they're calling this hands off dc. and one of t advocates in all of this today was the mayor of dc, mayor bowser going toe to toe with republican chairman of the house oversight committee tonight. jason shavitz. here's what they had to say >> it's best thing the federal government do for us is leave us alone. and we tell them that this council of the district of columbia has been duly elected by the people of the district of columbia, and that this counsel of the district of columbia passes the laws for us. >> my concerns about the dangerous flaw in the district's act are shared by a number of people and i will tell you it's of deep personal moral conviction that i stand in opposition of what has passed and therefore in favor of this resolution of disapproval and as char man of this committee, i did not ask this to come to me but per the constitution it does come to the chairman of the oversight committee and i have to make decision regular basis as to what will be considered and what is not considered. >> reporter: th

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we're not going to have a cold night. 49 in dc.ing ton new york city or boston 34, they can keep warm from the warmth of their trophies the lombardi tropy, congratulations patriots fans, unbelievable game. but here is something that's a little bit unbelievable and it's the temperature trend. up and then down. average high now climbs to 45 degrees. we're going to be way above tomorrow at 67. wednesday pretty mild. this will ker earlier and then drop. william be cooler on thursday with a temperature of 43. colder still for friday at 39. so we're going to keep these crocuses from blooming too much. a little bit of rain in the forecast tomorrow, doesn't look like a lot of rain but enough that you may need rain gear a few hours tomorrow morning, i think by about 10:00, 11:00, this is all out of here. frontal boundary pushes through. strong south breeze. keeps us mild overnight. temperature in the 40's. showers around in the morning. they're gone by noon at the latest. and if we get peaks of sun in the afternoon, definitely 60's doable m

accident. >>> fox 5 dc cares is working promote a cool event happening next month. special olympics peco dc hosting a polar plunge at nets park to raise money for many of its programs >> this is the first plunge inside the ballpark. but first mike thomas shows us one of the ways your donation helps the special olympics. >> reporter: we're talking about special olympics here in washington, i'm here with nicole ceo of special olympics washington, dc. thank you for having us >> thank you for coming. >> reporter: tell me a little bit about what special olympics dc does and especially what they do for our youth around here >> special olympics dc is the sole provider of sports programs for people with intellectual disabilities. so we bring kids out from all of the area high school, elementary schools, also today, we got 105 kids from high schools and elementary schools around the city and they're practicing to learn how to do competition and speed skating. >> reporter: they all seem like excellent skaters. we have a big event coming unand we want folks in dc to come out t

two dc police officers have been shot. good news, both are conscious and headed to medstar washington center. >> they are conscious and stable apparently, and this happened at moore street and holbrook in northeast, and we are looking into reports that a suspect was shot, and it's not condition. we do have a crew on the way to the scene. we will stay over this over the next half an hour and of course on our wusa 9 app and website. >>> so in the shenandoah valley, the natural beauty of laray caverns has drawn people to its caves since 1878. >> scott rensburger takes us on the open road to larae, virginia. >> reporter: if you look over the railing, you're going to be seeing your first glimpse of totem poll valley. >> reporter: it's older than the dinosaurs. >> estimated to be around 450 million years old. >> reporter: it's one of the most popular caverns in the united states. >> currently we are around 100 feet below the surface of the earth. >> reporter: and tourists come by the millions. >> we will be >> reporter: and it's

but that's why wes ou think fredericks berg will get to 70 dc, 67. hagerstown, 66. martinsburg 68 degrees. it will not rain allrt dayin.s. we think those will again just be a few short hours in the morning. but here is the warm winds that we will get tomorrow afternoon. between the area of low low pressure getting closer and high pressure off the coast,st, those south breezes will gust again occasionally from 20 to 30 miles per hour.30 now at the same m time i ami talking about record heat, we are watching thursday for the possibility of some winterytery weather. what it would be is a weak area of low pressure passing just to the south. it would start as rain, and maybe change-over to little bit of wet snow on thursday morning. not sure it is going to have aa big impact, because temperatures hit the grounds, certainly warm from two, three days of temperatures in the 60s, but we will watch it. the timing, it may affectt thursday morning commute. tomorrow, 8:00 a.m., few showers. 48 degrees. dry afternoon. fifty-eight by noon. by 4:00, 66 degrees. we wrap it up your f

dc police want your help finding him. alec bonowitz was last seen at the intersection of fifth and 5 street. he is five feet 11 and weighs about 120 pounds. he has brown eyes and hair and was green jacket, and carrying a black and white backpack. if you have information, call the dc police. >>> a woman is dead after the motorcycle she was riding crashed into another one. this all happened around 2:00 this morning in wood bridge, virginia. police say the driver of one motorcycle braked to turn and the second driver, the woman physical lowing behind was unable to stop. motorcyclist robert pots is charged with driving under the influence and police say other charges are pending. >>> huge crowds stretch as far as the eye can see to attend a rally and welcome president trump back to florida. kenneth craig has the story from melbourne, florida. >> reporter: president trump was back in his comfort zone rallying supporters at an airport hangar in florida. >> i hear your demands. i hear your voices. and i promise you i will delive

we've reached out to dc police for explanation. the fire department ruled this was intentionally set. but the police department continues to say it's just a death investigation. they are not saying it's a suspicious death or that it's a homicide at this point. so this is still under investigation. but again, most troubling circumstances appear to be that mr. iali went to talk with narcotics investigators i the day before found dead inside his apartment. paul wagner fox 5 local news. >>> killing three members of a dc family and her housekeeper likely won't be tried until next year. during a hearing at dc's superior court, they agreed to pick a jury in 2018, they need at least a year to examine the dna evidence. he's accused of murdering his wife, amendmy and housekeeper in 2015. >>> a tragic story out of gaithersburg, a four-year-old found unresponsive by her mother a week ago has died of her injuries. police initially charged 20-year-old iris hernandez with child abuse. investigators tell us they could be upgrade to murder once the

bobcat and dc bobcat -- dc missing bobcat >> didn't look very happy >> i have i had cats all my life. and years ago one of my cats went missing indoor cats and i freaked out 24 hours, i went everywhere, posting pictures, she was in my garage the whole time. i left work early. i was so upset. and started the car and i hear -- >> i had a feeling that olly would be close by. we're glad she's safe and sound. >> it's a weird relief. i'm happy about it. >> mix of good weather, late january february might have featured colder temperatures, today was not too either. we got to 50 despite a lot of cloud cover and down to our south where you had a bit more sunshine pushing 60, dulles at 51 and bwi 49, temperatures right now mostly in the low to mid 40's to the northern portions of the city where we also have a little bit of moisture clipping along very quickly. couple of hit or miss showers tonight. but i wanted to point out fredericksberg 57, culpeper. i have had a little bit more sunshine in those areas and definitely way above average. clouds mostly been the rule and what we have is this very

dc police released this video from inauguration day.wing the vandal whose trashed a limo and set it on fire. of course, this happened on k street in franklin square as people were protesting the inauguration of president trump. you can see the vandals tossing flares into the limo. investigators are trying to identify two of the vandals seen in this video. if you have any information about this or about them, you're asked to call lease. >>> in the district, it could be week before students at a southeast elementary school can actually return to their school building. savoy elementary is infested with bed bugs and tisha lewis is live. tisha i understand originally officials said the school is just closing a few days. >> reporter: that's right. friday, dc public school said here at savoy elementary school it would be closed monday and tuesday. then on wednesday, students would be going to an alternate location, that was only supposed to be a few days. now turns outlet it could be several weeks. this is what's greeting parents when they arr

talking to people at our studios here in northwest dc. hey, adam. >> hey. how's it going?e talking with folks from the med star heart and vascular institute. a whole bunch of people come out. we've had about 135 people signed up so far to get their heart screening and health check. let me take you through what folks are doing. they're signing in, then there's a couple different stations they can go to. first they'll get their cholesterol checked. it's a blood draw. you'll get the results right away. not anything you'll have to wait for. you get your blood pressure checked which is right next door. really it's such a smooth experience up here that the only blood pressure issues you're having is probably the parking issue. everything is going fine up here. from there you'll get a cardiac risk assessment. you can talk to a doctor or vascular specialist. let's talk to some of the folks about why what brought you out here? >> heart screening. >> why'd you feel that was important to do? is that something you've done before? >> i'm 74, i figure it's time to do it. >> how's the ti

>> dc! >> reporter: it resulted in the congressional effort to stop dc's death with dignity law. these dc residents say he doesn't speak for them. >> he's not part of the community or the neighborhood, and he chooses not to b. >> reporter: charles -- not to be. >> reporter: charles alan said he refuses to answer his calls. we reached out and got no response. elizabeth nelson says it's outrageous. >> people who say they believe in limited government think it's okay to meddle in the awfully private affairs of people not in their jurisdiction. i think there's a circle of hell for hypocrites. >> reporter: hands off dc honestly believe they can bring about change by informing lawmakers about what the representatives are actually doing while in dc. for them, this fight is >> hands off dc! >> reporter: john henry, wusa 9. >>> tonight another legal setback for the trump travel ban that temporarily blocks travelers from seven muslim majority countries. a federal judge in alexandria blocked enforcement in virginia for now saying there's evidence it violates the constitution, and last week

her funeral held at a dc church friday. >> she loved church, god, loved to sing and had an infectious smile >> they had fallen in love and core knew she was the one. he paid off this ring for on the way to hawaii during a stop over in san francisco, sisly had a major blood ellicott city. >> unfortunately, she passed away the day after arriving in california. complications of a blot clot >> after making funeral plans, corery contacted charles alexander diamond where he bought the ring hoped to get a refund, according to company policy, a credit could only be given. >> here's the deal. here's proof of death. and i said essentially that we're not going to give i was refund. if you get engaged again, we'll give you a store credit and you can upgrade from that ring, i broke out in tears in the store. >> reporter: owner of the diamond importers said they were heart broken >> we were with mr. jennifer jennifers, we were all upset and literally in tears. i want to say. >> reporter: he told corey he could only issue a credit because of the store policy after seven days. but then, had a change

jail, and dc police said they arrested elijah smith three times in less than 2 weeks. garrett haake with the story you will only see on wusa 9. >> reporter: in 2015, elijah jeremiah smith shocked dc when surveillance video captured him knocking a 69-year-old man out cold on a metro escalator. >> he got right in my face and said do you want to take this outside? >> reporter: smith was already on probation for attacking e smmetro ain. attack, and he was ordered to 7 months in prison and probation under the controversial youth rehabilitation program. last month free but still on probation, smith engaged in a series of violent altercations around dc, and on january 7th, officers arrested him outside of clyde's bar near the verizon center for punching a man in the face without warning. a judge released him the next day pending a hearing. 6 days later, smith struck again this time at brookland metro station in broad daylight. >> reporter: victim says when he tried to push smith back, smith knocked him in the face and pushed him down on the platform, and then he punched him s

figure out who shot and wounded two men this morning near alabama avenue and 9th place in southeast dc. both victims had hardhats on and may have been working at a construction site. one of them has serious injuries. the other managed to get down the street and yell for help. at this point, no arrests and no word on a possible motivate. >>> news4 was first to report that dc fire is still struggling with response times for the most urgent 911 medical calls, one year after it added a private ambulance service to its fleet. the fire chief acknowledged the problem yesterday, and today we've heard from him and the mayor about some big changes coming to the system. news4's mark segraves reports. >> reporter: right now, the policy for the dc fire department is, if you call for an ambulance, one will come and take you to the hospital regardless of your condition. for years first responders have complained about the dc patients' bill of rights, saying it results in hundreds of calls from people who don't need an ambulance as much as they need a ride to a doctor's appointment. today dc's mayor a

>>> a dc public schools employee admits to hatching a plan to smuggle nearly $200,000 worth of cocaine into the country. >> and she had some help. she recruited four other dc women into the scheme to smuggle the drugs become in their underwear. >> garrett haake with the story you will only see on wusa 9. garrett, they are all headed to federal prison? >> reporter: all five women will face lengthy court sentences. the court documents admit that gray admitted four women to take a cruise ship to jamaica to smuggle the drugs back in their specially designed underwear and bras, but the plan felt apart in florida. >> reporter: rita gray waited for a drug delivery that would never arrive. the youngest of the women was stopped at customs, and her hands and voice were shaking, ordering a secondary search in her specially designed bra and gurdle, they found five packs of cocaine. then they searched their friends. >> reporter: how do people usually get caught? >> getting someone who is not experienced, they make a mistake. >> reporter: the plea deal reached with prosecutors said gray told the wom

dc fire is now telling us there were two students and an aid on the bus.of the bus and one of the students were taken to the hospital. no word on the injuries but we have a crew on the way to the scene and we'll bring you more when it comes in. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. ♪♪ know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values ♪♪ know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team. >>> in miami a shocking scene caught on camera. video captured are drive-by shooting. gunman fired more than a dozen shots an

she was last seen in northwest dc home.re have been few clues surrounding her disappearance,ea the memorial today, lane memorial church in northeast. >>> new tonight, dc local marijuana laws have new defenders up on capitol hill.l. for the first time group of democratic, republican congressmen have joinedmocrned together to form new cannibisw cake us. u >> very clever. she goal is to support state rights and the movement to legal ice cannibis use across the us and in d.c. tom fitzgerald on the hill tonight. okay, fitz, i don't know if this is your doing, is it a joint session of congress? >> is it a joint session of congress? ha. it is probably about the closest thing we've had to any kindwe'v of bipartisanship. i can tell you that. now, the deal is this: up in congress they have thesey ha groups, these caucuses, these little clicks of congressmen who focus onlick issues that are important, the auto industry, you know, agriculture, theseultu are very come on up here on the hill.l. today we saw the birth of a cannibis caucus

>>> dc school closing two days due to a bed bugs investigation. >> i'm sarah simmons in tonight for tony. >> savoy alarm in southeast. the school announced it will be closed monday and tuesday for a good cleaning. some parents say it's too little too late. lindsay is live at the school with the latest. >> reporter: we have been watching opponent control professionals going nifty school. you can see those two vehicles down there there's at least one more. this comes after the teacher's union tells us that the majority did not show up because of concerns about bed bugs. this afternoon, students and parents got this letter announcing the two-day closure next week. it says in part, during the cleaning and the infection process, savoy school community will temporarily relocate. we will update you on sunday about where. this is something important for parents to know. the dc schools chancellor says the alternate location is still unknown and there is a chance that there will be no school monday or tuesday for the students here. that's something that is still up in the air. we have been coverin

. >>> right now at 5:00, hands off dc. that's the message on capitol hill >> and tom fitzgerald is live with more. what's going on? >> reporter: this is going on right now. go and take a look for yourself. congress woman eleanor author ton at the microphone. the issue, can congress save what the dc council can pass when it comes to law? there's a full report coming up as it happens. ronica? >> reporter: thanks. fitz. the prime minister of canada president trump female business leaders from both countries met today. what it means for you. coming up after the break. sarah? >> if you have a story idea, call fox 5 tip line that number is 202-895-3000 or fox 5 local news at wttg.com. . afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >>> marching on the u.s. capitol. they say the republican controlled congress is interfering with plans for a new

that johnson is from dc and so he could be there or in prince george's county. again, he's believed to be armed and dangerous. call 911 if you see him and if you want to stay anonymous and contact police, call crime solvers at 1860's-411-tips. >>> developing tonight be police are searching for three people wanted for a shooting in northeast dc. witnesses on the scene tell fox 5 a fire truck happened to be in the area. first responders were able to quickly help the victim. it happened right at bladensburg and combining roads. victim is expected to survive. >>> we're learning details about a freak accident that killed a fairfax county man over the weekend repairing his car when it suddenly went into rehearse and pushed him to the ground. tisha lewis spoke with the family member. live in alexandria with the tisha? >> reporter: went into reverse. 29-year-old was holding on to the steering wheel thrown from the car to the ground. he was repairing his 2001 volkswagen sedan and watching a friend's son at the time. ultimately, the car crashed for a this them to nearby.

dc police need your help identifying two persons of interest in a deadly shooting. someone shot eric write last friday. he later died at the hospital. if you recognize either of the men that you seen here on these surveillance videos, call dc police. >>> a mother shot and killed her 17-year-old son inside their clinton home last night. police say angelique chase grabbed a revolver during an argument over foul language and video games the chest. paul wagner joins us with that story. paul? >> reporter: sarah it's been a tough day for the family of christopher perry and for the students and faculty at grays brethren where he was a senior. we know his mother, angelique chase was arrested last night after a shooting inside their clinton home. what we understand is that she was initially charged with second degree murder. after detectives conferred with prosecutors, that charge was upped to first-degree murder. let's show you pictures and video from earlier today. as the news spread about christopher's death, friends began posting messages on the internet. rest in peace,

if you see her or know where she might be, dc police want to hear from you. >>> from new york to l.a. to right here in dc, thousands of people taking part in the not my president marches on this presidents' day. >> the dc event was supposed to be a rally at dupont circle, but the group turned it into a march and headed for the white house. along the way, marching against the trump administration, they crossed paths with some supporters. >> i was a democrat for 34 years, and i switched because the democrats tried to ruin america. >> is our fight, not yours. >>> you had a conversation with that gentleman? >> yeah. human beings basically >> the dc protest was largely peaceful, new other cities like portland, police did arrest protesters. >>> supporters of the trump white house spoke out on our facebook page about the demonstrations. annette said hilarious, he's your president like it or not. bobby says if you protest everything every day, we all become immune to it. >> it seems like protests became a more visible part of life in our area after women's march on washington. >> that event d

here in northwest dc is where they would perform in a local jazz band. >> reporter: dc police say thomasine bennett used a bat to beat clark. bennett is 76 years old. it happened friday afternoon. [000:02:59;00] not a troublemaker. he don't bother nobody. i don't understand why. >> reporter: that's what police are trying to figure out. >> how will you keep his memory alive? >> i don't know. maybe some gift he gave me, stuff like that, you know. necklace that we got. you know, things of that nature. >> reporter: he says his friend was a husband, as well as a father and a retired chef. bennett is charged with first- degree murder while armed. reporting live tonight in northwest dc, i'm stephanie gailhard, wusa9. >> thank you. >>> president donald trump named another national security advisor today. army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster was introduced today person to be offered the job. robert harward turned down the position last thursday, reportedly after a staffing dispute with the white house. michael flynn was ousted last week after it was revealed he held discussions with the russian amb

. >>> we have an update on an officer-involvedot shoing in southeast dc. a picture was release of weapon police say refused to drop. turns out it was a bb gun. he used it to rob a woman yesterday on good hope road. he is hospitalized with serious injuries after being shot by officers. charges are on the way. >>> senate democrats are taking up the slack after one of their colleagues was silenced during the confirmation debate going on for attorney general nominee jeff sessions. senator elizabeth warren read a letter from coretta scott king opposing sessions' nomination. that was met with a rebuke. >> mr. sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. >> she was warned. she was give an explanation. nevertheless, she >> republicans say warren violated a rule that prevents senators from making disparaging remarks about a colleague. democrats have little hope of defeating sessions' nomination. staffers have begun moving furniture from his office over to the justice department. >>> president trump lash

now the movement is generating plenty of response on our fox 5 dc facebook page.any view viewers are weighing in, they're saying the protests are missing the point because president trump wants to crack down on illegal immigration, not as a whole >> my husband was born here but gets told i'm tired of you people taking our jobs. it's not about illegals it's about immigrants, my grandfather was came from italy. it's sad to back to having to prove our worthy as an american >> i support this one a hundred percent percent, let's see how america makes it without immigrants, half of dc, maryland mainly virginia have immigrants, one thing i can say, immigrants are hashed working, not all are bard and i speak for immigrants becausmy dad is one i have family members that are. >> and brenda added if they want to keep immigrants working do the right thing, if they're not legal, make them become legal, problem solved, might be a little more difficult than just saying you have to be legal. but nonetheless, there's a lot gotten good press, duncan donuts require all of their work

a coating on grass to maybe an inch in dc. that will very much depend on how fast the colder air gets into town, we were seeing that it might still be 40 at 6:00 in the morning. one to two inches in those winter weather advisorie closer, you get up towards frederick, hagerstown, you may be in the two to six inch band heavy snow. you could have slippery conditions tomorrow morning, really do watch tomorrow morning and see where those temperatures are. we've dropped 14 degrees, we're down to 60 now, frederick at 54, cumberland 54. here's the futurecast so you have an idea when all of this happens. if you're keeping the snow vigil like so many of us, set your alarm. it's about 1:00 in the morning we start seeing snow changes over to the hagerstown area and still raining west of reinstate 81 but by the time we get to 5:00 in the morning and may i mention this is heavy rain here, maybe even a rumble of thunder but that would be interesting because that was produced maybe of her snow rates. that's 5:00 in the morning and that's a lo

dc semis.n hd woodson the tigers looking to knock off two time defending champion woodson. first half, isaiah jennings. the tigers up seven at the break. a huge game from boyd who led the warriors with 26 including that dunk late in the third quarter. an incredible individual effort. the tigers knock off woodson toe play in the final on wednesday. >>> john wall is repping the wizards at the all-star festivities in new orleans. had the practice this morning. getting ready for the game tomorrow night. wall did media day. and one cub reporter asking john wall the real question. >> who is your favorite home cooked meal? >> my favorite home cooked meal is salmon, and broccoli. [ laughter ] >> red beans? >> my bad. [ laughter ] >> you eat too healthy! >> he did not like that answer. >> not one bit. >> you have to ask the question, you have to like the answer. [ laughter ] >> the guy is not even in the three point competition, but he leads the league in three points. >>> weather wise, not a bad night

so all things considered, it's a quiet week for us in dc. that. >> we'll be right back for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. >>> a new ap. fox news bruce shows us how. >> it's the dating ap that things they hate. >> an increasingly crowded dating market, hater is trying to stand out >> our goal is to make online dating fun again, the ap learns by presenting them with a series of topics, from lady gaga and reality tv to tofu and selfie stick, like, dislike. the basic idea is we all kind of like the same things, the beach, movies, we all like those things but we feel passionately about the things we hate. >> rachel said it may not be the path to ever lasting love. >> it allows people to connect in a funny way. absolutely, but real love is dependant on values and shared likes and positivity, but on the

so it would have to snow hard to accumulate on streets and dc. but north and west. you may have problems, we're going to see rain developing after midnight and changing over to snow by 3:00, 4:00 in the morning from northwest to southeast. temperatures will be crucial. let's get you started with a look at the highs today, because we are in the record books again, i cannot believe it's warmer today, by one degree. dulles and records. then we got winter weather advisory up to our north and west. check of temperature, dropped about tin degrees and i can definitely feel it. if i'm out here in another 15 minutes, which i expect i will be i'll bring a jacket. fredericksburg 70. hagerstown dropped to 54 and much colder air on other side of the mountains as you're going to see as we give you the bigger picture. we can see those 30's and 20's showing up. pittsburgh 40. chicago is 28 degrees. now, check out new york and boston. philadelphia, four to eight inches, boston, good thing you got that parade in for the patriots. nine to 13 inches of snow. in our area, winter weather

911 calls in dc. today the chief and the mayor laid out their plans to fix that. news4's mark segraves broke this story last night on twitter. he's now live in northwest with the story you're seeing first on news4. >> reporter: yeah, good evening, wendy. overall the numbers show us that when you call 911 for either fire or emergency, the response times actually have improved. but when you call for critical medical care like a cardiac arrest, that's where response times have not improved. to fix that today, the chief the mayor said one thing they're considering is restricting who actually gets an ambulance when they call 911. >> we responded to over 200,000 emergencies last year. >> reporter: while dc fire did respond to over 200,000 calls last year, the chief says not all of those were true emergencies. firefighters refer to dc's current policy as, you call, we haul. that means everyone who calls 911 for an ambulance gets a ride to the hospital whether they need to go or not. and that takes critical r

liz: go ahead. >> look, i was at the women's march in dc.n in a group of people that were so polite. liz: when you saw the violence. >> this is completely who have a completely insane agenda. they want to burn down institutions in the government. i think there's a problem conflating liberals and anarchists because it's just not the same thing. it's not on the same spectrum, and i think it's unfair because it also undermines the free speech right and the peaceful protest of people who were marching in dc and other places. liz: you're always terrific. thank you so much for coming on the show. next up, we're still waiting for the white house response to the court challenge of the refugee temporary ban. actually, that's a ban indefinitely for syrian refugees. extreme vetting for the countries there. deadline moments away. got more after this. don't go away. what if we could stop the next epidemic before it happens? what if technology gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? mosquitoes are the ultimate field biologists, taking blood sam

on september 16 of last year tenure as dc's top cop. the mayor announced a temporary chief with half a billion dollars budget, and now courtses say the permanent job is his to lose. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with wusa 9laneer said she backed him for the post and has spoken to the mayor several times about the search for her replacement since leaving the district for the nfl. >> reporter: do you think peter should be the next chief for dc? >> it depends on how both of the interim chief and the mayor how they feel the fit is working. if either of them feel it's not a really good fit, they have to make the decision it's hard for someone on the outside to speculate on that. >> our officers showed and continued to show excellent judgment. >> reporter: mpd sources say the department's performance at handling of police-involved shootings have helped to strengthen his relationship for the mayor. he's been a finalist for three other chief jobs in including fort meyers, florida, and pheonix, arizona. he spoke of working with the blac

pence returns to dc tonight. this comes - as president trump makes his way back to washington this morning. the president spent the weekend in florida - rallying his supporters and causing confusing around the world. his baffling claim about sweden forced the whtie house to issue a clarification. abc's elizabeth hur is in new york with more. 1:30 -1:36 1:38 -1:50 trt 1:51 soc and another protest of president trump - overnight the houses of parliament in london became the backdrop for this large projection reading "say no to trump". today the british parliament will debate whether to rescind trump's invitation for a state visit. nearly two-million britons have signed a petition calling for the invitation to be withdrawn. a counter petition garnered 300-thousand signatures. developing now.. a 76-year-old woman is charged with murdering a man in northeast d.c. on friday, police found 63-year-old walter clark unconscious, and su trauma. he was taken to a hospital, where he died. 76-year-old thomasine bennett was quic

holder: it was a time when dc was in the throes of the crack wars. people tend to forget that at that time, washington was considered the murder capital of the country. we had the highest per-capita, um, murder rate, and i had coming before me on a--on a daily basis, um, these just waves and waves of young, black men who i had to send--send to prison, and it was something that just wore me down over the course of the 5 years that i was--i was a judge, and so i, uh, ultimately decided to, uh--to leave the bench. capehart: now, was it thurgood marshall who said that the dc superior court was one of the most powerful places you could be? because it's washington, dc, you have, uh, jurisdiction over local things but also federal matters. holder: yeah. he was talking about the position of the u.s. attorney, and u.s. attorney in, um, washington, dc, is both the local prosecutor as well as the federal prosecutor. it's why it's the largest u.s. attorney's office in the country, and-- given, you know, where you sit in washington, dc--uh, you can do things as--

sports in dc. you got to look for the nonsilver lining. i don't know what the silver lining is.of question marks surrounding the nationals as they report to spring training. who's going to be the top of the list? some people paying their hopes to joe which is a joke, that's the year he was born. it's not just the backing of the status. there are questions surrounding the rotation, mostly around the help of number two starter steven strasburg. he said he's no longer feeling lingering effects from a torn elbow tendon that ended his 2016 season, never been a problem, here's dusty baker on his spring outlook. >> looks like to me. that was impressive to me. he told me he was ready and worked hard this winter. he's in great shape. most of our guys are in great shape. you can tell by their bodies they worked during the winter and worked closely, you know, getting in shape and staying in shape. and if he can, come to spring training. it's not like it was back in our day when guys came. >> if you want to get an answer on strawberg's, giving away a red all knowing bill yard's ball. it inc

dc south, probably a trace. maybe a coating on the ground. dc north to gaithersburg, maybe an inch or so. gaithersburg to frederick, looking at 2 to 4 inches. it's going to be a tight gradient between snowfall amounts. the further north you go, not going to take many miles to get significantly more snow. you get up to if you look carefully here, you see this magenta there. that's going to be 6 to 12. that's going to be up into the laurel mountains of pennsylvania as well. impact-o-meter. i would say 1 to 2 in terms of disrupting your travel tomorrow. little more disruptive. south of town because of the snow showers coming in in the evening tomorrow night south of town. we're down to 60. we dropped 4 degrees already. dew points falling. winds out of the north at 10. cold front is through. it's going to take a while to get the cold front in here. temps at the bus stop. 32-42. we start tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. in case we have delays or cancellations. windy and cold. snow showers in the afternoon. south of town, maybe an inch south of town. wet road

. >>> ahead this morning a major cool-down in dc. gone are those spring-like temperatures and winter make as return. >>> family and friends gather for an emotional anguishing, a young man killed a week ago today and his killer still on the loose. we will have the latest. >>> after weeks of being closed because of a bed bugs and rodent problem, a didn't will finally open tomorrow. fox 5 news a 7:00 begins. thank you for waking up with his i'm annie yu >> i'm tom fitzgerald. we're going to check in w we have a lot going on. last 24 hours. we're going to start off with the recap of the while storm yesterday. leaving much of us with cooler temperatures this morning, we saw heavy rain, wind, lightening, even hail. these are some photos of the damage left behind in charles county where many trees were knocked down. >> check out this photo. the storm brought down an overhang on to a car in waldorf maryland. >> more on the storm. this is a photograph at the very end of all of this i know this because i took it myself. >> nice >> the rear win

the self proclaimed salsa queen oflf pro dc wanted to dan. to the rhumba cafe on 18th street where she had beennn dating the owner. own before heading to the russia house, and then to bravo bravo, where she met one her regular dance partner, but she didn't stay long. and took a cab home. that's nori walking into the woodner lobby about 2:30 in the morning. she stops briefly to talk with someone at the front desk before checking her mail and walking down the hallway.ay when sunday goes by with no word from nori, carlos heads to the apartment monday morning, but gets and by monday afternoon, he aft feelser something is terribly wrong. that's carlos in his younger sister blanca checking in at the front desk.nca fr when carlos andon his sister made it inside nori11 floor apartment here, they found her in bed, wrapped in a comforter, still dress in thell her d underwear, but she had clearly been murdered.red. and when homicide investigators arrived, and a began to examine the body, they found something chilling. something that shook the veteran in

. >> dozens of police vehicles are surrounding the prison in smyrna, delaware, 90 miles east of dc. the siege started when a corrections officer radioed for immediate assistance and sounded the alarm for a major disturbance. delaware immediately put all its prisoners in lockdown. the hostages, one injured and taken to the hospital. a newspaper said it received two calls from inmates, who said they started the revolt because of donald trump's policies, and asked for better education in the prison. >> the inmates want to talk about conditions, privileges, those kinds of things. yes, that dialogue can take place but none of that starts until we have the safe return of our staff. >> 27 inmates have been released back into custody. authorities didn't say if they had been held against their will. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >>> at uc berkeley tonight, protesters threw smoke bombs and flares at a building on campus and set at least one fire. take a look at this. they forced the cancellation of a speech by milo yiannopoulos. he is a conservative contributor to the conservative new

tradition dictates he will be back in dc soon to make the rounds and meet with senators who he will need to vote to confirm him. >> it's for congress and not the courts it's the law of judges to apply. the judge who likes every outcome he reaches is likely a bad judge. >> a little flattery for congress. if confirmed judge gorsuch can weigh in on cases important to our area over the next year. here's garrett haake. >> reporter: judge neil gorsuch introduced himself to the country tonight as an admirer of the justice he is hoping to replace on the supreme court. justice scalia was a lion of the law. >> reporter: one of the fist cases he may decide is the use of a transgender student using a bathroom in virginia. >> i think it's too early to tell which way this will go, but, if he is as conservative as we are led to believe, then, maybe he will be very much like justice scalia. >> professor michael fonto says it would not dramatically change the direction. >> what does it do broadly with a conservative voice on the court? >> the pick just reestablishes the status quo we had prior to justice

we go 47 for dc. forty-three for frederick. forty-four for quantico.ntic forty-five for dullos, with the clouds around, some patchy drizzle, later tonight, and early tomorrow morning, we, we will keep the temperatures very comfortable overnight. and after some early morning clouds, maybe an isolated i shower or spot of drizzle. d we should break for partly sunny conditions in the afternoon. and with that south wind, we w p 67 degrees. so about 10 degrees warmer than today in many areas.. the clouds will give grounds, as the warmfront moves on through. and that looks like we're headed for the six off's, and that's just the beginning, because as you know we're pushing for 70 on thursday and friday. could be couple of showers wers around thursday, all veryy light stuff. nothing really going put a dent in the drought conditions. we go for 67 inde thent i district tomorrow, quite a bit different in annapolis, 66, leonard town, 63, hagerstown 66 degrees. and future cast, just wanted to show you this, because we're watching that syste

dc we are still at 412 -- at 42 degrees. looking at snow but it's startling to wind down. so this is a morning event. coming up, totals and the impacts on the roads depending on where you are. >>> ellen, over to you. >> we will be watching that tomorrow morning especially to see if it's going to impact your commute. this morning your commute looks good so you're. if -- looks good so far. there was an accident sudly road heading the opposite way of dc. it looks like it has cleared. there's really no delays westbound on 66. northbound on route 1 as you pass through woodbridge the left or the right lane might be closed because of construction happening there. not major back ups there. might be just a

. >> some say protests in dc, and we have seen the push become from the campaign trail. >> reporter: president trump backing away from decades of u.s. policy, calling for separate israeli and palestinian states. >> i thought for awhile the two states looked like it may be the easier of the two but honestly if v.p. and the palestinians and israel and the palestinians are happy, i'm happy with one. >> reporter: that led the jewish groups protesting with their counterparts outside of the dc land park. >> you are seeing movements come together, and that's what this is. one march is not enough. >> reporter: the demonstrations were not limited to today's perceived front. outside of of movements. >> it's not okay. they are raising families and they are treating them like criminals. >> reporter: the demonstrators hope the president will see them on tv and maybe bend to the pressure they are showing. blue today the firing of michael flynn, netanyahu visit, and the labor secretary nominee withdrawing his name likely took all the attention. tomorrow will be another day to try to be noticed. >>

the friendship collegiate academy, two games were held, pitting dc against baltimore. game one was all police. game two was former prisoners who served time behind bars. >> hurt people hurt people and we're hurt people on both sides. >> reporter: he organized the event to bridge a gap between the police and the community. >> when we see things in our community, it's one thing to protest, but it's another thing to pull people together in a way where we can communicate and talk about the problem and lead to something that's going to get us outcome. >> reporter: the game was the kick-off event for the community of police, truth, and reconciliation month. officer rakeem tate was playing and says it's all about building a relationship with the community. >> the likelihood of me mistreating somebody from the community i patrol is slim to none because they know me and see me. they hold me accountable. >> reporter: the tournament comes shooting in trinidad. assistant chief of patrol says this shows community events like these are needed more than ever. >> everybody needs to bu

the folks in washington dc have a new attitude. areattitude is no longer we going to dictate to those across the country and tell them how to live each and every day, we will empower citizens and the states. ands the idea of federalism believing in liberty. we are going to believe in the constitution and do the work that is provided in washington dc. [applause] scott pruitt: i look forward to coming to see the new states as as we dealse changes with the water of the united states, clean power plants, rollback the reservoir torry states. we are going to do this in ohio, pennsylvania, all across the country, and celebrate with you as we make those changes. i look forward to a prosperous and exciting next four years. god bless you. [applause] >> very well done. how -- can tell you all are very excited by him. i find a certain irony here. i still fans, those who kind of hope that administrator pruitt will make the epa go away? [applause] how does it feel to be here today with everyone hoping that the very agency you are running is goin

i in washington, dc and only one will get the job.n, dc and only one will get thejob. i will go in washington, dc and only one will get the job. i will go through both of them. the first possible candidate to feel the vacancy is justice thomas hardaman, who serves in the courts in pennsylvania. he is 51 yea rs old in the courts in pennsylvania. he is 51 years old and was appointed by george w. bush to his post. an interesting fact about him. he serves alongside donald trump's sister, marrianne trump. reports say she has given him a big boost. the other is a 49er rolled from colorado. he sits on the denver court of appeal is. decisions he has made in his career have been conservative. he has ruled on things to protect religious freedoms and make sure police have the right to use force. he is someone else who served under george w bush and served under george w bush and served in thejustice department. right now he is the favourite. but you never know with donald trump until he actually said it. as we we re until he actually said it. as