the chief of police and the district, peter newsham. our director, our director chris shorter, our health director, doctor nesbitt, and also our human services director, laura. also the d.c. national guard is represented here as well as the fire chief, gregory dean. i am very thankful as well to the federal partners who have joined us, and you will hear from the special agent in charge for the washington, d.c. office for the united states secret service, as well as park police representatives and representatives from the federal emergency management agency, or fema. so let me thank all of them for the work that they had been doing in preparation for the inauguration. of course in washington, d.c. we are the capital of the united states of america and the seat of our federal government, and every four years our government works overtime to keep everyone safe during the peaceful transition of power. that is the hallmark of our democracy. since april my administration has been working closely with our federal, local and regional and privat

police department under leadership of peter newsham doing a tremendous job, we can't let that happen.ence is violence it's not a good thing people were hurt today minor injuries police officers we were getting reports from 12th street and 13th and i, l, were these isolated incidents or one group going through and wreaking hatch of course wherever they went. >> i don't think it was isolated incidents i think it was staged event by some of these protesters and our intelligence meaning law enforcement our intelligence told us there were going to be organized groups of protesters coming to the disstripingt to disrupt the inauguration. we're already knew that we prepared tore that. and i think the individuals today decided they wanted to cause these dust ups they set up to cause that destruction and we were prepared for it and we locked it down and clamped down quickly. >> look ago head tonight i heard people say boy i hope tomorrow is okay. there's a big protest i get a sense that is one big organized non violent prote o do you and problems tomorrow. >> we never and we hope there's no pro

anna-lysa: chief peter newsham said officers made a split-second decision. >> part of the investigation is if they could have done something differently to prevent the tragedy. anna-lysa: anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. jonathan: a popular local ice rink shut down by fire. sky track 7 was over the scene of the took a road ice rink in fort washington. the fire was so hot that it got through the roof and firefighters had to handle this. numeral reports of injuries come and word on the extent of damage at the tucker road ice rink. alison: an escalating between donald trump and the u.s. intelligence community. trump disputing the assessment russia used cyber hacking to metal in the election. instead, trump is supporting the founder of wikileaks, who also cast doubt about the hacking. trump is set to meet with the directors of the cia and fbi along with the director of national intelligence this friday. jonathan: a lot of questions about this video of a high school students slammed to the ground by police officers. the troubling footage and what the teenager' >> help! jonathan: these videos are

interim police chief peter newsham is putting plans in place to keep the district safe. the police are deploying an onortant tool for security inauguration day. mounted officers are going through training before the big day. 45 mounted patrols will have a view above the crowd to help manage the people, survey the parade, and respond to disturbances. the horses are specially trained to focus, regardless of noise and distractions. jonathan: virginia governor terry mcaulif address tonight. delivered hours after the journal assembly gaveled into session, he highlighted his first years as governor. if you federal credit union will jobs in frederick county. he said the economy would benefit more if they were less dependent on spending by the federal government. governor mcauliffe: we are not always going to agree. that is what democracy is about. we have proven time and time again virginia is a place where leaders can still work together to get things done. jonathan: mcauliffe said he would work with the republican-controlled legislature whenever possible, but he would veto bi

. >> and pro teingers who were taken into custody according to interim police chief peter newsham will likely be spending the night in jail. and at least the police chief and mayor they believe many protesters were not from the d.c. area. tisha lewis, "fox5 local news". >> make america great again that's rallying cry that donald donald trump used on the campaign trail. today a sea of supporters wore his make america great again hats. brody logan spent the day on the national mall with the supporters. he joins us live with more, hey, brody. >> hey, tone yes, i yes you can see the national mall behind me empty outside of a few stragglers and earlier today an estimated 900,000 people supposed to be here for inauguration. not a record setting number but if there were records stlet were probably more red hats that inauguration than any in american history and we saw supporters all over the mral wearing hats and beanies and all various colors. it has come to symbolize a movement make america great movement that ush eared in donald trump as 45 president of the united states. >> it's best thin

interim police chief peter newsham put out a news conference also asking for helpl saying that there's a $25,000 reward for information on hockon solve the murder of this grandmother. when vivian marrow was killed monday morning making her wayher down this sidewalk to the corner store, d.c. police say she was not caught in the cross fire of a gun ballet as they first said. instead, detectives now believe a gunman who had no regard for where he was firing hit a 68 year old woman loved the complex where she lived. the woman some people knew simply as miss vivian, whiless v others knew her as the candy lady.la a grown man who apparently had some kind of beef or dispute with someone else felt it was okay to fire multiple shots in this neighborhood. guess what, that reckless behavior has rutted in the death of a beloved community member. the shooting took place justst after 10 in the morning on a clear, cold day within feet of a d.c. police crime camera.amer but chief newsham declined tolie say whether it recorded the gunfire. if somebody has some specifics regarding a motive or what this b

. >> interim chief peter newsham says he's not concern eed d.c. will see more protests now that trump is president. >> i going to be a regular event here in the city. if it is, we have an intelligence unit that follows those groups very closely. if they want to come here and they're intent on breaking the law, we'll be ready for that as well. >> newsham as there's a protest every day here in d.c. and the vast majority go unnoticed. >> it's fun to kind of watch that many people come here and have a successful event. it's a feeling of gratification for us to be able to host people to come in and do that kind of thing in our city. >> some of those people arrested on friday have filed a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force. chief newsham wouldn't comment on that because it is pending litigati litigation. they're still likely to release imagend help identify suspects. >> police went into the inauguration friday planning to write tickets if they needed to for protesters who got out of hand. they ended up arresting and pressing felony charge

interim police chief peter newsham says the violence was confined to inauguration day and began early friday morning as organized protester eers blocke access to the parade route. hundreds of violent protesters took to the streets of downtown, breaking windows, lighting small fires and even setting a limo on fire. several times throughout the day on friday, protesters and police clashed. violent rocks and bottles at police chief. and police using pepper spray and stinger balls on the crowd. kn newsham says several of his officers were injured. >> one of those was pretty serious to the extent it put a dent in his helmet and actually he went unconscious. >> 230 people were arrested plus five juveniles, all charged with felony rye yoiorioting. >> that's how we're going to move forward to the extent that we can identify people on our own, we will. we'll present information to the u.s. attorney for warrants. and if we're unable to identify people, then we're going to probably make those images public to see if the public can help us identify them. >> as for the lawsuits filed alleging poli

interim police chief peter newsham would not comment. >>> got to be scary for anyone who's been down there to see a ball game, but a man has been shot in the head in a park. >> mark segraves is live along south capitol street right now where this all started. tell us what happened, mark. >> reporter: some very scary moments this morning. it started about 10:30 this morning as people were lining up on that sidewalk along the parking lot this morning for that job fair, here on the other side of south capitol street behind this liquor store, two men got into an altercation. police say at one point one of the men drew a gun other man several times in his upper body, including his head. that victim was able to run across the streetd to t to the where he collapsed. >> it's very isolated. i don't have any information that makes me believe this is related to the job fair here today. >> reporter: now, for a short time people inside nats park were -- as for the suspect, police don't have a name or a meetiv motive. they're still looking for him. >>> prince george's county police are trying to f

dc's interim police chief peter newsham was part of the first group to be welcomed to the white house, he thanked law enforcement official whose provided security during the inauguration, secret service director james clan si and james comey also attended that weekend meeting. . >>> developing tonight, an ethics watch dog group is suing president trump for violating the constitution by allowing his business to accept payments from foreign governments. the president claims he hassed handed over control of his global real estate and licensing to his two older sons financial stake in the business while in the white house. trump said the lawsuit is quote without merit. >>> after a rocky start. the white house press secretary sean spicer met with reporters. donald trump vowed to eliminate the terror group and said he'd work with other world leaders including vladimir putin to achieve that goal. >> i think if there's a way we can combat isis with any country, whether russia or anyone else and we have a shared national interest in that, sure, we'll take it. >> coalition forces are targeting

. >> mayor bowser will join peter newsham for the rolling strategies. the goal is to improve police accountability and bowser announced typeal crime coming up we'll head to fox business network in new york and bring it all down. >> rain causing problems on the west coast. we're back in 0 second. 30 seconds now at havertys furniture, it's our new year savings event. save up to one-thousand dollars in bonus discounts to create your perfect home. plus you'll get twenty-four month, no-interest financing. hurry, the new year savings event ends january 16th. the new year savings event at havertys. life looks good. >> ooe vactions still underway in norp california this morning as rivers and creeks in the san francisco area continue to rise. there you see some of by the golden gate bridge. flood sirens for those it author to higher ground and stay away if lack tahoe because of liz blizzard conditions wind up to 100 miles an hour. four feet of snow at one resort. >>

. >> to keep the crime trend moving in the desired direction, peter newsham announced a new command. a single chain of command in section of patrol districts, aged for growing future department leaders. >> it's a real good thing. >> she takes comfort in the latest statistics but worries about the safety in d.c. >> i don't see that much of a difference. to me it seems like the same city to me. it doesn't seem that much safer. >> we heard specifics and the statistics. there was a vague area that surfaced when the mayor was asked about the interim chief new policing strategy. whether it bode well for the chance for permanent police chief. she did not offer a definitive answer. stephen tschida, abc7 jonathan: coming up next at 4:00, you have seen the high-tech security equipment for the inugh ration. that is a big day. but next how the horses will play a role if it gets out of control. president-elect trump: if putin likes trump i consider that an asset, not a possibility. michelle: we go to new york and the key take away from what was a true event at trump tower next. >> this video crea

interim police chief peter newsham in that group and fbi director jim come he's been a source of controversyecause of the way he handle hillary clinton email scandal and this is joe chancy working across the room. he was focusp controversy over security lapses during obama administration the last president apointed him to the job. this was the scene inside there's come walking a cross and talk about president putting his arm around come and at this point said something to them and bottom line is this it probably will not be the last time we see one of these kind of get togethers during his confirmation hearing the new attorney general designee jeff sessions he said to the senate frankly, police think he'll be a major focus o will be have to be made with like that have to inlude more meetings with law enforcement lake we saw yesterday. live on pennsylvania avenue tonight, tom fitzgerald, "fox5 local news". >> coming up close call rescue efforts to get a group of toddlers back to safety after a tree falls on top of the daycare center. >> three adorable dogs found alive five days accuweather ac

interim police chief peter newsham put out a news conference also asking for helpl saying that there's a $25,000 reward for information on hockon solve the murder of this grandmother. when vivian marrow was killed monday morning making her wayher down this sidewalk to the corner store, d.c. police say she was not caught in the cross fire of a gun ballet as they first said. instead, detectives now believe a gunman who had no regard for where he was firing hit a 68 year old woman loved

both mayor muriel bowser and interim police chief peter newsham this will allow for faster response time improve service >> we have an experienced but aging command staff and we need to identify the future leaders this police department, this model provides us with an opportunity to better mentor and assess officer performance and helps us to identify the future leaders of >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser also discussed crime for 2016, while violent crimes was down there were 135 homicides last year making it the second highest of the last decade. >>> the dc government will pay out to homeowners who lost their home because of tax lien sales and foreclosures >> many were elderly and sick and had owed only a few hundred dollars in taxes, alexandria limon with more. >> reporter: homeowners like benny coleman is a veteran who owned this northeast dc home about 20 years. but one day, he came home, and got evicted by federal marshals. after that, sadly he, lived on his front porch for months and it was all because he owed less than $200 in taxes >> it's basically the constitutional principle i

interim police chief peter newsham says their deulteir position right now is thatow ist they expect thehat law and the the police are hoping they will areh not haveop to use those arrest t powers. >> you know, we brought in lawow enforcement for as manyt for asy inaugurations as i can can remember from outside jurisdictions and we haven't hae had any problems. pr they're police officers,ice off, they're well meaning.they'rwella they want to come here andome make sure we have a successful event. that's their intention.'s t >> reporter: thhee u.s.e u.s. marshall for d.c. says this this only lasts until saturday.sa at the d.c. armory tommory to fitzgerald fox5 local news. ns. >> confirmation hearingsonfi continued today on captor hillto with the president-elect'she secretary of energ pyresi nomin. >> you might remember former rer texas governor rick perry whopey back in 2012 during a gop debate said he would abolishbo the energy department.partent. comments came during hisents cau campaign for the republicangn fp nomination for president.e there was also a recent reportao from the new york

you is is because i want to talk about ata conversation we had with thed e interim police chief peter newsham a moment ago they were swornn in as special us marshals. now, we asked the interim chief newsham listen, what does this mean, why dough do you need aed force this big? and what newsham laid out yesterday wass scenario that we are seeing play out right now. now, they had a security plan in place which this is designatednd as a national security incidente because of the fact that this is the president of the unitedtedte states in coming outgoing.oing.. they had the united states homeland security departmententn involved with this, the fbi as well. however, there were going to bee other pockets throughout thishis city that needed to be policedc and that's why they brought all of these other officers in. now, there were also nationalall guard that were deputized over e fed he can field yesterday. mayor bowser was involved in that as well and the reason being here, we asked, listen, there are police officers in washington, d.c. who are very well experienced ind ii dealing with these kinds