's excited. >> that was the first time i got to do the dirt turn with the ceremonial shovel. >> congratulations. >> i shovel a lot of stuff. >> he's not talking about the forecast. >> i'm done. i got nothing to say. >> there you have it. >> thank you very much for inviting me out there. you'll see construction out there for the next couple of years. >> you crack me up, chuck. >> a brand new 155,000 square foot facility to better help them in the outreach into the community

maryland special olympics next. >> some dare devils in our area came face to face with the real challenge going over the edge at a bethesda building. the brave participants repelled down 16 stories for the special olympics es. each participant had to race $2,000 for the privilege. fox5's photo journalist takes us up in the air for this extreme fundraiser if i cannot win, let in the attempt and stacy exudes that with every core in her body . it's the first time that we've done over the edge. we've got great support from the chevy chase land company who owns the building that we've been repelling down. what's really cool is the interface of our athletes with all of the people that have come out to support them. we've had people who have raised $2,000 or more, the highest fundraiser was over $7,000. what we're billing is dignity and respect and there's no better example than what we had here today. the people repelling our 16 stories up. the trust factor is humming. there's a lot of people they've never repelled before. there's some people afraid of heights. over the edge folks make it a friendly and save environment, the tr

bethesda man. this is 80-year-old juan soo kim. he left his home yesterday afternoon. he was driving a 2012 black nissan sentra with maryland tags. the tag number is 7ds bear in mind, too, the low temperatures last night. that got down to 50 degrees. a lot to have concern. if you know where yim is, call police. >>> there's also a search for this elderly man. d.c. police say 66-year-old ronald stuckey was last seen sunday. if you see him, call police. >>> it makes it harder to understand the rules of the road on 66. if you don't have an e-zpass, not knowing what do could cost you. transportation leaders want to get the word out that in early december, they will start enforcing morning and evening rush hour tolls on 66 inside the beltway. during those express lane hours drivers must have a transponder or face a fine. so far it's a little difficult for drivers to understand all these rules. >> you end up having to go to a night class to transponder and when to turn it on and off. >> he makes a good point. right now only about half of the drivers who need them have them. v-dot is rolling out a campaign to get drivers signed up. >>> t

bethesda. won soo yim left his home yesterday afternoon driving a 2012 black nissan sentra with maryland tags. the tag number 7 da 5239. prince george's county police are hoping to learn more information about a sex assault in bowie monday night. police thought they had a lead on a suspect. but sources exclusively tell news 4 the man police saw on surveillance camera near the crime scene was >>> the fairfax county school board will vote on a new name for jeb stuart high school. one possible name that's gaining momentum, justice high school. >>> we're getting new numbers in the race for governor of virginia. a poll from hampton university showing republican ed gillespie with an 8-point lead over democrat ed northam. he's up in the poll. this is the second poll to show gillespie ahead in the race. the poll has a margin of error -- voters head to the poll on november 7th. >>> traffic signals in maryland are getting an upgrade. justin finch is in the newsroom with details. >> the long awaited -- governor larry hogan rolling out a $50 million plan for new smart signals. they'll use real time traffi

bethesda. he left his home yesterday afternoon. he was driving a to 12 black nissan sentra with maryland tags. the tag number on the screen. 7 da 5239. >>> 6:33 now. senate democrats are not giving up the fight on gun control. >> two democrats sbro duesed a bill to include the sale or transfer of all guns by private sellers. >> we spoke to a d.c. mother who lost her daughter to gun violence. she says it's a matter of life and death. >> i want them to understand this is reality. this is human this is what a body looks like after steel has ripped through it. it's not a good thing. they have to do better. they shouldn't be so in love with green paper and not value red blood. >> so far the bill has democratic co-sponsors. they hope it can be used as a platform to negotiate with republicans. >>> 6:34 right now. new numbers in the race for governor of virginia. republican ed gillespie has an 8-point lead. this is the second poll to show gillespie ahead in the race. plus or minus 4.2 percentage points is the margin of error. >>> traffic signals in maryland are getting an upgrade. >> justin finch in t

bethesda. he was last seen on westlake drive driving a black 2012 nissan sentra with maryland tag juan su yim issked to call police. >> sources confirm to fox5 that a man seen on surveillance video that britches police released in the investigation of a sexual assault in bowie has been identified and is not connected to the crime. detectives yesterday canvassed the neighborhood off jennings mill drive and jennings lane asking neighbors for any information in case. the attack happened one afternoon. a woman was jogging along a trail when she says a man grabbed her dragged her to a playground and sexually assaulted her. she was able to get free and run away. >> ♪ >> two minutes past the hour right now. president trump is back home from dallas. he was there to get an update on hurricane harvey relief efforts and attended a gop fundraiser. demonstrators were on hand to protest. a poll reveals a drop in his approval rating. trying to keep their aggressive tax overhaul effort on schedule. yesterday they worked to win over members who aren't on board with the proposal to ditch a key income tax deductio

maryland students. word if a door was unlocked in saturday's incident.. or if the man forced his way inside. new information this morning about a fire in bethesda that left hundreds of people homeless. investigators now say the transformer fire started in a utility room. it happened saturday at the promenade apartments on pooks hill road in bethesda. 18 people needed to be taken to the hospital. that fire caused a million dollars in damage. a star studded night at the kennedy center. david letterman - receiving the prestigious mark twain prize for american humor. 70-year-old letterman is being honored after 33 years on late-night t-v, hosting long-running shows on n-b-c and then on c-b-s. our own kidd o'shea was on the red carpet - hear what letterman says is his favorite tv moment.. coming up in the now at 5:50. a big monday night matchup for your washington redskins. the skins, heading up 95 to philadelphia to face the eagles. philly leads the n-f-c eas the skins are in second at 3 and 3. you can watch tonight's game right here on abc seven. pregame coverage begins at eight.. kickoff is at 8:30! breaking right now - a college campus lockdown.

maryland for a man that died in a mysterious house fire. the body was found earlier this month in the basement of a bethesda home he was working this 134er and the homeowner made it out alive. no word on the cause of fire. >> also montgomery country police need your help typing a missing bethesda man. william carter iii was seen leaving walter reed on rockville pike driveing a blue toyota tundra pickup truck with south carolina tags and there's a motorcycle in the bed of that truck. mees and family are concerned about his emotional and physical well-being. and if you do having in on his whereabouts, montgomery county police are them a call. >> all right. let's take a turn for the weather and hope you're having a great night out there tonight but full shot of the capitol dome on this saturday evening. i guess it is really sunday morning if you want to be technical about it. it was a gorgeous day outside. how about the rest of the weekend. >> is gwen squoyns us now and gwen it is feeling like fall. it was a crisp day out there today. >> definitely. on the windy side. we really fell that cool, northerly wind kicking n as we head now we're past

a 92-year-old bethesda man is missing so as you head out the door this morning, be on the lookout as we show you a picture of what william batale looks like. his family and marylandte police want to find him. batale was last seen just before 7:00 baum last night. he was driving a gray nissan cube with maryland plates. 6'2", 140 pounds. wearing a blue plaid shirt and khaki pants. if you see him call 911. eun, back to you. >> molette, thank you. 6:17. the company at the center of the biggest data breech wins a multi-million dollar contract with the i.r.s. >> the federal government is going to pay equifax more than $7 million to verify taxpayer's identities and help prevent fraud. this contract was awarded to equifax even though they've had a exposed personal information to as many as 140 million americans. some republican and democratic lawmakers say they have yet to describe how that happened. >>> a security breech that happened in 2013 may still affect you today. yahoo! confirms that every account that existed four years ago is still affected. how should you protect yourself? change passwords and security questions for any account with similar log-in information

bethesda, columbia, bowie and burke in our metro zone. best chance for storms will be about 1 to 2:00 a.m., dry though for the morning commute. in our eastern zone, southern maryland down through the northern neck and fredericksburg, doug, we could still see scattered showers till 8:00 a.m. that could slow the morning commute. for most of us the tuesday is looking dry. the front bs >> the bus stop forecast looking okay actually. numbers tomorrow morning starting off in the 60s with a chance of a few clouds and chance of a shower. in our southeastern zones, most of us remaining on the dry side tomorrow. rather breezy for recess. 70 degrees, pickup temperature 74. how about the next ten days? 74 degrees tomorrow. notice the cooler weather. 65 on wednesday, 61 on thursday. overnight lows in the 30s in the suburbs, upper 40s in the cities. cooler weather as we head to the weekend. another front with another potential for heavy rain coming up late this weekend. the weekend, i'll have much more on that. we'll see you back here at 5:00. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> all right, my man. what do you do after you run and win a marathon? you know what you do? you go for a

bethesda. protesters gathered outside the property last night. dr. leroy car hart performs late term and partial bertha portions his place on germantown road closed and now he's trying to open another clinic. they're working with maryland to be licensed. >> dozens of protesters gathered outside nfl owner meeting in new york city as player owners and union reps helped talks. main issue players kneeling. roger goodell says it was from president trump the league will not demand players stand. >> we did not ask about that we spent today talking about the issues that our players have been trying to bring attention to. about issues in our xhup ties to make our communities be better. >> we talked about how the owners could come along side us and we can collectively, collaboratively work together to actually create change. >> both sides agree to continue discussions and work towards a positive solution. >> coming up on "fox5 news morning" attorney general jeff sessions prepared to head for a grilling to the senate committee. >> and number of packer fans began campaigning for colin kaepernick. >> and ahead to the d.c. region you're probably getting up and going and headed to work, work, work♪ >> 5:11, 4 degrees. "fox news morn