are actually calling her that on the block now. >> slaughter is awaiting trial for larceny in fairfax countybut she's just returned from nearby stafford county where she was sentenced on an unrelated charge of perjury. >> it's really, really disappointing. they gave me five months. so hopefully my time runs all together. that's what i'm hoping. i'm just a little depressed, you know, behind it. getting tired of the inmates. just tired of being around them. >> the feeling seems to be mutual. after slaughter tells others about her court appearance. >> talking that dumb [ bleep ]. >> it's not dumb. >> [ bleep ] don't want to be bothered with you no more, that's it. >> brenda brewer has been in and out of the jail over the past 30 years and says she doesn't want to hear slaughter whine about her problems. >> we playing cards, and i ain't going to hear that [ bleep ]. she want us to baby her. i'm not going to baby her. you oke the law, so evidently you broke the law to get here. to do something. so i'm not going to baby you. you tell me something, i'm going to tell you just like it is. >> you know

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

. >> most of the 1,200 men and women incarcerated in fairfax county are only charged with crimes. they're awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. but russell pleduilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute. he is serving three years here. and he says he won't let jail alter one of his core values. >> i believe in the preservation of my race. there's a double standard. especially when it comes to whites. it's okay to have black power. it's okay to have brown pride. if you have white pride you're a [ bleep ] racist. >> it's all about respect. as long as you respect me, we ain't got no problems. race or not i hate you as a race. as a man i'll respect you because, you know, you showed me respect. now who am i more apt to get along with and associate with, yeah, of course, whites. >> this is a wonderful life we get to live in sorry ass jail. i guess it could be worse. i could still be strung out and sitting here. be dope sick. >> russell says heroin addiction has fueled his criminal life and harmed his standing with other skinheads. >> a true skinhead doesn't get h

>> 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

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 and we know that we have some continual red flag and fire

. >>> 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.

. >>> but first we're on some breaking news in fairfax county, a young man fighting to live at fairfax inova hospital after he fell about four stories and landed on some rocks at great falls park. he was with a friend at the time that he fell. that friend called for help. we'll keep you posted as we learn more. [ sirens ] >> go that way! get out of here! there's gunshots coming from over there. go that way! >> video from police body -- >>> video from police body cameras gives us a world as they rush into danger. it can also be used to hold them accountable for their actions and many hope those devices would make it easier to do just that, especially in cases of police brutality. so did it work here in d.c.? a new study says no. here's marcella robinson. >> repr: departments in 2014. a year later a research group started constitute did iing the impact of those cameras right -- studying the impact of those cameras right here in d.c. involving some of the most controversial officer-involved shootings. december 11, 2016, brian sterling was shot. he was unarmed. his family members were upse

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. >>> 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

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

police found him in fairfax county in a similar incident earlier this year. police say they found a man into ribbons video released yesterday afternoon and he is not the suspect. after police talk to him, he is not the man involved which means the real suspect is still out there. wea very big concern because have a lot of children around here. i have four little gls larry: the attack happened monday around 4:30 in the afternoon. in 18-year-old was jogging and the collington station neighborhood when a man emerged from a wooded area and assaulted her. she wrote free. anyone with information should call police. autria: what can you do if you find yourself in this type of an attack? that lessons from a self-defense expert. join us tonight at 11:00 to learn the simple moves that can help you escape a very dangerous situation. happening today, the fairfax county school board will vote on a new name for j.e.b stuart high school in falls church. possible names include justice, peace valley, and just stuart. the school board voted in july to change the name. some wer

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

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

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

the fairfax county times reports -- it's allowing residents to -- to police. this isn't a replace ms for dialing 911 in an emergency. just another way for the community to interact with police. >>> an italian librarian wins the right to use family sick leave to care for her sick dog. an animal advocacy group in italy says it helped persuade her job to use two days of leave. her 12-year-old dog is recovering from surgery for a breast tumor and larynx problem. the woman is single, has no family to help her. she adopted the dog after she found it abandoned in a park. this is going to lead to a lot of questions, does it set a precedent. how sick does your dog have to be before you get time off. we'll see what happens after that. lovers. >> i have a dog. i love my dog. >> you might want to be cautious before stepping into the tub this morning. >> that's because a woman in arlington found something on the wild side inside hers. shield your eyes here. >> oh, my gosh. >> look at this -- that is a raccoon curled up in the corner of a woman's bathtub. >> are you saying

. >>> now to fairfax county and an emotional day in court for a family. man accused of killing a 17-year-old muslim girl appeared before a judge today. >> the hearing spun out of control when the victim's parents had lashed out at their daughter's accused killer. fox5's evan lambert has more. >> reporter: the outburst happened during a preliminary hearing for nabra hassanen's accused killer. a lawyer says that her parents became distraught when they saw him for the first time in court. extra security had to be called in from the fairfax county sheriff's office. they were called to the courthouse after the outburst. you're looking at video of that and friends of 17-year-old nabra hassanen who came to the courthouse to show support for her family today. there are several reports that say the parents of the murder victim started yelling at the accused killer, 22-year-old darwin martinez torres. according to witnesses, they heard nabra hassanen's mother shout she would kill martinez torres and saw her throw a shoe at him. th office confirms after the chaos ma

. >> getting closer to finding a replacement name for one fairfax county high school. the school board is due to take its final vote on renaming j.e.b. stuart high school which is currently named after a confederate general. the top name choices put forth by the public are stewart or stewart raiders or naming the school after thurgood marshall. several board members may put forth the name justice high. >> the world series astros and dodgers, this one goes down in the history books. both teams brought their a game rallying back and forth all night long taking it to 11 innings. each team combined for a world series record of eight home runs. it was a drama filled game. heading into the 11th inning. astros george springer had a two run homer to seal the deal. astros take game 27 to six. >> all tied up, right. >> all tied up. one a piece. now they head to houston for game three. >> 4:35. let's say good m good morning, e thomas. talk about the definite chill in the air. >> noticeable chill. tomorrow colder to start the day here. we get warmer temperatures in the afternoon.

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

>> okay. >> with that, jackson left on foot. >> fairfax county police aren't sharing many details about their investigation because it's still ongoing, but they did confirm one thing. that rose's complaint is part of an even larger fraud investigation. i'm susan hogan, news 4. >> good work. >> my goodness. >> wow. >> i want to come out with my crew. my crew and there's my crew. how is our weather tomorrow, are we going to get some rain? >> we are going to get some rain. we have some rain making our way right now. not a whole lot going on out there but we are dealing with some rain. down in our south and western zone, but not in d.c. just yet. take a look outside, actually pretty nice night. temperature wise, we are, of course, above average. our average high is 71. we're at 76 right now at 11:00. so, that warm air continues to be in place, but notice the wind out of the northeast at 7. we're going to start it see things change and that change will come tomorrow. temperatures will be about where they are right now all day tomorrow. that's going to be significantly cooler by about 10 to 1

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

as we forward things along wee we're dealing with crash on fairfax county parkway out in chantilly. head through fairfax. red zone 66 eastbound dealing with whole lot of volume. also keep in mind us a make your way out in fairfax and chantilly southbound lieb road remains closed. gas main repairs. northbound side is ope down between chantilly crossing lane and flint lieb road much aside from that one we take wide view big picture look at the areas the outer loop delays continue to grow. bw parkway both directions stop and go outside the beltway by powder mill road. 295 southbound about 12 minute delay from 50 down to pennsylvania avenue. inbound side of 50 jams as you make your way 202 to 295. usual congestion new york avenue past bladensburg road. suitland parkway by naylor road. all metro rail lines on time. more traffic in a few, guys. >> ♪ time for the fox beat. kevin mccarthy back with us with all of your hollywood headlines. >> i'm sorry, i have to -- you can't bury the lead. you're seeing guns and roses tonight. >> can't wait. >> i'm so jealous. >> why don't you come with me.

most of us concentrated in loudoun county, some in fairfax. clark and stafford counties in virginia also impacted as well. novek. pepco reporting 2,000 outages. almost all of that near the dupont circle neighborhood. bge, several hundred in the region don't have electricity right now. remember, when you lose power, you can always get streaming newscast washington app on your personal devices. >>> it's now 6:33. here's a look at your top stories this morning. a graduate student at marymount university in arlington was killed after a boy jumped off the 66 overpass. marisa harris was driving with her boyfriend saturday afternoon. she died instantly. the 12-year-old boy is in critical condition at the hospital. >>> we find out the first charges in special counsel robert mueller's special investigation. just who will be charged and with what remains unknown. previously law enforcement sources named former national security adviser michael flynn and former trump campaign chairman paul manarttargets of . both have denied any wrongdoing. it's unclear i

loudon and fairfax county having won. montgomery county has two, in rockville and silver spring.college park p, greenbelt and new carrollton and d.c. with four potential sites. mayor bowser promoting d.c. with a bit of a twist. >> where is the most interesting company in the world located? obviously, washington, d.c. >> bowser believes the potential site this week, each one has access to transportation, housing and recreation. one site is buzzard point near the new d.c. soccer stadium. the others are capitol hill, near the anacostia river, the neighborhood near howard university and the area near union station. the big announcement is supposed to happen sometime next year. by the way, it should be bringing about 50,000 jobs to wherever the headquarters go. >> that jobs are high-paying. very lucrative and guess what? d.c. and the area surrounding d.c., great public transportation options. just saying, another thing to add to the list. >> check, check, check. keep adding things. >>> aimee, thank you. >>> this marks 30 years since black monday when people on wall street. they like t

but by fairfax county parkway all the main lanes still pretty jammed up.way. south that of point you're jamming from fredericksburg into stafford. just a lot of heavy traffic. hov lanes are okay it's main lanes crawling along this morning. route one northbound dealing with a lot of bailout traffic. aside from that one as you make your way out in virginia, we do have a eastbound crash on 50. it's approaching allen street involving a dump truck. seeing some delays there. aside from that one if you're skipping the roads and taking the rails all of our metro rail lines are on time so that's really good news for your morning commute. metrobus is in the district backing up a bit because of some heavier congestion. 395 northbound is seeing the worst of it because of that crash on the 14th street bridge and the outer loop out by new hampshire avenue an earlier medical emergency cleared. typical delays 95 in college park over to the 270 spur. we'll take a look at 66 next. back to you guys. >> still to come on good day d.c. today, make sure you keep watching at 9 o'

the fairfax county school board will -- one possible name is justice high school. >>> a tough loss for the wizards after an overtime stunner in los angeles. >> we know it was just the beginning. it was because of that war of words on twitter and on camera. john wall and the crew could not pull out a win. basketball dad, lavar ball put the wizards in his crosshairs with a statement. >> they better beware. not in the same wake. >> sounds like randy savage. >> hulk hogan or something. the score was 102-99. you see high fiving all around. looks like wizards fans have to eat their wards. lon zoe ball was put on the spot. i think it was john wall on the spot. because lon zoe is a rookie. >> his dad put him out there. >> it wizards player responded to lavar ball saying he would be tortured and john wall said he'd show no mercy. it's extra painful when that happens. >> wizards are 3-1. >> we're going do better than the lakers in the end. so there. >>> 6:09 now. he was injured so badly in a fire truck accident, a lot of people thought he wouldn't survive. we're going to introduce you to the d.c

we talked to fairfax county. they say $of -- $61 million comes from the federal grant. >> we want to make sure that the community is not discriminated against. and we feel safe in our community. 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

live in fairfax county, evan lambert fox5 local news. >> now to montgomery county. information in the murder of laura wallen. the pregnant teacher from olney was found shot to death and buried in a shallow grave. police say her boyfriend tyler tessier killed her. today the state's attorney says he will not prosecute tessier in the death of wallen's unborn child. fox5's lauren demarco joins us now with more details. >> reporter: despite the fact wallen was nearly four months pregnant her boyfriend tyler tessier had only been indicted of one counts of murder. the montgomery county states attorney explained today why under state law he can't hold tessier accountable for the unborn baby's death. >> her child was autopsied. medical team established murder the child was 14 weeks old. based on medical testimony, the child was not viable -- not viable independent of miss wallen. based on those medical findings and as a matter of law in maryland, as a result, the defendant is not chargeable with a second count of murder related to the child. >> reporter: the popular social s

going to let fairfax county police just tell us this is a case of road rage. anna-lysa: a mother threw a shoe at torres at the first hearing. >> they want justice. torres is due back in court thursday at 9 a.m. he was indicted on eight counts. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. 7 firsttormwatch forecast on this monday evening, it is cold and temperatures continue to fall as we move through the overnight. frost advisory northern anna-lysa:, loudoun county --frost advisory northern montgomery county, loudoun county, frederick. , this have outdoor plants is the time to bring them into protect them for the potential for a frost overnight. slow to rebound in the temperatures, sunshine through the day. highs only into the lower 60's. a warming trend on the way and the weekend outlook marine corps marathon coming up. michelle: i'm michelle marsh at the live desk, tracking new trouble over harvey weinstein. new york city police and stories in the u.k., the police launching investigation into the sexual assault allegations against one scene. several women have accused weinst

she was adopted by her handler who is an officer in fairfax county.lu said to her trainer, i love you, i mean it, but bombs are not my thing. alison: not into it. steve: things to sniff on a walk. jonathan: some but he once said when your dog sniffs, they are reading the paper, catching up on what's going on. alison: that's one way to look at it. steve: the winter weather outlook came in from noaa earlier today. it shows for the mid-atlantic we have a better chance of temperatures above average for this winter, typical for a lie niÑo winter. in terms of snowfall, it looks like it will be below average because we will not see as many cold days. i could mean reduced snowfall stopped on average we get about 15 inches of snow at reagan national airport. it is 50 degrees right now at dulles, 59 reagan national. 47 is the cool spot right now in culpeper. early friday morning, waking up, no frost to worry about, upper 50's, lower to middle 50's. heading out the door. food truck friday for a lot of you come around 70 degrees noontime, lower 70's in the aftern

targeting cars in fairfax county.d pandemonium as the nats face off against the cubs in a fifth and deciding game to determine who will advance to the nlcs. we're live at nats park as excitement builds. >>> marina and shawn are standing by for your newscast at 6:00. >> yup and it begins right now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> we begin tonight with two major events drawing tens of thousands of people to the district. of course, the grand opening of the wharf. >> just two hours the washington nationals are back at home to take on the chicago cubs for a fifth and deciding game to determine who will head to the nlcs. brody logan is live at nationals park with a preview of tonight's big game. brody, how is it looking? >> reporter: it's looking pretty good. they're just about to open the gates, start letting people in. they already have the dj going. people the first guy in line got here at 3 o'clock and i want to ask, sir, i just want to ask you real quick, it's been 19 years since a d.c. sports team has got

>> yes. >> reporter: fairfax police say these thefts have been going on in the county for some time.> we have several gas stations in our jurisdiction that have been hit by the same individual and we have some cases that we're still looking into as well. >> witnesses say jackson sometimes had a woman with it's unclear as to what she night know and what role she may have in all of this. the investigation continues. in fairfax, pat collins, news4. >> what's a fair penalty for those who don't pay the fare in d.c. metro. a councilmember says they should not be arrested but be fined instead. adam tuss is getting both sides tonight. >> reporter: fare evasion is so common on metro that most people don't even know it's happening to them. i just walked through this with guy. no clue. >> and it happens time after time. just skipping right through. rider jane miller says she sees it all the time and, quite frankly, she's sick of it. >> i pay my hardworking money to get on metro. why can't they pay? >> reporter: exactly. and you're upset about it? >> yes. stop jumping the question, what should b

fairfax county police arrested imtiaz rauf on charges of sexually abusing three women he lured to fake interviews. yesterday we learned he faced similar charges in montgomery county maryland. he's a registered sex offender. now. mike thomas is with us with a check on our forecast. a beautiful day again today. >> oh, yeah. going to be another good one. this will be day four in a row of just bright blue skies. >> pretty good week. >> hard to complain. we won't have anything to really complain about until next tuesday when it will rain for a day but then that's about it for the next few days. >> that rain is needed. >> rain is needed, yes. this is typically our driest couple of months of the year but we're on the dry side of the dry months so we do need a couple inches. >> all right. >> so, we'll see what we can do next tuesday. for now enjoy the sunshine. temperatures outside right now fredericksburg where kevin mccarthy has reported he can see his breath, 46 degrees. 43 at culpeper as well as manassas. quantico at 50. here in d.c. especially near the river 56 degrees at this hour. satel

the shooter was a virginia tech student from fairfax county. he opened fire from a dorm, killing 32 people and then himself. peggy fox covered that shooting, the families, and the survivers. today, she talked to a mom of one of toes survivers. >> reporter: leslie, all of those emotions from those dark hours of waiting to hear if your son or daughter is alive, come rushing back for these parents when there's another mass shooting like this. >> this horrific, horrific proportions, that the ripple affects are just going to be broad. many, many, many hundreds of communities are going to be affected by this one. >> reporter: lori hoss's daughter, emily, was a student at virginia tech. she was in french class in norris hall, when sung wi cho went door-to-door. >> i caught a call from emily pretty early on. >> reporter: she was lucky. her daughter survived. >> emily is a very, very strong person. to live through what she lived through, and to go back to the scene of her attempted murder, day in, day out for two of and -- two and a half years i think i

. >> 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

the majority that of congestion is between 234 and fairfax county conditions.n the main lanes, hov lanes still okay. still just a 13 minute trip from the occoquan to the beltway. once you cross the mixing bowl 395 is looking pretty good but we do have delays heading down from maryland this morning to the top side of the beltway through beltsville. earlier crash by powder mill road cleared. but 21 miles per hour trip from the icc to the beltway. about a 15 minute delay. so please be prepared for that. bw parkway southbound in better shape but just a little bit of that typical volume and 395 again still just a 15 minute ride. majority of the congestion across the 14th street bridge. mmetro is on time. back to you. >> time for this morning's fox beat free friday and it's all aboard for the magical journey for those who believe in the spirit of christmas. you can enter for an enchanted ride to the north pole. >> we're selecting one lucky person to win four tickets to the polar express. each pri retail value provided by b and o railroad museum. >> all you have to do

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>>> a fairfax county school board will vote next week on a new name for jeb start high school and those who hoped to keep the name may have gotten ahead of themselves with the t- shirts bearing the hashtag new stu appeared to change the name to justice their good marshall high school but some students and te that. others were not. >> a majority voted for stuart but because so many people disagreed with the name and protested it i doubt the school board will go along with choosing that name and justice their good is the name that most people want. >> what do you think about the name marshall high school. >> i don't really like it because as they said, there's already another marshall. >> yeah. >> and there can only be so much money to change jerseys and everything. >> the fairfax county school board will formally vote on a new name for jeb stuart high next thursday. we'll be watching. >>> the republican controlled senate has paveed the way for passage of president trump's tax reform plan along party lines. the senate voted to approve a $4 trillion budget proposal benefiting the wea

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