as q mentioned - those two injured officers in stable here at medstar washington hospital. john gonzalez is there, getting updates. we'll have a live report from him coming up at six o'clock. new developments overnight in the death of kim jong nam. sam sweneey is at the live desk.. malaysian officials have now confirmed a deadly nerve agent is responsible for killing the half brother of the north korean leader. the poison is called "v-x nerve agent." the substance is considered a weapon of mass destruction by the united nations. kim jong nam died nearly two weeks ago. he had complained of feeling sick, after a wo chemicals while at the kuala lumpur airport. this morning, president trump will give a much anticipated speech at the conservative political action conference.. known as c-pac. the event is taking place at national harbor. meanwhile.. the president is pushing for the u.s. to become the world's dominant nuclear power. right now, russia has slightly more nuclear warheads than the united states. mr. trump has expressed concern that the u.s. has fallen behind on nuclea

good news, both are conscious and headed to medstar washington center. >> they are conscious and stable apparently, and this happened at moore street and holbrook in northeast, and we are looking into reports that a suspect was shot, and it's not condition. we do have a crew on the way to the scene. we will stay over this over the next half an hour and of course on our wusa 9 app and website. >>> so in the shenandoah valley, the natural beauty of laray caverns has drawn people to its caves since 1878. >> scott rensburger takes us on the open road to larae, virginia. >> reporter: if you look over the railing, you're going to be seeing your first glimpse of totem poll valley. >> reporter: it's older than the dinosaurs. >> estimated to be around 450 million years old. >> reporter: it's one of the most popular caverns in the united states. >> currently we are around 100 feet below the surface of the earth. >> reporter: and tourists come by the millions. >> we will be >> reporter: and it's home to one of the most lucrative wishing wells on earth. money is thrown in like a toll booth, and onc

on gonzales is live at medstar washington hospital where the officers have been, any change in theirtion? john: we are told they are in stable condition and in good spirits. both police officers shot and wounded in the low expected to survive. one underwent surgery this morning. this is what we have seen all morning at medstar washington, police officers showing up to check up on their brothers in blue and waiting for updates on the doctors. the suspect has died, shot multiple times and police did recover a weapon. on the scene gun in the trinidad neighborhood in northeast, four miles from where we are and a number of police officers have been spending the morning here. we can tell you that this happened just hours after the next police chief was named, he was at the crime scene moments after the shooting. we had ever crime suppression team officers in the area and at the intersection of holbrook and morse street in northeast, we had shots that were and as of the results of the shots, we cannot distinguish who fired the shots because we are still in the preliminary stages. john: the

they were shot and wounded recovering at medstar washington, where we have been seeing this all day long, d.c. police officers, some in plainclothes, others in uniform, coming by to check on their brothers in blue and hoping to get an update from doctors to find out when these officers will be discharged. the suspect in the shooting has died. he was shot multiple times, we are told. police did recover the suspect's gun. is happening just hours after interim police chief became the acting police chief. he was over in the trinidad neighborhood in northeast when this all went down late last night only about four miles from where we are here at the hospital. the acting police chief saying that they have some information but still a lot of investigating needs to be done. take innocent-- a listen. >> we had our prime officers in the area and at the intersection of holbrook and morse street we had shots that were fired. as a result of those shots being fired, we can't distinguish exactly who fired the shots at this point because we are in the preliminary stages. officers hadolice been patrollin

outside medstar washington hospital center adread ofen police cars and fellow.fl >>> mayor bowser arrived later and acting police chief newsham.. both of the officers are inare stable condition right now.on rg live in northeast, i'm melanie e alnwick, fox5 local news. >> all right, mel, thank you very much. mu. >>> even before the policee pole shootings it was a violentiolent night in washington, d.c. d there were three shootings ingsn less than two hours with fourit separate victims.separate vic they happened withitin a halfh mile from each other along wheel erode in the congressco the first call came in justjst past 6 o'clock and the last t call just before 8 o'clock.. paul transom spoke about theaboe need for d.c. police to do do more. more >> chief newsham should be shoue right over here tonight to see s exactly what all of us are re saying about this violence and d the shooting in southeast.out i'm going to ask chief newshamnw to either get the nationalna guards, if they can't put out ou a special group of folks out out here to saturate this area tois get these guns and the last thre

those officers spent the overnight here at medstar washington. one recovering from that shooting left both with lower body wounds. this morning the mayor arrived to visit the wounded as well as fellow officers holding vigil. peter newsham did come by to visit as well. moments after they were shot last night, police say those two officers were brought right here to medstar awake and breathing. at least one was driven here in the backseat of a police cruiser. one officer went right into surgery, likely to remove a bullet. the second may have injuries which include a leg wound. this morning both are stable and in good spirits. as they recover now, their accounts of what happened will become wicritical in the shooti investigation. >> the two best witnesses that we have that we know of now are the two officers, and they're at the hospital. it will take us some time before wen them and detail as to what transpired. police sources confirming to us a short time ago, those officers are resting and continuing their recovery and remain in stable condition.

both officers are said to b ee said to e in stable condition at medstar and washington hospital centerpryour screen.rf now, the suspect was also shots and later died but it's still unclear what led to thatto that shooting. >> i can tell you that we haveel had a number ofl shootings sh across the city over the last la couple of days. dys our officers have beenen responding to that very aggressively as you can see we e had gunshots here earlier this evening. we have patrols in the area and unavfortunately as ae pa ret of this incident tonight we had two of our officersr oicers su local hospital. >> the shooting camns amid ad a violent night in d.c. afterc. at chief peter newsham was nameds e acting police chief. cief. >> one council member isncil mes calling it a state ofca emergency. annie yu live at policeve at poi headquarters with the latestarte on this story. annie. >> reporter: hey, good morning, wisdom and holly. ory.>> rholly. yeah, it was another violenthern night in ward eight.ni we had a total of three shootings, four separateootingfp victims and the we're told bys n d.c. police

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we have nurses, doctors, from medstar ere washington hospital. hey're here for your heart to heart consultation >>> thank you very much. we're keeping a close eye on this. this is is eagles metropolitan police department academy in southeast d.c. you can see here liberty the egg. eagle laid an liberty and justice have nexted years.or a couple of look, you can see it. the egg for a second. and of course we'll let you know as soon as the egg starts to hatch. a lot of excitement there. >> don't want to fly the coop. >>> we're keeping -- that's and first resident two eglets last year. a lot of bird watching this time of year. the best kind. >> the best kind. >> bald eagles right here in our backyard. need a ladder either. great shot. but awesome day outside especially for the first week of february. >> i know. than this. my sleeves i rolled up. not bad. lost the tie as jonathan suggested in our 4:30 newscast. let me tell you, we've been out since 11:00 o'clock this morning and it has not been hard to find people enjoying themselves. the weather is wa

reporter: the two are syrian immigrants, and her husband specializes in internal medicine at washington medstar center. they have been married and living in falls church, virginia, for 2 years here. >> we are working people here, and we are paying taxes. >> reporter: one group those foreign born made up 16% of health care workers in a field that continues to gr president trump defended the ban once more on monday. >> we need strong programs so that people who love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. >> i don't have any words. >> we came from syria, from the war zone, and we came from freedom and for future, and hope. >> we thought we lost it for a week, and now we have it again. >> reporter: at dulles international, stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. >> and now the stage is set for a courtroom showdown tomorrow over president trump's travel ban, and a federal appeals court will decide if the ban on travelers for 7 mostly-muslim countries will remain on hold or be reinstated. >> on friday the order was halted nationwide, and over the weekend, the justice de