[cheers and applause] i need melanie brelsford. melanie brelsford. where's melanie? melanie?hey, melanie. how you doing? chris. good to meet you. >> good to meet you. >> welcome to "millionaire." where you from, melanie? >> i'm from plano, texas. >> oh, no way. right up the road. i'm from dallas. >> love it. >> hometown girl. what do you do? manufacturer and i'm on the merchandising team. >> well, you could probably use $1,000. >> i could. >> here's how it's gonna happen: i'm gonna ask you a question. you get it right, i'll give you $1,000 cash right now. >> ooh. hope so. >> you ready to go, melanie? >> i'm--i'm ready. >> all right, let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] $1,000 question. an avid baseball fan, 19th-century inventor william gray developed "gray's patent body protector" to be worn by the player at which position? [tense music] ♪ >> c, catcher. final answer. >> $1,000 winner. that's right! you got it, melanie! way to go! i love ending a show like that! special thanks to our teachers-- all of the teachers out there, thank you for w

oh, my god, melanie, acting is such a rush. yeah, but all that kissing with victoria, it almost seemed real. it was real. i'm sorry, what? for my character. my character really was kissing victoria. but aren't you your character? let me explain to you how acting works, melanie. my character says he's a painter. does that make dane a painter, too? no. until he walks out there on that stage, and then yes, he's a painter. got it, but about all that kissing. does dane get sexually excited when he kisses victoria? no. but when my character kisses victoria... oh, yeah. well, that really clears things up. there she is. look at her, beauty, brains, funny. you never get all three in the same package. no, you do not. hello, victoria. can i get you a drink? i'll have a glass of merlot. okay. wow. melanie, your boyfriend is a natural. i was freaked out about opening night, but now i can't wait. the critics are gonna love us. but you know, it's a little unsettling watching someone you're crazy about kissing someone else. mel, it's just acti

melanie alnwick with the latest. >> reporter: far fax county. say there was nothing about her being murdered by race or motivation. they say according to their information, it was road rage that motivated torres. should died of blunt force trauma to the upper body. a large group of teens were walking back from the mosque. some were on the sidewalk, some in the road itself. navra and others were wearing long dresses and head scarfs and the teen's father believe that calls the they say she was driving down the road and got into an argument with one of the boys on a bike. the kid scattered but torres caught up with them in a parking lot. he caught her and police say struck her with the bat then put her in his car and dumped her body in a loudoun pond. we've also learned that torres may be in the country illegally. ice lodged a detainer but added that agents had no prior contact with them. torres is being held on a no bond county. despite the explanations of thes reasonings or the lack thereof. many have question, we do expect to hear from the mosqu

i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> melanie, thank you. developing this morning environmental groups are out raiminged because trump administration want top use a seismic air gun to find oil and gas deep under ocean atlantic floor. they're seeking permit for five companies to use air g guns, they're so loud they can injury or kill marine life this will reverse what obama put into effect in his term. >> taking on the fight against climate change. despite president trump's decision to leave the paris climate agreement there's been change. along with rich mopped leader there's many to continue. virginia joins several other states in commitment to carry on the principles of the paris accord. >> new faces taking reigns at the national symphony org stra the new executive director the 51-year-old will begin working with them in july. nso board says sisa has background. rita shapiro former director stepped down in january. >> coming up on "fox news morning" senator al franken says thanks but no thanks to appear on a popular show. >> and reach as i

i'm melanie alnwick, back to >>> 4:49.n prince george's county p-eulalio tordil will be indicted. police say tordil shot and killed his wife in a high school parking lot and a day later shot four other people killing two more. >> today is the first rush hour test for metro after high her fares and service cuts went into effect on sunday. 1,000 metro cards will be given a way at dunn lore ring metro station this morning. >> a group of neighbors forms a human chain to save a woman's life. >> a good weekend, bad weekend for a movie franchise that used to be a guaranteed payday. >> a live look across the d.c. region. 10 minutes befor you're watching fox5 news morning. don't go anywhere. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> seven minutes before 5:00. one person is dead after an aircraft crashed into a day care in fort myers florida. two people were on board the plane. the passenger did not survive. the pilot was seriously injured. people say the piper crashed shortly after takeoff. the faa and ntsb are lookin into what caused the crash. no one w

live at police headquarters i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> all right. melanie. thank you very much. 4:49 is the time. new details in baltimore murder case that gained worldwide serial pod cast. attorneys for the state and saad head to the court of special appeals tomorrow and will argue whether saad should get a new trial and it's disappointing his case will be dragged out longer but the lawyers are confident he'll get a new trial. >> and brian frosh joined counter parts in fileing a formal kheching of epa recent decision to not label common pests side as unsafe for human apps latest action by frosh against environmental actions taken by trump administration. frosh and six other attorney generals. >> roving beer garden canteen will make the shaw neighborhood home this summer. they will set up shop 19 street northwest this friday feet touring 20 draft lines and the bar features food from sister restaurant red apron buvrper. so right there in the neighborhood. >> yes. >> canteen. >> there you go. >> all right the lineup is out for this year's fouming of july conce

melanie alnwick is at that location gathering information as well.that amtrak said service shut down and additional disruptions north east corridor because of that they won't be able to update 7 a.m. for that service. what to do to get around that. mark lanery ductions and show you penn line dealing with issues on the camden line this morning if we can forward maps we can show you that on the mcht arc line. on the origin and from there take green line into district. passenger can use metro to d.c. and again northbound passenger have service green belt tolt points north. big delays there. as we forward maps deep in mind brunswick line not impacted this morning by disruptions that's good news there to union station. penn line erins should board. we have you covered all morning long. we'll be back with the 6 pbg hour. >> breaking right now at 6 a deadly crash involving amtrak train and two pedestrians happened near union station and right now delays continue along the north east corridor. >> vote sdlaid. reaching eye breaking point as republicans refis

. >> our melanie alnwick is live from the british embassy this morning in northwest with the latest. mel. >> reporter: good morning. and this morning london police say that they've raided to more addresses in the east side of the city, that they've detained a you number of people and they are conducting interviews as well as searching those addresses that's in addition to the 12 people arrested yesterday. now, sunday in london, members of london's muslim community gathered near london bridge and played flowers at the scene. 21 people remain in critical condition. it was just after 10:00 p.m. local time saturday when a rented van veered off the road and barreled into pedestrians on the london bridge. then the and started stabbing people in the borough market area packed with bars and restaurants. many tried to fight back throwing bottles and chairs at the three men who were wearing fake bomb vests to insight even more fear. they were shot and killed by police within eight minutes. british prime minister theresa may is promising unity in the face of terror. >> there is to be frank far

melanie alnwick has details. >> reporter: d.c. and maryland did send out a joint notice to the media about the lawsuit which could be filed today. central to the case they say are things like the trump hotel behind me here and trump's network of golf courses as well. now, in january, you may remember that president trump said he was going to step back from at the trump organization and its properties in order to avoid conflicts of interest. his sons now handle the business dealings but trump still owns the company and the attorneys general of d.c. and maryland say the presidentially is still benefiting personally. the u.s. constitution says that u.s. officials from foreign governments. now speaking in detail to the washington post o-the attorneys general say embassies and foreign officials have chosen to use the trump hotel. if at the lawsuit goes forward, the ags say they will be demanding copies of trump's tax returns to see what his foreign business dealings are. they tell the post that could land the case in front of the supre

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick is there with the very latest. melanie, still a big scene? >> reporter: it is and it's so big in facts that they won't let us any closer to this. all you'll be able to see is just the yellow and wheel lights in the distance as this entire road new york avenue major thorofare is shut down shn of route 50. we're standing right where the costco is and that that big welcome to washington, d.c. sign and so you can get a sense of just how far back we are. what we can tell you is about 3:44 in the morning when d.c. fire and ems said that they had a crash with entrapment, four vehicles with three of them on fire, they did take care of four victims. one was doa. one was trapped and the two others with lesser injuries and then we also heard that shortly before 4:00 this morning, all three of the vehicles were then extinguished, those that were on fire went saw a number of fire vehicles moving out of here so it seems at this point that the d.c. fire ems portion of this is done and now the police investigation continues and certainly we will be trying to

melanie and i don't even sleep anymore.ose it now, we will never get back, sean.an we will never get your show or any of the others back. >> sean: how do people get in touch with you, melanie? >> stop the scalping on facebook. >> sean: up next, tonight, right here on "hannity"... s >> he gains weight according to the sources. he doesn't trust the people around him. not a good picture. >> sean: according to cnn sources, donald trump is gaining weight. talk about hard-hitting news. we will show you other lowlights. it is so beyond the pale.d- also tonight, president trump's daughter-in-law, lara trump, responds to the vicious, vile stunt by kathy griffin and how it is directly impacting barron and the family. straight ahead. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up

our melanie alnwick is live in sterling this morning with the very latest. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning. this was a joint effort between fairfax down police and the loudoun county sheriff's office. the teen disappeared about 4:00 a.m. sunday. she left the adam center here just after an early morning event with a group of friends. now, neighbors tell us that she went to south lakes high school and was active in the all dulles area muslim society they say the group was going get a bite to eat before beginning their daily fast for ramadhan. they were walking along drainsville road when a man in a car drove up to them. there was an argument. a family friend tells fox5 the man got out and started swinging a baseball bat. they all ran but nabra disappeared. there was a day long search with helicopter k-9 and rescue teams. about 3:00 p.m. the body of a female was found in a fond sterling about 10 minutes from where nabra was last seen. during the search officers stopped a car that was driving as they say suspiciously. 22-year-old darwin martinez tor

melanie alnwick getting more information.also closing the on-ramp from 295 to 50 so that's causing a big backup to riverdale park. huge delays there as you try to get from cheverly as well because once you get inside the beltway this is a really busy stretch of road and again not determined how long it's going to be closed. we'll have team coverage and we'll help you get around that this morning. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you holly and maureen. >> thanks, erin. >>> coming up on fox5 news morning a northern virginia man is in custody accused of spying for china. >> and a judge issues a ruling in the case of a hundred illegal immigrants who were slated to be sent back to iraq and possible death. >> as we head to break let's look live across the d.c. region at this early hour on a friday. the freaks do come out at night. >> sometimes in the daytime, too. >> but that's when we go to work. [laughter] >> what are we? >> like i said, the freaks come out at night. 5:08 is our time right now, 78 degrees. we a

melanie?: dan and alma, you can see a few of those investigators over my shoulder still very much in active scene. here is the good news if any, the boy stabbed in both of his arms has been taken to a local hospital. he is expected to survive those injuries. and the suspect has been arrested. we do have some updates for you. san mateo county sheriff's office is now saying that this was a 13-year-old boy, again, who was stabbed in both of his arms. they say with a pocket knife. the suspect who has already been arrested is a 40-year-old transient. now, there is a reason sheriffs deputies were able to arrive on scene so quickly to make that arrest. they say just within 20 seconds, that's because they have a substation next door. the stabbing happened outside of the library and what you saw was a public plaza area. witnesses say that the boy ran into the library bathroom. he was bleeding excessively and that's when people of course who were inside the library saw him and called 911. there were cer

fox5's melanie alnwick lie melanie alnwick livefrom the sce latest. >> reporter: part of the road still blocked off. want to show you these orange lines. this is the path that the pickup truck took as it smashed into this trash truck here and then if you look at the video then it kind of flipped over to the side here and all of these orange markers here on the scene, still areas where pieces of evidence were pickedp. looked like from some of the video that the officer's bicycle was still attached to the pickup truck when it came to rest here. also, video that fox5 got on the scene late last night of fbi agents wearing terrorism task force jackets here on the scene. when asked if terrorism could be a motive, d.c. police chief peter newsham in a late night press conference said that will have to be looked at closely but, again, no motive has actually been settled on just yet. we can tell you that a gun, yes, was taken out of the white pickup truck that sped down 18th street in adams morgan and plowed into those two d.c. bike officers and a traffic control aide, an employee of the district

melanie hayes. >> everything we do has ramifications. >> reporter: melanie founded "big minds" unschool, a nonprofit in pinole one of the few places nationwide for twice exceptional or 2e students. they excel academically but also deal with disabilities from anxiety disorders to autism. >> their own tiny little magnets. >> reporter: zachary got drawn in like a magnet. >> reporter: she developed it as a doctorate for educational leadership opening the campus in 2015. >> if there's a place where these kids can thrive and really work to their full potential because they have a lot to give the world. >> reporter: the key is not to have the child fit the school but the fit the school to the child and support the student's passion. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: from music to math two dozen students pursue what they want to learn at "big minds." these first through eighth graders also get academic coaching and support in social and emotional skills. tuition is $25,000 a year that helps fund a teacher for every t

cartoonists exaggerate melanie and heroism. that is part of the way they approach the images they create. --you're familiar with the stephen siegel, in his movies the bag i is never a little bit bad. he is always as bad as possible. he says all the bad words and he kicks a puppy and breaks somebodies car. there is nothing that he doesn't do just encase the audience has somehow missed that this is in fact the backyard. cartooning is like that, and cartoonists rely on this very clear-cut sense of who is on the right side of right in wrong. the war helped nast to see that by providing heroes, cementing a stack of heroes he admired and who we thought were awful. he would rely on them for many years, either in spirit with the individuals. it defined what he thought hero

lie in alexandria, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> thank you very much, melanie. 4:32 right now and in the wake of the attack on representative scalise and others on wednesday, representative thomas massey introduced a bill that would recognize out of state concealed carry permits in d.c. he told fox business network that he wants to avoid a tragic situation he says as soon as we step in d.c. or anywhere in the public we are unarmed and unaccompanied for the most part. >> developing news in the district. the man arrested with guns and ammunition at d.c.'s trump hotel is back in custody. investigators say bryan moles violated conditions of his release. pal doctor was arrested in may. he was released a few days later under the condition that he would stay out of d.c. according to the documents though moles was discharged run in a veterans affair facility in many georgia "against medical advice." they say he posted on facebook about yesterday's shooting at the congressional baseball practice. moles will be held until his trial. >> ♪ >> vice president mike pence has reportedly h

melanie. >> reporter: good morning. governor hogan sent two letters last night one requesting a complete investigation. the other to the board members who complained reiterating the state's protections for whistle-blowers. the majority of the board have called the accusations insulting and disparaging. a charge prince george's county school ceo dr. kevin maxwell had repeatedly denied including in public at last week's board meeting there. maxwell repeatedly denied interview with fox5 but gave a statement saying from the beginning i have maintained that politics lie at the root of these accusations. he continued we look forward to collaborating with the maryland state department of education to resolve this matter. maxwell does have the support of the majority of the board. those nine wrote their own letter to the state last week blasting the grade inflation claims and what you're seeing here, last night based on fox5's latest report of the governor calling for an investigation the chairman of the school board tweeted th

melanie woodrow is live at the san francisco hall of justice with more. melanie? >> reporter: well, eric, since those human remains were discovered this weekend, the case has been turned over from the special victims unit to the homicide division. today people who knew both the missing man and person of interest are being asked to stop by here to speak with investigators. u.s. trading company's owner said he contacted law enforcement saturday. something didn't smell right. san francisco police say they discovered bags of human remains inside the hayward warehouse. >> i just hope and pray that body parts doesn't belong to my husband. but if it is, he had something to do with it. >> reporter: he's been missing since mother's day. they named family friend tang a person of interest. they wanted to talk to him, but he took off, leaving his car at san francisco international airport. >> we believe that he is in cambodia. >> reporter: u.s. trading company's owner said tang worked at the warehouse where the remains were found, for 20 years. neighbors on burrows street say

melanie alnwick live now in alexandria with more on what we know about

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> melanie, thank you very much. >>> a fire burning in los angeles county is now 10% contained. it exploded in size to 1,000 acres last night, but it hasn't spread much since. firefighters say cool weather overnight with little wind helped them out. there's actually been no smoldering for hours. firefighters will continue to seek out hot spots until that fire is out. >>> today's heat forced some dads in the central valley to spend their father's day on the move. more than 300 people had to evacuate along the king's river in tulare county because of flooding. firefighters say a small lake rose 25 feet in 12 hours, putting homes in an rv resort in harm's way. one tractor and trailer ended up being swamped. crews delivered sand to build a barrier for people who couldn't drive their homes away. >>> police in modesto are investigating a triple homicide involving children. officers found a woman and two young boys ages 4 and 9 dead inside a home in the northern part of the city around 7:30 last night. this picture of the crime scene is from modesto police. they a

melanie? >> reporter: well, this investigation and clean up is taking longer than usual because of the hazardous material spill and chp says it could be several more hours. this was one of two major back ups in the bay area today. negotiators spent at least two hours talking with the man who climbed the bay bridge today. chp says it was a bridge tow truck driver who noticed the man's truck initially broken down on the bridge. >> when he pulled in behind to render aid is when he noticed the driver of the tow truck climbed out and essentially jumped over the railing and then climbed up to center anchorage. >> reporter: bay bridge traffic was backed up frustrating drivers. the man initially refused to talk to negotiators. a team of s.f.p.d. negotiators with expertise were called in to assist. around 1:00 p.m., the man climbed down. chp tweeted this picture of him hugging his girlfriend. chp says he'll receive a mental psych evaluation and could face charges. >> he could face anywhere from resisti

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> melanie, thank you very much. >>> a fire burning in los angeles county is now 10% contained. it exploded in size to 1,000 acres last night, but it hasn't spread much since. firefighters say cool weather overnight with little wind helped them out. there's actually been no smolderingor hours. firefighters will continue to seek out hot spots until that fire is out. >>> today's heat forced some dads in the central valley to spend their father's day on the move. more than 300 people had to evacuate along the king's river in tulare county because of flooding. firefighters say a small lake rose 25 feet in 12 hours, putting homes in an rv resort in harm's way. one tractor and trailer ended up being swamped. crews delivered sand to build a barrier for people who couldn't drive their homes away. >>> police in modesto are investigating a triple homicide involving children. officers found a woman and two young boys ages 4 and 9 dead inside a home in the northern part of the city around 7:30 last night. this picture of the crime scene is from modesto police. they als

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in oakland with more. melanie? >> reporter: well, there was a meeting here on-site today between attorneys for the owners of this building and the victims' attorneys as well as investigators the victims' families have hired. the owner of this building wants to repair the roof so that businesses can operate here. while the victims' families and their attorneys want to make sure that any evidence that is still inside the ghost ship warehouse is preserved. six months after the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire, a tribute remains for the 36 people who lost their lives here. >> that's a tragedy that will never leave me. >> reporter: the council man recalls standing outside the ghost ship warehouse surrounded by young people realizing they had lost their friends. the fire opened up an endless stream of questions for the city from accountability to the need for affordable housing. >> i said within the next year, the city will see tremendous growth in housing. >> reporter: the mayor says the city will hire more fire inspect

melanie? >> reporter: dan, the attorney says the alameda district attorney is strategically going after the people he says are least likely to have the financial means to defend themselves. we learned today that two attorneys from two separate law firms have taken harris's case pro bono and at least for now they have no plans to make a motion to separate him from co-defendant derrick almena. his family and friends want them to see these pictures of him. >> there is not a greedy bone in his body. >> when i visited with alex, among the first things he said, i'm sorry if you have to miss work for this. >> reporter: harris along with co-defendant face 36 kounlts of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 lives lost in the ghost ship warehouse fire. >> somebody who loved people as much as max harris clearly loves people, as much as somebody who loved creating art, as much as max harris loved creating art, would never put people in art in a position where they could be destroyed or harmed. >> reporter:

melanie alnwick live in sterling with the latest. mel? >> reporter: fairfax county police say that nothing at this point indicates that the suspect darwin torres was motivated by race or religion but they do leave open the possibility that charges could change if not more evidence surfaces. meanwhile, they do still say that it is road rage that darwin torres went into when he encountered those teens on the road sunday morning. an autopsy revealed that 17-year-old nabra hassanen died of blunt force trauma to the upper body. it was 3:40 a.m. and a large group of teens was walking back from mcdonald's to the adams mosque where there had been mrning prayer services, some were on the sidewalk, but police say road itself. nabra hassanen and others were wearing long dresses and head staffers and the teen's father believe that's what drew the suspect's attention's >> many people in this street. why he run behind the muslim ladies and this ladies she have, you know, long dress and the cloth for everybody know these kids is muslim. i want to hook i

headquarters i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> thank you melanie. 5:03 is the time andp police in d.c. are hopeing a video of a shooting lights to arrest. it happened memorial day q street northwest. the video shows several people stanting in parking lot and moments later a carrolls up and bunch of people hop out of car and start shooting. 7 people were hit and one victim died just one day until former fbi director james comey testifies on capitol hill. we're learn what he may say in the hot seat. >> one day after president trump asked comey to drop the investigation in flynn he reportedly asked jeff sessions to "not leave me alone with the president" and comey told sessions in february he felt his private interactions with the president were "inappropriate" and reports this morning that comey will stop short of saying the president obstructed justice in the flint probe. we're learning comey may not have been president trump asked to intervene in the investigation. the "washington post" reporting he asked director of national intelligence daniel coats to do the same. he asked i

. >>> melanie here is about to get her storybook ending. >> [ inaudible ]. >> in some ways, so is shelly, really good book. she's really getting into it. >> it is a good book. she's into her other colleagues. she's an elementary school teacher. she thinks this is an exercise, part of the meeting they are having. >> when i feel like being adventurous, i go out. >> something about the story sounds familiar to her. >> it rains one day. instead of running for cover, they -- [ inaudible ] [ crying ] >> i get the same way when i read the book. >> if you haven't noticed, this is a love story. the characters in the book are chris and melanie. >> with the help of the friends he sent the book into her class so she could read it. she was so surprised to learn the book was all about her. she was even more surprised when she saw chris walk in. >> her man happens to be eric, he did write and illustrate the book for her. >> one more surprise. >> crying like halle barry at the oscars. >> he got her good. >> standing right there, the ring in front of me. >> pops the ring on her finger. we're going to

. >> melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with that part of the story. melanie? >> dan and ama. we caught up with a friend who we met the weekend of the fire. he says he's glad to hear about the charges and he believes more people should be held account anl. >> he lost four close friends in ghost ship warehouse fire. >> they're all love and inspiration. >> six months later, his memories of them are still fresh. >> it still hurts. still hurts a lot. >> while nothing can replace the 36 brilliant lives lost, he's glad that the d.a.'s office is charging derrick almena with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. >> he deserves it. he knew the risks of what would happen. >> max harris is also facing charges. >> the number one rule of throwing an underground is just safety first. that's always safety first. >> it's a rule he says was not followed at the ghost ship warehouse. >> that was the worst example of, like, warehouse living for artists. really bad example. >> he believes the building's owner should also face charges. >> to have, what, 20 trailers parked in the basement. to have

melanie hayes.> everything we do has ramifications. >> reporter: she started a school for 2e students who ak sell academically and deal with disabilities from anxiety to autism. talia says he was pulled in like a magnet. melanie investigated big mind unschool for her doctorate in educational leadership. she opened the campus in 2015. >> if there's a place where these kids can thrive and really work to their full potential because they have a lot to give the world. >> reporter: the key is not to have the child fit the school but the fit the school to the child and support the student's passion. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: from music to math two dozen students pursue what they want to learn at "big minds." the first eight graders get academic coaching and support in social and emotional skills. tuition is $25,000 a year that helps fund a teacher for every three kids. but parents say the ruts are worth it. one student was programming professional quality videogames and zachary is already mastering algebra.

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melanie live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a somber day in what would be ordinarily a celebration time at instead the mosque is preparing for the funeral for theory young sister nabra hassanen. her death brought people nationwide in dupont circle. one of many circles to honor her and their wish to honor. the shocking assault has made some in the must decide community fearful. >> during one of the holiest times of the year >> a loving child, sister, friend, a thriving youth of our community. we're in all shock. >> reporter: nabra at that family addressing the media one last time before preparing her body for burial. mosque leaders say they have and falling that local law enforcement will fully investigate the circumstances. it was early sunday when 22-year-old dar torres struck nabra way a baseball bat after getting into a traffic accident with a group of teens she was walking with attending prayer services and heading back to the mosque after getting a bite two eat. fairfax county say right now, as road rage, we do know that t

fox5's melanie alnwick live in sterling with the latest.bers of the all dulles area muslim society say they are just beginning to process and deal with this traumatic event. fairfax county police say that the teen left here about 4:00 a.m. sunday with a group of friends after an early morning event. now, neighbors tell us that nabra went to south lakes high school and was active in the all dulles area muslim society teen events. they say they were going to get a bite to eat before beginning their daily fast for ramadhan. they were walking along drainsville road when a man in a car drove u t there was an argument. a family friend tells fox5 the man got out and started swinging a baseball bat. baseba. disappeared. there was a day long search with helicopter k-9 and rescue teams. about 3:00 in the afternoon the body of a female was found in a pond in sterling about 10 minutes from where nabra was last seen. now, during the search an officer stopped a car that was driving suspiciously. 22-year-old darwin martinez torres was arrested as a suspec

but we want to begin with melanie alnwick live on the scene in adams morgan.anie, police have now ided the suspects. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. those suspects they are 22 and 23 years old both from the suburbs of richmond, virginia. and based on the charges dc police do not believe that this was an accident. little bit more about those charges. brandon mormon the driver, 22 years old, charged with assault with intent to kill and unlawful possession of a firearm. 23-year-old dwayne nicholas taylor of an unregister firearm that comes from the weapon that was found inside that pickup truck. several fbi agents were at the scene on 18th street late thursday night. now if asked if terrorism was mow testify the police chief newsham says that still needs to be look at very closely. that truck sped down 18th street in ad add morgan and plod into two d.c. bike officers an city traffic control aid 9:00 p.m. on thursday very busy time for bars and restaurants in adams morgan and witnesses tell us it all happened very quickly. >> from what it heard it's like

live in upper marboro this morning, melanie. >> good morning, i think it was a bit of a surprise yesterday when dr. kevin maxwell did a pier education to go ahead and do that independent investigation. it's too early to say yet when it will begin. we can tell you that the state board of education president told us that they want it done soon but they also want it to be done thoughtfully and carefully. after a regreingt governor hogan maryland state board of board of education voted unanimously to hire out of state investigators. four school board members three elected and one student have alleged widespread fraud. they have evidence hundred of students graduated without meeting state requirements and there's grade fixing and manipulation. increasing graduation rates have been made a top priority since appointed ceo owe by baker in 2013. he began a program of aggressive focus on 9th grade others to have a better chance of success as seniors. some told "fox5" there's a top of pressure coming down to make sure students graduate. maxwell and majority of board strongly denied there's any truth

melanie's boyfriend is desperate for news.ed information to other people, like the police sending you to the bureau, the bureau sending you to hospitals, check hospitals, there's just so much miscommunication that everyone does not know what they are doing. it is causing frustration everywhere. we hope to find her safe. we are looking at the best and worst case scenarios of her being in a hospital somewhere, possibly unconscious, unable to identify herself. she is only 12. she's not going to be carrying any sort of id, so that is our hopes for now. until they know what has happened to jessica, they will not give up the search. they will not give up the hope. one of those caught up in the fire was just one of those caught up in the fire wasjust 16 and one of those caught up in the fire was just 16 and went on to take her gcses the next day. what was it like being caught up in the fire? at first we thought it was not really anything major. we only realised how deep it was once our flat had caught fire. your family

melanie? >> all right. thank you.ca johnson. >> sunshine and low humidity today. you have to take advantage of it. it is going to be a while before we have another day like today. temperatures cooler. 70s and lower 80s this afternoon. we are higher humidity and afternoon thunderstorms. chance for the weekend saturday and sunday isolated for monday and on the fourth itself. beach locations have the best chance on sunday. 90s into next week. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. republicans yank the big to replace obamacare. a crucial vote postponed. the president tries to rally gop leaders. question make a deal? >>> gas price plunge. as a record number of americans get ready to travel this holiday weekend, could we be looking at the lowest gas prices in ten years? >>> swipe left for friends. the new app being called tinder for moms. is it the key to finding friends and play dates and support from other parents? >>> 90 million americans every night are snoring. now could sleepless nights for everyone finally be over

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melanie alnwick is live with the latest on the investigation this morning.el. >> reporter: good morning. three terrorist attacks in three months british prime minister theresa may saying enough is enough. this morning london police have raided two more addresses in the east part of the city. they are conducting interviews and searches. those people are being detained at this time. that's in addition to the 12 people arrested yesterday. but sun a day of remembrance as london's muslim community gathered near london bridge and laid flowers at the scene for the seven killed in the weekend terror attack. 21 people remain in critical condition. it was just after 10:00 p.m. local time saturday when a rented van veered off the road and barreled into pedestrians on the london bridge. then the attackers started stabbing people in the borough market area packed with bars and restaurants. many londoners tried to fight back throwing bottles and chairs at the three men who were also wearin fake bomb vests to try to incite more fear. they were shot and killed by police wit

i'm melanie hastings.e is a check of your stop stories. arlington police are trying to figure out what led to a stab bing ongoing column bay pike it happened about 2 blocks off route 27. the victim taken to the hospital police are looking for the suspect in area hospitals, that's because they tell us the victim fought back, injuring the attacker. they're trying to see if anyone may of checked in overnight with cuts on his hands and arms. new overnight, abc 7 on the scene of a car fire in prince georges county. this was no accident we are told this happened in an industrial park on kennilworth avenue, officials tell our crews oats they think this fire was intentionally set. this is a notorious spot no one was hurt. z2cpsz zi0z y2cpsy yi0y me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm

. >> melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with that part of the story. melanie? >> dan and ama. we caught up with a friend who we met the weekend of the fire. he says he's glad to hear about the charges and he believes more people should be held account anl. >> he lost four close friends in ghost ship warehouse fire. >> they're all love and inspiration. >> six months later, his memories of them are still fresh. >> it still hurts. still hurts a lot. >> while nothing can replace the 36 brilliant lives lost, he's glad that the d.a.'s office is charging derrick almena with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. >> he deserves it. he knew the risks of what would happen. >> max harris is also facing charges. >> the number one rule of throwing an underground is just safety first. that's always safety first. >> it's a rule he says was not followed at the ghost ship warehouse. >> that was the worst example of, like, warehouse living for artists. really bad example. >> he believes the building's owner should also face charges. >> to have, what, 20 trailers parked in the basement. to have

. >> melanie alnwick you get live near the seen what happened? >> 1 headed in this direction when people say they felt a bump and they didn't know what was going on sometime. later the conductor came over the loud speaker and told them unfortunately that they had struck and killed someone. turned out to actually be two people according to d.c. fire and ems. really just troubling for everybody all around. one of reasons we moved closer here we wanted to show you we're under the 9th street bridge. you can see here clearly evidence people spent the night and live here under the bridge and may come here for other reasons and from what i can tem i don't see a fence here to prevent pedestrian access to those tracks. we see a couple of amtrak sfokz here arriving under neem the bridge as well. hours for marriage passengers on that train before they were offloaded to another train. we can't tell you at this point who those people are that were on the track buzz they have been described as pedestrians or trespassers definitely not at this point any indicat

live in montgomery i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> melanie, thank thank you very much. isis claiming responsibilities for a deadly hostage situation in australia. >> it happened late monday in melbourne. isis is spraysing they have identified the map as yakub okayear. he was shot and killed by police. >> it is a terrorist attack and under lines the need to us to be constantly vigilant. never to be deterred and lus defined in the fight of is islamist terrorism. >> the suspecting is somali born refugee with long criminal history. australian media saying he was wearing an ankle >> one man who was believed to cory out the attack in london is called a radical. the neighbor says he was trying to recruit children for terror campaign. they identified a second attacker who was not nope to intelligence officials prior to accident attack. >> developing right now federal contractor facing serious charges for leaking classified information to a news outlet. her name is -- she's 25 years old reality lee winner oaf the weekend and on the rush yap hacking efforts during the 2016 presid

. >> melanie alnwick live on capitol hill now with the details. reporter: well, good morning finally going to get to see at least some of what republicans have been drafting in private, although, as you said, it's really just going to be some of the highlights there for members of the senate to take a look at, and they're pushing to are a july 4th vote on this -- or a vote before the july 4th recess. among the key changes, no more financial penalties for people who don't buy insurance. subsidies go back to being pegged to income rather than age. the extra tax to pay for the plan is eliminated but it also means that fewer low income americans would be eligible for medicaid and some who receive the benefit under obamacare will eventually lose it. certain employers might drop their health insurance, too, since they no longer would be penalized either. the senate gop plan also kills the house provision that would have allowed insurance companies to go back to charging some customers more for preexisting conditions. president trump privately called par

melanie alnwick with details.ood morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, so this is a joint effort as you mention with d.c. and maryland. the attorneys general sending out a notice to the press last week that they would perhaps file the case today and central to this case is this hotel right here, the trump international hotel here in d.c. as well as trump's other network of hotels and golf courses around the country and perhaps even around the world. now, you may recall that in january president trump said he was stepping back from the trump org properties to avoid conflicts of interest. so, his sons now handle the business dealings but trump still technically owns the company and the attorneys general of d.c. and the maryland say the president is still benefiting personally. the u.s. constitution says u.s. officials can't take gifts or other benefits from foreign governments. now, speaking in detail to the washington post the attorneys general say embassies and foreign officials have chosen to use the trump hot

fox5's melanie alnwick live from alexandria with more.ood morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning. and monroe avenue here still a crime scene. yesterday the shooter's wife told the media that her husband left in march telling her that he was going to washington to do something about taxes, to change the tax brackets and she says she hadn't talked to him since. now, it was another full day of investigation and collecting evidence at simpson stadium field, the fbi and the atf out in force once again. they -- picking up bullets and other fragments and documenting photographs as well. capitol police believe james hodgkinson had his guns legally. a 9-millimeter handgun and a rifle. this van you see here, police say odgkinson had been living out of it since march. investigators confiscated a computer a camera and a cell phone from inside there. they continue to look into hodgkinson's social media interactions. gunfire wednesday morning. staff zach barth has been released. lobbyist matt mika and congressman steve scalise remain in critical condi

. >> speaking with the victim's friend today, melanie joins us live from the newsroom. >> you might recall, this is somebody we met on the weekend of the ghostship house fire. he knew at least 10 people who attend and lost four of his close friends. six months after the ghostship house fire, he says his memories of 36 lives lost are still fresh. >> it hurts, still hurts a lot. >> reporter: in one night he lost four of his close friends. >> mandy and travis were all love and inspiration. >> reporter: he says he's glad the l.a. office is charging derrick almena with >> he knew the risks. >> reporter: and his associate is charged and he's been in the underground scene a while and even underground party promoters have an unwritten rule. >> the number one rule of throwing an underground is safety first. >> reporter: it's a rule he says was not followed at the warehouse. >> that was the worst example of warehouse living for artists, really bad example. >> reporter: he says the believes the building's owner should also face charges. >> they have what, 20 trailers parked in the basement, to have d