right now, we're live in palmer park. derrick ward, news4. >> thank you, derrick. >>> in d.c., a man suspected in a series of hammer attacks in the petworth neighborhood was in court today. michael davis is the brother of two nfl stars. he was ordered held without bond. he is now charged with two attacks after a new victim came forward. news4's darcy spencer has those new details. >> my son is innocent. >> reporter: the father of 19-year-old michael davis charged in two horrifying hammer attacks in the petworth enabled of northwest washington says his son is an innocent man. how did he look in there to you? >> he looked good. he looked happy, he looks calm. and he showed me -- he showed something in his face he didn't do it. >> reporter: davis appeared in d.c. superior court for the first time since his arrest thursday night. he's charged with bashing a 19-year-old woman in the head with a claw hammer, fracturing her skull. he's also charged in a second possible hammer attack. it happened hours earlier at 2nd and ingraham

back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live from palmer park. >>> a local politician led one of the latest rallies in the trayvon martin shooting. alexandria mayor bill yule spoke to demonstrators. many carried signs and wore hoodies in memory of 17-year- old martin who was shot and killed in late february. protesters want the shooter george zimmerman arrested and want a review of florida's stand your ground law. under that law zimmerman is claiming self-defense. >>> a man is facing charges after a bomb threat that caused confusion at nearly 20 fairfax county schools. 19-year-old marco toledo of burke, virginia is now charged with felony threats to bomb and criminal trespass. the police did not allow buss to drop off students at annandale high school on friday because of the threat. since those buses also pick up younger students later in the day, 18 elementary and middle schools were affected by this. after using bomb sniffing dogs and robots to check out the school, police eventually gave the all clear. >>> the university of virginia has received a piece of steel from the world tr

news4's derek ward is at police headquarters in palmer park with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there were no reported murders or shootings overnight, which is a good thing, particularly a good thing when you consider the way the weekend began. now this deadly spate of shootings started friday evening. three people shot in an apartment complex in adelphi. police responded to the report of gunfire. when they got there, they found three men suffering from non-life-threatening injuries. saturday, another shooting. this time it was indeed fatal. it happened in the lewis dale section near chillum in the 2000 block of woodbury street. police responded to another report of shots fired. they found 19-year-old lester flores quintonilla dead in the street. no motive or suspect. saturday evening, two women were shot in an apartment on terrace drive. one of the women was wounded in the leg, and the other died. sunday at 8:20 a.m., two more men were shot. one died, one suffered life threatening injuries. coming up, an update on the investigation into

john gonzalez live in palmer park this morning with more details. john? well, you have to wonder if the mild weather plays a factor in violence like this. at least four separate shootings in a span of three days and police do not believe this morning that they are connected in any way. later this morning, the police chief will hold a press conference here at police headquarters in palmer park. residents hoping this means they have made some arrests but we can tell you from hyattsville to forestville, a weekend string of shooting stretched across prince george's county, at least eight people shot, three killed. among the dead, 19-year-old lester flores shot saturday morning on woodbury seat. the spray of bullets began friday night with the shooting of three men at an apartment complex in the 6700 block of northwest drive at prince george's. those men survived but shots were fired near iverson mall. two women shot there and one was killed. and sunday morning investigators rushed to gunfire inside a so-called party house in district highlights. police found

john gonzalez is live in palmer park where police just wrapped up a press conference. >> the police chief has updated us. six different shootings in three days. one of the first was friday night in maryland. 17-rolled brandon wigans gunned down during a violent shootout. sunday morning in accokeek was the most recent period and 83- shell road was shot and killed inside her own home by her granddaughter. from hyattsville to accokeek, a violent weekend in prince george's county leaving nine people shot. four of them dead on. investigators said concluded none of these incidents are connected and none of them involved random victims of. >> 19-year-old lester flores- quintanilla shot and killed early saturday mordant on ning in lewisdale, maryland. saturday night, two women were shot near iverson mall. 25-year-old ashley and was killed by this, and, audrey a blackwell -- by this woman audrey itblackwell. >> and police were called to a party house in district heights. two wounded a. >> , a lifelong resi am a lifelong resident of the county and its troubling. >> this person works with former con

he was arrested a short time later driving a stolen car in palmer park? . >> the man at the center of the trayvon martin case will remain free on bond. a judge is not forcing zimmerman to turn over donations from his web site. raise more than $200,000 to help with defense expenses. or concerns that the judge would consider raising zimmerman's $150,000 bond. the judge said he needs to find out more about that account before ruling. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder of trayvon martin. >> a disturbing twist in the scandal at the secret service. investigation in colombia has triggered new charges for of improper behavior in el salvador if. the secret service personnel drank heavily and pay for sex with prostitutes or strippers in that country. that was ahead of president obama's visit there in 2011 in march. the columbia situation was an isolated incident. >> hundreds of the smartest kids all across the country are in the nation's capital? . >> its for the usa science and engineering festival. are smart kid -- our smart kid adam caskey is there.

. >> delia goncalves with that live update this morning in palmer park, maryland. >>> now to the district where police want to find a third suspect involved in a shooting in northwest. two others have been arrested for the shooting saturday outside an early voting location on van puren street. both -- van buren street. both men are around 20 years of old. >>> it's going to be an important week in annapolis for the future of gambling in maryland. the house, ways and means committee will take up the bill to allow table games in the state. the plan paves the way for a casino at national harbor and for table games at the five approved slots parlors in the state. lawmakers are considering amendments to make deals more attractive to gaming companies. any expansion of gaming still needs to be approved by voters in a statewide referendum. >>> the father of trayvon martin vows not to stop fighting until his son's killer is arrested. he spoke at a rally in miami on sunday. more than a thousand people turned out for the rally. the 17-year-old martin was shot and killed a month ago by george zimmerma

. >> the other locations for the two-mile run will be east riverdale, suedland, -- suitland, palmer park and glass manor. >>> you knowdy care costs can -- you know, day care costs can really upset a family's budget. coming up on 9news now, we'll take you to one school that is giving youngsters a great head start without breaking the bank. >> reporter: republicans pass a student loan bill despite a veto threat. i'm tara mergener in washington with the latest on this election year clash. >>> student loans have turned into an election year clash between republicans and the white house. tara mirnlgenner reports that -- mergener rompts that republican leaders have mixed the student loan issue with the debate over health care reform. >> reporter: millions of students like howard university sophomore derek simmons could graduate with more debt if congress allows the interest rate on federal student loans to double on july 1. >> it's so hard being a college student. it's so hard trying to pay for college. >> reporter: during campus visits, president obama pushed lawmakers to take action. friday

. >> reporter: reporting live from prince george's county police headquarters in palmer park, jackie benson, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. the men convicted in the savage beating death of a d.c. woman nearly 30 years ago could be cleared in the case. an innocence hearing started to day. in the high profile katherine fuller murder case. fuller was attacked and killed back in 1984, in an alley in north east d.c. eight people were convicted including cliff yarborough, he was 16 years old at the detectives beat a confession out of him. defense lawyers say there is other evidence some one else is responsible. >> sex lies and former presidential candidate. the start of john edwards trial in north carolina. wendy. >> reporter: edwards, a former north carolina senator its accused of violating campaign finance law to cover up an extramarital affair. edwards former aid is the star witness for the prosecution and today, prosecutors didn't waste any time calling andrew young to the strand. young was more than an aide to edwards. they were close friends. he testified that he met a woman, hunter,

darcy spencer live outside merchandise in palmer park. darcy? >> reporter: 32-year-old christalina warner is accused of shooting and killing her 83-year-old grandmother. police say it happened inside their home in danville road in prince george's county saturday night. >> i feel for the family. you know, when something like that happens so close to home. >> reporter: according to these court records the granddaughter actually reported her granddaughter missing. when police showed up here at the home for their investigation they found the grandmother here in the living room, her body wrapped in plastic and blankets. police say warner later confessed to killing dorothy ogden during a fight in the home. >> everybody pretty much gets along out in this area but when something like this happens it's shocking. >> reporter: ogden >> i can testify this department hasn't slept for 72 hours. >> police say 21-year-old david shaum was shot and killed in this house on judith avenue in district heights after he shot someone in the leg during a robbery. prince

melanie alnwick is live at police headquarters in palmer park with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. prince george's county police don't have a lot of information yet. this investigation is still very new. they haven't even identified the victim at this point but they do believe based on the evidence so far that the woman found inside the vacant apartment was murdered are. the crime scene was a vacant third flow unit at the marlo plaza apartments. police took i number of evidence bags out of the apartment. sources tell fox 5 the instruct tim described as an adult african-american female was beaten, bound and gagged. >> the apartment complex were the ones who called. we don't know exactly who it was. >> it is being investigated as a murder investigation. >> reporter: investigators also spent a decent amount of time around a dumpster in the back of that apartment building and ended up hauling that one away. they wouldn't say directly how it was connected but one can only assume that perhaps there may be some evidence thrown in that dumpster. police have no deta

palmer park nei's son james has discussed the idea of a second- generation band. that would include john lannan's son, george harrison's son, and one of ringo starr's sons. stay tuned. that could be interesting. -- paul mccartney's son james has discussed the idea. the northbound 95 in virginia headed from the marine base to get to dumphries, the collision as two left lanes getting by. that has taken the pressure off upstream. in maryland on the beltway at river road, moving nicely. now to adam caskey. temperatures are warmer than yesterday at this time. it was subfreezing yesterday in some places. today, 40's and 50's to start thanks to the warmer air that moved into place on tuesday if and clouds overnight acting as a blanket. let's look at the satellite and radar,. the forecast high is cloudy over yet. we will have a few breaks in the clouds throughout the day. we already had a few sprinkles while we were sleeping amounting to only fractions of an inch in frederick county. that's all. we could use a little more rain. we have a chance of that mainly in virginia

. >> we're going to take you live to palmer park.ice are holding a news conference today. there was a violent weekend that left three people dead. >> and lisa baden coming back to help you gaffe investigate -- navigate your monday commute. >> a megamillion mystery involved? new details about who might have hit that jackpot in maryland. >> and it's a big day for the republicans running for president. who is in the lead and who may be bowing out soon? >> also eight shootings in one d.c. suburb in a little less than 48 hours. now the chief of

fox 5's melanie alnwick is at prince george's county police headquarters in palmer park with the latest on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, will. police do not have a lot of information on exactly what happened so far or even the exact time that it happened right now. they haven't even identified the victim so far but we can tell you that, based on the evidence they have collected so far, the police do believe that this woman's life came to a very violent end. sources tell fox 5 the victim described as an adult african- american female was beaten, bound and gagged. the crime scene a vicant third floor apartment unit at the mar hoe plaza apartments on 28th avenue in temple hills, maryland. police descended on the complex and secured the scene. >> the apartment complex were the ones that called. we don't know exactly who it was. it is being investigated as a murder investigation. >> reporter: investigators were interested in a dumpster back behind the apartment complex. they had that towed away presumably to start combing through. they are looking for any other

live in palmer park, i'm beth parker, laura, back to you. >> thank you, beth parker. >>> prince georges county police claim a raid uncovered drugs, weapons, and counterfeit cash. officers responded to a call for drugs in a house on bearington court in mitchellville. investigators say they found 15 guns and nearly $900 in counterfeit bills. the police arrested three people. >>> now to another big story. an extraordinary hearing is underway in d.c. superior court. seven men all hoping to have the convictions overturned in a 1984 murder case. six men are serving time for their rolls in the killing of catherine fuller, a mother of 6 sexually assaulted in a northwest d.c. ali. the defense attorneys claim that prosecutors withheld evidence in the case. paul wagner joins us with the latest. paul. >> reporter: anyone who is living in the washington area in 1984 will not soon forget the murder of catherine fuller and the trial that followed. 17 people were arrested in the case. 13 eventually charged. eight convicted, two acquitted and three others took deals from the government. new, 26 years la

melanie alnwick is live in palmer park with the latest on the investigation.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. with the scene less than 24 hours old, prince george's county police do not have a lot of information right now. they haven't even identified the victim yet. but they can say that based on the evidence collected at the crime scene so far, they do believe that this woman's life came to a very violent end. sources tell fox 5 the victim described as an adult african- american female was beaten, bound and gagged. the crime scene a vacant third flee apartment at the marlow plaza apartments on 28th avenue in temple hills, maryland. police descended on the complex and secured the scene. investigators took a number of evidence bags out of the apartment. they spent some time very interested in a dumpster that was behind the building where the body was found. they hauled that away. police also have not released any details at this point on the suspect nor have they beenable to tell us at this point how long that body was in place. we did get the impression

we're live at prince george's county police headquarters in palmer park. back to you, laura. >> karen gray houston, thanks very much for the details. >>> meanwhile no bond for this howard county man accused in the two decade old cold case. police arrested robert jarrett in the death of his ex-wife christine who disappeared in 1991. police found her remains in jarrett's shed buried in concrete after getting a tip. jarrett now faces first and second degree murder charges. >>> another big story, the judge grants george zimmerman bond days after he was arrested for the murder of trayvon martin. also today in court zimmerman apologized to martin's parents. fox's phil keating has the details. >> reporter: a florida judge grants bond to george zimmerman setting his bail at $150,000 but with certain conditions. zimmerman will be monitored with a gps device. he's not permitted to contact martin's family, not allowed to possess firearms or consume alcohol and must abide by a daily curfew. >> i think he's happy he's going to be back with his family and be out. he gra

. >> the other locations for the 2-mile runs are east riverdale, suitland, palmer park, hillcrest heightslass manor. >>> a harley-davidson apparently logged some seriously tough miles. a man in canada found a bike washed ashore. japanese officials are trying to figure out if it was swept out to sea by the terrible tsunami of last year. if, so the harley traveled more than 3,100 miles across the pacific to canada. imagine that. >> imagine if you could fix it back up and that would run. that would be something. >> that's a story. a little cool today with the clouds, not crazy cool. we were within the ballpark of average, but tomorrow it's going to feel like june. get red ditch let's start with a love look outside. it's our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. high temperature, made it to the upper 60s. we are 66 now, a few breaks in the clouds, winds out of the south 70, pressure steady over the past hour 30.18 inches of mercury. ed is combined, warm front up to our west which is the key to our forecast the next couple days. that will roll through tomorrow. we're getting the

belvoir, palmer park, kensington. only in the mid to upper 30s. and by 9:00, the low 40s.nd the winds will pick up a bit midday and during the afternoon, maybe gusting to around 25 miles per hour. highs only reaching the mid 50s. by mid-afternoon, quite a bit of cloudiness around. there's a slight chance of sprinkles, as well. sunrise occurring now. sunset at 7:42. a leak at the travel planner -- a look at the travel planner as well as the latest pollen count and seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. watching annis on, eastbound route 50 -- watching an incident, eastbound route 50 making your way toward the bay bridge. a tractor-trailer that's actually leaking fuel at this time. please be aware of that. we're going to give you a live look at 50 westbound at 202, landover road. are you slowing, hitting the brakes making your way toward kenilworth avenue. no accidents, just delays at this time. and i-270 as you make your way southbound at father hurley, are you hitting the brakes as you make your way to shady grove and continue into rockville. again, n

reporting from palmer park, maryland, jackie bensen news 4. >>> we're just getting started. what happened when singer jennifer hudson took the stand today in the trial of the man accused of killing her mother and brother? >>> also tonight a new twist in the plan to bring slots to prince george's county. >>> and new guidelines that could help migraine sufferers prevent the debilitating [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> he is a former presidential candidate and vice presidential nominee. john edwards is facing decades in prison for alleged corruption and coverup. erika gonzalez has more on what happened today in court as that trial got under way. >> wendy, the stakes are high for edwards. as

live in palmer park, back to you. >> derek ward, thank you. >>> today pakistan expected to charge osama laden's three widows for living in the country illegally. the three women have been in pakistani custody since the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. raided bin laden's kpand last year. he was killed in the raid. if convicted, the women face prison time. >>> four british sailors are recovering this morning after a monster wave crashed into their yacht. it happened in the pacific ocean about 200 miles off the west coast. the u.s. coast guard had to rescue two of the sailors who had suffered serious injuries. the sailors were taking part in an around the world race when a 30-foot wave crashed into their boat. the rescue effort took longer than expected because of bad weather. the sailors are happy to be back on dry land. >> sleep deprived, looking forward to beds and showers and hopefully to cold beers. >> two of the injured sailors only have minor injuries and are heading back to the coast on their own. >>> passengers on a cruise ship in the philippines are breathing a sigh of relief as they docked

in palmer park darcy spencer news 4. >>> police say one of the killings appears to be justified.that case a robber was shot and killed with his own gun in district heights on sunday morning. >>> the megamillions mystery could get really messy in maryland. a ticket bought in baltimore county is one of three winning tickets sold around the country. today a newspaper reported on a woman who claims to have the winning ticket although she has yet to come forward. as pat collins reports that is only part of the mystery. >> reporter: the best selling paper in baltimore today could well be the new york post. it tells the story of the milford mill mcdonald's megamillion dollar mystery. it centers around this milford mills 7-eleven and a woman by the name of mimi wilson. she works at the mcdonald's up the street. "the post" says she claims to have one of those prize winning tickets. >> oh, my god i wish i was a better neighbor to her. >> reporter: that's a.g. tyler. she lived nearby ms. wilson. >> oh, my god. that is wonderful. >> reporter: this is how they tell the story. 15 workers at th

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arnold palmer treats them all-- i'm not saying gary back and don't, because these are gracious men-- but he treats the world leader, leader of industry, the same way he treats the guy who is parking his car. and that's the beauty of arnold palmer. i'm going to say a story here that is going to sound like the most shameless name-dropping story in the history of your great show now in its together year, 20-year anniversary. a few years ago, by some miracle, i got institute a state dinner honoring queen elizabeth. i know your audience right now is saying, you're making this story up, but it's true. and it was the queen's first appearance in the united states since 1991. this was may 7, 2007. you can google it. she was here are, first visit to the united states, state dinner, 134 people in the room in the state dining room, speeches were made. turned out, of the 134 people-- you can imagine how hard it was to be a guest that night-- there were three people who were at a state dinner the last time the queen was in the united states back in 1991, during president 41, bush certain sr's administration, the queen, prince phillip, and arnold palmer. those are the only three repeat from 199

park. >>> a sequel to titanic we are not talking about the movie. an australian billionaire says he plans to baled near perfect replica of what's the most famous ship in history. claude palmer says while the new titanic will look like the original it will be fullyequipped with modern technology. >> the ship will be constructed under the technology on some planes as the original ship as far as it goes room decor. >> palmer says the ship will make its maiden voyage from england to north america in 2016 taking the exact same route the doomed ship took when it sank 100 years ago. >>> lots of laugh at the white house correspondence dinner. not only did the host for the night jimmy kimmel get a few zingers so did the president. >> a pleasure to be here in the vast magnificent in fact it's a lot more material prepared but i have to get the secret service home in time for the new curfew. >> that was a star studded event with celebrities like george clooney diane keaton and kim kardashian attended the event. >>> a week is gone by and still no sign of a missing 6-year-old from arizona many we will bring you up to speed on the investigation including who police are talking to right no

palmer road we had a crash and there is an ongoing investigation. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> some people who use a popular park in prince george'sounty are on edge with. >> several assaults have happened near the northwest branch trail. good morning melanie. >> reporter: there are several police agencies that work that area. last week they met, compared notes, and agreed five cases of rape or easm sexual assaults may be connected. >> all were accosted by an armed man, drapped off the northwest trail and raped. two other attacks, one in january and one in march on side streets near the metro station, the trail has been pasted over with flyers to warn trail users of the dangers out there. >> i'm happy to see the signs every where. as soon as i pulled ahead of my family, i turned around and decided to go back in with them. i don't feel safe here. >> the victims have reported they were either threatened with a gun or a knife. park police say do not use headphones on the trail. three different sketches have been produced. victims in all the cases describe the attacker as a male in his 20s, with a stocky build. at this point wisdom an