they take the knockout or passout challenge by holding their breath until they pass out. at least three students have been rushed to the hospital and several more sign by school nurses. it is happening -- seen by school nurses. it is happening at other charles is the schools, too. schools have been sending letters home to parents. >> it's something you should know not to do. you're knocking yourself out, really. >> it's very scary. i don't think they realize the danger they're putting themselves in by doing that and i surely hope my children never try something that silly. >> the students of other charles county schools posted comments online about taking the challenge. additionally some are taking part in the cinnamon challenge where large amounts of the spice are ingested. the danger is it can block windpipes causing a person to vomit or suffer respiratory distress. if a student is caught playing any of these games, they face possible disciplinary action. >>> get ready to say good-bye to warm weather and hello to a taste of winter. a powerful storm out west may make its

reporter: school officials say any student caught taking the knockout or passout challenge could face possible disciplinary action. these lackey seniors say it's a good idea to get tough letting students know the so-called game can kill. >> i think it's stupid. >> additionally, there's another challenge going around called the cinnamon challenge. it's when students ingest a large. the spice. it apparently gives them a high, but the concern is it could block their windpipe and they could suffer respiratory distress when they ingest it. a lot of school officials saying please don't do that as well. >> good to know what's going on. >>> new information tonight about a sex assault inside a d.c. elementary school. it happened wednesday at ketcham elementary in southeast d.c. and an 11-year-old girl was assaulted by a visitor after being asked to escort him to a classroom. school officials say protocol was not followed because the man did not sign in or show id. an aide says he thought he recognized the guy, so he let him in the school. police have never been able to track down the man again

but most of the passout game video pound on social media is teaching kids how to do it. and the consequences are serious. >> yesterday we had three students taken to the hospital because they had passed out and what we learned was that they intentionally passed out. we had reports from other schools that students had been seen in the nurse's office for the same thing. >> reporter: yesterday at charles county public schools sent out a robo call to its parents encouraging them to warn their children after a number of high school and middle school kids made themselves sick playing the game at school. >> when do you this, you do pass out. you lose consciousness and you can fall. when you fall you can hit your head. you can do brain damage when you lose oxygen to your brain. the ultimate effect is that, you know, someone could die from this. >> reporter: students told school administrators they learned the game online. while they can't access social media science within charles county schools many are doing it at home. >> they should take that down. i don't know why anybody w

one of them is called knockout or passout chag. a letter was sent home to parents after three students were taken to the hospital. the children were all holding their breath until they passed out. school officials say the kids are also taking a cinnamon challenge, eating large amounts of cinnamon. that game is making students sick. principals will speak to students this morning about the hazards of those so-called ga s games. >>> a transgendered person was stabbed last night at a metrobus stop. police chief kathy lanier says the man dressed as woman was stabbed in the head. the victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police say there were signs of a struggle but it's not clear if there was a robbery or a hate crime. >>> police discovered meth labs in popular d.c. neighborhoods known for their night life and high rent. tuesday night police found a meth lab in the 1600 block of r street northwest. last week police made the discovery on s street. officers found evidence of a meth lab. both incidents are under

three students were rushed to the hospital yesterday for playing something called knockout or passout. several others were seen by school nurse ifs after they held their breath until they passed out. the school also got information about students engaging in a cinnamon challenge, eating a lot of it to get a buzz. charles county public school principals will speak to the students this morning during announcements about the risk. >>> new detail about a student sexually assaulted at a school. we now know the attacker didn't just walk in and tax a student. police say the young girl was asked to escort her attacker through the building t happened at ketcham elementary school in southeast. sherry ly is live with the story. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom. we do know school official are telling us the girl is okay. police say they have a vague description of that man who touched the student but he left right afterward and there has been no sign of him. he hasn't been caught. this happened at ketcham elementary school on 15th street southeast around 4:00 on wednesday afternoon. police say t

some cities have passouts.when i do home remodels, it involves putting a collar aroun the chimney and running some diagonals down. you might have to put two or three collars, but the biggest i issue is to keep the his oric character. it's doable. you just need to know about it. you may be living next to one o these and knock on the neighbor's door and say i reall don't want to have your chimney in my bedroom after an aert quaik. >> yeah. let me mention we're looking at that chick any that has a singl brace. pat says it might take two or three. contractors often say i ool tak care of that problem for you. i say you shouldn't be asking your contractor to design the solution. you should be asking a licensed engineer or architect to design the solution and your contracto can bid on the design the architect has given you. contractors are not designers. their job is to read a set of plans and build it exactly that way. if a contractor says let me brace your chimney, you would say let me check with my engineer to see

more.read more: http://www.myfoxdc. cooolllfficials-warn-of- dangers-of-playing- kkockout-or-passout-challenge. this iss the scene here on tv hill this afternoon. the snow as enough to slow traffic in ome areaa as drivers showed a little cautiin crossing those bridges and overpasses. right now though, its beginninn to stick in some parts oo baatimore county. county. meteorologist emily gracey is here with a look at connditiins right now, emily.... several balttmoreans spent this day balancing the citys budget. they rolled up their sleeves ... and started crunching the city issfacing a 52-million dollar budget gap. several people from the 'occupy baltimore' movement attended todays workshop. rawlings-blake says: 06:26:28 "it's very imporrant for me to have a transparent and open budggt pprcess to make the budget accessible. this is one of he things i hope s a hallmark of myy administratioo." 26:36 26:366he mayor's budget plan goes bbfore the board of 3stimates in latt march. politicians are ofttn get an earful from angry taxpayers.... in fact, one man got so frrstrated he wrote a book....accusi

superintendent is warning parts of "a possible health risk some children are taking when playing a knockout or passout students were taken to the hospital after holding their breath until they passed out. kids are also taking a "cinnamon challenge" that's eating large amounts of cinnamon. that is making the students sick. principals will talk to parents about the hazards of these game. >>> police are trying to figure out how a man talked himself into ketcham elementary school on wednesday afternoon. the 11-year-old was escorting him around the school when the assault happened. >>> a second man is behind bars in the murder of an alexandria activist whose body was found in a well in prince george's county. 20-year-old ivan newman was arrested yesterday in connection with lenny harris' death. he faces murder, kidnapping and robbery charges. earlier this week, police arrested 49-year-old linwood johnson. they expect to make even more arrests in the case. the motive for the murder appears to be robbery. >>> police in montgomery county are asking for your help in finding a 14-year-old girl and her 6-month-o

three children were rushed to the er yesterday after they played what is called knockout or passout. it is when kids hold their breath until they are unconscious. it cuts objection general to the brain and can cause severe injuries when kids fall down. nsh to those that went to the hospital, many other students suspected of attempting the challenge were seen by school nurses. >>> a montgomery county track coach is accused of having sex with one of his runners. scott spear is a teacher at julius west middle school. he also coaches track at richard montgomery high school. police say spare had sex twice with a 16-year-old girl on his team last year. school official say spear is currently on administrative leave. >>> a fox 5 follow-up now. >> city heeders are expressing outrage after the suspect walked into the street and school officials assigned the victim, an 11-year-old girl, to escort him around the building. fox 5's sherry ly is live at the d.c. headquarters with more. >> reporter: good morning. police tell us they are now hooking at surveillance cameras in the area of that school

one of those games is called knockout or passout challenge. a letter was sent home to parents after three students were taken to the hospital. the children were all holding their breath until they passed out. school officials say the kids are also taking a cinnamon challenge, eating large amounts of cinnamon. that game is making students sick. principals will speak to students this morning about the hazards of those so-called games. >>> you may want to avoid the inner loop of the beltway in the tyson's corner later tonight. all lanes of 495 will be closed. crews will be setting a 250-ton steel girder. construction should be wrapped up by 7:00 tomorrow morning. the bridge girder being placed will be part of the express lanes ramp from the beltway on to leesburg pike. the express lanes project is on schedule and will be completed late this year. >>> 5:07 is our time now. we have 41 degrees out there. the threat of war is apparently growing this morning. why some believe an attack on iran could be imminent. >>> winter arrived, at least in other p