his organization is called the northwest front. covington's career in radical politics has spanned over four decades. originally he is from north carolina, but he has lived overseas including south africa, england, ireland. while he was in ireland, the provisional republican army left a very deep impression on him. he saw the ira as an exemplar of an underground revolutionary movement. covington's chief criticism of the american white nationalist movement is that its goals have always been kind of ill-defined and unrealistic. in a country that's estimated to be majority non-white by mid century covington argues it's foolish to pursue a strategy seeking to return america to a white majority population. instead, he argues that by concentrating the assets of the white separatist movement into a smaller area, then white separatists goals are more likely to be realized, have a greater likelihood of success. in 2003, he published a series of five novels based on a white insurgery in the pacific northwest. set in the not too distant futur

her car was discovered five miles northwest of the base.eighbor says it had been there for days. ashante's mom is still far from giving up. >> my mom instinct tells me she's okay. she's scared and she's hurt, but she's okay. i feel that she's okay. she's still -- she's still with us. i feel that. >> reporter: and as you heard, her parents not giving up hope. the fbi having some points of interest to focus on here. they are now offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to finding ashante. back in to you in the studio. >> justin finch. justin, thank you. >>> now to the latest assault on a metro bus driver. metro transit police say this woman, allison thomas of northwest dc was arrested after assaulting a w 1 metro driver with a bottle of sunny delight. she got on the bus with two children and became upset after the driver drove off before they were seated. you might remember another assault that happened last month, this one on the x 2 metro bus. a different woman threw a cup of simple assault. >>> it's 5:05. now to the developing

david mccullough its next book on the northwest territory, the northwest ordinance. live coverage from the 17th annual national for -- book festival now continues. new york times columnist and best-selling author thomas friedman. [inaudible conversations] >> the truth is the times succeeds on so many fronts and the central reason is it is home to outstanding journalists. a standout among them is thomas friedman. [applause]

she was a single woman when she came to spokane -- i mean, when she came to the pacific northwest, she was born in ohio. no one knows what happened to her mom. she was raised by her paternal grandfather. this is a picture of him. this is a set birthrate was his name and she was really the one who gave her start in life. he was a political junkie if you can call it that. that's pretty modern term. but he loved reading newspapers. hela demeaning political figures. he took eons made too many political programs 1890s there even earlier. he went blind in his later years and so she found herself is found herself is the leader as well. she cooked for him and found herself his reader. .. she got acquainted with is, will look here, this photograph, it's a photograph of the train that was decorated for july 4 but the gentleman on the very far left of the picture is levi huntington, the man she later married. he was in charge of the. >> translator: was like the engineer for the train. they met in her boardinghouse. he would stop and eat and decided he liked what he saw,, heard and eight and event

in northwest montan awe have lincoln county, northwest corner montan aborders canada. seat looking at -- up montana, they , have libby loggers. a l, once upon a time we had vibrant timber industry in northwest montana. loggers, they started chain saws at beginning of football games, they are proud of the heritage. there is not an active sawmill in lincoln county and libby loggers e the libby lawyers, it is serial taking s that are now over the forests. he folks up in northwest montana, are up in arms saying, why, why do they have such a voice right now through the courts to stop what we think we need to do? montanans know better and we want a balance. ontanans are the ultimate conservationists we want to protect our land, we love to and fish and backpack camp, we can find that balance, i tell you what, you lock folks not allowlic land and them in for responsible and that is resource management, we lose wildlife, we lose economy, we lose a generation of young stay onho can no longer the land they love and grew up on. it is a tragedy n. fact, in county, i was having dinn

bending more north-northwest over time. you need to focus in on the cone where we are projecting eastern florida, the most likely scenario but do still need to watch out further toward the east, georgia into the coastal carolinas, notice again ts remaining a category 5 and 4 as we go throughout the next several days. movement, again, takes it off toward the west and the northwest. nick, diane. >> justin, thanks very much. >>> the morning's other top stories ahead including a stunner at the u.s. open overnight. >>> plus, the president is aligning himself with democrats on a number of fiscal issues. catching republicans by surprise. >>> and a tiger on the loose in the middle of a neighborhood. >> the tiger in the front yard. >> there's a what, ma'am? >> a tiger. >> where police now say it came from. >>> congressional democrats are beam after president trump delivered a stinging employee to members of his own party. >> the president overruled congressional republicans to side with democrats on a deal to raise the debt limit an

his next book is on the northwest territory, the northwest ordinance. >> guest: thank you. >> host: you're live coveraget from the 17th national book festival. it now continues up to one of the rooms, here is

. >>> northwest, mel knee alnwick told you about the breaking news, traffic delays are in northwest, you'll have to detour and anticipate a larger police and fire presence as you travel through the secondaries, what was that keep you updated. looking, we're also a missing manhole cover impact, traffic on ill avenue westbound on girard. traffic can get by. any questions erin@fox5dc more traffic in a if you have no. >>> coming up on fox 5 local news sending a tweet on twitter will get easier for those of you who are long winded. >> and hgtv most popular couple announcing plans to end the design show. >> here's a look outside at 4:37. temperatures 73. back in a moment. back in a moment. we invited a beauty blogger to test her favorite soap... against dove. so we are using this test paper... ...that represents skin. the paper is dissolving... and dove is not dissolving... at all! with < moisturizing cream dove is gentler on your skin. >>> 4:39, we're back with what's hot on the web. >>> holy morris joins us. >>> goo

for a while it was the only squadron assigned to protect the northwest error approaches. -- the northwest air approaches. our squadron was the shield. in 1976 the department of defense decided to repurpose those national guard squadrons air refueling,o which was not new technology, it was well developed in 19 1976.er 6 -- in pilots had been flying fighter pilots -- king of the skies. you are goingtold to get these gigantic boeing 707s and fly those. you are taking me from a porsche to abbas. there were grumblings -- a porsche to a bus. there were grumblings. when they told them where they but young to be going, are not going to be home anymore. home defense was home. you never left. 135, you are going places. japan, to go to guam, the philippines. you're going to germany. that is where missions are taking you are in -- that is where missions are taking you. we are in. since 1976 we have been doing air refueling missions. threads been a constant of military aviation history from 1924 to the present day. >> we are on the campus of go

live in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news.onathan: something tells me they will get a bill. we continue to track hurricane irma tonight. at least 10 people confirmed dead as irma continues to sweep through the caribbean. nancy: impacts with wind of up to 175 miles per hour in miami. it could punish all of florida's coastline. the governors of georgia and south carolina have also ordered mandatory evacuations of low-lying coastal areas and widespread evacuations are expected at the storm moves closer. nancy: meteorologist steve rudin has the latest. steve: a few changes came in at 11:00. a little bit,end but it is still a strong and intense category five storm. we are not only talking about hurricane irma, but also hurricane katya and hurricane jose. hurricane irma, sustained wind down 10iles per hour, miles per hour from 8:00. this is moving to the west northwest at 17 miles per hour and the wind gusts just around 200. strong eye, it just moving across the turks and caicos as we speak, advancing closer to the bahamas and event

notice the flow across the area, northwest, clouds moving in from northwest to the southeast.clouds in the lehigh valley. more clouds for the jersey shore. less in and around the philly metro area. overall, a nice start. sunrise at 6:42 a.m. take advantage of today because we have a lot of sunshine. coming up in a bit, we'll talk more about current temperatures and what to expect for this upcoming weekend. jessica? >>> we're starting on the admiral wilson boulevard. we're approaching the ben franklin bridge through camden, new jersey. the taupe is here. this is the -- the toll plaza is here. this is the traffic from philadelphia to jersey. no problems. a crash on upper morelands at ed edgehill. septa, new jersey transit, amtrak, and patco on or close schedule. >> thanks. >>> breaking news out of london. this is a live look outside the

that northwest breed -- breeze is eroding the cloud deck. i think the coast will be clear here. 40s in lake port and even 60 -- 58 in san jose. low 60s for some, but lafayette is down to a brisk 51 as well, so if it feels cool, it is. pretty good gusts coming out of the northwest but a sunny and nice day and very dry air and the humidity is gone. cool air aloft, 60s, 70s and a few 80s later today. 4:31 and let's hope that today is quiet. man oh man, yesterday was brutal. >> i am having good thoughts here, steve, as i cue up my traffic lineup. i don't see a lot going on and hopefully after the days we've had, we will catch a break today. >>> starting out in solano county at this time, 80 westbound, it does look pretty good. we don't have anything major blocking lanes. we have a couple of minor things, but nothing major yet. something at the cordelia junction there but hopefully that will be gone soon. this is a look at the bay bridge getting into san francisco, only taking 17 minutes to drive to the bay bridge. this is the toll plaza, and you

happened before midnight on 15th and euclid streets in northwest. dc fire and ems crews worked for much of the early morning containing the blaze. two firefighters were taken to the hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> the fbi and police in norfolk virginia are working to find a missing prince george's county maryland woman, ashanti hasn't been seen or heard from footage revealed she never showed you wanted for work or class when she went missing, she's a black woman, roughly four feet ten inches tall, weighing about 135 pounds. she has black hair and brown eyes. >>> metro transit police arrested a woman for throwing a drink at a bus driver, it happened shotly after 5:00 on a metrobus on martin luther king can avenue in southwest. allison thomas was arrested's she threw the drink at the driver after he pulled off before she was seated. >>> president trump will revisit a campaign promise he scheduled to unveil a tax reform plan which will cut taxes for the middle class meanwhile also making the tax code more simple and fair. the president i

people from all parts of the northwest were coming to this location. they were coming here to see the show for four days. it was the first time those air races had made a profit over expenditures. on the maput spokane as far as aviation back then. after the war, the squadron was reformed here at felts field under the command of telford wallace. our first brigadier general rank in an aviation unit. he was the first to do it as air military. he was instrumental in groundbreaking for the super airport that was being built in geithner field. that was originally called sunset field and was renamed after a famous aviator from the air force side. were retreading 50 ones -- we were coming into the jet age. germany kick started the jet age with their jet fighters during the war. get themthey didn't off the assembly line fast enough. these jety clear that fighter plans were advanced and none of our planes could keep up .ith them it was difficult for a pilot to knock down one of the jet aircraft. that the jets were going to be the future. as technology developed,

marina maracco is live in northwest with ul all the details. >>reporter: it's no secret that we've been keeping track of the issue here in the district and so have residents. you're going to see here pictures of all of our past stories here in just the last couple of years from the winter of 2015 all the way through the fall of 2016. these are different different quadrants. you've got h in northeast and dupont circle l right here in northwest. we've run chronicalled the rat abatement issues and residents looking for answers and it's evident from these numbers that residents, they're not backing downment these are the numbers on your screen here, numbers of calls into 311 complaining about rats. now 311 is the city's 24- hour services request toll free number and you can see that in the past four fiscal years from 2014 to 2017 the number of residents calling to complain about rats, that number has spiked by almost a thousand calls. now the video on your screen is video that we shot just tonight. that's in southwest where all the construction is

winds will kick out of the northwest tomorrow, 10-20, tomorrow night 58.hat's in town, upper 40s in the cool spots. delightful friday, 74 and by friday night, we are back in the 40s and 50s, saturday i don't know if we will get to 70 on saturday. that will feel nice in terminal -- and like autumn. we have more coming up, in just a mo i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue grip free. it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. even well fitting dentures let in food particles just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. super poligrip free made even the kiwi an enjoyable experience try super poligrip free. ♪ >>> this is super cool, history will take light at mount vernon. and artis will project images on a george washington area showing monuments and landmarks from the 13 original colonies. >> we will open the projectors and then there will be -- they will see how w

following breaking news in northwest d.c. this morning. it took more than 100 firefighters to put out this fire at the ecuadorian embassy. >> that is at 15 and euclid street. one firefighter had to be taken to the hospital. the d.c. fire department tweeted this video of the two alarm fire. you can see the flames shooting out from the roof there. it took firefighters two hours to battle that fire from inside 15th street is now open to traffic. >> some breaking news now in prince gorges county. angie goff live at the news desk. >> breaking news at temple hills where we take you to the scene of a shooting investigation in a residential neighborhood. this is killed we're told right after 1:00 this morning on rocky mountain drive in temple hills. prince gorges police have not released information about a search for any suspect at this point but, of course, we will continue to follow up. that's the latest from the live desk. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you. 6:04. now to the latest assault on a metro bus driver. metro transit police say thi

we are seeing a shift from the west northwest to the northwest six miles per hour, maximum sustainedles per hour. it's a large storm we are tracking for the state of florida. the sustained winds looking at the center of circulation, the red is the indication of hurricane force winds from the center of the storm. the yellow shaded circle is an indication of tropical storm force winds extending 205-miles out from the center of the storm. to give you an idea, tropical storm force winds are greater than the state of florida because florida from west to east extends 120-miles wide. the storm will strengthen as it reemerges over the waters of the caribbean. water temperatures are in the middle 80s. hurricanes like this, tropical system and moisture over head because it intensifies the storms. irma winds 120 miles per hour moving northwest at six miles per hour crossing near or over the lower florida keys tomorrow morning and make a potential landfall close to naples, close to fort myers and in between tampa sunday afternoon into sunday night. if we continue going with this track, it will s

the next book is on the northwest territory in the northwest ordinance. here's a look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books according to foul's books in portland oregon. topping the list it's hillary clinton with her thoughts on the 2016 presidential election what happened followed by olivia blank and they are told through the lives of six artists. after that the 2015 recipient of the american book award and indigenous peoples history of the united states by roxana dunbar in fourth is the hidden life of trees. followed by bell hooks thoughts on love and modern society all about love. our look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to foul's books continues with a life-changing magic of a tidying up after that comes a memoir from a national book award winning author. about his relationship with his mother you don't have to say you love me, then robert wright argues that they hold the key to enduring happiness and why buddhism is true followed by home now --dash how not to be wrong. about how mathematics can be applied in day-to-day l

basically going due north-northwest, okay. the begin, of the week next tuesday morning just offshore the carolinas. right now it looks like she should stay offshore. some of the modeling, though, is suggesting she gets pretty close to cape hatteras, maybe 100, 150 miles away. they'll get some wind and some rough seas there. of course most of the east coast will. how about this gorgeous weekend? mostly sunny today, 87. more humid tomorrow, 90. i think the heat of the day tomorrow, it actually will feel like it's in the lower 90's thanks to this big old area of high pressure which is sitting on us for the weekend. 87 today. 90 tomorrow. feels like summer is. still hot on monday, close to 90. a few clouds on tuesday, 83 and then by the beginning and the middle part of next week and the latter part of next week temperatures will cool off a little bit going into the weekend. there's your summer forecast, right, annie? i knew you would like it. back to you. >> we love it. it's the perfect temperature to get outside. now, yesterday -

the entire center spins north-northwest at 17 miles per hour. morell continue to see tropical moisture on the eastern flank of the storm. rain bands and very gusty winds. as far as local weather goes, we are not having any issues here. look at down the coast, this. 48 in charleston , 52 in jacksonville, gainesville, 44 mile per hour gusts's. to spend.s continue these are tropical storm force and will continue for the rest of the day. there are possibilities for more weather on the eastern side. the biggest threat, i think, will be additional trees down. around the country, nice, comfortable. .e warm up farther west and northwest, i nice stretch of days. this area in green is going to be very cool and wet from the remnants of the tropical storm. a quick look at the seven-day. the best chances will be thursday and friday for rain. a warming from fields and factories they came looking for opportunity. they worked hard. we helped them work harder. they are the students of strayer university. as they've rewritten the future. and to all who seek their

the wind at 140 mph, highs gusting to 160 mph, moving northwest at about 12. you can see a well-defined eye that made landfall on the southeastern coast. it is coming out on the north-central coast line. it will be moving back into open water, moving away from land, which will be good news for the folks in puerto rico, although the damage has been done. while that is turning, we do not want to forget about jose. we have seen the rough surf and waves from delaware to new jersey and up to the cape. very unsettled conditions across the northeast. around here, we are calm. we are into the 80's. running some errands or heading to lunch outdoors, lots of sunshine. enjoy the very summerlike feel on the last few days of summer time. look at the latest spaghetti plots for the mainland u.s., coming up. and news channel 8 are keeping a close eye on the tropics. stay up-to-date with the latest on hurricane maria and tropical storm jose with our stormwatch 7 out. -- app. [crashing] adrianna: absolute chaos in mexico. right now, a frantic search for survivors. more than 200

live in northwest, evan lambert. "fox5 local news". >> new details tonight about one of three men is accused of kidnapping, raping and assaulting a teen age girl in mash mar and the group ambushed the 18-year-old victim in frederick on september 1. victor gonzalez gutierrez and edward cheeks hernandez are charged in connection with the case and third suspect remains on the run. today we obtained court documents that show gonzalez ambiguity air he's was arrested following a police chase. he faced deportation and the judge granted him bond. all procedures were followed and not everyone agrees with that. >> you ask yourself how and why. the reason why is the system is broken, not only immigration system but enforcement and backside where people have to wait so long for court dates and immigration court and bonds are set and the courts know these people will not appear in court or immigration court face deportation. >> ice says immigration judge granted bond because gonzalez gutierrez did not have criminal con vicks and

just last night close by also in northwest also on m street the unit block of m street northwest a doublet is also a homicide investigation. of course we're still getting all the breaking details. as soon as we get more we will pass them along. sarah, jim. >> ♪ >> four days after a deadly house fire in bethesda investigators are still not sure what caused the fire or how the victim died. >> firefighters found a man dead inside of a base room at a home on danbury road sunday afternoon. no idea on his identity but officers are watching that house around the clock. >> fox5's paul wagner is joining us live from the scene tonight with more on the story. paul. >> reporter: well, jim and sarah, montgomery county police are officially calling this a but earlier today, this fence was put up around the house. you can see here an evidence sticker is there holding that fence together. there's still crime scene tape right along here and around the house and then take a look at this here on danbury road. this police officer is sitting here. they've had a cop sitting here watching this house for the las

well, irma is moving to the northwest at about 6 miles an hour. it slowed way down from when it was over the glorious open waters of the atlantic basin. but as it was encroaching across the leeward islands and turks & caicos then made landfall along this north-central coast of cuba before exiting, now it's slowed down a whole, whole lot. there's that tornado watch box, which includes that southern portion of florida because of the outer bands. that upper right quadrant, this portion of the hurricane, is most prone to see the dynamics that would lead to tornadic activity. we also have seen something. looking at the satellite imagery, the eye looked kind of ragged. on the radar imagery, it looks more concise, although we're fairly certain it's undergoing an eye wall replacement, meaning the eye wall -- the central one collapses and essentially the other one engulfs it. i was briefly distracted by this tornado warning, which is in the vicinity of ft. pierce and what looks to be interstate 95 in that purple box. i don't have any other information. tha

you have a north/northwest wind at 22 miles an hour.how about wilmington. 74 with a northwest wind to 15 miles an hour. look stop is avalon. 74 degrees northwest winds to 10 miles an hour. so we're going to have a gorgeous evening out there. we'll have is a beautiful crescent moon. low to mid-o 50s in and around philadelphia. look at this. lots of sunshine. temperatures have dropped. no 80s here. we are looking at delaware hanging on to the warmest temperature at 78. philadelphia at 2. lehigh valley at 74. it gets cooler for the weekend so come on back. i'll have the chilly news then. >>> apologien tonight from tom price. price apologized for taking taxer funded charter flights and says he will pay the money back. price said will fly commercial going forward. price has been under fire for taking the flights that cost about $300,000. one of them was from washington, d.c. to philadelphia. steve ska praised the power of pray as he returned to the house floor for the first time since he was shot in june. the louisiana republican returned to

this is breaking news we have been tracking out of northwest.23rd street because of this big crash. the eastbound side is getting by. it's westbound traffic that has to detour. take independence avenue but u gets busy this time of morning so be prepared for delays. police activity investigating the crash scene. i'll let you know when that wraps. that's not the only crash we're dealing with. look at all this activity. 95 northbound crash on the ramp from prince william parkway just the right shoulder squeezing by. main lanes also dealing with a rubberneck delay so from dale city to the beltway right now take a look at that drive time it's going to take up 20 minutes already and we're seeing some very parked traffic south of that crash scene from dale city into woodbridge. on 270 southbound no crashes to report but -- let's try that again but from frederick into clarksburg we are seeing delays as well. 20 minute ride between 70 and 109. get one cup of coffee monday morning and it's like your mouth is moving f before the words can form. beltway thr

was shot to death in harvard in northwest. people who live in that neighborhood tell us they are worried. but not afraid. >> they're so random events and uncomm uncommon. not going to change how i look. >> police are still investigating that deadly shooting. >>> many of you are planning to hit the roads forha i have good news on the roads this holiday weekend. the direction of the 95 express lanes will shift to help ease traffic. here's a look at the times that happens. traffic moves southbound at 10:00 this morning. saturday, they move northbound starting at 2:00 p.m. they're going to stay that way through monday. then they switch back around southbound 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. don't forget, you have to have the e-zpass to use those lanes. >> this is drawing anger and outrage. an officer caught on camera telling a white woman not to worry because police only kill black people. new developments on the story since you first saw it on your facebook page. >> we're suing beans. if you have to have that morning coffee, this is one st

boy do we have a good one tonight at northwest high school. jaguars are ready to take on the long-time rivals. seneca valley. look at the atmosphere. cheerleaders of northwest. rocking and rolling and ready to go. the band is playing in the background. these two teams are playing for this beauty. the king's trophy. nice hardware going to the winner of this football game here tonight. now both of the teams very good football teams. 2-0 on the young season. let's say somebody's 0 has the go tonight. >> it will be a raucous crowd. the kids have been fired up all day in school. it will be a black out here. >> you know what i love? my favorite kind of terminology is somebody's 0 has got to go tonight. i assume you want to move to 3-0. >> we hope to move toward the playoffs. >> i'm ready to go. i'm going to join the northwest cheerleaders. we are ready for hobblement to. we'll have the the post game reaction at 11:00 right here on abc7. jonathan: you look great with pom-poms. thank you. send it to alison starling with a special goodbye to a major pa

has we saw firsthand what it did as it went northern leeward islands and right now 5 miles north, northwest of san one purt look owe and trailing behind it hurricane jose strengthened at 11:00, 5 miles an hour still category one and katia is gulf of mexico and that makes a land fall in mexico. so let's start with latest with irma and you can see it maintains those winds of 185 miles an hour and it maintains central pressure of 916 milibars and it continues to be one of the strongest hurricanes we've seen in this part of atlantic and for it to continue winds of 15 miles an hour shows us it is not going to be storm that will weaken easily. it did not make full impact in puerto rico. that horrible 185 mile an hour winds stayed offshore. hurricane warnings for u.s. and british virgin islands are discontinued and they had a os here's what's next it looks like it passes north of dominican republic. it also passes on this path it's updated from the national hurricane center still as a five going by cuba friday night. and saturday, it's in the florida straits no direct hit on this direct path to cu

it made landfall about an hour ago on the southeastern tip and is racing to the northwest. notice how the radar return goes away. that can mean one of two things. they've either lost power or the winds blew the radar away. i'm thinkinse the radar towers e put up sturdily for events like this. let's look at what's going on. the strongest winds there in red. greater than 111 miles an hour. that is pretty much the western half of the island. we had a 99-mile-per-hour wind 113-mile-per-hour wind at yabucoa harbor. some flooding taking place there. where is it going? take a look over the next several days. you can see it nails the turks and caicos friday morning and heads up towards bermuda as we head to monday and tuesday. right now hopefully missing the u.s. 54 right now. that's the cool spot. everybody else 58 to 61 in san francisco. that's warmer than we had yesterday. a quick look at your commute planner. sprinkles possible on the roads. breezy on they. mass transit cool tba o mild. alexis? >>> all right. all that considered, mike, we are pretty quiet to kick off the wednes

we will have a northerly breeze today with northwest picking up in santa rosa, so look for a blustery day and most of this activity should state offshore. otherwise he will be a cool day with 60s and 70s, well below average on the temperatures. >>> it is 4:01 am. >>> here he is, mr. sal castaneda. >> i love this weather, nice and cool. i like it to be cool at night so we can all sleep. good morning. >>> let's go to the tracy commute, traffic is a little bit slow on the altamont pass with westbound 580 slow traffic due to the construction. once we get past the livermore area it looks good to castro valley and continuing to look good into dublin and hayward. here's a look at interstate 880 north and southbound in oakland, no major issues. westbound bay bridge commute is a light. >>> it is 4:02 am. >>> the rescue teams in mexico are still trying to reach a teenage girl buried in the rubble of her school two days after the school collapsed after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake. in the midst of the devastation the nation is focused on the efforts to rescue this girl that wiggled her fingers l

we're going to track this off to the west-northwest. it will continue to move west- northwest tonight. this is 10 tonight, essentially right over st. croix, which should be a horrible track, because the eyewall would pass essentially right over st. croix. the same goes for san juan and puerto rico. they could see winds of 180 miles per hour in terms of gusts. it finally moves off shore by tomorrow afternoon. then back off into the waters. it should make it turn to the east. the turks and caicos are under a hurricane watch, but i think they'll just get a brush by hurricane maria. wiar croix tonight about 3:30. it will continue to buffet all of puerto rico all night, and into tomorrow, even into thursday tropical storm force winds still possible in parts of the island, after the storm passes. this is jose. category 1. going to take a track off the shore. not going to make landfall. it is kicking up some kind of surf. >> reporter: the big story today really has been the surf. these wave it's, 6 to 8, in some cases, 10 feet high. that's bro

. >> the winds are forecast to pass through northwest and british islands and northwest of puerto rico. after that all models headed to florida this weekend and the exact path it will day in the sunshine state is still unclear. >> people there boarding up and getting out. lines of gas stations stretch for miles and some running o out. florida govern nor saying they should be prepared to evacuate. >> the storm surge will go for miles and miles. do not sit and wait for preparing. get prepared now. >> president trump is step into action declaring federal emergencys in florida, puerto rico and virgin islands. >> let's check in with where irma is now. >> good morning to you both. irma remain taind category five status since yesterday morning with wind speeds of 185 miles an hour. in the record books one top five storms with some of the strongest winds surrounding it in atlantic basin. let's take a look at irma with that definitive eye kos asking north lee want islands as you heard about land fall acrowned staxt martin earlier this morning and moving west northwest through a lot of pieces of

this is at the ecuador embassy it is on 15th street in northwest. two of the firefighters we have learned, they are in the hospital right now being treated. the d.c. fire department tweeting out this video of the two alarm fire just a few hours ago. you can see that it was a very intense scene at one point. took them about two hours to battle the flames from inside. still no word on what discussed this fire, but crews remain at the scene we know and they continue to put out the hot spots. we'll stay on top of this story. also new this morning, anger and hurt on the campus of american university. this after images of confederate flags popped up across the campus. ten of these posters with cotton branches attached to them were found at three different locations on campus yesterday. now this happened on the same night the school unveiled its plans towards anti-racism center. that center was created in response to remember that story about the no arrests have been made in that case. now police are searching for whoever is responsible for this latest inc

it happened yesterday on n street northwest. investigators say antwaine woods and anthony spark are charged with assault and intent to kill. one of the men was critically hurt. other man was not seriously hurt. no word on a motive. >>> new developments in the case of catherine hoggle and her children. even though the children never been found, the montgomery county mother faces murder charges. she appeared in closed search warrant television. paul wagner joins us with the story. paul? >> reporter: lauren, no drama in the courtroom today. as you said, she appeared via closed circuit television. she told the judge her a name doing, simply said she was doing ok and never said another word during the rest of the hearing. the judge ordered her held without bond at clifton t per kins hospital. and where she's been under going these mental health evaluations. the judge ordered another mental health evaluation for her when she gets back to clifton t per kins. the whereabouts on the children are still unknown. john mccarthy said he does

you can see the airflow coming out of the northwest. still a little bit of fog that will cool off the ocean temps. that's the cooler air driving out. 60s, 70s, coast and day. overall, temperatures blow average. not too far coast and bay. temperatures which cooled off yesterday are starting off very cool today. so it will be a nice friday. lots of sunshine except for a few patches of fog. we are all set for temperatures that are quite comfortable, i would say and the weekend looks pretty good. >> i was doubting the lightning but i guess, that was poppa london at the san joese mercury news. i didn't believe it. >> what do you mean you have don't believe it? ' on twitter. so it's true. >>> financial debt, what do you do to get rid of it? a survey of what some people would give up. >>> and california lawmakers are trying to make new rules before recreational marijuana goes on sale next year. the bill waiting for the governor's signature right now. >>> if there is a song you want to hear today, the theme is the 90s. that was almost 30 years

john gonzalez is live in northwest - john? overnight - a deadly shooting in prince police found the man suffering from a gunshot wound along rocky mount drive in temple hills. investigators do "not" believe this is random. tracking maria at 5:xx - and the island of puerto rico, in crisis this morning. a week after the hurricane hit, many say the federal response has been insufficient. rico is still without power.. and more than half of it's residents don't have clean water. and take a look at this-- what appears to be a line of parked cars, is actually a gas line! at the airport - hundreds wait, trying to get out - but there aren't enough planes. in response, the trump administration is sending thousands of additional troops.. and the government will cover 100% of the costs of debris removal and emergency assistance. a hospital ship is also being sent from baltimore. president trump will visit puerto rico on tuesday. ten d.c. police officers are heading to puerto rico today.. to help with relief efforts. they received permissi

this is one of the red light cameras here at k and 25th northwest. the reason we're here is because this neighborhood is generated a whole lot of questions about the camera systems in general, specifically, the ones way down in this tunnel down here. this is where washington circle goes underneath the circle, and a lot of people start speeding up in that area. and a lot of people have been getting particular nets this area. these are dc drivers, remember, not people who live out of the area and complaining about the local district laws. why is this important? well, councilwoman mary has identified 14 cameras in this city that generate over a million dollars a year. understanded, there are 98 cameras throughout the district, they have pulled in in all $100 million. so what happens if they look at these? they decide to move some of them, decide to get rid of them? even if they were to cut that $100 million in half, councilwoman chase says they money somewhere, but she thinks if they need to do it, it is the right thing to do. >> could we make it up? ye

aside from that, we do have malfunctioning t in northwest.me. if you have questions for your commute, erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we'll keep you covered as we approach our 6 o'clock hour. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 n >> straight ahead at 6:00, breaking news overnight from maryland. a person wanted in connection with a double shooting gets into a standoff with police that lasts for hours. new developments happening just within the last 15 minutes. we're live on the scene. >> plus, picking up the pieces. hurricane maria knocking out power to the entire island of puerto rico leaving some streets looking like rivers. right now, maria regaining strength as it continues to take aim at the caribbean. >> around here let's take a live look outside. it is thursday morning, september 21st, 2017. we'll have weather and traffic for you on the 5s at 6:05. >> we're going to start with breaking news from anne arrundel county. a barricade situation that lasted nearly seven hours is over. a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting just taken into custo

northwest scotland another spell of rain moving on. we are clear. temperatures dipping down into mid single figures. cloud increasing across south—east england later. tomorrow we start with a few showers in the west to begin with. a few outbreaks of rain. some showers further east across england into the afternoon. but for scotland and showers tend to be in the morning. in the afternoon it looks quieter. more in the way of sunshine. largely fine in northern ireland. some in northern england will be dry in the afternoon, with sunny spells, but for the midlands, east anglia, it right and for the midlands, east anglia, it rightand up for the midlands, east anglia, it right and up into the afternoon. an increasing chance of picking up showers. as we go through into sunday morning we have more of the uk, witha sunday morning we have more of the uk, with a freshening wind. milder on sunday night. the rain initially isn't amounting to much but it will be in northern ireland by the end of saturday night as we have heavier rain moving in. anoth

we get northwest, northwest and west, so it is westerly and northwesterly direction. it is diving down from the gulf of alaska and starting yesterday with the cooler air arriving. it is still technically summer and tough to get that cool in the afternoon with the angle of the sun high enough. tonight we will see this dropping off with some of the coolest temperatures in a while tomorrow morning. bodega bay 58, and 60s on the temperatures no matter where you are, coast, bay and inland all in the 60s. some of these are minus 8 compared to yesterday with double digits on some of the lows in the northbay. west at hayward, sacramento and san francisco with that northwest again. it is stronger at the coast 65 in monterey and mostly clear skies. the system wealthy checked out tonight and tomorrow allowing temperatures to slowly warm up. windy at times with the minor warm up, not in the upper 90s or anything but temperatures will be rebounding after this chilly start to the morning. we will get 30s in the northbay . 60s and 70s today with temperatures comfortable for the last

finally, this man in the old northwest, it's free soil because of the northwest beforece adopted even the constitution comes into existence. the language of the northwest ordinance prohibiting slavery north and west of the ohio river , that is going to become word for word the language of the 13th amendment. --ch lincoln signs into law it isn't yet ratified when he dies. he is the moses of our people. it's given him to see the promised land but not to enter it. the signature isn't necessary, he takes that northwest helpedce vision and he ultimately get it into the constitution. powerful and well argued, but it 27 years later and i still can't -- this argument. was another vision and it wasn't the midwestern one. it was from james madison. in federalist 39 as i try to argue unsuccessfully back then, he talks about dual sovereignty. sometimes it's in the entirety of the u.s. and sometimes in the states. is it possible that there was division at the time of the framing about who was sovereign? james wilson was the champion for national sovereignty, but did madison have a different vision

there's 10 million people in that part of the pacific northwest. that would be a major, major major disaster. >> are teachers i said run outside, all hold hands. [laughing] >> that's not the official idea now is this idea getting under doorways no longer really thought of as a good idea. pretty much any part of the house is asked on as a way the state. the idea is to get under something. don't run outside. these earthquakes, earthquakes in italy fettered not even a powerful but all these old masonry buildings at 11 much reinforcement, bricks fall, people run outside and there's an aftershock and the faÇade falls over and, unfortunately, people die. the idea is get down, get under something and stay there. like it under a table. >> one of the tv stations, i think all the tv stations at the time, their tower was on top of something like apartment and it was a 14 or 15 story and then towers on top. when we would have quakes and i was very, yo you'd go outside ad you could see the tower waiting back and forth. >> a good point. alaska doesn't have, majo

virgin islands moving to the northwest, north, northwest. it's west, northwest.o the north of the puerto rico. very good news. the strongest winds are going to be on the northern side of this storm. so the southern side, yes, they're going to get rain and strong winds. maybe up to hurricane-force. but they are not going to get the brunt of it like the islands did. we're going to see a lot of bad pictures in the islands and we'll continue to see those down the path of this storm. take a look at where the path goes. tomorrow in towards friday, really tomorrow, tomorrow night in towards parts of the southern bahamas, around the turks and caicos where the expected storm surge is 15 to 20 feet. that's 15 feet of water. that is over a one-story house. 20 feet up to a two-story home. that's how much will come on shore. to the north of cuba and parts of south florida. exactly where does it go? or eastern part or towards the bahamas. some of the latest computer models bringing it back west again and really having an impact on south florida. national hurricane center expec

that storm continuing to the north northwest at about eight miles an hour. generally speaking, its hit the lower keys did so after 9:00 eastern daylight time this morning and is on the way generally speaking to southwest florida, naples, marco island, fort myers, cape coral, all of that in its sight. might it veer to the west and head up to st. pete and tampa? it might but everyone along the peninsula especially on the west coast is feeling the storm for the better part of the next 24 hours and our coverage continues right after this. listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. >> shep: continuing coverage hurricane irma right now the storm is 25 miles east northeast of key west after making landfall

by the way, irma is still unleashing some drenching downpours as it continues to march northwest. >> for the latest on the rain, wind, the surge, let's turn to accuweather meteorologist paul williams who is tracking the storm for us. paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. we still have dangerous waves of heavy showers moving throughout the tennessee valley region. mid-mississippi valley region and easing into the southern portions of the ohio valley region. yes, it is, indeed, a tropical depression with 35-mile-per-hour winds, but that's 35-mile-per-hour winds, and it's sliding its way toward the northwest. we're expecting the center of it to still track right into northern portions of alabama, mississippi going toward the memphis or midsouth area, however, irma is going to spread flooding rains throughout several states and we're expecting the very gusty winds, as well. not only that but we're concerned about what's happening out in the waters because jose is still swirling around in the atlantic and will bring enough influence to bring rough surf and perhaps strong rip currents alon

few 40s north and northwest. little on the chilly side tonight.ry from seeing those overnight lows no 60s and even in 0s that we had earlier. and so tropical here's what's happening in the tropics. because hurricane season doesn't end until november. lee and maria well off northeast. not really any threat any more to land. but we have a couple of areas here where we're seeing a few disturbances kicking up. national hurricane center says there's a 40% chance that we could see something develop into another named storm. so, we're definitely keeping eyes on tropics and watching that closely. in the meantime for us. ridge of high pressure large and in charge. mild conditions so far. we'll fwet that cooler wind that will start to kick in from northwest and for tomorrow we'll look at temperatures into 70s. once again it will continue to feel cool for overnight lows. midday tomorrow clouds. winds pick up. 65. not bad. and by the time we hit 5:00 hour we'll be 68. wrapping it up for you then tonight 57 on chilly side. tomorrow about 70 and pretty nice day