can see the firefighters rushing and hear glass breaking as they work to save the house at 75th in lanham. what you can't see the fight prosecutors say happened on the front porch of the house as the volunteer firefighters of the west lanham hills volunteer firefighter tried to claim the fire as their own to put out holding back two paid career firefighters. the allegation is simple. they they countered the volunteers on the front porch. volunteers held out their arms, grabbed them and tried to prevent them from going in to safe the house. the career firefighters who happened to be women called police and an investigation was launched. miller and kelly were charged with second-degree assault interfering with a firefighter and misconduct in office. a neighbor today says if a fight happened at moment like that, it seems just plain wrong. >> it's upset. some people need help. at that point you don't need to be fighting. you need to look for way to help people. >> moments ago i walked out of the courtroom. the judge sent the jury home and the defense attorney spent the entire afternoon arguin

they are back the career firefighters in lanham in 2015.he morning. >> the fire truck used as a barricade. that is the centerpiece of a bizarre land dispute between volunteer firefighters. this centers around strip of land and squatters' rights. brad: it's been a tense scene all day. fence crew digging post holes. lawyer clutching a permit. firefighters parking trucks in the way and calling the police to try to stop the fence building which they say will prevent the branchville volunteer firefighters from macking turn out of the fire house to the street. take a look at the fire truck that is wedged up inches from where the fence is going in. over here the fire chief vehicle is about to be on the wrong side of the fence. >> yep. they will stay there. >> it's the result of a long simmers dispute between the volunteer and the boss even base developer which owned the 2.3-acre lot along university boulevard since 198 o's on paper. branchville claim they have used the land for so long they now own it. >> nobody told us to leave the property. nobo

jeff beach was headed home last tuesday night on m-l-k highway in lanham.saw a van driving erratically in front of him. the van jumped the median and hit a car, which flipped onto its side. beach stopped and found a woman trapped in the car. he saw that her left arm was partially amputated. he asked a bystander to call 9-1-1, then used his belt to stop the woman's bleeding. emergency workers quickly arrived, and the woman was flown to a trauma quickly arrived, and the woman was flown to a trauma center. beach says although he was off-duty, he was just doing what he was trained to do. 7 on your side thi way ride sharing services uber and lyft are trying to save you money and get you to work. the services are looking to carpool. in effort to change many from riding to work alone, uber has installed uber pool, and lyft "lyft line" download the app and you're matched with other commuters going your way but is it worth it? coming up at 6.. seven on your side trouble shooter horace holmes breaks down the process..to figure out if it is really worth the money to u

a person killed by an amtrak train in lanham. marc and amtrak service brought to a standstill for three hours but resumed in the past 30 minutes. michelle: a man is dead, gunned down after gassing up his car a mile from the home. it happened overnight at an exxon on silver hill road not far from the census bureau. started when a gunman tried to rob a 27-year-old outside the station. the man fought back and the gunman opened fire. police are reviewing surveillance video but so >> it's too early to know why an s.u.v. plowed in a group of people at a car auction in massachusetts. two women and a man killed. one of the victims was a mother of three on the first day at work. sufficient was in an auction lane when it accelerated instead of going up. nearly a dozen people are hospitalized as a result. michelle: just in tonight. stolen assault rifle found in a stolen car parked outside of a montgomery county high school. police say a student parked it there. police arrested 18-year-old mario alvarado. police say the rifle in the trunk ha

happening today, opening statements begin in the trial of two west lanham hills volunteer firefighters. jeff miller and chris kelly were at a house fire in hyattsville back in 20-15. they allegedly tried to prevent career firefighters from going in to save the house, claiming the fire was theirs. the career firefighters called police, and an investigation was launched. miller and kelly are charged with second-degree assault, interfering with a firefighter, and misconduct in office. the capitals have clawed their way back forcing a winner take all game 7 against the pittsburgh penguins. we want to know -- wh for game 7. it's the subject of this morning's instapoll - go to wjla dot com slash vote now and let us know .. now to the game -- with their backs against the wall facing elimination on the road in pittsburgh. the caps came out swinging..jumping out to an early 2 nothing lead and they never looked back. after three quarters the caps led 5 to nothing and went on to blow out pittsburgh 5 to 2. they force a pivotal game 7..wednesday at the phone booth. the winner advances to the easte

it happened in lanham near annapolis road. that person is dead. metro is honoring penn line tickets tonight. jeff goldberg just getting on the scene. go to him live for the latest. what can you tell us? >> we can tell you that the amtrak train is not going anywhere. it's stuck on the line. this is in the area that is north of the new carrollton station. we can see across the line there, that looks to be heading north. we have some sense that travel is moving on this train is not going anywhere. we believe by all accounts this is the train that struck the individual. 2:30 this afternoon. a person struck by silver star. stops in the d.c. area. 136 passengers on board the amtrak train. we were able to see some of them there. no injuries on the train. the amtrak traffic southbound suspended. the marc train traffic the penn line suspended as well. there is still a lot of unanswered questions to what the individual was doing on the track. we don't know the gender or the age of the the investigation is ongoing. we don't know how long the delays will last

because of that crash by bw parkway and the crash by new avenue outer loop delays leading through lanhamo bw parkway and then the north and southbound side dealing with heavier traffic. northbound 295 from a late clearing work zone by east capitol street things starting to get back to normal but still dealing with a delay of 12 to 15 minutes. southbound side a bit heavy as well so just be mindful of that of volume. 395 about a 15 minute ride delay from the beltway up. we're dealing with safe track impacting the green and yellow rush plus. allison and steve. >> 7:08. well, up until today, if you could score one of those coveted parking spaces along the national mall at least if you got it it was free. not any longer. >> contractors for the national mall will begin to install parking meters, thousands of once free spots will be gone and it will cost you. our bob barnard is live along the national mall with more on when this goes into that effect and bob i got to be honest i never got one of those no meter spots anyway. >> reporter: that's right, they're hard to find. this all goes june 12t