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lauren demarco reporting. thank you, lauren.should obviously mentioned as lauren said, this is a large crime scene now. thises was initially classified, still is,s as a hit and run incident even though they do have a suspect in custody at a hospital apparently. but it's a four or five-block area so you should avoid that area, adams morgan and likely there are traffic backups around the downtown area due to this incident. two d.c. police officers hurt, one in critical, one in serious condition. three other victims with serious injuries. we're going to bring more of this to you coming up in a few minutes, but in the meantime we do want to get a check on the weather forecast so you can know what to expect going forward. >> in the morning. it's a very busy night and i agree with you, prayers out to our police officers tonight and if the weather is on we'll get rightle- out of weather. it's a gorgeous evening and we're going to be on the koom side tonight as we head for the 50s. today's high temperatures in the 70s. more like the mid
lauren demarco reporting. thank you, lauren.should obviously mentioned as lauren said, this is a large crime scene now. thises was initially classified, still is,s as a hit and run incident even though they do have a suspect in custody at a hospital apparently. but it's a four or five-block area so you should avoid that area, adams morgan and likely there are traffic backups around the downtown area due to this incident. two d.c. police officers hurt, one in critical, one in serious condition....
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lauren demarco is live on the scene. we believe it's an accident with two d.c. ers and others injured in an apparent hit and run. >> lauren what's the latest. >>reporter: injured, one of them critically, certainly life threatening and the other in serious condition and a department of public works employee was also hurt. police chief peter newsham up dated the media just a short time ago. i want you to take a listen to what he has to say. we had a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. it struck two of our police officers and it struck, it appears, a dpw traffic control aid, all three were taken to local hospitals. we have a police officer right now that's in very critical condition being treated at a local hospital. and i've learned that the police chief and it sounds like the mayor are also heading to the hospital to talk i'm sure with the pamlys of these officers and be by their side. at the scene still very active. this is at 18th street, several blocks of the street remain shutdown. there is plenty of crime tape. this is loft people out here. in fact, i
lauren demarco is live on the scene. we believe it's an accident with two d.c. ers and others injured in an apparent hit and run. >> lauren what's the latest. >>reporter: injured, one of them critically, certainly life threatening and the other in serious condition and a department of public works employee was also hurt. police chief peter newsham up dated the media just a short time ago. i want you to take a listen to what he has to say. we had a vehicle traveling at a high rate of...
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. >> "fox5" lauren demarco continues team coverage. live in alexandria with more on how the community came together. lauren. >> shawn message in del ray section of alexandria tonight. hate is not welcome here. this is closest we can get to simpson park. we're about a lock away. it may be in effect or everything may not be reopened until firday we have to wait and see on that. many that lives here awoke to the sound of gunfire. they were hor instead of staying at home with the blinds drawn people came out to show they won't stand for something like this. >> this is our community. and we are all a part of it regardless of what our politics are or where we come from. >> what's going on community is coming violence which was likely meant to tear us part. >> hundreds of people turned out. a mere 12 hours following the or ivk shooting at u.s. congress a local piece aplace is doting to their families. the big event on the main drag mount vernon street several hundred people gathered mayor and police chief would thank for first responders and h
. >> "fox5" lauren demarco continues team coverage. live in alexandria with more on how the community came together. lauren. >> shawn message in del ray section of alexandria tonight. hate is not welcome here. this is closest we can get to simpson park. we're about a lock away. it may be in effect or everything may not be reopened until firday we have to wait and see on that. many that lives here awoke to the sound of gunfire. they were hor instead of staying at home with...
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"fox5" lauren demarco has the story tonight, lauren.s tony, shawn, imagine getting the phone call from your doctor selling y t
"fox5" lauren demarco has the story tonight, lauren.s tony, shawn, imagine getting the phone call from your doctor selling y t
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"fox5" lauren demarco is liver with the details. lauren. >> tony, shawn, police have not yet identified this young girl. we know she was a student at lake braddock secondary school and she was oylt hiking with family members when hit by the train. >> there's a loft people, it's summertime. that like to go walking and everything and that's just a place where a lot of teenagers go to have fun. >> a place kids go to hang out by the water became the scene of a horrible accident. a 13-year-old girl was playing with her cousin on the vre train tracks over bull run when she was hit and killed. bull run is tributary that feeds into the aqua quan river and area backs into a golf course. >> we can feel the train from the green and we're 3-400 yards away you can feel the vibration on the green. >> hear it of course. >> hear it for sure. >> apparently the kids heard it too and a source tells "fox5" the girl's 22-year-old brother ran to him. he and the younger boy jumped the large gap to the opposite tracks and it's long way down to the water and
"fox5" lauren demarco is liver with the details. lauren. >> tony, shawn, police have not yet identified this young girl. we know she was a student at lake braddock secondary school and she was oylt hiking with family members when hit by the train. >> there's a loft people, it's summertime. that like to go walking and everything and that's just a place where a lot of teenagers go to have fun. >> a place kids go to hang out by the water became the scene of a horrible...
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lauren demarco is live with more at the nats park. >>reporter: a lot of the fans told us they came out because of the shooting in alexandria. this is after all their event. one of the moments tonight where heard the most applause is when they were announced at the game of course right now the ballpark has cleared out. the place has cleared up. they did present the republicans with the trophy and said they would like to remain in congressman steven scalise's office until he recovers. brody logan spoke with a staffer for the louisiana congressional delegation and that young man talked about how touching it was to see everybody out here and supporting them. take a listen to that. we've been hurt so personally by this our staff works so closely with the house majority of whip. when we saw it on the could hardly watch it it was so awful. to seat country come together like this, it's just incredible. on the field just before the game began, the lawmakers knelt in a circle, many of them wearing hats representing the louisiana. a huge round o
lauren demarco is live with more at the nats park. >>reporter: a lot of the fans told us they came out because of the shooting in alexandria. this is after all their event. one of the moments tonight where heard the most applause is when they were announced at the game of course right now the ballpark has cleared out. the place has cleared up. they did present the republicans with the trophy and said they would like to remain in congressman steven scalise's office until he recovers. brody...
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fox5's lauren demarco is live at nats park with the story. lauren, i understand the game is just wrapping up? >>reporter: it has just up, tony. in factor everybody is filing out. i want to give you a look at the scoreboard, final score there the democrats did beat republicans 11 to two. so not exactly a close game. but the democrats handed over the big trophy to the republicans saying that they'd like it to sit in congressman sca lease's office until he recovers and then they want it back. it was a lot of fun, a very nice out here. there was a lot of support and county. they were handing out the baseball ones. the most popular one i am told was put out by steve sc a alie. brody logan talked with an intern for the lieu sans a congressional delegation who said they really do appreciate all the support they've been getting from people across the country. take a look at that. we've been hurt so closely by this. with the whip and when we saw the on the tv it was so awful and so to see the country come together like this it's just incredible. just b
fox5's lauren demarco is live at nats park with the story. lauren, i understand the game is just wrapping up? >>reporter: it has just up, tony. in factor everybody is filing out. i want to give you a look at the scoreboard, final score there the democrats did beat republicans 11 to two. so not exactly a close game. but the democrats handed over the big trophy to the republicans saying that they'd like it to sit in congressman sca lease's office until he recovers and then they want it...
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. >>> lauren demarco is live tonight in largo maryland with the exclusive details. lauren? >> reporter: tony, shawn, this is frightening for these 23 people. who came here to the kaiser permanenta location, the largo medical facility in maryland. they had colonoscopies done in april. they have been contacted between yesterday and today, called by their doctors, let them know that a piece of equipment that was used during the colon oscopy was believed was not sterile or something went wrong in the sterilization process. they have they don't come back in for screening and the doctors mentioned risks such as hiv and hepatitis c. as you can see imagine, these people calling us really terrified. so we reached out to kaiser permanenta, we have updated information. they provided us a written statement which they describe that during the colonoscopy had a defect and that's what led to the issue, take a look at their statement, it reads in part, the scope in question was dis infected following the recommended protocols before use. however, after discovering the defect in conducting
. >>> lauren demarco is live tonight in largo maryland with the exclusive details. lauren? >> reporter: tony, shawn, this is frightening for these 23 people. who came here to the kaiser permanenta location, the largo medical facility in maryland. they had colonoscopies done in april. they have been contacted between yesterday and today, called by their doctors, let them know that a piece of equipment that was used during the colon oscopy was believed was not sterile or something...
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. >> fox5's lauren demarco joining us live from 14th street tonight with a look at what we can expecthis weekend. hey, lauren. >> reporter: hey, jim, star a. it is a beautiful night out here and it is also a very colorful light. check this out. businesses, restaurants proudly displaying their rainbow flags for pride week and we are standing here at 14th and r streets northwest. this is where tomorrow's parade wraps up. it begins at 21st and p streets, then winds its way through dupont circle. there's about a mile and a half long route and then it ends here along the 14th street corridor. there will be plenty of celebrating but along with all of the partying there are some people who have come here to make sure their message is heard as well. we came across a small group of demonstrators protesting supporting pride only as a pr stunt. that's only the beginning of it. >> we are inclusive. we want everyone here. we have high standards. >> there's a lot going on right now with the administration that i think a lot of people in the gay community are concerned about and i think it's importa
. >> fox5's lauren demarco joining us live from 14th street tonight with a look at what we can expecthis weekend. hey, lauren. >> reporter: hey, jim, star a. it is a beautiful night out here and it is also a very colorful light. check this out. businesses, restaurants proudly displaying their rainbow flags for pride week and we are standing here at 14th and r streets northwest. this is where tomorrow's parade wraps up. it begins at 21st and p streets, then winds its way through...
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good evening, everyone, thank you for joininging us lights i'm lauren demarco. >> i'm matt ackland. >erov were found shot dead. tonight police made an announcement of three arrests in the case. >> live in montgomery county lindsay. >> reporter: lauren, mat, the big question in this case is why were these two teenagers brutally murdered right before their graduation. both of them were shot multiple times inside a vehicle. police let us know tonight they believe they have figured out why. they say that one of the teens murdered was targeted because of a robbery that he allegedly committed. the victim of that alleged robbery is the wife of one of the three men who was arr arrested. we'll show you now the photos of the victims. shadi najjar was in the red shirt and targeted after this alleged drug related robbery. they don't know for sure if najjar committed the crime but there were rumor it's happened. police say they also are not sure if this second victim, artem ziberov was targeted well or happened to be in the car with najjar. >> we're more convinced considering the progress we made
good evening, everyone, thank you for joininging us lights i'm lauren demarco. >> i'm matt ackland. >erov were found shot dead. tonight police made an announcement of three arrests in the case. >> live in montgomery county lindsay. >> reporter: lauren, mat, the big question in this case is why were these two teenagers brutally murdered right before their graduation. both of them were shot multiple times inside a vehicle. police let us know tonight they believe they have...
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lauren demarco was live on how people are coming together tonight, lauren. >> well, jim, sarah, roadscked here. we're a block away from simpson base park where the baseball field is located and as you said, community members are coming out coming together and the message here is hate is not welcome. and they're coming out in droves to say stand for something like this. >> this is our community and we're all a part of it regardless f what our politics are or where we come from. >> what's going on in the community is coming together after violence which was likely meant to tear us apart. >> hundreds of people turned out a mere 12 hours following the horrific shooting aimed at u.s. coming gress members and several community groups came together for a 5 k walk and run and they continued to a local pizza place donating profits to victims and families and big event was right on the main drag of mounts vernon street. several hundred people gathered and mayor and police chief spoke thanking first responders for heroic actions and everybody walked to nearby church for a prayer. >> literally wh
lauren demarco was live on how people are coming together tonight, lauren. >> well, jim, sarah, roadscked here. we're a block away from simpson base park where the baseball field is located and as you said, community members are coming out coming together and the message here is hate is not welcome. and they're coming out in droves to say stand for something like this. >> this is our community and we're all a part of it regardless f what our politics are or where we come from....
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fox5's local news at much for joining us i'm lauren demarco and i'm marina maracco. we start with a minimum wage o up date. mayor governor larry hogan is calling for state investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption in prince george's county schools. school board members, teachers and other staff have told fox5 that students' grades are being fixed and records manipulated to boost the graduation rate. reporter lindsay watts and john applegate broke this story. here's look at what they have uncovered so far. i think we're doing an unjustice to the student, allowing them to graduate when they know they didn't p put in the effort. the staff knows exactly what's happening. it's widespread. it's not just a handful of teachers. it's what are you going to do to make sure they're going to pass rather than what are you going to do to make sure they learn. some of our colleagues decided to go out so and believe in our students and our staff. we would not make such allegations if there were not significant proof. have you asked for the evidence that they referenced.
fox5's local news at much for joining us i'm lauren demarco and i'm marina maracco. we start with a minimum wage o up date. mayor governor larry hogan is calling for state investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption in prince george's county schools. school board members, teachers and other staff have told fox5 that students' grades are being fixed and records manipulated to boost the graduation rate. reporter lindsay watts and john applegate broke this story. here's look at what...
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lauren demarco was at the glory days grill in lorton when they found out.here is the mask of the goffer. >> are you okay? the star wars disney or universal. >> a bit of nerves annex site ment preparing for the arrival of a very special little girl. eight year old keel lee thompson was invited to a dinner where she officially received the good news. we're going to get you to go see all the princess down in disney world. >> we're going to send you there . a trip to disney world is literally a dream quom true for the second grader and her little brother brai den. who is your favorite princess. >> cinderella. it's huge. i just want them to have a break. i want kay lee to have a normal couple days, no thinking about doctors. key lee was born with spina bifida and through these past eight years she's gone more than 30 surgeries. she's had several spine injuries, several leg surgeries, along with her parents, her brother is always by her side. she is acting shy right now. she's not shy at all . even though all of their extended family lives on the west coast becau
lauren demarco was at the glory days grill in lorton when they found out.here is the mask of the goffer. >> are you okay? the star wars disney or universal. >> a bit of nerves annex site ment preparing for the arrival of a very special little girl. eight year old keel lee thompson was invited to a dinner where she officially received the good news. we're going to get you to go see all the princess down in disney world. >> we're going to send you there . a trip to disney world...
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it's been receiving a lot of criticism even from gun owners >> lauren demarco has reaction. >> they use their media to says 98 real news. they use their schools to teach children that their president is another hitler >> the national rifle association titled the violence of lies have been feud nearly 5 million times. some say it's calling for civil acquire >> used the x president to end adverse the resistance. make them protest, scream, racism and sexism and seen nobodibia and homophobia >> maybe i should go home and hide >> that's crazy. >> i think that it's just another sign of how divided we've become >> on the national harbor, most agree the video is powerful but reaction to it is mixed. >> they did a great job. it's definitely, we'll get a strong reaction pro and against, the people pro will go ahead and join >> it's comical, it's a fear based. using things that happened and blowing it out of proportion, i don't see that in america >> i agree with the ad 100% and i think that if some of the major cities that had such high crime rates would allow people to carry firearms, you would
it's been receiving a lot of criticism even from gun owners >> lauren demarco has reaction. >> they use their media to says 98 real news. they use their schools to teach children that their president is another hitler >> the national rifle association titled the violence of lies have been feud nearly 5 million times. some say it's calling for civil acquire >> used the x president to end adverse the resistance. make them protest, scream, racism and sexism and seen...
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"fox5" lauren demarco is live with details what happened. lauren this is a sad story. >> it's just awful tony police have not girl yet we learned she's a student at lake braddock secondary school and she was out for a hike with family members when hit by a train. >> there's a lot of people it's summertime and people like to walk and as a lace a lot of teen aimers go to have fun. >> a place kids go to hang out by water became the scream of horrible accidents. er girl was playing with her cousin over bull run when hit and killed. it's a tributary that feeds into the occoquan and the area backs up tie golf course. >> we can feel the train when it goes by from the green. we're 3-400 yards away and you can feel the vibration opt green. >> hear it of course. >> hear it for sure. >> apparently the kid heard it too and panicked. a source tells fox a5 the g girl's 22-year-old brother ran to them. he and younger boy jumped the large gap to opposite tracks an water an a 3-year-old girl was scared to jump and started running and train operator saw her an
"fox5" lauren demarco is live with details what happened. lauren this is a sad story. >> it's just awful tony police have not girl yet we learned she's a student at lake braddock secondary school and she was out for a hike with family members when hit by a train. >> there's a lot of people it's summertime and people like to walk and as a lace a lot of teen aimers go to have fun. >> a place kids go to hang out by water became the scream of horrible accidents. er girl...
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"fox5" lauren demarco has the story tonight, lauren. rjts tony, shawn, imagine getting the phone call from your doctor selling y t equipment used during your medical procedure two months ago was not properly disinfected and you need to be screened for diseases like hepatitis c and hiv. that's the case for 24 people in our area that had colon os copies at largo medical s sentner april and they're just now learning a scope louised in the procedure may not have been properly sterilized. fellow patients are weighing in tonight and we spoke with one woman who had a colonoscopy same location largo maryland in october and her daughter weighed in. >> it really upsets me that something like that would happen to people who come here trusting the doctors. >> it's unacceptable. and i pray that the people who were victimized by equipment not beinging sterilized will not be affected and their lives will be okay. >> i provided to "fox5" kaiser permanentee said the scope in we was disinfected following recommended protocols before use and however after
"fox5" lauren demarco has the story tonight, lauren. rjts tony, shawn, imagine getting the phone call from your doctor selling y t equipment used during your medical procedure two months ago was not properly disinfected and you need to be screened for diseases like hepatitis c and hiv. that's the case for 24 people in our area that had colon os copies at largo medical s sentner april and they're just now learning a scope louised in the procedure may not have been properly sterilized....
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fox5's lauren demarco is here now to explain. >>reporter: it sounds horrifying and as a parent it's easy to become paranoid so we checked in with a local pediatrics group to clarify phi what we do and do not need to worry b. we are hearing probably a call an hour about dry drowning. calls flooding into the doctor's office after recent reports of a death of a child in texas and another possible case in colorado. it's what par local pools as well. they don't produce a lot of symptoms so they need to be very careful about it. it's the idea that a child could suddenly die from fluid in the lungs or around the heart days after swimming with little to no symptoms. dr. elizabeth ja last oh with potomac pediatrics, a mother of three herself is working to dispel some of the myths. she wants parents to know dry downing and secondary drowning aren't even terms. any reasonable parent would be. but when we look a little bit closer at the stories, they're very clear to say in those stories that no autopsy results have been published so there i
fox5's lauren demarco is here now to explain. >>reporter: it sounds horrifying and as a parent it's easy to become paranoid so we checked in with a local pediatrics group to clarify phi what we do and do not need to worry b. we are hearing probably a call an hour about dry drowning. calls flooding into the doctor's office after recent reports of a death of a child in texas and another possible case in colorado. it's what par local pools as well. they don't produce a lot of symptoms so...
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in southwest lauren demarco. >> washington, d.c.ry to offer gender newt trap driver's licenses. drivers can put m for male, f for female or the letter x for gender neutral. the bill was introduced by ward one councilwoman brianne nadeau after transgender advocates pushed for this change. california is also considering a similar measure. oregon will be the first state to offer gender neutral is. >>> starting tomorrow the cost of most metro fares go up 10 to 25 cents. bus fares increase by a quarter. some bus routes will be eliminated. trains will run less frequently during rush hour and all stations will close at 11:30 during the week. on the weekend metro will run until 1:00 a.m. >>> a final farewell for former d.c. council member jim graham. his funeral is today. yesterday a special service was held at the wilson building as graham lay in repose as dignitaries came to pay their respects. graham was 71 years old. before serving on the council for many years he fought for medical care and housing for those who were fighting hiv and a
in southwest lauren demarco. >> washington, d.c.ry to offer gender newt trap driver's licenses. drivers can put m for male, f for female or the letter x for gender neutral. the bill was introduced by ward one councilwoman brianne nadeau after transgender advocates pushed for this change. california is also considering a similar measure. oregon will be the first state to offer gender neutral is. >>> starting tomorrow the cost of most metro fares go up 10 to 25 cents. bus fares...
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. >> fox5's lauren demarco joining us live from 14th street tonight with a look at what we can expecteporter: sarah, jim, d.c. is that decked out in rainbows, businesses, restaurants, proudly flying those rainbow flags tonight. we're standing at 14th and r streets northwest. it begins at 21st and p streets at 4:30 p.m., it will wind through dupont circle following a 1.5 parade route here up to the 14 street corridor and it will be a massive celebration. but along with the partying a lot of people have come here to get their messages out. earlier tonight we came across a small group of demonstrators protesting corporations supporting pride only as a pr stunt but that's just the beginning of it. >> we are real inclusive. we want everyone here and we have high standards. >> there's a lot going on right now with the administration that i think a lot of people in the gay community are concerned about and i think it's important that we get together and raise our voices and make sure that those concerns are known. >> celebrating, you know, being lgbtq and openness and the freedom that comes
. >> fox5's lauren demarco joining us live from 14th street tonight with a look at what we can expecteporter: sarah, jim, d.c. is that decked out in rainbows, businesses, restaurants, proudly flying those rainbow flags tonight. we're standing at 14th and r streets northwest. it begins at 21st and p streets at 4:30 p.m., it will wind through dupont circle following a 1.5 parade route here up to the 14 street corridor and it will be a massive celebration. but along with the partying a lot...
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. >> thank you for joining us tonight i'm lauren demarco. >> i'm matt ackland we'll begin way massive fire in d.c.. 200 people are out of their homes. >> firefighters say it was chaos as residents escaped the burning building. some jumping from windows. "fox5" lindsey watts is live on pea body street and it's inquestioned i believe nobody was seriously hurt. >> lauren, especially because this happened in the middle of the night and it was such a huge fire. firefighters are still here spots. fire started in the upper level of this apartment building. you can see area that is burned and the lower floors have water damage and tonight it's very unclear what is next for the people who were living here. >> flames engulfed the apartment building trapping some residents inside and d.c. fire wept to work helping those with no way out but the window. >> we have people happening out windows and we were told when he got here a couple people from the second floor had juneed. firefighters were able to catch them. we had a pretty chaotic scene. >> everybody is sleeping. 2:55 a.m. and everybody sleep
. >> thank you for joining us tonight i'm lauren demarco. >> i'm matt ackland we'll begin way massive fire in d.c.. 200 people are out of their homes. >> firefighters say it was chaos as residents escaped the burning building. some jumping from windows. "fox5" lindsey watts is live on pea body street and it's inquestioned i believe nobody was seriously hurt. >> lauren, especially because this happened in the middle of the night and it was such a huge fire....
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. >> >> he, everyone, it'ss 12:23 we thank you for staying up with us tonight >> and i'm lauren demarco we begin this half hour with a developing story. najjar and ziberov were found shot this death last week. >> they made a major announcement of three arrests in the case. lindsey watts reports. >> the big question in this case was why were the two teenagers brutally murdered right before their graduation. both were shot multiple times inside a vehicle in montgomery village. police now say they believe they found the motive. one of the teens killed was targeted because of a d drug-related robbery that he allegedly committed. police say the victim of the alleged robbery is wife one of the suspects arrested. shadi najjav in the red shirt and police say she was ta targeted after alleged robbery and they till don't know for sure if najjar committed the crime fwlut were rumors it know if the second victim artem zibrov just happened to be in the car. one of the suspects arrested had arranged to immediate [ ajar and get extra graduationtic fretz him. they believed it was a use lor him to montg
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lauren demarco joins us now with more. >> first video out of prince george country involving extremely bold criminal. this happened 4:30 a.m. on thursday and at a bank in the 7500 the suspect stole a backhoe. drove it to the bank and then tried to use to break into tavrment m. suspect did not get away with money but caused more than $10,000 worth of damage. >> it's definitely you know unique the fact that we did see our suspect in this incident knew where to fine the backhoe and stole it and was able to drive several miles down the road undetected and able to use fluently to damage and try to break into the atm. >> surveillance captured this image of the suspect. take a look. if you recognize him call police. >> in the district tonight a restaurant off u street corridor is shut down after people spot whad appeared to be a rat recall around inside. take a look. >>> all kind of critters and rodents. >> this is a restaurant. >> this video was posted to facebook a after it came to you're attention we reached out to the d.c. department of health and they told us they were investigating and
lauren demarco joins us now with more. >> first video out of prince george country involving extremely bold criminal. this happened 4:30 a.m. on thursday and at a bank in the 7500 the suspect stole a backhoe. drove it to the bank and then tried to use to break into tavrment m. suspect did not get away with money but caused more than $10,000 worth of damage. >> it's definitely you know unique the fact that we did see our suspect in this incident knew where to fine the backhoe and...
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southwest, lauren demarco, fox 5 local news. >> three were hurt when mega bus and ten cars collided ob 8th streets northeast. the bus slammed into several cars and those car hit one more car before finally coming to a spop. one witness told us the bus dragged his new lexus down the street. >> started walk youing down the aisle it's crazy. >> how are you feel about this? >> i love my consider. i got it reming strd a week ago. >> it's a new car. >> yeah. >> what a mess. >> still no word what caused the accident and bus driver report he hadly refused medical treatment. mega bus september a same time that said the bus was traveling from union station to a local depot. >> that cot you have invested out having car damminged by something like that. it could be impacking health and more. >> live in northwest with this story, tisha. >> shawn and tony we're here if these walls could talk what a store yes they would tell. c you but good for business especially businesses where adult beverages are served and folks come to unwiped like where we are tonight and it's one of the many places people com
southwest, lauren demarco, fox 5 local news. >> three were hurt when mega bus and ten cars collided ob 8th streets northeast. the bus slammed into several cars and those car hit one more car before finally coming to a spop. one witness told us the bus dragged his new lexus down the street. >> started walk youing down the aisle it's crazy. >> how are you feel about this? >> i love my consider. i got it reming strd a week ago. >> it's a new car. >> yeah....
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lauren demarco tells us why this convention vengs is living up to its name. ♪ from the big screen smalln to computer screen some of your favorites character have come toll life. >> are you just a big fan. >> after that movie it really draw -- drew me to her. >> that's going above and beyond i have to say. >> thank you. >> it doesn't mat fer 50, 60, five or six. >> it's a blast. >> 60,000 people are expected to attend the fifth annual awesomecom that embraces all aspects of pop kument tour. >> are you a storm trooper. >> it's from sowers. >> new this year a special section for kids. >> there's all kinds of interactive displays and stem programming and character appearances and kids are actually over there learning to draw. >> in midst of sprawing display of tables and vendors a new section called future con. nasa is representing with exhibits and virtual reality. >> is this the toilet from the space shuts. >> yes this is space shuttle toilet. >> wow. >> there's sci-fi speed dating. >> you can find love here. >> you can find love here. >> for movie buffers and ghost busters to wonder woma
lauren demarco tells us why this convention vengs is living up to its name. ♪ from the big screen smalln to computer screen some of your favorites character have come toll life. >> are you just a big fan. >> after that movie it really draw -- drew me to her. >> that's going above and beyond i have to say. >> thank you. >> it doesn't mat fer 50, 60, five or six. >> it's a blast. >> 60,000 people are expected to attend the fifth annual awesomecom that...
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some local doctors say all the lauren demarco joins us to explain. >>reporter: it sounds horrify ing and as a parent it's easy to become paranoid. we checked in with some local pediatricians to clarify what we do and do not need to worry about. we are hearing probably a call an hour about dry drowning. calls flooding into the doctor's office after recent reports of a death of a child in texas and another possible case in colorado. it's what parents and nannies are talking about at local pools as well. they don't produce a lot of symptoms so they need to be very careful bit . it's the idea that a child could suddenly die from fluid in the lungs orn around the heart days after swimming with little to no symptoms. dr. elizabeth with potomac pediatrics a mother of three herself is working to disspell some of the myths. she wants to know dry drowning and secondary reasonable parents are concern about this. any parent would be . when we look closer at the stories no autopsy ticketed event results have been publish ed so there really is no clear link about
some local doctors say all the lauren demarco joins us to explain. >>reporter: it sounds horrify ing and as a parent it's easy to become paranoid. we checked in with some local pediatricians to clarify what we do and do not need to worry about. we are hearing probably a call an hour about dry drowning. calls flooding into the doctor's office after recent reports of a death of a child in texas and another possible case in colorado. it's what parents and nannies are talking about at local...
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thank you for joining us on this father's day evening, i'm lauren demarco and i'm marina maracco. first tonight we begin with developing news. a devastating discovery, fairfax county police say that they have found a body in a residential neighborhood in sterling and they brief that may be of at missing 17 year old girl. investigators have been search ing a near bay area all day long after a call came in overnight about the missing girl . fox5's kristin leone is live with the latest on the investigation. >>reporter: good evening, ladies, still a lot of un answered questions in this investigation, but we're told by close family and friends that the girl's name is nabra hassan and they say she and her friends were attending a muslim prayer service a the time. investigat ors say that her body was found not too far away from where we were standing, which is about ten minutes away from where of right now they haven't confirmed if it is nabra. it's been an emotional day for this muslim community. what was supposed to be a comem raised tonighttive time during random has turned to mournin
thank you for joining us on this father's day evening, i'm lauren demarco and i'm marina maracco. first tonight we begin with developing news. a devastating discovery, fairfax county police say that they have found a body in a residential neighborhood in sterling and they brief that may be of at missing 17 year old girl. investigators have been search ing a near bay area all day long after a call came in overnight about the missing girl . fox5's kristin leone is live with the latest on the...
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. >>> lauren demarco is live tonight in largo maryland with the exclusive details. lauren?his is frightening for these 23 people. who came here to the kaiser permanenta location, the largo medical facility in maryland. they had colonoscopies done in april. they have been contacted between yesterday and today, called by their doctors, let them know that a piece of equipment that was used during the colon oscopy was believed was not sterile or something went wrong in the sterilization process. they have they don't come back in for screening and the doctors mentioned risks such as hiv and hepatitis c. as you can see imagine, these people calling us really terrified. so we reached out to kaiser permanenta, we have updated information. they provided us a written statement which they describe that
. >>> lauren demarco is live tonight in largo maryland with the exclusive details. lauren?his is frightening for these 23 people. who came here to the kaiser permanenta location, the largo medical facility in maryland. they had colonoscopies done in april. they have been contacted between yesterday and today, called by their doctors, let them know that a piece of equipment that was used during the colon oscopy was believed was not sterile or something went wrong in the sterilization...
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thanks so much for joining us, i'm lauren demarco and i'm mp marina maracco. discovery on father's day. fairfax county police have said they found a boding in sterling and they believe it may be that of a missing 17 year old. a call came in overnight about that missing girl. fox5's kristin leone is here with the latest on the investigation. >>reporter: still a lot of un answersed questions this n this investigation, but we're told by close family and friends that her name is nabra and she was attending a prayer service at her mosque overnight. investigators do tell us that they have found a body in this general vicinity where we're standing, not too far away it was about ten minutes away from where she was last seen. as of right now as they haven't confirmed whether it's nab raised tonight or not. >> it's been an emotional day for this muslim community. what was supposed to be a comemtive time during rom done has turned to mourning for one of her own. she very good girl, she don't de serve this. her hear the breaks for nabra's family. she come to the community
thanks so much for joining us, i'm lauren demarco and i'm mp marina maracco. discovery on father's day. fairfax county police have said they found a boding in sterling and they believe it may be that of a missing 17 year old. a call came in overnight about that missing girl. fox5's kristin leone is here with the latest on the investigation. >>reporter: still a lot of un answersed questions this n this investigation, but we're told by close family and friends that her name is nabra and she...
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joining us now from fox business network studio lauren demarco on a wednesday, hello. >> hello there.ews. >> let's get it over with. >> 100 point for dow and nasdaq and nasdaq under pressure this morning. three reasons for pressure. the healthcare sector senate delaying vote on obamacare replacement and perhaps after jewel 1 le ses and week of jewel 10 would be optimistic. you had a cyberattack globally that eu find there. that's deck still under pressure. >> global malware attack different from hack more threatening and dangerous. >> malware is essential think ransomware. we'll affect block your computer and i turn it to a brick and give us $300 and get files back. this latest attack dubbed petty a similar to wanna crea tack both ran some wear and using similar method and in this case 300,000 computers were affected this time and this time we know,000 impacts thus far we're talking hospitals in pennsylvania and major companies including america and mondlise oreo cooker owner here in u.s. and potential power plant intrusion here in u.s. and overseas major damage as well. the question
joining us now from fox business network studio lauren demarco on a wednesday, hello. >> hello there.ews. >> let's get it over with. >> 100 point for dow and nasdaq and nasdaq under pressure this morning. three reasons for pressure. the healthcare sector senate delaying vote on obamacare replacement and perhaps after jewel 1 le ses and week of jewel 10 would be optimistic. you had a cyberattack globally that eu find there. that's deck still under pressure. >> global...
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lauren demarco joins us now with the caught on camera stories. lauren. >> tone yes, i shawn, the first video we have for you out of prince george county involves an extremely bold criminal. take a look it happened 4:30 a.m. thursday at a bank in the 75 0 0 block of marboro police say the suspect stole a backhoe. drove it to the bank and used it to try to break into the atm. the suspect did not get away with any money and did cause more than $10,000 worth of damage. >> it's definitely very unique the fact that we did see you know our suspect in this incident knew where to find a backhoe, stole it, was able to drive it several miles down the road undetected, and was able to be use it so fluently to damage and try to break into the atm. >> wild. and surveillance cameras captured an imannual of the suspect. here it s if you recognize this guy, police want to hear from you. >> and now in the district tonight a restaurant just off u street corridor is shut down after people spot whad appeared to be a rat crawling around inside. >> all kind of critters a
lauren demarco joins us now with the caught on camera stories. lauren. >> tone yes, i shawn, the first video we have for you out of prince george county involves an extremely bold criminal. take a look it happened 4:30 a.m. thursday at a bank in the 75 0 0 block of marboro police say the suspect stole a backhoe. drove it to the bank and used it to try to break into the atm. the suspect did not get away with any money and did cause more than $10,000 worth of damage. >> it's...
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good evening thank you for stayings with us, i'm lauren demarco >> i'm lindsey watts in for matt.itol pride brought thousands here and the theme unapologetically proud >> full swing on the streets of dupont circle, kristen leone was there and reports from u street where it looks like the celebration is continuing. >> reporter: not only day to celebrate love but a historic day in dc, again celebrating all things equal and most importantly again in this case, love. join, me is mr. greg nelson, who loves love, clearly, and created this creation in his front yard in celebration of today. tell me about, you know, i won't want block dorothy or glen d >> we represent friends of dorothy, which we know in the gay community is kind fun way of expressing our culture. i do this for every holiday and my philosophy in life is life is better with a theme and this has kind of really exploded. we probably had today taking various photos and the best is just to see the smiles, and the ability to leave a thumb print on, you know, people's memories when they've come to visit dc especially dc pride. >
good evening thank you for stayings with us, i'm lauren demarco >> i'm lindsey watts in for matt.itol pride brought thousands here and the theme unapologetically proud >> full swing on the streets of dupont circle, kristen leone was there and reports from u street where it looks like the celebration is continuing. >> reporter: not only day to celebrate love but a historic day in dc, again celebrating all things equal and most importantly again in this case, love. join, me is...
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lauren demarco shows us why the convention is living up to its name. >> from the big screen small screen computer screen some of your favorite character have dom life. >> are you just a big malificent fan. >> after the movie it drew me to her. >> i think going >> thank you. >> it doesn't matter if you're 50, 60, 5 or 6. >> 60,000 tem expected to atebld the fifth annual awesomecon a comic conp that describes victims and pop culture. >> are you a storm culture. >> new this year a special section for kids. >> there's all kind of inter active displays and there's stem programming and character appreances and kids are actually over there learning to draw. >> in midst of sprawling deplay of tables and vendors a section called future con nasa exhibiting with future rea reality. >> this is space shuttle toilet. >> there's sci-fi speed dating. >> and you can find love h here. >> you can find love here. >> for the movie buff from ghost bust others to wonder woman authentic props from the sets. >> among the workshops student coalition teexing us hollywood style moves. take a look. that is no jock.
lauren demarco shows us why the convention is living up to its name. >> from the big screen small screen computer screen some of your favorite character have dom life. >> are you just a big malificent fan. >> after the movie it drew me to her. >> i think going >> thank you. >> it doesn't matter if you're 50, 60, 5 or 6. >> 60,000 tem expected to atebld the fifth annual awesomecon a comic conp that describes victims and pop culture. >> are you a...
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. >>> thanks for joining us i'm marina marraco >> i'm lauren demarco.intelligence committee. the big four were in the hot seat, the director of national intelligence, the acting director of the fbi, the director of the nsa and the deputy attorney general all testified advice chairman mark warner waste into the probe. asking the men if they have ever felt pressure to do anything immoral >> i have never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate and to the best of my recollection, during that same appear of service, i do not recall being pressured to do so. >> their testimony about foreign intelligence gathering comes 24 hours before fired fbi director james comey will go before the same panel to talk about the probe of russian meddling in u.s. election, fox 5 will have complete coverage of the testimony and broadcast the hearing beginning at 10:00 a.m., you can also watch it live on our fox 5 facebook page as well as our youtube channel also on fox5dc.com and on the fox 5 news ap. >>> president trump is nam
. >>> thanks for joining us i'm marina marraco >> i'm lauren demarco.intelligence committee. the big four were in the hot seat, the director of national intelligence, the acting director of the fbi, the director of the nsa and the deputy attorney general all testified advice chairman mark warner waste into the probe. asking the men if they have ever felt pressure to do anything immoral >> i have never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral, unethical...
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lauren demarco, "fox5 local news". >> wash done d.c. is first jurisdiction in the currenty it offer gepder neutral driver's license. you can put m male, f female or x for gender neutral. the bill was inlt is duceed by councilwoman briann la doe after advocates pushed for the change. california is considering similar measure starting july 3, oregon will become the first state to offer gepder neutral licenses and i.d.s. >> metro is issuing an apology tonight after stranding hundreds of mornings commuters along the red line. there were three separate incidents involving arching insulators that shut down and delayed rail service and hundred president of writers received waiting for shuttles outside the issues were likely caused by water that leaked into the tunnels and metro riders get ready for fare hikes and service cuts starting sunday. the cost of most most row rail fares will go up 10 to 25 cents and metro bus fares increase by a quarter and bus routes with low requiredship will be eliminated. trains will run less frequently during rus
lauren demarco, "fox5 local news". >> wash done d.c. is first jurisdiction in the currenty it offer gepder neutral driver's license. you can put m male, f female or x for gender neutral. the bill was inlt is duceed by councilwoman briann la doe after advocates pushed for the change. california is considering similar measure starting july 3, oregon will become the first state to offer gepder neutral licenses and i.d.s. >> metro is issuing an apology tonight after stranding...
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our lauren demarco broke the news in nearly two dozen people in our area may be at risk for hiv hepatitisbecause of a routine medical procedure. equipment used during colonoscopies at the kai permanente weren't properly disinfected. in a statement given to fox5, kaiser permanente explains "the scope in question was disinfected following the recommended protocols before its use. however, after discovering the defect in conducting subsequent analysis, we determined that we cannot guarantee that the sterilization process was fully effective ." keiser added that's physicians believe the risk of further illness to these patients is minimal and that it's working to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >>> fox5 is in montgomery county where police need your help to identify a serial rapist. they used dna evidence left at the scenes to create a composite sketch of the suspect. police believe the same suspect may be responsible for sixsix burglaries and rapes r we spoke a victim by phone. she says she believe the suspect is dangerous. >> i don't believe he's stop until he's caught. whatever h
our lauren demarco broke the news in nearly two dozen people in our area may be at risk for hiv hepatitisbecause of a routine medical procedure. equipment used during colonoscopies at the kai permanente weren't properly disinfected. in a statement given to fox5, kaiser permanente explains "the scope in question was disinfected following the recommended protocols before its use. however, after discovering the defect in conducting subsequent analysis, we determined that we cannot guarantee...
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. >>> thanks for joining us at p6 >> i'm lauren demarco, tony and shawn have the night off. >>> the lateste conditions of two dc police officers hit by a pickup truck last night in adams morgan. one remains in critical condition, the other approved and may be released tonight. >> working to relieve a traffic jam on i think street when the pickup drove into them at a high rate of speed. fox 5 paul wagner joins us live from the scene with more, paul, what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is where the collision occurred here on 18th street last night. you can still see the orange markings in the street where the major crash unit conducted their investigation. we're right across from madam's organ if you're familiar with that. we understand it's the second officer hit was the most severely injured. he was dragged about 25 feet up the street towards columbia road. what i can tell you now about the suspects is that one, has been charged with assault with intent to kill. he is still locked up at this hour but the second man, who is just charged with a gun possession charge, that charge was actu
. >>> thanks for joining us at p6 >> i'm lauren demarco, tony and shawn have the night off. >>> the lateste conditions of two dc police officers hit by a pickup truck last night in adams morgan. one remains in critical condition, the other approved and may be released tonight. >> working to relieve a traffic jam on i think street when the pickup drove into them at a high rate of speed. fox 5 paul wagner joins us live from the scene with more, paul, what can you...
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good to have you with us maracco and i'm lauren demarco. the heat has been turned high up and this is just the start of those temperatures. we want to get ear to gwen for more on what we can expect going into the workweek. we are definitely going to see a rise in the temperatures. we are in for a heatwave which started today. we're not getting much break until later in the week. humidity is going to increase and it's going to make conditions very uncomfortable. let's begin with a look at the numbers for today because we were at the low 90s at all three airports. ninety-three at reagan. ninety-one at dulles and 93 at bwi thurgood marshal. those were our daytime highs today. and right now it is still exceptionally warm outside. it is 81-degree pes in the district, the same at annapolis. seventy-seven at leonardtown and at frederick. we've got 80 at baltimore, 73 at manassas and 72 at winchester. the jet extreme remains to the north of continues to bum its way in and that will be the story as we get into tomorrow. we do have a cold orange aler
good to have you with us maracco and i'm lauren demarco. the heat has been turned high up and this is just the start of those temperatures. we want to get ear to gwen for more on what we can expect going into the workweek. we are definitely going to see a rise in the temperatures. we are in for a heatwave which started today. we're not getting much break until later in the week. humidity is going to increase and it's going to make conditions very uncomfortable. let's begin with a look at the...
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fox5 right now thank you for joining us tonight, i'm lauren demarco and i'm marina maracco. we've got breaking news tonight on a story you saw first on fox5. maryland governor larry hogan is calling for state investigation into corruption in prince george's county. teachers and school board members claim students' grades are being fixed and records manipulated all in an effort to boost the graduation rate. fox5's lindsay watts broke the story a week ago . so much has mopped in the last week. just today govern ofer hogan wrote this letter to the president of the state board of education. he says he is deeply disturbed by the allegations and he's requesting immediate steps to complete investigation into these allegations. this comes one week after we broke the story that four prince george's county school board members wrote governor hoag than saying they have evidence that hundreds of students have graduated in the last few years state requirements. fox5 has spoken to whistleblowers, to teachers and others staff who say there's tremendous pressure from the central office to b
fox5 right now thank you for joining us tonight, i'm lauren demarco and i'm marina maracco. we've got breaking news tonight on a story you saw first on fox5. maryland governor larry hogan is calling for state investigation into corruption in prince george's county. teachers and school board members claim students' grades are being fixed and records manipulated all in an effort to boost the graduation rate. fox5's lindsay watts broke the story a week ago . so much has mopped in the last week....
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republicans all on the same team here today and then of course the real m.v.p., capitol police and lauren demarcongressman from pennsylvania. what did he have to say about this [inaudible] >> reporter: well, he's the democratic manager, the manager for the democrat team. he said everybody will be playing tonight for congressman steve scalise. obviously the reasoning behind all of these ticket sales and everything is not great but he was calling it sort of a silver lining that they've been able to raise double the amount that they usually raise and they've added a charity of course the fallen officers' fund because of what happened at simpson park and i heard you touching on security. you know, thinking about the capito many of them out here tonight as well working hard and i was just talking to some of the officers, they have the k-9 units here, specific k-9 units that can sniff out vapor. there's all kinds of things going on as far as security that we can see and can't see behind the scene. one issue is the heat. they're actually taking the temperature of the ground. right now the sidewalk is 14
republicans all on the same team here today and then of course the real m.v.p., capitol police and lauren demarcongressman from pennsylvania. what did he have to say about this [inaudible] >> reporter: well, he's the democratic manager, the manager for the democrat team. he said everybody will be playing tonight for congressman steve scalise. obviously the reasoning behind all of these ticket sales and everything is not great but he was calling it sort of a silver lining that they've been...
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here's fox5's lauren demarco. >> reporter: risks associated with drowning are very real and dangeroused to be aware of them, but according to doctors these recent reports of dry or secondary drowning are spreading unnecessary fear. >> we are hearing probably a call an hour about dry drowning. >> reporter: calls flooding into the doctor's office after recent reports of the death of a child in texas and another possible case in colorado. it's what parents as well. >> they don't present a lot of symptoms so they they need to be very careful about it. >> reporter: it's the idea that child could suddenly die from fluid in the lungs or around heart days after swimming with little to no symptoms. dr. elizabeth, with potomac pediatrics a mother of thee herself is working to dispel some of the myths. she wants parents to know dry drowning and secondary drowning aren't even medical terms. these are absolutely terrifying stories. it's one hen dread% parents are concerned about this. any reasonable parent would be. when we look closer at the stories no autopsy results have been publish at this po
here's fox5's lauren demarco. >> reporter: risks associated with drowning are very real and dangeroused to be aware of them, but according to doctors these recent reports of dry or secondary drowning are spreading unnecessary fear. >> we are hearing probably a call an hour about dry drowning. >> reporter: calls flooding into the doctor's office after recent reports of the death of a child in texas and another possible case in colorado. it's what parents as well. >> they...