here's fox5 bob barnard. >> the saint mary's county sheriff and state's attorney, joined by maryland in leonardtown today. to announce the indictment of six people charged with murder. each of them allegedly responsible for the overdose death of a saint mary's county resident this year. each of them facing up to 50 years in prison, charged with second degree murder, manslaughter, and endanger. >> it is my hope that these actions will serve as an example for prosecutors in one ends of the state to the other. >> the drug deal verse to pay the consequences, for $50, they do not minds killing our children, our wives, our fathers, our brothers, our sisters. this has got to stop. >> i was shocked. >> governor hogan says on average, six people a day overdose in maryland, he says there were 550 overdose deaths in the state, in the first three month of this year. 372 of them from phentinol. >> as the crisis evolves from opioids to heroin, so our response to it has to evolve. and prevention and treatment, obviously, are two essential components. but the criminals, who are trafficking these dan

apply online, guys. >> bob barnard -- not you guys. [ laughter ] >> thanks, bob. >> good work out thereost wait for them to come out with their golden ticket. >> right. >> that's what i wanted to see. >> excited that they got the job. >> hopefully there are many of those, you know, the tickets to hasn't out today. >>> 9:23. still ahead we're right in the middle so-called dog days of summer and some four legged friends being featured at a yappy hour in the district this week. we're getting a special visit from some of them this morning. >> can't wait for that. let's check in with allison. what are you working on girl? >> first of all i'm fired up about that amazon story. aren't you? >> yes. absolutely. it's exciting for the area. >> i love it. okay now back to making headlines this morning, bill cosby's lead attorney is looking to leave the case and emily has been downgraded to tropical depression but the impact is still being felt. plus, a major piece of american history researchers believe they have found the first coin ever minted by the us government. those stories and more right aft

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bob barnard is live from the department of homeland curety with the latest now. bob, good morning. >> hey, allison, steve, good morning to you yes the brothers were does he taind in baltimore. they wept to ice headquarters on friday. to check in. and these are two brothers who were originally from el salvador and dime u.s. eight years ago with parents and they're now and 19 and friends had a rally out here along nebraska avenue. lazandro is 19 and brother is 2. they went to quincy or. bethesda soccer club. hoping to stay in country legally under the dream act did go to check in with ice on friday in baltimore and were detained. they thought they were doing the right thing lazandro was going to north carolina to play soccer. since then they were denied request to stay in the cou country. their sister and attorney for casa which represents these young men say it's just not right. >> i'm heartbroken right now. they treat my brothers like criminals and they're not. and they're taking an opportunity to succeed in this country. i can't believe this. and all my family is

bob barnard joins morning. >> there's dozens of people here lined up for one of these jobs. 1200 jobs if maryland available. we're outside amazon fulfillment center here it a big warehouse old gm factory making cars back in the day. with were here several months ago showing you operations inside and amazon first ever jobs fair happening around the can'ty 10 facilities like this auto 50,000 job openings and look fog hire people on the spot. will how did you hear about this and what are you hoping for. >> well, actually this location i've visited before and i'm hoping that they can make -- put me to work today. it could happen. lauren lynch. lauren, this is pretty feet. you're literally going to hire people on the spot today. some people will. >> we are contingent on the spot job offers from associate that with pick, pack and ship customer orders and we have jobs across the kupty show up here on amazon deliveries jobs and fill it out online there. if you're looking for professional roles go to j jobs.amazon..com. >> we'll show you the job fair is from 8 to noon today here in baltimore.

bob barnard is coming up with more. . >>> welcome back at 7:15. a little foggy, making visibility a little difficult. sit always does it will eventually burn off. >> how will it feel throughout the day? >> it's going to be humid. we will lose the fog, that's a current look at visibility, two miles in washington, manassas quarter mile. you don't see it often get down to 0, but fredericksberg, culpeper, martinsberg, hagerstown, visibility is being reported at 0, it is that are thick, dense fog in many spots to start your morning, and certainly likely to slow the commute a little bit. it will take a couple hours to bu t we should be back into sunshine here by afternoon. 73 now in washington. regionally cooler, when we get outside the beltway. 68 up pittsburgh, 68 in binghamton. we'll show you gert in a second you can see it's pushing off to the east. we got quiet conditions locally midatlantic nice and quiet. high pressure will keep things dry this afternoon, once we get the sun out, it will turn into pleasant summer afternoon with highs in the upper

mice son. >> our mvp bob barnard live there with all the festivities stacking up against kd this morningey, guys. how are you? he is a hometown hero if you will here in sea pleasant. we're at the judith hoyer montgomery sorey school where the parade begins at 10:00 o'clock this morning. you can see already people lining up they've got all the cars here the shell chevrolets, core vets and camaros the vip' will be riding in. governor hogan will be here. rah shorn baker. kevin durant will be here with his mother and brother. the guests of honor here at kevin durant day. the parade as you mentioned starts at 10:00 o'clock. hour go about a mile. this is hill road here. technically in land over so the parade goes left uphill road make right on sea pleasant drive down to addison road. so is he pleasant drive is your best point to see the parade. there are going to be lot of roads closed in this area. they're suggesting people park in nearby school parking lots, church parking lots at parks and then you know walk in to see the parade see kevin and everyone else. you see there's bands here. they'

bob barnard with that update today.m the governor later. >> need multi layered approach to combat that problem from medical side of things to the dealer side of things. it's getting help for these who are a dicked. >> former first daughter caught on camera living it up and partying down. we'll go live to tmz for more on malia's obama time at la-la palooza. taylor swift's groping trial as the case enters day number three. what's the latest? we'll find out from tmz next. ♪♪ hitting the mid-morning wall? with up to 24 grams of hearty protein jimmy dean bowls help you avoid it. shine on. ♪ ♪ ♪ the day's looking new and bright, ♪ ♪ ♪ and you're gonna start it right, ♪ ♪ ♪ the best part of wakin' up is folgers ♪ ♪ ♪ in your cup. former first daughter caught on camera. day three of taylor swift's groping trial. >> for details on those stories and more we turn to tmz's van rantham. live in los angeles. good morning to you van. we want to start off with the taylor swift story. this

"fox5" bob barnard is live in arlington where the pronlest will begin in a couple hours. bob, good morning. >> hey allison and steve. good morning to you. virginia governor terri mcauliffe and transportation officials will be here for grounds breaking this is one of most congested inked in the country and what they'll do is extend hov lanes. those are lanes between the guardrails there. and this is 8 mile extension all the way basically up to the d.c. line from near etsell road to e street arlington and two existing hov lanes will be converted to express lanes and third all of this within the footprint of the 395 hov lanes. this is private public partnership between vdot and transurban. transurban the company that operates 495 and 95 express lanes and transurban will be financing, building and maintaining extension. it's a half billion dollar project. now, of course, cars with three or more people in them can use the express lanes for free and that will be the case going forward. i want to tell you for the next several nights all of the hov lanes southbound will be closed

bob barnard is live in annapolis now with the latest, bob. >> maureen, steve, good morning to you this statue stood here outside the east front o for 1 45 years and right now here's what's left green basically fly wood surrounding mavl pedestal he stood on all these years since 1872. video from 2:00 this morning the statue was driven away on the back of a flatbed truck. crews using crane and straps and lifted the statue off the pedestal. just before 2:00 in the morning. there were about a dozen or so people here watching and this statue will be taken to storage at least initially we'll see what happens whether it end up at mu steam or this point. where it stood since 1872 and statue was of roger b.b. taney. he wrod the dread scott decision that upheld slavery and denied african americans citizenship in the united in light of what happened in charlottesville over the weekend rather than -- called for removal of the statue and state house trust on wednesday voted by email four members of the trust, three of them v voting to have this removed. mike miller senate president was the one that

in sea pleasant maryland, bob barnard, fox local news. >> and some of those who barked had to do scrambling later after authorities told more than half a dozen vehicles there were signs warning people not to parka long that street. but, some clearly didn't see it or didn't heed the warning. no word how much that will cast those who attended and got cars towed. >> there's still actually confusion tonight why a festival in basketball tournament presidential cancelled. we're told more than 1,000 free tickets went out but the party was postponed until next spring. >> it's humid. >> feels like a sauna. >> it's really hot. let's check in with sue. >> is it really that hot or humidity today. >> or is it just us. >> really that humid. >> it's a free paishl facial if you step out. >> we were talking earlier it feels like miami out there. and those dew point temperatures are out of control. >> here's what's happening sarah and marina. we had one across prince george that developed lightning moving out to the bay and more importantly tapping heavy rain because it is so incredibly humid and activity is

fox5's bob barnard life in alexandria this morning where robert e. re on the intriguing story. good morning, bob. >> reporter: wisdom, good morning you. you wonder if robert e. lee was alive today alt right, alt left he'd hit alt delete. he was not a fan of o statue after the civil war. this is one that was put up in 1889 here in the heart of old town alexandria at the south washington and prince streets here and it's basically honoring the confederate soldiers. the confederate soldiers from alexandria who died in the war, but here's what robert e. lee wrote after the war before he died in 1870. he only lived about five years after the war but what he wrote was this. "i think it wiser not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavor to obliterate the marks of civil strive and to commit to oblivion the feelings it inn gendered". >>> now he would probably not be happy that the statue in charlottesville is of him. the one here in alexandria is a couldn't federal soldier but the statue in charlottesville of robert

in falls church virginia, bob barnard, fox 5 local news. >>> what a difference a day makes because yesterday i mean, the damage that we saw following that storm and look at the bridge, there's a wilson bridge looks beautiful compared to what we saw yesterday >> but not everybody is in the clear, gwen working warnings right now >> would he have had storm starting to fire our way, we can see things starting to get dicey as we move through into tonight. in the meantime severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:30 allegheny has no insure and mineral. moving to the northeast about 35 miles an hour. if you're in this neighborhood, be aware. we'll keep a close eye on this as these storms continue to progress. look at that line of active weather, that frontal system will cross over our area through tonight, and as it does, i can't rule out seeing maybe numerous showers or even thunderstorms popping up, if we see anything, it will start to increase later into later hour, maybe anywhere close to 10:00 or 11:00 is possible. but we could see most of this as well being fairly strong across area to th

so bob barnard is getting to the bottom of this reporting from along the interstate in arlington countyorter: well, this is a test only a test, until december. they are experimenting with their new toll entries. nine of them between the beltway and roselyn, as you can see, some drivers are saying what the heck is going on. these things are flashing. basically a test of the system here, that will eventually, flash the light of this toll plaza, when cars have activated their e-z pass, indicating that they have two or more people in their car. the flashing light will let should have two or more people inside and fit doesn't they could be persued and ticketed. the hot lanes, which will go into effect early december, between the beltway and roselyn will allow to you use the hob lanes for a fee if you are in your car alone. amount of the tolls will rise and fall depending on traffic at the time. hot lanes will go in effect from 5:30 to 9:30 in the morning eastbound and westbound from 3:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon. it will no longer be a free ride if you have a hybrid car. basically, this is p

. >>> 50,000 jobs being offered today >> holding a series of job fairs across the country, bob barnardmore this morning. >> there were simply too many people to count. literally hundreds waiting in a line that snake around the parking lot for a first of its kind job fair at amazon's massive baltimore >> i need a job, saw it on the news, got up immediately and got myself here. >> reporter: can dace tailor looking for work >> amazon has different shifts, i'm sure it will work for me and i'll get a job today. >> reporter: amazon advertised 1200 jobs in maryland. many to be filled on the spot. lauren lynch is an amazon spokesperson >> we have a lot of growth and customer growth and we need fulfillment center associations to help us. >> reporter: what are you doing right now >> i'm currently unemployed at the moment but i'm out here today looking for a job. >> reporter: could you start? >> yeah. >> reporter: this just one of ten amazon properties around the country hosting job fair, stoday. >> i hope i get a job. >> reporter: after checking in with amazon staff, candidates were taken for a

. >> fox5's bob barnard live on the scene with the latest on this. bob, what's going on there?orter: well, guys, the fire department is trying to sure up this building. the wall of this building before they remove the car. you see it there. it's an acura suv. the person who was driving the car got out the passenger side and took off running. the driver of this car is not been found. the apartment that this car smashed into is occupied apparently by a pregnant woman who was not hurt but did go to the hospital just to be checked out. now, there are six building. three stories. a man who lives in one of the other apartments suffered scrapes and bruises. he was check out here by first responders. he's well enough that he didn't want to go to the hospital. but there are about 20 people who live in these six apartments who are not allowed inside right now. the red cross here attending to their needs while again the fire department tries to sure up this building and make it save for at least the people in the five apartment that is weren't damaged to go back inside. and again, we don'

bob barnard live out there distracting... ing hard this morning trying george's county with the very latest. bob, good morning to you. >> reporter: wisdom good morning we're not trying to distract anybody. this ford suv is trying to get people to slow down. you see the camera here. this thing has been flashing away this morning it has stopped raining for the time being. speeds are up. after three-week warning period, now if you pass this suv with the speed camera there it goes, we're right nearly a len town road f you're going at least 12 miles over the posted 55 miles an hour speed limit here, you will get a $40 ticket starting today. we've seen quite a few of them go off. now the three-week warning period when they were just sending out warnings to drivers who were caught is over. there are still warning signs out here leading up to this point where we are here nearly a len town road on the outer loop. and the issue is this. there's construction zone here because they are replacing the suitland road bridge a three years. and

fox5's bob barnard is live outside the department of homeland security with the latest. y really confusing hoping you can boil it down as to why these kids grew up here mostly now have to leave? >> reporter: yeah, i'll try. the brothers are diego clados they came here eight years ago as 11 and 14-year-olds they're from el salvador but they settled in germantown, maryland, and i want to show you kid video we shot outside the headquarters of the homeland security. homeland security is the umbrella organization for ice much these two brothers, again they came to the country ill illegally passion kids have been living in germantown, have been checking in with their ice representatives over the years, and did again on friday up in baltimore. the problem they were in the allowed to leave. so they are in custody of the federal government in baltimore. these are two young men who went to orchard high school. members of the bethesda soccer club and that's who was out here family members and members of the soccer club. what ice is telling us is that back in 2012 the brothers ordere

. >> this is bob barnard on lyric lane in falls church. take a look.his street is blocked by a fallen tree. dominion power here trying to restore electricity. one of many neighborhoods in this area. lake bar croft area without power this morning. >>> we didn't win because of russia. we won because of you. >> president trump fired up at a campaign style rally in west virginia. as new details emerge about that russia probe. >>> and a fitness tracker flop. they're supposed to get up and moving but new new jersey finds the extra exercise devices could back fire and end up slowing you down. >>> it's fox5 is on the road again and this week we are at village at leesburg. >> coming up we've got tucker tries it hometown heroes five must stops. so much on this beautiful fr friday. fox5 on the road zip tripping. good day at 9a starts now. [ applause ] ♪ >> this square is rocking today. >> they sure are being serenaded as maureen you guys sound fall wonderful. thank you very much. got plenty of people out who are including these little guys. >> tucker barnes fans.

in arlington county, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> i was half expecting a horse to come trotting with that music there, very cute, bob. >> all right, coming up: controversy on capitol hill. it is not over a bill, it is over a painting. >> it doesn't belong in a congressman's office. >> why would this insult anybody? >> earlier this week, we told but the demands for congressman to remove statue of lib err i, now firing back and explaining why he won't take it down. >> then, why a judge has ordered the parents after teen who died in a gym at school to pay nearly $300,000. >> and investigating art launching criminal investigation, is he running a sex cult? ? >> what's up? from new york city. >> all right, if you haven't been on google's website today, here is what you are missing, an inter-active turn table, but there is a bit of a story behind it, the doodle is marking the 44th anniversary of the birth of hip hop, which first began back in 1973, when the dj who went by the name of cool, through back to school jam in the bronx, and tried something new with his mix, and it soon became a h

bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: well, this is a test, only a test until december.t is experimenting with its new toll grantries. nine of them between the beltway and rosslyn. as you can see, some drivers are saying what the heck is going on? these things are flashing. it's basically a test of the system here that will eventually flash the light at this toll plaza when cars have indicating that they have two or more people in their car. the flashing light will eventually let law enforcement know that that car should have to or more people inside of it and if it doesn't, they could be pursued and ticketed. the hot lanes which will go into that effect early december between the beltway and rosslyn will allow you to use the hov lanes for a fee if you're in your car alone. the amount of the tolls will rise and fall depending on traffic at the time. the hot lanes will go into effect from 5:30 to 9:30 in the morning eastbound and then westbound from 3:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon t it will no longer be a free ride if you have a hybrid car. basically this is part of an over

bob barnard is on the way. gets there. >>> switching gears now, cue the music and welcome kevin mccarthy here with today's fox beat. >> welcome back. >> good to see is you. how are you doing. thanks for having me on. rouper of kid creole under arrest in connection with the stabbing death of a homeless man. police are saying kid creole whose real name is nathaniel glover faces murder charges from that stabbing that happened in midtown manhattan earlier this week. tmz saying police used surveillance video to identify kid creole and he's one of the founding members of the group grand master flash and the furious i think people probably most know the most famous song the message which has the message don't push me, i'm close to the edge. also they were the first hip hop group ever to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame back in 2007. >> were they fighting or was it like unprovoked. >> allegedly it was a fight and the -- he was left on the street. he was then taken to a hospital. the homeless man was kill

he plead not guilty in court toda here's cornell barnard. >> bob saw the fire begin in the oakland hillsch took three days to put out. according to court documents, 24-year-old alfredo bautista confessed he started the blaze with a cigarette lighter. >> anyone who starts a fire especially up here or anywhere that is dry has to have something wrong with him. >> reporter: he tried to rob two victims at gunpoint. they were sitting in their car on grizzly peak boulevard. >> reporter: drew ann took off in her car to get away but he chased her. >>old me in he a stolen vehicle and crashed into me repeatedly until i lostol of the trcar.on c >> reporter: this was the result. she crashed her pt cruiser into a parked car. th speusctan r away. hours after the fire began, witnesses saw him try to steal a car and witnesses stopped him. he is charged with arson, attempted robbery, assault and car theft. a pretrial hearing is set for august 15th. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> parents and neighbors demanded answers about a long-delayed school under construction on the peninsula. we were in south schoo

here's cornell barnard. >> bob saw the fire begin in the oakland hills which took three days to put out. according to court documents, 24-year-old alfredo bautista confessed he started the blaze with a cigarette lighter. >> anyone who starts a fire especially up here or anywhere that is dry has to have something wrong with him. >> reporter: he tried to rob two victims at gunpoint. they were sitting in their car on grizzly peak boulevard. >> reporter: drew ann took off in her car to get away but he chased her. >> he followed me in a stolen vehicle and crashed into me repeatedly until i lost control of the car. >> reporter: this was the result. she crashed her pt cruiser into a parked car. the suspect ran away. hours after the fire began, witnesses saw him try to steal a car and witnesses stopped him. he is charged with arson, attempted robbery, assault and car theft. a pretrial hearing is set for august 15th. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> parents and neighbors demanded answers about a long-delayed school under construction on the peninsula. we were in south san francisco where school

it caught our att that's why bob barnard is along the interstate in arlington. bob what's going on out there. >> reporter: well, erin traffic is moving really well here on 66 both directions but we're underneath one of the nine gentries that's now established between the beltway and rosslyn and take a look. if you watch it long enough you'll see these lights flashing here. this is the e-z pass toll plaza and eventually those things are going to flash when drivers put their e-z pass and hov mode, that means they have at least two people in the car during rush hour. and basically the flash allows the police that will be kind of monitoring these toll plazas -- no the really a plaza, it's a gentry it's an overhead reader to see there are two people in that car, its fine. if not they'll go after the person for violating. basically the hov lanes are now being tested so they don't actually go into effect until december but you're going to see a lot of lights flashing in the mean time. eventually these hot lanes will allow you to use the hov lanes for a fee if you're in