coin expert and auctioneer paul montgomery wrote a book about the nickels. >> from 1883 to 1912, the liberty head nickel was the design that the u.s. was using for commerce. it was in 1912 that they made the decision to move on to the next design, which was the buffalo nickel. at the end of 1912, they really should have stopped making liberty nickels. instead, somebody made five before the dies were destroyed. >> the five nickels are legal tender, but the u.s. treasury has no record of them. >> samuel brown was a mint employee at the time when the coins were transitioned from the liberty head nickel to the buffalo nickel. there's a lot of speculation that sam brown was the one that actually had them made and put them away. >> five specimens make their first appearance in chicago at a 1920 convention. the seller -- surprise, surprise -- samuel brown. >> it was seven years later. the statute of limitations had passed for any crime that might have been committed, and so, all of a sudden, there is a huge story that five coins that had never existed were now gonna be at the chicago coin c

coin expert and auctioneer paul montgomery wrote a book about the nickels. >> from 1883 to 1912, thet the u.s. was using for commerce. it was in 1912 that they made the decision to move on to the next design, which was the buffalo nickel. at the end of 1912, they really should have stopped making liberty nickels. instead, somebody made five before the dies were destroyed. >> the five nickels are legal tender, but the u.s. treasury has no record of them. >> samuel brown was a mint employee at the time when the coins were transitioned from the liberty head nickel to the buffalo nickel. there's a lot of speculation that sam brown was the one that actually had them made and put them away. >> five specimens make their first appearance in chicago at a 1920 convention. the seller -- surprise, surprise -- samuel brown. >> it was seven years later. the statute of limitations had passed for any crime that might have been committed, and so, all of a sudden, there is a huge story that five coins that had never existed were now gonna be at the chicago coin club show. >> four years later, all five

have breakfast with me, grant paul sop, will montgomery our set dvr and watch whenever you want. >> nationalsgetting beer steins. commit to the bit people. in honor of everyone's favorite german beer festival ryan zimmerman was stout. 1-0 and zim was not done there. in the sixth every fan got a beer stein. zim two home runs four rbis. and 2000 strikeout of career and nats beat the buccos >> what happened to buccos. >> not good. >> pirate fans got a free beer stein. >> remember during the season everybody thought maybe pirates would trade andrew mccutchen to the nationals he may play last game in d.c. sunday. >> you get to watch the nationals play in postseason that's fun. >> coming up soon. >> by the way thursday? friday? >> begin on friday. we don't know what time. tuingty baker said today he will not announce starter until thursday before the g game. >> ohh, got to keep them guessing. thank you brody. >> so much strategy. >> coming up next fox news at 11. we know the lineup here. >> tonight we're continuing to follow developments in the case of missing woman from prince george county. >> po

paul. >> reporter: hi, tony. montgomerynty police officially are calling this just a death investigation but let me show you something. earlier today, this fence was erected up around this house at 5212 danbury. you can see evidence tape was put around the area where there's a lock and evidence tape put on that lock and right along here, of course, is police crime scene tape that surrounds the entire house. now, take a look at this. this police officer has been sitting here all day. in fact, for the last four days, a police officer has been watching this house around the clock. and listen now as firefighters and police came to danbury road just after 4 o'clock on sunday afternoon. listen to what they found when they got here. >> be advised that there's possibly one person trapped inside of the basement. >> we got the basement. >> we got a basement fire. >> we found the victim in the basement. in the process of bringing him out. >> reporter: but that did not happen. officials on the scene determined the man was dead and his

. >>> house speaker paul ryan will be in montgomery county to talk about tax reform in astin this afternoon. >>> the tax code that was revealed yesterday will simplify the code from 7 brackets to 3. it would increase the child tax credit and slash the business tax to 20. they say it will add more jobs and make america more competitive overseas. >>> farewell to the man in the smoking jacket. this morning we are remembering an american cultural icon, hugh hefner has died. he was 91 years old. broken hicks has a look back at his life. >> reporter: hugh hefner was the original playboy in his trademark pajamas and robe. for heftner the party in chicago, it featured a huge photo of marilyn monroe and instant success. he was part of the sexual revolution, its host the magazine led to tv shows and playboy key clubs with wait threatses wearing revealing bunny costumes. in the 70 ts -- 70s he was attacked by feminists. >>> the mood changed, the clubs closed and turned the magazine to his daughter christy. a year later he seemed ready to change his bachelor ways. his former married resulted in two son

paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >>> montgomery county police say a team of detectives continues to search for missing high school teacher laura wallen. what will is pregnant and was reported missing last week when she didn't show up for work. earlier this week, her family offered $25,000 for information leading to her being found. matt ackland spoke with police and joins us outside police headquarters with more. matt, any new developments? >> reporter: what we're being told, tony, by police is that this investigation into the disappearance is growing. at first, there were just a few detectives here on the case. but now, many more are working, that's the montgomery county police headquarters behind me, we're told that a lot of people are working, trying to find out more about this, remember, there was a nationwide be on the lookt days, we've been covering every day, there has been no sign of laura wallen. in about an hour, i want to take you to video. just across the street from wilde lake high school. where wallen is a teacher. there will be a special -- it's being called hope ceremony it

paul starks with the montgomery county police. >>> troubling case.at expects as well. i look forward to hopefully good resolution. >> you're close to kids and family any time somebody goes off the radar, troubling all around. hi, caitlin. >> both of you g morning. it is friday. beautiful day yesterday, and it will be a nice weekend here. >> all good things. >> can't complain around here. certainly can't. reagan 50 at doug lows. 52bwi. cool morning. sweater weather out there. sweater weather in the morning g i feel like this is a treat we don't get this cool in october. it's a nice segue into september. we haven't had any heat and humidity this august. high pressure overhead, clear skies, and we'll continue to be reinforced with this high pressure system dominating the mid atlantic and having something to do with the steering of irma once it approaches florida and moves on shore. so for us, we'll see this nice weather continue. sunshine and 70s today. that continues through really monday. nice and mild. >> there's a look at your weekend for you. plan

paul. >> reporter: well, jim and sarah, montgomery county police are officially calling this a but earlierce 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 last four days around the clock. there are still so many questions about what happened here inside this house. listen now to firefighters and police as they responded to this home last sunday afternoon. >> there's possibly one person trapped inside of the basement. >> we got a person trapped in the basement. >> we got a basement fire. >> we found a victim in the basement, in the process of bringing him out. >> reporter: but that did not happen. officials on the scene determined the man was dead and his body was left inside the house until the medical examiner and police could examine the scene. neighbors here on they heard a man screaming for help, saying a person was

paul gosar and colorado representative ken buck. bannon will give the keynote address. the montgomeryy council met last night to hear views on raising the county's minimum wage to 15-dollars an hour. currently set at 11-dollars-50 cents... the measure would raise the minimum wage incrementally to 15-dollars over the next three years. this is the second attempt to raise montgomery county's minimum wage this year. county executive isiah leggett vetoed a previous version of this same bill in january. metro is expected to join the effort to bring amazon's second headquarters to the d-m-v. the board of directors is expected to vote thursday whether to include metro-owned sites in various bids to the tech giant. multiple submissions from our area are expected by amazon's october 19th deadline. it's xx and we're just getting started. breaking news. the embassy of ecuador bursts into flames overnight. we have a crew on the scene, and will have new details.. in just a moment. good morning washington. - one more hot and humid day; stray shower early afternoon - tropical storm maria turns northe

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 believe that the children are dead. and now so does their father. >> catherine hoggle has murdered my children. and i hope sarah and jacob get the justice they deserve. i held out hope something else may have happened as i think that any parent would. but it is always been a faint hope and i know now with the passage of time that catherine killed my babies. >> reporter: 2014, catherine hoggle disappeared with 2-year-old jacob and three-year-

. >> paul wagner has been working this story. >> it's been 15 days montgomery county police still don't know identity of the man killed inside this house. however tonight we're learning more about the man who escaped the fire. i'll have that story straight ahead. marina. >> as many turned focus to president war against nfl north korea accusing president trump declaring war on them. >> despite protests in nfl one player who jersey sales soared today. not because he took a knee to stand in controversy and the reason he did it. >> it's a party in the usa♪ yeah, it's a party in the usa snoet. ♪ >> check your headlines question now know the name of a map shot in killed in the district over the weekend. robert lee author jr. was shot before 10, 14 street north east. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. no arrests were made. >> a retrial is underway in the death of wedding caterer kempton bond accused of mu murdering tieon jones in chantilly. he was a park employee trying to cleanup aft wedding. bonds stabbed johns following an argument between the two. a judge declared a miss aft

montgomery county mall. they were never seen again. but some possible closure to the case could as fox5's paul wagner was first to report last week darkhis man, suspect lloyd lee welch will likely plead guilty. that case just got underway moments ago and paul is in the bedford, virginia, courtroom right now with the latest. bob barnard is live in wheaton where the girls went missing with more on the long road to justice for catherine and sheila and bob, we'll start with you. >> reporter: yeah, maureen, pretty wild when you think about it for the last 42 years any time people who have lived in this area for any period of time drove by the former wheaton plaza now westfield wheaton mall you'd think oh my gosh that's where those girls disappeared in the mid 1970s. that case has never been solved. >> well this morning we believe that is going to turn a page after 42 years. it was march 25th, 1975 when sheila and catherine lyon went missing here. today in courtroom lloyd lee welch age 60 who is currently or was imprisoned in delaware gir there is in the courtroom in bedford, virginia, was supposed to go on trial for the lyon sisters murder

paul mitchell on nation'so improve the air traffic control system. and a visit to annapolis, maryland, for a visit with lieutenant rougher for. -- rutherford. after that, the state of u.s. manufacturing. later, montgomery advertiser in alabama talking about today's ♪epublican c-span's 50 capital tour continues this morning with the c-span bus spending the day in annapolis, maryland. the state's lieutenant governor boyd rutherford will join us aboard the bus later in the program. it's the washington journal for september 26. with the announcement from maine republican susan collins that she would not support the graham cassidy bill comes the prospect that the legislative effort will go nowhere after the congressional budget office reported millions would lose coverage. no word on if a planned phone on the bill will take place. cosponsor lindsey