find new roads at your local chevy dealer. snrv maryland governor larry hogan unveiled a new planned to ease congestion and improve safety along interstate 270 and enhancements happen 270 between interstate 70 and 4 r5 and the 100 million project extends driving lanes and on and off ramps and speed limit signs that just to traffic or weather conditions. >> it will save commuteers 30 minute just on morning commute just between i 270 and 495. $30 minutes each day. that's 130 more hours each year. or more than three entire work traffic. >> i didn't know there would be math in this job. >> new at 11, good news for local crowd lovers a document female blue crabs in chesapeake bay. total population of blue crabs fell to 18% anding stock was highest ever in the 28 year history. this conclude that this year's harvest should be substantial. >> good news for all you crowd lovers. >> a good day tomorrow if you want to go out and look for some grass. >> warm, sunnier and pop up shower. >> and not expecting them to be severe. and also

this is fox5 local news at zero right now at ten, a so-called smash space at a local school under investigation. the principal tells teachers to let off a little steam by bashing furniture with a bat. so what do parents think? her story went viral. i never go in. i never feed my baby. a virginia mother considering legal action after a confrontation over breast feeding at church. tonight, she's giving new details to fox5 about what happened. and tense moments as metro workers protest in front of management. now the question is will there be a sickout tomorrow that will affect you? your news starts now. and we thank you for joining us, i'm tch and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. off the top teachers blowing off steam by swinging a baseball bat at a chair. well, the idea behind the so-called smash space was apparently to let faculty members relieve some stress. but now it's landed the school in who the water. fox5's marina maracco is live in h kensington with the details anthrax from parents tonight. >>reporter: montgomery county public schools say they do not approve or condone what staff was all

fox5 local news at six starts right now. >> this is fox5 local news at six. >> happening right now, prescriptionoison several high school students, how did this happen? plus fox5 was on the scene. just a short time ago, prince george's county police release the name of the suspect of the shooting suspect and this picture. he is ji lal oh tordil. a maryland man shot his estranged wife and killed two closed. the news at six starts right now. >> we begin tonight with breaking news in montgomery county, maryland, a bus slammed into a house and there were several people inside the home. this happened in a 3800 block of avenue in kensington. crews are on scene evaluating injuries and damage to the house. we have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you more on this as we get it. >> fox5 is in loudon county tonight. the sheriff's office there is investigating why a group of middle school students got sick last week. early reports indicate they shared a drink that may have been spiked with a prescription drug. fox5's teisha lewis is live outside river bend middle sterling in sterling with the latest. >>r

>>> this is fox 5 local news local news at 10:00 >>> at 10:00, a military helicopter falls from the sky and slams into a golf course in maryland. >> someone's brother, father, no idea, that is the worse feeling ever >> live with the latest on the investigation into the deadly crash. >>> a bus driver iscc arguing with and kicking a passenger who was on crutches. tonight, the passenger spoke out only to fox 5. >>> illegal atv's returning in full force, a look at the different tactics local police departments are using to try to stop them. the news at 10:00 starts now. >>> just two weeks after a military chopper crashed in clinton maryland, another military aircraft falls from the sky killing a crew member on board >> i'm tony perkins >> i'm shawn yancy, that blackhawk helicopter was traveling from virginia when it crashed no a golf course in st. mary's county, marina marraco is live at the crash scene at leonardtown. what's the latest? >> reporter: shawn and tony we're getting a better look here on the ground at this crash site. you'll see that uh 60 passes. the investigation will resume

knew in >> this incident surprised him. >> reporter: paul wagner fox 5 local news. >>> new details about the death of prince. new documents reveal a doctor prescribed medication to the legendary singer under a name other than prince. he was struggling with an addiction to prescription opioids. the singer was found dead at his home last april. investigators found several aspirin bottles full of vicodin and percocet throughout the residence. a doctor prescribed the drug under the name of his long time friend kirk johnson. autopsy results show prince died from an accidental drug overdose. no one has been charged in the death. >>> weather turned out to be nice for the easter egg roll >> part of the easter egg roll, it rained a little bit. then if you had a later ticket. much better weather this afternoon, cleared up quickly. two, three hours of light rain. and no harm, no foul. ended up being less than a 10th of an inch. we could use a little bit more. prefer not to have it on the easter egg roll. looks like it didn't diminish white house. you will not need your umbrellas tomorrow. we'll be

marina morocco, "fox5 local news". >>> we're following breaking news out of anne arrundel country. southern high school in harwood contacted parents following online post that made some vague threats toward the school. the school system says there does not appear to be danger to student or staff but as recaution additional police will be at the school tomorrow morning. the cool will hopen on time. the system says it's quorking closely with police to vest. >> there was a scare in montgomery country in one community there. a neighbor targeted kids on the play yound on easter sunday exposing himself and trying to abduct two children. "fox5" lauren demarco is live in silver spring with the details. lauren. >>> tony, tonight we spoke with a man that called police came home saying that a man tried pull them from the playground. >> hey daddy, we're about to be kidnapped. he grabbed our wrist and dragged us to his house. >> and the father did not want to be identified on camera and says the and 9-year-old cuz insz were able to break free and run home to tell them what happened. and the pla

in the studio, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >>> take it outside. if you were out you know it is nice and warm, 80 gary mcgrady, tell me this will continue. >> reporter: i was out there at 5:00 and wish i could go back. >> i thought you were still out there. >> how are you, shawn yancy. >> it's a great evening, it's going to turn into a pretty nice weekend. we still have a couple of bums before we get to saturday and sunday, look at this rain back to the west. coming out of illinois indiana. it looks like there's a chance some would move across, not necessarily that. we could get something reforming come across overnight and bring us a period of a few showers and a rumbles of thunder. it's not guaranteed but showing up on the models, and we'll be in such a way, it may happen, quantico is 78. annapolis gorgeous. what a night to be out by the the water. across the bay, stevensville, frederick is hot. regionally we're pretty nice over here, but to jump out to chicago and st. louis it's in the 50's, we're going to stay on the good side of the front this

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find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> guardrails are is supposed is to make the roads safer. some believe they may be doing the opposite >> that's what the father of one victim in tennessee said is happening and guardrails are being used in this area, alexandra limon is live with the exclusive story. >> reporter: not only are the guardrails in question used in our area, but according to an attorney i spoke to today, a virginia woman was also killed after she crashed into one of those guardrails. >> november 1st, this is still a very fresh real. five months i can tell you the amount research is come at a steep, steep price. >> reporter: that price is human lives. according steven imers, the if i think of 17-year-old who was killed in a car crash in tennessee in november >> the guardrail piece pierced her vehicle. that's not supposed to happen. >> reporter: in the five months since her death, imer embarked on a crew sayed, to see if the type of guardrail are dangerous or deadly. >> what i have found is several failu

in fairfax virginia, bob barnard, fox 5 local news. >>> we want to take you to breaking news now.is is out of montgomery county. police are investigating we're told a report of possible shots fired in stuff. springs >> they came into our newsroom about 4:30, the location is dale drive and coldsville road. we know they've detained people. no arrests at this time and it doesn't appear to be victims nearby >> marina marraco heading to the scene right now, she's going to have a live report for us as soon as we get that? downtown silver spring. imagine what it could possibly be. but this want you to get a sense. keep you posted. >>> coming up. concur and di individual >> dividers being installed on benches in area parks to keep people from sleeping on them. the city is not behind the additions. >> reporter: you may or may not have known it's national golf day, in an interesting twist, we've taken our golf day indoors really not, there's nine holes here. ricardo, show us the way. he ricardo will show us what -- it's -- it's dc send trick super cool, we're at the 8th street country club.

in northwest, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> before we head to break, we have some breaking news cominge district right now firefighters are responding to some smoke at the gallery place metro station and we're told they found some debris on the tracks which is sometimes how these smoke incidents begin. they are single tracking between farragut north and judiciary square. if you're taking the redline or expecting somebody to come because there's going to be some delays out there. homeland security sending a strong message to lawmakers here in washington. tom fitzgerald is working on that story tonight. hey, fits. >>reporter: jim, sarah, an eyebrow raising speech here the at george washington university coming up we will tell you why secretary of home land secretary john kill told his critics to shut up. ronica. how, fits, well this building right here is the bender jcc of greater washington, just one of the private religious centers that will receive taxpayer dollars to improve safety measures. we're going to take a deeper look after the break. >> we have an update from six flags in upp

angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. >>> new details in a murder mystery in prince george's county. police identified this woman who was stabbed and killed in forestville. investigators said she knocked on the door of a house on springdale avenue easter, later found unconscious on the for a time later. so far, police have not identified a suspect or a m. >>> new surveillance video showing the wanted suspects in a story we told you about first here on fox 5. four suspects viciously attacked two men on separate occasions as they walked down the street. both attacks happened last weekend along park road northwest. police believe these suspects ambushed two men, stole the cell phones and took off. if you know anything about the suspects please call police. >>> heads up for people who live in spotsylvania county. officials are advising residents to boil their water before using it. this comes after a major water main break on route 1. residents from fredericksberg to thornburgh may be experiencing discolored water or low water pressure. county officials say they expect to lift the boil w

tisha lewis, "fox5 local news". >> tish a. maybe it's too new to know. is this illegal then.e arrest someone because of this? >> well that's a great question, shawn, when i can tem you broad ski asked the question is it scal and she says maybe it could be depending what happens next. it's all circle around con consent. and or some type of transmission of sexual disease then it could quickly end up in the court system. but it is very new and at least from our understanding there are no indications prosecuted yet. >> it is despicable though. tisha lewis with the story. thank you. . now to a bizarre story out of ohio a missing woman was rescued from a pit naamans backyard. she was reported missing 2 a.m. wednesday and neighbors called police several hours later after hearing cries coming from a shed. officers found the woman in a pit about 2 feet wide and 3 1/2 feet deep in the shed behind the house. police arrested a man on kidnapping charges and the woman told investigators the man has been harassing her with phone calls and text mess oojs. >>> president trump's highly anticip

find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >> this is fox5 local news at ten.e house on monday. the trump family will host the annual easter egg role. white house press secretary sean spicer says about 21,000 people will attend this year and that everything is ready to go forth event. the easter egg role tradition goes back to the early 1800s. that's when first lady doll i madison invited local children to an egg roling event on the grounds of the capital building. then president rutter ford heys made it a tradition at the white house starting in 78. it looks like so never been out there. always so packed and parents waiting in line. what a great experience for the kids. >> why don't you take your daughter one of these years. >> you have to do the lottery. >> give it a try. >> you never know. >> gwen, good weather for it. it's going to be hot. we are going to have nice weather. we do have a little bit of reign to talk about but that's going to be later by the time we get into sunday. the day is going to be great. we're not talking washout for your easter sunday

>> this is fox5 local news at 11. and we start the 11 1 # with breaking news out of prince george's county, thank you for onioning us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. fast moving storms swept across the region tonight and they caused some serious damage to a highrise apartment building in adelphi. >> fox5's marina maracco is live on the scene with the very latest. marina, what can you tell us in. >>reporter: residents now speaking with management here because it seems like they're about to be let back into the building. the first call came in at roughly eight:30 at the height of the tomorrow as it was passing through this part of prince george's county. windows hattering, people believing that the walls were starting to you can about l. in fact, it turns out that the drywalls were cracking. prince george's county firefighters went in there they've got engineers now assessing the damage. and it seems like as far as tour goes everything is okay. these are the presidential towers in adelphi. they're 20 stories high

reporting in upper marlboro, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >>> coming up, getting ■first look ath u.s. dropped over an isis target in afghanistan. what military leaders are saying >> new reports suggest the country could conduct a nuclear test soon. but first, we'll have a quick check of the weather. >>> the weekend is important and we've got sunshine, we're going to serve up to you, but we'll have clouds and maybe a passing shower, i hate to say it. you know what? we got plenty of warmth, temperatures on the rise, have the details coming up in just a bit and we'll be back after the break. stay with us. stay with us. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. >>> enemy used these tunnels and mind fields to move around the battlefield and protect themselves from afgan and u.s. forces. this was the right weapon against the right target. i want t

live in rest tin, lindsey watts fox 5 local news. >>> we find the defendant not guilty, guilty of murder in the first-degree murder or guilty of murder in the second degree murder >> not >> the double murder case against former new england patriots aaron hernandez, accused of shooting and killing two immigrants and shooting the star witness in the face, the verdict won't change his future. he's serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of semi pro football employer oden lloyd. >>> new information about yesterday's u.s. military attack on isis in afghanistan. three dozen isis fighters were killed after u.s. forces drop the military's largest nonnuclear bomb on an isis target >> we're learning it was made by the top u.s. command, general john nickel son has standing authority to use the weapon and didn't need president trump's approval. today, the department of defense released this new video, showing the exact the bomb hit. the complex is located in nangahar province close to pakistan, officials say three nn no civilian casualties this was the first time the mother of all bombs was used

what happened behind the gates with president trump after the break. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news >> here's a look at more of our top stories now. new images tonight of the suspect who robbed the driver of an armored truck. this happened yesterday morning along fifth street northwest. police say two men with assault rifles demanded a bag the driver was carrying and took off in a car driven by a third suspect. problem is for the crooks at least the bag they stole was >> d.c. police need help identifying a person of interest in an attempted bank robbery. this one happened yesterday afternoon at a capitol one bank in the 3500 block of connecticut avenue in northwest. police say the suspect passed the note to the teller demanding the cash. when the teller refused that suspect took off. >> to reston virginia where investigators say a treadmill sparked a major house fire. the flames broke out yesterday morning at a home along margin driver. the fire caused nearly a quarter million dollars in damage. >> capitol police arrested seven marijuana advocates in honor of the unofficial marijuan

tisha lewis, "fox5 local news" storm knocked down trees and power lines and fell on bakery carol and ethan avenues. no one on the street or inside the store was hurt and downed trees blocked treats and made it hard for drivers to get around. she was drunk when she showed up this morning. lauren. they're the ones that contacted police. megan debo had on can tairn of alcohol in her possession at school and it happened:30 a.m. and she drove into work and is charged with dui. 29-year-old is a 6th grade english teach erin she's working hire for two years and in her buy on on school web site says she's actually -- she actually attending sterling middle herself as i child and we spoke with appearance in the area and tom a are angry and some feel it's rather sad. >> think it's a shame she gets into a car and interacts with children she's supposed to be setting an example for the children. i'm glad she was arrested and in jail know what is going on in her personal life. >> she interacted with students and this all blapd classes began and held on 2,000 secured bond. live in sterling. lauren la

live tonight in college park, marina marraco fox 5 local news. >>> clock is ticking will the government shut down this friday, new developments on the battle that could have a major effect. district is officially underway. the plans to revitalize an historic area of the city. >>> take a look at this. someone plant add tree right near the pitcher's mount on a local high school baseball field. what was left behind that could help police figure z2c5qz z16fz y2c5qy y16fy ♪ sunsets. >>> developing, president trump appears to be backing off his demand to include border wall funding in bill to prevent a government shutdown. during a meeting with conservative news outlets, he said he'd be willing to resume talks to fund the wall in september. congress has until friday to pass legislation to finance or the government will run out of money. border wall funding has been the biggest sticking the point with democrats. >> what trump has done is inject this new demand into the process saying, you know, give me money for a wall that's a waste of money because it won't work. or else i'll shut down the g

ventures and encouraging people to consume both local news on television but that you are local papers and institutions we will benefit and i also think that we just have to -- as much as donald trump wants to take us down, you can't -- we cannot go crazy about it all the time. we just need to be even keeled, brush it off and move on and don't take the bait. continue to report on the facts. be as fair as you possibly can be. be partial to the truth and don't be alarmist when it's unnecessary. >> may i disagree? >> sure. >> i think we have to get it right. i think we have to be precise and accurate because if we -- we make mistakes in that area, then who's going to trust us? i think we can all agree with that. but then there's a second level and that second level is that, again, the most important social responsibility that we have is to challenge the powerful. it is our role and if we don't do that nobody else is going to do it. >> i disagree because -- i don't disagree with that. at all. >> what i'm saying is that our position i think has to be much more aggressive and we shoul

we're live in demarco, fox 5 local news. >>> president trump unveiled his highly anticipated tack plan, it would drop the tax rate for individuals to 35%. the standard deduction for individuals would also double. it would also reduce the corporate tax rates to 15%. fox 5 ronica cleary is here to break the down. >> reporter: we're going to take a look at the information that we've got today. the press we were just given a one-page summary of the ideas and plans that the trump administration they'd like to put forth. now, there was a press briefing about 20 minutes of questions were taken. take a listen to highlights of what we learned this afternoon >> our basic premise is to simplify the tax system. lower rates. and make it he does. we don't want penalize people. we want to make the system fair. >> as it relates to will it pay for itself? again, i think as we've said, we're work on lots of details a in the treasure that have been working on tax and scoring lots of different scenarios. this will pay for itself with growth, and with reduced reduction of different deductions. and closing

teisha you lewis, fox5 local news. >> let's go back tho that breaking news in montgomery county now. fox5's marina maracco is there live. this is where a small bus crashed into a building. marina, what can you tell us. >>reporter: you can see the small transfer bus just behind me completely careened into this group home here. two passengers on that bus were taken area hospital. one of the residents in this home also transported all the injuries being reported as non life threatening. we just spoke briefly with the director of this group home. she says that all the residents here will be displaced. i just saw the american red cross show up on the scene. apparently that bus, that house, it went right into an electrical meter and that's what's causing the power to go out and the residents will have to be displaced to find some other sort of accommodations here for the foreseeable future you see montgomery fire are still on the scene. they're waiting here for an inspector to come and check out the stability of the structure. you you see the bus once again right there on the side here. th

live now at the courthouse, matt ackland fox5 local news. >> we have a disturbing story out of princeeorge's county. a substitute teacher and youth basketball coach is under arrest accused of child pornography charges. authorities say they found engaged in sexual conduct with each other and with adults. fox5's marina marraco is live in capitol heights maryland with more. marina. >> reporter: yeah, tony, this man had been a substitute teacher here at bradbury heights elementary school for the past nine years. he was also a local basketball coach. he was a coach at south county sports academy. this is 34-year-old christopher speights. the investigation began back in december of last year when the online cloud service drop box notified maryland state police of the content of his particular server. investigators say speights' drop box account was saturated with child pornography. now, we've poured through the arrest warrant and the descriptions of the video simply too graphic and explicit to share here but prince george's county public schools releasing a statement in the last hour saying

reporting in fort washington, alexandra limon, fox a five local news. news. george's county, a pedestrian in critical condition after being truck by a car in oxon hill. it happened around nine this h morning on oxon hill road. the man taken to the hospital for treatment. the driver stuck around and police are trying to investigate the situation. we don't know, though, if the driver will face any charges. tracking metro now, some of you may have seen a lot of police and firefighters gathered at the navy guard station this morning i was just a drill. metro often conductses these drills across the v. today's exercise was to disable a train and police would respond. it was on how well they coordinated their response. more than # hundred fiergtsz and volunteers participated. president trump has promised a big announcement on traction reform in just a few days we're going to say what they're saying with the much anticipated about the new tax plan. >> to make sure what a man with alzheimer's is doing to make sure his legacy moves on. the news at six coming right bac

>> this is fox5 local news at 11. right now at 11, a drink spiked with prescription drugs passed around a classroom. what the middle school wants parents to know. and will your metro ride be a mess this friday in the potential plans for a sickout and how the workers union is responding. plus, a fire inspector meets the good samaritans who saved her life and find out why some insurance companies are interested in new selfie technology. your news starts now. right off the top tonight, a national epidemic is hitting us right here at home. kids experimenting with prescription medication at a virginia. thanks for joining us, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. several students got si spiked with xanax in class. fox5's teisha lewis is live in sterling with the details. teisha. >>reporter: well, tony, one of those students we're told had an elevatedded heart rate after it was all said and done. what i can tell you is that the students will likely face some sort of disciplinary action. that hants been worked out just yet. t

it. >> good friday. >> awesome friday. >> there you go. >> that does it for us 10:30. >> "fox5 local news at 11" starts right now. >> tonight prison break last seen running wooded area. >> all out manhunt for dangerous escaped convict continues. new details about how he got away and what he left behind a 14-year-old girl stabbed at a bus stop. the victim's mother told "fox5" bullies targeted her daughter. get ready for a blast the weekend warnlup and when we can see rain. your news starts right now . >> developing tonight in howard

>> "fox5 local news at 11" starts right now. >> tonight prison break last seen running wooded area. >> all out manhunt for dangerous escaped convict continues. new details about how he got away and what he left behind a 14-year-old girl stabbed at a bus stop. the victim's mother told "fox5" bullies targeted her daughter. get ready for a blast the weekend warnlup and when we can see rain. your news starts right now . >> developing tonight in howard county, an escaped prisoner is still on the run. thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm sarah simmons in for tony perkins. >> david watson was serving time he escaped from a van outside of a mental hospital in jessup this morning where he was sketched to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. laurean is live in jessup tonight with the latest on the manhunt, lauren. >> reporter: shawn, sarah, howard county police tell us they will continue to search overnight because it's believed that david watson could still be in this area near the clifton tea perkins mental facility here. so, i want to you take a good look at his photo, he's 28 years ol

>> this is fox5 local news at ten. right now at ten he's a teacher, a coach and now facing disturbing charges. how investigators \track\tracted him down. kids trapped in a townhouse on fire. you were there before the firefighters? a. yeah, there before. tonight we're hearing from one of the quick thinking neighbors who helped rescue them. also ahead a dramatic arrest, off handcuffed a man while he was holing his daughter in his arms plus, lollipops filled with illegal drugs and check this out, a flying car out for a test run, your news starts right now but we begin with the fast& moving storms that tore through the area tonight. this is a live look at a tree that came tumbling down tonight in silver springs. this is on linden lane, fortunately no one was hurt. also breaking tonight, the storms damaged a maryland highrise apartment building. it's on metro road in adele t phi. crews discovered cracks. the 20 investor building has been he vac wailed. we have a crew headed to the scene. we will bring it to you you live as

find new roads at your local chevy dealer. harvey: ja rule was supposed to have this big, fancy, luxurious music festival that looks like a refugee camp. >> the accommodations are actually recycled disaster relief tents. the gourmet food is two pieces of bread and two slices of cheese. harvey: this is a fraud. >> why is it a fraud? harvey: because you're promising luxury and you have refugee tents and cheese. [laughter] >> beyonce and jay-z have $80 million that they can spend on a house but they're having trouble finding a house. there's probably 40 or 50 houses at that price point in l.a. they've seen them all by now. harvey: it probably is true realtors called them up and said, i've got one for $58 million. it's a fixer. [laughter] >> john legend. i say whenever we get you, you talk very politically about things.

reporting live at the white house, local news. >> there's new concern tonight about the recent removalsthe va's caregiver program. more than 35,000 family caregivers have participated in the program since 2011. the va says more than 13,000 had been removed over the last six years. however there's a group called veteran warriors that's disputing that. their survey shows more than 12,000 vets lost their caregivers in less than two years. >> as far as i'm concerned it's unacceptable. we should always err on the side of the veteran. they are a true american heros. >> the va is now suspending program removals while they investigate the complaints. meantime the house va committee is planning a round table with vets to talk about their concerns. >> new york city mayor bill deblasio brass yo' stepping up to help illegal immigrants fight deportation. the mayor says he is setting aside more than $16 million in his 2018 budget to pay for undocumented immigrants the money would also help cover legal counsel for people in detention unaccompanied minors and people seeking asylum. the move by mayor de

bob barnard, "fox5 local ne news". >> all right.re at 5:30 armed robbery in the district caught on camera. >> suspects go into a restaurat and robbed two people and how he were able tobl get inside upnessed. >> day five fox exclusive and northern virginia man catches people break into his car and so he chases down the sus we'll have that story coming up. >> and then he told -- his parents told him me never graduated. did he prove them wrong. one story about a teen who beat the odds when "fox5" continues continues it happened last sunday 1800 block northwest and suspects wentz into the restaurant through unlocked backdoor and robbed two people and made offer with electronics and money. >> england bernie police bust twod people for heroin drug deals. authorie mcclain sold drugs to amber germhouseen it went down friday in a parking lot 6300 block of riffy highway. upon searching mcclain's car they found 12 grams of 4er win and 3 1/2 of crack cocaine and nearly $500 in cash and both suspects face several drug charge. >> fairfax county p

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local news". >> people are buzzing about this day for sometime now. former president barack obama made a first public appearance since appearing in office and he addressed students and community officers at the university of chicago. he provided advicon dealing with failure and getting involved. he also shared own thoughts on what's going on in washington. he says the political bi bickering is preventing the country from coming together. >> what is preventing us from tackling them and making more progress really has to do with our politics own our civic life. it has to do with the fact that because of things like political jerry handiering our parties have moved further and further apart and it's harder and hard to find common ground because of money and politics. >> president also says he's concerned too many people are turned out by politics and became cynical. the only way for that to change is for young foam get involved. "fox5" is your station for politics and we invite you to get involved we'll talk about the former press's appearance and tweet

marina maracco, fox5 local news. >> we're le learning new details about a deadly stabbing that happened on easter. a two # year old northeast man who lived with the 79 year old victim is in custody. fox5's teisha lewis is live with northeast with more on what may have been going on inside that home before the violence. >>reporter: we were able to get ahold ofth documents and they reveal and identify the victim as 79 year old david norwood. according to a family member that we spoke with norwood is malcolm cunningham's step grand father. they all lived here in this northeast neighborhood inside that blue house. court records say the defendant, cunningham was asked to move out just weeks earlier after threatening to kill everyone inside that house apparently returned on sunday. what was your reaction to what happened, though? >> i didn't like it. that's all i can say. >> the woman who thans ad the door here identified herself as malcolm cunningham's grandmother. he did not live with this grandmother. he was living with his other grandmother and the vic testimony. we spoke with cunningham'

this is fox5 local news at ten. right now at ten, a major metro sick out planned for pry may have riders scrambling to get around. what metro and its workers union are saying about a potential protest. >> eighth graders get sick at school from a drug cocktail passed around in a class roovment we're live in sterling with how the school is responding. >> and d.c.'s mayor is cracking down on residents crazing chickens in the city. we'd like a process to really talk about chickens and how wonderful they are and how many city ts allow hem hear from chicken owners who think the ban is for the birds. >> the news at ten starts right now we gin tonight with a dangerous national trend. kids experimenting with prescription drugs. it's happening all across the country and now right here at home. thanks for joining us at ten, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. several loudon county middle school students got sick after sharing a drink lacedded with prescription pills. fox5's teisha lewis is live in sterling with the details.

overs. >> this is fox5 local news at ten. welcome back.only been on patrol for two years, but this month charles tight el was named tooper of the year. he issued 1400 citations and made more than 160 arrests. fox5 photo journalist hit the treats with him. this vehicle in front of us has a left right out. my name is trooper charles tooth well the maryland state police. i've been with the maryland state police for six years. how are you doing, sir. >> i'm trooper charles tooth l. i topped you because your left brake light is out. from a young age interest in law enforcement. i began my career at age 14. when i was younger i always said i wanted to be a trooper. and that's what made me interested within the maryland state police. i drew a strong interest to the maryland state police, just how they carry themselves. i would say being a maryland state trooper is definitely a calling. i found that everybody i work with just has that drive to make criminal apprehensions, make traffic stops. the superintendent of the state police announces who the

. >> oui live in arlington, lindsey watts, "fox5 local news". >> and developing on prince george county just a short time ago. the capital hight metro station reopened and earlier this afternoon smoke was reported in a tunnel between the addison road and capitol hight stations. marina mar of course owe is live with more. mavr ina, what is going on now. >> reporter: the station reopened. you'll see folks getting over the train here. this say blue line train. and since 4:30 until 5:00 they were ultimately just completely bypassing the station up to addison road. and until they took care of the situation fire crews were out here. metro saying it was a min taensence issue there was light smoke. no fire and they believe a arching insulator that happened down on the tracks. you see transit police still here on the scene and they're making sure that it doesn't happen again. but, metro once again running. it is -- was rather single tracking for the last hour and in the last couple of minutes here the station has reopened and service has resumed here to capitol hight. county, marina marraco, "fo

live tonight chevy chase, marina maracco, fox5 a local news. as a mother of three iwatch that video and i kripged. my heart went out for those kids. i couldn't bleeft parents were talking and acting like this with their kids. what was the reaction of what other people were sharing we after they saw the video? a. it's definitely mixed. the majority of people reacted just like you did. this went a little too far. however, there were those that believe that a less oranges that the outside world is far harsher than what they experience at home like you heard the psychologist say this teeters on emotional abuse. >> yes, indeed. thank you. >> tonight investigators continue to piece together the movements of the man known as the facebook killer. they're retracing his steps right up to the time he took his own life in pennsylvania. police have been looking for steve steefnts since sunday when they say he randomly killed 74 year old robert god win and posted it on ffnlt an employee at a mcdonald's near another i called in a tip after spotting stephens'

tisha lewis, "fox5 local news". >> a new tax proposal from the trump administration was unveiled today. among the changes both business and individual tax rates will be slashed. the administration has said the new plan will not add to the deficit and democrats and even some republicans are skeptical of that and i had a challenging fight to get a tax deal done on capitol hill. allison barber reports. >> trump administration up veiling proposal to cut taxes. when it comes to individual the trump plan aims at bringing down rates, eliminating some deuk ductions and simplifying personal tax code. practice et cetera we have today and reducing them to only three brackets. a 10% breakit and 25% bracket and 35% practiceet. >> the white house want personal tax rate cut down to 35%. the president also wants to double current standard does he ductions aevrp keep dedictions for mortgage interest payments and charitable giving. >> we'll double the standard deduction so that married couple won't pay any taxes on owe the first 24,000 of income they earn. >> mean team the plan calls for a 15% corporate

local news in law enforcement. auditors in palo alto reportedly released the most recent taseing review. the city's reviews the department's use of tasers twice a year. the latest review involved two separate cases. auditors found in two of them use of tasers were red flagled. they found how they were investigated afterwards, that includes how the suspects were investigated. >>> transportation leaders will restate lawmakers by as much as $3. pebs this week discussed a regional measure that would increase tolls, perhaps provide a break for them as well. state legislators would have to sign off at first, if they do, it may appear on the 2018 ballot. >> some of the best school districts in the area. we have results. >> sometimes it boils down to your zip code. you save time, crunch those numbers, palo alto unifies the top spot with an average teacher salary at $102,000 t. high school district came in second with a salary of $95,000. the union high school district is in third place, even though they have the highest te

live in rockville, paul wag mere, fox5 local news. before we let you go, you mentioned that this family has over 7,000 followers on their youtube channel i guess it is. what are some of the other videos, they pretend to tell one of their children that they are adopted. do we know what some of the other videos are like in. >> some of them that they've smashed an x box and claim the child was never going to use it gefnlt and then suddenly they differed a brand new one. there's other ones that i very quickly looked at in there that just appear to be abiefs and that's why people are so upset. a lot of screaming and yelling and foul language in it and that's why people have decided to reach out to us, the news media to see if we can get some answers. >> paul wagner reporting from rockville, thank you, >> we're following breaking news right now in the district about an hour ago firefighters were called to the gallery place metro station for reports of smoke in the tunnel. we're told that some debris was found on the tracks that caused the s

live tonight in south east d.c., marina marraco, "fox5 local news". >> residents in montgomery country neighborhood are stunned after one of their neighbors was arrested for targeting kids on the playground on easter sunday. and the man is charged with indecent exposure and attempted child an duction. and "fox5" lauren demarco is live in silver spring with the details, lauren. >> tony, tonight we talked to a man that called police after a young sop and nephew told him the suspect tried to pull them off of the playground. >> daddy we're about to be kidnapped. he grabbed our wrist us to his house. >> father did not want to be identified on camera. but he says the 8 and 9-year-old cousins were able to break free and run home to tell him whaxd the playground snits middle of montgomery white oak housing complex stewart lane and often packed with kids. a went down to vest and a 13-year-old girl said she saw it all happen. and the suspect had exposed himself to her and other children as well. she was able to point out his apartment, which overlooks the playground, and they called please. and

to build up and support our local news. it is incredibly important in this country, if we think that our budgets have been slashed, they are bare-bones at local news departments. they barely have anyone to get there shows on the air. they are talking to everyday americans every day. with more of these major cities, i think by supporting our local news ventures, we are encouraging them that and we will benefit. as much as donald trump us to take us down, you connect a crazy about it all the time. you need to be even keeled and brush it off. be as fair as you possibly can be and be partial to the truth. >> may i disagree? >> sure. >> i think we have to get it right. and then who is going to trust us? a second label. there is the responsibility that we have. it is our role, if we do not do -- >> i don't disagree with that. >> our position has to be much more aggressive. , if we don't question the president if we don't question his act. who is going to do it? >> usa we are a standard for the democrats? >> i did this with presid