but he and colonel fairfax, william fairfax, take george under their wing. w george what shor it is like to hunt a fox. hunting foxes in this era was usually a much wilder affair than it is today. , the fox hunting would go on for hours and hours. george, throughout his life, would document the hunts. sometimes he would let the fox go, sometimes he would take it. he would go riding and he polished his equestrian skills. he was also engaged in some serious male bonding. with the fairfax family, he was able to show off and display his also,rian skills, and further exercise his mind. fairfax, william fairfax, introduced him to the writings of alexander the great and the writings of caesar. ,but there was another person in the family who would become very important for george particularly when it relates to , his manners. unfortunately she was the wife , of another man. george the wife of william fairfax and she is two years older than george. when he is about he meets sally 15, fairfax. the foundations of that house are still there. if you can get past security

sally fairfax introduced him to theater as well. they practiced lines. this was very popular parlor talk in the 18th century. sally fairfax was a student with this. he would acquire a love for this. he went with his brother to barbados to the theater this would come up later in life when he gets to williamsburg. if i can explain some of the fun i had writing this book. there was a fox hunt and i was trying -- do anyone know a writer named george plimpton? i grew up in the 80's in the shadow of these writers who wanted to grow and show the readers the sports they were seeing. i tried to participate in the foxhunting. that is not me on the horse. that is had of the foxhunting association of america. he is leaving over a stone wall. you do not want to miss because you will kill yourself. it is a exciting sport rate it still goes on to this day in the same form -- in much the same form. he wore a similar outfit later in life to the one that he is wearing in this picture. george washington becomes a incredibly good fox hunter. what does that add to his future

but will remain housed at fairfax county until her grand larceny charge is resolved. she says her unusual appearance has led to cruelty. >> oh, what's that on your skin, is it contagious? everyone asks me that. no, it's just eczema. it's not even that bad. that's all i hear all the time. >> slaughter did not want to discuss why she has no eyebrows or lashes. but it's led to unwanted nicknames. >> they call me giraffe, call me pterodactyl, they call me all types of [ bleep ]. i know on the outside i don't look like this. i do makeup, i do hair, i do lashes, i do everything. so i don't look the same. >> you know she ain't got no eyebrows, no eyelashes. i'm not trying to be funny or put her down or anything but this is a jail. people in jail talk. >> they call her avatar. they call her alien. i mean, it's just cruel. >> avatar. that's her new nickname. people are actually calling her that on the block now. >> i cryot. because i never heard, i never understood -- i'm always misunderstood. i'm always singled out. i'm always the outcast. and it hurts. >> she's like scaly a

he was transferred to fairfax to stand trial on the new charges. and he says even though his stay might be temporary, he's made his presence known. >> i don't run this block, but i got say-so on this block. >> you're 20 years old. >> 20 years old. it's just the way i carry myself. i don't act like a 20-year-old. i just don't. >> his cell mate, jonathan lacey, knew him on the streets and says conteh garners respect. >> he did a lot of stuff on the outside to prove he goes hard. meaning he's not nothing but talk. he's a businessman on the streets. he's a real young entrepreneur. >> business. talking drugs? >> i seen you though. >> we bless each other while we're in here. that's what you got to do. >> treat them like your brotr. >> got to treat them like your brother. you have to. no question about that. >> since lacey and conteh have not seen each other in five years prior to becoming cell mates, they have much to catch up on, including the circumstances lacey says brought him back to jail. >> came back, got caught and i'm here doing my backup time f

are you ready to eject justin fairfax as the next -- to a lack justin fairfax -- two elect justin fairfaxare you ready to elect the attorney general? are you ready to take back our majority in the house? are you ready for barack obama? [cheers and applause] that is what i am talking about. maccallum, thank you for the kind introduction. thank you for your friendship. thank you for your leadership. just a miraculous four years. have215,000 new jobs that come into the commonwealth of virginia. $18.5 billion of capital investment. our unemployment rate has gone from 5.4% to 3.8%, the lowest it has been in virginia in the last nine years. thank you, teri, for your leadership. i also much to commend our wonderful first lady of this commonwealth, dorothy. what an ambassador she has been to virginia, especially all of the work she has done with our children, making sure all of our children are well fed and they have the nutrition. i want you all to give it up tonight for teri and his wife. [cheers and applause] you, but i ambout proud to be a democrat. [cheers and applause] democrats inlect the

the fairfax county school board is set to vote on a new name next thursday. one possibility is dropping the jeb but keeping the stuart. tonight people lined up on both sides of the ball. >> i think ideally for me the best name change would be to maintain the word stuart and honor another person with that name. >> those of us in favor of the name change ask how is this in favor of stuart? >> peggy fox said several school board members appear to thurgood marshall high school in honor of the late supreme court justice. stay tuned. we'll let you know what happens next week. >>> we'll we're talking about northern virginia, we have to tell you about lulu in a cia training program to teach her about detecting explosives. after a few weeks of training it turned out she just didn't want to do that. so the sweet girl might have flunked bomb school, but her handling is a fairfax county police officer and he adopted her. so she's home and living her best life. >>> fun size candy, it's a halloween staple. imagine our surprise, though, when we saw a post gone viral showing

i know what justin fairfax believes.have plans and policies that will reflect your values and your priorities to create jobs and educate kids, and to keep virginia clean and safe and healthy. the question is, will you show up to vote on november 7 and give him that chance? it is up to you. >> [applause] mr. obama: this election comes down to you. off year elections, midterm elections, democrats sometimes-- >> [laughter] mr. obama: y'all get a little sleepy. you get a little complacent. this is not my opinion, this is the data. this is the data. during presidential elections, everybody gets excited. when it is an off year election, suddenly everyone goes, there is an election going on? as a consequence, folks wake up and they are surprised. how come we can't get things through congress? how come we can get things through the statehouse? because you slept through the election. >> [cheering] mr. obama: but the stakes now don't allow you to sleep. because it is going to come down to how bad you want it. i don't want to hear

. >>> at the fairfax county of office of emergency management. spreading the word on earthquake preparedness. the simple tip that you and your family need to know. >>> "news4 today" starts now. >>> good morning at 6:00 a.m. take a live look outside at the national harbor. the capitol wheel beautiful out there. >> lit up with a big 4 for you this morning. from "news4 today." it's in blue in the center there. kind of big -- >> like the eye tests. >> still rubbing your eyes this morning. the dvr -- look at this later. c >>> molette green is out there for us at national harbor. she's going to talk about halloween celebrations happening there. a lot of fun to be had before halloween gets here. >> 6:01. it's going to be a great morning. aaron gilchrist is back. i was afraid you weren't coming back. i'm happy to see you. >> i would never leave. >> can i have that in writing? >> he went to europe. i saw on his instagram post. >> why did you come back? >> now i'm like what are you doing? there's plenty of jobs there. >> we're all wearing purple today. thi

breaking news in the trial of a wed wedding caterer killed in fairfax county.ng the district, protesters rallying over controversial arrests in the nation's capitol. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> first tonight, we begin with the investigation into the shooting massacre in las vegas >> president trump and milania visited vegas and met with responders who were at the scene at the worst mass slaying in had usu u.s. history >>> mary lou danly is being questioned by fbi airstrikes in las vegas, she returned from the phillipines in a wheelchair. of his we want to begin with president trump's visit to las vegas comforting victims' families, visiting wounded and praising first responders. the president's arrival comes one day after his visit to hurricane ravaged puerto rico. >> reporter: it's been an emotional day, the president made it no secret he wanted to get to las vegas as soon as possible, announcing this trip monday only hours after learning of the shooting. it's a city he went to today as president to comfort both las vegas and a country in pain, afte

as we move over to vir ver not the same case in fairfax. we're dealing with the crash 6 eastbound fairfax county. september are lane previously blocked and moved over to right shoulder and lane and seeing a 10 minute slow down past fairfax county this morning. be prepared for that one. other an that drive times looking g i'll let you know if anything pops up you need to be aware of. any questions, erin, fox d.c. on twitter. >> 5:07 co whine country back in the line of new wildfire. >> and meeting between nfl players and owners ends without either side reach ago real agreement on the anthem protest. >> we're headed to break. a live look ais cot d.c. region, 5:07, 4 degrees. >> welcome back. firefighters are battling new fires and 6,000 homes and businesses are he destroyed and dozens of people still missing. the air quality is to bad that schools in nap accounty will be closed until next week at the earliest. >> the situation still is involving act of fire throughout the region and we have a lot of equipment and resources moving along round

now they've hit this section of fairfax county.ow you three things that experts say that you can do to try and prevent this. put a wheel lock on each one of these lugs right here and that would slow the thieves down. you could also put on what's called a shock sensor which would be connected to your alarm system. in addition to that, the other thing they say you can do is when you park your car, don't park with the wheels straight out. turn the wheel so it's this way and it's into the wheel well so it makes it a lot harder for those thieves to get to those wheels real quickly but these guys move quick, i can tell you that. we're live in fairfax, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >> ♪ >> some good tips there. >>> coming up, take, matters into his own hands. president trump signs an executive order on healthcare. how the measure could impact you and your wallet. >> and a controversial tweet from the president. we'll have the backlash over his comments about hurricane relief efforts here in puerto rico. hey, sue. >> hey, shawn. speaking o

news4's jackie bensen is outside the fairfax police headquarters.olice think there could be more victims? >> reporter: doreen, they tell us so far they have received three reports of creepy and criminal behavior by this guy and we have learned he is a registered sex offender in maryland. police say 44-year-old imtiaz rauf is charged with sexual battery of a woman who thought she was adding an ad for an administrative assistant. >> the offender posted on craigslist and he w to this location for an interview and when they arrived, that's when a sexual assault took place. >> reporter: now, court records though that rauf was convicted of sexual solicitation of a minor in 2010. the office where these recent incidents took place is located at 12005 on sun valley drive in reston. police want to know if anyone else had a similar experience there. live in fairfax county police headquarters, jackie bensen, news4. >> jackie, thank you. >>> you may remember the massacre at the washington navy yard. today, emergency crews investigated reports of a suspicious sub

suzanne kennedy is live in fairfax with the new developments. new overnight - democratic lawmakers seen democratic lawmakers seen leaving the kalorama home of ivanka trump and jared kushner. according to politico - the president's daughter was hosting a bi-partisan dinner on tax reform. democratic senators joe manchin, heidi heitkamp and claire mccaskill were all on the guest list. all three are up for reelection next year in states where president trump is popular. this morning - the president is once again is blaming local officials in puerto rico... for problems with the disaster response. the president saying that while the military is distributing food and water -- it's something they quote "shouldn't have to be doing." it was all part of a long news conference, in the rose garden monday afternoon covering many topics. saying -- while he's sick of the russia investigations -- he does not plan on firing special counsel robert mueller. and the president again calling for the n-f-l to suspend players... who kneel during the national anthem, to

new crash fairfax county northbound just before 66.of yellow and red on 66. we're seeing a lot of stop gone traffic as you head from manassas to the beltway this morning. we also have another issue in chantilly keep in mind southbound lee road closed between chantilly crossing lane and flint lee road repairing a gas leak. now keep in mine the northbound side is closed but -- northbound side is open southbound side closed. you'll have so to detour around that. as we forward things along to wide view we are seeing delays this morning 50 inbound 202 to 295 top side of the beltway in college park 95 to the 270 spur. slowing down on gw parkway inbound out by spout run. key bridge is heavy rosland into georgetown. 23 minute trip 295 northbound you can see close to the bottom side of the beltway very sluggish. once you get to the 11th street bridge things open up and traffic and go traffic on 695. inner loop a crash blocking the shoulder by branch avenue. and delays there maryland drive time slow on 270. just under 50 minutes to get from 109

he will speak in fairfax at 9:00 this morning. facing off democrat ralph northam in a dead heat right now in the commonwealth. election day is november 7. larry: just a few weeks until medical marijuana becomes available in the free state. this week alone, three new dispensaries are ago to open in maryland. they're all getting approval to open their doors. this morning parents are wondering what comes next for their kids. medical marijuana has been used, even praised, and a wide range of pediatric treatments. abc 7 is asking questions about that. in one hour, a registered cannabis physician in studio with us. she is walking through the impact of medical marijuana on were kids. that is at 7:45 on "good morning washington" on news channel 8. autria: a stunning accomplishment by three blind triplets from alexandria. this is remarkable. during the same on it last night, they became the first blind triplets ever to become eagle scout. they had to meet the exact same requirements as all other scouts . it took six years of work. the trip

>> reporter: a major outburst today at a fairfax county courtroom. it happened during a hearing for the man accused of killing a 17-year-old muslim during ramadan. that story is coming up next after the break. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: ed gillespie wants to end a woman's right to choose. ed gillespie would put the government in charge of a woman's personal decisions, not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. >>>. >>> a hearing foreman accused of killing a 17-year-old muslim girl during ramadan spun into chaos today when the victim's parents had an emotional outburst in the courtroom. fox 5 evan lambert is live at the fairfax county courthouse with the details. >> reporter: a 22-year-old darwin torres had his preliminary hearing hearing this afternoon in a fairfax county courtr

. >>> it's been an emotionally charged and contentious day in a fairfax county courtroom. of a preliminary hearing was held for a man accused of murdering 17-year-old nabra, has non. killed last june and prosecutors believe it was motivated by road rage. during the hearing -- her parents lashed out at the suspect. victim's father screamed at torso his daughter while his wife you hurdle a shoe intat hi. >>> two people involved in a pretty strange incident involving kids in loudoun county and now we're getting an idea of what they may look like. deputies are warning parents about this unidentified man and woman, this happened after that woman who resembled you see in the sketch was witness asking oh twice about children in the area. it it happened friday and morning, the pair was 16 in a gold care car and both suspects are believe to be in their 50's. >>> it happened at the store on series mill road. one suspect confronted an employee at gunpoint. demanded cash, now, there's a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >>> another chilly one, and another overcast.

this is around the herndon reston area just to the west of fairfax. we'll continue to watch as this moves on toward the district and should be there in about the next 10 to 15 minutes or so as we're watching this rain move across our region. take a look at the wider picture here. this moves out. this is the heaviest rain really of this entire event. but once this moves out, the winds will shift more to the northeast. we can expect more showers, more drizzle during the day tomorrow. your thursday is going to be a little bit on the dreary side friday, too, but how does that play for your weekend. i've got your updated forecast. >> thank you, doug. were you sweating it out tonight? the nationals came through this evening and that >> the nats forcing a decisive game five tomorrow night here in the district. >> terry burress joins us back in the newsroom, back home for the big finish. how much are we loving strasbourg tonight. >> there's an elimination game tomorrow night, except it's back at national field. the nats had maybe the best home record in the n

loudoun coun fairfax county sent its chopper in to help. finally after hours, two young men emerged from the woods and were arrested. court documents show their information led detectives to a reston town house. inside they seized dozens of stolen items including guns and ammo. >> it is unfortunate that that's how illegal guns are getting onto the streets. >> reporter: in an effort to track all the guns down, fairfax county sent its dive team into this reston pond last week. only news 4's cameras were there. three adults, one juvenile, now face charges in loudoun. and fairfax county police say there are more arrests ahead. in reston, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> she's a philanthropist, she's an entrepreneur, she's also the widow of steve jobs. and now she's a big stakeholder in a group that owns the wizards and the capitals, and what does that mean for those teams? >> and the consumer alert this evening, susan hogan with more on a recall of bowls and plates made for children. >> and it was a chilly start this morning with temperatures in the

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in the case of the murder of a reston fairfax county.he grand jury returning the indictment yesterday. killed onanen was june 18 as she and a group of teenagers were walking back to the adams center after getting something to eat. she initially got into an -- he initially got into an argument with one of the teenagers and he wound up beating nabra hassanen with a bat, putting her in his car, then raping and killing her. detectives to her body and admitted to the killing. a production,of rape, and murder, making this a capital crime. is the first death penalty case since 2011 in fairfax county. the coast guard is suspending its search for a worker that went missing after an oil rig exploded in the gulf. timothy morrison of katy, texas hasn't been seen since the rig went up in flames on sunday night. environmental tests are being carried out, but for now there is no indication that there's any impact to local drinking water. larry: democratic lawmakers, caught on camera leaving the home of jerod fisher and ivanka trump. democratic senators

this is fairfax county headquarters and they plan to testify. you can see the meeting take place here. we're told this could be a late one. it could happen after 7:00 . there are a lot of people signed up. and they plan to pro test about basically keeping ice and the county government separate from each other. they came with signs and a message for leaders. we're looking to not be profiled as some ads have shown us just as members of ms13 . we're just here to really fight fearful right now to come out of their houses to fight for themselveses. this rally comes as the frum p administration pushes forward on enforcing immigration lawsment especially targeting violent gang members in the country. this was the head of ice back in july. targeting, arresting and re moving violent street members such as ms13 sends a clear message. you are not welcome in the united states. the chief of police in fairfax county showed up at the rally tuesday to make it clear. your fairfax county police department is not an arm of the immigration police. we do not assist

they're opposed to fairfax county's planning and zonings proposal to increase density limits for more residential development. reston has about 58,000 people. the proposal could add room for another 18,000. this crowd fears it could be much more. >> you're going to almost double the current population of reston. >> and most of the people in this room tell me they are concerned about growth and development. they say they don't want to have more people moving into reston because they're concerned about schools overcrowding. >> who is looking after the schools and how the density is going to impact the schools? >> reporter: and what about a potential increase in traffic? be able to accommodate more people. fairfax county planning and zoning officials indicate it would be handled. >> development is paid for in large part by new development. >> reporter: officials also told the crowd people will benefit from more stores for the newcomers. >> it's something different. >> reporter: but these folks don't want change. the fairks county officials told the crowd it will take their concerns into

there is a petland in fairfax. but it was not linked to the outbreak. >>> we know dogs are a lot of work. so i decided to never get a dog. >> you have enough to do. >> you know my schedule. i work in the middle of the night. my husband is busy. three active children. no yard. >> checked off the reasons. >> guess what? >> you got a dog. >> i caved, big time. >> meet leo our new puppy. >> my kids begged for years. they laid it on thick. >> i'm going to go off to college soon. >> soon? not soon. >> soon soon. >> sometime. >> i don't know. >> i said, you know, i'd like to say you know that i got to grow up with a dog and got to take care of one. >> a promise they could handle the responsibility and e walk him. >> we took the time to make a schedule. i think that's a big part of it. >> look at his face. it's so cute. >> when you saw him, you really liked him and he's really cute. i think we showed you we could be responsible. >> wasn't daddy the one who wanted the dog the most. >> living life with leo and the family is

this time tomorrow night, we're clear. 61 downtown. 61 in fairfax. then tomorrow night, temps fall quickly again. we'll probably see a frost advisory posted tomorrow night as well. by 9:00, we've got 40s in manassas, and culpepper, and also in gaithersburg. so probably some 30s again tomorrow night. the night though, clear and cold. diminishing winds. low, 34 winds out of the north, northwest at 5 to 10. here's your day planner. 40s to start. 54 at 11:00. full sun. 58 at 1:00 again. not much wind tomorrow. so a little more comfortable. just beautiful on wednesday. sunshine, 70. gorgeous on thursday. 74. how could you not play golf this week? i don't know. 75 on friday. fantastic. looks great for high school football. bison in town on saturday. looks fantastic. upper 70s. upper 70s on sunday. the clouds will come in late monday. still a good day, upper 70s. even showers, even some thunderstorms possible overnight next monday. >>> if you're a fan of the burgundy and gold, mondays always feel a little better after a victory. washington escapes with a 26

county of fairfax. nathan: i talked to the fairfax police chief. he says not only do his agents, his officers not go on i.c.e. but he wants to get the message out to the immigrant community they want their cooperation when it comes to crimes, especially crimes of domestic violence. the activists and the residents are planning to go to the board of supervisors hearing to let the board of supervisors know what they think at 6:00 tonight. reporting live from the fairfax county government center, nathan baca, abc7 news. >> thank you. we are in the weather center with chief meteorologist bill kelly. bill: hello. nancy: what a pleasant october this? this is beautiful. hagerstown, a few clouds hanging out in the area. what we will happen is the clouds earlier will disappear and then we see the temperatures dropping. do you have a jacket ready? you will want it for sure. maybe not for the early evening hours. 68 at 7:00. 64 by 9:00. the big high heel race going on and a lot of you running in that. sweatshirt tonight. but you don't need an umbrella tonight.

reporting live in fairfax county, suzanne kennedy.anne: the redskins -- autria: the redskins, hoping they can keep it together by the time they take on their archrivals, the dallas c this after a disappointing loss against the eagles. carson wind through 44 touchdown passes. four touchdown passes. >> it's kind of like that on the nfc, the losing team says just a few plays could have made a difference and the winning team moves on very happy. we've got to figure out how to make those plays. larry: they are now three and three, tied with alice. -- dallas. autria: taking a look at dodger stadium, it's 14 hours to go until first pitch for game one of the world series. did you know that this is going to be one of the hottest names in history? temperatures out there could hit 96 degrees by first pitch. veronica: autria: ok? veronica: off by a degree. i defer to the -- autria: i don't know, i defer to you. [laughter] larry: still omg weather out there, crazy weather. travels: the ball different in different humidity. but that's for another d

the group called fairfax for all wants the group to stand up for immigrants instead of targeting the community. the rum p administration is pushing forward with-.gj enforcement of tough enforcement immigration lawses especially when it comes to gangs and those who commit violent crime. we're looking not to b have showns us, as members of ms 13. we're here to fight for those that are too fearful to come out of their houses to fight for themselves. sends a clear message to criminal enterprises around the world, you're not welcome in the united states. >> fairfax county police chief was also the at the recall intermittent he says his department is not an arm of the immigration police and his job to protect everyone in the community. now to a developing story, according to fox news rgs the hillary clinton campaign and the democratic national committee helped fund research that resulted in the infamous does say containing allegations about president trump's connections to russia. mark he list as is a lawyer who repped the clinton campaign and the dnc . he retained the firm fusion gps to d

. >> in fairfax county first responders training on how to respond to a passenger train derailment. > every few years and ensures fire and rescue departments are equipped to handle real rail emergencies. and "fox5" evan lambert shows us the operation. >> here's the scenario a train derailed in springfield. firefighters have to get through the woods, get to the victims and bring them out possible. >> in fairfax county firefighters have to be ready for anything. tonight their mission is derailment of virginia compress train in springfield. it's a mock scenario producing real results. >> there's passenger trains every day and we like to practice and be ready for whatever happens. >> fire fight anticipates emts took part in the drill to be as real as possible. -- next was triage and treating a variety of injuries from the walking wounded to the most critical. >> one of the things we're always trying to factor in and improve is safety. most of the responding to emergency we want to get practice so we can better access the fairfax fire rescue says they're be critiqued on response to the dri

cambridge road dealing with construction fairfax and 66. caution there. metro service picks up 5 . any questions erinfoxdc twitter holly and wisdom. >> thanks supreme court agreed to hear auto peel by redistrictsing advocacy group. they argue the current redistricting process focuses too heavily on protecting incumbent and political parties. a judge ruled to uphold current lines and the group claims during the 2011 redistricting process lawmakers violated requirement that election districts must be compact. >> and time now 4:49 a d.c. man will spipd more than three months in jail for illegally riding atv in arlington. he was sentenced to four years in prison and us is spenled all but 105 days he has to serve. he was part of large atv and dirt bike riders that drove on arlington boulevard last april. he dropped his cellphone during the ride and that's how police tracked him down. >> off duty prince george county volunteer fire chief under arrest and facing 49 traffic citations, police respond about a man threatening to slash tires on girlfriend's car. officers arrived and spotted ma

breaking to 66 eastbound in fairfax. right now just before fairfax county parkway center lane blocked with crash. arrow board out there right lanes impacted as well. a mess of parked traffic towards beltway. allow ten extra minutes now slowing down any volume we have on stretch of interstate. we'll keep you updated on that one. any questions erinfoxdc on twitter and also tracking a crash 50 inside the beltway 4:10 as you make your way inbound you can tate beltway 295 to get around that. we'll keep you up boated on both crashes guys. >> 4:48 president trump getting backlash over controversial comments he made to widow of slain soldier. >> coming one day after president was criticized for saying pred sore sore did not call members of fallen service members. annie yu is live at the white house with more, annie. >> right the president receiving backlash on comments he made to the pregnant widow of a u.s. green beret killed in nige re earlier this month. remains of david johnson arrived in miami yesterday and the president ap

we start in fairfax where a state trooper was hit by a taxi cab this morning as he sat in his patrol car. this happened just after:15 this morning as trooper was patrolling a work zone on eastbound 50 at doorford dr drive. both have minor injuries. timer needed to go to hos whether the cabby will face charges. >> developing news to the north more than a million customers still in the dark this morning after a powerful storm battered mid atlantic and new england areas sunday. severe weather brought on hurricane strength wins causing trees to tople. aloe wean activities have been postponed and some schools in new england are closed. >> developing out west intense search for athe gunman for a deadly shooting outside university of utah. they sent alerts to shelter in place 9:00 last night one person was killed in the shooting and they're now searching for 24-year-old austin butane considered to be arld and dangerous. no word if classes will go on as scheduled this morning and the university says the situation is evolving and they'll know more in the next few hours. >> 5:02 now to a story

fairfax ount county police need your help finding this woman. anita johnson, 65 years old last seen at springfield health plex hospital yesterday afternoon. she suffer from cognitive impairment and is in need of medication. they say she left the hospital on foot and wearing a dark gray long sleeve jacket and dark work out pants and dark shoes if you call her contact fairfax country police. >> thank you for joining us. today is tuesday, october 3 1. halloween, 4:46 is the time and erin como watching roads and michael thomas talking weather. good morning. >>> a good halloween here. except for ghosts and gob ly you'll be fine. when you come home to trick or treat you'll be fine as well. 4 a.m. today future cast is a few minutes ago. showing not too much going onment maybe a little bit of cloud cover some through time to time. for the most part, sunny, bright and beautiful day. there we are 7 p.m. as the kids are out trick or tre treating. no weather concerns coming our way. 11 a.m. you see the clouds build ul up. we could do a shower as well. next

larry: -- autria: according to wtop, fairfax county may be next in line for zoning ordinance changesuld make rentals legal were discussed last night during a board of supervisors meeting. the number of nights a resident may rent out their home is still up in the air. another question, whether to allow rentals for other events like weddings. community meeting about short-term rentals scheduled for october 12. will be fewerere parking spaces in the dupont circle area. the year-long pilot program will impact the two blocks of connecticut avenue south of the circle. they will become no parking zones thursday, friday, saturday nights. officials say that clearing the area of part cars will make it safer for people using uber and lift. autria: a good sign for the nursing a hamstring strain. the injury he says it is tough to diagnose but there is one thing for sure. >> i'm pitching in the mlb. i'm able to do so much, but this only seems to, you know, show its head when i'm pitching near 100%. autria: the nats say they have not made a decision yet that they will likely announce their game one

live in fairfax. paul wagner, "fox5 local news". >> we have new details about last night's deadly shooting in alexandria. police now say murder-suicide and all three of the people involved are teenagers. "fox5" lindsey watts was on the scene right after this happened last night. she is live in alexandria right now with the latest. lindsay. >> reporter: tony, the shooting happened here in all veterans park north picket street off duke street here in alexandria. this has been a really shocking crime for neighbors because this is a popular area right by biking and running trails. police say this is where a 19-year-old man shot and killed a 17-year-old girl, and shot and jrd a 15-year-old boy and then killed himself. we'll show you video now. we've about speaking with neighborhoods and they tell us the crime happened at this picnic table in the park and i also talked to a friend of the 17-year-old victim. she says it was girl's exboyfriend that did this and she says the surviving 15-year-old was girl's fa

each as far as fairfax county at back lick and braddock roads. want to tell you town of leesburg is reporting intermittent traffic outages. they're asking you to treat them like four-way stops. be very careful, be on alert. the lights will be out in several areas. build in time as you make your way up so you're not -- there's very windy and slick conditions. >> justin finch on the road. a lot of your neighbors are waking up in the dark. we're working for you and checking the numbers. dominion energy has nearly 3,000, mostly in arlington. know vek has 2,000 people. all in loudoun county. >> pepco, they have thousands without electricity in the district now. we checked with bge, reporting several hundred in our and watch ford dark and traffic lights and be safe out there this morning. stay with us for continuing coverage on this weather alert morning. you can monitor the live radar you're seeing and we will keep you updated by sending alerts on the nbc washington app. >>> four minutes after the hour. a family is mourning the loss of a young woman k

, the undocumented immigrant charged with murdering a 17-year-old muslim girl will be in court in fairfax county. 22-year-old darwin martinez torres is accused of murdering nabra hassanen back in june. police say she walking to a mosque in sterling with friends, when torres approached with a baseball bat, loaded her into his car, and sexually assaulted her. her body was later found in a pond in loudoun county. prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty. coming up - pasta and an explosion? an olive garden - left with a massive hole. what caused the lunchtime blast in laurel and stirring up conflict, after the election. the music video and classes here in the u-s.. paid for by the russians! - fantastic fall weather contin which of these truck tabrands do you think offers best in class hd horsepower and the most capable off-roadk tabrdsize pickup?hink i'd go ram. i would put it on ford. let's find out. noooooooo. chevy. that's right, it's chevy. they look amazing. wow. chevy's killin it. yeah, definitely. trade up to this light duty silverado all star and get a total val