that's coming up at 11. > welcome back, everyone, fox5 d.c.s our station's campaign to highlight the greatr work of non-profit organizations in our area. a all this week you know we are partnering with autism speaks. our goal is to raise awareness about autism in our community or and also highlight the joys andn challenges facing families living with autism. au tonight i am thrilled to t introduce you to the burrows family, sibling is a very proud and proud more of twinge young women who both have autism. take a look. > a lot of times when people wh talk about or they say the word autism they immediately think a small child. they don't always think about the teenagers or the young adults. your girls now are 19 years old. they're young adults.dult when were they diagnosed. >> at six. > did you know before six. six >> they were premature so thereo was some indication that there was something, but you know there were all the tests and the school tested them, and it just came back autism mild to moderate. > when you heard that, what went through y

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find donation lincoln "fox5" d.c. home page and text autism to 25383 to make a does 10 donation >> when you wake up and get going this morning you find it cold. winds are gusting out of the northwest. temperatures dropped down below freezing. it feels colder than nat spots matter of fact last we checked to 23 miles an hour now. but they were down to a 13 degree feel like temperature and it felt like 18 degrees in frederick. temperatures are really, really plummeting this morning and it feels colder with the wind. when i called this up a second ago we had gust d.c. 35 miles an hour taken since comes down. so you know it's gusting all across the region this morning. wind chill factor now feels like 19 frederick and 23 gaithersburg and cold for culpeper too feels like 26 and mannasas coming in at 23. we've had a couple of flurries out there this morning. see them out here right now. you can still see them interstate 8 1. martinsburg you're seeing a few out there this morning. a few more time to time over the next few hou

you can find a link to thatat website on our website, fox5 d.c..com.com as far as the 19 year old that wasç injured, that's the morningside firefighter that was shot friday night. prince george's county firee' departments says he continues u show signs of improvement and has moved out of the icu and into a private room the baltimore shock trauma. i think that you probably heardd anybody that falls, the fire department always hearing thearn term brotherhood and it's real. whether whether you this department or are in california you're feeling the'r pain of this loss because we are a family and everyone can empathize with the firefightersh i've run that call a hundred times. it just had enormous empathy for pened to them. the bigger thing is you feel helpful and firefighters are not accustomed to feeling help less because we take action and you do things and when you feel helpful it's a bad feeling. i think getting in my car and driving over here and bringing some flowers it sort of made me feel a little better. incredibly sad situation.tuat now, throughout the day people have been stop

tweet us using hashtag fox5 d.c.nd you can also postos questions on our facebookur page. >> five minutes past the hourr and chilly, rain headed our way. way spin it, brother. >> we need the rain. w >> you're right. you'r it's dry out there. we need the rain.eai see, i knew i could count onnt you. you. >> it's good because the rain bc we get is not going to just t js evaporate rht sky in a couple of hours. hou >> our plants are going to gng soak it in.soakt >> did i pass my test.ass myt. >> you passed with flyingith fln colors. >> there's showers coming our way.y. i suspect western areas startres to see something maybe asomethie early as 6 o'clock. olo then it will basically just j kind of move on through the city. ci temperatures out there right now 54 in the city, 52 for gaithersburg.he still not seeing any upper 40's out there. well, that's not true.ru westminster right now, which no is not on this map,ap westminster right now isight sitting at 48 degrees.ees. so, still pretty chilly out there.ther gloomy, too.gl t

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let us know was think.s tnk feel free to vote online at fox5 d.c. c. >>> all righty.hty.rnes joining us early.y he must have great news to passs along. >> i mean it's a little gloomyey this morning.ning >> okay.>>y. >> sometimes, you know, looks ao little gloomy. >> yes. yes >> but then sunshine returns.. >> okay. okay it wasn't as deep as early. ear >> it was good. >> no, steve, it was good.d >> we're work on the delivery. >> let's do it live shot you cal see the cloud cover light rainir showers across the area. aa but we are anticipating warmerir temperatures to be moving inuree here shortly.ho and after a very chilly weekende sorry about that with freezingrz te the rest of it we're featuringtg upper 60s and perhaps a few lowl 70s by later this afternoon.. with some custod gusty winds.ins light rain shower activityctit pressing on through here the the western edge of theedge of precipitation now working its way along 66 coming out of theif mountains. so it won't be long before we be put an end to the rain showersho and i think by afternoon noton only will we be dry but

d.c. high school students blocks away from area schools. police acted quickly to stop today's altercation. fox5att ackland starts off f us in northwest where officers track down some of the persons of interest just blocks awaylo from the stabbing scene. matt. >>reporter: d.c. police haveolc this area blocked off for several hours today after witnesses say they saw two young men trying to jump a fence and then they hid somewhere close to these houses. after we waited here for a while, then police were able too bring two young men out. after a stabbing took place along 13th street in northwest we noticed a group of officers f here at roosevelt high school. and then they started rushing tr we followed them to this spot sp not far away where a witness says police shouted commands at the two young men. me >> i scene two guys ran from where the school was. we heard a fence ratting. and then we heard the police sae put yourç hands up. put your hands up. police taped off the area, even, brought in k9 units. and then over an hour later they escorted two young men out in handcuffs. we are activitily pur

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everything is on my twitter at t erin fox5 d.c. bypas bypassing cleveland park as welw as woodly so give yourself time.elf a lot of changes metro with this morning. silver line update as well.uptel trains are operating betweenween wheelly and east falls church cc due to police activity att claredon. use orange line to operating. aside from n again, as i, as mentioned red line bypassing ana single tracking delays of aboutt 20 minutes.inut also, on the roads, delays. 95 northbound dale city tobound woodbridge really heavy trafficf and then again slows as you pass newington to the springfield s interchange. south at that point in staffordd backed up. closure on 123 between 66 and6 d hunter mill road utility pole p replace many we also have delayl on gw parkway inbound 123 to the key bridge.ri. 11 slow miles per hour there. 66 inbound is backed up as youds try to get through centreville this morning. morni and then inbound traffic 395 395 northbound to the beltway to t king street slow. s you're slow across the 14th t4t street bridge,

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hea fox5 d.c. is our station'a campaign to highlight the great work of non-profit organizationg in our area. all this week we're partnering with autism speaks.pea that's right and our goal hereol at fox5 is to raise awareness about autism in our community and to highlight the joys and challenges facing families with autism. tonight we wanted to introduce n you to the burrows family. sibling is a very proud mom of twin young women who both have autism. a lot of times when people talk about, or they athe word autism they immediately think a small child. they don't always think about ti the teenagers or adults. your girls now are 19 years old. they're young adults. ad when were they diagnosed?ç >> at six. > did you know before six. >> they were premature so there was some indication that there was something, there were allg, the tests and the school testeds them and they just came autism mild to moderate. > he with you heard that, what went through your mind? >> so i was like they're going to institut

soon. >> yeah, he is. >> real big boy at two.biboy >> to send us your child'shild picture go to fox5 d.cive.iv >> um-hmm.>> uhmm. >> yeah. >> steve roll past your past prompter. i want you to know it.nt to kn >> i thought we alre part. >> 32 now in washington.. >> cuteness of jp. j >> threw no washington. >> he was cute.>> >> it's really a story oftory of extreme cold out there. i mean if it were january ite j wouldn't be extreme cold but fot april standards it does not feef like april. 23 in boston. b 27 in new york city.ity. canceled games basically because of cold in both new york and yod cleveland yesterday baseball games.s. it's going to be challenge latee today as their temperaturesra aren't going to warm up a wholee lot and very brisk northerlyskoy wind going to give the region rn wind chills in the teens later t today.da so plan accordingly make sure you got a coat on or big sweatshirt or a couple layers i you'll be working outdoors.worku there's your satellite/radar. a couple of snow showers early y generally sunny conditions today but remains extremely cool forlo this time of y

d.c. primary ballot. fox5 news at 6 starts at right now. > it is good to have you withou us tonight at 6, i'm shawn yancy new tonight, prince william police are struggling to explain a string of shootings in the woodbridge area.ge there have been five such shootings since last friday with two houses and a car hit by gunfire. that's not all. fox5's paul wagner starts us off from prince williamliam headquarters. >>reporter: there have been at least 10 homes hit by gunfire since mid-february and at this point it's very fortunate thato no one has been understood withed. to get this to stop, prince william police say they needpo some morlie help. the gunfire has been reported at different times of day.day. here on stock home way thereere have been two shootings, one friday night around 11 in which a number of people called police to report hearing an argument and then gunfire.fire in the same block three days later the homeowner called police to say his home had been hit by gunfire, perhaps thee, p night before whe

this is fox5 local news at 10. 0 right now at 10, a desperate search for a missing d.c. girlng has come up with empty handed again. it's been two years too long, stressful years for grandma, yes, it has. tonight, the family of relisha rudd opens up about the investigation. prince george's county is takin back the night on the middle of a crack down on illegal strip sr clubs and human trafficking.. it takes two, baby. and the end of american idol. id we're on the red carpet following the incredible series finale. your news starts right now. > and we thank you for joiningr us tonight, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. tonight the family of relishaa rudd is speaking out after the latest attempt to find the girl ended without any relisha rudd vanished more thann two years ago. ago she was last seen with khalil tatum, a janitor who worked at a homeless shelter where rude was staying. police believe he killed the little girl before killing himself. marina maracco spoke to the girl's family tonight and has hs more. >>reporter: relisha rudd's grandmother says that she was ex

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this is fox5 local news at 11. righ fights at a d.c. l.ho tonight, one of the teenagers who took a beating is talking only to fox5. pollution medics on motorcycles. the plan to improve responseonse times in one local county. you may be stressing out your dog without knowing it.t. fox5 local news at 11 starts right now. and we begin tonight with the fox5 exclusive.clus a d.c. high school playinged byd fights today, one of them led to police arresting several students. we thank you for staying with us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy.sh tonight we are hearing from one of those students who says sheys was targeted and beaten. fox5's lindsay watts spoke exclusively with her and her mother tonight.ight lindsay. >> the mom of that student you saw on the ground being kicked in that awful video says she is devastated this happened to her daughter. and also that school vialen has become so common.o i was talking to a staff

i'm on twitter at gwen fox5 d.c.e a look.take you can see moving through right along the i70 corridor here. but once this is out of the waye we're going to get clearing behind it. but unfortunately our neighbors have to deal with that before it is all said and done. we have some rain to the eastast and this is once again movingov all the way to the southeast. the winds are going to eventually start to die downwn tonight, too.o. overall we're going to start to get some rel. 38-mile per hour - at d.c., 32 at gaithersburg. 35 at within winchester, it is windy out there. wind advisory in neck until h 10:00 tonight. gusting up to 50 in some areas, especially to the west.he as i said, we will see this all improve into tonight. temperatures today, talk about a well blow seasonal. look at these highs today.toda we're supposed to be 65-degrees- we are a far cry from that witht temperatures into the 40s and into the 50s, aren't we.e. we will once again start to warm up the beginning of the week. 43-degrees in d.c., 40 at balti

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city that can perform during good day from 9 to 11 if you cannot make it out find it streaming at "fox5" d.c.. following friday april 22 secret society will perform. then the muddy crows will be finale band that's on friday, april 29. >> that sounds good right something. >> a gram yeah ward winning country singer will join us liver later this morning jennifer nuttle guest at good day at 10 day in town to support the 4 h grow true leaders rally happening this morning. hundreds of members of 4 h youth organization are expected to protest the rising cost of college and want stronger leadership and role models and later tonight they'll gold awards downtown that celebrating national impact of 4 h. >> she was in the band sugar land. >> we want to say good morning to face back fap of the day. hello connie gibson. >> look going in green this morning. i've been tuning in every morning for the pa >> oh. . >> almost out lasted allison seymour. >> yeah. >> and well it's kanye's birthday today we want to say happy birthday it's her double nickel birthday. >> you look good miss connie. >> hope you have a

if you can make it out great come down if not you can watch it streaming here at "fox5" d.c.. >> it's a whole lot of fun. i'm going friday. looking forward to good weather and better music. >> going to be a good time. >> join us. >> hey, it's time now to say good morning to the facebook pan of the day. today look at her. pretty in green. it's connie gibson. she says she's been tuning in every morning for the past 16 years. >> 16 years. >> all right she's celebrating a birthday today. >> hey, hey. >> she's calling it double nickel birthday. >> i like it. >> you like that. we wish you a wonderful birthday today. hope you enjoy. it for your chance to be tomorrow's fan leave a comment on the facebook page. >> you look awesome. >> for double nickel. >> double nick. >> two abandoned otter purposes in virginia rescued. >> the otters were left behind by mama at a trailer in a fair fax area where they were livin living. list tone them. oh, my gosh my heart is melting and the trailer was moved but no one knew the baby otters were inside. and they were returned to the area and in hopes that the

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fox5 local news at 11. right now at 11 several violent fights at a d.c. school. tonight, one of the teenagers who took a beating is talking only to fox5. pollution medics on motorcycles. the plan to improve response times in one local county. you may be stressing out your dog without knowing it. fox5 local news at 11 starts right now. and we begin tonight with the fox5 exclusive. a d.c. high school playinged by fights today, one of them led to police arresting several students. we thank you for staying with us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. tonight we are hearing from one of those students who says she was targeted and beaten. fox5's lindsay watts spoke exclusively with her and her mother tonight. lindsay. >> the mom of that student you saw on the ground being kicked in that awful video devastated this happened to her daughter. and also that school vialen has become so common. i was talking to a staff member here at hd wood son who says there were multiple fights here just today. tonight parents want to know what is being done to keep their kids save in d.

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check in with me on twitter att erin fox5 d.c.how those adjustments could act your weekend commute on metro.d co holly. >> sounds good.>> s thanks.ks >>> 6:19.> 6: and the fight against zika is i coming to maryland. today at 3 o'clock governor govr larry hogan will be holding allb press conference to talk about various state initiatives initiv against zika.agt in montgomery county, countyery executives will hold a meetingee to discuss the threat from the r mosquitos, what the county is tu doing to combat the virus andird what residents can do to do t protect themselves and theirnd r families as mosquitos begin to emerge for the summer. sme >> hundreds of mothers andnd their babies will make their way to capitol hill today tool participate in a nationwideatnw nurse-in event a campaign toamig bring aware breastfeeding in public tonublic end public breastfeedingeeding discrimination. today's event in d.c. getsent c under way at one::this one afternoon on the capitol lawn between the u.s. capitol ande u. supreme court. similar events

find that information on mynfor twitter at erin fox5 d.c.m that this road workdk did clear in anne arrundel.r in things back to normal on route r one northbound. volume is really light as you la wake up in prince george's county five inbound and 301nd still very quiet. q no problems on the inner loopoo right now. i love what i'm seeing right here also a you head from fiveae across the wilson bridge.sori no issues.no issues. same story as you proceed pastrs the springfield interchangenterh into an dale.to things are also looking good g in tysons.inys we'll take a look at yourooat commute to the airport next. nex that's your traffic.our tra holly. >> thanks erin. >>> this weekend's high winds made fork a chaotic scene atce the cherry blossoms festival.los national park service says strong winds caused two tents to collapse. this happened in the welcome area early sunday morning.or was closed yesterday whichye also was the tender's finalr's day of operation.ra the festival itself howeverow runs through april 17th. >> happening today, the happen

seeing arn lot of delays from that earlier arcing insulator investigation.n any questions at erin fox5 on d.con twitter. k with the details. >> more than on the way.y. it'sn see those across the areaa the moment.th what's going to be happening oug friend front is fading to thein south and it will drag with itg most of rain shower activity byy early afternoon. so we'll keep the clouds aroundo and the cool temperatures.res. 20 degrees cooler than yesterday only in the mid 60s. but i think you'll be able tol e lose the umbrella by afternoon r with generally kind of cloudyy and cool conditions prevailingsv for your wednesday afternoon.eda plenty more of the weather coming up guys.co i'll toss it baaing to you.aainy g centerruck.thin stage attat supreme court to explain exactln what's happening here.at's good morning, annie. morni a ch this very closely today and howy it all plays out.ut behind me you can see thatee tha already there's a big line b l forming outside the court. theou there's media lined up as well.w the hearing gets underway atway 10:00 a.m.100 a.m. in a attempt to avoid prison ter

d.c. police about that. and they say this incident is under investigation. tisha lewis, "fox5 local news". >> well the search for d.c. girl that vapished more than two years ago will continue for a second day tomorrow. today d.c. police renewed search for-year-old relisha rudd at the national arboretum. he was seen with the janitor where she and her family were living. the janitor killed himself. they believe he killed her and disposed of her body in that section of the city. >> we have a combination of k-9 dolingz and personnel about 60 personnel and partners from national centers for missing and exploited children and fbi and nbd members that will also be doing a search with our harbor branch. and this full days of searching and we'll let you know the results when we finish. >> chief linear said information led them to the arboretum but would not elaborate. >>> time to look live after record cold this morning we warmed up this afternoon a little. now rain is expected tomorrow. could it affect the morning commute. could it affect the baseball game? let's academic with sue pal