. >> that the figure kathy linear said would be trouble if it ever came to be paul wagner >> d.c. police officer is in middle of repierment bubble. and now that it's here the d.c. city counsel, mayor and ipt vum chief are scrambling to find ways to recruit and bring back officers athat already retired testifying monday interim chief was asked by war council member kenya mc sduvry how many of the sworn officers 250 approximately are recruits. my question those who are recruits or within the academy are they in the position they're actually on the street yet the? >> and that's the number i'm going to have to clarify for you. because it's tough to let you know how many aare in the academy. and you know over the holiday months we bring some of those recruits out of the academy. and to serve in the holiday detail. >> 3729 technically does include a number of sworn person bowl in are not on the street though. >> the ones nat academy includes those, yeses. >> in effort to get true account of of how many d.c. police officers were available to serve and protect in city we asked the police

paul wagner fox 5 local news. >>> >>>. >>> the police department is investigating recent vandalism on the football field. alexandra limon has more on what we know and what'sing done. >> reporter: this is now being investigated as hate vandalingism. police department doesn't flow who's responsible for using chemicals to burn male genitalia and a swastika on a football ago. the principal at prince orchard told police it wasn't clear whether the symbol was swastika or a cross or egg. but as chemicals developed, it became more clear. on monday, a letter went out to parents. students and parents are saying they're not happy about what's happened >> it's awful. in this community, it's surprising something like this would happen. it's unfortunate that today we still have that type of mentality even if it's a prank >> i was shocked that people could do this. i mean, i knew that there was a rivalry but i didn't know that it would go this far with the swastikas and the genitalia. you guys don't know what that means. >> to really understand what that symbol means and that it is not just a symbol

paul wagner joins us with the latest. paul? >> reporter: shawn there was had a lot of emotion in the courtroom when kaelia jones was led into the well of the court. she was in handcuffs and shack else. when the judge ordered she be hell would you do re without bond there was applause from some of the family members from told them to stop but at that point, kaelia's mother began to try. let's show you some of the video that we've been shooting over the last couple days in this case. according to a court affidavit filed in the case, the two teens began to fight as the number 62 bus came to a stop at kansas avenue and emptier son street. witnesses say jones and minor began arguing on the bus monday before minor grabbed jones' phone and ran off the bus. when jones caught up to her, witnesses say minor hit jones and jones retaliated by stabbing her one time in the chest. then, according to witnesses, minor went looking for her phone saying, quote, i don't give an f what happens to her. i don't give an f if i stabbed her, i want my f

paul wagner fox 5 news. >>> i was out this morning, it was 78 degrees. 70 minutes later. it was 64 degrees where i was. it was insane. >> what were you doing to the weather? >> it wasn't me. i'm just >> rapid change >> big rapid change. we got a frontal system that's coming through and boy things are really going to change more dramatically than what you said. you won't need the umbrella but bat end down the attaches. we got serious gustings winds. i'm calling it a reality check. we had this run of days seemed just like summer. a few showers across the area as you can see. and here's a look at storm tracker radar. we come up a little bit more. bit still happening with this and we're not out of the clear 100 percent for tonight. i can't rule out a pop-up shower here and there. but the sorry is going to be the winds. and the temperatures. 65 right now in dc. relative humidity at 75. we've been dealing with a lot of sticky mugginess in the to atmosphere. sustained wind eight to 12 miles an hour. that will changeas for gusting winds pushing in from the northwest anywhere from

paul wagner has more. >> most prominent swastikas were painted on a banner promoting a fun run here on school grounds. according to school officials there were other hate-based graffiti spray painted oween a telephone pole and sidewalk. on sunday mornings at the school a jewish congregation hold service there's and according to police someone attending those services discovered the hate symbols on this banner. >> it was clearly upset together school to arrive to the school and see images spray painted on banner in front of the building like that. it's obviously disturbing. >> according a statement from school officials there were other symbols painted on the sidewalk as well as telephone pole. all of them discovered around 10 a.m. sunday morning. one parent we spoke with said defacement was upsetting and figure out who did this and make sure justice is served and more importantly i hope there's education done to make sure situations like this stop and there's a higher level of tolerance for diversity in the community. >> it's only forer some but the good news is, it's around halloween

paul wagner joins us with both side of the story. >> reporter: robert parker is a five-year veteran of the dc police force. he lives here in this neighborhood. that's iverson mall behind me. there was a shooting at iverson mall around noon yesterday. dropping off his wife's car at an auto body shot and walking down iverson street. when he says he noticed a number of officers coming and going. suddenly, one marked cruiser pulled alongside of the curb and a black officer got out. the rest of the story now is in dispute. >> i heard what sounded like a gunshot. we heard the commotion, heard the gunshots. after that, there was a crash. >> reporter: few minutes after a man was shot and iverson mall, prince george's county police seedy sended on the neighborhood, looking for a suspect only described as a black male wearing a hoodie and blue jeans. >> male with a hoodie, blue jeans. going towards the school at iverson in a residential area. >> reporter: around the same time, robert parker, who was also dressed in a jacket, a hoodie and blue jeans was walking away from the mall down iverson whe

paul wagner joins us from northwest with that story. paul? >> reporter: i'm outside the 2nd district station in northwest. as you know, the dc police department struggled to keep up were with a number of resignations and retirements from officers leaving the force for a variety of different reasons. earlier on monday, interim dc police chief went before the city council and said that the size of the force was 3,729 information act request, fox 5 has learned that approximately 270 of those officers to cannot protect and serve because they don't have a badge or a gun. the dc police department is in the middle of a retirement bubble. officials knew it was coming. warnings were issued by the union. now that it's here, the dc city council, the mayor and the interim chief are scrambling to find ways to not only recruit but retain and bring back officers retired. testifying at the dc city council monday interim chief new sham was asked how many officers were available for patrol. >> of the 3,729 sworn officers, you mentioned 250, approximately, are

. > paul wagner joins us live. >>reporter: this has been a very emotional afternoon foror hundreds of people who live here at the line hill condominiums just outside the lines in princ george's county. minute ago i watched a pom with a little l one pulling her by her hand, tears.tear her husband behind here, their belongs. people coming out withith everything they own in bags and carry televisions.ele we've seen pimp come in here with you hauls and even a home depot truck to try and take these things away. keep in mind this has been a very, very troubled complex forc many years.ars. go to the maryland search and type in temple hills back to the 199s. this place has been troubled for a long time owing a lot of monef to the utilities.ilit today the utilities said weid can't do it anymore. > the children coming off the school bus today likely had no idea what was happening at this condominium complex they call home.home sometime after 1:00 this afternoon, pepco followed pep through on a threat to turn off the power to

paul wagner has more. >> the d.c. mript is in middle of retirement bubble. officials knew it was coming and it was issued by union and d.c. city council, mayor and interim chief are scambleing to find ways not to only recute but retaken and officers already required. testifying monday interim chief was asked by ward council member ken ra mcduffy how hany officers were available for patrol. >> of those sporn, you mentioned 250 approximately are recruit. so i guess my question s. those who are recruits or the xee are they're not actually on the street yet. >> that's the number i will classify for you. and you know that over holiday months we bring routes out of the academy to serve in the hol by wood detail. >> it does include a number of sworn personnel who are not on this. >> the wundz nat academy include those, yes, sir. >> in erts to get true accounting of how officers were there to serve and protect in city we asked the police department flew a freedom of information act request for actual number of police officers who were akind a firearm. a number in th

live outside the federal courthouse in alexandria, paul wagner, "fox5 local news". >> a new synthetic drug has been moving across the country and now blamed for death of the drug is scald u 47 and police often refer to it as pink. it was recently placed under same classification as heroin and hall us againic drug piote. what makes pink so dangerous, what are local officials doing to combat it and most importantly what you should know as parent. loudoun county sheriff joined us on good day d.c. this morning. >> 7 times more powerful than morphine and addictive. we're trying to make sure people are aware of it. it's a deadly drug. >> pink heroin or u 47 sold online for $40 a bag. it is stronger than heroin and so far responsible for 50 deaths nationwide. >> a virginia taxi driver pled guilty to helping a friend join isis they helped him after a government sting operation. isis with someone to turned out to be an informant. has an admitted he drove farouk to the airport where he planned to go to syria. he planned to join him at a whiter date and pled guilty to one terror represented char

outside the courthouse, james martin, amy's father declined to talk to paul wagner. >> reporter: sir what do you think of the time its taken to get this to trial >> not interested in responding. thank you. >> darn wint, the suspect used to work for the company that savopoulos worked. >>> when we come back. an establishment paying hopple match. to donald trump. >> we'll talk about where the campaign goes from here and it children's science center is setting up experiments in the middle of the mall for halloween. we'll preview the fun. . >>> this is fox 5 local news at 10:00. >>> back now with a look at tonight's top stories, lights are back on at the lynnhlll condo complex in temple hills. they were ordered to service back on. the management company responsible for paying utilities but is behind on more than $1 million. electricity and gas were turned off earlier forcing residents out of their homes. >>> an uber driver charged with assault. they say he took an advantage of an intoxicated woman, drinking with friends in dc. put her in the car by herself and asked the driver to take her

today in court luis reluzco o apologized to the officer'sffer parents following a hyland h fox5's paul wagner joins us jois live from the courthouse inurthi rockville with more.or paul. paul. >> reporter: you know, ifep you'veorte ever heard rich leott speak in public or on on television you know thatno today's hearing would be very,ar very emotionalin and it was.. this hearing was held in the largest courtroom here in this courthouse in rockvilurtrle, ane it was filled with uniformedrmed officers. there were members of the reluzco family on one side and e members of the leotta familyttam on the other and one by oney one members of t up to tell judge harrington harn exactly what this did to their family. for example, marcy goldmancyoldn said all my happiness is over ie with the death of my sonly i hate hearing about other about people's children and thele's c sight of a baby boy makes me cry, i just want to die. d rich leotta told the judge i t am j in a living hell and ihe can't get out of it.cat i just want to hear no, sir he after the hearing was over and d after reluzco heard his sentence

cam paul wagner joins us live fromm >> reporter: lauer remarks let me tell you right off that apparently the little boy istlei okay, at least he was wellas w enough to come here to the day-care center today.od we talked very briefly with w his dad as he he brought him outside and loaded him intoim it his vehicle but he declined to i be interviewed, he declined toed discuss the case at all.se a let's show you a picture of miss thompson.n. at 11:30 yesterday morning a court affidavit says thedavit e father of the child who is as prince george's county police officer reported that he hadpora just been told tha three-year-old son had justad j been assaulted by 24-year-old4-d d'aira thompson a teacher at antioch childcare center on chie brown station road in up are marlboro.rl according to the document theg o father was told tha tt another o parent witnessed thompson, then, child's teacher, struggling strn with the child aroundhehild 8 o'clock in the morning as m she was attemptingor to restraia him in a chair.. the witness says she thenn heard thompson tell the three-year-old to lay his head

. > live here in temple hills, paul wagner, fox5 local news.s. > also in prince george'so in county, a shooting school lock downs and a man hunt.hunt it all took place earlier today near the area at the shops at ii ever son.son. the lunch hour gunfire left one man shot and another on the run from police. live from temple hills with the very latest. >>reporter: ve the evening, is s one suspect,? is it several? prince george's county policent tonight still can't but they know whoever is responsible for this the who manage is still non in custody tonight.cust this is what we know. this victim was found shortly after noon today after shots rang out here at the shops theps at i ever son.at we i want you to hear the wordsf one man who lives by thiss this go down. i heard what sowned like a gunshot. i heard a big fire, probablyobab i'll say two minutes before the next two shots are heard. and then after that there was as crash. i didn't see anything, but ibut heard it.he > of a the shots, what did youo hear after the crash. >> i heard the car horn goinggon off.of it was steady like someone

. >> paul wagner joining us with more on the story. paul? . >> reporter: prosecutors told the court that investigators have tested 170 pieces of evidence for dna and discovered five of those items have been linked to dari indicted in the case. there was no mention of any other suspects. >>> in the days after murder, you may recall investigators said they had found the dna of darin went on one of two pizzas. prosecutors say they've discovered additional dna linking went to the crime scene. but didn't reveal where it was found or on what. had help from quote, others. now, 17 months later, no one else has been charged. prosecutors have made no mention of having any unknown dna that investigators have been unable to link to accomplice whose may have been inside the mansion on woodland drive. the defense will get an opportunity to do it's own dna them and their housekeeper were hell captive while darin went waited for a delivery. they were beaten, slashed and stabbed to death before the house was set on fire. james martin, amy's father declined t

paul wagner joins us with the story tonight. paul? >> it was just after 4:00 this walked into the well of the courthouse. i should say the courtroom seat 10 here at superior court. handcuffed and shackled. family members of kaelia became emotional. some of them breaking down in tears. there was a hearing that lasted about ten to 15 minutes before the judge decided that jones would be held without bond. at that point, kaelia minor's mother broke down in tears and there was even some applause, wh upset over. let's show you some video that we shot this week as this story has been followed. according to a court affidavit filed in the case, the two teenagers began to fight as the number 62 bus came to a stop at kansas and empty mer son just after 8:00 monday night. . witnesses say jones and minor began arguing on the bus before minor grabbed jones' phone and ran off the bus. when jones caught up to her, and jones retaliated by stabbing her one time in the chest. then according to witnesses, minor went looking for her phone saying, quote, i

. >> fox 5 paul wagner joining with this story. >> reporter: lauren and sarah, robert parker is a five-year veteran of the dc police department. he lives here in this neighborhood. that's iverson mall behind me. just after noon yesterday, parker said he had just dropped off his wife's car at an auto repair shop and he was walking down iverson street heading back to his house when he says he noticed a number of police officers patrolling in this area. there were quite a lot of them, next to him in a marked cruiser, a black officer, he says that officer then got out and approached him what happened next is in some dispute. >> i heard sounded like a gunshot. we just heard the commotion. heard the gunshots, after that, there was a crash. >> reporter: few minutes after man was shot and wounded at iverson mall, prince george's county police descended on the neighborhood. looking for a suspect only described as a black male wearing a hoodie and blue jeans >> he had a number one male with a hoodie blue jeans, last seeing going towards the school at iverson in a residential area. >> reporter: around

. >> according to documents they bilked congregation out of paul wagner has the story, paul. . >> reporter: hey, shawn, tony, terri meling ger run victorias life church. they hold services west potomac high school on sundays. according to 32 page indictment prosecutors say they defrauded members of congregation by getting money from them claiming they were going to hen with the poor. >> federal prosecutors terri melinzer wife brenda and greta else a woman that worked adds chief operates egg officer after a company they formed destrawd members ever a kong agree daition by getting them to invest large sums of money in micro management grum. the defendants convinced some members of church to turnover large sums of money to be invested in the company to help poor them developing countries by providing small, short term exiting businesses -- existing businesses by working with network of established micro finance institutions. and the three recruited investors by emphasizing christian mission and promising rates of return and ensuring investors that the loan principle was safe. indictment claim

burping tree elementary school in bethesda, paul outside burping tree elementary school in bethesda, paul wagner, you're right on time. as promised, to install fios and set up the wi-fi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma and jasmine need on their birthday. thank you. for all their new devices. you want a piece of cake? you can't break me. switching to fios is easier than ever. now get 100 meg internet, plus tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. hurry, this is the final week to get our best offer ever. police are investigating a deadly multi-car crash in prince sdwrorj county. sky fox flying high above the scene it happened 1:00 this afternoon over branch avenue near saratz road the crash involved four vehicles and and one spern dead pat of the road would closed investigating. >> an ab duck caught an camera? it turns out they captured all the footage of people involved including alleged victim walking back in minutes later. the group left the store at about 40 minutes. and gave details of what happened. >> and we're learning about a delay of deante calloway announced caroway's trial will no

paul wagner, fox5 local news. ns >> prince george's county has'sh issued a statement it says in si part "our preliminary investigation reveals that itha was only after the man was w restrained by the originalna officer and back-up officers dis ceficer. "hundreds of our followers onn facebook have commented on thisi story. we want to share some of those e but in full disclosure we'reuree sharing the ones that we can share on the air because this ii such a passionate topic for mann people and these are the ones we can safely share.ha. brenda writes on facebook, thisi is a exactly why i worry about o my police officer grandson whenw he's not in uniform and isnd carrying his service weaponpo profiled.. >> jackson commented "my question, why didn't you identify yourself first before r being thrown to the ground wheng he went to frisk you.to frisk yu that it's when you were to tell him that i have a service weapon ". >> matthew writes that he couldd see the prince george's county officer's perspective saying "i understa

in our audience, we have paul wagner,nd dennis winners of the service to america medals. [applause] we need more sammies nominations. lastly, next and week on the 13th, we are releasing a report on the review of the office of management and budget in part of our transition series and how we might envision the center of government operating. thank you again. [applause] host[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> one of several discussions we have covered on the presidential transition and you can find all of them at www.c-span.org. on the road to the white house news -- the house financial services committee chair will accompany mike pence to a campaign rally in harrisonburg, virginia. that rally is getting underway in harrisonburg momentarily. we will take you there live. expect to hear from mike pence and we will have it here on c-span when it gets underway. we're also hearing today from tim kaine who was in last nig

firee outside the courthouseurth yesterday the father of amy savopoulos declined to talk to c our paul wagner. >> sir, what do you think of thi the time it's taken to geto g this to trial?ri >> not interested in spononding. thank you. >> don worked for american iron works where savas savopoulos was president. he will be back in court onrt february hinged an uber driver is under arrest this morning charged with kidnapping and assaulting a woman he wasom he supposed to drive home.e police say west pierre drove ae woman home but instead of driving her home or droppingr dn her off he drove her to aer t hotel in college park. college you can see pierre on prre surveillance video taking the te carrying her into a hotelnthote room. ro investigators say he also usedyu the victim's credit card a car shorter time later.orter he could face more charges.rges >>> metro set to lay off 100 of1 employees in the coming days as the agency prepares for a painful budget cuts part of a 500 position deduction that gm paul wiedefeld announced earlier this year. y some of the people laid offe la hold management posi

quick note -- in our audience, we have paul mcgann and dennis wagner, 2 winners of the service to america medals. they did a phenomenal job. [applause] 100,000 lives, billions of dollars, making hospitals safe is. we need more sammies nominations. servicetoamerica.org. nominate them. lastly, next week on the 13th, we are releasing a report on the review of the office of management and budget, again part of our transition series ,? -- part of our transition series and how we might envision the center of government operating. thank you again. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> hillary clinton her way to st. louis for tonight's debate. she departed white plains, new york a bit more than an hour ago. a look here at her motorcade as she arrived at westchester county airport. fromss than nine hours now, hillary clinton will be here at st. louis university -- in st. louis at washington university, facing donald trump in the s