did peter newsham lie to you. >> in > is peter newsham a liar. >> in my opinion, he is.s. > does peter newsham ruin your daughter's life? l >> he did more than ruin my daughter's life.e. my husband, myself, family members, close friends. it's been ate, nine years andnd > veer konica best daughter was raped by multiple men at just 11 1 # years old. >> he lost her youth. her daughter who is still emotionally recovering from the 2008 aggression was charged with filing a false report after her account of events were found to be inconsistent despite severala medical accounts detailing her sexual injuries and the findings of multiple samples of semen on her underwear.derw the case t opened. the men the 11 year old accusedd are still on the run. beth blames newsham of allowing investigators to charge her # 40-year-old daughter over ove locking up the men who raped her. he perpetuated the wrong and i say that because there are still officers on the force who he not sent to another desk. i don't know about his past and i don't know how he started out, but somewhere longing a he lostt the abilit

peter newsham has been serving as interim top cop and he'll continue inauguration. "fox5" marina morocco takes a closer look. >> city streets remain tonight after protesters vow to shut down the city. >> at this time the assistant chief of police is peter newsham and charles ramsey was chief of police. >> protest and arrests as dem strairtz taking to the streets of d.c. >> what's clear both of them participated in the order to arrest. there's no issue about that. >> and that's -- that said he picked up a knife and i was not going to let him break another bone in my body. >> goodness. just knowing he would be the replacement it's likefy had given the devil. >> my job requires -- >> you could describe peter newsham. >> for the past 27 years peter newsham has risen through the rapingz of the metropolitan police department. >> a person who is so hostile milling about in a park a public park which would be a place of refuge and safety. that is a person not qualified to be chief of police for washington d.c. >> and at 25 years old peter newsham started career with d.c. po

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watch this morning at eleven a-m -- as m-p-d interim chief peter newsham sits down with bruce depuyt - and takes your questions - on newstalk. that's at 11 a-m on newschannel eight. caught on camera. now there is a growing manhunt for the two men caught in the act. what police are saying about the shocking video.. coming up. plus, remembering an icon. hollywood mourns the shocking death of carrie fisher. and a blockbuster franchise... now left with some hard choices. the details.. coming up. - cooler today - rain tomorrow morning - few sprinkles nye; otherwise dry weekend - roller coaster temperatures first week of 2017 today: mostly sunny. cooler. highs: 45-50 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: increasing clouds. showers developing after 2am. lows: 30-36 winds: se 5 mph thursday: morning clouds, showers. pm sunshine. highs: 46-52 winds: w 10-15 g 25+ mph million of fans are mourning the death of carrie fisher. mean for the next star wars installment? what disney is saying.. coming up. plus, an unwelcome house guest... really leaves an impression. the story behind this wild picture.. still ahe

all day long that's correct, interim police chief, peter newsham was also here with a message. >> there's nothing here. it's complel this is a great business, and, you know, the fact that anyone would can't to perpetuate that lie is, it's a little unsettling but we got to tell those folks, it's not funny. and you need to stop. . >> one thing that i've been saying, future incoming administration wants to get serious about standing up to fake news, right now up the street, vice president elect his support for comet >> i'm wanting to come out and show that the community supports everybody here, that we do not accept this harassment. >> reporter: now, this initially was supposed to be just a one-day event. just today, but there's been so many people interested in coming out. they, in fact, reached capacity earlier. that they now have decided to keep the fund-raiser going all weekend long, they want to encourages a many people as possible organizers to come out and support comet now, if you're not able to get out to northwest dc, there's also a gofundme page, where you can make monetary donati

this morning at eleven a-m --m-p-d interim chief peter newsham will sit down with bruce depuyt - and take your questions - on newstalk. that's at 11 a-m on our sister station newschannel eight. police in aspen hill maryland are searching for answers after a driver struck a mother and her child. the crash happened just after 3 tuesday afternoon. witnesses say the car was driving erratically. the woman was airlifted to shock trauma in baltimore with a critical leg injury. her child is at children's national medical center with serious - but not life-threatening along parkland drive are horrified by what happened -- but not surprised. the woman was reportedly taking her child out of a car seat when the crash happened. police say the driver that hit the pair is cooperating with investigators. right now.. the search continues for the driver and vehicle involved in a deadly hit and run in the district. take a good look at this s-u-v. d-c police say the driver struck and killed a deaf woman in the columbia heights neighborhood yesterday morning. the victim, identified as jacqueline cole wa

police chief peter newsham visiting connecticut avenue, offering reassurance to neighborhood businesses that have been receiving numerous threats. >> it can have very serious consequences. trainsally, i took two to get over here. had to support sanity. >> a lot of people actually care about truth and reality and are fakes.erred by internet the cast will be on jimmy kimmel live after this newscast. right now we are giving away tickets for an early screening to the movie. right now, the 10th caller wins. 703-528-7334. the screening will be held next wednesday. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. in the 3.7 seconds it takes ry watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ow to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. jonathan: 7 on your side with a consumer a

asked mayor gray once he's back on the council if mayor bowser were to pick interim police chief peter newsham as the city's top cop if he would in fact, sign objection to the forms he says he's not ready to sign offer, but is ' not ready to rule him out. marina maracco, fox5 local news. the family of terrence sterling has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit. it alleges d.c. police officer brian tanner and his partner were in violation of multiple general orders in the moments leading up to sterling's death. sterling was shot and killed back in september after investigators say he crashed his motorcycle into the side of the officer's cruiser. the grand jury convened shooting. there's no word yet when a decision will be made. former prince george's county executive jack johnson is out of prison. he will spend the next few months in a residential facility in baltimore. johnson was release from federal prison today after serving time from corruption charges. back in 2011 he pled guilty to the crime of business officials. jackson son is expected to be release from that silt in baltimore som

tim: interim police chief peter newsham met with business owners. >> these folks are very committed to their businesses and the city. we are hoping something like this does not happen again. tim: the fake news article said hillary clinton had ties to a sex trafficking organization here. welch surrendered after not finding evidence of a crime and is behind bars himself. welch's next court appearance is thursday morning. we will let you know if he gets bond or not. live in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. steve: for those of you waking up early tomorrow morning, the bat, but through the early morning, midmorning, we have heavier rain causing delays, especially on the roadways. by tomorrow evening, bigger problems across the dmv. the travel impact, i don't foresee a big problem early on. as we move through the day, especially 3:00 until 6:00, could have heavy rain. across the immediate metro. we'll give you the timing and what to expect coming up. i will give you a hint -- the coldest air of the season on the way. jonathan: "the good morning washington" team will have updated

department announced it will be realigning its special liaison division to report to interim chief peter newsham. the division is made up of that represent african-americans, gays, lesbians, latinos. their goal is to create a support system that serves members of the community, historically under served >> there was not one particular issue that spurred this. in fact, i've been interim chief now, i think, a little over three months. and i just think it's something that i feel is extreme important. i would say change is more attributable to my leadership style as opposed to an issue with the unit >> the election expedited his decision to streamline the units reporting back to his desk instead of to an assistant chief's office. he says unless you're part of these under served communities you likely won't see much of a difference. >>> the new fbi headquarters building could be moving to maryland. sources on capitol hill tell fox 5 it is looking very likely that maryland will land the facility when the final decision is made in march. three sites are now being springfield, virginia. congress already

chief peter newsham says plans in security has been in the works several months and the word on the street is mixed. >> with upcoming inauguration with the things that we've seen throughout the world the most recent event in berlin that see something say something is more important now than ever. >> i think people are think about it carefully. i think they plan well. i have a lot of confidence in the people that think about security and all the issues for organization so i think it will be interesting one on margins of it and i dochbt expect it to be anything to worry about. >> i don't want to be around the kind of people supporting him and i think it's going to be too viont >> it's different. it's something different with donald trump winning it and you have some people that are against him and you have some with him. so ux i don't think it's going to be enough that it's going to cause confusion or anything. i think they'll still be police doing their jock and being alert on a lot of things. >> and i think we'll be okay really i think we'll do. inauguration will be a nice move. >> and we'

last night, interim police chief peter newsham met with concerned business owners on the same block of connecticut avenue. the police department is increasing patrols there. it's 5 xx and still to come on good morning washington.. an ourpouring of scott.. the former officer accused in her son's death now a free man.. so what comes next?? subway riders in los angeles will see extra security today.. the terror threat that has authorities taking no chances this he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. - rain develops by 8 or 9am (some sleet at onset, mainly sw & nw) - chilly, raw, rainy day - coldest air of the season friday and saturday - wind chills range from the teens to low 30s today: cloudy and cold. rain, heaviest during the afternoon and evening. highs: 38-45 winds: e 5-10 mph

inter time peter newsham would not allow her to talk to fox5 a. what shared are the findings of abuse of authority and unbecoming conduct. i have accomplished a lot in my life. she's been called a trail blazer. she was born billy but is now jessica. sergeant jessica hawkins and her coming out as a transgender woman has been chronicalled by many national and local media outlets. nbc news broadcast this story touting the 16 year police fear in the district. these documents obtained by fox5 show a different side to the leader of the mpd lesbian, by sexual and transgender liaison unit, allegations the department itself found to be quote, extremely disturbing, allegations that were first brought to the attention of furious back in june and that were initially only part of an administrational gas station but then were sent to the office of the attorney general for review. just seven weeks ago, internal affairs found the majority of the allegations were sustained. sergeant hawkins bad judgment allow her to take interns assigned to her unit out drinking w

. > instead the day after christmas, mpd interim chief peter newsham says johnson once again stole from a cvs store while already in possession of mccauley's car just hours after the yoga instructor was reported missing. the suspect was involved in a theft at the cvs at that location. he assaulted employees. the news hit this bloomingdale community hard. in consolable friends and neighbors who are now left with the memorize of the 46 year old. she was just the type of person where even if you met her for a really brief just -- it was just obvious how wonderful she was and how full of light and love, you know, people i think were just drawn to her. and who feel their sense of safety and security has been violated. to think it was basically the middle of the day on christmas, you know, yes, it's scary. it's scary. but that's why we all have to watch out for each other as much as possible. what happened to tricia has really thrown me for a loop. i don't even know what to think to tell you the truth. it's just frightening and i think there's a lot of things happening in our community that w

s ward seven, interim police chief peter newsham joined mayor muriel bowser. they answered questions about security. mayor bowser says the crime rate recently has gone down. alison: arlington county is working late into the night, cracking down on predatory towing. board members are expected to vote at any time. jay korff has been following the story all night. jay, what changes could happen here? jay: there are a number of things. heated debate going back-and-forth in the hearing room. the resin other screen over here where you can see the action. it is a huge controversy in arlington. not enough spaces and a lot of complaints about predatory towing. tonight they are expected to pass a series of reforms. the big controversy is requiring towing companies to get a business owner or employee to sign off on whether a car should or should not get towed. , theowing companies chamber of commerce, and some businesses are strongly opposed to this, saying that it would be onerous and would cause a burden. >> we are strongly opposed to the addition of a second authoriza

in fact, interim police chief peter newsham was here today with a message >> there's nothing on her, the this is a great business, and, you know, the fact that anyone would continue to perpetuate that lie is a little unsettling. we got to tell those folks, it's not funny. you know what i mean? and you need to stop >> one thing i've been saying, if this future incoming administration want to get serious about standing up to fake news, right now, up the street, vice president elect pence is a neighbor of the community. if he wants to get serious about this, he needs to show his support for comet >> i'm wanting to come out and show the community supports everybody. we do not accept this harassment. >> reporter: now, this initially was supposed to be just a one-day fund-raising event. but there have been so many people. there were running low on some of the pizza toppings during the lunch hour, they've decided to keep the momentum going, try to keep it going through the weekend to help them raise money, if you can't make it out there's a gofundme page, i checked it around a half hour ago

later in the day, mayor muriel bowser and peter newsham toured the school to reassure students and teacherschool volunteer who wants to remain anonymous spoke to fox 5 about what happened. >> i was a little bit surprised. i'm not really sure what to say. it's my first experience with this kind of incident. >> reporter: do you feel safe >> honestly, i'm a little i walk to and from the metro station in the area, the area looks very safe though on the outside. >> investigators say this was not a random attack. the shooter and the victim knew each other. we're told the victim will be ok. >>> this next story is a refresh my memorier to always be aware of your surroundings. police are looking for a group of armed car jackers target add driver in dc chevy chase neighborhood. fox 5 tisha lewis spoke to the victim tonight. >> when this happened, the backdrop was similar to what you see right now. it was dark and this victim, this woman was doing something that many of us have probably done. she was unloading groceries from her car. behind her house unloading groceries when a group of young man appro

it's on the north side on bladensburg road.blad we were told by interim police chief peter newsham end neighborhood on m street and 22nd. a lot developing here in the last hour. of course we're going to especially could you posted. at 6:15, the gatherers insidesie this chant and meditation, this vigil will walk up to the parkrk just across the way where tricia mack cull i was, the resident herbal list.st. of course we're hoping to speak with family and friends who have gathered here tonight to honor her life. marinahe maracco, fox5 local ne. > in other news tonight, at, mother is hospitalized after shr and her child were hit by a car. this all unfolded late this afternoon on park land drive in aspen hills. police say the 28 year oldd mother pulled over on the sidede of the road and was moving her child in a car seat from theom back of the car to the front. that's when they were hit by a passing car. the driver of that car did stayd on theid scene. authorities say the woman was flown to shock trauma with non-thrive of life threatening, but traumatic injury to her lower extremities. hosp

today the department announced it's realigning special liaison to report to peter newsham and it's made up of minority bruise that represents gaze, latinos, after an americans and they need a support system that serve members of the community who are historically underserved. >> there was no particular issue that spurred this. in fact, i've been interim chief now i think for a little over three months and i just think it's something that i feel is extremely important. i would say the change is more attributable to my leadership style as opposed to issue with the unit. >> the interim chief says they expedited to streamline the unit and have them report to office. unless you're part of under served communities you will likely not notice much of a difference. >> and we turn now to your weather. it's the first night of winter and we're only four days away from christmas and we saw temperatures near 50 today. sue palka standing by with what we can expect tomorrow, hi, sue. >> hi there, tony. we have to change the hash tag it's not winner coming it's winter here. >> you're right. >> it didn't

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> now i asked mayor gray ifif once he's back on the council if he'd give interim police chief peter newsham his signature of approval if mayor bowser were, in fact, to name him as the city's top cop. he told me ease not ready to r rule him out, but he's not ready to sign off.off. > parents across the countrytsa arecr waiting to see how presidt elect donald trump's admission will handle gender identity initiatives in schoolsls nationwide. last night we spoke to the head of one virginia school district about what they are facing.cing tonight we're we hear fromfrom parents. fox's teisha lewis joins us with the story. >>reporter: we are speaking about parents concerned about p how theco new admiration will handle quench issues like lockers rooms and bathrooms in schools. the topic was not agenda, they had plenty to say. not enough research has beens done in what the full impact of teaching and exposing young children, impressionable children to question their gender identify time all but two of these public speakers spoke on concerns about how fairfax county publiboc schools will handle transge

but tonight inter chief peter newsham would notot allow her to speak to fox5 a. she has become the face of the ltgt. they haven't found abusive andnd unbecoming conduct. she's been called a trail blazer. she was born billy but now jessica. sergeant event jessica hawkins. her coming out has been outlets.s. this week,abcbc news has said she was a woman building trust and easing fear in the district. these documents obtained by fox5 shows a different side to the leader the mpd by sexual and transgender downit. allegations the departmenton itself found tos be quote, extremely disturbing, allegations that were firstat brought to at attention of higherups back in june and that were administrative investigation,tie but then were sent to the office of the attorney general for review. just seven weeks ago, mpd's internal affairs bureau found the majority of the allegations were sustained. two separate complainants wrote sergeant hawkins bad judgment allow her to take interns out ot drinking with other mpd officerd at freddie's a well known lgtb having a fake id who showed

police chief petere newsham did come to the scene as well as the chief of detectives. what we understand from one witness he told us off camera, he did not want to go on camera that just around 11:30 he looked outside the window of the homehe that he's been working inside of and he saw two men in black puffy coats what canning up the street. he said they stood outside a ca then all of afo sudden he said e saw them draw weapons. he then moved away from the window thinking he was about to get robbed and he watched as the two men walked down the streetet back towards 1501 olive street.e just a few minutes later he said he heard all of the police officers arriving onto the block. and then he knew awful had happened. we have been unable to find anyone here on the street whot has been able to tell us whos medical examiner. when we first arrived here earlier today we did see a woman come up on the scene. she was very emotional and shead was speaking with detectivesdete seemingly knowing someone who may have been inside that us who. at this point d.c. list have not put out a l

interim police chief peterer newsham saying he was aware of these social media conspiracy theories and he set up the time at about 6:00 today that he believes what happened hereened today was not tied to those conspiracy theories calling this quote, very unusualusua circumstances for this part ofso the city t. however, tonight, d.c. police confirming that, in fact, thisct man confessed saying that he quote, sell came to investigate these onlinee suspicion theories known as pizza gait. g we saw a bunch cluster due diligence around and all running this way down connecticut and then someone told us that the shots that had someone come in with a gun and told everyone to evacuate. 45 minutes after the people ran in backing backwards with hisars hands in the air and then he and he was immediately picked up by the police and taken away. but you didn't see a gun. >> i didn't see a gun.n. > we should all condemn the efforts of some people to spread malicious aand it letterly false accusations about pink upon. a beloved d.c. institution. let me state unequivocally theso stories are completely fa

one child spent part of his day with the interim police chief peter newsham. >> a way to talk to the. up to $100 to spend. we will spend it all. >> a lot of times the officers dig in their pockets so they don't leave without. they sponsor this event every year. >> colder temperatures are on the this is 40 for the evening. temperatures in the 40's. this is not too bad but it will change. we could see snowshowers as the cold front is moving on through. we forecast wind chills and what it will feel like inside the beltway tomorrow. 10 to 12 degrees. let's talk about the weekend. a lot going on. wintry mix early saturday morning for wreaths across america at arlington national cemetery. temperatures will be in the lower to middle 30's early on. the upper 30's with the rising temperatures through the afternoon and into the evening hours. the rest of your weekend outlook calls for the milder temperatures on sunday with highs that will make it into the upper 50's. close to 60 degrees. with a better on sunday. let's get a check on the rush hour commute. straight to jamie sullivan. jamie: qui

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police chiefe peter newsham says with all witl these people in town, policeownc can do a lot but theywith the upcoming inauguration, with the things that we've seen throughout the world, the most recent in berlin, that see something,ng say something is more is m important now than ever. e >> reporter: and there arend the many official events that week some beginning as early as tuesday with some fishkins. fhk official dinners. one of the balls will bel be dedicated to first responders and members of the military.ilit a lot of events are opened to oe the public but you have to go ho tow inaugural committee webin site in order to apply foraugu tick iets. live from freedom plaza melanie alnwick fox5 local local news. >> christmas came early for cam one maryland family. mand famil the morris family has beeny struggling to make ends meetee since their four-year-old was-ow seriously injured in any inju i accident over the summer but yesterday they were showered with gifts, money to pay billsmp and even a new car. new first responders who selected sc the family to be their 2016 secret santa

interim police chief peter newsham was asked about her a h story on the kojo radio show.ho we spoke to to him at the wamu studios. take listen. >> she's a pretty remarkable person. she has overcome quite a bit in her life to get to the point where she is particularly in a law there has been an allegation of misconduct. the allegation is being -- bei - going through the disciplinary process. one of the things i will sayhe about this particular personr pr is that she is human as are are all of my police officers.er my police officers are humanffi and they do make mistakes. mta one of the things i will say,, y too about this particular incident, we talk about bias b all the time, we talk aboutlk ao bias in policing implicitci i have almost 400 sergeants on the metropolitan policeli department that this one isn'tho getting the attention it istioni because of somebody's bias outt there because of this particular person. per >> what discipline is allt diipl about is making sure that behavior, bad behavior doesn'trt occur again so i'll have tove t evaluate the circumstances,cu see if there's