lee is the one who takes command of the army of northern virginia. look what he does three weeks after he takes command. as you all know, doug crenshaw, who is somewhere in the crowd, has just written a book. he strikes. he attacks. look at where he does it. he knows his army for the most part, throughout the war the confederacy will be outnumbered. he knows one thing. he has to keep the initiative but also in order for him to win decisive battles he has to take his cues from napoleon. napoleon was often outnumbered as well. but more of your troops at the point of the spear then the enemy can put. where does he choose to attack? george mcclellan in the union army are divided. split. by the chickahominy river. robert e. lee masses his troops north of the river where mcclellan has less men and that is where he strikes. massing his troops, more troops at the tip of the spear then what the union army can do. robert e. lee will constantly look to get around that enemy's right flank, turn it and drive it out of position or maybe worse, or even better in th

a warning for parents in northern virginia. the couple police want you to be on the lookout for after a string of strange incidents involving children. >>> you certainly take time off work to care for a sick family member, right? why not your furry family member? where one woman was able to do that and get fewer people tweeting today. why some are calling for a boycott in the wake of the harvey >>> today, women, men and some celebrities are calling for a twitter boycott. they say they're upset over the way one of harvey weinstein's vis twitter temporarily locked after rose mcgowan's account after weinstein's misconduct. she included a private phone number in the tweet which is against policy. mcgowan settled a sexual harassment suit with him in 1997 for $100,000. yesterday, she accused him of rape. >>> a little bit of drizzle when you head out the door this morning. but the weekend, boy, that's shaping up to be great, right, soma somara. >> if you gnt to the wharf yesterday, we had the grand opening, take a look at this. mild c

all those areas in the light shade of brown through maryland, northern virginia out through west virginia over 40 miles per hour possible this morning. we're looking at a 31 miles an hour gust currently at reagan national airport, gaithersburg 31 as well. dulles nearly 40 miles an hour. grab the jacket because you're going to need it this morning. we're going to go through radar and talk about the rest of the day in a few more minutes. that's weather. over to erin for traffic. >> 5:01 right now. take a look at these flashing lights because of the wind and because of the rain we're dealing with a lot of problems around the area including downed trees. d.c. police traffic letting us know traffic remains closed on canal road in both directions between foxhall road and reservoir road. northbound 301 in upper marlboro off-ramp to central avenue blocked by a tree. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. unfortunately a lot more >> thanks erin. >>> 5:01 right now. let's get to the news. the same storm system which actually has brought rain and winds to our area that we just talked about is c

in northern virginia it's ez.ounty, this notorious stretch has been dubbed the worst hot spot in the country. today, vdot is unveiling a two mile extension of the express lanes. that's what we are on right now. it is free for carp walls of three or more tolls will vary depending on time of day, depending on traffic. just like the older express lanes now, all drivers still need that e-zpass transponder. this extension project is ,rapping up ahead of schedule jesus southbound lanes opening up about one month early. tomorrow they open about one month early. larry: happening right now, and urgent manhunt underway for a trio that a tactic couple in their home. abc 7 spoke to the victims and ryan hughes joins me now with their story. ryan? ryan: the details on this one are just horrifying. this was a brutal attack, three spec -- three suspects first their way into the home. the father stabbed, the mother held at gunpoint. police telling us that it all started behind the wheel in the case of road rage. all of this. he ha

we have sprinkles mostly in parts of northern virginia, near the district. if you're driving, you might notice sprinkles. it is chilly this morning. you will definitely need a light jacket when you head outside. in the 40s. 48 leesburg. 49 manassas and clinton. 51 washington. 51 in quantico. tomorrow morning, we expect many suburbs to be in the 30s. coming up, we'll talk more about that and who is under a watch for frost. this morning, light jacket, temperature around 50s by 8:00 a.m., by 9:00 a.m., 53. i can't believe i'm tossing to melissa mollet for weather. it's been so long. >> i'm wondering if i remember how to do this. >> beltway -- >> it's okay. you don't have to say anything. >> riding a bike. i'll stand here and smile. perhaps get tears. beltway at seven locks road. outer loop at connecticut. that's cleared out of the way. live picture of beltway at seven inner and outer loop moving fine. no big worries. in virginia, eastbound toll road between fairfax county parkway and centerville road, a work zone blocking the ramp to centerville road. downtown

in the army of northern virginia, the real questions a, virginia and the dominance of virginia and in the high command of the army, and b , whether you are sufficiently ardent about secession. that's why north carolina units always had a hard pull of it in the army of northern virginia. they were suspected of being halfhearted on secession. north carolina was the tail end of secession. a lot of people in the army of northern virginia strongly suspected that north carolinians cannot be trusted. then there is the virginia problem. so many of the people populating the upper echelons of command are virginians, and that is especially true in a p hill and richard whewell. straight,rt with long not a virginian, and you go down the command list, it is one non-virginian officer after another. lots of georgians and south carolinians. mississippians. years.rdent fire -- eaters. allen: but always feeling they in second-class confederates this army dominated by virginians and they don't always deal with that terribly gracefully, nor do the virginians. the virginians are not shy about letting other

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg with a report just out today. jeff, what did we learn from this? jeff: well, a lot. the report released this afternoon. 41 pages from alexandria commonwealth attorney brian porter talking about the shooting that took place here. two big findings. number one, porter determines that the shooting was gistfied by officers. number two, because of the rage against republican lawmakers according to the report this is considered an act of terror. the shooting happened june 14 at 7 zephyr a.m. at simpson stadium park in alexandria as members of congress and aides were practicing for the congressional baseball team. they were republican members of congress. according to the report, the suspect 66-year-old james semi-automatic rifle and a .9-millimeter handgun during the ambush and fired 70 to 80

. >> we're following breaking news out of northern virginia. one person is in critical condition after rescued from a large house fire in arlington overnight. flames erupted from the home in the 500 block of north ivy street. no word on the identity person injured and cause of the fire is under investigation. >> turning to california. 17 people now confirmed dead as a dozen wildfires continue to burn across the state. fire crews say these are some of the deadliest the state has ever seen. nearly 2,000 houses and businesses scorched. >> heavy rain in chicago delay game four nlds between nats and cubs. now set to 4 this afternoon and ted aurora will get the start. >> and today is wednesday, october 11, erin como on the roads and michael thomas talking weather, good morning. >> happy halfway through the workweek. we made it to wednesday afternoon on the 11th. clouds and showers out. there we need the rain we have a deficit around the region. more rain the better. today is one of those on and off days with the showers activity bring your unbrel ato

heavy rain sliding northern neck of virginia and southern maryland to st. need rain boots as get off to school. patchy fog and dizle locally and most of area waking up to not stuff less than heavy r rain. we'll put it that way. after school better chance of showers. 68 to 76. accuweather 7-day forecast three days here and clouds and chance of showers and weekend we clear this out and warm it up temps back into the 80s. that's warm, erin is back with traffic. what's going on, erin. >> 5:56 breaking news out montgomery county. pete letting us know avoid crabs branch shady grove road evaliting a fuel vehicle leaking vapor cloud the area is blocked off and they're investigating again potential hazmat situation with leaking trash truck out. there crews are on location. this is just south of 370 on shady grove road south of that poin use caution there. we have a crew on the way and will keep you updated when we get more information. questions erinfoxdc on twitter we'll have a look at the rest of the commute during the 6:00 >> straight ahead at 6 a violent night i

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live. she has supporters who lined up to get their spot in this big event. hey, julie. >> reporter: hey there. they sure did. i talked to one guy from the dmv who got up at 3:00 this morning and drove down here to richmond so he could have one of the front row seats. now, this line folks are going to start filing in around 5:00. and mr. obama is expected to speak around 7:30. what happens in this hall tonight could be crucial to ralph northam's campaign. his bid to keep the governor's office in democratic hands. now, even though the people in line here assure me that they are looking forwa it's clear from the t-shirts, hats and bags it is the former president who is generating the excitement. and the whole idea of this event, some polls this week suggest that the race is tightening. ralph northam still leads in most polls, but often within the margin of error. former rnc chairman ed gillespie has strong supported rural portions of virginia and he brought his own star power in last weekend w

the marathon will be held on october 22nd in northern virginia, and in d.c., and estimated 30,000 runners are expected to participate. and there is even a special kids run for the little ones. news 4's derrick ward has more on the security effort to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: every year there is a new security concern. some incident, some tragedy that adds a new facet to the security profile for the marathon. this year's post-las vegas after a gunman checked into a top floor room in a hotel overlooking a concert venue and opened fire. as a preliminary preps get underway, security concerns for the marathon now turn sky ward as the runners follow the course that winds its way through arlington, alexandria, rosslyn and parts of d.c. it starts and ends in arl ton and arlington police spokesperson ashley savage says they've always maintained a relationship with building owners and security officials and it's now going to be more robust than ever. >> we are really focusing on building those partnerships that we have all year long with our hotel industries, making sure that we're in contac

northern virginia republicans clearly went away from donald trump. ed gillespie, the game is can he get them back, can he get them to show up to the poles and not to pull the him for trump. ralph northam wants to praise obama and ed gillespie is walking more of a tightrope. >> interesting. >> you're also speaking with u.n. ambassador nikki haley today and talking with her essentially about the president and the iran deal and putting it back in congress's hands kind of like the health care. >> and the d.r.e.a.m.ers and we can go on and on and on. >> i guess my question is when it comes to this, did you get any type of indication where whether they're in or out? >> she was pretty definitivele she said, look, we're in the deal. she makes the argument that this is about trying to get the europeans to care more about the other issues, the other issues of them supporting hezbollah and the ballistics program. so what she claims she wants from congress is leverage, more structure to get the europeans on board. but i think it's going to be more difficult. the

the shooting spree that continues to terrorize people in northern virginia. a man accused of sex abuse- gets out of jail and is then arrested again - accused of trying to rape and kill a woman. good morning washington i'm larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey. good morning washington. toss to eileen wind advisory remains in eff western counties. - rain ends before sunrise; decreasing clouds - still warm - cooler tomorrow - chilly rain sunday - dry & cool for halloween today: decreasing clouds. warm, but less humid. highs: 72-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: clear to partly cloudy. cooler. lows: 40-52 winds: sw to nw 5-10 mph wednesday: partly to mostly sunny. cooler. highs: 62-66 winds: nw 5-10 mph seven on your side with a crime alert - homes in dumfries and woodbridge- hit by gunfire. this - just the latest incident in what's been a trend greece -marks beginning of torch relay - 2 torch bearers: one from korea - flame will make a 101 day trek through south korea - ends in pyeongchang for opening ceremony feb. 9 we'll take you back to greece when the lighting ha

in a noisy world ... northern virginia's own novec is listening to its cust who want reliable, affordable electricity, renewable energy options, and ways to save energy and money. novec delivers the most reliable power in the region. than they did eight years ago. novec is listening and responding. that's because this not-for-profit cooperative is owned by the people it serves. novec. listening. responding. virginia weeks away democrats ralph normham spement the weekend stumping with big name politicians. >> president trump will rally in northern virginia and right now president george w. bush head lining one fundraiser for gillespie he worked closely with as members of administration and former head of national committee. >> while we're talking about it we invite both to join us here 5@630 they have a couple more weeks to stump. >> we had them both on before and appreciate it and we would love to have have them on as time draws near. >> halloween on the rise and early contenders of offensive costumes hitting store shelves. back >> halloween has gotten political. at one point i did back-t

one of the victims was from northern virginia. he then drove to wilmington delaware and shot somebody at an auto shop there. prince will be tried for that shooting first because he won't be able to get parole if he is convicted in delaware. he'll then be sent to maryland to face murder charges. the motive for those workplace murders still a mystery. >> we are hoping to get some new information in a few minutes after vandals spray painted swastikas on the banners at prince william academy. prince william county police tell us they targeted the building infants through kindergarten. news 4 shomari stone is at the news conference right now. it begins at about 5:30. we will bring they come in to news 4. >> mix social media with threats of school violence and you will cause quite a scare. but now police are saying that a snapchat picture of a gun and the message written on the picture were not credible threats. news 4's tracee wilkins is at eleanore roosevelt high school talking with parents about how this whole situation was handled.

hours for the dmut future weather showing more widespread showers moving into the district, northern virginia. keep our eye on for the morning hours. keep this in mind. before you leave, even though it's dry, grab your umbrella. we'll take a closer look at the timing and into the week end. we have changing temperatures coming our way. >>> thank you, sheena. we also have breaking news out west. devastating wildfires in california not letting up at all. more than 100 people still missing. crews found two more people dead last night making the total now up to 17 from these federal disaster. the worst area is in sonoma county north of san francisco. new video of the absolute destruction there. although fire crews did make some progress yesterday, today could bring more wind, less humidity and get those fires moving all over again. so far they have destroyed some 2,000 homes and buildings in napa. more than a dozen wineries were damaged. five of them a total loss. >>> a lot of parents are still learning about the disturbing allegation against a karate instructor from gaithersburg. frank pugarita i

we went to a northern virginia gang expert to get tips for parents who believe their children are getting involved with gangs. he said parents cannot be afraid to ask for help. >> we understand and emphasize, we see a ton of kids like that. just because they don't want to get involved that doesn't mean there aren't services, a lot of the teen centers show early warning signs of gang vo. >> reporter: they say parents can reach out to schools and law enforcement for help and they can be referred to those resources to keep their kids safe. live in woodbridge, evan lambert, fox 5 local news fox 5. >>> a former virginia youth softball coach accused of sexually assaulting young. >> reporter: the crime she's accused of date back to the 90's, she was a softball coach at orange county high school and according to police she coached several softball teams around the region in the 1980s to the early 2000s. virginia state police say their investigation into this began last year, when a woman came forward alleging sexual abuse by rothgeb during the time she was a coach. earlier this month, rothgeb was

a string of accidents on a stretch of road in northern virginia, so dangerous, some drivers would rather pay a toll than take a call for a fix. >> plus, sexism, racism, and a whole lot of opinions after controversial comments from quarterback cam newton. >> and right after the break, a guy already under arrest for armed robbery accused of throwing cooking fuel at a metro bus driver. mark herring: my mom always worked hard to provide for our family. at one point, she got fired for of all things -- getting married. that was a lifelong lesson for me: when people are hurt, you need to stand up and do something. and i've never forgotten that as your attorney general. whether it's protecting veterans and seniors from shady debt collectors, or cracking down on gangs and drug traffickers, i have one guiding principle: do what's right for people. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, >>> a scary morning this morning in washington, when a car jumped a curb right near a school. it happened this morning on s street in northwest. fortunately, no injuries. parents have complained that that

. >>> new information on how police cracked a high profile rain case in northern virginia. >> and threats of violence from local high school students. why police say they can't do an cnarrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. a woman's right to choose. n charge of a woman's personal decisions, not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. . midday. >>> right now police are investigating a deadly crash in fairfax county. two vehicles collided on albin road near the springfield country club. one died in the crash. other is expected to be okay. albin road will remain closed for several hours while police continue their investigation. >>> a man is now facing life in prison for a brutal rape in stafford contine stafford county. >> we are getting an idea how he was caught. he was accused of a running a woman's road last halloween then abducting here and raping her over the course of t

you see the rain coming through portions of northern virginia right on through the district through maryland, west virginia, everybody getting in on the rain for the most part. and the areas in yellow are moderate to heavy rainfall. especially right on through loudoun county, right on down to the south, down toward fredericksburg. francis george's county right around the district. let's zoom on in to this area around fredericksburg. or rather frederick and leesburg. right on down through 15. heavy rain in the loudoun county area. make its way into montgomery count iraq frederick county, then over toward the east and prince squrnlg's county seeing some heavy rain. you see this rain coming right on through the district right now. moving in toward prince george's county and back to the west. around even heavier rain. i want to move back up to the north and west. here we go. this one right here moving into frederick county. notice the reds here. the enhanced reds. that shows you not just heavy rain. this is most likely going to have some pretty strong winds with it too. shame with another area d

plus, a triple shooting in northern virginia and an active investigation right now. and we are getting you ready for that monday night matchup, the redskins taking on the eagles. the news unfolding right here tonight on abc seven, the only place to watch it. i'm ready for a redskins win tonight. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] larry: we will get to the redskins in a bit.

we took that question to a northern virginia gang expert, and he said parent have to be able to ask for help. listen. >> we work with kids to try to put themselves in a position where they can effectively distance themselves from gang activity. there's no doubt that a lot of the onus is on the individual and they got to be dedicated to that, but again the services that exist not only in fairfax but through the northern virginia, if kids are serious about wanting to distance themselves we will provide an avenue and we will provide the help had that they need. >> reporter: the expert said you can always ask for help through the school and through law enforcement and they will get the parent in touch with resources for that child that they're worry asked having connections to anyone in a violent gang. evan >>> man prosecutors called a patently bogus contractor was sentenced to ten years in fred prison, michael rose bar was convicted in june of destroyig self homes he worked on and since then dilling people out of more than millions of dollars. at least two homes he worked on were condemned

the northern virginia bureau chief peggy fox tells us how she's doing it. >> reporter: united states citizens in puerto rico are still waiting in long lines for hurricane maria devastated the island. >> there's parts in the island, in the mountain and coast that still don't have a water supply, and they're not getting any water. >> reporter: sarah rodriguez is angry at the slow pace of help on her native island. >> people are dying in the hospitals, because the hospitals don't have electricity. they're running on a diesel. they don't have the medicines they need. >> reporter: rodriguez, an attorney, and manager with the echo title company decided to do something about it. >> we need baby food, diapers. >> reporter: she enlisted the help of the company's northern virginia office. >> getting out from the mcclain giant. it restores your faith in humanity. people were coming out with bagfuls and ba >> people feel powerless. we've had a lot of bad news lately. this is to give folks an opportunity to do something positive. >> reporter: you can get in on this one, because they're collecting

appreciate it. 4:47 its been a storyox the renaming of northern virginia's j.e.b.ool which is named after a confederate general who died in battle. >> later today the final decision comes down to the fairfax county school board and superintendent on the official new name of the high school. fox5's kristyn leon is live in falls church with the details and what we can exp expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom and holly. that's right. so, if you remember here, the board had already voted on changing the name itself or going forward with that name change and the public has since weighed in on what they believe j.e.b. stuart high school should be called going forward and the superintendent has also been given his recommendations as well. so, the last part that remains again is that final vote tonight on the name change. now, a majority of the public had recommended to drop the jeb part and call it stewart high school. the second was to name it after supreme court justice thurgood marshall. we understand as many board members here will tonight back a pr

this is just one of four cars targeted here in northern virginia stealing all four tires.oing to have more on this story coming up in just a few minutes. back to you guys. >> ♪ alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. >> alexandria section of fairfax. this is just one of four cars that was targeted. you can see two tires gone from this side. there's two fi tires gone from the other side as well. this is not a high end luxury car and these did not have high end rims worth thousands of dollars. this is an acura, a sedan that was targeted along with other cars in this parking garage. let's show you some video now of another car in this garage. its a camaro. she says she didn't have a fancy wheels on her 2017 chevy camaro. she says

and meanwhile, republican candidate ed gillespie also targeting northern virginia voters. he'll hold a campaign event in fredericksburg tonight. the latest polls show a very tight race. get ready to see a big increase in ads in these last two weeks. election day is november 7th. brand new this morning! the loudoun county school board - apporoving a controversial policy that will allow cell phone towers on school property. suzanne kennedy is live in sterling with more on this one. for the first time in the history of the triplets will be named eagle scouts. leo, nick, and steven cantos will be honored during a ceremony tonight in alexandria. adopted them in 20-10 will be there. so will u.s. labor secretary r. alexander acosta. as a surprise, the boys will be given new life-changing technology. it connects the blind to trained agents who see for them in real time. still ahead - republicans sounding the alarm. two gop senators taking on president trump. the feuds playing out right now between capitol hill and the white house. plus - a scorching start to the world series. trip

the first incident on september 25th the driver had the bus stall out on i-395 in northern virginia. he had to steer the bus into a median barrier in order for it to slow down from 60 miles per hour. the second incident september 28th was the p-18 route in ft. washington, but it was only after that second ci metro parked these 105 buses. >> so this happened twice. those are some pretty scary incidents. why didn't metro take action after the first incident? >> reporter: that's the $1 million question drivers want to know. i talked to metro's largest transit union and members think metro should have done something about this earlier. in fact, they think they had proof this was going on on september 26th, the day after the first incident. they showed me this e-mail exchange between one of the maintenance supervisors e- mailing other maintenance supervisors warning about the problem with the ignition switch. he said that this was an issue, metro sort of sidestepping this tonight saying it wasn't really a problem or that's not really representative of the problem. even still members of me

northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has the details from falls church. jeff: 26-year-old alexa faulkison recently moved to town from baltimore and started working at legal assistant at the falls church law office six weeks ago. now she is in jail for leaving three children inside the vehicle for 45 mims -- 45 inside was 150 degrees. >> she is a good employee. uncharacteristic of her. jeff: sam hassan, anker to, is her boss. she said she left them in the car because she didn't want to bring them inside. >> her babysitting fell through and i think she thought she could keep them in the car while work. >> someone noticed the hole in the taped up window of the s.u.v. >> one of the children punched a hole in the window to get air inside the vehicle. officers arrived and they found three children ages 5, 6, 7 suffering from heat exhaustion and they were rushed to the hospital for treatment. child protective services placed the children in the care of their stepfather at a home in annandale. a man answered the door there this afternoon. >> do you have any comme

most of those customers right now in northern virginia. you may run into emergency crews trying to fix the downed power lines this morning. give them the room they need to do their work, of course. go to the nbc washington app for updates. follow justin finch on twitter. >>> a grad student at marymount university was killed after a boy jumped off the 66 overpass. marisa harris was killed after the boy jumped on her suv. the boy is in critical condition in the hospital. >>> the first charges from special counsel's russia investigation will be announced today. the latest on what we can app. we'll send out an alert as soon as the charges made public. >>> the houston astros are one win a away from winning the world series. lasted more than five hours. tons of home runs. the a troes and dodgers play again tomorrow night. >>> very exciting. >>> taking a look at the roads and rails. starting with the rails. mark, remember, camden line service shut down because of a downed tree. as far as other closures, because of these weather issues, deep drive

now, your ride in northern virginia is changing. what's going to happen on 95 that's going to make your life a lot easier? larry: damage control from the white house. overnight, who else on his cabinet is now in hot water? autria: it is a thrilling hollowing morning out at one of the spookiest places in town. kidd and eileen are out there live at paxton manner. hey there, guys. kidd:

in a noisy world ... northern virginia's own novec is listening to its cust who want reliable, affordable electricity, renewable energy options, and ways to save energy and money. novec delivers the most reliable power in the region. and customers are paying less for electricity than they did eight years ago. novec is listening and responding. that's because this not-for-profit cooperative is owned by the people it serves. novec. listening. responding. tuesday; unseasonably warm - more showers mid-late week; impacts to nationals game? - dry and warm weekend ahead today: am rain and wind. shower. very humid. highs: 82-87 winds: sw 15-25 g 30+ mph tonight: mild & muggy. patchy fog. lows: 62-69 winds: sw 5 mph tuesday: partly sunny. a touch less humid, still very warm. highs: 81-85 winds: nw 5 mph it's 5 xxx and next on good morning washington. hostile territory. after a thrilling win in game two of nlds - the nats hope some of that magic will rub off in chi-town. a preview of tonight's match up. (upbeat music) - [announcer] presenting the shark ion flex 2x. the free-standing, cord free vacu

and they took me to a safe house in northern virginia. the case agents then briefed me on what the issue was, and they told me we have a spy inside the building and we want you to help us catch him. initially it was like getting kicked in the stomach. another major espionage case inside of cia. it was a devastating piece of information. >> we had to have someone as close up as possible to nicholson, and john hopefully was going to be that candidate but you couldn't thrust john on jim or jim would be suspicious. you had to do it in a way that jim would think it's his choice, his selection that brought john in the game. >> the first step was go through the interview process and get him to the pick. and that was job was the deputy chief of the unit that was run by nicholson. the interview wasn't particularly long, but i got along well with him. it was clear he didn't have a lot of good things to say about the structure of the leadership covering the agency. my views of h.r. were a good laughter in the interview and he understood completely t

services exist not only fairfax but northern virginia if students want to distance themselves we'll provide an avenue and help they need. >> reason ert owe segovia faces charge of of abduction, gang participation, destruction of property and providing a false name to law enforcement. right now he's being held without bond here in prince william county. his next court date is november. live in woodbridge i m "fox5 local news". >> thanks, mel, 5:04 a grand jury inditd darwin martinez torres on capitol murder and rain charges in death of virginia team. he's accused of kidnapping and killing 17-year-old nabra hassanen. he is due back in court on thursday. >> time now a5:05. turn to baseball. game three in new york yankees showed up for home crowd crushed houston astros last night. fraser and judge belted three-run homerers. cc sebageia worked six scoreless innings giving yankees-1 win. astros control the series 2-1 lead. game four is this navrn new york city. >> i can be honest for a minute i know we have to coverty moved on from baseball. >> i moved on from baseball as soon as the nats are out

. >> northern virginia school teacher brandon shell did not advance to the next round of "the voice"certainly showed us that he had some talent. >> a lot of talent there because he also teaches english at kenmore middle school. he spent eight months singing on royal caribbean cruise lines before becoming a teacher. i think this national platform is giving him a jump start to pursue his career. >> what a boost of confidence to make this this far. >> for sure. >> congratulations to you. ♪ ♪ >> we're all dancing because the music is so catchy. it's not exactly a haunting melody. a great way to get ready for halloween. there's a house in leesburg that lights up every season. so fun to watch. >> they've been doing this for years. i remember was it the fox day, remember that? that's when it won us all over. they're still going strong and drawing crowds. hey, molette, what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, it went crazy. when that song was hot, the homeowner did it up to that song and people still talk about it today. we're having a halloween party here at leesburg. if you're near the battlefi

. >> bullets fired into homes and cars in northern virginia and it's not the first time. >> jim and wendying by in the newsroom with more on this for us. hi, guys. >> hi, residents were frightened from their sleep last night in the middle of the night after several shots fired into three homes. this is in prince william county. >> yeah, it's just the latest incident in what's been a string of similar shootings all over northern virginia. the reaction tonight at 5:00 from someone who was home when those bullets came through. >> also, it's the end of an era for a local business. after 75 years, belmont tv pulling the plug. >> oh, you might be familiar with the company jingle still to come on news 4 at 5:00, the owner explains to our mark segraves why he is closing his doors for good. >> awe, so, we'll see you soon with those stories and more on this busy tuesday. >> all right. >> i was talking to mark newsroom. they were singing that song. i have to say i don't think i've been here long enough to know that song. >> belmont tshlgs v? >> yes. >> all right. we'll play it for you. >> you know i

in northern virginia, a few sprinkles. showing more showers trying to develop around the 6:00 or 7:00 hour. we'll see because it looks pretty dry as we get farther north of now this line of rain which will be around fredericksburg. your commute this morning, the further south you are the better chance you have for hitting some rain showers. the rest of the area you might want to grab a small umbrella. we'll take a look at the cooldown and then a warmup. let's check theoa morning with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. our trouble is in maryland 95 going northbound. authorities are on scene. we also have some trouble out in loudoun county. eastbound business route 7. accident occurred. 7 has now been closed both directions east of 704. apparently we did have a vehicle involved in a crash underneath a tanker truck. a lot of equipment headed to the scene. we have work in northwest at the rock creek parkway near the kennedy center. traffic alternating directions. angie, eun, back to you. >> jack, thanks

. >> you live here in northern virginia? >> reporter: on his 54th day, ben caplan gets a visit from virginia's lieutenant governor and jokes about the stapled scars circling his head about how his hair is growing back. >> do you like my mullet? >> i do like it, yeah. >> reporter: this was a horrible scene on september 8th when a man d a food truck ran a stop sign and slammed into the caplan's vehicle. erin caplan was killed. ben, his two little sisters and his grandma, also badly hurt. >> it's been tough. i have a broken heart over the loss of my mother. but every day gets a little better. >> reporter: the community has embraced the caplan family raising tens of thousands of dollars to help with medical costs. >> oh, it's meant the world to me. the man who hit our car, he taught me about the evil in the world, but seeing all these kind actions has really taught me that the world can be very nice, too. >> reporter: ben was heartened, too, when we told him about the work vdot is doing to improve safety on watson and evergreen m

the army of northern virginia's best achievement of the war. it might be easy to dismiss tose claims, predisposed their wartime exploits, if not for the remarkable disparity between their narration and the actual course of events. as it turned out after a hard day of fighting the army apparently notched a tactical victory. they did that rarest of things. they seized the forward momentum from robert e lee, who for the first -- who for the first time was forced to issue a full call for retreat. the army did so without numerical superiority for most of the day. out athistorian pointed various intervals throughout the day would have a truly united front. the south mountain and tails to great defenses by the confederates. another far more successful one after the war. the civil war was 17 months old and arrives on south mountain. in the east, loyal and patriotic northerners wringing their hands, rationalizing defeat. defaults --kly quickly devolves. 1862, it gave way to doubt. a luckless campaign against richmond with rumors of corruption rampant. p

northern virginia reporter david culver live with what's being done about these close calls, david. > reporter: and, wendy, we should point out first that these are just reports of aggression. no actual attacks have taken place, but imagine this. you're pulling up to your home, you're nervously rushing inside, carrying with you pepper spray, a baseball bat for your protection. that is the reality for one community in springfield. >> so, we take the baby for a walk a couple times a day in the stroller and we're keeping pepper spray by the door now. we have one latched here so we always remember it's right by our eyes when we go out. >> reporter: it may sound extreme, but after two frightening encounters andrea and her family aren't taking chances. >> these are two aggressive dogs who have charged and gone after people. it's not, you know, a little pug off its leash who is barking. they're seriously aggressive. >> reporter: the most recent incident a few weeks back. andrea ams mom was about to take her baby out for a stroll. >> and she was out on the stoop outside and the dogs came char

local sheriff says he is so concerned about what appears to be a nonviolent crime in several northern virginia neighborhoods. >> it was a fantastic friday. i've ghot a super saturday for you. and a splendid sunday as well. take a look at the highs today. in the 70s. but look at that. that sun going down on a beautiful afternoon. have a great >>> all right. presidential politics, lately monday's controversy usually long forgotten by friday. >> not this week. no, this has been a week of deep personal pain for the whole nation. on monday president trump was asked why he had not spoken publicly about the loss of four american soldiers in niger. he deflected and dragged his predecessors into the conversation. >> that's right. and tuesday his condolence call to a grieving widow was publicly criticized by a democratic congresswoman who heard the call. >> wednesday, president trump went public with the personal experience of white house chief of staff john kelly. general kelly widely known to be his son in battle. >> and then thursday kelly delivered a deeply personal defense of the president's condol

. >>> 7:05 now developing overnight in northern virginia state trooper has minor injuries after being hit while sitting in his control car after 3:15 this morning as trooper was patrolling a work zone on eastbound 50 door jaiquawn jarrettforth drive. the video shows damage done to front end of taxi cab that hit the trooper's patrol car. neither the trooper nor the driver had to two to the hospital. it's not clear right now whether the cabby will face any charges. >> new this morning a silver alert to tell you b virginia state police looking for this woman. 65-year-old anaia johnson last seen at health flex hospital. she suffers from cognitive impairment and needs medication. she's about 5' 2", 104 pounds. if you seen police. >> if you have seen tucker barnes please find him as soon as possible. >> bring him back. >> so we don't have to to deal with this any more. >> good morning oscar. >> you look comfortable. >> don't get used to it we don't know where tucker is. >> you know what makes me happy, grouchteers. >> who are those. >> young children that follow after me. >> yes. >> and dre

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plus, a triple shooting in northern virginia and an active investigation right now. autria: and we are getting you ready for that monday night matchup, the redskins taking on the eagles. the news unfolding right here tonight on abc seven, the only place to watch it. i'm ready for a redskins win tonight. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] larry: we will get to the redskins in a bit. veronica, look kind you, it's really soupy. --na got: and we are veronica: and we're starting to see the fog spread. behind me, this is one of our weatherbug sites. normally we would see the road, normally we would see some of the buildings, but it's hard to see even some of the streetlights right now. starting you here at 7 a.m., we will show you how long it will take before the fog scours out. it could hang on until 10, maybe even as late as 11 a.m. this morning, which may slow your commute. temperature for the afternoon hours, fine and dry, rain developing with gusty thunderstorms after

. >> mike forehan with northern virginia chamber of commerce says if amazon picks anywhere in the d.c. region everywhere will benefit. >> in the d.c. metro area has a good shot. >> it can never be a bad thing. >> virginia may also be submitting sites in richmond. three of them. three from hampton roads d.c. and maryland are also making bid to amazon. deadline for the applications is a week from today. decision is expected early next year. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thank you. amazon plans to hire 120,000 people this holiday season. the online retailer needs to fill the positions at fulfillment center at the customer service locations in 33 states including maryland and virginia. new hires will pick, pack and ship customer holiday orders. >> the lottery is officially hope for the christmas tree lighting. >> the grandest christmas tradition. this year scheduled the u.s. navy band, mannheim steamroller and boys to bow ties. there are additional guests in the coming days. nancy: there is a link to the lottery online. you will be competing against me. i just entere

northern virginia and with our homeless population. they do good.hanks for having me. >> thank you. hopefully the clouds will clear. >> by this afternoon, some sunshine. mid 70s. enjoy it. >> see you tomorrow, everybody. happy saturday. >> bye. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to our hispanic heritage month special. >> i'm erika gonzalez. national heritage month runs until october 15th and we celebrate the hispanics and what they made to the culture. it started under president lyndon johnson. >> it gets better. in 1988 under ronald reagan we get a whole month long celebration. this is the anniversary of

but when the soviets invaded afghanistan, her family fled the country, eventually landing in northern virginia, where she grew up and was educated. after the events of 9/11/2001, she returned to afghanistan with a mission to find ways to economically empower the women of her native country. she is the founder of kandahar treasure, an enterprise employing over 450 women who embroider garments and housewares for the domestic and international market. rangina: i came here as a nonprofit worker, and the bureaucracies, the politics, the lack of a real vision forward really disappointed me. and so i thought that the alternative to this mess was business, because business offered sustainability and business gives an opportunity for people to rebuild their own lives with their own hands. i saw my country in the past 30 years of war, we are constantly waiting to be spoonfed by the world. so my answer to this dissatisfaction was start a business that i can own, but with a sustainable model, i know that in the future we can stand on our own two feet and not depend on the world to provide for us. i prefer

we first told you about the danger after it happened to a family in northern virginia. now there is a new push for a recall. consumer reporter susan hogan is taking a look at what you need to know. >> reporter: one july day, steven kauffman hopped into his an he was traveling down the highway and suddenly -- >> the sunroof exploded. i thought somebody had taken a shotgun and blown out the glass, it was so loud. >> reporter: his is not an isolated incident. consumer reports recently analyzed over 20 years of data from the national highway traffic safety administration, and reported shatters run roofs in more than 200 models across 35 brands and these are only the cases reported to the agency. some manufacturers know of even more. david freedman of consumers uni uni uni union -- >> while it's not clear exactly why this is happening, the evidence that it is happening is really clear. and so automakers should be much more proactive, just recall these vehicles. >> reporter: the agency is currently only investigating the 2011 through suv. >> these sunroofs are shattering and