chief bowers is also helping the to assess workplace relations. >> i want to do this right. we have one shot to do this right. and that's the critical thing. >> reporter: in his first interview since wusa 9 first broke the story on the fire official's facebook page, about a sexual harassment lawsuit, richie bowers revealed this. >> the individual that, you know, you're speaking of, the captain, has been moved and also disciplined. >> reporter: chief bowers said he didn't know about the internal affairs investigator, guy morgan's offensive facebook posts until a group of women brought them to his attend a few weeks ago. he put morgan on administrative leave. >> do you feel like somebody should have brought this to your attention? he has been posting it for several years. >> i wish i would have known. but honestly, peggy, i don't start my day looking at facebook pages. we have great men and women doing great things every day. likely, unequivocally, have bad apples. >> reporter: the issues came to life, after nicole mittendorf took her own life last month. she had been the targ

when bowers is still with us in london.start with you and ask you, my thinking is buyer shareholders were already perturbed about the $122 per share offer. how they feel about $138 per share offer? >> probably not so good and we heard one of the things they're saying is that they can raise capital up to --ut 35% of the market gap they can just go to the investors in do that. but one thing to keep in mind is everybody kind of knows your first offer is not going to be your final offer. you the story became public had analysts talking about the range between 120 and 150. shares are still trading way below the first offer price. investors are where that this could probably go higher. if bayer would like to do that there are a couple things they can do. he said that they will not sell assets but they can look at diverting assets. they can look at a different combination because right now it's just an oil cash deal. they can look at the stock element. bayer does have the firepower to raise the offer if they want to. it seems like

cheap bowers began an investigation on to who wrote the online post and the man assigned to lead the investigation was guy morgan who himself has made sexist comments. the chairman says the county does not tolerate that kind of behavior. >> he has been placed on administrative leave by support of the chief in doing that. i think someone that holds a position as he does needs to be held to a higher standard. so if your upholding ethical decisions, then you need to be, i believe, held to a higher standard. >> there is an allegation that guy morgan used the four left "c" word in front of a recruitment class several years ago. i asked guy morgan about that and he did not deny it but he wouldn't answer any questions. in an apparent facebook comment to this story, nicole mido he should come to work for fairfax in their internal affairs section. seeing this i wish i was closer to retirement i would like to clean out some of the pitiful people in your agency so the rest of the people can do the great job you already do. >>> chief bowers is out of town. i have spoken with him over the phone.

you see, superintendent larry bowers has overruled his own school. he has decided that six students will get to graduate and participate in ceremonies tomorrow. wusa 9's bruce leshaj is -- leshanna is -- bruce leshan is at the high school. >> reporter: that's right, adam. supporters are saying that the principal's get tough policy was, in fact, working. that there were i let fewer students drinking at prom. and none of them had to be rushed to the hospital as had been in the case in the past. she explicitly told the students and f they were caught drinking at prom, they would still be able to graduate, but they would not be able to walk across the stage to pick up their diplomas. >> the superintendent waited until the long weekend to announce he was overruling his own principle. perhaps waiting to quell a controversy that anyway. >> disappointed, angry, exhausted. powerless. >> the president. bcc student association, speaking as a parent of two, slammed superintendent larry bowers, who decided to allow some students who consumed alcohol during prom a

jack smith and ann bowers will retire july 1st. that's the latest live in bethesda.im, back to you. >>> prince georges county is launching a new effort to get people out of jail and back into school. it's called back on track. that program gives low-level offenders the opportunity to admit guilt for a crime. they will then work with the team from catholic charities and prince georges community college to learn a new career. the state's attorney angela brooks says it will save the county $7,000 in jail housing costs. >>> the parents of two virginia brothers killed on their way to school have awarded the first scholarship in their sons' names. ian and jaylen brown died in a car accident last november. they were on their way to spotsylvania high school when it happened. the teens' parents decided to use money left over from a go fund me account to start a scholarship fund. over the weekend they awarded one of the boy's classmates a grant of $1,000 a year for four years. >>> the and beer. we'll tell you how a maryland brewing company is paying it forward for a legal vict

police say bowers through rocks and railroad ties at moving vehicles from an overpass on the 600 blockuniversity avenue. a driver suffered minor injuries when his windshield was destroyed. >>> after dave warm temperatures out there, some storms, we're cooling down just a bit outside. meteorologist lauren casey is in the weather center with a look at the forecast. hey, lauren. >> natasha, we had a bit of everything today. we had sunshine through much of our saturday and then showers and a few thunderstorms rolling through this evening. even severe thunderstorm rolling through parts of southern delaware but right now conditions quieting down on storm scan3 just a few lingering sprinkles out there most of moisture working offshore and the cloud exec starting to break up after a cold front moved through this evening but before that frontal boundary, temperatures were warm. seventy three 76 degrees in philadelphia. today 74 in allentown. our average high temperature is 73 degrees. so finally a day spent above average temperatures right now, though, cooled off significantly with a combinatio

. >> reporter: cody packed into the woods with bower for the night sunday. his phone died monday and was supposed to return home by noon that day. cody said the trail was washed away and he ended up turned around having no idea where he was. with no food and dazed in the woods cody said even bower didn't want to push on and all they could do is sit and wait and hope and pray. >> those guys are unbelievable. they saved me. i couldn't say thank you enough to those guys and everybody that was involved, all the countless hours. from the bottom of my heart thank you guys. you saved my life. i owe you everything. >> reporter: cody was released from the hospital healthy in good spirits all things considering. jennifer mcgraw, kpix5. >>> state lawmakers taking steps to make clear where drones can and cannot go. fire season is upon us. authorities want to avoid any incidents like last year where lives and property were endangered by some of the hobbyists. during the fires in placer county a drone in the area where homes were burning stopped aerial firefighting operat

>>reporter: the michael and bower are doing well.nice family dinner just as soon as possible. >>> that will be a nice gathering for them. >> yes. >> look at the snow up there. >>> we have video we turn to the weather that we want to show you from the east bay hills tamara from about 5:00 o'clock tonight. >> dark clouds rolling into the bay area. sandhya is here with the ezrkrñ right now on live dor 7hd we have some clouds around but no showers yet. that may be changing. green that you are seeing here over mount hamilton not reaching the ground. let's take a look at the temperatures. they are all in the 50's. with the wind though it did feel colder today. definitely cooler across the bay area. kgo roof cam are notice the trees aren't swaying and we look along the embarcadero breezy in spots tonight. chance of showers through tomorrow and we will tip to see below average temperatures right on through the weekend. we bring in the stormy packet escape. we rate storms from 1 to 5 all season long. 1 is light system. 5 is severe storm. and

it came as a result of the orders from the head of the klan, sam bowers, and he said o go.nd they came to kill the whole family. >> and learn about the freedom summer school program. during the summer of 1964, when volunteers from around the country taught african-americans in mississippi methods of non-violent resistance and encouraged voter registration. >> there were meetings held throughout the city in various churches, preparing the residents and informing them of their political rights. and getting ready to register to vote. >> this weekend watch c-span's cities tour to hattiesburg, mississippi. saturday. on c-span 2's book tv. and saturday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> next, treasury secretary jack lew. with reporters on the domestic and global economies and his upcoming trip to the g-7 summit. the event was hosted by the washington bureau of the christian science monitor. it's 50 minutes.

. >> reporter: fairfax county fire chief riche bowers lashed out at the people who post vial and vicious comments about others. >> you need to clean up this blog. people need to act right. i am appealing to, and i'm using the media here, to the person that hosts this site to one, take the l two, turn the site off if people aren't going to act right. >> reporter: the creator and administrator of fairfax underground responded to the chief's comments in an interview with us over face time. >> this is clearly a deflection of blame. it's very easy. basically it's a chalkboard for a bathroom stall. when someone comes and writes graffiti on a chalkboard, you don't blame the chalkboard. you blame the author. it's pretty author that the author of these malicious posts is a firefighter and it seems like he's trying to deflect blame away from the author and on to the website. >> reporter: chief bowers says he was unaware of the cyber bullying on the site before nicole mittendorff's death. since people post anonymously, he has no proof the comments came from within his department. these posts are th

i haveed with chief richard bowers and i'm still waiting to hear back.ive in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. >>> we know you will stay on top of it. good work there. thank you. thousands of women and children living in fear and under the threat of deportation. >> according to internal documents today obtained by rotor the immigration enforcement is planning raids at a 30-day surge starting this month and 100 people in virginia are on that list. we are live in crystal city. dahlia. >> reporter: this building behind me houses the one and only immigration court in all of virginia and advocates say that is part of the problem. people want a lawyer and then they may not be able to make it to court depending on whether or not they get a ride or where they live. some are hours away. so they default on date and now are subject to deportation. >> i live 11 years here. >> this mom is afraid of deportation and agreed to talk to us if we did not show her face or use her name. >> she says the gang violence that made her leave el salvador has gotten worse. her 15-year-old

both michael and bower are doing well. his family plans to have a nice, family dinner as soon as possible. >>> 54 years ago, three prisoners escaped from alcatraz and never found. there is an eyewitness that could be key to cracking a case. >> a big white boat. all of the lights were off. the motor was off and it was just sitting there. >> the twist sending investigators in a different direction in a exclusive report tonight on abc news at 11. >> that is an intriguing story. >>> dash cams are hot new accessories for your cars. >> this man bought one and he got out of a traffic ticket and this man says his dash cam kept him from being scammed. >> p on your side michael finney has what you need to know about dash cams. that is next. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com >>> one of the hot new accessories for cars is the dash cam. police have them and so do taxis. >> the question is should you. mic

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fire chief bowers supports the investigation. leon: still ahead at 6:00. this car engulfed in flames in chevy chase. we will tell you what happened minutes earlier that is blamed for the fire. >> it might be part of the daily commute. the worst bottleneck in maryland. coming up with the state is now looking to do to fix it. doug: patches of blue sky above the city of frederick, maryland. how long before we see that here? it's in the forecast. still to come on "abc7 news at 6:00". maureen: the senate passed a bill allowing families of those killed the terrorist attack to sue any country involved. for example, families of those killed on september 11 could sue saudi arabia for the alleged role in the attacks. saudi arabia has threatened to pull billions of dollars in u.s. investments if that happens. president obama says he will veto the bill saying it jeopardizes national security and t retribution abroad. leon: today, the attorney for edward nero took aim at the reckless endangerment charge against him. nero is one of six baltimore police officers charged

. >> neither the superintendent, labory bowers nor his spokesman would say anything about the decision today. in a letter to senior families just before the long weekend. the superintendent said the student his already been punished and that principals still have the right to bar students from graduation ceremonies on a case-by-case basis. >>> senator of texas is encouraging the state's 1200 school districts to ignore an obama administration directive for transgender rights. they will support schools that do not allow students to use the rest room that matches their transgender identity. >>> nothing normal about the flooding in southeast texas. the brazos river is eight feet above flood stage. that's three feet higher than ever recorded. and the rain, well, it is couple of days. >> tomorrow is the start of hurricane season. and today, president barack obama urged everybody to get ready. during a briefing at fema headquarters, the president suggested having an evacuation plan and readiness kits on standby for when the weather getting dangerous. >>> government forecasters are expecting a

that information came from fire chief richard bowers in the first interview since wusa9 broke the story about the lawsuit and a separate story about lewd and sexually official posts on a facebook page. guy moreand was looking into the bullying and a firefighter nicole mittendorf took her life last month. now he is in trouble. >> if anyone in our department or anyone associated with the fire department. if they posted that, i would be very troubled. >>> nicole mittendorf husband said his wife chose not to engage with the cyber bullies and she had moved on. mittendorf says he may never know why she killed herself. >>> a student pilot crashed a small plane in buoy today. a look at sky 9 shows that it crashed into a fence by a big highway. a producer was driving by and she says it caused a big traffic backup. the pilot safely landed the plane and kept going. >>> one more friends to get outside and enjoy this gorgeous weather because another nor'easter is headed this way official. we have more when it will get here. >> enjoy tonight and tomorrow night but let's look to saturday. weather aler

now last month chief richard bowers promised to investigate the claims inside the fire department following the suicide of nicole mittdo posted on online message board. the board's operator said he will reveal who posted them under court order. maureen: eyewitness says he saw baltimore police officer edward nero throw a handcuffed freddie gray in the back of a police van. that witness testified in the second day of nero's trial. he is charged with assault and reckless endangerment. prosecutors say nero had no reason to chase and arrest gray last april in baltimore. gray died from injuries suffered inside that van. officers never belted gray in his seat. leon: happening now, thousands are gathering on the national mall in honor of police officers who gave their lives to save others. richard reeve is live at the site of the vigil and he checks in. this is the first time the event has been held on the mall. richard: that is right, leon. so many peep have been attending this event. they decided to move it to the national mall. emotional look behind me and you can see the officers at rigid atten

. >> troy bowers making a big impact. netting his eighth goal of the post season, they lead the series three games to two. little less on humanity. getting play on the baseball diamond. watch this, the flip. the points. and the running man. logan hall from washington is an eighth grade but has the swag gar of a senior. the lesson here don't sho off, kids. >> of course that running man keeps getting play after play. we're going to see it one more time. the flip, the point, the running man. >> serious flip, too. >> i'm still debating the legality of those running. that's not the running man i grew up knowing. >> it's like the electric slide is totally different. i'm more at ease with my 70 and 80-year-old aunt on the floor. >> they can update the sl ♪ they go ooh ooh. ♪ hey! ♪ they go oh-ooh-ooooh. ♪ sitting, watching, waiting, wishing. ♪ ♪ i tell you one thing, you never knew it. ♪ ♪ at the back of the bus ♪ there is so much to give, so dream big. ♪

fire chief bowers promises a thorough investigation. leon: million of americans could see a boost in the pay thanks to a change in eligibility for overtime. maryland bureau chief brad bell explains who is eligible and why some says it could hurt americans instead of helping them. >> the new overtime rules are expected to affect 4.2 million american workers. many of them in the retail and the restaurant industry. places like family owned k.b.q. real barbecue in the woodbridge town center in lanham. >> our initial reaction is how will it hit the pocket. >> she says as a small business owner she c but she also values her employees. including her own daughter who works as a manager at the popular restaurant. >> i feel like it's a good step for people in general to have a living wage. >> the new federal overtime rule mandates automatic overtime pay for salaried workers making less than $47,476 a year. the old pressurehold was $23,660. >> how are you doing? >> at this restaurant in silver spring the owner is not happy. >> it will be harder fo

this is new video of cody michael and his german shepherd bower in placer county. they were camping near loch leven trail on monday but didn't return home as planned. dozens of volunteers aided rescue teams in helicopters in a massive search yesterday. officials say both are okay. >>> the state senate approved a wide-ranging series of gun control measures today to tighten california gun laws. >> it deals with public safety and protects our children. >> gun ownership is a constitutional bedrock. we can't smash the second amendment and expect america to be as free and strong as it's always been. >> the measures included one that would require background checks for ammunition purchases. another mandating that people get a state serial number before making a gun. another that requires reporting a lost or stolen gun within five days. it goes to the state assembly. >>> a popular celebration in the bay area could be cut short. two brothers filed a lawsuit to stop next month's san francisco pride parade saying it's unsafe. they were injured in 2013 at the parade. the attor

employment issued, workforce morale, mental health assistants and communication issues saying that richie bowers is fully supportive of the initiative. nicole mittendorf committed suicide last month. they believe online bullying and harassment con trimented to her distress. anonymous posters on the underground site called her names discussed herself life and trashed her. other female firefighters received the same treatment. after it became public knowledge the department has zero tolerance on bullying and harassment and said there could be consequences for those involved. fairfax country fire department did an internal investigation and concluded that the department had no prior knowledge of what was going on with nicole mittendorf and online posts. it also has done task force that will continue working with the union and employees on workplace issues. and mission, will also talk to the fairfax country firefighters and volunteers about stress on the job and suicide prevention. live in fairfax county i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> 4:33 is the time. happening today. day five in the tr

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