about this online trend calls sextortion after at least two george mason students were victimized bythe alert was urgent. an e-mail blast warning all george mason university students of threats of sextortion on campus. >> not one but two more cases was really disturbing. >> reporter: police at the virginia school say unknown suspects gained the trust of two students over the internet enticing them to broadcast sexual acts over their webcams. once they did, the suspects recorded those videos and later blackmailed the students threatening to post them on the internet if they didn't pay $5,000. >> i think everyone puts their lives on the internet. i feel like we should back away from that. >> reporter: it's something the department of justice says is becoming all too common calling it a significant and growing global threat especially when it comes to children. saying in a new report that many victims drop out of school, have declining grades and in some cases engage in activities to harm themselves like cutting or even attempting suicide. sextortion is something cassidy wolf, crowned m

i was in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: when she was a high school intern at george masonniversity, researchers were using a technique to test for micro cop pick cancer -- microscopic cancer particles and she wondered if it could work to test for lyme disease. >> i was aware of the issues with dime disease test because two -- lyme disease test because two people in my family had lyme disease. >> reporter: current lab tests can give a false positive. >> we believe it's a game changer. >> reporter: the new test uses microscopic particles that capture lyme bacteria in patient's urine. >> this, we are testing it directly and with a high sensitivity that's never been achieved before. >> reporter: if this test gets fda approval, instead of only doing it in lab, it could be on shelves at your neighborhood drugstore. dr. lance liotta says he hopes the test will detect lyme before symptoms appear. >> the goal is to treat this bacteria really early after the tick bite and it can be completely cured with antibiotics. >> reporter: temple is now focusing on cancer research at virginia

a george mason university student kicked, punched and stabbed. rather than take him to the hospital, he was taken back home and put in his bed. the family found him dead the next day. police received some 700 pieces of evidence in the house where that party was held. >>> it is an aggressive plan to rebuild and improve safety and could dramatically change how you ride metro. the transit agency the gm unveil add new plan called "safe track" including eliminating late-night weekend service starting in june and no more late service for a concert or games. a long-term single tracking on early lines. >> this is not something we can keepic canning down the road. we have to do this. so i'm not asking for patience from that perspective. i am asking for understanding what we're up against and what it's going to take to get there. >> one thing that will not change -- fares. riders will continue to pay extra during peak travel periods. be sure to join us for news 4 tomorrow morning at metro general manager, paul wiedefeld, sit down for an exclusive interview

despite opposition from faculty and students, george mason university free to rename the arlington law school after supreme court justice antonin scalia. opponents want the state council for higher education in virginia to reject the name change. the council declined to get involved and said the name change can move forward. scalia died in february at the age of 79. maureen: up next at six -- the four worst traffic bottlenecks in maryland are all in our area. where they are and the plan to widening roads. leon: and "7 on your side" to help you take care of your pets. right now, you can ask the veterinarian calling in the help center. 703-236-9220. those vets will be there to answer your questions until 6:30 guess which airline added more nonstop straight-shot flights hey, d.c., than any other out of reagan national last year? no? here's another. their colors are yellow, red, and blue, and they save you tons of green. still nothing? that's okay. just go to southwest.com for the answer. on this airline, everybody wins. sfx: clap, clap, ding leon: look at this. picktures sent to us

as students at george mason university discovered that this week. >> to hear there were two more cases was disturbing. >> reporter: an e-mail from university officials sounded the alarm that unknown suspects gained the trust of two students over the internet enticing them to broadcast sexual acts over their web cams. once they said, the suspects recorded the video and threatened to post them on the internet if they didn't pay $5,000. >> this is calculated, it's cold hearted, and malicious sadism. >> reporter: it's something the department of justice says is becoming common, especially when it comes to children. the vast majority of the victi >> reporter: why do the victims fall for this? >> victims are in their young teens. they're experimenting. suddenly there's this person who is giving you all this wonderful validation. and that's the perfect storm for an offender to take advantage. >> reporter: in one particularly heinous case, a 26-year-old man named lucas michael chancellor terrorized more than 350 young girls on social media and chat sites. >> none of us in jacksonville, includi

. >>> an emerging crime of the 21st century has become a growing problem and on the campus of george mason university. >> 2 students say they are the victims of sextortion , typically when someone threatens to publish nude or sexually explicit images unless the victim pays them. ellison barber joins us with a warning that everyone needs to hear. >>> reporter: last week every person got an email from campus police warning them of sextortion scandals. >> the entire campus said the police received reports of separate incidents of sextortion over the course one week. on work-- they enticed the students to broadcast sexual acts in the suspects kept the footage and told the students they would circulate the videos on the internet until-- unless they paid $5000. it is not contained to the college, it is increasingly happening everywhere. the fbi is warning parents, the navy is warning sailors, and the navy says they paid $45,000 last year. a man pled guilty to stealing-- stealing compromising photos of 100 women and using them as blackmail to send even more explicit photos from it. >> why are you

. >> reporter: instead of pilots calling in their fuel request this 21-year-old george mason universityhought -- >> pilots could order fuel on their phone, at the front desk. automatically goes to the fuel trunk. >> reporter: john created one called easy fbo. the gas station of the airport. >> the problem that john recognized, from handwritten orders, something thousands of people across america or the world have been doing for year, but it took an entrepreneurial mind. >> reporter: this university doctor mentored john, and proud when he saw john's hard work reward rewarded. the senior recently winning a university competition giving him $10,000 to invest in his new company. >> we have other contracts launching in june. the plan is to have a total of ten fbos on our data program by the end of the year. >> reporter: oh, and in his spare time john managed to get his pilot's license. >> the conference room. the glass table. >> reporter: he hasn't forgotten what it takes to keep this place clean. >> lots of windex on that. >> yeah. awesome guy with a bright future, no question. >> absolutel

george mason's lacrosse coach sat in the chair for a quick buzz, shaving it all off for pediatric cancera kid ise minutes, diagnosed. she made it a mission to fight for the cure. >> it's liberating. for a woman to shave her hair, you are so connected to your hair as a woman, so it's so nice to release from that and focus on other things. i'm excited. it means i'm a person who instead of having to go through chemo and not have the choice. it means a lot to the people who are going through that challenge to shave my hair and show them that we are in support and there are people out there willing to do what they can to support the cause. robert: looks great both ways. and watch out for the full story on coach morgan later on. kimberly: a beautiful woman, and kimberly: join us wednesday for a town hall on heroin abuse. we will have live reports from cumulative is struggling all across the country. -- live reports from cumulat nities struggling all across the country. ank isconic orange fuel t halfway through its trip down a busy las vegas street. the last shuttle fuel tank certified to fly i

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. >> police have gotten reports from prince william county and george mason university in fairfax countythis is one of our most shared stories today. right now on the wusa 9 ann we have a list of warning signs you can avoid being a victim and what to do if you get one of those terrifying phone calls. >>> caught on camera a bear in a precarious spot, up a tree near a school east of los angeles. the school even went on lockdown and a wildlife crew came to get that bear. it took three tranquilizer darts to bring him down. vital signs and said he was pretty healthy. he's being released into the nearby san gabriel mountains. >>> orange carrots don't cost much. blue carrots will set you back a bundle. check out this diamond. it just sold for 51.3 million dollars. that's a record for a diamond sold at auction. it's big. it got its name from the late phillip opennen openheimer. >>> overworked and underpaid the chorus of complaints could change soon. next, see if you fall into the president's expanded plan for overtime pay. >>> all right, a little bit of sunshine tomorrow. we'll actually boost th

case in point, campus police at george mason university are warning students after two separate incidentsthere. investigators say the unidentified suspects gained the trust of two students over the web in the past week and convinced them to undress in front of their web cams. the suspects recorded it all, then threatened to release the video if the students didn't pay $5,000 p. students on campus say that they've heard about these incidents. i think it's kind of -- definitely creepy. it's kind of a scary thing. i don't really think it's a situation you should get yourself into in the first place. the fact that someone did that to you is a bad thing, but for you to get yourself there in the first place is a problem. > so far there have been no arrests in the case. police are not saying if the victim and suspects connected through any particular or app. he's been on the run for 48 years. tonight an escaped prisoner is back behind bars. police arrested rock earth stack wits at his home today. the 71 year old is originally from georgia. he was serving a sentence for robbery in 1968 when he es

. >> it's called text tore shown and the george mason students were convinced to under dress in frontms and suspects circulate the video unless the victims paid 5,000. psychiatry action says bad things only happen to other people. >> it ends up making us a lot left inhibitive in terms of behavior and staying insteadfy take a tote 'like this and transmit via internet other people will get extorted and bad things will happen. not me because i'm different. >> police say any used common sense. don't undress in front of camera and if you do, don't pay the money. call police instead. >> annex campaign tide vincent gray will spend the next six months in jail for his role in the shadow cam pain controvers controversy. vernon hawkins pled guilty to lying in business role in funneling money into gray's 2 2010 campaign and admitted lying about his involvement and paying a witness to seats to avoid investigators. >>> 4:50 now how does this sound. no checked luggage fee at the airport in return for shorter security lines. that's actually proposal from two u.s. senators. >> massachusetts and connec

. >>> the antonin scalia law school is closer to reality at george mason university. they voted in support of the name change. the university's president supports the change and the maim wi fa name will be considered for final approval next week. >>> you can learn to be a casino dealer. mgm still needs to hire thousands of employees. a lot of people turned out for the dealer openhouse on tuesday. it now needs 700 dealers and more than 3,000 new employees overall before that grand opening later this year. >> we'll give you the skills to become a dealer. just come with a positive attitude and a face. >> fast hands, too. 40% of those workers have to come from prince george's county per mgm's agreement with the county. classes start monday in oxon hill. >>> it may not feel like it, but in a few weeks area swimming pools will be open. if we could only get some swimming weather, chuck bell. and to get ready today, the pool readiness tour. tours will be conducted with officials from the department of parks and recreation along with the department of general service. council

i am the director of the hyatt program here at george mason university.. today we are thrilled we have deirdre mccloskey here in conversation with my good colleague. deirdre has just come out with the third volume of her trilogy and the "bourgiois equality" which builds on the bourgeois dignity. they would talk about this in the introduction but i want to personally congratulate you on this collection. i think it is the most ambitious trilogy an amazing achievement for what you have done and tove generate the conversation and economics. hopefully we'll have a great conversation today. that's to the student over to. >> thank you. when claire morgan asked me if i would lead and conduct a conversation with deidre, i immediately jumped at the opportunity, not only is it an honor but there are few books that one reads in a scholarly life, the fundamentally change or deeply change the way you look at the world. these books have done that foror me.ou so i am honored to be here for with deirdre. deirdre has taught at the university of illinois, chicago from 2000 -

where people who don't have the financial backing to support themselves in a larger university, as george mason or james madison, it is disappointing. >> news 4 learned the same pair were arrested on the same charges in louisiana in 2011. the charges were wire fraud and identity theft. the outcome of the case was not immediately available. live in annandale, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk where the disappearance of egyptair flight 804 is starting to affect security here in the u.s. los angeles international raised its security posture and deployed more police officers in the main terminal f. officials made the move based on updated intelligence assessments but there's no specific threat. authorities restricted access to l.a.x. police are stopping and searching passengers as they drive in and have increased the screening of people who work at the airport. the white house can't say definitively what happened to the plane, but as nbc keir simmons reports the families are starting to get some information. >> relatives of those on board have been gathered here at char

. >>> virginia governor mcauliffe will deliver the commencement at george mason university tomorrow morningn fairfax. he will also receive an honorary degree. >>> david letterman -- >> the tsa is begging for at a check point. >>> this is only a test. mcdonald's experiments in the fight for better burger chains. >>> a place for kids and families in prince georges county. stronger is blasting without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> new tonight, a fir u.s. military. general robinson became the first woman combat leader today. she's now in charge of norad and u.s. northern command, which is a security cooperative between the u.s., mexico and canada. robinson was previously the commander of paci

. >> coming up on "fox" news morning today george mason university is decide physical it will acceptllion donation complete with strings attached. >> more and more american families are opting for more space when they hit the roads. >> as we head to break here's a look at the stocks this morning. fox news morning back after . straight ahead "fox5 news morning". police are serve foring answers and suspects. >> slower speeds free add extra time for the commute as you plan on using metro train. we have a few more rain writing days left before we finally get to experience a sunny warm-up. >> say it isn't so. we with make it a few more days, gang. >> good morning to you, happy tuesday, thanks for joining us i'm holly morris. >> tuesday, may 17 national smoothie day. >> enjoy yours. >> who knew. >> erin and gary standing by. details on weather and also commute this monday morning. and we'll get to that in a moment. first news. desk overnight search for shooter in northern virginia and a man was shot around 2:00 this morning in the king's town area of alexandria and it happened prayly lane

alison: an urgent warning about sex-tortion on the campus of george mason university. studentse say that two were blackmailed over explicit videos, given to people who had gain their trust online. the suspect and threatened to circulate e the students did not pay $5,000. it is still an open investigation, but the police are asking in the other possible victims to come forward. leon: it turns out this type of crime has been seen around the sports world. -- this outburst was seen around the sports world. bryce harper has been suspended, which cannot come at a worse time as fans lined up for bryce harper bobblehead night tonight. robert: a perfect night for this, right? get the bobblehead, find out he is suspended. you cannot say those words, bryce. he played tonight, his appeal on the one-game suspension pending. bryce harper had a few words for the umpire about his ejection when the game was over. the rest of the nationals were celebrating the walkoff homer, harper turned to the ump and used one of those words you cannot say on television. not only did he get a one-game

are saying he is from george mason university. pointokesperson of view and ideology and i don't doesn't put an banner below saying this man speaks for coke industries. i've been at george mason university now for nine years. i study things come i don't raise money and i don't get involved at all with our donors. we have a high firewall between the researchers and our donors. we have thousands of donors. host: edward in maryland. republican line. caller: how are you doing? i'm listening to you talking about food and stuff -- i have one question. is there sugar in bananas? guest: i have no idea how much sugar is in bananas. debbie up next from west chester, ohio. republican line. guest: good morning. i am a retired scientist, worked in manufacturing my entire career. very little in food, mostly in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. my question is about the food we have a bill in the house right now regarding the country of origin's labeling on beef and chicken. consumers -- it originale off the m manufacturing label. everything would ha

. >> reporter: and police say a couple of reports have come in from prince william county, and george mason university, in fairfax county. often time, the caller will use someone there to make some noises in the background, like a scream, for effect. so be aware. and again, contact police. >>> the district is planning to appeal a federal ruling that strikes down part of the gun carry law. the law requires someone to show good reason for getting a permit to carry a gun outside their home. the judge says that requirement is likely unconstitutional. and he is ordering the district to stop enforcing it. >>> millions of americans could be seeing a bigger paycheck soon. the obama administration is issuing some new rules to expand overtime pay. to more than 4 million more workers. e time salaried employees, who make up to 47,$476 a year. that is more than double the current salary threshold. with small business owners, they say this will be a big burden to them. >>> donald trump moves a step closer to securing the g.o.p. presidential nomination. and for the democrats, bernie sanders is vowing to s

. >>> george mason university police are looking into two cases of sex tore shan.ictims say the suspects record acts and threaten to post the video unless the victims can pay up. >>> it's 4:36. and it's a must win game for the caps tonight. they're playing the penguins in pittsburgh at 8:00. if the caps lose, they are eliminated. one big thing that could help the team, defense pan orpik mank on orpik is back on the ice. >> i don't think it looks any different than any owe plther pf game. >> he played for the penguins for the 11 seasons. le it would be really nice to bin and bring it back home. >> another three months left of hockey season? we'll see what happens. >>> don't put away your kid's rain coat just yet. by the look of the radar, they will need it. hu chuck bell will be back with a look at that. >>> and at least we're dealing with rain and not snow. could you imagine snow in may? just how much did it cost on dig the district out of the blizzard of 2016. the lawmaker now requesting an investigation. >>> and a police officer makes a gruesome discovery when he

the student at george mason university wondered in a technique used to test for microscopic cancer particles would work to detect lyme disease. her hunch led to a new test which is able to find trace amounts of lime bacteria in the body through a urine sample. the test is still in its experimental phase but the hope that it will detect lyme disease before symptoms appear. >>> tri-state area has some of the highest cases of lime in the country in this region. >> if you do see a tick on your body, what's the best why remove it? that's a good question and nicole brewer is here with what you should do and nicole what you should not do. >> exactly. a lot of people are surprised ukee and jess to hear that lime carrying ticks can be found anywhere with vegetation so that means the city, the suburbs or all the way out in the country and if you get one, what's the best why remove it? it's a good question, steve, especially as it's prevalence of ticks continues to increase. >> spend much time outdoors. >> yes. >> do you ever ever worry about ticks. >> now we do. >> warmer weather means more time outdo

the victim was a student at george mason university.nvestigators say his friends took him home and put him in his bed instead of calling for help. no arrests have been made. police have not said whether any of the friends who failed to call for help will be charged. >>> we want to give and you good look at a sketch. police are looking for a teenage girl and grabbed her. officers say he followed the 16-year-old into her apartment complex in the bridge cheney area. the man fled in a car after the girl's broke came to help her. >>> news 4 is working for you. chris gordon tracked down the answer to a viewer's e-mail after they discovered whole foods store had eliminated its kosher food section. customers were concerned they would have to take their business someplace else. >> entire jewish food section would be discontinued even though the person i spoke with had said that there was a tremendous demand for it. >> whole foods tells news 4 that it removed the dedicated kosher section after a recent renovation. customers can still find the pro

an e-mail blast warning all george mason university students of threats of sextortion on campus. >> theree not one or two cases was disturbing. >> reporter: police at the virginia school say unknown suspects gained t students over the internet enticing them to broadcast sexual acts over web cams. once they did, the suspects recorded those videos and blackmailed the students threatening to post them on internet if they didn't pay $5,000. >> i think everyone puts their lives on the internet. i feel like we should back away from that. >> reporter: it's something the department of justice says is becoming all too common calling it a significant and growing global threat. especially when it comes to children. saying in a new report that many victims drop out of school, have declining grades and in some cases engage in activities to harm themselves like cutting or even attempting suicide. sext torsion is something cassidy wolf crowned miss teen usa in 2013 knows all too well. >> congratulations. >> reporter: at just 18 years old she says she unknowingly linked on a link that gave her hacker a f

what's happening here at george mason when you boil it down, a group of left wing professors are hopingr --s. >> i'm told that only three were part of the law school. what are they saying should be done instead? >> well, the governing body is compromised mainly of faculty members but the main point, they want to turn down a donation that actually totaled around $30 million and it's the largest donation the school has ever received. it will open up countless doors for students. they hope to create a new center. it's really just a huge opportunity for the school. that's the faculty for the sake of making a political statement wants to turn it down. >> so the money some of which is coming from the charles koch foundation so it's the evil koch money and antonin scalia is a conservative. what if he was a left leaning jurist, do you think there would be this protest? >> i have no doubt it wouldn't be happening. if you look at the resolutions they have passed in the last week, you will find as lloyd cohen said in "the washington post" these sort of resolutions, these allegations are completely

fox5's bob barnard is live ats e george mason university with w a child in school should hear.da andt can'tus believe people are this evil, t, bob. >> reporter: you hope peoplee aren't this gullible either. eit a lot of people warning aboutarg this. the fbi, prince william countyoy police, fairfax county police, george mason employees, the, the archdiocese of washington.ashing here at george mason earlierer this month there were twotw victims what they call virtual kidnappings.kidnappi a student here and an employee.o the archdiocese of washingtonasg sent out a note to all of their families that a child in their r school system and his or heris r family were also victimized. basically, someone will call yol and say, we've got your child,h, don't hang up the phone. we weren't a ransom.so wire us the money. they sometimes hear screaming ii the background.un and they're basically trying tot rip people off. o the authorities say, look, hangn up the phone, call your schoolco or wherever your loved one mayee be or you confirm that they're there.he call the police as well.l they believe per