westbound 50 at kenilworth, crash in the right lane there.reen and yellow line delays between l'enfant and mount vern on th on square. travel times in ten minutes. >>> the succespected mastermind the pairs are attacks had his first court appearance but when officials began questioning salah abdeslam who up until nowed that been in a high security prison in paris, he said nothing. invoking his right to stay silent.ris attacks killed more than 130 people. >>> 6:32, a man who once served as a delegate for donald trump now faces a possibility of spending decades in jail. caleb bailey was indicted earlier this week on charges of opposing and making child pornography and hin unregistered machine guns and explosives. gop leadership in charles county says it will fill bailey's position tomorrow. >>> the debate over gun control could park new disagreements on the campaign trail today. donald trump will be the headline speaker at today's national rifle association convention in louisville. security is tight inside. both secret service and local police

kenilworth, 3300 block of burrows. we'll check that location right now in burrows. burrows is sure.we have one person struck by a metro bus. in the commotion and with several crews called to respond dispatch provided several pro different nearby addresses for the scene.th the victim lay on the ground fod several minutes before crewsws could assist them as police with guns drawn tried to get the armed suspect out of the bus. he was sitting in the driver's seat and the police telling himm to put his hands up and he he wouldn't put his hands up. so then they surrender the bussu and tell him to put his hands up. i said why not go inside and i drag him out of police have reviewed surveillance video from inside that metro bus. but at this point still nostil motive as to what drove that man to highjack today's bus. life tonight in northeast, marina maracco, fox5 local news. > staying in the district can,i police are looking for a killer following a deadly shooting in northwest. it happened along the 4500 block of illinois avenue. officers responding to a callal for begun shots found a man

as soon as the bus made its next stop on kenilworth avenue, the suspect attacked the driver.he metro driver pusd emergency button. a driver and passengers jumped off and the suction peck jumped in the driver's seat hopping several curbs and eventually barreling through the crown gas station on minnesota avenue. it's here at this dumpster where a bus hit a man those who said would help out byç taking trash out to help with local businesses. the next thing i know i see the bus coming through the gas station. kenilworth, 3300 block of burrows. we'll check that location right now in burrows. burrows is sure. we have one person struck by a metro bus. in the commotion and with several crews called to respond dispatch provided several different nearby addresses for the scene. the victim lay on the ground for several minutes before crews could assist them as police with guns drawn tried to get the armed suspect out of the he was sitting in the driver's seat and the police telling him to put his hands up and he wouldn't put his hands up. so then they surrender the bus and tell him to

the bus proceeds to the next stop about 90 seconds, when the dust comes to the stop, 800 block of kenilworth, the suspect then driver. all the passengers flea from the bus immediately when they see the attack. >> police later say the suspect through the driver off the u6 bus, and then hopped in the drivers seat, steering it underneath 295, kenilworth avenue and into the crown lot. dc and metro transit police were alerted to the danger after the driver was able to send a message as he was in trouble. >> it is a bizarre incident, very uncharacteristic for someone to, you know, try and take a bus, attack a bus driver, as we say the whole incident occurred in less than three minutes. the officers did a great job, and bringing the suspect into custody, and not being injured, because he was armed with a weapon. >> dc police at this hour have not released the name of the suspect, or the person who was killed. now, all day long matt ackland, wore working the store which me, and has more on the store. >> i this has shaken up a lot of people. in fact, i lk office her on patrol here. she said she has s

proceeds to the next stop about 90 seconds, when the bus comes to a stop, # hundred block every kenilworth, the suspect then attacks all the passengers flea from the bus immediately when they see the attack. >> reporter: now, dc police have not released the name of the suspect or the person that was killed. bee understand that metro transit police, as well as dc police, were on the scene very quickly because as the attack began, the driver was able to send out some kind after emergency message that alerted the police, and they were able to get to the scene and assist the driver and the passengers who were left over on j street. live in northeast, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >>> thank you, paul. as paul mentioned, police have not identified the victim who was killed when that bus barrelled through the gas station parking lot. people who knew him are stunned over what happened. >> i told him see you later on. next up i see the bus coming through the gas station, he said i'll see you later on. he went one way, i went the other way. >> and the identified. it is believed he worked at that gas

things are moving fine on 50 pass kenilworth.u know if and when that changes same story in vir vr the commute. all majors inbound through mannasas, centerville, false church and 257 at speed. metro gearing up in the next few minutes and they're on time writing now or close to schedule and as annie told you brunswick line things getting back to normal this morning. i'll let you know if and when that changes sweet me with your questions of the commute @erinfoxdc. >> and two men held up a misdemeanor restaurant. >> president obama traveling to see a little girl's letter that went viral. back after this >> with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the lon long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign. >> and then there were two. looking at the numbers we can probably begin referring to

it happened in the 800 block of kenilworth at 10:45 this morning and the suspect attacked the bus driverbut thankfully the bus driver was somehow able to get away and pushed the emergency button on police to the scene. luckily the bus driver and all of the passengers were somehow able to get off the bus. and get to safety. and that is certainly the good news this afternoon. this was a u6 metro bus. it was traveling to marshal heights. number 6102. police tell us that the suspect right now is in custody. he is being treated at the hospital. we are told the bus driver is also being treated at the hospital. and of course, this is a developing story, so we are going to bring you more updates throughout the day. and check out our social media pages for all of the latest, plus we will have a full report for you, starting at 5:00. reporting live, in northeast dc, wusa 9. >> and as stephanie said, you can count on wusa 9 to follow this story, on air, and on our mobile app. make sure you download our free wusa 9 app to follow any developments we get throughout the day. >>> tonight on wusa 9 news

you can see from mostly the green, same thing on kenilworth avenue, 295 looks great in d.c. north, top side of the beltway, not bad. we're in great shape between 270, continuing to 95 in maryland, and 270 looks great heading north towards hagerstown. no problem once you get on 70. we do have some midday work happening. this is construction work in silver spring, george george avenue. keep in mind, you may see some of that activity, but nothing is closed this afternoon and no accidents. jummy, back to you. jummy: good news. thank you, jamie. in the meantime, police are still investigating a wrong-way crash on the beltway this morning. this one happening on the inner loop before eisenhower avenue and this morning. it tied up traffic for the early rush hour. state police tell us a wrong-way driver was killed after hitting at least one other car head on. no word yet on that driver's identity. and a grand jury meeting today to determine charges against ronald hamilton. he is that army sergeant accused of killing prince william county police officer ashley guindon after shooting a

happening around town, outer loop at university, outer loop the pennsylvania, and inner loop at kenilworth avenue also have road work there. 395, our typical morning road work after duke street. northbound and southbound after seminary. >>> new video this morning from a breaking news story. an american b-52 bomber crashed in guam late last night. amazingly all on board survived. thick plaque smoke rising into the air, this is above a the plane aborted take joef and then crashed on to the run way. they's working to contain any hydraulic fuel thatspilled. >>> happening today, people in northeast will do their part to help make their community a safer place by walking in their neighborhoods. it is part of a series of walks that have been scheduled for this month and come after a week of violence in the district. the meeting point for tonight's walk is at 18th street and benning road in northeast at 7:00 p.m. >>> police have identified the man who was shot and killed this broad daylight on wednesday in southeast. thomas was found on the street on mount view place near morris road. he later tie

this is a live look at kenilworth and eastern avenue.he high standing water we were talking about on the southbound side of 295. you have to take it easy this morning. looking on the far right-hand side of your screen you can see the police presence, an indication of what we will see throughout parts test metro. high standing water is an issue. for now back over to the desk. >>> federal officials are revealing an attempted convert was not inspired by isis but a hatred of jewish people. >>> a judge signed an order not to remove a monument. ufl president james ram my and the mayor announced the statue's removal last week. he said is a historic landmark that pays contributed to all veterans and he doesn't want to see it moved. >> it was not meant to glorify either side of the civil war. it was so soberly and solemnly remember the countless thousands of veterans killed in the slaughter of war. >> the memorial is on city owned property and has been in the city since 1895. there is no process on the books to go about removing any monument. >>>

on 295, this is kenilworth traveling so the 11th street bridge, no issues this morning.er and traffic return shortly. over to you. >>> we are following a developing story out of triangle, virginia. two people were found dead in their home last night. police say a family member couldn't get in touch with two people that lived there. police responded, forced themselves into the home and found two victims dead. no word on what happened to the people or who they were. police do say this does not appear to be is no threat to the public at this time. >>> a be loved school mascot has been diagnosed with cancer. mike is the mascot for lsu, doctors discovered a tumor on the right side of the 10-year old's face. the condition is incurable. the best hope is radiation treatments. the treatments could prolong his life by one or two years. >>> they are back, millions of red crabbs washed ashore on dell montae beach, california. the reason el nino is warmer than usual. that's fun for the beachgoers but not for the fishermen. we>>> have a our wusa 9 ke sweepstakes. >> that was betty fro

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also road work continuing innuin prince george's county innerin loop between kenilworth and bw parkway. outer loop richie marlboro. marr metro gearing up for serviceer that is on time or close to schedule. >> montgomery county high school and threatenedtg onhreato social media.social media. the totop spot in the naps inhep health polls. here's a live look across the ar d.c. region a-little music to ms get you moving this thursdayhurs morning. time now 4:37. 47. we're back with more fox newss morning right after this. >> ♪ >> time now 4:39. stories you're engaging with>> g most on social media this morning using our realtimeinr re news tracker. tck the fda approved a new immuno he therapy drug to treat to t bladder cancer a type ofype disease that has not had a new medicine in years.. >> in politics former forme presidential candidate mittcaidt romney tried to -- tried andri if i would get john kasich to mount a third party runt a thir against donald trump. kasich adviser revealed the coup to yahoo news. he said romney sent the ohio ohi governor an e-mail urging himg to launch a campaig

this is eastern avenue and kenilworth.11th street bridge issue and over to you. >>> i'm nick giovanni with breaking news just in to the live desk. reports of mudslides in sri lanka. people are missing. three days of heavy rain. 16 bodies have been recovered. 150 survivors were located according to a military spokesperson. that's the latest from the live desk. >> thank you, nick. >>> the safe return of a missing baby. >> you may have heard last night that prince george county police were looking for a week old baby and his young father missing from upper marlboro. shortly after midnight police tweeted that the baby was found safe and reunited with his mother. an amber alert was not issued in the certain. >>> the senate has approved a $1.1 billion package to fight the zika virus. the house is scheduled to consider a smaller package of 622 million that would be money offset with spending cuts elsewhere in the budget. the white house is requesting $1.9 billion to fight zika. >> that is a quick look at what is going on this wed

outbound kenilworth avenue is slowing until route 50. that is a look at traffic. back to you.6:00, what the u.s. transportation secretary saw last week that nearly prompted another metro shutdown. plus, training for disaster. why the record breaking string of rainy days has firefighters on alert and what they say we could be facing by the end of week that is causing them concerns. we have it ahead tonight at "abc7 news at 6:00". alison: before we get to more on the rain we have come to anticipate and get excited about the lunch box weather. doug: we go to the fourth grade classes. brian van de gra hollywood elementary school in college park for lunchbox weather program. he used the high energy approach to keep the kids happy. if you get a chance to do brian do a public appearance it is worth the free admission. he has energy. making clouds in a bottle to show how the tornadoes are formed, answered questions, took them out to the weather bug, the storm tracker. had one with the kids there. we had a student today manning the kid cam. two weather questions. >> doppler radar impac

outbound kenilworth avenue no major accidents. no delays right now. let's head outside.teve rudin a little jealous today. at the british embassy and it's gorgeous out there. >> a lot of folks were complaining about the rain. i was. we had 15 days of it. the rain is well worth it. look at the flowers at the british embassy. tomorrow they are having open house from 10:00 to 4:00. a will of folks plant the garden plant four or five or six kinds of flowers. here they measure it in the thousands of variety. i will show you the rose garden. they have the pinks and the reds and the yellow an it's beautiful. you can see the garden tomorrow at the open house with the 28 other countries that have the open house. look at the forecast tomorrow. we have temperatures to make it in the 70's. we have a cold front in the mid-day hours. that is likely to bring the showers and stronger thunderstorms during the mid-day hours. once the cold front clears we are going to look for the cooler temperatures for day on sunday. taste of arlington in ballston. the temperatures will only be around 60

kendall avenue -- kenilworth avenue heavy as well.tillident activity is having a few flashing lights past this point. everything in the shoulder. still going to be pretty happy. if you are traveling near old dominion, this is the heavy traffic that you wrap around continuing into maryland. and then a look on 95 in virginia. we seeing patchy stop and go through lorton. we pretty much clear out as you get closer to dale city. we show you here. this is just a wet run as you continue north of triangle pit not bumper-to-bumper. happy to report that. back to you. michelle: all right, jamie, thank you for the update. coming up at 4:00, bringing science to students outside the 6:00, where this blackberry was spotted and what it was caught doing. looks like a bird feeder. x the national push to increase interest in stem related careers is changing how students are learning about science in maryland. we are shown a la mobile lab is bringing science to students. >> think about what your red blood cells do. >> there is an experiment underway. >>

brad: we saw mail postmarked for a number of addresses up and down kenilworth avenue in this neighborhood. also another street over here. so perhaps people are missing mail and the mail was or still is down in this sewer. the d.c. post master himself came here this afternoon. and at "abc7 news at 5:00", you will see him and hear what he has to say about this. reporting live from northeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: before you get away, have they tracked down the person responsible for throwing the mail down to the sewer? sam: they wouldn't tell me. i had a feeling that they did. but they wouldn't tell me. they said the regular mailman for the area was off. he is back today. it wasn't him. sounds like it was who replaced him last week. jonathan: thanks. prince george's county where the man on surveillance camera ramming a dump truck to two police cruisers last january will not be held criminally responsible. gene brandon, he pleaded guilty to attempt murder. but instead of jail time he will remain in a mental health facility for treatment. princecounty state attorney an

same thing as you head northbound kenilworth avenue toward eastern avenue. michelle: thank you.ext at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- michelle: we have an exclusive from our sister station in washington. government leaders were warned before releasing detainees from the guantanamo bay prison they would return to terrorism. correspondent joce -- joce sterman has details. joce: released from gitmo and ready to return to the battlefield despite warning to the obama administration. that is the bombshell coming foreign apairs committee to the secretary of state john kerry. i details classified reports dating back to 2013 that show several countries receiving free terrorists did not have adequate savegards in place to keep them from returning to terrorism or help with future attack. >> the president's committed to taking all those people out of guantanamo and close it even if it puts americans at risk. joce: representative raised questions in march whether the countries were prepared to handle risks associated with the returning detainees. joce: the report in the may 16 letter obtained by the

. >> we're over here in kenilworth in d.c.d in this magical garden. >> reporter: it's not an easy task. it requires a lot of manpower. so the national park service is enlisting the help of volunteers. folks willing to get in boats, grab nets and other tools and count the critters. >> we're on quest to discover everything. so we're looking for spiders and dragonflies. we're going to be doing some sound monitoring for bats on the national mall. >> reporter: it's called bioblitz. volunteers fan out in national parks around the country. 13 in our area. don't worry if you don't know anything about wildlife. >> you can take a picture of what you see so even if you don't know what it is, a scientist can help identify it. >> reporter: if you want to volunteer go to our website and sign up online -- nbcwashington.com. we have the link that you need. just use the key word, bioblitz. back to you in the studio. >> thank you so much. >>> you still have time it get in on the action. the festival picks up again at 9:00. or it did. started ab

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