council member marion barry. friends and family are gathering in southeast to remember marion christian barry. wn ran for his father's seat but fell short. the younger barry passed away earlier this month from an apparent drug overdose. christopher barry was 36 years old. >>> now a scary situation for a woman in arlington. police tell us a man grabbed her as she walked home from d.c. early sunday morning and tried to sexually assault her. this happened on the virginia side of the key bridge near where the gw parkway is. pat collins has the details. >> reporter: she was just trying to walk home when she was sexually assaulted. it all happened back there on the key bridge. >> a brazen attack, very scared for the female victim in this case. >> reporter: it was spontaneous, it was violent, it could have had dire consequences. the victim, a 27-year-old the scene, the key bridge. the time, 2:30 sunday morning. she was walking from dupont circle to her home in arlington. just as she got to the edge of the fence, at the e

s mayor for life, marion barry. >> those are just some of the memories that are being shared from thoseisitation is apg today. 10 abg to 6 p.m., it's at the temple of praise. christopher barry died from a drug overdose last sunday morning. >>> a preliminary hearing will be held today for di marco wheeler. along zoe jackson killed while pumping gas at a gas station in capitol heights. that hearing gets under way at 8:45 this morning. >>> back-to-school season. students in d.c. and frederick county maryland will head back to the classroom. >> in the district, it is an historic new day for a high school. ron brown high school, 150 boys. it starts with ninth grade. >>> d.c. teachers are calling on mayor bowser to finalize their contracts. it is the fifth year in a row that the washington teachers union heads back to the classroom without a confirmed deal. >> with the chancellor leaving, it falls in the hands of the mayor as far as i'm concerned. if she wanted to get this done morale is a big thing in teaching. if you have positive morale, words sometimes don't serve. >> a nationwide search

. >>> the son of the late mayor marion barry was laid to rest. family and friends of christopher barry paid their final respects. funeral services were held at southeast d.c. local leaders say this is not the epd of an era. >> as long as live goes on, the barrys will live on because people will remember the good they brought to this community and city. >> christopher barry died earlier this month from an apparent drug overdose at the age of 36. >>> you are in luck if you want to eat lunch outside. chuck bell is updating what you can expect for your outdoor plans for the rest of the day. >> it's not cheap to get your students ready for the start of school. the surprising expenses and what could cost parents even more this year. >>> and when you snap those first day school pictures, we want to see them. aaron tweeted this photo tweeted all smiles here in frederick county. parents and teachers, we want to see you to >>> welcome back, it's it time for chuck bell's forecast. it feels so great yesterday. wasn't it picture perfect? >> so nice to be outs

barry. b a vigil was held last night nigt outside of woodrow wilson high school claw marion -- christopher barry's m matter. funeral arrangements have not hv been set. >> the washington monumentonumet will be closed again today.ga t the national park service sayses an elevator cable broke loose yesterday morning.ster no visitors were in thein the elevator at the time but more bt than 80 tourists did walk downa from the top. the second time in less than ata week that the elevator eleva troubles have closed the monument.monument >>> one place that's> one definitely opened for business, rosslyn virginiagi across the potomac from georgetown.orgetown. >> that's where we're headedere for tomorrow's fox5 zip trip. tucker barnes, annie yu, erin como, all headed to roslyn.o you can stop by and see them at 1401 the corner of wilson and oaknd o in rosslyn. rslyn >>> come out and partake ike i the zip trip and all the festivities. >> should be fun. sho >> still ahead we're going to talk about the wild weather. hundreds waking up withoutg itho power in our region.egio >> mother nature, oh, boy,h, what a lady,

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larry: funeral services will be held for the son of councilman marion barry.is funeral will be held at 7:00 tonight. christopher barry died last week in a suspected drug overdose. he was 36 years old. autria: a warning for drivers this morning, police are flipping the switch on a new red light camera today. sixth rede city's light camera. for now violators will receive a warning instead of a fine, but starting on the 23rd if the camera catches you you will get a ticket. new numbers from the campaign trail this morning show hillary clinton presidential her bid over donald trump. this is according to analysis that says that clinton brought in $22 million for her campaign. trump was just shy of $37 billion. 11 competitive election states, his only money when was in nevada. the first family, back in the white house after vacationing for two weeks in with onlyineyard area five months left in his presidency, president obama is pressing congress for more money to protect against the zika virus. a campaignething of trail snub, president obama didn't show up to any of

he was the son of marion barry. a son of the city. of theffer condolences rightful city. larry: he was remembered for working the a jobs for felons once they got out of prison. day -- it is hard to believe that five years ago today that five point oh that -- 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the east coast. it could be felt from georgia to maine and damaged the washington monument. it was the region' powerful tremor in 67 years. larry: today i happy third babyday to bao bao, the panda turning three today. another birthday coming on saturday as the father turns 19. veronica: isn't it hard to get a good view of them when they are there went -- when you are there? jummy: the panda cam is the way to go. right, a lot of folks will be outside today. if you didn't get anything done, we've got that long heatwave. a lot of people putting it off if you missed out on yesterday, get it done today and maybe tomorrow. some of the nicest weather here that we get in the middle of august. morningside it prince george's county, light wind currently. a plus weather, a greenlight for outdoor im

. >>> right now, family and friends are gathering at testimo temple of praise to remember marion barry's son. funeral services are about to get under way for christopher barry shortly. he made an unsuccessful bid for the council seat after his father died. he died of an apparent drug overdose. we have details in the nbc washington app. just search barry funeral. >>> boy did we have the fabulous start to our work week. >> i know. amelia, if you could dial up another three weeks of this -- >> how about forever. how about another two days? can we start somewhere, chris? we've been sweltering for weeks. our high today is 85. right now, we're still in the low to mid-80s. mainly clear skies out there. 84 right now in washington and comfortable overnight tonight and tomorrow morning by around 80 degrees. wonderful for taking the dog out or going for a job, whatever your plans are. 10:00 p.m., around 77. sunshine to start your tuesday and it's completely dry from start to finish. 8:00 a.m., 70 degrees. highs in the low to mid-80s. i'm tracking the return of 90s as well as some humidity. i'll let

mayor marion barry died from a drug overdose. >> fairfax country circuit court approved a request forcial election to choose a new mayor. it will take place february 7 next year and earlier this month the city council appointed steven somber t the next election is held. scott silverthorn resigned after arresting for trading sex for drugs. >> thousands of excons are closer to going from a jail cell to voting booth and virginia is key battle ground state in the presidential election and governor mc auliff promised to restore voting wrights of 15 fell don'ts in the commonwealth. >> what's the concern here? >> reporter: sarah, laura, well, republicans, they have been suspicious about all of this since the governor first tried this back in april. back then, he tried to automatically restore the voting right of 206,000 former convicts. so, they sued. they won. and that recalled the democrats back to the drawing board. today we got a look at the drawing board and here's what the governor will do now on a case-by-case basis. he's going to review all the exconvicts and see whether or not they

the son of the late counselman marion barry died last weekend. d.c.eau chief sam ford is live in southeast. sam? sam: yes, well, we are here. the service is about to begin. the mourners are filing in. go ahead and go past. the mourners are filing in to the church for the service that is about to begin here. basically as soon as everybody gets seated to remember a young man that much of washington has known basically all of his life. at the temple of praise church they came in one or two all day. >> somebody who was trying. his dad is gone, his mom is gone. he needed someone as a mentor. i don't know if he had that. >> my heart is broken. sam: many said tragedy. his father was father and mother effie was first lady. he was there through his father's legal trouble and his mother's death, and th he ran for the father's seat but had troubles of his own and lost. then earlier in month he collapsed and died after using k2 and p.c.p. at the church today they played an interview he did with armstrong williams after his father's demise. >> can you say you walk

mayor marion barry. bigs gift that we could give chris today is to come togethero in honor of his life and his legacy. his friends held a vigil outside of woodrow wilson high school, barry'sal ma mat tour. his classmates took turns sharing their favorite memories of bearry. am have noted the tragic end to christopher barry's life with a long-standing struggle with died. reports say barry died after overdosing on synthetic marijuana or k2 or spice. s k2 is not a new problem to thehe district. >> no and it's an issue acrossse the country as well.s as you mentioned, christopher barry had a long struggle l with drugs in the reported fatal overdose on the deadly drug knowns as k2 shines the light back on this drug that cities around the country aree struggling with. numbers from the american association of poison center shows a big up tick in k22 overdoses last year. in 2014 there were more than 4600 cases reported across the country. last year that number jumped toj more than 7700. as of july 31 this year th

he was the son of marion barry, d.c.'s mayor over a decade. the temple of praise is the same place mayor barry's funeral took place two years ago. christopher barry will lie in repose until his public funeral at 6:00 p.m. >>> always a lot of excitement, back to school is here. schools all have to start classes again. derrick ward is live in northeast washington now at alton middle school. derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good but you have to be from this side of the river to get that right. you can see the manicured lawns, the new building. they actually got new windows here but it's what's going on inside that is really important. anner -- an eerie silence. inside the classroom, preparation and anticipation of what's to come. >> i still get the butterflies like i am in school. it's like the night before christmas. it's very exciting. >> here these young people will unopen the gifts of learning. they're one of d.c.'s schools that are in the blended learning program. >> blended learning is technology-based learning where you infuse technology

community activist and son of the late mayor marion barry has been laid to rest. family and friends of christopher barry paid their respects tonight. funeral services were held at the temple of praise in southeast washington. he died earlier this month from an apparent drug overdose. he was 36 years old. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. new numbers in this morning from that awful flooding in ellicott city just a few weeks ago. $22.4 million in damages and repairs at least. howard county is estimating that. it could go up. the storm hit about three weeks ago and now these damage estimates confirmed what everyone believed, ju how awful it was. 107 homes damaged. 90 businesses. howard county right now requesting $12 million from the rebuild. so still just an awful situation there. back to you. >>> good morning, everybody. there is nary a cloud to be found in our eastern sky this morning. sun rise coming up at 6:29 this morning. it will be a beautiful day to be outside today and anything you want to do. no weather-related snags or snares coming your way today.

barry's death and profound effects of his struggles with addiction. >> reporter: police and an ambulance were call to this apartment sunday morning. 36-year-old marion christopher barry collapsed. a police report says the son had smoked k-2 and pcp drugs, acting crazy different and suddenly dropped. he was pronounced dead at george washington university hospital, the latest victim in a national drug problem. >> we have in this country 78 deaths a day just from opiate overdoses, not to mention all the other substances that are out there. >> reporter: this doctor, a psychotherapist in washington and maryland noted christopher barry struggled like many mormany years with addictions but failing one final time. >> although many people seek help, not everyone actually makes it into recovery. >> reporter: dr. smith, herself in recovery two decades, says addictions can destroy people and wear out their family and friends who try to help. >> that feeling is very common among friends and family members, you know, second guessing what they did, what they didn't do. sometimes walking away is exactly the right thing to do so that the person can hit bottom and wa

mayor marion barry. >> he came into this community. >> those are just some of the memories being shared from those who knew barry. in a private memorial last night. a visitation is happening today. happening from 10:00 a.m. until on southern avenue in southeast. a public funeral will follow at the same location at 7:00 p.m. christopher barry died from a drug overdose last sunday morning. >>> a preliminary hearing will be held later today for di marco wheeler he's facing several charges in the murder of a man last month. wheeler sped off in jackson's car. that hearing gets under way at 8:45 this morning. >>> it's back-to-school season. today, students in d.c. and frederick county, maryland, will head back to the classroom and that means the summer is officially over for thousands of students and their teachers. news 4 derrick ward is live outside in northeast washington. another year for school. >> reporter: good morning. indeed it is another year. we're outside of an elementary school in n traditional schools start today. k through 12. prek 3 through prek 4 don't start until thursday. t

mayor marion barry. >>> new interim mayor is in charge in the city of fairfax.silverthorn, who resigned after being arrested in a drug or sex sting. life-long virginian who served >> to promote and facilitate a robust community discussion about where our city is headed and who is the right man or woman is to lead us as our next mayor. >> lobbyist who was once the chief of staff to house majority leader eric cantore and says he will not be a candidate for mayor in the february election. >>> redskins are back on the practice field. jason pugh, are the guys happy to be back home? >> that would be an understatement, from players to coaches to even the equipment staff over filled with joy to be back here in ashburn. the players arrived and received a special treat, thanks to the organization, deciding to upgrade the locker room here. >> oh, my gosh, mr. snyder, mr. bruce. highve championship locker room. that's what you come into and feel like you want to stay there all day and all night and get your work done and don't want to leave. >> love it. it's amazing. nice t

police say 36-year-old marion christopher barry jr. apparently overdosed on synthetic marijuana yesterday. drugs during two terms in the district of columbia and served prison time. >>> flint's mayor says michigan will now pick up the tab. >>> and "variety" says adele turned down an opportunity to perform at next year's super bowl. she broke the news at a concerted on saturday. and not about music. >>> still to come a historic aircraft is grounded. the test flight of a giant hybrid airship runs into trouble. ? i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down. why suffer? stand up to chronic migraine... with botox?. shown to actually prevent headaches and migraines before they even start. botox? is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month ch and is covered by most insurance. effects of botox? may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition.

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mayor andnd councilman marion barry. barry his body what loo it in state se from 10:00 a.m.6:00 p.m. p.m then public funeral will be at the temple of praise church inhn southeast dc. younger barry died last weekendd from an apparent drug overdose. >> it was a particularly violene weekend in prince george's grge' county.county three homicides in two days muc this morning no arrests made.s . >> murders include of popularop local rapper known as swipey he was shot and kill outside of a a party in suitland early sunday a morning.ing. fox5's anjali hemphill is live v at prince george's county polic headquarters with the veryarte latest in this story.ry good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ng well, investigators here at thet prince george's county police department still have nont sll h suspects in any of thosefhose homicides over the weekend including the most recent oneec that was at a home in suitlandtn early sunday morning.ni the victim's name is douglas dol brooks.br but he went by the name swipey.e he's a local rapper with a largr death even became a trending t topic on t

marion berry. christopher barry is lying in repose from now until 2:00 p.m. then the service will begin. christopher died last week of suspected drug overdose. he was 36 years old. d.c. officials are going to build the first water tower for the city since 1945. construction of the st. elizabeth water storage weeks and stand 170 feet tall. cost $14 million. and will be completed by the year 2018. it's replacing the original tower there built in the 1930's. jonathan: there is a race against the clock for a critical deadline in ellicott city for those rebuilding after the floods. michelle: john gonzalez is there with the shut down of main street. >> a month after this thousand-year flood decimated about a two-mile stretch of main street in historic ellicott city, some of the residents here and the business owners still have so much work ahead of them. look at this front yard. this san area that isn't closed off. you have a riding motor. flipped over. still stuck in the mud. this is the day that the residents and the business owners have a final chance to get work done before the area is sch

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