paul wagner is here with the story. >> reporter: dc's police force continues to shrink. and the lowest level in more than a decade. less than 3800 officers on the force, which chief has said would be trouble. in recent week, mayor bowser and her staff come up with new strategies to include hiring more officers from other police departments. >> for many years, the dc police department has been able to retain officers eligible to retire by bringing them back to the force as senior police officers. they can collect their pensions and stay on the job for an annual salary of a pay scale typically less than what they were making. so to sweeten the pot, the mayor wants to now offer these senior officers salaries that range from $68,000 up to $166,000 or what an assistant chief now makes on the force. a plan, if approved, that could be seamless and potentially attract dozens more experienced officers back to the job. right now, the force stand at 3,750. >> we have right now only about 40 senior police officers. and so this is a tool that we have that's a very strong enticement t

live in northeast, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >>> thank you, paul. as paul mentioned, police have not identified the victim who was killed when that bus barrelled through the gas station parking lot. people who knew him are stunned over what happened. >> i told him see you later on. next up i see the bus coming through the gas station, he said i'll see you later on. he went one way, i went the other way. >> and the identified. it is believed he worked at that gas station. >>> in the district, homicide detectives now are on the scene after shooting in the 4500 block of illinois avenue northwest. officers arrived and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. we're told the victim was un response whiff paramedics returned him to the hospital. investigators tonight are looking for a man, we have vague description right now, wearing black hood i with red zipper and bluejeans. if you have any information, call dc police. >>> federal investigators are not minutes g any words tonight. metro's poor inspection and maintenance practices contributed to a deadly

. >> 72 fox 5 paul wagner spoke to the victim's family earlier today he joins us live ins southwest now with the very latest. paul. >> reporter: tony and sarah, there has been an extraordinary amount of violence just in the 2700 block of langston place southeast one city block.ck today we learned demetriusrius stevenson is the latest victim. >> demetrius stevenson is the latest victim 2700 block to be exact. location in this city homicide needs to directions to. dir since apriecl of 2013 adam bark, antonio, marcus alston, mil sted, smith, dare continuoustinu cannon, and now demetriusus stevenson have all lost their l lives on this block. three of the murders still unsolved.. >> its disgusting. its going to be handled: angell holmes spoke to us outside mpd's homicide branch where chytrid to help detective with who way have wanted to kill her son. >> they have a lot of leads thes are not telling. they just wanted to know littleo things about why was he around there? >> you know reason for being there. >> reporter: just before twote j p.m. thursday dc police found stevenson on a third floo

fox5's paul wagner joins us life from the scene with the story.ty paul.>>reporter: tony, when traceycy cooper walked up her front steps of this house behind me yesterday afternoon, it's likele that she didn't know that she was about to be ambushed. six bullets fired at her by what police believe may have been revenge for a murder thatde occurred just a few hours earlier. this also part maybe bio part ot a freud that's going on in this section of the city, a freud that police believe may also be connected to a double murder that took place on this block just the flowers being taken to theto front door of tracey cooper's home were being delivered by a long-time friend, a man who didd not want his face shown or name used, but told us he thinks thik was a murder with a message carried out to punish someone else. whoever went in there and got -- if they could couldn't get him they would get somebody else. she's collateral in an ongoing fight somewhere else. >> she and it seen it coming. > an ambush in a war that hasas now recorded 20 homicides thisoc year comp

. >> it is a solemn place fox 5 5 paul wagner joins us live from the wall, paul, it is veryer emotional down there. >> reporter: oh, it really is, shawn and jim. i got to tell you that i met today airy harrison and january wine in a key would people who u were babies when their father ft were killed in vietnam, robertet whore sixty three a major in u16789 air force killed in 19 skiff ellis green captain in the the two share a unique bond and today, came to the wall to pay their respects. >> harry harrison and januaryuay have a bond. their dad's were both pilotsils during the vietnam war. airy's father west point graduate was a helicopter he ha pilot shot down may 23rd 1970. five years earlier on december 11th, 1965, january's dad was w killed when the plane he was pilotting struck a mountain tanu top in the fog. fog everyone on board was killed. his funeral at arlington hell 1l years later. >> i remember the, that was the thing i i remember the most ando then the whole procession through arlington and gun g absolute and the advance and folding of the flags, the flag,t over the pin drop,

paul wagner joins us live from the scene with the story. paul. >> repte east capitol street, and texas avenue. many people would know about the shrimp boat. that's a landmark not far from where i am. according to a witness who did give a statement to police and told that same statement to the fox 5 off camera. he says he was smoking a cigarette in this alley. he says there was scuffle. he saw man with a gun. the man was on the ground kneeling and firing at someone across the street. all of a sudden, he says that man was hit by gunfire and killed here at the scene. within an hour, there was a large crowd that showed up at the benco shopping center across the street. watching from a distance, the scene was excruciating. family and friends having heard the news came to the benco shopping center across from the crime scene. some collapsed in tears, others had to be held back from running across the road to get to the scene. dozens of others descended on the shopping center staring and talking and waiting for wd what happened. the man killed fell

fox5 paul wagner live in spats ill vein ya tonight with what happened on the story, paul? >> hey, sean, sigh on williams home with his mom tonight. earlier today investigators were very worried about him. in fact, they said, he was in extreme danger. so they issued an amber alert. but by noon today, we know that sigh on williams was found in another county with his grandmother and an hour after that his father was found and taken into custody charged with abducting the little boy. the sheriff's office issued amber alert last night. after investigators say the mother of the three year old was assaulted by the child's father, who then took the baby and drove off. he attacked her physically, unknown yet if he used any casino received some very serious injuries to her face and head and upper body. >> investigators say the child's father, joshua williams, drove off with the baby in this car which was recovered hours before the child was found unharmed, and his father arrested. after the amber alert went out, the sheriff's offers says help began arriving in waves. >> people take

fox5 paul wagner live on the scene tonight, paul, did police have any idea what led to this attack? >> we were told -- we were told the two had long running argument between them. how much, they couldn't say that that argument is what led up to the killing, in fact, the motive is unclear. the two lived in this very well-kept townhome, right behind me here, in woodbridge. and it looks like very happy home. there are soccer balls in the backyard, lots of children's toys. but yesterday afternoon, family member came home and found something >> police were called to the home at around 8:45 last night, after family member found both teens inside the house, one of them dead. after questioning, investigators took the 17 year old into custody. and although the two were in the middle of a festering feud, police say the mother sieve still unclear. the eighth grader was pronounced dead at the scene, and police say there did not appear to be a fight, instead, the 17 year old attacked the 14 year old, and killed him. it is unclear how much time had elapsed between the attack and the time the body

paul wagner live tonight on then seen. >> reporter: jim and sarah, dc police are hoping this is not the beginning of a trend troubling trend you may recall monday five day time shootings in the span of four hours two people killed. now today here at 1:00 in thehe heart of anacostia, we're not far from martin luther king avenue in the big chair just to give you some perspective. a 24 year old man was shot to death.de dc police say by a teenager with dread logs who ran from the scene. >> as dc police were on the scene detective appeared to be focused on a sedan that ran off the road on on to the sidewalk as well as a hummer and a pile of clothes. shortly before 1:00 officer from the 7th district down for the sounds of gunshots. 24 year old man was taken to tho hospital where he was pronounceo dead. police say a black male late teens shoulder length dread likes was seen running from then scene after the shooting.otin elected officials to the scene that is become king all toooo common. police spent hours onhr mount view placing evidence markers inert strew around thest clothing on the groun

fox5's paul wagner joi live. live paul, you have been followingeeg this story from the beginningroe since yesterday afternoon.no we're learning that thenihat suspect had a long criminall history.or can you tell us about that? tha >> reporter: he did tony.id t he's been arrested severald sera times including arrested withrrh possession of -- or i should say arrested for possession ofsf pcp.pc he was arrested recently inecen possession of a bb gun.un he was on probation when he wn was arrested yesterday. he has a history of mentalental illness according to one ofone the affidavits that i was ablesa to see, so, yes, he does have a long history with theryith criminal justice system. sysm. what we also learned today is ty two other details, tony.on the fact is that there werewe witnesses who came in andnd pulled mr. pane out frome oufrom underneath the bus and we'rende' also learning today that the suspect, keith loving was ins the driver seat of that metrobus for 10 minutes tryinges to drive over that curb beforere th

fox 5 paul wagner joins you had us live from rockville with the story. ght ofg the top we want to tell you that the second male victim is doingi much better. states attorney john mccarthy telling us today that the mane who was shot four times was in surgery today to have a bullet removed. that his improving. we also want to tell you that ww learned some information today i 30 appearsnf that this crime spe may have been over by the time that police moved in for two simple reasons: this officer tordil had lost his glasses during a struggle and couldn't see very well and he lost his ammunition as well. when tordil was taken into custody last friday afternoon,, prosecutor john mccarthy says the 63 year old was not armed. the gun was in the car. and he could not see clearly. ce having lost his glasses in the struggle with mow lena. >> i'll go back to what i said in open court i think he did not feel because his glasses had god lost in the struggle he didn't feel he could see to drive. that's what i said in court. based on conversation he hadonvs with the polic

fox5 paul wagner was live in the courtroom, when the verdict came down, paul, i know there has been a lot of reaction today. >> has been quite a lot of reaction, sean, being inside that courtroom today was very interesting. freddie gray's family in there, no reaction to the verdicts, said nothing as they left the courtroom. but edward nero, the office here was charged, did have a visible reaction. he was clearly emotional, wiping away tears after the judge said not guilty on all counts. >> a small group of protesters followed who they thought was officer edward nero, out of the courthouse, and down the street to a parking garage, where tempers flared. >> people shouldn't be in neighborhoods, if they're not trained, work with african-americans community. so all these guys could be victims. >> the fury with the outcome >> why they say no justice no peace. >> after listening to the evidence for five days, judge barry williams came to the conclusion edward nero played a minimal role in the arrest of freddie gray. and was not guilty of assault, reckless endangerment, and two counts every m

fox5's paul wagner starts usrt u off live from d.c. superior supo court. paul. >> reporter: hey, tony andt.r: d shawn. shaw francine jones was released on her own personal recognizanceeca and spent about 45 minutes 45 mt inside the courthouse puttinguti on a disguise. disgu we'll slow you video of vid francine jones as she left thett courthouse wearing a bigearing jacket sunglasses and a hat.s a according filed in this case, a woman named ebony a transgenderednsger woman stated that she first sher needed to go to the restroom res at the giant on h street the g northeast yesterday afternoonyer and that's when she wassh w approached by the securityec guard. the security guard proceeded p to tell her thatro she could non use the woman's bathroom.at at this time a verbalba altercation began between then h security guard and ebony with ey the security guard telling her "he/she and then the securityury guard used a derogatory term towards gay people, said, sai he/she need to get out of here."he at that point the transgendered woman ebonyan exited the bathroom and

. >> paul wagner joins us live from the mall with more. hey, paul? >> reporter: tony, sean, it was pouring rainout here, at 11:00 this morning, when montgomery county police say this gunman came into this parking lot here, right next to the macy's, and opened fire on three the initial story we heard another man is in graveolice,, condition at thisanas ago, hise gomez. unfortunately, there was a language barrier. but there was a woman who was able to interpret for us. this is his story. he says he was eating lunch in his truck. basically right there where the shooting happened. but his cab was facing in the opposite direction. he says he heard gunshots. he looked in his rear-view mirror and he saw a woman fall. at that point he got out to help. he says the woman was on the ground, she was conscious and alert. she had blood coming from a wound to her shoulder. he put some pressure on that saying that she was very, veryt scene. he was here very, very quickly. he wasabs in broadcast by polic. then it wasn't very long after that, that everybody connected

paul wagner. >> "safetrack" plan that's not the only change being made toben metro. transit agency fired 20 managers in what they call and effort toa help improve accountable.ac general manager paul wiedefeld is restructuring metro by reducing the number of direct reports to just nine managers. seven senior managers are among the 20 employees that have been letting. some departments willies be row a p lined under the new structure. >>> taking a look at weather and boy what a beautiful day. do we deserve this or what? >> just glorious. >> i know. gwen we're going to have to keeh this in our mind over the weekends. its not going to look like that. >>> i'm telling you. just have that picture per ptu suspect memory. its fabulous out there today with the sunshine, light winds.. its warm. in the 70s. its been a great day. well, you know what its a good t start to the weekend, things are going to starting to downhill of the a the early hours. i hate to be the bearer of thisr news we are talking rain. let's take a look at our map. a couple keepings a close eye on. c one to th

fox 5 paul wagner is here with the story. >> ladies, dc's police force continues to shrink and is at its lowest level in more than a decade. than 38,000 officers are on the force which chief has said will be trouble for the city when it comes. of in recent weeks, the mayor and her staff have come up withny strategies to include hiring more officers from other police departments. >> for many years the dc police department has been able to retain officers eligible to retire by bringing them back to the force' officers. they could collect pensions and stay on the job for an annual salary of $68,000. a pay scale typically than what they were making. so to sweeten the pot, the mayor wants to now offer these senior officers salaries that range from 68,000 to $166,000 or what an stand chief now makes on the force >> we have right now only about 40 senior police officers. so this is a tool that we have that's a very strong enticement to be able to bring back often recently retired officers who love being cops, who would rather be a cop than take any other of the many job offers that retire t

fox5's paul wagner joins us life from the scene tonight with the story. >>reporter: when tracey cooper walked up the front stepsro yesterday afternoon she likelye had no idea what was coming. as many as six bullets fired in what may have been revenge for the murder of trayvon cummingsui just a few hours earlier. a few can d.c. police believe it may also be connected to a double murder that occurred oncu this block just a year ago. the flowers being taken to the front door of tracey cooper's home are being delivered by aby long time friend, a man who didd not want his face shown or name used, but told us he thinks thik wass a murder with a message carried out to punish someone else. whoever went in there, if theyif couldn't get him they would gett somebody else. she's collateral damage in an ongoing fight somewhere. >> yeah, she and it it. she and it see it coming an ambush in a war that has now recorded 20 homicides this year compared to gestate last year.yr since last night friends on social media have been posting rest in piece messages forte son cummin

live in southeast paul wagner fox 5 local news. >> tonight dc officials or vowing to fight on after a federal court judge shot down a pig part of the district's gun law. at issue applying for a concealed carry r gun permit has to have a goodod reason. us district court says that questions unconscious constitutional. the good reason question may beb keeping hundreds of you from getting per mights that you mayt be entitled to. foxes five tom fitzgerald is live in judiciary square. >> reporter: good evening you might ask yourself if you don't own a gun why should you caree about this? >> but it brings up a question in all of this. can the government create baire with reference to keep you from the rights that you are entitled to under the us constitution.stt this is the concealed carryry permit that dc issues people who want to have guns and concealed carry. right here it asks people for a good reason for wanting to have that concealed carry. but the questions this: fox 5 learned today that this very good reason question may have given dc the loophole to not only deny hundreds of people

the owner of the dogs doesn't believe that.e paul wagner is life with the details reporter roar there'sh lot of angels to this story and yes, these owners of axiom pet resort are fighting backk tonight. they say they didn't deliberately mistreat these three pets in their care. they're also horrified by the threats they're receiving. tonight we checked with animal control. they said they found no evidence of foul play, but the other tha of the dogs see > this is you go. he was being bored along with two other family doings at this kent in clinton last week after the family had an emergency and needed to relocate.ocat on the evening of may 22 avenue was fed, you go escaped from this outside kennel and wasnd never seen alive again. we assumed what he had done, he was out here because it was already opened and then he hadad either man i am i am ultimated the latch and climbed over the gait and was found -- he wasn't- found in here and he was in thin run and we know that becauseecau there was feces down through this passway.sway you believe he actually manipulated this latch.latc >> yes. > i

fox5's paul wagner joins us live tonight, from sherwood high school with the story. paul? >> reporter: well, laura, sarah, the camera that captured this incident sin side the lobby of a hotel in bethesda. i talked to the father of the girl today. he says he's seen that video and in his opinion that officer did use excessive force. he says it shows the officer moving in on his daughter, putting his knee into her back, taking her to the grounds, and pinning her arms at this ., mauriceio vague a the office here is involved in this is still on the street, at this . but has been removed from his job here at sherwood high school. the father, also told me today, that the officer was wearing a body camera, but for reasons that he is unclear about, it did not record all of the incident. >> sherwood high school. >> that school resource officer, mauriceiovega, produced, on friday, may 13, vega accuse the of man handling senior girl in the lobby of this hotel. where sherwood high school is holding it prom, taking the teen to the grounds. according to her father, police were checking s

of the charges filed againstedga him in connection with the march 2015 incident.h5 in >> fox5's paul wagner the story.ry paul. >> reporter: laura and sarah sources familiar with theiar decision made by an internaln il review trial board say d.c. fire lieutenant guy valentineen lab found guilty on at least ata one of the charges filedharges l against him. but when we asked the firee department today whatoday what discipline he may be facing we f were told it's a personnelnnel matter and the department depart wouldn't comment.dn't comment a confusing response given thenn fact fox5 was permitted to sites in on the trial, a first in fsti the history of the firehe department and listen to then evidence but now we're beingre i told we have no right to learn l the outcome. lyte guy valentine was a noo should. his attorney handled his didis he first as his attorney looked on.n. questa lost his son in 2015 in when the toddler choked onke grapes being fed to him by his b nanny. it was early in morning andorni warren street just three jus blocks from the tenleytown tleyt fire station.ta but when the c

. >> paul wagner joins us lives lv with the rest of story.f story hey, paul. >> reporter: laura and sarah, keith loving waseith lin clearly not happy to be t as the prosecutor explained some of the into details in the case to the judge he wasth reacting to all of it. he was sighing and he wasas huffing making clearly some s indication that is he wasio unhappy with hean ring theseng details and when the judgehe j said she was going to held him without bond he looked right at the judge and said you mean u i'm not going to be able to go home? we also are learningearnn new details tonight about thisht case and the fact that police say that keith loving was lin sitting in the driver's seat sea of that bus trying to drive it over the embankment there at the crown station for 10 10 minutes before police wereore pe able to use pepper spray andry a get him out. o the affidavit filed in the case says anthony pane was panea taking out the trash at therashh crown station when keithheke loving hit him bit metrobuset pinning him against thegain dumpster and under the front tho left wheel of the bus.. f

my colleague paul wagner is allg right in the courtroom. courtro. ll us what happened in the t courtroom. there are just maybe handful ofo people out here holding signsigs calling for justice for freddie gray.. the officer who going to learn his fate here momentarily isment only charged with misdemeanor force.fo second degree as sol, wreck less endangerment, misconduct inn office. he faces up to 10 years if he's convicted the sense you get here the prosecution case was not that strong and there's likely'k to be aequa acquittal.ui we don't know. what the reaction will be welle don't know either.ither. we're here we have a second sec camera down h on the handful of protesters pte that are here, and baltimore bto police sheriffs office evenice jurisdictions around the city oy baltimore on stand by just inn case and here's live picture ofo the handful of people here who like us are waiting for the verdict.veict. yeah, they've been vocal sayingn we want justice.ic we want justice.tice whether it spreads out and has ripple effect beyond hereect beh outside

fox5's paul wagner starts usrt u off live from d.c. superior supo court. andt.r: d shawn. shaw francine jones was released on her own personal recognizanceeca and spent about 45 minutes 45 mt inside the courthouse puttinguti on a disguise. disgu we'll slow you video of vid francine jones as she left thett courthouse wearing a bigearing jacket sunglasses and a hat.s a according

live in rockville paul wagner fox 5 local news. >>the meantime, there's a growing memorial for one of the victims outside the giant food g store in aspen hill. a long time friend of victim mow lena only realized this morning from her friend from church hadm been murdered. she new about the shooting on friday but only found out this morning that it was her friend that had been killed. she came to the memorial in the parking lot to pay respect. >> i feel very very you know, i don't know what to say you know. my, i was thinking that she was, i feel terrible now. >> there are self organizations racing money to help families ol the murdered victims 10 thoseici shot and hospitalized because they will face hefty medical expenses if you would like information head to our home page. >> ahead meted head of metroed h stopped by fox 5 to answer youra had your questions. we'd felled a dressed a number d ofre questions. the fire issues. he also discussed his ambitious plan to get metro back on track. take a listen.n. >> one of the big things i t

. >> fox5's paul wagner talkedagnk with the chief today and joinshi us live from southeast tonight g with the story. paul. >> reporter: well, ladies,l, l we were over here in southeastis to talk to the chief about chi that murder that you had just referenced and then we heard w h about another shooting here ingr the district and we came up here to the langston lane apartment complex behin langston place southeastly we understand a man in hisla 20's 2 was shot in the chest insidest s the hallway of this apartments t building earlier today in tay another in a long series of of daytime shootings here in theere district, but we want tot t reference now back to that to tt interview that we did withe did chief lanier about the mayor's new plan to bolster her bole shrinking police force. for. the d.c. police department hast had a program in place forla f many years now that allowshat a police officers who retire toree come back to the force in the capacity of what's called a senior police officer. off they are permitted to collect a full pension and then are paid a base salaryen of $68,0000

fox5 paul wagner talked with the chief today, and joins us live from southeast tonight, with the story. paul? >> well, hey, lauren, czar, a we were down here in southeast to talk to chief while we were here we heard about another daytime shooting, in the 27 hundred block of langston place southeast, what we understand is that there was a male in his 20's, shot in the hallway, of the langston lane apartment here on langston place, at this at this time, we do not know that machine's condition, but authorities are still here on the scene. now, in the meantime, as you mentioned, dc police force is shrinking, it is not a secret, that's been going on for quite some time, now the mayor getting directly involved in finding new ways to keep officers and find new officers that could come to the fors. earlier today i caught up with the chief and asked her how she feels about the mayor's plan. >> the dc police department is at a program in pl years now, that allows police officers who retire to come back to the force in the capacity of what's called a senior police officer. they are permit today c

. >> fox5's paul wagner joins us live from the mall with more. >> paul? when we heard the call go out we came here to the scene very, very quickly. it was still an evolving scene, and the scene was rid here behind me. what you could see was there was a lot of material. what appeared to be clothing, some bags on the ground, also, some bio hazardous material from paramedics apparently had been trying to help the people wounded here on the scene watch we understand from police is that the three people were shot. and when police first briefed us, they told person was being assaulted, person were then shot. we now know that one man is dead, one woman has non-life threatening injuries, and that third person, another man, is in grave condition at this hour. police very, very quickly, were able to determine that this may have been connected, to the shooting over at high point high this is why we know this now. at his news conference, we know from a witness that i spoke to here, man named jose gomez, eating lunch in his truck, after the shooting took place, there

. >> 72 fox 5 paul wagner spoke to the victim's family earlier today he joins us live ins southwest nowry latest. paul. >> reporter: tony and sarah, there has been an extraordinary amount of violence just in the 2700 block of langston place southeast one city block.ck today we learned demetriusrius stevenson is the latest victim. >> demetrius stevenson is the latest victim 2700 block to be exact. location in this city homicide needs to directions to. dir since apriecl of 2013 adam bark, antonio, marcus alston, mil sted, smith, dare continuoustinu cannon, and now demetriusus stevenson have all lost their l lives on this block. three of the murders still

paul wagner joins us live from the scene tonight with the story. paul? >> scary day? >> sarah, laura, you can imagine how frightening it must have been for the passengers on board when the man got on to the bus, pulled a weapon, attacked the driver, through the driver off the bus, then got behind the wheel. and drove it just couple of blocks to this crown station here, at the intersection of burrows and minnesota northeast, that's where he hit the worker taking out the trash. >> the man didn't have a chance, standing near this dumpster when police say the suspect who hijacked the bus drove it across the crown lot and hit him. horace johnson heard the crash from his auto repa next-door. and then saw police try to take the man into custody. >> see in the driver seat, and the police, them telling put his hands up. and he would put the hands up, so then tell him put the hands up. drag him out the bus. and then he was resisting. so they handcuffed him and he's gone. >> suspect, you know, a periods to me to be very distraut, and violent, and violent and resisting the office

paul wagner, fox5 local news. >>> developing now, massive clean up effort still going on after a freight train derailed n sunday. csx reporting more cars than they originally thought went off that track. well, they are making progress, n and clearing the site, causing delay for some passenger lines, and also raising concerns when it comes to the hazardous materials that are being transported through dc. fox5's tom fitzgerald live in northeast now, with the very latest. hey, tom. >> reporter: good evening, first up about the number of these cars, csx said originally this 15 cars had derailed in this accident, it turns out, it was 16 cars, not 15. see the firetruck behind us, this is hazardous materials truck, they still have a very large effort under here right now, trying to clear up the hazardous still in this derailment yesterday. they have made a lot of progress in removing those cars, but, csx updated us earlier today, and they say they still have a lot of work together. >> soil impacted by the league of sodium hydroxide from the one tank car that leak on them during the derailment.

live in southeast, paul wagner fox 5 local news. >>> new tonight, metro is hitting the brakes. right now a mandatory slowdown is in effect to for big stretchs is on four metro lines. >> slower speeds at reducing electrical problems, for passengers got to brace, not only during rush hour but way beyond. >> tom with all wawa all this mean. >> reporter: this? all four ofs those lines come together. metro is not only imposing these speed restrictions but also telling train operators to slow down as they're leaving certain stations. why are they doing all of this? well, metro engineers believe that high speeds d power to the trains mayi be a factor in all of the fires we've had plaguing the cismd here's what you need to know. take a look at this. this is going to take place anne the slower lines on the red line between grove and dupont circle. on the orange between minnesota avenue and likewise on silver and blue lines from roslyn to bending road. now, metro claimed today they're doing this in the interest of safety. the train operators will now be allowed to only travel at a max of

paul wagner, live, in woodbridge tonight, fox5 local news. >>> for the first time we are hearing from the family of the american university graduate killed in a stabbing at the nona station. >> accused of killing 24 year old kevin souter lands last july 4th. fires was captured two days later and indict in the week, today, he was offered a plea deal, maximum 30 years in prison for first degree murder. spiers rejected the deal. after the hearing, we spoke to kevin southerland's parents, who were visiting from connecticut. >> it is frustrating, i wish there was better security, we came back, took the ride that kevin's last ride, and there was a cop on the platform. and he got on the train right ahead of us, you couldn't help but think, you know, why wasn't he there that day, you know. i mean, can't help but ask why. >> fires currently being held without bond. september. we'll hear more from the parents coming up tonight at of. >>> new tonight, metro is getting the words out. we are just few weeks away from some major changes in metro service. starting june 3rd, metro will close at midnig

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. >>> there are basilica of saints peter and paul living in the heart of new york sit. >> i jill wagners these bees keep manhattan echo system moving forward. >> high above the busy streets of manhattan, an unlikely buzz. bees, tens every thousands of them, who call this skyscraper home. >> this would be the third year that we've had bees atop one brian park. >> andrew, the bee keeper, he says the bees aren't aggressive, but he didn't want to take any chances. >> you are holding hold about a thousand bees. >> the dirts organization owns the building and wanted to install outdoor garden but needed a little help to get the flowers to bloom. >> that is where the bees come in. >> why are these bees so important for new york city? >> these bees are important for new york city because the big apple needs pollen ating. >> there are 258 different types of bees in new york city, in fact, there are more bees than people. and they live in some expensive real estate. urban beehives can be found in several major cities, including san francisco, where the fairmount hotel has installed bee sanctuaries

paul fujimura, assistant administrator for the office of global strategies at the transportation security administration. mr. john wagner, deputy executive assistant commissioner for customs and border protection. that is a big title. mr. seth stodder, the assistant secretary of homeland security for border, immigration, and trade policy at the department of homeland security. thank you all for being here today. i now recognize mr. stodder for a joint statement on behalf of all four witnesses from the department of homeland security. mr. stodder: good afternoon, chairman katko, ranking member rice, and distinguished members of the subcommittee. my name is seth stodder and i am the assistant secretary of homeland security for border, immigration, and trade policy. on behalf of my colleagues from dhs that sit beside me today, i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the department's role in aviation security, specifically as it pertains to commercial air service between the united states and cuba. i'll be providing brief opening statement on behalf of myself, as well as my three dhs colleagues

paul fujimura assistant administrator for the office of local strategies in the transportation security of mr. nation. mr. john wagnerh stodder the assistant secretary of homeland security for borders immigration and trade policy at the department home and security. thank you all for being your today. never nice mr. stodder for joint statement from the department of homeland security. >> good afternoon chairman katko ranking members and establish murders of subcommittee. my name is seth stodder on the secretary common security for border immigration and trade policy. on behalf of my colleagues from dhs as it may cite me today thank you very opportunity to appear before you to discuss the departments role in aviation security specifically as it relates to -- pertains to commercial air service between united states and cuba. i'll be providing a brief opening statement have for myself as well as my three e. h. s. colleagues and we look for to answering any questions you might have. let me again when discussing bhs role in aviation security generally and then i will -- since the 9/11 attacks with the help and support of