you're about to meet them via bob barnard. hey, bob. >> reporter: hey there, guys. yes. hi there. we're at the mid atlantic nostalgia show 2017. guys, there are vendors here selling magazines and videos and books celebrity books and take a look at this table here. do you recognize this face? recognize ponch that's eric estrada and he's here. he's here meeting some of this fans lining up to actually get his autograph here. the show opened at 9:00 this morning. look at this meeting with his fans and spend a couple of minutes with >> good morning. >> good morning. we'll talk inside. good good morning eric. >> real well. >> how are you. >> didn't mean to interrupt your conversation with your fans. >> i'm with the babes. >> tell us about that. what shot in the arm is this for us to come here. >> this is great. only one of its kind. there's no special effects this is a walking dead here. just the old walking in the room. us guys from years ago. it's the atlantic nostalgia show it's a wonderful show and it's my first time but i get to see a lot of folks that i knew from back in the day w

bob barnard live at one of them at joint base andrews. steve and allison. we're here at heritage park where 9/11 remembrance ceremony has just gun. we just had a fly over of 2f16s that are based here at joint base andrews. take a look behind me you see a big american flag here hoisted by two ladder trucks. they're basically just paying tribute to the first responders from joint base andrews who were dispatched to the pentagon 16 years ago this morning to help in the rescue and recovery efforts there. we had thely there's a bugler here and the commander of 11th mission support group will be speaking here shortly. and you see a number of the people who work here, civilian and uniformed here joint base andrews are out here at heritage park for this ceremony. you showed a moment ago a live picture from the pentagon where president trump and first lady mel melania trump will join other dignitaries. that's for a ceremony that begins at 9:30 this morning. before that 8:45 the president and first lady will join white house staffers for a moment o

bob barnard is standing by with the very latest for us this morning. >> plus a fox5 exclusive as questionontinue to swirl around a deadly house fire in bethesda. we have a look inside that may shed some light on this mystery. >> also ahead the white house pushing back at criticism over hurricane response in puerto rico and as the situation there grows even more dire reports of thousands of cargo containers on the island but just sitting there. >> if you're just waking up this morning giving i was live look outside we are at bowie state university kicking off our college tore this fall season. it is tucker is having a whole lot of fun wit them. we'll check in with tucker in a couple minutes. >> hewhy isn't he dancing too? he will. erin is standing by and mike is in studio. we'll start with you. >> they're wearing jackets. it's noticeably cooler out as temperatures are falling back into the 40's and 50's. beautiful day ahead hm lots of sunshine. tucker has the full forecast. hey erin. >> 50 toward bowie is nice and quiet. that's good news. bad news is on the beltway inner loop congestion be

. >> demonstrators say they're upset about what they call unsafe fox 5 bob barnard has the story. >>etrobus operators asking for protection are instead being taken away by metro supervisors. disciplined for essentially refusing to work, said the transit agency. some of those drivers are being replaced by white shirted supervisors. not accustomed to getting behind the wheel >> keep your bodily fluids to yourself. all right? all right. >> reporter: metro is calling this an unauthorized labor action. the bus operators union telling us it's just their response to a disturbing incident on the troubled x 2 line last weekend. that's a female passenger throwing what police say was a cup of urine on a bus operator, an unprovoked attack, they say against a female operator. >> what happened the other day is the straw that broke the camel's back. no one she don't have the oper those conditions. >> reporter: the accused, 38-year-old opal brown is being charged with a misdemeanor assault. she's been ordered to stay away from only that bus line, not the entire system. >> unfortunately when you're o

bob barnard takes a look how some of us are paying tribute. >> aram iskadrian junior. >> john f.>> in lower manhattan annual reading of names and more than 2600 that perished at the world trade center september 11, 2001. here in washington a moment of silence on the south lawb you white house 8:46 a.m. the precise moment the first hijacked airliner crashed be into the north tower. later at the pentagon president trump spoke of our nation's resolve. >> today as we stand on this hallowed ground we're reminded of timeless truth that when america is united no force on earth can break us apart. no force. >> in shanksville, pennsylvania, vice-president pence attends a 9/11 service at the memorial to flight 193. and at joint base andrews a remembrance ceremony honoring first responders. >> we work with them daily, depend on them daily and couldn't do our missions here at joint base andrews without the support of those in and around prince george county and national capital region. >> at the andrews ceremony a flyover of f 16s. the 113 air fighter wing going on full alert in the moments

fox5's bob barnard reports. >>reporter: this is a craze he i 27 year old cold case murder story out of south florida that made sensational headlines at the time because the killer was dressed as a clown and shot a woman in the head as she answered her front door. authorities say this is a mug shot taken yesterday of the now 54 year old sheila a keen warren . she was arrested without incident in washington county, virginia. that's in the the far southwest corner of the state. shes was indicted on a first degree murder charge by a month and this is the crime scene. video from may 1990 in wellington, florida that's in palm beach county, the sheriff's office spending the past 27 years looking for killer who knocked on the door dressed as a clown with balloons and flowers who then pulled out a gun and fired two shots. marlene warren was shot in the head in front of her teenage son. she died two days later. news accounts present the the time reported marlene suspected her husband was having an affair. sheila keen was

bob barnard has more on this. >> reporter: metrobus operators asking for protection on the job todayad being taken away by metro supervisors. disciplined for refusing could work said the transit agency. some of those drivers are being replaced by white shirted supervisors. not accustomed to getting behind the wheel at work. >> keep your bodily fluids to yourself. right? anywhere. >> reporter: metro is calling this is an unauthorized labor action. the bus operators union telling us, it's just their response to a disturbing incident on the troubled x 2 line last weekend. that's a female passenger throwing what police say was a cup of urine on a bus operator. an unprovoked attack they say against a female i do not. >> is the straw that broke the camel's back. no one she don't have the operate a city public bus under those conditions. >> reporter: the accused, 38-year-old opal brown, is being charged with a misdemeanor assault. she's been ordered to stay away from only that bus line not the entire system >> it's a multi-ton vehicle, god forbid if that bus gets out of control. we want to

here's bob barnard. >> theological college at catholic university is celebrating 100 anniversary with alumni reunion in early october. the seminary in northeast washington invited jesuit priest and author father james martin to visit the campus october 4 and speak about jesus. with the publication this summer of father martin's latest book building a bridge about lgbt canal likz seminary administrators had a change of heart after coming under fire online and over the phone. we spoke to father martin via skype from new york. >> i don't think he would mind me saying this resiptionist were getting phone calls people would pick up the phone and screa resiptionist. >> theological college officials say their decision to invite father martin to speak here received increasingly negative feedback on social media web sites. and father martin calling the attacks homophobic in nature. in each statement about the criticism it was receiving theological college writes as a result after consulting with archdiocesan advisors the decision was made to withdrawal the invitation in interest of avoiding di

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this is bob barnard fox 5 local news. >>> coming up, president trump has unveiled his tax reform planes it mean for you? >> ronica cleary is breaking that down tonight. ronica? >> reporter: we're going to take you through the details that could very well affect your bottom line. coming up. jim >> plus a dc woman under arrest accused of assaulting a metro bus driver, the liquid she's accused of throwing at them. coming up next. coming up next. cannibal. >>> back with detain on breaking news out of fairfax county. this is in the 8100 block of gate house road in the falls church area, police are saying there does not appear to be threat to the public but evacuating an office building in that block right now for reports of a shooting. there are indications this could have been a suicide inside that building, we just don't know right now. still continuing to try to get details and we'll continue to monitor the developments. >>> still no word on what caused a fire at the ecuadorian consulate in the district. officials say the fire started in the addict and roof before spreading, two firefig

bob barnard live at northwest at one of the elementary schools with the so-called dangerous turf. g. >> reporter: hey, good morning, steve and allison. we've seen a couple closed. this one here at ross elementary school the playground is open. dupont circle. this is the field we're talking about. it's this green astro turf. and as you'll see in a moment, a couple of others are closed i want to show i was sign they've got outside this school. it's a notice sign it says this field recently failed an impact or hardness test that means there's an increased risk of injury and in the event of a fall on this field. contact sports including football, baseball, soccer what have you are prohibited pending confirmation of the test results. want to show you some video tape now from jannie elementary school. so we're talking about ross h here, jannie, eden and tubman elementary schools are all going to have their playground turf replaced at a cost of about a million dollars to the city. there's a parent's group here in the district that says there are 11 fields that have been proven to be too h

bob barnard, what are you seeing out on the roads?l me about this plan. >> reporter: much better here than up on 95. i will tell you this is something that the governor says will come over time if they can get private companies to help with the fin financing. public -- private partnership. what they actually want to do is add two lanes to the inner loop. two lanes to the outer loop, the entire maryland stretch from -- we can put map up there for you. showing from you the american legion bridge all the way around east and south to the woodrow wilson bridge. four lanes added to i270 from i70 in frederick all the way down to the beltway. and then also the plan would be for the state to acquire from the federal government the bw parkway and have four extra lanes from baltimore all weight down to the beltway and these would be toll lanes so two lanes on each, you know, the north southbound lanes the inner loop, the outer loop, and again apelike private partnership to ease congestion. maryland is some of the worst in the nation. maryland an

this is the alternative, in northwest, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> that is racism. you cannot deny it. you cannot run for it. and i kneel in honor of them. >> democratic congressman, sheila jackson lee of texas taking neon the house floor last night in what she says the solidarity with nfl players who dot same during the national anthem. president trump reignited when he said nfl owners should fire players who refuse to stands. mr. trump's comments, calling them racist. >> coming up, another big blow to the gop effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> president trump says the us ready to use devastating force on north korea. ronica cleary for the announcement today. ronica? >> jim, as the tough talk rises, there are reports now that north out to get advice from republicans on how to deal with the president. we spoke with one of them who got the call. coming up. but first, guardee? >> thanks, ronica. it has been little less than a week since hurricane maria slammed into that island. we know as puerto rico. it is just devastated down there. we have som

>> hmm. >> that's from bob barnard's story about the d.c. machine gave me love of all sports. great interview. my first exposure to the espn style myself growing up. >> for a lot of us, right? >> wisdom martin i'm with you. e only saw hell lay berry didn't see anyone else. even kevin. laugh outloud. going to see the movie to see her. >> uh-huh >> is fair to put kevin and halle berry in the same sen sentence. >> it's really not. >> how about hell lay berry and anybody nel sentence. >> to you that. we've got quite the lineup for you. we got led dizzy a popular musician a so you full sound she'll perform in the loft. this is huge, people. >> and james blunt will perform tonight with ed sheeran and tomorrow night at the verizon center. which is not the name any more. right? >> what's it called. >> capital one arena. >> what i meant to say. before he performs tonight he's coming and visiting us in the loft. i know we'll sit down and chat with him. >> have him come back tomorrow, bring ed. why not? >> we'll be eating. chef kwame back in the house

first university of they cancelled a bob barnard has the story. >> theological college at catholic university celebrating its 100th anniversary with alumni reunion in early october and the seminary in northeast washington is invited jesuit priest and author father james martin to visit the campus october and speak about jesus. with the publication this summer of father martin latest book building a bridge about lgbt catholics seminary administrators had a khaips of heart after c online and over the phone. we spoke to father martin via skype. >> the director said the reexception was getting phone calls people would pick up the phone and scaem at the reception sgliingt in a written statement theological college officials say their decision taken to vit father martin to speak here rereceived increasingly negative feedback on social media web sites. father martin calling the attacks homophobic in nature. in each statement about criticism receiving theological college rights after consulting with university and archdiocesan advisors decision was made to withdrawal the invitation and in the interes

along the national mall in washington, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> take a look at this, it was a dream come true for the virginia boy who wrote president trump saying it would be his honor to mow the white frirks s 11 year old frank, fx guy yacht who he he also got to meet the president. fx and his dad got the vip treatment, they visited the oval office rn the press briefing room and more. he said he never realized his offer to help would get so much attention. first i interviewed with fox. and then i went with cnn. then i mowed the white house -- the rose garden. and then i had a huge amount of interviews afterward, and i did not see it coming. the president told me that i done better than the national park service. he he said don't tell them that. so sweat. and in case you're wondering, fx did not charge the president for his services. he said the lawn at the white house was much easier than his usual clients. it all started with just a letter to the president. who knew it would turn into written president obama before. he got the usual, he says gifts from the white hours, but

fox5's bob barnard is live from the white house with the latest now. bob?mp expected to make the announcement from the white house tomorrow morning but there are early reports that he has decided to end dacb but delay for six months implementation of the ending of that program. which was created back five years ago by president obama and basically what it does is, for roughly 800,000 people, it allows them to live and work in the us without fear of deportation. now, president trump during the campaign said he wanted to end daca. there are republican attorneys general across the country ready to take that executive order to court. but in congress, there are those saying no, in some way this needs to be preserved. congress has had a tough time in recent years coming up way dream act and yet by the six months delay president trump is basically telling congress to come up with something better, that is lasting that is law not something by executive order. here now some reaction last 24 hours including what president trump has had to say about this. >> we love t

fox5's bob barnard is standing by live. at reagan national airport this morning as some of those flights get here. bok, good morning. bob, good morning.>> reporter: n airlines added 16 flights today out of south and central florida. here at the ticket counter at reagan airport there are still two flights. there was one that left early this morning, another leaving just before 9:00. some people are actually flying to florida. we spoke to a family from pennsylvania. they have a connecting flight in miami to go guatemala which is still on at this point. another man lives 35 miles outside of miami and is going home. those flights heading to florida we're told airlines people are not full. most of the flights leaving florida today are sold out. american airlines as i mentioned added 16 flights. they say they have 3600 seats leaving florida. there are some tickets still available. i checked you could fly for $99, some airlines have capped their fees. $99 from miami to la guardia this afternoon. so, there are still some flights av

bob barnard live at american university this morning with the details. bob?ere were ten of these couldn't federal flag flyers found in four different buildings here on campus. we can show was one of them looks like much it's basically a copy of the ones that they found here. these were pinned to billboards bulletin boards and they each had cotton attached to them as well. now on the back of it it said d.c. counter resistance. again, four different locations on bulletin boards attached there students photographed these things. the campus police are investigating as well as the office of campus life. now, in a statement the university says this. we will not be deterred by this cowardly act. you mentioned the coincidence. these were put up on the same night as presentation on the university's new anti racist research and policy center. now, its director a professor sent out a letter to students here at american university staying in part, this is the latest attempt to frighten our do not let these terrorists he called them slow you down, fear you down. here now

. >> the man is accused of k inging lion sisters they disappeared in 1975 and bob barnard is live from wheaton this morning with the latest as welsh's trial is expected to started, bob. >> reporter: allison, steve, yes, this could be the day that this four decade old murder mystery is solved. it began here at what was then wheaton plaza march 25, 197 the man will be in court in southwest virginia this morning is lloyd lee welsh junior 60 years old he was 18 at the time. two years ago he was indicted and charged with two counts of first degree murder. he was serving lengthy sentence in del dl for sev severally assaultsing a girl there. he admits he was at the mall that day and initially went to police in the weeks after and told them he had seen the lion sisters with another man who people reported was inte interviewing kids on tape recorder at the mall. so this set off big search for missing girls. this mystery dragged on for years and years with all kind of false leads. then two years ago welsh was indicted for murders because again he was here that day and he's since been implicated

our bob barnard is on his way to upper marlboro and he joins us now with the latest. bob?be interesting to see what happens in court today. this is scheduled motions hearing this is young man whose already in prison. as you mentioned he's already in the system facing all these state charges now so we'll see how this is played out. he's facing even more time in prison depending on whether he's convicted on these state charges but as you recall this is a young man who was a volunteer and a teacher's aid at judge sylvania woods elementary school here in prince george's county. he plead guilty on the federal charges of producing child pornography with nearly a dozen of these children that he came into contact with at the school. these are kids mainly boys who were nine to 12 years old and they're a whole there were 15 federally but as you morninged more than 207 by the prince george's county state's attorney's office prosecutors. a variety of charges having to do with exploiting children, producing child pornography. and so we'll see what happens. the hearing is at 9:00 o'cloc

fox5's bob barnard life outside georgetown details now.. >> reporter: hey, maureen much this the law school up near capitol hill not the campus in georgetown. the speech is set for noon. we're told by some law students that some will be gathering on the main steps here starting about 9:30 to protest the appearance by the attorney general. as you mentioned, he's been invited by the center for the constitution which is group here at -- within the law school. and he's here to speak about free speech on college campuses. some faculty and some students say they do plan to protest the appearance. some students apparently will try to interrupt his appearance here and try to prevent him from speaking. we'll see how that goes. they've already put some barricades up here ahead of the attorney general's appearance here. as you mentioned, mr. sessions is here to talk about free speech on college campus in the wake of what happened in berkeley earlier this year. where they had a far right wing speaker planning to come. the speech was cancel. all kinds

bob barnard has the details.do we think that's any coincidence the same day of the launch of the anti racist center we have these flags? >> reporter: no, not a coincidence. students here think it was deliberately done. there were ten of these flyers, posters found in four different locations here on campus. i can show what we're talking about. these are eight and half by 11 confederate flag posters with cotton attach to the front of them across the campus on the back of the poster was d.c. counter resistance. that was what was on the back of this. now, american university police and the office of campus life are investigating in a statement the university says this. "we will not be deterred by this cowardly act" that's the bottom line statement from the university, now as you mentioned this happen on the same night as presentation on the university's new anti racist research and policy center its director professor ken dough put out this letter to students he says this is the latest tempt to frighten our communit

debuted 40 years ago tonight >> television golden years are in baltimore for a nostalgia convention, bob barnard take us for a ride down memory lane. ♪ ♪ >> i'm in safe hand, i got the california >> hello. jeez. lewis. louis, thank you, how often you do you to get together >> couple times a year >> the show was on a awhile ago but you're feeling the love. dozens of people waiting to meet you guys. >> this is great because you got to meet little jims in every city and you hear about why they became a policeman or fireman. mate great people. it's a gift both ways, a lot of reciprocity. >> me and larry also said to me, you know, we were doing the show who would have thunk it 30 years later. >> am i glad to see you >> i say mary anne >> originjer if you want to. >> not at all. >> how are you >> i'm terrific. how are you >> doing very well. what is this? 50 years say, ginger or mary anne and most of the us say mary anne >> i'm mrs. howell by now. that's pretty good. >> lovey. >> you must feel the love in a room like this >> this didn't exist when we were doing the show. the com cons were something, i

along the national mall in washington, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> take a look at this, it was aould be his honor to mow the white

in northeast washington, bob barnard, "fox5 local news". >> how many times do you see that video youhake your head how somebody can do something like that. just shocking. still ahead this morning, time now 7:20. we'll tell you about a popular maryland high school tradition banned why principal put a stop to it and how restaurants reacting. >> later historic landing for nasa overnight and what makes this mission back from space so special. we'll have that and more coming up "fox news morning" will be right fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, and switching has never been easier. get out of you contract with up