government and the montgomery county police are cooperating. the school system is not. it appears as if they have something to hide. >> reporter: hogan accused the school system of withholding information from the state board of education about the rape and the schools involved. two boys who were students have been charged 18-year-old henry sanchez and 17-year-old jose montano. officials say sanchez had an immigration case pending since august. a spokesman for county executive isaiah legget says they are cooperating. >> we don't want our county police enforcing immigration law. but in this case, i think everybody can agree that if these folks are convicted that these are folks that we don't want in our county. >> reporter: one new piece of information that came out during this press conference was from montgomery county police, explaining this rape happened in what was described as a remote area of the school tha again something that the school superintendent said is being addressed to make sure all areas of every school are safe. now the pta o

you can watch the news conference from montgomery county schools on the nbc washington app. we will be watching it as well. we'll bring you updates as warranted and we'll have more on news4 at 6:00. >>> meanwhile, police in prince george's county tonight are looking for the driver who kept going after he ran into two men here. one of the victims is now in critical condition. that other man is also in the hospital this evening. this accident happened here on 2nd street near the prince's garden parkway this afternoon. >>> police have someone in custody in connection to the murder of a young woman in prince george's county. 18-year-old shamika brings killed last month in springdale. the suspected currently being held without bond charged with murder. >>> a judge has now awarded a d.c. man $125,000 after he was strip searched in a parking lot by laurel police a few years ago. >> i put my hands up. i kept saying you cannot do that. he unbuckled my belt and pants, pulled my pants down and exposed me to the public. >> when it came to light officials from the laurel police department

live tonight in montgomery county. marina maracco, fox5 local news. > as you might imagine the crime also frustrated montgomery county police chief tomorrow maker. he told us the cool system and the police department will review what happened. >> that certainly is an issue about how do we better ensure the safety of our kids in schools. you just -- this is such an anomaly really to have an incident like this in our schools that you could put i think more intense security procedures in place on the school system could certainly, you know, talk about that and see what more they could do. maryland governor larry hogan praised the montgomery county police department's work on the investigation along with the maryland take it police. > developing tonight, police are searching for two critical missing girls. the she was last seen on saturday in the 4,000 block of sixth street southeast. police are also looking for this girl, sha right a pink. she is 17 years old girl. she was last seen on friday in the 47th block of south st

>> along said itwick road in montgomery county. mel. >> wisdom, maureen, since is still on but the copied min yums still an octave scene. i'll step out of the way. you can see where a lot of attention is being given right now. what we understand is that last night, a 6 district montgomery county police officer came here for a call of a theft. and then about 11:12 p.m. according to montgomery county police the officer called for help saying shots fired and he needed fire and rescue personnel to come to the scene. first responders arrived and found adult man spuvring with from a gunshot wound. they started cpr, transported him to a local hospital where he died. police tell us "following normal property ol owe call the man will be identified once next of kin is notified" we're also told the officer is five year veteran of the montgomery down they police department and he'll be identified this morning during normal business hours. also, as is procedure here in montgomery county, that officer will also be placed administrative leave pen

that was montgomery county school superintendent jack smite speaking to fox5. our cameras are with able to track him down at his office. jack smith holding a news conference this hour, the caseur is attract attention from theonf white house to annapolis and all acountry.acou the issue more than just salt,hn it involves immigration than. as you saw fox5 marina maraccoma spoke exclusively withexcl superintendent smith last night. she's live tonight in rockville with more. marina. >>reporter: hey, there, jim, we're still waiting for t this rest conference but we shouldwe note it's been five days since the incident took place atcide rockville high school. we've yetckvi to hear a press conference from theco superintendent.nf first time hethe broke his slovenes was on sunday night with a public we had to stake out here at the board of education three hourshe to finally get dr. smith to answer some of our questions. again tonight we're here waiting for him to come out and answer them again.th i can tell you when we walked in here about 4:00 his car still not parked.pa

live tonight in montgomery county. marina marraco fox 5 local news. >> marina i can understand the outrage and concern about an freshmen. do we know if the same situation existed at other high schools. >> reporter: he says throughout the high schools here in montgomery county there are many 18-year-olds that are in high schools enrolled in public school in montgomery county. but remember this 18-year-old was enrolled as a freshman, so he still has four years left at that school. which would put him at roughly 22 years graduating as a senior. that would be something rare if you will here in the county and across our high school and large concern of parents especially girls 14 years old given what we saw happen last week at rockville high >> i know put out the letter did he have any explanation as to why he didn't want to speak out publicly? a lot of parents had concerns and fears about this. >> reporter: he just kept saying this is still an active investigation. eight criminal investigation and he did not want to melt w

we not. >> now, we should also tell you montgomery county was not the only jurisdiction in the d.c. area that wound up on this ice list. prince george county was there as well. and shawn and jim, we can guarantee this at least in the short term, this is not going away. we spoke to numerous amounts of montgomery county parents who send their kids to the schools here. and they had very harsh questions. not only about their kids' safety but what it was that montgomery county school officials knew about the immigration status of these two individuals. that are under arrest right now and we are not going anywhere any time soon. when she take all flix are local this droyvz to the local live. tom fitzgerald thank you very much. today, first day of spring. how about that. 52 right now. gary mcgrady quick question. we were spoiled by all the warm weather and is this normal now? >> we're not quite -- normal for today, for instance, would be about 57 degrees or so. so we're not quite normal today. we tried to get there but the clouds came in and just kind of stopped the temperatures in the 40s

southern montgomery county, fairfax county, 3 to 7 inches of snow and sleet combined. when you get north of that, we see those totals that will be approaching, if not more than double-digits, especially higher elevations. not going to see much as you head into charles county. you've been dealing with too much sleet and freezing rain to end up with snow totals that will end up more than 1 to 3 inches. just to recap the timing. heavy snow in a mix this morning. this afternoon it will be breezy, windy at times. we'll have wind gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour. what that's going to do with the heavy wet snow stuck on trees that are in springtime mode, so they've already started blooming for some of them, that's going to weigh them down. can't rule out sporadic pour out ables. wind gusts might top 40 miles an hour in places in northern maryland. we're going to be dry as we get into most of tomorrow and thursday as well. we'll have some flurries tomorrow afternoon, but tomorrow morning and thursday morning temperatures will be very cold, so melts during the day will be refreezin

theft ring. >> reporter: this is 1 $.5 million of stolen jewelry and coins on display by the montgomery county district and described as stolen property from cherry hill to new castle county delaware. these suspects are in custody charged with the break-in. this man jewlers row merchant is charged with being the fence. this is the loot police believe was taken in 60 break-ins in 30 jurisdictions across the tri-state area. 15 charges have been filed in montgomery county. >> they say defendants targeted high value homes and specifically looked for jewelry, designer purses and cash. >> reporter: websites have been set up by the lower merion and abington police department and montgomery county da. so victims can view the inventory and receive instructions on how to reclaim their property. >> we are encouraging people who were victims of a burglary or robbery, review the website and see if their jewelry or coin collection or precious metals arrest among the evidence that we have. >> reporter: the jewler who was arrested in january is out on a quarter million cash bail. he denied any i illegal activ

you can see it coming through prince george's county, montgomery county, prince william county. none of this will stick at all. this is not the big part of the storm. it's all down to the south. this storm is going to have a major impact on many parts of the area, but snowfall amounts down to the south, the roads just wet. this is the impact map for roads. roads just wet to the south for tomorrow morning. side streets in areas like manassas and fairfax, side streets will be a major issue. back to t we're going to see the big snows. major delays in these areas, gaiters bu gaithersburg, martinsburg. >>> montgomery county and frederick counties have been getting prepared for the storm all day. >> mark segraves is live in frederick where they've already declared a snow emergency up north. >> reporter: that's right. frederick city has a snow emergency and frederick county also has a snow emergency. they're not taking any chances up here. in montgomery county, their snow operations center went live this morning at 7:00. >> we're bracing for the worst. the forecast said we could get up

government and the montgomery county police are cooperating. the school system is not. it appears as if they have something to hide. >> reporter: maryland governor larry hogan with strong words against montgomery county schools after a 14-year-old student was raped in the boys bathroom at rockville high school. >> i'd like to know when the montgomery county school system knew. what they knew and when they knew it. >> reporter: hogan accused the school system from

council president roger berliner has said montgomery county is not a sanctuary county because they cooperate with ice. happening today -- school board member markus batchelor plans to meet with community members at 3 p-m at ballou senior high school to address concerns about all the missing teens in d-c. this story has gained national attention after s to do more. anna-lysa gayle spoke to batchelor about the problem. hail hammering part of the people waking up to severe damage. where this happened -- after the break. a scary situation for people in china -- an out of control escalator sending people flying! who's now facing charges -- straight ahead. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been nked highest in customer tisfaction by jd power 4 years a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upl

montgomery county high school. parents demanding answers from school officials, the suspects, here illegally. john: good morning. such a heinous crime here in montgomery county. with racial tensions so high around the country, you always knew that this was going to become a national story. the white house has already addressed it. it was addressed here last night in a pta meeting. parents, shocked that a 14-year-old girl could be raped during's lo one of many issues, why was one of the suspects, henry sanchez, enrolled as a freshman. he any other suspect arrived -- arrived illegally in the country. both were students here. that the female student was dragged into the boys bathroom and raped repeatedly. the school does have 105 cameras, but they are not monitored live. >> i wanted to hear what the school had to say, i wanted to tear with the parents had to say. >> it was just terrible. was: the oldest suspect actually stopped, detained by border patrol in texas. hearingn immigration still pending. reporting live in

governor hogan in a remarkablekl news conference today laid in to montgomery county public schools and what he said was their efforts to just not share any information about the details os this case. listen to how the governor this today. we've asked for every single detail that they have and all of the information they have. the state board of education haa asked for it and i think the response they got from the school system was we're note going to of proper you anything. we'll have a press conference later at 4:00 all and you'll be able to read it in the immediate why. governor hogan went onto say he is not done with this. he is going to start applying pressure, he says, to the montgomery county school board to get thoseount answers that hs been asking for and also he said that he has actually been working very closely he says with the montgomery county executive ike leggette who the governor says shares a lot oft the questions on this case. he also had kind words for the f montgomery county policeor who e says have been working with the maryland state police. but make no mistake ab

smith has been that this is their protoco and he will continue to abide bb that in montgomery county willot continue to see, as it seems 18i year olds enrolled as freshman and then they said that they t would place out eventually at 2a years old. so it would typically be in that school for 18, 19, 20 as well a 21. so enrolling as a freshman as a 21 year old is what we were alse told today.oday obviously that's something thate has angered not only parents, but you heard governor hogan saying earlier today that he,e, too, is frustrated that this ish their policy and that somethingh needs toat give and something needs to change. > all right. marina maracco with the very latest. of course we'll have much more on this coming up in a little bit.e well, it was a warm one this afternoon. temperatures rose into the 60s.6 however, believe it or not, a big change is once again headinh our way. >> caitlyn roth joins us nowh jo with a look at the forecast. caitlyn, colder temperaturesempe tomorrow. >> bad news for so many of us, unfortunately.un if you're in the 60s we have changes headed our way

basically montgomery county is running a segregated school system. you look at performance and you can see how people self segregate within the school system and a rockville used to be a great school but now it's kind of declining because the montgomery county politics are creating -- >> tucker: unfortunately were out of time.nt >> we have to maintain the veto of the trust act that's everything were going to try to do now is to stop that bill in the state assembly. >> tucker: thanks. sources have told fox news there could soon be a smoking gun proof of the obamama administration tried to spy or did in fact spy on the transition team at. we'll talk to a lawyer who served under president clinton about that. first, rockville is hardly the only example of immigrants committing severe crimes. we'll present some research to you that we pulled from government data that has not been examined, stay tuned. government data that has not government data that has not been examined, stay it's time for the can-am spring fever sales event. get a cash rebate of up to

northern montgomery county, western loudoun county. this will be a huge storm. but it really gets its act together north of our latitude, which is why the northern and western suburbs will be hit hard. heaviest between midnight and 7:00 a.m. most accumulation is done by about 11:00 tomorrow morning, we'll show you the totals coming up in a few minutes. and we're going to take you hour by hour through the futurecast so you have an idea of when that snow is going to be hitting your house the hardest and again we'll have more on that snow totals everybody wants to know and we'll hav y that. jim and marina, back to you. >>> we do have team coverage as we get ready to deal with the first big storm. gary mcgrady live in gaithersburg and tom fitzgerald in annapolis >> paul wagner is live from southeast spoke to dc's mayor mayor bowser. tell us what's the latest. >> reporter: standing here in front of the salt here in southeast right off south capitol street. the mayor says they're going to have about 200 of these guys out here on the street tonight. they're going to be

what does montgomery county top public schools say about all this? >> tony, good evening, the shock and outrage is still in effect here in this community from this attack. parents here in this area throughout montgomery country public schools and they're saying what adds to all of this feeling of uneasiness is silence for montgomery count public school officials who as of yet have not come out publicly to answer questions from the media about this incident that took place last week. now, we should be blunt about this and tell you that "fox 5 news" tried for several days now to speak with a montgomery country school superintendent dr. jack smith on camera. so far what has become of requests, well, absolutely nothing. they have all been denied privately school officials will tell you and they will cite the criminal investigation here as the excuse for those interview requests not being granted. however, we also have to tell you that "fox5" has been flooded with dmrents people on our facebook and twitter accounts about all of this and we have compiled to

there are 556 in montgomery county alone, over hikes to 732. another complication on all of this, talk to the immigration experts, and they'll say getting the ages on individuals, getting the correct ages every these individuals, these also are problematic. the very nature of them being undocumented, many times us immigration officials do not have access to any specific birth records or any proof that these individuals are the age that they're claiming to be. here's more from bob dane tonight on what challenges that presents to law enforcement. >> these guys probably came in under the recent flow of unaccompanied minors, then made the calculated decision to make a b line for montgomery county. why? because that's the place that offers the most benefits to illegal aliens, and asks the least amount of questions. >> no way to know for sure? >> no, really isn't. >> immigrations and customs enforcement tells us tonight the 18 year old suspect in this case was pick up at the rio grand if texas, he was give answer message to have to meet with immigrat

montgomery county, 556, prince georges county, 732, anne arundel, 114. dc, 201. fairfax county comes in at 671 student. prince william county, 251 arlington county 97. now, what we do not know, what we cannot tell you how many of those unaccompanied minors are end rolled in public school. we reached out to montgomery county schools today for their latest number. they've not yet given us response. but to groups like fair who you just heard from, the idea unorthodox children ending up in community schools is troubling, not because of the numbers, because of the very little for example, complicating all of this, ages, the two suspect in rockville case are 17 and 18 years old. but, expert will point out, because undocumented student come into the country, with no paperwork at all, oftentimes, us immigration officials have little or no ability to obtain real records orbiter certificates indicating what individuals age actually is. >> these guys came in, made the calculated decision to make bee line, why, because that's the place that offers the most benefits to illega

and customs detainers. >> montgomery county is acting as a sanctuary county and not cooperating withfederal foundations. that is part of the problem. >> lawyers were hit with hate mail, one threatening the violent rape of a lawyer's daughter and another suggesting metal detectors. neil: i want to go to andy harris on this. congressman, even now the fight continues about cracking down on this, in light of it. >> just amazing, maryland, the sanctuary state law will not allow any jurisdiction to be anything other than sanctuary jurisdiction, it is unbelievable. neil: this was a rare unusual event in the case of sanchez, whatever he encountered among border patrol, something ending up setback, can't be blown up into a situation that calls into question criminality of others in the district. what do you say to that? >> someone who had deportation subject to deportation, committed a violent heinous crime. this crime was completely avoidable if all we did was enforce immigration law and any crime like this that could be avoided, shame on us if they were a force of immigration law. mean they

just within the last hour it has changed dramatically to cold and cloudy both in montgomery county and here in frederick county. officials we talked to said they're not taking any chances with winter storm stella. at this lowe's in frederick they had everything ready for spring. while inside staff hustled to restock the snow supplies as residents were getting ready for what could be the biggest storm of the winter. what happened to your shovel from last year? >> it was broken. i realized that this morning, both of them zwlnch. i'm hoping we don't get much but got to be prepared. >> reporter: at gas stations people were filling up. this woman came for more than juas the kerosene heater. >> reporter: in montgomery county, crews that thought they had dodged a major storm were gearing up for a long couple of days. what do you do to get ready for a shift that may last 24-72 hours? >> bring a big bag of food and extra clothing. >> reporter: the montgomery county storm operations center went live at 7:00 this morning where staff will work around the clock, as well as crews on the roads, throw

northern suburbs moving through berks county and pushing toward allentown and northern bucks and montgomery county. a little bit of chester starting to get this, a shower popping in northern portions of chester county. the other issue we have is fog that's centered to the south. fog is very thick, in some cases we're looking at visibilities below a half mile, philadelphia, chester county, the southern half of montco and points south that are deal with this. lower visibilities in atlantic city, millville and wilmington and dover, even philadelphia under a mile, slow it down if you see the fog. temperatures, 42 degrees in philadelphia. 41 in allentown. 43 in wilmington. 45 in millville. as we go through the day we'll get mild. we'll see the showers popping through during the morning hours, by noon they are starting to lighten up in a lot of areas and 3:00 p.m., sun returning, 66 degrees reading there and a high of 68 we'll hit that late in the afternoon, 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., somewhere around there, and 66 by 7:00. it gets milder tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms, karen coming up in the seven

scott: montgomery county is trying to convince wheaton wood residents 20 to 30-foot rain gardens in theds on the county right-of-way are a good idea. >> you created a problem and you are looking to solve it through us. scott: the county started installing rain gardens six years ago and more are on the way. they collect toxic runoff from the streets in the rainstorms so it doesn't end up in the chesapeake bay. the rain garden goes right in your front yard. they are owned by the county. this one is 20-feet long. it can be several feet deep. lisa felt is the director of the county's department of environmental protection. >> it is not hazardous. you see some right behind you here where we i think you heard from some residents how happy they are with the facilities here. scott: maria isn't a fan of a rain garden that gobbled up a friend. >> this was full of leaves. they didn't see it. and they fell down. they fell in. scott: near the creek -- >> they are working great! scott: -- they say the drain gardens he -- rain gardens helped the drainage issues on the street. over in kensington estate

now as for the officer involved, we know that he is a five 46 year veteran of montgomery county police force. his name has not yet been released but it could come out. he is on paid administrative leave per department policy. >> justin finch live montgomery village. molette green with learning about this. it happened a couple of years ago, aaron. a female victim in the hospital. this all happened in the 3900 block of ames street in northeast. it's not far from east capital street. no suspect information just yet and no word yet on the victim's condition. as soon as we get more information we're going to bring it right to you on air and online. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> catoctin high school students returning to their school after it was the center of an alleged school plot. coming up next what could have been a mass shooting at the frederick county school. we'll be live with the latest. >> i'm confused. like i said, i've been with him 24 years. he never showed me any sign of illness. >> this morning a father is racking his brain wondering if he missed any warning this aft

they add the pair have never been in contact with montgomery county police a other case. finally, we also learned the victim did know one of her alleged attackersism that said, all-- attackers. that said it was not enough to calm parents. >> this is a tragedy for a young lady and there are no answers for her. my heart aches for her. >> reporter: the meeting 20 an hour and a half long, we are told the superintendent and leaders talked for 45 minutes. leaving questions for the other half. many parents told us outside of the school that they were disappoint that day didn't get to ask more questions of the administration. with the latest, john henry, wusa 9. >> alleged rape drew attention at the white house briefing today, press secretary spicer said it shows why president trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is necessary. >> part of the reason it has been a big deal is tragedies how is the president? why is the president dealing with this? well, part of the reason is because the tragedy this young girl dealt with. >> spicer was asked if the president will outlaw undocume

in maryland, montgomery county, anne arundel, howard county and frederick county public schools closed. georgetown university, george mason and the university of maryland at college park and baltimore county also closed. dc public schools say they will have a decision by 5:00 a.m. and the office of personnel management says it will make a decision whether or not the government will be open by 4:00 a.m. . >>> fox 5 has a team of reporters on snow patrol. le a live look at the latest track of the storm. >>> everything does seem to be on track. we expected to start seeing enough snow developing around 9:00 tonight. it might cover the grass in some areas and that's exactly what we're seeing. you're seeing snow here in the purple shade and the darker purple indicates a little bit of heavier snow. we got some of that coming through dc right now. you can see down 95 toward the fredericksberg area a little bit more but we also see the rain snow line, there's been sleet mixing in and a little bit of rain down to our south and east as we expected. this is going to continue all night long with th

. >>> new at noon, investigators in montgomery county search for missing guns after police said several people grab firearms from gun shops around 4:00 this morning. they were taken from the united gun shop on randolph rock hill. larry miller has more with reaction from the business owner across the street from the scene of the crime. >> reporter: its an active scene in montgomery county as the police try to figure out who stole multiple handguns and long guns from the united gun shop in rockville. we are told multiple people made their way into the gun shop, burglarized it and made off with those guns at around 3:50. no word on who's responsible but we know that for business owners nearby, it certainly isn't safe. >> the police said they will have extra people in the area throughout the next few weeks and that is comforting. in general, robbery is discomforting and hopefully the police will get out the word. >> reporter: police said the forensic team is making sure they get clues they need to cracked on the suspects responsible for the burglaries. after that, shop owners making their w

you could see around loudoun county, montgomery county, fairfax county all reporting some rain. right along you come through the herndon area and reston and chantilly. the rain is here and it's getting very close to the district. that's just one round of rain. we've got this little round, then we'll see a little bit of a break before the bulk of the frontal boundary actually moves in across our region. the temperatures ahead of this front, nice and warm. behind this front, we're still on the mild side, temperatures near 60. we're going to be in the 60s again tomorrow even though we've got this cold front coming through. a little bit of a break around 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. overnight we'll see the front come through around 2, 3, 4:00 in the morning around the d.c. metro area. even around 6:00 a.m. we could see some showers down around our southern zone. we all see the sunshine coming out tomorrow. again a pretty nice day. high temperature around 68, rather breezy and warm. winds gusting 10, 20, even 25 miles an hour tomorrow. a really nice afternoon. we've going to have another one o

watch for this in montgomery county. a disabled vehicle. it's cold out there, you want to make sure your car is ready to work. town center drive in upper providence. ramp from 1 southbound to white hall road remains closed. >>> a fight out at a septa station in west philadelphia. three girls are accused offing setting another girl's hair onf. jeanette reyes is live at southwest detectives with more. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police are saying all of the people involved were young teenage girls. it started with a fight ended with one girl's hair on fire and another who narrowly escaped serious stab wounds. the attack happened at 46th and market. the suspect and the victim between the ages of 13 and 16 got into a fight outside the station. the 16-year-old victim ran to the station to get protection from the group of girls. what's when the teens followed her and pinned her to the ground and assaulted her. >> she pulled a can of hair spray out of her bag and a lighter and ignited the hair spray. >> reporter: the gi

jummy: now we get to another top story, angry parents rallying out that it montgomery county school, demanding answers after the rate -- of a rockville high school student. john gonzalez is live this new with the latest. live that is right, we are this afternoon at the school in bethesda, maryland, about 20 miles -- 20 miles from rockville high school. larry hogan and betsy devos were inside reading to children as part of national reading month when outside it was a completely different tone. two separate groups of protesters, and the focus was on that alleged rape at rockville high school, one group with signs that said "no sanctuary city in maryland," and another sign that said "protect our immigrant kids." school officials are now confirming to us that in the past four to five days they have received hundreds of messages and phone calls, and some threats included, threats of blowing up the school and " shooting all illegal students." minutes after reading to the children, governor larry hogan took a minute to talk about the investigation and threat. >> we are very concerned about

-mexico border and make their way to and montgomery county, maryland.se judiciary committee tonight requesting from ice customs and immigration enforcement what is called the complete alien file on these two individuals. they are also asking for data on how and when each individual entered the united states and in a letter to the homeland security secretary general john kelly tonight, the wants information if either individual" was a member or associated with any criminal gang, the chairman telling fox5 news exclusively tonight he intend and to impanel a hearing next week to ask many of these questions. >> we have already received a good verbal response from the department of homeland security that they are looking forward to responding to this letter as an opportunity to tell how they're changing policies so that in the future, people showing up at our border will not get released into the interior of the country so that things like this will be far less likely to happen. >> reporter: back in montgomery county meanwhile there was this scene, the u.s. s

one of them at the bender jcc in montgomery county. it comes on the same day the county council considers spending big money to protect some of these jewish centers. >> chris gordon is live with a look at where that money would go. >> reporter: jim, the day began with montgomery county bomb sniffing dogs searching the perimeter of the jewish community center here in rockville. before the start of the school day they issued the all clear, there was no bomb. the e-mail bomb threat profited immediate action here this morning here at the received since january. they do daily sweeps before the school day. today they swept the building a second time. >> we didn't close at all. we were able to keep operating as normal. we alerted the police and the fbi. >> reporter: parents of young children to attend preschool here at the jcc have been notified of the bomb threat. >> we are prepared. we do drills with the children. >> reporter: last month a bomb threat disrupted a day at the charles e. smith jewish day school in rockville. the montgomery coun

montgomery county tells us their monitoring the situation. dc and fairfax county plan to be open. prince georges county schools said they had no information to share. >>> dozens of rockville residents packed the city council chambers tonight for a public hearing on the role of the city's police department in immigration enforcement. news4's jackie bensen is live for us in rockville tonight where there was some sharp disagreement, jackie. >> reporter: jim, this the council chambers packed with passion and emotion. >> our police force has the most important job in this city. they keep us safe. >> reporter: the dozens of people who signed up to testify packed the rockville city council hearing room and quickly outgrew the overflow room set up in a nearby conference room. at issue, the role of rockville police in enforcing immigration laws under the trump administration. a petition in favor of making rockville a formally declared sanctuary city now has more than a thousand signatures. no formal legislation has been proposed. president trump has proposed stripping funding from sanctuar

governor hogan double down on his charges against montgomery county friday. >> montgomery county is acting as a sanctuary county, and they are not cooperating with federal authorities. that's a big part of the problem. >> it's very easy to look at one specific case and to label that case as representative of an entire group of people. i think that, you know, we're already seeing it, you know, here at our firm, where we're getting a lot of nasty calls and we're getting a lot of nasty e-mails and we never receive before. >> reporter: sanchez's defense attorney say they understand why the public feels such outrage about the case. >> when i first heard about it i was outraged. as a matter of fact, when we went to visit him, i wasn't sure we wanted a represent him. once we met him. heard the story wanted to represent his young man. >> reporter: we, of course, reached out to both the montgomery county police department as well as the state's attorney's office to see if they could comment on the claim of innocence made by this defense attorney, they both said they could not comment because of the

back in montgomery county. it's extremely lucky that the homeowners happened to be outside usually in a strong be wind storm like this is to take shelter inside the house. it's a good thing they didn't. the montgomery county fire an were getting about two calls a minute during the height of the storm. jim? shawn, i'll send it back to you. >> thank goodness everybody is ok. >>> president trump is delaying the release of his new immigration order. there was talk it would happen today. officials say it will be by the end of the week. we're told iraq is now being taken off the list of countries on the travel ban. they urged the white house to reconsider iraq's inclusion giving its role in fighting the islamic state. citizens of iran libia, sedan syria and yemen will remain on the list. >>> dc leaders once again took at the fight for state hood for capitol. the latest in a decade's old push to turn the faiths's capitol in the 51 state and as she does, dc delegate eleanor homes norton officially introduced a state ho

still montgomery county, fairfax county, prince william county down towards fauquier still severe drought. we need rain. we do have a warm front makes its way our way. behind this warm front it is very warm, into the 70s. this will pass through our region during the morning hours tomorrow. fayetteville, arkansas. that is all coming our way. so we are going to get much warmer the next few days. that pattern looks like it wants to stick around as well. notice by 8:00, some sun, but here come the clouds. with that warm front, could see some showers associated with that and a lot of cloud cover. still chilly to start off our friday. by noon, clouds all over the area and then we start to break out. by this time the winds start to shift and temperatures start to go up. at the bus stop, 36 and chilly. 63 in the afternoon, rather breezy. look how far temperatures climb on saturday. up to 76 degrees. a beautiful afternoon on saturday. sunday, only a 30% chance of showers. not a washout with a high of 66. 73 on monday, 72 on tuesday. look at this, guys, 60s and 70s the entire ten-day forecast. >> y

but parts of our area right here through fairfax county and parts of montgomery county and even through parts of fauquier county and prince william are under that severe drought. so we'll take some rain. absolutely. and without severe weather, even better. we have another chance for showers on friday. that one we're going to monitor as well for yellow weather alert day. so a lot of the -- the steady rain even heavy rain earlier this morning the starting to wide down. this is a -- is starting the wind down. there is a time where it's good to use the app and you can see how the showers develop later on today. a couple of things could happen and here's what we're watching. 68 degrees but it's cloudy. we like the clouds i know it's not a pretty day. but these clouds are going stabilize the atmosphere. so as showers start to develop again today they'll stay as showers, the more sun we see, the higher the temperature goes. things get a little beth more unstable and that's when some thunderstorms could start to brew. so we'll stick with the cloud cover and hope that the sun really doesn't actu

we're goingold that to see tonight with black itemsw i just heard a f that montgomery county is alsoom goinger to have a two-hour dela- tomorrow and is that because off concerns with ice and the bitter cold that we're expecting. on our way down, gaithersburg is 30, 29 in hagerstown, 34 for dulles, winchester and martinsburg already down 230-degrees as well.230- and we're headed to the 20s tonight. we still have to deal with theh strong winds.in it's gusting to 44 miles an hour at reagan national, 41 up toward gaithersburg, 39 as we look toward manassas and 41 in martinsburg. it is hard to take. if you've got to be out there, be prepared for this, wind chills already in the teens in t manye areas to about 267 in d.c. and they will head for the single digerornimo itself later tonight. if you haven't already done so, you need t'to a do this, get yor car cleared off because that is going to be as hard as a rock rc tomorrow morning. mor we'll keep the intermittent snoi showers going. a big concern, gusty winds and flurries any warm weather in site? st wel check for that on our seven day for

i am responsible.pons all of the people who work in montgomery county public schooll are responsible. we all take responsibility fortf it.it. it's a terrible, horrible thing. butt student who committed themt crime ultimately has to be the one who is responsible for whatt happened in that -- on that morning. and it should be noted that thee superintendent waited five days befo conference. that assault took place thursday morning during school hours at rockville high school. yesterday we waited three hours outside doctor smith's office to finally get some sort of answerf to all of our questions. he did break his silence sundayy night putting out an open lettee to parents and tonight for the first time we're going to hearer from those parents at rockville lie high school at what wet expect to be an emotionally charged meeting that is scheduled at 7:00 tonight. i candidate the superintendenteu if he would be there to answerto questions directly from those parents.nts. i asked him that question last night. he said he did not know and maybe he would be in attendance. live tonight in montgom

>> today on "fox5"news morning serving for answers we talk exclusively with the montgomery county school superen tend enter about alleged rain inside rockville high school. >> live look outside now. today will feel like spring. michael thomas has choice words for us today educational words about the weather. >> drizzle, glorious. >> that's jution the start. >> michael thomas good morning to you, we sgai morning to you first. >> wisdom martin and erin como. >> tuesday, march 1. >> that's michael thomas right there. >> let's try to use fancy headlines there. clouds and drizzel to start and glorious afternoon with spring like 60s headed our way. >> i'll take the forecast and keep an eye on morning commute as well. more traffic in a few. first if you are just waking up now at 5 a.m. we've been following breaking news a carbon monoxide scare in montgomery county and apartment building on blue ridge avenue in wheaton was evacuated about two hours ago and this afternoon a woman living there came home from work to find her carbon monoxide detector going on. ten people were evacuated on the scene

state police have already declared a snow emergency in frederick county, montgomery county and prince george's county. coming up later on, we're going to tell you more about how that will impact you, where you're able to park, where you're not able to park. you should be checking those routes everywhere you look. earlier today we were in montgomery county talking to officials there who said they have been out treating the road since yesterday afternoon with salt brine mixtures. they've got nearly 400 plows and salt trucks ready to go. they're at 100% capacity for the salt. they're ready to throw whatever it takes for that is prepared to hit us later tonight. in montgomery county, prince george's county, an -- you will be towed off of those state roads. in frederick that emergency goes into effect at 9:00. >>> if you are hoping to get out of town and away from all the snow, that might be a problem if you're hoping to fly anywhere along the east coast. now is the time to make sure that you have our nbc washington app. it's where we'll send any draekidraek i -- breaking travel or weather

now for montgomery county. philadelphia county, looks like chester as well. delaware county, you will see this winter weather advisory in effect starting at 5:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. keep in mind this system is moving in from the northwest to southeast. we talked about this yesterday. a frontal boundary sweeping on down and associated low to the west of us. all of the energy meeting up and this is why we're seeing the biggest concern will be for the morning commute. notice here, for the lehigh valley, we are seeing some deeper purple here. telling us we have some steadier snow showers moving down, and, in fact, our first alerts now is equity a.m. rush. biggest concern for the pennsylvania valley. friday today between 4-9:00 a.m. poor visibility and slick roads. try to treat the roads. live look outside. can't show you enough. camelback mountain see how steady the snow is now. keep in mind everything is moving from west to southeast. you will see it soon enough. here's the visibility is poorer to the northwest. and clearer as the snow makes it to our area. we

that's the very latest in montgomery county. i'm kevin lewis. now back to you. >> thank you so much. mobile track 7 was on the road in virginia when the storms moved through. take a look at that. so tonight thousands of people still without power. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg live in stafford with some of the damage there. >> actually in the last 5 or 10 minutes the rain and wind have picked up in the southern end of stafford county. this aluminum came off this storage facility over here. probably a good 20, 30 feet. we see some aluminum that got stuck in the tree here. this is the southern end of stafford county. a little bit north of us some we shot it on route one. power crews working to restore power. 12,000 people throughout northern virginia lost power as a result of this storm. 6,000 of them in the fredericksburg and stafford area. a lot of people still without power. in the harbor neighborhood in stafford, trees down blocking roads. flipped over trampoline. trees in the yards in that neighborhood again with people dea

there was damage like this all across montgomery county. this man watched as a tree fell on his neighbor's house here on damron street in silver spring. >> a big gust. when the storm came through, it was probablyir i bet y-- i bet 506 miles an hour. i saw it go down on the house. >> reporter: not far away another house crushed bay tree. >> a couple of down in the germantown area as we speak and dealing with that.jywy firefighters are having tough access getting there, but the electric meters are smoking and trees and wires are down. >> reporter: heavy rains and strong wind pounded our region. on canal road, a tree fell on a car near fox hall road and causing the dri t 8ú[5jjy the driver of the car was transported to the hospital. in montgomery county, despite the large volume of 911 calls, no one was reported injured. >> i'd say within an hour period we handle hundreds of calls and went on condition red. you know, we were on condition red for a little while. but the good thing is i'm not aware of any serious injury that occurred in any of

a heads-up for drivers in montgomery county. bridge construction project that will lead to road restrictions in the week ahead. the details coming up. >>> a wild ride ends with an suv on the roof of this home. we'll show you exactly how it all happened and where on earth it happened and why the driver said it happened. krystal? >> we are under a winter storm watch monday night through tuesday night. that's when we have the best shot of heavy snow over much of our area. we'll track out when it hits your neighborhood and look at the updated snow totals photographs coming up. >>> well, yesterday we only hit a high temperature of 32 in the afternoon in philadelphia. today we're looking about the same, a little bit warmer, 31 at noon and 35 by 4:00 p.m. some increasing clouds, but still a mix of clouds and sunshine. it will be breezy today. so we'll feel more like the upper 20s to low 30s outside as we go through your afternoon hours. take a look at the suburbs, even colder, 33 at 4:00 p.m. down to 20 pretty quickly as we go into the

and notice the mix gets always all the way through montgomery county. maybe this isn't the correct, but that's what our model is showing us by 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 tomorrow, this is winding down. but we could still have afternoon activity in the form of snow showers. wrap it up with your fox 5 seven-day forecast. there's the 26. mike at the service said the cherry blossoms don't like that. by the time we get into the weekend, we should start is to see to see things warming up a little bit. we'll be right back. ♪♪ know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an investment plan as strong as your values ♪♪ know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team. >>> update, loudoun county public schools closed tomorrow. loudoun county closed as well as prince william's county schools. fox 5ew 4:0

during the heist. >> it's part of a web of criminal activity responsible for eight burglaries in montgomery county. six in delaware county, one in chester county, plus alleged thefts in cherry hill and new castle county, delaware. >> you have a lot of hours that have gone into this. we expect there's going to be a lot more hours that go into it with the work ahead of us report roar police raided shahaz v jewelers store this past january. it is now closed. the montgomery county da says, they found buckets of jeweler at his home, too. he's been out on bail and we tried repeated toll talk with him. >> we just want to get your side of the story. we just want to get your side of the story. >> reporter: well the montgomery county prosecutor's office says a website has been created so you can go to it if you recognize any of that jewelry you can look at more pictures and file a claim. we'll have a link to that website on our website fox29.c fox29.com. iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> now your fox 29 weather authority. as we take a live look at ben franklin parkway today. cold again out there today. though w