dress is sparking controversy >> whether students can wear the head dress during athletic events, lindsey wattshey're getting ready to start a game at 7:00. lindsey television what people are having to say. >> reporter: she wasn't and sarah, as you said the gam is about start. you can see the line of people waiting to go in. in the stands, we have just heard in the last few minutes, people chanting we want the head dress. we have also seen a few people wearing their own homemade head dresses in opposition to this change. to the principal at link nor high school saying we are not going to allow this to be worn, a little background, every year, the senior class votes on a or she is like a super fan and wears this ceremonial head dress to sporting events. we can show you photos. i was communicating on twitter with last year's chief and he gave me pictures of himself wearing the head dress, he's surrounded by students. of this year, the school's principal decided this was going to come to an end, another example of some feeling there needs to be more sensitivity to native american culture and way i

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lindsey watts cop continuing to follow up on this she's here with now.wn, since independent allegation was announced there has been this question of how can school staff and parents privately get in touch with investigators. d.c. base consulting firm alvarez and marcelle public sector services was hired by the state in august to conduct the investigation. it's been underway more than 2 weeks and investigators are set to deliver their final report not too far in the future on october 3 1. this comes after intense pressure from administrators to boost the graduation rate and pushed through the system whether they earned diploma or not. they wrote a let to governor hogan claiming credits and grades were altered. dr. kevin maxwell continued to deny there's any systemic corruption. when he spoke publicly about the investigation most recently he acknowledged more than once there could be some wrong doing found. listen. >> do we have people that have not dotted i's own crossed t's or not followed direction these were given undoubtedly in organization with over

fox5's lindsey watts has more.nancy doll wouldn't speak to us despite our efforts. an assistant principal, though, did talk off camera saying the school has heard from numerous students, alumni and community members who object to the load dress and say it's inno insensitive. some say it's an overreaction. the student elected chief this year decided not to wear the headdress tonight even though he says he does still have it in his possession. we spoke to him and a few others about how they're feeling. >> i understand how people could be offended by it. i just believe that everything that we do is just to represent linganore high school and that's it. i don't believe we show anything offensive. i believe everything we do is in the name of linganore high school and in the name of school spirit. >> are you ready. >> i'm linganore high school and i feel like we've always respected the native american culture. >> reporter: do you know of any students who have taken issue with the headdress. >> yeah, a couple of students

frederick, lindsey watts, "fox5 local news". >> still to come the tension with russia is escalating. plus, metro bus drivers asking for police escort. >> caught on camera officer arrested and nurse dragged her out of the hospital it was the officer in the wrong. latest developments surrounding this viral video. >> and coming up tonight on the final five. congress heads back to work next week and they're scheduled to tackle taxing reform. what will it mean for you. catch the final five tonight at 11 >> vigilant community members are watched for shooting of a map in d.c. ceasar morales was arrested yesterday in silver springs. he was wanted for chaseing a man and shooting him at the columbia heights metro station last friday and alerts residents spotted morales near veers mill road and called police and when officers arrived h nearby parking garage and another witness told police morales was under a parked car. officers found him and charged him as a fugitive from justice. the officers seen in disturbing video forcibly arresting a utah nurse has been placed on leave. and salt lake city

"fox5" lindsey watts sat down with lamar johnson and his journey to freedom. by mid atlantic innocence project dedicated to exxon operating people wrongly cop viktsd. they've been working on his case for years. this week that work finally paid off. >> murder charges behind him lamar johnson walks into the sunlight into the amps of his family. >> i just cannot stop smiling. it's so -- this feeling is amazing. >> finally the end of his fight for f goes back 13 years. >> when with i first gotta rested i said, wow, they charmed me with murder. if you ain't fwot the right resources it's hard to prove innocence. it was at times i thought i would die in there. >> johnson was convicted of gunning down a man in baltimore despite a lack of physical evidence. he was misidentified by informant and npsed to life in prison gone. >> i was in the room and seen pope project innocent project. i know i'm innocent let me write these people. >> he met with the legal director and she said i in you and your innocence. that meant the world to me. >> the mid atlantic innocence project

lindsey watts, "fox5 local news". >> thank you, lindsay. >> still ahead tonight another chance for immigrants affected by the president travel ban. >> hundreds were stuck at parents when he first signed that ban. how they can now enter the country legally. >> plus guest driver's license today is not exactly as ex used to be. we'll tell you why many of them blame their parents. >> tepings between united states and russia arees li lightsing tonight. diplomatic offices in d.c. and new york to close. the move is in response tots kremlin cutting number of u.s. dip nats russia. russian officials are not happy. >>>. >> we will have a tough response tots things that come totally out of the blue to hurt us and driven soley by the desire to spoil relation. >> earlier today smoke was pouring from the chimney of the consolate in san fran francisco. firefighters responded and associated press reports when firefighters knocked on the front door staffers told them not to worry that people inside were burning papers in a fireplace. >>> some immigrants who were stuck at airports when president trump signed fi

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"fox5" lindsey watts sat down with him and joins us with more on his journey to freedom. lindsa atlantic innocence proj account a group dedicated to exxon rating people wrongly convicted and they are been working on lamar's case for years work that finally paid off this week murder changes behind him. lamar johnson walks into the sunlight into the arms of his family. >> i cannot stop smiling. it's just so this feel amazing. >> finally the end of his fight for freedom. a fight that goes back 13 years. >> when i first gotta rested i said wow they charged me with murder. if you ain't got the right resources it's hard to prove innocence. there were times i thought i would die in there. >> johnson was convicted of gunning down a man in baltimore despite the lack of physical evidence. she was miss identified by informant and sentenced to life in prison. >> i was in the room and seen the pope in the mid atlantic project my gut said know i'm innocent let me write the people. >> he met with the legal director. >> she said i believe in your innocence and you. i'm not giving up on y

fox5's lindsey watts has a look at some of the pets now in need of new forever homes. >> reporter: we'rerived from southwest louisiana. some of the shelters there and in the houston, beaumont region are overwhelmed with can help out. the plane touched down with 120 eager travelers. cage after cage. >> starting to stack up here. >> reporter: after cage. manassas regional airport just a temporary stopping place. shelters from around the region are now working to find permanent homes for these louisiana refugees. >> this is angel. angel came in on a plane this morning with about 20 or so other of his friends that came. [laughter] >> reporter: colleen lurch works with the lost dog and cat rescue foundation. her shelter took 21 dogs. >> so, the best thing that we can do as a virginia organization is offer our support and our space. >> reporter: the animals coming in were already in shelters when harvey hit. many shelters now in desperate need of space for pets displaced by the storm. >> you're a >> how are you? >> for those that were up for adoption anyway we can say bring them to us we'll fi

. >> lindsey watts with the story. >> some students and community members decided to wear their own headresses tonight in protest people young and old. principal nancy doll would not speak us to despite our efforts and assistant principal did talk off camera saying the the school has heard from numerous students a. lump any and community members who members who object to the headdress and say it's insensitive. students and former students we talked to told us they believe this over reaction and disappointed to see a long time tradition come to end. student elected chief this year decided not to wear the headdress tonight even though he says he has it in his possession. we spoke to him and few others about how they're feeling. >> i understand how people can could be offended by it. i just believe that everything that we do is just to represent linganore high school and that's it. i don't believe we show anything offensive. i believe everything we do is in the name of linganore high school and school spirit. >> are you ready? oh, yeah. >> i'm a graduate 2010 from linganore high school and