melany m. morey. co-author of the important book renewing parish culture, building for a kat rick future. as the book says the local parish is the home base of american catholics and in these smallest and basic units, the culture is sustained and transmitted. the vitality of catholicism depends on parish life. what are the challenges, what are the possibilities? please stay with us and after this short break, join us talking with dr. melany morey about the catholic parrish. parrish. . [ music ] . >>> hello, and welcome back. we have with us today dr. melany morey, and welcome to you, thank you. >> thank you. >> a little bit about you. a bachelor's degree from smith college, mass terse a harvard. you have an expertise in catholic identity and catholic culture. and today at the arch diocese of san fransisco, you have an important role. the book is called renewing parish culture, building for a catholic future and you've taught and worked in parishes so you have hands on experiences. let pee state this.

melanie morey. this has been very enlightening. we will see you on our next program, and thanks for listening. awards night in music...is on. the grammy a week away... >>> welcome in to "bay sunday." i'm your hoist, -- i'm your host, kenny choi. the grammy awards are one week away and here to talk about that, jane from alice 97.3. thanks for coming to "bay sunday." >> thanks so much for having me. >> tell us about some top nominees. it's always , beyonce, but this year, it seems to be the beyonce show, that's what i'm hearing. >> it is such a showdown between beyonce and adele. these two superstars were the two pop-culture moments of the entire year. adele shattered every record . d had a massive comeback with

liver on capitol hill i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> melanie alnwick this morning with the fallout from this latest shakeup and another blow to the travel ban a federal judge grant aid preliminary injunction preventing admis virginia the judge found unconstitutional religious violation. tment applies to virginia residents. a federal judge in seattle denied postponing proceedings in his court while appeals court decides to rehear the case. >> prince william county a rally against what some claim is racial profiling of latinos in the country. local law enforcement officers forced residents to prove legal residency during routine traffic stops and claimed korey stewart running for virginia govern for drafted a letter to customs asking whereabouts of undoubted immigrants. >> and skepticism from four key republicans. andrew pusner is is fast food executive seen as getting hard criticism for workplace violations in restaurant and up republicans two opposed devos confirmation. the. >> we are learning new information about a body found over the weekend in northern vaer virginia. fa

melanie, you're with random acts. you are doing something special for seniorsvalentine's day. >> we are. we're working with -- for valentine's day, we're doing a big project with the organization, of a lifetime. they're a organizatiothat, basically, what they do, hath say. they try to make wishes come true. and valentine's day, that's a large-sale flo distribution project. we're go to hand out roses to senior citizens. >> what a lel. >> just an act of kindness. it's a way to o their day a little bit. so many of them get stuck in the retirement homes, the nursing homes. they he visitors. this is a way for the community to come tan improve their day a little bit, from a small act here and there. the communit is coming together to do this as an organization, all over th country? >> a wish of a lifetime is going to be roses. there's infti at our website, randomacts.org if they want to find out. and in various cities across the nation, they will be pulling together for a big project all at once. there'go be a rose distribu

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, melanie. we're following a developing story northwest d.c. police distracting dozens of recent robberies and thefts in upper northwest. according to crime reports nearly that area the last five days. kids out of the call in friendship heights. >> former mayor and council member sin sent gray is trying to keep offers from retiring. the city says they cannot recruit and train officers as fast as they're losing them and new legislation offers officers more incentive to stay. >> cutting 200 more jobs this year. metro september out a press release saying 200 positions including managers will be ilted over the next month. 300 jobs tied to the bus and railway are up to consideration after the board. initial 500 positions will be eliminated. >> coming up on "fox news morning" a disturbing story of northern virginia of children followed around by strangers in cars. >> and new study point a pinger of plame for chicago violent crime and agreement between the city and aclu. >> and right now a live look ao

melanie alnwick all over this when shshe is live from the scene this morning. >> steve and allison people on social media talking about hearing as many as 30 to 40 gun shots ring in and out hanover place and this is an alley that takes you as you see all the way to the other side that's happen-over and itru

melanie alnwick live from the national mall this morning with the latest. from what i hear melanie he's getting praise from both sides of the aisle on this pick. >> reporter: that's writing the white house says president trump has spending the last night fulfilling props to the american people and this morning he's going to fulfill another promise to visit the national museum of african-american history and culture here behind pe and later today meeting with new national security advisor and it was another theatrical moment. hastily called poet owe on to reveal president trump pick for national security advisor h. r. mcmaster who fought in both iraq wars. his job was to predict future threats on america's capability to meet them and wrote a book that called out the u.s. government for lies that led toe vietnam war. general mcmaster will remain on active duty while heading the national security council. >> i want to say what a privilege it is to serve our nation and i'm grateful to you for that opportunity. >> there has been also some action with homeland se

i love you. >>> coming up, melanie reddy is back in jail.d for. >> will you marry me? >>> melanie reddy spent a month in the suffolk county jail, awaiting trial on a prostitution charge. the case was eventually dismissed. reddy has now returned to the streets of boston. but she knew her future was less than certain. >> i've done years. i've done months. i keep coming in and out because every time i use, this is my end result. >> the day she was released from jail, reddy was treated for a heroin overdose. three weeks later, she's back in the jail's intake department. she was arrested for being under the influence of drugs in a public place. >> seriously. leave me alone. >> when melanie reddy came in the last time, she was certainly dope sick. dope sick means somebody that's coming in from the street, they haven't had a fix, you know, in a few hours. it's when your body is starting to realize, hey, where is that drug? and all of those symptoms, the nausea, vomiting, cramping, seizures, everything, all those things are now coming to the surface

melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with the story. melanie? >> dan and ama, san jose police also assisted the department of homeland security with the raid. one of the big questions tonight is whether officials in that city shared the same sentiment as those in santa cruz. a lieutenant with the daly city police department say they executed a search warrant here on rio verde street after department of homeland security asked them to help them. approximately 12 people were located inside a residence of interest. the investigation was then turned over to the department of homeland security. meantime, in santa cruz, the police chief slammed the department of homeland security, saying that the arrests in that city were part of an i.c.e. secret immigration raid. at a city council meeting last week, residents expressed concerns that that was the case. >> the department of homeland security, unbeknownst to us acted outside the scope of this operation and had detained and removed a number of individuals from various locations based upon their immigrati

public schools,scl, i'm melanie alnwick fox5 local a news. >> thank you melanie.nie.anie. >> 4:48 is the time. 48 is learning new details thisi morning pow an indianainian university college studentty c from rockville that died overd r the weekend.end. police say this man distefano sell facing assault charges. zweig died at the hospital.ospi. the father in the said we we offer deepest condolences too cal remember's family and rememd friends. >> police looking for several sl people they say stole a car ca rammed police cruiser and pol tried to run over an officer.icn it happene od around 11:30 saturday night near 51stea 51st street in bladensburg.ladsbur officers were investigating wer the report of ae stolen scaro when they spotted the vehicle.e. the police fired shots at the a suspects but they drove away.e a no one was hurt.urt. a short time later a car matching the stolen vehicle'se description was found burningfoi on j street in northeast.norst. police are still investigating.vest >> business owners atig restonrn townsend joining forces over a hurting their bo

those are the areas impactedimp in virginia.ing this is where melanie alnwickln is in the district ineast. bruce place dealing with a big portion of ade alrinoof ripped a building, a transformer andansf wires down. we'll get to a look in in maryland and some damage there next. any questions at erin fox5tion d.c. on twitter. we're going to help you getd.p t around these problems. problems. back to you maureen andyou maurd wisdom. >> erin thank i was.ank i wa. >>> coming up on fox5 newss morning the protest camp atcam the site of the dakota access as is turning to a pit of mud as protesters take the fight to t the streets.treets. >> we're going break with a g live loooikng across on the d.c. region and we're listening to to lady gaga singing her song "john wayne." 5:08, 42 degrees. back after this. >> ♪♪ >> 5:09. today an autopsy will be conducted on hum man remainsy as found near an industrial parkust in springfield virginia.virni the body was found saturday.atry it's unclear how long the bodyby was at that location.ca detectives say it appears the remains are of a woman or a ora teena

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> okay, melanie, thanks so much. >>> ivanka trump and the impact of a bay area led boycott. the first daughter attends a white house business meeting and we look at the political muscle affecting her bottom line. >>> snap files its ipo papers and solves one of the most tantalizing mysteries in tech. >>> wired for sound. turns out there's a reason people can't stand things like whistling tea kettles and people slurping their soup. >>> i've got free tickets to a comedy show and pancakes. i'm >>> one day after nordstrom's said it was cutting ivanka trump's clothing line, the last of the items are marked down in what some are calling a fire sale. this afternoon the few shoes available online are selling for 40% off the original price. a spokesperson for ivanka trump's line says nordstrom's still has her products. as abc 7 news reporter explains, the whole thing as prompted by a bay area boycott called grab your wallet. >> reporter: nordstrom and neiman marcus are dropping the ivanka trump brand. neiman is announcing it will no longer be

let's check in with melanie hastings at the live desk. if you have a flight today - check with your airline before walking out the door. already as many as 3-thouand flights have been canceled, and 84 are delayed in the u-s. all our area airports ... dulles, bwi an reporting normal operations right now . no reports of delays and just a handful of cancellations. if you are headed to the northeast to areas such as philadelphia, new york and boston ... conditions will deterioate throughout the day. those cities are expecting heavy snow totals. so you definately want to check your flight status. i'm melanie hastings at the live desk. back to you . happening now.. despite all the rain and snow, the state of california is urging residents to continue conserving water. the state water resources control board has opted to keep emergency drought restrictions in effect until at least spring. that may seem unusal, if you look at what's happening now in oakhurst, california.. near yosemite national park. that area is now experiencing severe flooding.

live in southeast i'm melanie im alnwick fox5 local news. >> northern california near nr ths dam.. 188,000 people now evacuatedvacd as heavy rains jepp dived partde of the nation's tallest today.o. water began flowing over the orville dam spillway one saturday. now thedam situation hastuatias stabilized. pletoials told peo downstream to leave thatld p ara immediately warning them part p of the dam could fail.fa engineers are now planning toar useno helicopters to dr rocks down in an effort toff plug a hole in the spillway.he l the national guard is also assisting. >> while back east powerfulporfl new storm packing blizzarding id conditions blasting theh northeast and it's set to o continue through today. it's not only bringing more more snow but also 50 miles an hourh wind gusts. further soutush parts of rhode island and connecticut couldconi see up tocut 7-inches of snow.s and there's also the potentialoe for coastal flooding.lo cape cod could see a stormt surge up to three feast it'se fe the latest asstorm just days after another system du

as melanie said she noticedoti more volume on 270 as well. we the outer loop as you pass pass colesville road typically it'slt very, very quiet this time of morning. mo no delays just yet butelays ju t increased volume from 95 over f5 to georgia avenue.aven inner loop is nice and quiet.ui use caution especially bridgesrs overpaes on and off ramps. on you can see the wilson bridgelse looking good.od. they we'll keep you updated at erint fox5 d.c. on twitter any questions you have for youror morning ride. we want to keep you safe. se. >> coming up, the educationuctin department is added to the to list of agencies that someom lawmakers want to kill. ki >> under armour founder kevin k plank facing criticism after af calling donald trump a real real asset. >> this is not the dmv.d this is in manhattan.a this is times square where wh there is some snow falling.fa >> is it.>> is t >> one flake. >> no, it's coming. i can seet' is t through all th blur right there but there'sher some snow falling in manhattan.ma here it is.s. >> going to be an issue a

. >> let's get out to melanie alnwick on the scene. she's got the latest in the breaking details of this story. mel. >> it certainly looks like there was something happening in the back alley here. we're on hanover place here and these alleys intersecting between these streets between hanover o, n and 1st and that seems to be where the majority of the investigation is if we look through here you can see the crime t environmental evidence markers on the ground here and background occasionally here still photographing taking pictures here. what we can tell you is police tell us when they came on the scene they heard gun shots and they locate add adult male they said was in and out of conscious ntion suffering from one gun shot to the rear shoulder and back. he was taken to the hospital. he was pronounced dead there. this has become a homicide investigation. we're trying to get more information for you in terms of identification. we don't have that so far. this area will be shut down for a little while. as far as impact on north capital f

we're tracking melanie alnwick is out the line between prince george and d.c.ll skip that one and move to another distant now. tracking a crash as we make our way out 95 northbound and move over to shoulder involving tractor-trailer nobody side ewington exit and very sluggish traffic past the earlier scene. we need to factor in 20 extra minutes stafford to bottom side of beltway. we'll look at maps now. few other crashes and problems tracking this morning. walker mill road closed right now at richie road and crash blocking all lanes. sky fox on the way to this crash and keep you posted on that one and southern maryland inbound delays through for the washington 210 northbound things look going brandywine to clinton and 5 and 301 split and 66 eastbound building delays 234 to 2 right now only 5 to 7 minute slow down with congestion and southbound 29 a5 if you take metro silver line to willie rest inand tacking blue line delays because of safe track surge twelve we'll look closer at that next back to you guys. >> another world on wall street record high we track. >

and center of all this a virginia vg case that was set to go beforeg the supreme court.supreme >> melanie alnwick is live inivi southwest with more this morning. mel. >> reporter: good morning,ep guys.orrn now in a letter to intheg, he nation's schools department ofot justice and department oftmentf education both protections, anti-bullying protections for transgenderansnr students are still in place. p betsy devos says thethe transgender debate is best e left for states and individualn schools to decide. there were protests outside proi the white house after tdehis nee ruling came down from the he trump administration reversing g the federal guidance.gudance transgender rights. advocatesads say it was necessary tos nessa protect students from discrimination. the issue rose to the national stage after north carolina carla state legislature passed of a pa bill mandating thating that transgender people in in government owned buildingsgs must use east rooms that th correspond with the gender one n their birth certificate. and a virginia teen fought fortr the rights to use mail restrooms not

live on capitol hill, i'mhi melanie alnwick, fox5 locall news. >> melanie alnwick thank you very much. 4:33 is the ieti am e. te. another big name company willpa soon call virginia home. h nestle is u.s. its u.s. us. headquarters to arlingtonrlingtn county to 1812 north moore m street. the project would create 748re748 new jobs in the area. a nestle is known for candy but products includee frozen food beverages and petan care products. >> dominion virginia the poweri company may be one step closerte to putting power lines undeunround. a plan to bury power lines to p failed through the senate commerce and labor committee and and is heading to the full senate. sena some lawmakers say this will ths help with having less power outages. >>> will it be an early spring g or six more weeks of winter? ntr pennsylvania's most famousf ground hog is hours away from revealing his much anticipatednd prediction. members of punxsutawney phil's s top hat wearing inner circleneri plan to reveal their forecastfot at sunrise just before 7:30 a.m., that's this., that'sh morning, of course.ing, as a remind

alnwick, fox5 localloal news. >> all right, melanie, thankmelk you.. 4:32 is the time.time happening today in the district students at avoid avoid elementary will head back to to their classrooms after theyr th dealt with a rodent and bednd b g problemem. it's a story fox5 has been been following since december.in the school was forcg esi to shuh down nearly three weeks ago so o crews could fix the problem.rob. officials say there will be ane open house today so the publicpc can see the classrooms. >> ♪♪ >> turning to politics.ol president trump will meet withih the nation's governors wereon the to the white house.'s g. >> the issue of replacing andg repeeling affordable care act ct is expected to be a major part of their discussion. the rs undethe trtrump administration.um first ladymini melania trump vip president mike pence and hismikp wife were all iennce attendance. >> according to senior whiteior house officials presidentfici trump is expected to sign agn new immigration order onron wednesday. the president's initial order temporarily halting al

. >> melanie woodrow is live outside the school with reaction. melanie? >> reporter: kristen and dan, you can imagine how scary this was, especially for the younger kids and their parents here at the charter school. administrators at both schools say they were in constant contact with police. students and faculty at bishop o'dowd high school and the charter school of oakland found themselves in the middle of a standoff between oakland police and a man armed with a rifle and scope. >> you know, it was a nerve-racking situation. >> yeah, i had a split second there where i thought i hope, i just hope nothing happens here. >> i mean it's really frightening. >> reporter: marilyn was at the charter school with her 5 and 7-year-old's daughters when the school's director got a call from police saying first to lock down and five minutes later to evacuate the school. >> are we hearing you correctly, you really wanting us to leave? they said yes, and they even told us what directon to go. >> reporter: as these small students headed south, police gave bishop o'dowd h

melanie woodrow is there live with the story tonight. melanie. >> reporter: dan and ama, luckily, nobody secured. it's been a real mess here since saturday night. this sort of yellowish house. this is where the tree fell from are. this property here. this homeowner is not around today, but his neighbor tells me that he was actually in san francisco saturday night, so he wasn't home. he's okay, but you can see the tree fell into a truck and that blue home, the woman that lives there, she was around saturday night. luckily she wasn't injured and, boy, is she taking all of this in stride. these aren't the home improvements bridget mortimer had in mind when she moved in. >> everybody told me i had to downsize. what a way to do it. >> reporter: originally from ireland, most recently tau he, lily and emma had a hunch something was up saturday night. >> all night long, they palsed up and down the house barking, just barking all night long. >> reporter: sometime during the night there was a rumbling sound. >> it was like a heavy truck going down

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick islanw live at the shooting scene with the latest.atest. good morning. >> reporter: hey, goodod m ror morning,ter: guys. g no identificatn d.c. police of the officers oror the suspect who was killed inkil this incident.inc you can see still they've been n holding the scene for several sv hours now.hours now. it happened a little before be 11 o'clock last night and so so here we are 6:00 a.m. and still they need a lot of work here processing the scenescee probably doing a little bitng ae more after the sun comes up.es . the investigation here stillstig in the early stages.rly s and it's still not clear wham cm exactly happened in thepened in moments before the shootings.ho. now sources tell fox5 that the e officers were in the areacers we making a arrerestsa when they we shot. they were in that uniform andorm part of what was described tod the media as a crime suppression team.ppression am. apparently the officersly the os returned fire killing one man. n police say that a weapon wass recovered from the scene thathee does appear to belong to

we saw a preview a l from melanie of melanie o the beltway. >> boo!oo!uth. we're just in for it right now t with lot of backed up traffic. f this is 66 eastbound by waplespl mill road.oa you're jam pack no crashes justj whole lot of congestion right now jam up by 234 sudley road.la stop and go traffic passed 28as8 inside the beltway through thr arlington it look like this as a well. so right now about 45 extra e minutes to get from 234 princenc william parkway toward way. this is a look at 395.. earlier crash cleared by duke bk street but as you head towardshr the 14th street bridge fromri the beltway to the bridge you'ru in for about a 30 minute delayel with very heavy volume right rit now. forwarding our cameras onceur cr again more delays to show you aa well. well. you can see just a gray, gloomyy a little bit rainy commute righr now most of the weather moving out of the area. 95 northbound by prince williami parkway cruising along a lot better south at that point byinb stafford you have a little bitat of congestion by garrisonvilleni road.ro right no

melanie and her family 1800.out1 $ >wire transfers, money orders, and cashiers checks are a sign that you are about to get duped. >> it's a way of passing cash to another individual. once they have the cash, through the money orders or cashiers check or wire instructions, that money is gone forever. lisa: nearly one third of leisure travelers are now staying in vacation rental homes. that is up from just 11% from 2008. a nearly 200% increase. the federal trade commission for complaints related to vacation rental scams. from january 2014 through december 2016, there were more than 61,000, some of which were very similar to what melanie and her family. 2,800,ryland family out $ another for $500. was told toamily wire money to the czech republic to secure their vacation home. why is it difficult to identify and prosecute these criminals? >> there is such great anonymity with the internet as to who is the individuals behind these companies, prosecution is often impossible. lisa: he and other attorneys general recently went after western union for facilitating or enabling fraudulent action

i'm melanie hastings.ue to follow that breaking news out of lorton, a recycling center still burning after catching fire overnight. sam sweeney is live at the scene >> anchor: fairfax county fire tells us these names and smoke may noto subside until the endf the weekend. this fire started at 10:00 last night, smoke until billowing out of this plant here. this is the fairfax county re cycling center. look at the video from sky track 7, flames ripping through the building, 3 stories of trash, more than 3,000-tons of garbage. they're flooding the building. we're continuing to follow the story on our sister station, news channel 8. much more coming up with weather and traffic, stay >> reporter: temperatures hovering around freezing for many of us as we start our day. daytime, 40s, upcoming weekend , cool one on your saturday, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid 40s for sunday. mainly a few sprinkles, really nothing major to report for your super bowl plans. things ra looking okay, make a few wet snowfla

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you, melanie. to help out san jose flood victims, the mayor said the city has set up a way for you to donate. it's called the san jose flood victims relief fund. it will support nonprofit organizations providing immediate relief for victims. the organization has pledged to match the first $10,000 for relief efforts. we've posted both sights on our website. our coverage tcontinues online. download our abc 7 news app and enable push alerts. also head to our website, abc7news.com. >>> let's turn your attention to politics. the latest memos released by the trump administration outline a sweeping plan to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, but the white house insists mass deportation is not the goal. stephanie ramos has the latest now from washington. >> reporter: today at the white house president trump talking money at the budget meeting. >> i want the american people to know the budget will reflect their priorities. >> reporter: no details on how the administration will pay for many items on h

melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> melanie, thank you very much. 4:31 is donald trump is said to nominate rod j. rosen stein to be deputy attorney general. he was appointed in 2005 and is longest serving u.s. attorney in the can'try and earned praise from both side of the aisle in that role. >> a committee vote on president pick for attorney general is delayed democrats are using obscure senate recall tore delay on jeff sessions. by giving lengthy speeches democrats gives a rule that doesn't allow committees to number session two hours past the senate day. he is expected to be approved. >> president trump abruptly cancelled a scheduling signing and it's unclear why the signing was cancelled. white house officials expect him to sign it soon. critics say we lag behind other countries in prepareprepareness field is partly to blame. >> there's over 200,000 just in the u.s. cyber security jobs unfilled. there's over a million worldwide. and we need to put ourselves on a path towards addressing that need. >> the order also calls for defense officals to look at adversaryes in the cyber

. >> police say he shot andice killed a man over in arlington.al melanie alnwick is live with lih all details.all the good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morningmo bice. one of the things arlington county policehe t want everyoneo know this is the type ofypeof incident where there's nohere'so danger to the community ato thy large to this very quietto t neighborhood in what thehiy calc the williamsburg section of arlington county on north pronor 29th street.29th street but the house that we're we' talking about is right hereght where you see a number of carse in the drive way.in t police were out here much of saturday -- much of sunday afternoon collecting pressed pr that spilled out onto thent sidewalk and the street areaet from what we understand from frm reports that there was a.m.a.. party at this house and -- a - a party at this house and thered t was maybe 40 people inside and there was aa fight that we we believe spilled out into the front of the house and that isn when the shooting happened.d. 23-year-old michael gray of of manassas was discovered by police suffering from guns

live on capitol hill i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> thank you you very much, melanie, president trump has new knowledge any for labor secretary former justice department alexander costa after the first nominee puzder withdrew on thursday. he would be the first hispanic member of trump's cabinet. >> white house has to look elsewhere for national security advisor. robert howard turned down an offer to fill that position. he declined due to financial and family commitments. names are mentioned for the position including acting national security advisor keith kellogg and trump administration is causing a legal fight over a ban on travelers from 7 predominantly muslim nations. he plans to issue replacement order. details are due out next week. lawyers for administration say in court documents that rebound would focus on foreigners that never entered the united states. >> today mike pence defend secretary jim matt is and other u.s. officials will meet with top world leaders in berlin. they're in germany for mupic security conference and the meeting comes amid global concerns over trum

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> you can track it all with the abc7 news app. as we look at the san mateo bridge there. you can get instant updates any time for the forecast in your neighborhood. >>> this one really takes the cake. unbelievable. union city police are looking for a suspect in an outrageous girl scout cookie armed robbery. a young man approached a mother and her 12-year-old daughter on decoto road yesterday at the safe way. he asked a couple minutes and then returned with a gun and robbed them from an undisclosed amount of money from the cookie sale. can you believe somebody pulled a gun on the girl scouts? >> no. >>> it's almost valentine's day. if you like candy but worry about the calories, there's a way to indulge without the guilt. >> that's right. 7 on your side michael finney is here with us. >> this made me feel pretty good. >> yeah. >> normally these things -- this one is pretty good. if you're really tempted to buy candy, how much can you buy before it's too much? consumer reports checked out what 100-calorie servings look like. it's ne

unos como latinos los restaurantes es un gremio endondmuchos de susrabajadores son hispanos... a melanieuchos los inmigrantesuen hacer eso y gracias a dios nosoos tenemos apoyo deos jefes. este es uncenario muy distinto al tres trabajadoras de local de comida rápida ensan josé que pieron permaneceen el anonimato sot dijimos que no íbamos a ir atrabar hoy por elaro laboral y nos dijeron que teníasque llevar una forma médica parapoder faltarorque si no ibaa descansar tratamos de comunicarnos con losdirectivos dese restuarantepero, nos dijeron que no iban a hablarcon nosotros. igual manerao hicimos con la camatriz y no obtuvimos respsta...las escuelas en san jos tambinsufrieron la ausencia de susestudiantes.... en varias escuelas hubo protesta. cientos de umnos faltaron a clases, lo e scausa preocupación entre docentessot juan cruz, superintendentdel distritoscolar frankl mckinley entiendo razón pero el impacto a losestiantes cuan están afuera es grande la cámara de comercio hispana desajosé estima q más de 200millones de dólares se perderán por esta manifestión andres on cam segn el centro

melanie woodro is live with a look at the animals showing up at the shelter, too, melanie? >> reporter: absolutely. just to put this in perspective, employees say they typically receive 20 animals a day since flooding began, they have been receiving twice as many. 40 animals a day, they are more than happy to help but the timing is not great. the shelter is under construction and down about 36 places. late this afternoon, a box of dogs was dropped off at the san jose animal shelter. huddled together keeping one another warm. >> we have certainly had a population of animals that we suspect have been displaced because of fences down, you know, the weather impacting them. >> reporter: stacy danes is the shelter manager. >> this little kitty was in the river. >> reporter: there is hope someone will recognize these eyes. >> she's a stray. we don't know if she has an owner. >> reporter: this dog could also be a stray, shelter employees aren't sure because the dog isn't micro chipped. others have been. >> so this is one dog right here that was displaced from the storm. >> reporter

melanie is all over this one. she's live for this one. >> reporter: what we're hearing from neighbors they're saying 30 to 40 heard. so frightened by the sound, they grabbed their family, and loved ones and just went to safety in the back of their homes, here's the ally right here and as the sun is coming up, you can see even more of those evidence markers, all across the ally, where you see the officers in the center, that's hanover place. we talked to a man a friend of the victim. witnessed his friend being, being worked on in the street, suffering from a gunshot wound to the back and was taken away in the ambulance, learned a short time later his friend had died. >> get you get one life, you don't come back. and people shooting weapon cars and homes, hit innocent people. i've lost family members in stray bullets and things of that nature. this has to stop now, please, people got to find a way to digress, mediate and walk away. it's not worth it. >> reporter: this happened around 11:00 last night. you can see th

melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> mel, thank you, 4:32 is the time. one day after being confirmed she will address her department staff. devos is expected to focus on mission of department. devos was confirmed yesterday and sworn in by vice-president mike pence. >> the travel ban hangs in the balance as 9th court after peel continues constitutionality of the order. the dem of justice asked the court to reinstate the temporary ban on immigrants from seven majority muslim kuptyes. the court plans to rule in the next few days. republicans are depending that ban with some admitting there are issues with it. >> where i think the order went awry was when they were looking at people with duel citizenship people that had gone through a process. i'm hopeful now that they will have a more deliberate process. >> here in maryland the american civil liberty union and law center have filed a new lawsuit against the travel ban. the suit argues the executive order violates federal laws and constitution. >> department of defense is looking to rent space at trump tower

melanie transportation reporter for the hill.com joins us. thanks for joining us. it is highly unusual for any like this on one of his orders especially when it's being decided. what do you think donald trump gained from sort of going after these pellet judges? is this donald trump being donald trump >> we've seen him doing this repeatedly when he feels attack he punches back. this isn't the first time we heard hematocrit size the judicial system. he criticized chief justice roberts on the campaign trail saying he's a disaster for the conservative party. and of course, last summer, he criticize the judge overseeing the trump university case and questioned his credibility. so it's not entirely surprising for trump himself but scholars and leaders do say it is highly unusual for a sitting president to be criticizing a judge that's overseeing one of his own policies. >> by the way because of the decision on individual mandate in which he sided with the -- with the majority, let's talk about kneel gorsuch. here he visits to senators. met with boomenthal out of connecti

melanie. >> anchor: thank you.and car chase, all start ed at tyson's mall last night. when stole from bloomingdales and took off. they crashed the car and ran away. alabama senator jeff sessions is set to be sworn in as the nation 's 84th attorney general today. sessions was narrowly confirmed yesterday. only one democrat crossed party lines, voted in favor of the nomination. the youngest artist to you ever have a solo exhibit begs in a major museum. sold paintings for more than $1 million and has a painting hanging in the vatican. today she's up >> announcer: it's "live with kelly!" today, star of "the lego batman movie," will arnett. and from the new england patriots, super bowl champion julian edelman. and from the series "girls," zosia mamet. plus, the baddest bad guy on "the walking dead" jeffrey dean morgan joins kelly at the cohost desk. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and jeffrey dean morgan! [cheers and applause] ♪

we have team coverage this morning.team fox5's melanie alnwick she'srnce tracking that wintry mix upn frederick, maryland, where itwhe seems to be moving in beforefore anywhere else in the districtdir area.area >> reporter: hey, good morning, erin, yeah,epor so, wee just decided to get back onk on i-70 here heading a little bittt more north and west toward thee middletown direction.ion. all of this area in frederickre county pretty much seeing they u same thing.chsame tg. it's now sort of like that heavy wintry mix. mi could be snow lot of moisture to it and ad definitely just wet when it hits the roadway. pavement temperatures still inpa the 40's but we've seen them hem dropping ever so slightly andghy even just in our trip from --fr- from d.c., then once we gotn ont into upper montgomery county,co, frederick county, even seeing the outdoor temperatures drop as well.el. it's about 34 degrees where we are outside. literally if we just add a fewaw more degrees of cold here then t we would definitely see thatdefi snow coming down inni earnest.ar as we're heading north, noth, traffic lo

in petaluma, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> federal agents raided a house in san francisco in search of illegal drugs. abc 7 was in the outer sunset as drug enforcement agents looked over evidence seize t from a home on 22nd avenue. one person was detained. dea agents in protective gear entered and exited the house. >>> odion is receiving a fine for not giving customers what they paid for. it served customers tilapia when they had ordered petrale sole, the more expensive cut of fish. this went on from october 2015 to march 2016. they've been ordered to pay $120,000 in fines and restitution. >>> there's a new effort to extend last call at bars and restaurants in california. state senator scott weiner introduced legislation that would allow alcohol service as late as 4:00 a.m. businesses would still have to get the proper businesses and approval. some bars say it would significantly help business but the director of the nonprofit alcohol justice told the chronicle the bill prioritizes alcohol revenue over public safety. >>> it's been a good year for air travelers. >> absolutely. but yo

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. >> "fox5" melanie alnwick is live from capitol hill this morning. good morning, melanie. >> good morning, steve, allison another marathon session is underway because we see the flag flying above the senate. this time republicans are pushing back in the debate over attorney general nominee jeff seeings using a rule that one senator cannot disparage another senate majority leader -- senator elizabeth warren you you canning her off after she lead a 30-year-old letter from it condemned the pick for attorney general senator jeff sessions who was nominee for federal judgeship. >> mr. president i'm surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. >> mc connell used senate rule to prevent her from speaking negatively about sessions and warn's federal democrats condemn the procedure. >> that's problematic not just because regular speech but this had to do with constitutional duty of providing advice and consents. >> mean time mr. trump choice for secretary of education betsy devos is swarn in after her c

melanie? >> larry and ama, they are a liaison between the community and the government. the commissioners who remain say they want to see projects all the way through to completion and others say the communication is practically closed. until yesterday, dr. win was the chair of the president's advisory commission on asian americans and pacific islanders. of 20 pictured here, 16 have now resigned. four resigned when president trump was elected. >> about a week before he was actual actually inaugurated, we sent him a letter to ask him for a meeting to talk about his priorities. we never received an answer to that. we were told that there is basically no way to communicate information to the president unless it's congruent with his policies. >> reporter: policies dr. win says he and other commissioners do not support. >> the most substantial border security measures in a generation. >> reporter: from immigration policies. >> we've ordered a crackdown on sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal law. >> reporter: to health care policies. abc7 news reached out to th

melanie alnwick all over this when shshe is live from the scene this morning. mel my any. >> steve and allison people on social media talking about hearing as many as 30 to 40 gun shots ring in and out hanover place and this is an alley that takes you as you see all the way to the other side that's happen-over and itru o and n. there where you see sort of mid block there and that's what we believe this incident ended and we can see still several evidence markers on the alley and people talking again right to end by souchbd gun shots that they brought their children and family members to the back parts of their houses not sure in anyone was in danger. we we know d.c. police rebond reised to gun shots and found adult male 30 years old described in and out of conscious ntion suffering from gun shot this rear shouldner back area that at point that man was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead at the hospital and she's now active homicide investigation though d.c. police have not been able to give us any information in terms of a suspect and there's still a

i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> and 5:03 is the time. thank you very much is, mel, vis president mike pence said europe fully supports nato. they labeled it obsolete in one of the tweets. president trump questioned that investment of funding and pence met with the european council and president trump made declarations that threatened foreign unity and president trump partnership with vladimir put sglin protesters gathering across the country yesterday using president's day to protest donald trump and so the called not my president rallies are to show discontempt with his first month in office and limiting rights of lgbt community and women and refer ugees. >> my message this is the people's country. that man is in the people's house. he is not a lead esh of all the people. he's only representing some of the people. >> many of the policies that may come out of washington don't directly affect me. but, i care about the people who it does affect and that's i think one of the hardest things i think sometimes to explain to other people. >> ra

melanie alnwick tracking police chase. it's rights on the district line area near suitland road and if you see increased police presence slow down and use caution. we can look live at the police lights and you can see blocking off this is what you're up against this morning. i'll let's you know if it causes major trafficish you're but again big police presence because of active police chase. melanie alnwick gathering more information? and erin fox d.c. on twitter. we'll be back with a few in your 6:00 hour. >> breaking right now in prince george county the scene police chase came to ends within the last hour and rights now suspects still on the run. live on the scene with who police say they're looking for. >> big shakeup at the white house flynn out and he has resigned less than a month on the job. >> first a live look outside. it's valentine's day everybody, happy valentine's day. tuesday, february 14. "weather and traffic on the 5s" at 6:05. good tuesday everybody i'm allison seymour. >> same receive steve. >> welcome t

melanie woodrow. >>> a fixture in the east bay is closing its doors. the owner says protests like this one have become too much. >>> plus a helping hand comes from a surprising source for people forced out by a fire in san francisco's chinatown. >>> 14 miles across an ice shelf. why a research base was forced to ski to safety. >>> and we are keeping a very close eye on live doppler 7 as anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> tomorrow morning the senate is expected to vote on confirming betsy devos as secretary of education. right now to protest the pick and build support against her, democrats are holdings the senate floor. they plan to be there overnight. you're looking at senator kamala harris who joined the fight just minutes ago on the senate floor. right now devos will win the nomination if democrats don't convince one mo

i'm melanie hastings.hecking top stories, a fairfax county teen who disappeared january 15 is safe this morning. 17-year old returned home unharm ed just hours after police put out an alert to find her. detectives are talking to her about another case. the body of her friend, 15-year old demaris revis was found saturday in springfield. police believe she was murdered and they believe a gang was in volved. happening, metro is retiring some of its trains, the 4,000 series will be taken out of service starting this morning. there are 82 of those in use and the goal is to get them replaced by tend of the year. coming up at 7:30, news channel mothers are helping mot z2a0gz zi0z y2a0gy yi0y >> reporter: tracking a few showers, south of the dc area. fredericksburg on east, where we are expecting the showers to re main for the morning. timing things out for the rest of today should expect sunshine after about 2:00, temperatures in the 40s, factoring in the wind it will feel cool, especially tomorrow morning. look

apartment melanie alnwick is there live with the very latest. mel?etter bette picture now.pi we were able to get closer oncec again and show you right here they're starting to clean up. fields like foam board innbord sewell laying but look at thist corner. this is pretty much like the mut corner of the building.uild i think some of it may have come from the back. t bac over here towards the front. fnt got to be very very carefularefl here. very heavy boards also with with nails sticking up, and alsoo seeing look at this damage here. this is a ceramic insulator that came from that transformer up up there and then also dave will dw kind of follow the wires overire here to the tree where you see e that piece also there goes a hat. you see that piece hanging fromf the tree.thtree. you got to be very careful abouo that. so as people are walking aroundn here trying clean up we're also trying to be very mindful of thf fact that this debris it blew iw once.on it could probably blow again. caused more damage. damag so these folks have got to be careful. about

in walnut creek melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> b.a.r.t. is defending its decision to fully staff its warm spring station in fremont. even though it oent open to the public in -- eight full-time employees are now on the job there. include five station agents earning up to $74,000 a year. a trained dispatch supervisor who makes up to $90,000 and two janitors. b.a.r.t. says they're doing important work at the empty station. >> the station agent is in the booth watching the cameras and making sure that people aren't vandalizing the station, aren't trying to cut a hole in the fence and get into the wayside area where the electrified third rail is. they are performing a vital function. >> b.a.r.t. says it hired the workers in accordance to union rules last year when the station was supposed to open. technical problems with operations have delayed the openings, but the workers have to show up. >>> did you notice a strange bright light in the sky this morning? a lot of people did. >> jessica castro from abc 7 mornings looked into the mystery light