you can help find this uber driver who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the job in hyattsville last week. he was driving dark color toyota rav 4. he is no longer an active uber driver but he is still on the run. alison: two men are dead after that started overfirework. itrage out in the parking lot after midnight. police sources say minutes earlier they were setting off fireworks near a car. so far the police have not released information about the suspect. michelle: caught on video. police diving to water to save people trapped in a sinkerring car -- sinking car. they got a big boost from people nearby. y'all plus a mother and a daughter beaten after the attack was caught on video. michelle: and tonight experts from the employment justice center taking your calls about workplace rights. call 703-236-9220. they will be taking c alison: just in from fairfax county police are looking for vandals who caused $20,000 in damage to white oaks elementary school in burke. investigators believe the vandalism happened late sunday or early monday morning. you can see the vandals damaged a

after the house fire was extinguished, a hyattsville volunteer firefighter complained that he was allegedlyassault bid a career officer. a neighbor tells me what she saw. >> kind of like that kind of stuff, just like little nudges and stuff. not, like, punching and kicking or anything like that. >> reporter: the volunteer to investigate his allegations against the career officer. the police chief tells me it is too early to determine if a criminal charge will be filed or not. >> allegation at this time is a second degree assault, which is a misdemeanor, and we will investigate that. >> reporter: for years, there have been tensions between career and volunteer firefighters in prince george's county. this past may, two volunteer firefighters faced criminal charges in a trial for hitting a career officer at a burning house near hyattsville, maryland, and blocking them at the doorway so career firefighters couldn't enter before the volunteers. those two defendants were found not guilty. i asked if the new complaint arising from the fire this past sunday is part of the ongoing feud between caree

disabled west hyattsville to branch avenue and red lion days problem and medical center and we're seeing a lot of slow downs already. 295 southbound typical delays and 5 minute slow down college park 270 southbound usual congestion to truck scales and fave ford northbound from virginia. steve, holly. >> federal appeals court blocked d.c. law that makes it hard forgetting a gun permit. a divided three judge panel said the law requiring people to show good reason to fear injury" or another proper reason to carry a weapon violates second amendment right. it could end up at supreme court if district officials challenge that. >> missing remembers members of african robotics team two teens were located and are safe any canada. whereabout missing members remain a mystery. the team came to d.c. to participate in international robotics competition a few weeks ago and disappeared a day after the contest entered. >>> help wanted, how you can apply forbe a royal dream job. we'll have details next. >> a lot of people peteing for that opportunity fan at rangers team gave it all in an attempt to catch

no word yet on what caused this overnight house fire in hyattsville.e early this morning. firefighters remained on the scene for hours to put out the hot spots. good news here, no one was injured. no word yet on a cause. >>> also in prince george's county, the police patrol officers there are now working 12-hour shifts. that order coming straight from the chief who is trying to combat a recent spike in violent crime in prince george's county. there have been 12 homicides in the county in the first 12 days of july. >>> well if you stayed at a trump hotel recently your personal information could be compromised. the trump organization says the reservation booking service at 14 of its properties were hit by hackers. that includes the trump hotel right here in the district. they gained access to the credit card numbers of guests who stayed between august 2016 and rc cases, they also got to guests names, e-mails and phone num numbers. >>> today the senate judiciary committee will preside over the confirmation of james comey's replace. christopher wray was no

hyattsville police want you to look at this map the 44-year- old ergun gunes incident happened june 26. knew the intersection of hamilton and queens chapel road . detectives have not said much but it -- a spokesperson for uber says they received the complaint from a passenger and immediately fired the driver but many are skeptical about who is behind the wheel.>> it is insulting and disrespectful. >> if somebody is getting the salted and the uber driver gets away i don't think that is right. >> detectives are offering a $2500 reward for leads to find the driver. >>> an inmate who broke out of a maximum security prison in south carolina used wire cutters that were likely dropped from a drone from a friend on the outside. after the escape the man was found at 4:00 this morning in a motel room in austin, texas. he had a pistol, a rifle and $47,000 in cash this is the second time he has escaped from a maximum security prison. >>> a home for a hero, 15 years ago an ied blast took both of army staff sergeant christopher walker's arms and legs but today a huge gift to help him heal. wego to a

police were able to trace the shooting to this scene at landover road in hyattsville.tors collected what evidence they could at the scene. there is no word yet on a suspect. >> costly reminder of the individually here, that townhouse going up in flames in gaithersburg last night. investigators believe the homeowner used charcoal in a propane grill, sparked a fire to the home's vinyl siding and flames jumped to a neighboring house. the blaze displaced 11 people. the homeowner using the grill suffered minor burns. >> d.c. police seized illegal fireworks sold to children. police chief peter newsham tweeted. what officers confiscated. on jecherson street. northwest. few blocks from georgia avenue. the bust happened thanks to a community tip. >> still no word who was behind the wheel of an suv, hit by a train in prince george's county this morning. the man was killed. when a csx train hit his vehicle here in beltsville. this was around 3:40 in the morning along baltimore avenue. police tell us the to stop, but didn't have enough time. and actually, pushed the suv several fe

someone shot and killed anthony russel outside of hyattsville apartment com commuting last sunday. her son was killed and he went back to the site to not have that information, to be executed the way he was. he took four gun shot wound to his chest. it's my prayer that anybody who has any information, the lightest information call crime solvers. >> sally says she knows her kit was at a craps game until 2:00 in the morning before coming to apartment. she says he parked his scooter and was found shot to death several hours later. >> new tonight a circus worker is recovering after trampled and bitten by a capel at the charles country fire ground. this happened 2 20 was air lifted to the hospital with a serious head injuryry. >> we know it was due to a permitting issue. >> brides to be racing their dresses. >> and more details about donald trump jr. meeting with russian attorney. who else was there. >> plus photo of president trump raising eyebrows. >> and entire home swallowed by the earth. more about the sinkhole and why the damage may not be completely done yet. >> and we have somet

dozens of firefighters were called to willow hill place in hyattsville shortly after 5:00 this morning and a partial collapse caused them to have to fight the fire only from the outside for a while. the couple inside was able to get to safety. >> i was asleep and he was getting dressed to go to work popping sound and you could spell the smoke at the rear of the house. adrianna: investigators are working to determine the cause of that fire. now to the latest on the russia investigation. donald trump jr. speaking out about his meeting with the presidential campaign. as emily rau reports, after initially denying any wrongdoing, the president's oldest son is admitting now it was a bad idea. >> it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes. emily: appearing on fox news tuesday night donald trump jr. claims it was a snap decision to take the meeting with the russian lawyer with reported ties to the kremlin. >> in retrospect i probably would have done things differently. emily: coming the same day done jr. released the email chain which began six days before the meeting and shows he was told the

. >>> police in hyattsville are looking for this manas an uber driver wanted for a sexual offense that took place while he was driving in the area of queens chapel road and hamilton street. it happened around 11 p.m. last monday. police were asking the public to keep an eye out for him who drives a 2015 toyota rav4. he is no longer an active uber driver so do not get in his vehicle. if you know where he is please contact police. >>> convicted killer william morva was executed by lethal injection at the greenville correctional center in virginia. he killed a sheriff's deputy and hospital security guard in plaques bugger in 2006. some doctors say he suffered from a mental disorder but others did not. the governor declined to stop last night's execution. >>> thousands are paying their respects to the memorial their lives while saving others. today marks one year since five dallas city police officers died in an ambush. the gunman was shot and killed by other officers. several ceremonies are planned this weekend. the dallas circle of heros was unveiled yesterday and it has the names of eac

he is accused of attacking a woman while on the job in hyattsville last week. he is no longer an active bird driver, but he is still on the run. nancy: tonight, the date for bill cosby sex trial was announced. the da tweeting the trial is november 6 of this year. cosby will be tried again for sexual assault. this after a mistrial was declared the first time around because the jury was deadlocked. sentencingomorrow, for the man who went on a shooting rampage in maryland last year, shooting six people, killing three, with some violence happening a busy shopping centers. sentencing hearing starts at 1:30. three baltimore police officers charged in a racketeering conspiracy. they now face 13 additional robbery charges. the officers indicted are among seven arrested earlier this year for stealing cash and drugs. and if running the department. twogrand jury also indicted civilians. alison: right now, a search for vandals who did $20,000 with a dama elementary school. tom roussey is live at white oaks elementary. where is all the damage at the school? tom: you cannot

and the incident happened during a police chase last summer in hyattsville and all caught on dashcam video. >> honestly this officer does not have a criminal history and so his guidelines i guess in guidelines in this case were probation to six months. so you know certainly it doesn't necessarily warrants jail time though we felt the state felt he deserved some time of incarceration. >> hernandez faced a maximum of ten years in priszon. >> now to charles county where parents met with school leaders tonight to discuss a case surrounding carlos bell. he is former school aid from waldorf accused of sexually ault saving ten poise and creating child pornography on school grounds. and one of the videos appears to show bell having sex with a child inside a classroom at benjamin stoddard middle school. >> school officials did not really address their concerns. >> they're not answering anything and acting like they don't have answers why deposit you bring somebody here who could answer the questions and concerns the families have. >> they should have at least acknowledged the ball. plane and

he's accused of attacking a woman - while on the job in hyattsville last week. is no longer an active uber driver - but he is still on the run. this morning - another assault under investigation in the district. a woman - held at knife point, then forced to perform a sex act in a busy section of northwest. it happened early sunday morning at this construction site on 14th street. the suspect is described as a 20 to 25 year old white or hispanic male with black hair and a slim build. anyone who may have seen something should call d-c police. police are searching fo t 20-thousand dollars in damage to a fairfax county elementary school. the damage was discovered monday.. at white oaks elementary. a new addition is being built there, and a fire was set inside. a shed had its front end smashed. and someone slammed a backhoe into a construction trailer. things now look better. but there's still damage, including to the playground. there's a path through the woods that leads from the school to a townhouse community. it's unclear whether the vandals came from there. hap

the incident happened last summer in hyattsville and was all caught on dashcam video.ou're taking a look at that right now. hernandez was suspended that very same day. >> tonight a charles county middle schoolological host a informational meeting. police say carlos bell hoop worked as instructional assistant at benjamin stoddard middle school tested positive for hiv. he's accused of serbly assaulting several male students. the meeting is tonight at 7 o'clock and there will be a second informational meeting next month. >> the wealth attorney from stafford county virginia will sit before the senate judiciary committee. he'll stephon a bill which would require national sports federations to report incidents of suspected abuse. >> this comes after the recent abuse u.s. gymnastics team. right now there's no federal law requiring those sports to report ababout. he was asked to testify in >> fairfax county school board voted last night to change the name of j.e.b. stuart high school named after confederate general. the school board says the name doesn't represent the current

as you make your way out on the top side in college park and i love what we're seeing in hyattsvillewell as capitol heights. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we got you covered this friday eve. back to you wisdom and holly. >> coming up on fox5 news morning catching heat on social media as it's accused of white washing beyoncÉ's wax figure. >> harry potter fans have a reason to celebrate this morning. >> as we head to break a live look across the region. time right now 4:36. temperature 80 degrees. back in a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> 4:38 is our time. we're back with the web. these are the stories you're engaging with the most on social media. >> spotify is being sued. two independent music publishers accuse the service of failing to get appropriate licenses. the lawsuit claims it didn't follow the proper protocol and has been streaming songs illegally. this isn't the first time that the company has been sued. at least two other prominent lawsuits were filed against it making the same claims. >> next hup madame tussaud's getting ripped by fans for this wax figure. any idea who

lying in the road near 60th and roanoke avenue in hyattsville this morning. the victim is described as a hispanic man in his 30s. >>> a wildfire in the foothills of alpine, utah, forced 25 families from their homes overnight. today they were allowed to return home, but the fire is not under control. it's burned 500 acres and is only 3% contained. no injuries have been reported and so far no property has been damaged. an update on the massive sinkhole we've told you about in land o'lakes, florida, tomorrow pasco county emergency workers will collect water samples from residents who live near the sinkhole for e. coli. mean time the officials say the sinkhole doesn't appear to be growing any wider. the sinkhole was first reported monday but stopped bigger as of friday evening. two homes were destroyed and five were deemed unsafe. >>> look at this dramatic video west where a flash flood just barreled through a popular arizona swimming hole. you know how hot it is there. more than 100 people were trying to cool down from the summer heat when that flood struck. ton

he was lying in the road near 60th and roanoke avenues in hyattsville.pital later. medical examiners are still trying to figure out who he is. all we know at this point is he was a hispanic man in his 30s. investigators in fairfax county trying to find out why a young woman killed her mom and then herself. both were found dead friday afternoon. detectives believe 23-year-old helen hargin shot and killed her mom, 63-year-old pamela hargin before killing herself. a hot button issue on the table, today is a workday for school board members in the county, but they are expected to discuss renaming j.e.b. stuart high school. the topic is on the agenda for 1:30 this afternoon. the news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> this is wake up washington jeffcoat. you can see mike, yay. >> woo hoo. >> he's back this morning, he's ready to go with his coffee this morning. let's jump right into the forecast. after a break from all that extreme heat, temperatures on the rise. we begin with first alert meteorologist melissa nord. >> we're going to see more mid- 90s coming in th

near hyattsville maryland, we're in brandywine, we're in washington, d.c. and we're in largo.good y'all. i couldn't help myself. >> delicious. >> and you guys remember -- >> we'll eat during the commercial break. time is 8:44. coming up this morning the famous kardashian sisters facing backlash over their so, what did they do? we're going to tell you all about it but first mike tells about the forecast. >> we'll take a live look outside here at the white house. it's a cloudy start to the day. we could have some thunderstorms rumbling through later. i'm going to be back with your full forecast details right after the break. stick with us. fox5 news morning saturday fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all with a 2-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out

it includes one in hyattsville and near the college park mark station. there have been a series of deadly incidents in both maryland and virginia over the past two years involving people trespassing on tracks. congress ordered to kreduce the debts and set a deadline to do so by august 2018. back to you. >> scott, thank you, scott. >>> we have a follow up now on a story we've been following all this week. neighbors are suggesting it might be something other than trash that is leading raccoons to attack people. a facebook page is keeping track of a string of raccoon attacks in an arlington county neighborhood. some people blame the area's trash rules, but now there's speculation the construction sites are pushing the raccoons towards people's houses. four things you need to know about these attacks. there have been three this year. it's in the arlington. last week the woman awas attacked. a man was attacked on wednesday morning as a precaution he's being treated for rabies. animal control yesterday but was not able to catch these raccoons. >>> pretty aggre

cypress creek drive in hyattsville. mi police say theye shooting around 5:15 this morning, a little over two hours ago. they found a man who had been shot. he was pronounced dead on the scene. we'll update you as soon as you get information. this is when you have nbc washington app close. push that alert via digital teams. they are working on this as well. we'll keep you updated. welcome in on what you can tell is a busy saturday morning. thanks for being with us. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. every part of our area, news breaking. a lot of big stories to cover. also a lot of events happening outside today so it's important to check in with sheena parveen. >> you'll notice sheena, a lot of people getting outside today, today is a good day to do it. >> a fantastic day. tomorrow really nice, too. the only difference between today and tomorrow cooler tomorrow and but notice the changes. pool weather, hot outside, so refresh in the pool. the rest of the area coming in upper 60s to about low 70s. wakeup weather dry, b

one cause convicted of second degree assault in may and it happened during a police chaseness hyattsville and it was all caught on the dashcam video. this officer does not have a criminal history and so his guidelines i guess in this case women his guidelines in this case were pro fwition six months. the state felt he deserved some type of incarceration. >> hernandez has been facing ten years if prison. >> now to a "fox5" exclusive a man brutally attacked while walking down the street in northwest d.c. >> still in the hospital and friends and co-workers are coming together to help him as he recovers. lauren demarco with a story you only see on "fox5". >> what father for that matter were walking down the street and somebody came up to your paent and hit them in the back of the head. how wow feel. >> david perusa apaled at how his friend was atkd and left foredead along 16 street northwest. >> he woke up in the ambulance and got eight staples right away for back of head. >> joey doesn't know who attacked him but apparently a passerby saw him lying there and called 911. he was in the hospita

someone shot and killed anthony russel outside a hyattsville apartment complex last saturday. today russel's mother returned to the place her son was killed hoping to find more information. >> we need this case res resolved. he did not deserve executed the way he was. you know, he took four gun shots to the chest. you know, it's my prayer that anybody who had any information. slightest information, to call crime solvers. >> sally says she knows her son was at a craps game on oglethorwp street northeast before come together complex. he parked his schooler and was found shot to death several hours lateers. >> a circus worker is recoughing after trampled and bitten by a camel at the charles country fairgrounds. it happened after 2:30 this afternoon la playta. authorities say the 5-year-old man that works for lewis and clarks circus was air lifted with a serious injury. performances have been cancelled due it a permit issue. >> developing tonight, two men are now charged in the murders of four pennsylvania men. and we are learning new details about the investigation. >> plus, a fa

this man is accused of attacking woman while all of the job in hyattsville last week. he is no longer an active driver but is still on the run. developing right now at 6:17, everything appears to be back on track on the northeast quarter after this. -- corridor after this. amtrak officials were afraid schedules would be upturned after a new jersey train derailed. 108 people were on board. no one was hurt but service was delayed for several hours. that derailment comes days before extension track repairs start at penn station. traffic alert for bethesda drivers. get ready for five weekends of closures on rockville pike beginning this weekend. lanes at 10:00 on friday nights and reopened at 5:00 monday morning. the lane closures will run from woodmont avenue to wilson drive. there are all necessary because of the construction of the crossing project at the medical center metro station. autria: staying in maryland, the guys behind a popular fishing show hook themselves a big one. scott lenox and dave -- of hoax on o.c., did not catch a single fixed but they did spot a wha

accused of committing whatever offense it was back on june 26th in the area of queen chapel road in hyattsville. detectives didn't specify what kind of sexual offense, we do know he's no long an uber driver, if anyone has information, give police a call. >>> the follow-up now on that bicyclist who was struck by a car last friday. we have just learned that the victim has passed away. police say burgess johnson was riding a bike when hit by a car at the intersection of 29th and erie in southeast. he reportedly failed to stop at a a stop sign and that's when police hit him and drove off. police are looking for the driver. the victim's family is posting flyers near the scene to encourage witnesses to come forward. >> i think if i knew who the person was, not that i said i would of revengeful but just to give me closure to know there's someone out there and allow them to come forth and say i'm sorry, i am so sorry. i did not know or i did not mean to leave the person. i was -- just some kind of >> police are asking anyone with information about the hit-and-run to give them a call. >>> it was sentenc

you can see over two inches in hyattsville. we are probably going to add another one to three inches to the numbers. show you what is going on now. we have active flash flood warnings out there for the district, arlington, alexandria, fairfax and prince george's county. that one is until 6:15. we head in closer. the timing on this is not good at all. these are slow-moving rain cells producing upward of two inches of rain per hour. there is more on the way and the heaviest rain is later tonight. addison heights, heavy downpours. old town alexandria the ryan starting to let up a little bit. least for right now. widen the view out and show what is going on. all of this out here west of us is on the way as we move to 7:00 8:00 tonight. that is when the rain is really going to pick up along with the potential for gusty winds. upward of 20 to 30 miles per hour along with a few embedded thunderstorms. flash flood watch remains in effect for the entire area. this is through the overnight hours and into tomorrow afternoon. the biggest t

. >> hyattsville based baker april richardson is already well known around town for her most populargton baker warren brown also known around town and is the owner of cake love cake in a jar. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> what was the secret getting into wal-mart store shelves. >> good product. >> good product and having fun, too, you know what i mean. they want people that are enjoying what they're doing and i think we both are. >> absolutely. >> so, you did a pretty long drive 'cause this was down in arkansas right. >> vincentville arkansas. >> did you drive. >> my sisters wanted to drive almost 18 hours. >> wow. >> and it was worth it. >> yeah. >> i mean. >> apparently so. >> totally. >> if anyone else wants to get to wal-mart the key is to drive. >> i flew into tulsa and then drove from there. i thought that was long. >> how long is that. >> two hours. >> that's chump change. come on. >> no, so wal-mart they've increased their footprint especially around the d.c. area over the last couple years. there's some people that say wal-mart when you talk

disabled train west hyattsville and expect delays to branch avenue. be prepared for that.itch over to maps inner loop crash cleared to shoulder. residual delay between baltimore washington mark way as you approach 50. 50 itself moving nicely through buoy. inside the beltway typical cheverly show down 202 to 25 jamming up northeast just a tad on new york avenue past blade nzburg road and northbound 5 heads up for southern maryland commuters crash blocking left lane after birch hill road causing big backup and back to 01-5 slip. and capitol street northwest westbound side impacted 50th we you have could have had. 6:00 hour of "fox news morning" coming up. we'll be right back >> straight ahead at 6 scene in the district. over night a row house up in flames. several people this morning homeless. right now fire crews on the scene in northwest putting out hot spots. >> and back to the drawing board. republicans latest plan to repeal and replace obamacare failed. what's next? president offering a hint in a late night tweet. >> live look outside on this tuesday morning. it's july

they will serve slices of wood fired pizza in hyattsville. the new restaurant places but they will share with an art studio. they will hold classes in the same spot. owners of both businesses say food and art go great i think pizza goes good with anything. >> 6:56, your time now. turning to a tragic story in an update we're just getting into our newsroom. we've learned new details in death investigation in mclean. fairfax police say a daughter shot and killed her mother before turning the gun on herself. the two women identified as 23-year-old helen hargon and pamela denise hanson hargon. >>> organizers behind the women's march will have people gather outside the department of justice. they are protesting gun violence and the national rifle association. yesterday they held a rally outside nra in fairfax and walked 18 miles to d.c. >>> a fairfax county judge declaring a mistrial in the murder case of beloved wedding caterer. kempton bond claimed he stabbed tyonne after a cleanup, an argument that happened year. jurors told the judge they could

soon as we get more in >>> two people are without a home this morning after this house fire in hyattsville. it started around 5:00 this morning. chopper 4 was there as prince george's firefighters got this under control about an hour later. no one was hurt but you can see there is significant damage to this home. >>> if you live, drive, or work in prince george's county, you're going to see more police officers on the street. the reason is a recent spike in violent crime. news4's justin finch is live at police headquarters in palmer park with the added steps officers are now taking. >> reporter: aaron, you'll likely see more patrol cars out on the streets, even more police boots on the ground. they're now extending their 8 to 10-hour shifts to 12 hours a day, staying out longer to get a better grip on crime and a rising murder rate. near central avenue and enterprise road, this sign reminding passers by prince george's police are out and about. a comfort to residents who worry closer to home as of late. >> i got awakened by helicopters searches for four people that hijacked a vehicle a cou