they came back to a proud chief newsham. chief newsham: they worked very hard. sense of relief and pride about what they did going over to help our fellow americans in puerto rico. sam: chief newsham said the idea came from the officers themselves but he quickly adopted it, as did the d.c. national guard ready to fly them down and back. reporting live from joint base andrews, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. join us tomorrow as we partner with the hispanic law enforcement to help puerto rico. we are live from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to collect diapers, trash bag, batteries, water, soap and the alexandria megamart. go to wjla.com for more information. come out and donate as much as you can. alison: people wondering how to help. we hope to see you there. larry: the weather will cooperate. alison: it's another beautiful day today. steve: it's stunning out there. the humidity is creeping up a tiny bit. it will continue to do moving through the weekend and next week. we have much-needed rain on the way. look at the trees and how they are beautiful.

chief newsham said it was nerve racking to know his officers were on the island and not knowing what they were up against. of he jokingly said that they've give him about a day off before putting them back to work. at joint base andrews, paul wagner >>> before we head not break, there's a new baby. this four-year-old baby baboon is the newest resident to at new york city bronx sue. they're native to ethiopia, known for the characteristic red patch of skin on their chest we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. we also know that you can avoid drama so go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. . >>> doesn't feel like october. >>> >> no and if you think today didn't, tomorrow really won't. >> i'm happy >> 77 will be in the mid 80's tomorrow. that's a big jump up. so we're starting with the warmup and the beautiful evening ahead. you know it's been pretty dry too, this is day 21 without any rain, but we have pretty significant changes in the forecast. that coul

>> we asked chief newsham about that. right now there are 6600 handguns that are legally registered in d.c. those can be kept in your home or your business. and there are about 3500 long guns like rifles. over 10,000 guns. >> the vast majority who were actually denied that permit, they were refused on the restriction that they can no longer be enforced. what happens to those people at this point? >> that's right. so, they can get another bite at the apple but they do have to reapply. this is not going to be automatic for those 425 people. they would have to reapply, but chief newsham tells me they will wave the fees for fingerprinting and background check if they had already paid during the first application process and then they would be able to get jump from 123 to more than 500 people with concealed carry permits. >> isn't the city's a.g. worried that, you know, appealing this decision to the supreme court would open pandora's box? >> they were really worried about two things. one, that if they gave the supreme court a

peter newsham greeted them at joint base andrews. ten officers worked in puerto rico before joining m.b.d. >> what will happen with my st you have no stuff. it's sad back home. >> sergeant mendez found his father and they followed social media. finding people at the request of relatives in the d.c. area. >> we broke up in three teams and they searched the island. in the everything at 10:30 or 11:00 we were debriefed. >> the idea of the going came from the officers. he said he and the d.c. national guard adopted it because it was a good idea. >> a huge sense of relief to see them back here safe. you know, unharmed. >> they are tired as you might imagine. >> the chief said they were considered on duty but they were in puerto rico. on the street of d.c. reporting live from joint base andrews i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. you can help the victims of hurricane maria. tomorrow abc7 and the hispanic national law enforcement association will be collecting supplies all day at megamart in hyattsville and alexandria. supplies ne

. >> chief peter newsham says they do keep an eye on social media especially for people like allen james. >> we do a pretty good job our intelligence unit of scanning all social media sites and we made a number of cases where we seen images of people holding firearms as they're extremely difficult is kas to make and but you know that brazenness we have a response to that. and i -- you know i'm hopeful and will somebody sees something like that forward to our investigators so we can take a look tat. >> several months after the fbi began investigating james he was arrested by d.c. police july after officers found him with a handgun in south east. and he's now locked up and faces a november court hea hearing. >> in and out court affidavit provides insight into illegal gun sales in the district and in some online posts james seems willing to trade for weapons while in others he asks for between five and 600 dollars per gun. in the "fox 5 news" room i'm paul wagner. >> the final report on the investigation into grade fixing in prince george county public schools is expected tomorrow. >> tonig

police have just now re lease the security camera video and it got chief peter newsham's attention. he tweeted who does this and in front of a child? he's asking for help identifying the suspect along with a black sedan that it appears the man pulled up in and another person of interest, presumably the person driving it mean it was horrible anyway, but 11:30, 11:00 in the morning. people were still in church up the street. it was amazing. according to the police report, the victim says the man told her give me that money. she asked what money? he pointed to her purse and then pulled a gun out of the waste hand of his pants. she handed it over. several neighbors have cameras mounted outside of their homes and the people who recorded this video tell us they were happy to help the \police\policement anthony green lives a few doors down and says this type of crime in the area meedz to stop. we have been talking to councilman l alan about it and the commander of this police district and they've been very responsive, i have to tell you. the one thing i would really like to see is -- are t

the temperature around 80 degrees peter newsham top out in to mid-id--- low- 80's. temperatures in the 50's tomorrow morning. off to the west, low-60's, even mid-60's d.c., west, off to annapolis. an area of high pressure will be winning out, sending the clouds away through friday afternoon. the temperature at 84. notice at 8:00 am maybe if you are headed to happy hour after work or headed to dinner, clear skies. a lot the fall line festival at mount vernon. i think we will have added cloud cover saturday evening and into sunday with a few showers possible. saturday looks like your best night and those temperatures are in the 70's for the evening. we continue to watch tropical we go through this weekend, expected to run into the gulf of mexico. that is are we have warm water this time of year. it is likely to turn into a category 1 hurricane before making landfall near new orleans by sunday morning. then it will be over land. it will make it we can, but also push the chance for wet weather. here is the extended forecast. the weekend nice and dry into sunday night. a

police chief peter newsham met the team today when they landed at joint andrews air force base. they worked side by side with the puerto rican police department. most of the officers on this mission used to work in puerto rico and some have relatives there. >>> for the second time in recent week, we're learning about an attack on a driver on a popular bus route. and the union is once again calling for more protection with a job. pat? >> reporter: erika, since august, three assaults on three bus drivers on the x-2 line. one with a cup of urine, another with a knife and today it was a can of the scene, another x2 bus. the victim, another x2 bus driver. it happened at a stop on 14th and h streets northeast. it happened early this afternoon. sources tell the story this way. they say three juveniles tried to get on the bus with a leaf blower. the bus driver told the kids, you can't bring a leaf blower on the bus and one of the kids pulled back the shield and another poured it at the driver's feet and the suspect's ran down the street. here we go again. in come the cops and the detect

law enforcement agency considering adopting body wonder cameras peter newsham said our comprehensivethe ways we can continue building on the trust we have with the community. not only does it offer greater transparency. let me bring in the deputy mayor for public safety. kevin donahue. this is a multi-million program. does the city continue with this program knowing these results. >> it will. we have to think about what originally drew cities around country to get body cameras, there were moments like ferguson, here in dc where you had police community interactions where there was legitimately unanswered questions and police and the community wanted to know what happened. body cameras we know do that and have done that here in dc. but this study looked at other questions. in addition to that, does it change how police and community does it reduce use of force? and at least for dc, we found cameras didn't do that. but the original purpose for that clarity and transparency is why we got them in the first place and we'll continue to use them. >> reporter: i can tell you one place in par

peter newsham them. to be able to go back to help was deeply rewarding and emotional. seven days after leaving dc, the exhausted officers stepped off the plane. getting a hug from the chief of police. carrying their bags and a whole lot of memories. some of them quite emotional. the officers said they worked from sunrise and long into the night. helping out where they could directing traffic, delivering food and water and checking on the welfare of people on the island. one officer broke down as she described coming upon an elderly woman who had not seen help in days. here are some of their stories. >> police officers so we asked if she needed something. we had water in our vehicles and she was like, she opened her eyes, yes, i need water. she opened the door without knowing what was going on. she just it was late. and we asked her about her husband and she started crying. and hugged me and she said he's dying. so we stepped in the house, and we saw him but water with no food >> a lot of emotions involved. go back home and see the destruction, but house satisfaction be

police chief peter newsham said it was nerve wraking to know they were puerto rico and not knowing whaty were up against. presidents set to be a concert. it will raise money for victims of testimony text and other areas. the five former leaders also launched the one america peel last month in the wake of hurricane harvey which made land fall in texas in late august. >> and still ahead interesting story we have later tonight. is your smart phone bringing you down? >> why all those notifications could actually make you depressed. >> aand amazon under fire. controversial sweatshirt that makes light of eating dis disorder. >> and on at agenda "fox news morning" abby wambach shows skills in a scash course and dry bar is in the building with new hair product for fall. that's ahead 4:25 5 ralph northam: i'm ralph northam and as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away

. >> chief peter newsham said they keep an eye on social media especially for people like allen james. >> we do a intelligence unit of scanning social media sites. we made a number of cases where we have seen images of people holding firearms those are extremery difficult cases to make but that brazenness we have a response to that and i am hopeful and i'll reiterate this if somebody sees something like that please forward it to our investigators so we can take a look at it. >> reporter: several months after fbi began investigating james he was arrested by d.c. police june after officers found him with a handgun in southeast. he's now locked up and faces a november court hearing now the court affidavit provides insight into illegal gun sales in the district and some online posts james seems willing to trade for weapons while in others he asks for between 5 and 60 0 per gun. paul wagner, "fox5 local news". . coming up, still searching for answers. >> scientists are looking to get inside the head of las vegas shooter and what they hope to find by dis dissecting his brain. >> and i raezi

police have just now re lease a security camera video and it got chief peter newsham's attention. he tweeted who does this and in front of a child. he's asking for help identifying the suspect along with a black sea district attorney that it appears the man pulled up i presumably the person driving it . neighbors are shaken. it was horrible anyway, but at 11: 30, 11:00 in the morning and people were still in church up the street. it was amazing. according to the police report, the victim says the man told her give me that money. she asked what money? he pointed to her purse and then pulled a gun out of the waste babd of his pants. she handed it over. several neighbors have cameras mounted outside their homes and the people who recorded this video tell us they were happy to help the police. anthony green lives a few doors down and says this type of crime needs to stop. we've been talking to councilman alan bit and the commander of this police district and they've been very responsive, i have to tell you. the one thing i would l really like to he see is, are the police officers on b

chief of police peter newsham if this was oversight in justice system. here's what he had to say. >> is there a failure in the judicial system in this case. >> i think that's something we need to take a look at to see if there's a failure. one thing i want to say we have a victim who is is victim of serious crime out there. whenever i hear a story like that it makes us all feel uncomfortable that we had somebody hurt by a suspect that could are have been in custody. >> whenever something like this happens we have if mistakes were made. people may question was this a person that should have been released to the community in the first place. those are very, very difficult deition es that judges make all the time. >> and now when we asked pretrial services why they didn't arrested wards rights away they could not give us definitive answer here instead ended up citing federal brivcy laws in this case. reporting live at d.c. superior court house this morning. christine leon "fox5 local news". >> thanks, kristin. >> yes. >> and they're here to stay. >> i think

a point driven home by chief peter newsham. >> you need a carry permit in the district of columbia tot currently have a carry permit and you carry a firearm in the d columbia, you will be arrested, you will be charged and you will be prosecuted. >> reporter: to date the d.c. police department has only granted 123 conceal carry permits to people who have demonstrate add -- demonstrateda good reason to have one. now, there are a number of requirements just to get a conceal carry permit and i asked the attorney general today if you can meet all of those requirements, does that mean that you're likely going to get a permit and he said, yes, that good reason rule is now gone. the police department today confirmed that 425 people have already been denied permits because they couldn't come up with that good reason. live outside d.c. police headquarters, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >> d.c. fire crews are investigating the cause of a fire that injured a firefighter. >> the fire started this morning in northwest d.c. near logan circle. fox5's matt ackland has the story. >> rep beautiful histo

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dc police chief peter newsham was also there to welcome officers back. ♪ >>> 8:21.rns out all those high-tech buttons in newer cars are actually putting drivers at risk. this is according to new study from triple a. they say many vehicles offer options that let you text and e-mail along with search for directions and control your radio. experts say the features are help the to be hands free and voice activated but it still causes drivers to regularly take their eyes off the road for long periods of time. >>> still ahead, we are in the middle of wedding season but it turns out more guests than ever are turning down invites. what's to blame? we'll tell you next. >> little bit later on halloween house that's turning lot of heads all over its political theme behind it. it's 8:21. 8:21. ah, dinner. throughout history, the one meal when we come together, break bread, share our day and connect as a family. [ bloop, clicking ] and connect, as a family. just, uh one second voice guy. [ bloop ] huh? hey? ba