skyfox flew over the crime scene up north shore drive in the tall oaks section of reston around 2:30 this afternoon, a man grabbed a 22-year-old woman walking al the sidewalk and the man dragged her into the woods. of investigator says the man tried removing her pants, but the woman screamed. alerted neighbors and that scared the man off. he got into car and left the area. neighbors tell us they're nervous and feel unsafe doing most basic things like walking their dogs and going to and from the gym. >> people ride bikes, jog. walk their dogs. with their children >> what happened in the middle of the day, so you can't be safe at night. going out alone and stuff. hopefully they catch him. i'll definitely be on the look-out. i know all of my neighbors and people i speak with and walk my dog with will be watching >> reporter: police tell us tonight that they believe the attacker got into a gray four-door sedan possibly a hyundai or a honda and the first letter of the license plate is a v. obviously not catching rest of that license plate. first letter a v. this is not the only abduction

this is north shore drive in reston in the tall oaks neighborhood. police say it was two:30 in the afternoon monday. the # two year old victim was walking along the sidewalk when a man dragged her off of the path and into the woods. he tried removing her pants, but the woman struggled and screamed and that alerted neighborsment he got into a car and drove but neighbors say, especially given the time of day they're nervous to do even the most basic things. it's kind of troubling. we walk around here we walk through the woods all the time, i have a dog and a baby, my wife, she'll do the same thing in the morning and at night. it's concerning as someone that has been living here for so long. now people who use these paths here to bike or run or walk, a lot of them were commenting on our facebook page posts saying that now they are considering arming themselves. one more detail, frkt police the out there, the car is described as something like a gray honda or a hundred kay, the first letter of the license plate is v. live in rest torntion i'm melanie aln

fairfax county is still search ing for a man who i a talked a woman in reston. it happened yesterday afternoon while she was out for a walk. especially after the abduction and assault of a little girl just the day before. fox5's melanie alnwick live with the latest. >>reporter: good morning guys, those who use these paths are even talking about arming themselveses that's how upset they are about what happened here and even more so that it wasn't at right now where it's so drk and quiet. it was at 2678. thirty in the afternoon. let's she you

this is the tall oaks section of reston right near a community pool, and we're also on the other side of the tall oaks village center as well. i want to show you video from skyfox over the scene earlier this attack happened around 2:30, they say a 22-year-old woman was walking along the sidewalk when a man came up to her and dragged her into the woods. you can see some of that from our ground video. then the man tried taking off that woman's pants, her screams, according police, alerted neighbors, and that scared the suspect back to his car, where he took off. according to the fairfax county police. we spoke to a neighbor who says they say incident in broad daylight makes him worry for his wife and young family >> it's kind of troubling. you know, we walk around here, we walk through the woods all the time. i have a dog and baby and my wife, she'll do the same thing in the morning and at night. it's kind of -- it's concerning, someone that, you know, has been living here for so long. >> reporter: you can see back here live, police have roped up this really long area of this section of

so you can see what's going on along north shore drive in reston, the tall oaks area village center on the other side of where we are but you see that red crime scene tape roping off this large section of woods here. according to fairfax county police, they say around 2:30 a 22-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk there, in this area, when a man approached her and then dragged her into the woods. they say this man tried to remove the woman's pants. she screamed apparently and neighbors heard and that is what scared him off. he returned to his car which, according to police, they believe is a gray or silver hyundai or honda, taking a look at video from skyfox over this scene as well. again, the suspect believed to have gotten away in a gray or silver hyundai, likely a four-door and they believe that the tag, license plate, starts with the letter v. did not need medical attention. but obviously, she's working with investigators to tell them more about what happened to so they can get a better idea who this suspect is at this time. there is a description according to police of this

live in reston, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> the incident in reston comes just a day after a five-year old was abducted and sexually assaulted in the alexandria section of fairfax county. and that suspect is still out there police say it happened around five sunday evening in the 6700 block of to your drive. a short time after family members notic ed the child was missing, she resurfaced and reported what had happened. right now the only description that police have of the suspect is that he is a hispanic man. meanwhile some good in yous in the district to report. a missing five-year old girl has been found safe. joe el par ham was last seen in northeast. she was believed to be with her biological mother. police have not said where she was found or who she was with. the washington post reports the dramatic action was taken dangerous mistakes united medical center made with multiple pregnant woman and newborns. they cite the hospital staff did not take the necessary steps to prevent hiv from the mother to a newborn. it is the first step into the health department action. get

fox5's melanie alnwick is live in reston with the latest. >>reporter: good morning, guy, a couple of surprising things that are really rattling the neighborhood. first of all it may look dark behind me but there's homes, apartmentses and shops all around this treat and then the fact of the timing, two :30 in the afternoon, not normally a time where people would be nervous or afraid on go out. let's video over the scene yesterday, just after after the news broke it's north shore drive in reston in the tall oaks neighborhood, police say it was two:30 in the afternoon monday, the 22 year old victim was walking along the sidewalk when a man dragged her off of the path and into the the woods. investigators say he tried removing her pants but the woman struggled and screamed. that alerted neighbors and the suspect ran objection to the form police tell us he got into a car and dref away and maybors es say they're nervous to do even the most basic things. people ride their bikes, people jog, walk their dogs are out with their children. it happened i

05, fairfax police are on the hunt for an attacker, a woman grabbed and dragged into the woods in reston. suzanne kennedy is live with the story developing right now. good morning, suzanne. suzanne: it was here the woods that the alledge dassault happened. yesterdaywas attacked afternoon while walking in the 12,000 block of north shore drive. the men came from behind her and dragged her into the woods. the 22-year-old says that he threw her to the ground and tried to assault her. ultimately the attacker was not able to assault her. we are trying to figure out the identity of the man this morning. he was wearing a gray shirt the red lettering, gray shorts and a writ -- read bet -- red baseball cap. v in the red honda license plate. if you know anything about the man or the incident that took lace, you are asked to call fairfax county police. orting live this morning, suzanne kennedy. -- reporting live this morning, suzanne kennedy. adrianna: hospital close because of dangerous mistakes made by the staff. in one case they said staff members did not take steps to prevent hiv from being tran

a woman grabbed and dragged into the woods in reston. suzanne kennedy has the latest this noon. suzanne: there is a heightened sense of awareness after a woman was attacked in this northern virginia neighborhood in broad daylight. the incident allegedly taking place in these bushes in the 12,000 block of north shore drive. the 22-year-old victim says a man who she had originally seen at the reston metro station came from behind, grabbed her, drag her into the woods and tried to take her clothing off. police say something scared him and he was -- he ran away before he was able to sexually assault her. people in this community are scared about their safety especially because the alleged attacker has not been caught. >> i am walking by myself all the time. >> i try hard to stay alert about what is going me, but i will think twice about --sometimes getting a couple getting off a couple stops early and walking a bit at least until we find out what happened to this particular individual. suzanne: they say yesterday the suspect was wearing a gray t-shirt with red lettering and gray sho

fairfax county is still search ing for a man who i a talked a woman in reston. it happened yesterday afternoon while she was out for a walk. especially after the abduction and assault of a little girl just the day before. fox5's melanie alnwick live with the latest. >>reporter: good morning guys, those who use these paths are even talking about arming themselveses that's how upset they are about what happened here and even more so that it wasn't at right now where it's so drk and quiet. it was at 2678. thirty in the afternoon. let's she you individual voluntary from sky fox just off nor shore drive in fairfax county. police say around 26789. thirty this afternoon a man grabbed a 22 year old woman. she was walking along the sidewalk and the man dragged her into the woods. investigators say the man tried removing her pants but the woman screams, alerted neighbors and that scared the man off. police say he got into a car and left. the area neighbors tell us that they're nervous and they fell unsafe even doing the most basic things. people ride their bikes , people

skyfox flew over the crime scene off north shore drive in the tall oaks section of reston, police say around 2:30 this afternoon, a man grabbed a 22-year-old woman, she was walking along the sidewalk and the man dragged her into the woods. investigator says the man tried removing her pants but the woman screams alerted neighbors and that scared the man off. police say he got into a car and left the area. neighbors tell us tonight they're nervous and feel unsafe doing most basic things, walking dogs and going to and from the gym. >> it's kind of troubling. you know, we walk around here, through the woods all the time with a dog and a she'll do the same thing in the morning, at night. it's kind of -- concerning someone that, you know, has been living here so long. >> reporter: and police tonight have described the attacker's car as a gray four-door sedan either a hyundai or a honda and they say the first letter of the license plate is v. obviously, no one caught the rest of that license plate but this is not the only abduction and assault that fairfax county police are investigating. th

in reston, rather, where we finds steve rudin. that looks like vitamin and minerals and a special concoction for you. right? steve: belated birthday present, doug. happy belated birthday. we are live in reston. this is national night out. joining us is officer katie defoe. what is this all about? >> this is about coming together and being one. instead of everyone going home and closing the door, this is the family of the community. >> if you can't make it out here we are encouraging everyone to step outside the front guards. meet each other. to know each other. when we know the neighbors we have less options for criminals. steve: what do we look forward? >> there are ice cream and fountains and a moon bounce, basketball. we have lake plaza in general. >> the weather will cooperate. this is the first year here. >> our first event here. we heard today that this won't be the last. the first of many. >> we'll raise the glass to that. a lot to do out here. join us until 9:00. i wish you could taste this. alison: that is serious sugar t

alison: steve rudin is out and about in reston. hi steve. steve: this is the place to be for national night out. it's quiet now. the event started 15 minutes ago. if you are looking for something to do from now until 9:00 tonight head on over here. they have a moonwalk. hey ladies, having fun? >> yes! steve: you got a jump in the moonwalk, right? a lot to do, all free. jump in the moonwalk, games, hula hoops, live music, a d.j. you can purchase food. this is awful to bring the community together with the neighborhoods, everyone to come outside on the front lawn. get to know each other. a lot of neighbors don't know each other these days. sub divisions are huge. time to come together and celebrate in a fun environment. they are setting up everything right now. there is a great fountain and a lake to look at. temperatures are cooperating. zoom up to the sky. you can see the clouds begin to build a little bit. we can't rule out a chance for a few showers as we move through this evening. more on that. we head back inside to chief meteorologist d

fairfax county police are searching for the man who ambushed a woman in reston.. dragged her into the woods along north shore drive.. and tried to sexually assault her. it happened around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. police say the 22-year-old woman was walking home from the metro when the man grabbed her, and threw her into the bushes. he then began pulling off her clothing. the woman's mother says her daughter refused to stop fighting, despite the man's threats. the man let go, got up, and ran off. her mother says her daughter is ok physically, b emotionally traumatized. also happening now-- police in fairfax county are trying to find the man who attacked a 5-year old girl. it happened sunday on tower drive, in alexandria. police believe the person responsible is a complete stranger! authorities are still working on a composite sketch. we will bring it to you - as soon as police release it. we are learning new details-- about the closure of the maternity ward at united medical center in southeast washington. the washington post now reporting that the unit closed be

in reston, virginia, mel know alnwick, fox5 local news. >>> all right.aid the incident in reston comes just a day after a five-year-old was abducted and sexually assaulted in the alexandria section of fairfax county. that suspect is still out there. police say it happened around 5:00 sunday evening in the 6700 block of tower drive a short sht noticed the child was missing she resurfaced and reported when what happened. right now they have a really vague description. so vague i hate even giving it. they say he's he hispanic man that's all we know but i do hate giving that sort of broad description. >> it's unbelievable. it's unbelievable. still light outside and abd abducted. but, i guess if there's a silver lining in this horrible story that she is back home. >> she's >> yeah. >>> back into the district right now southeast hospital forcing -- forced to stop delivering babies. the question was why? the washington post roaring the traumatic action was taken after dangerous mistake united medical center made with multiple pregnant woman and newborns in lett

a heads up for reston residents.. today fairfax county firefighters will be conducting a training exercise at terraset elementary. so expect to see a number of firefighters in that area starting at 8 am. the drill will conclude this afternoon at five. the purpose of the exercise is to simulate the evacuation of local hospitals in case of an emergency. 14 residents of a northwest d.c. building are facing uncertainty this morning. they were evacuated from the building on 13th street yesterday. city officials told them.. the building was in danger of collapse. a in the building. officials believe a demolition project next door could be to blame. the demolition crew was gone when firefighters the demolition crew was gone when firefighters evacuated the building.. late yesterday afternoon. d.c. officials are pulling the construction permits. they're trying to find out how the damage happened, and if the company is responsible. in the meantime, most of the displaced residents are staying with relatives. now to the latest wa

jonathan: new developments on the kidnapping case in reston. it's a pretty clean sketch. it's the sketch of the guy that police believe was behind the abduction and attempted sexual assault of a 22-year-old woman. this is the guy they need to find, and police need your help. officers say the man is between 20 and 30 years old police say he did drag that woods alonghe northshore drive monday afternoon, tried taking off her clothes, but then left. >> a woman who poisoned her coworkers by spiking their coffee maker with soap and window cleaner will spend three years in prison. juarez said she was trying to make her boss sick. multiple people got sick, but all of them have recovered. larry: fear in one local downtown area where glass is raining down from the sky. the warning that is being sent out tonight. allison: a shocking scene. -- finds her neighbor flying a swastika. what happens when she confronts him? for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? ♪ ♪ we deliver

. >> she believes it's not so much this area of reston but we have learned that there was another incident a few days ago a couple of belongs away where a woman reported being followed home. at this time the investigators are trying to determine if they are related. we do have a suspect description. latino male, full beard, gray clothing taking off in silver hyundai or honda. that is the latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 alison: also breaking at this hour in fairfax county, detectives are investigating the sexual assault of 5-year-old girl. they believe the person responsible is a stranger. this happened yesterday and police are working on a composite step as they continue to search for a suspect. >> now breaking news out of france. new information about a person who they say drove in a pizzeria killing a 13-year-old girl. the driver was suicidal and driving the restaurant may have been intentional. it is not believed to be terrorism. this happened 35 miles east of paris. when breaking news happens stay with us on air and online. sign up for text alert to get the news at your f

this is a sketch of a man with a thing dragged a 22-year-old woman in the woods in reston and tried to sexually assault her. the man was seen in a hyundai driving away from the same. the car was either great or silver and think the license plate began with the letter "v." if you've seen the man, call police. prince george's county firefighters a short time ago put out flames sparked on the site of a church construction site in marlborough. so far, no injuries have been reported. turning to the weather, it's bright and sunny, perfect weather to grab you -- grab yourself a bite to doug: snowstorms on doppler radar, but we think that is possible in a few hours from now. at the capital, just beautiful. a few fairweather clouds. this is off to the south of the city at the national harbor. again, clouds and sunshine. a combination be of temperatures reaching the upper 80's and the dew point that will make it feel like a morning muggy afternoon. shows thecast possibility of a couple showers and storms popping up here and there. even at 4:30, there is a shower depicted on this model run. they

fairfax county police are looking for the man who ambushed a woman in reston.. ra tried to sexually assault her. it happened along north shore drive around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. police say the 22-year-old woman was walking home from the metro when the man grabbed her, and threw her into the bushes. he then began pulling off her clothing. the woman's mother says her daughter refused to stop fighting. the man let go, got up, and ran off. her mother says her daughter is ok physically, but is emotionally traumatized. another disturbing investigation for police in fairfax county. a five-year-old girl, the victim of sex assault -- and police believe the person responsible is a complete stranger! it happened sunday on tower drive, in alexandria. right now -- police say they are working on a composite sketch. we will bring it to you - as soon as police release it. breaking news just coming in from the district. two shootings - one now deadly. live desk, still ahead. and grab that umbrella before you head out. stormwatch seven is timing out the morning showers - next

the rain rates pretty quickly taper off, as you get west of the mcclain area, towards reston, and sterlingbut that flash flood warning again until 2:15, northwest, northeast d.c. it includes fairfax county, and over towards the montgomery county. if you're down south. lots of heavy rain moving in. slater getting it now. that is moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. just have some patience. the back edge of it, here we go. it's already much drier into damascus than it was earlier this morning. here's what we're expecting. for the next couple of hours. still rain. locally heavy at times. this is future cast. we'll go hour by hour. 2:00, if you're east of 95, southern maryland, towards prince george's county, you're still in the rain at that point, but very light rain showers further north and west of that. towards culpepper, leesburg at that point. 4:00, we're starting to see things clearing out. by 6:00, it's mainly dry. i think we're going to clear out for the nats game this evening. the good news is, we're clearing out by then. delays there. here's that weather system, pulling in this re

. >>> also new at noon, reston police have arrested, and charged dominique childs with the attemptedbduction of a woman. she says he dragged her into the woods, and tried to rip off her clothes. childs is now being held without bond. >>> more than a thousand people have begun a march against white supremacists. they'll be walking 112 miles from charlottesville, virginia, to the district of columbia. they hope to be here september 6. that's a week from tomorrow. this march was violence we saw in charlottesville. demonstrators want mr. trump to to change his policy, which they say promotes hate. we have some things you should consider to avoid getting ripped off by scammers. >>> when disaster strikes, we rise up >>> welcome back to the news at noon. this tragedy in texas is bringing out the best in people all across the country. you really want to be careful of scams. wusa9 breaks down how to donate money safely. >> reporter: unfortunately, there is no ta people out there, who are looking to take advantage of our generosity. that's why we think it would be important to arm you guys wit

jennifer in preston, virginia -- reston, virginia. caller: i am from virginia. i have family that fought for the confederacy and subsequently for the united states. but oh underscore national don't understand is the confederates rose up against our republican president and our troops and committed treason against our country. country proud that our supported the -- that our state supported the confederate cause. my family had officers in the confederate army. i want those statues ripped down. i want -- i don't want my party becoming all about racism, which is all i hear from the party. we had no election in virginia the become looking the republicanen governor and lieutenant governor donald trump,e who i think is a racist, i am going to have to vote straight ticket democrat. that one woman who came on and said all white people are racist, i am white and i am republican and i am not racist. i am sickened by the white supremacy. donaldid you listen to trump's come in? caller: i did, but it was too little, too late. he won the presidency by robbing those folks up.

fairfax county police are trying to find a man who kidnapped and tried to sexual assault a woman in reston. police tell us the man grabbed the woman, dragged her into some woods. the attack happened near the tall oaks shopping center on police say the man then tried to remove the woman's clothing but suddenly left. he was seen driving off in a silver or gray hyundai with a license plate that began with the letter "v." >>> a 5-year-old girl is the victim of a sexual assault. police say someone abducted her around 5:00 last night from tower drive near lenclair park. when she rejoined her family she reported what happened to them. detectives are working to create a sketch of the subject. they are offering a cash reward for information in this case. for information that leads to an arrest. >>> turning to our weather tonight. and a cloudy monday to start our workweek could lead to some more showers on your tuesday. >> doug, how is tomorrow morning looking? >> some areas could see shower activity. right now, nothing going on. the radar is clear for the showers starting to develop around 2:00, 3:

now kind of grown from reston to chantilly. so it spans across 50.ving off to the north and east in terms of where it's going to go, we think it's going to go northeastward. this storm has fallen apart. this might go toward rockville, in our stormtracker if it holds together, 6:01, and maybe washington grove, 6:09. we think unlike last night, these storms will fade away by about 7:30, 8:00. we've had some damage actually. these are reports, hail north of baltimore. this came in just a little while ago in prince george's county around woodmoor. a tree down that occurred just before 4:00. some of the storms have heavy rain, and they will have gusty winds as well. if it's going to end early tonight. camp temps about the same tomorrow morning. 70 to about 82. best chance of storms will actually be late tomorrow night. if you're grilling out tomorrow evening, you're okay. if your party continues until midnight, you'oi wet. the weekend looks beautiful, and cooler. saturday keeps getting better and better. temperatures 92 tomorrow. then 85 on saturday. 85 o

is wanted for abducting and trying to sexually assault a woman in reston. the woman told police the man ambushed her monday. the neighbors heard her screams. she ran away and he got away. a virginia woman will spend more than three years in prison for poisoning her co-work ers coffee. a supervisor found security if the age pouring windex and dish soap into the coffee maker. >> on monday we're get a chance what's being dubbed the great great american dub. it's the first coast to coast eclipse in more than 100 years. lauren demarco is here with how this eclipse is sending businesses in a frenzy. >>reporter: this amazing. we are at a brand new bar on p to of the watergate hotel. if you're able and willing to splurge monday afternoon, this is the place to be. they're going to be opening up at 1 p.m. p. phenomenal view . they've got these special s. this is an eclipse manhattan. and pico with skid inc. on an orange slice, so fans he and then we have a desert pizza, nutella, brown sugar, marshmallow. i think everything here is delicious. this is just the beginnin

this man wanted for abducting and trying to sexually assault a woman in reston she whats near a woodeda monday neighbors her emz screams and ran for help and the victim got away f you recognize the man give police a call. >>> a desperate plea for answers from the family of a promising teenager killed in the cross five fire in northeast. last night friends and family gathered to remember the life of 17-year-old jamari saidner. a stray bullet hit her in the head as she was driving down saratoga avenue and days away from beginning college in florida. over the weekend her family made the decision to take her off life support. >> she was perfect. she was perfect. and i know in the real big scheme of things that she had her nrouz, we all do. but she was perfect for us. she was perfect for her fa family. >> now her parents are begging for anyone with information to come forward. so far one arrest in the case a man who says he was driver for the shooters. >> time now 4:49 happening today a d.c. man charged with shooting and injuring a 1-year-old would be in court. 39-year-old derrek watson is

after his acquittal he began teaming phys ed elsewhere in fairfax county at south lakes high in reston. seven years after the trial and the not guilty verdict, there is trouble again for the popular phys ed teacher. according to an investigation by fairfax county public schools, which was obtained by the i-team. in this 2015 report, internal investigators looked into reports inside south lake's high that lanigan had 15-year-old sophomore, that he was seen by colleagues holding hands within girls talking to one about a vibrator. calling another his girlfriend. tripping a student, using inappropriate language and talking to boys about a girl's body parts. the school district memo says lanigan denied these accusations but since fellow students or teachers corroborated them. it also says he admitted allowing students to access confidential files in his computer. according to state records in july 2016, lanigan quit. earlier this year, he formally completed the process of canceling his teaching license with the state acknowledging he did so in response to fairfax county's petition to revoke

the gal reston ship channel also shut down causing an offshore traffic jam. here's the flooding treaching from texas to louisiana where new orleans 14 drainage pumps aren't working. >> there's a no place for complacency when you have a monster storm in the gulf of mexico. and the people here know that. you have to stay vigilant. >> reporter: for those in harvey's path, time is running out before landfall. local authorities are preparing for a very long night. about 700 members of the texas national guard are on alert. lester? >> all right, gabe gutierrez, hang in there. we've got meteorologist dylan dreyer now to give us more of the tracking. where does this hit? >> exactly. it is going to hit just to the east of carpous christy, texas, on the northeast side of this storm. that's where you have your strongest winds. that's where we have tornado watches in effect right now. look at the defined eye of the category 3 storm. winds are up to 125 miles per hour. 50 miles east-southeast of corpus christi. i'd say another five hours before it makes landfall but still

the training will be in reston from 8:00 to noon this morning.en from 1:00 to 5:00 this afternoon. a number of firefighters and police officers will be on hand to take part. >> and fox5 wants to congratulate the thurmont little league program. last night a team from thurmont represented the state of maryland in an elimination game against delaware in the midatlantic region of the little league world series. and the thurmont team indicate out on top with a final score of five to t away from making it into the national tournament. the team's next game is tonight at 7:00 against a team representing pennsylvania and we wish them a ton of good luck to make it to the that national tournament. >> all right. 4:35 is the time right now. mike thomas here to talk weather. good morning. >> good morning guys. we got clouds rolling into the region and we got more in humidity in place as well so kind of a changing weather pattern here. we're going from nice and comfortable sunny and bright to clouded over more humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. t

we'll be in the 60s to low 70s, reston and haymarket in the 60s while we hold onto 76 in town, 77 on the bay. flood watch goes in effect at noon tomorrow till 10:00, d.c. metro, southern maryland up to baltimore and the eastern shore, they're thinking we could have 1 to 3 inches, locally higher if you get under one of those bands tomorrow. futurecast shows with luck we'll get through much of the morning commute without too much activity. i've seen other models which bring rain in earlier. keep that in mind. it does look like the middle of the day will be fraught with heavy showers, storms and maybe some flooding rains at times. there is better weath middle of the week, but more unsettled weather in the seven- day. i'll break it down in a couple minutes. >>> several developments in the trump administration from the russian election interference investigation to a pushback from the vice president and a shadow campaign report. wendy gillette sorts it all out for us. >> reporter: it's vacation time for politicians in washington. congress is out until september. on friday president trump

autria: police say a man tried to drag a woman into the was in reston and tried to sexually assault herotage shows a man wearing a brace all had with a beard -- with a beard wearing a baseball hat. if he looks familiar to you, call police rhetori right away. larry: a north east couple is recovering from a scary experience, there ir iphone caught fire. deangela: we were just talking, talking, and pow! the phone was on fire. larry: the phone had not been used in a wild. the parents have minor burns. the baby was not hurt. the company will look into the incident. autria: nationals principal owner might lerner says he is now -- free after having surgery. radiation was complete back in march and he had surgery in notl, but his wounds did heal properly. now, and half $1 billion could be yours. there were no powerball winners again on a, so the jackpot is now up to $510 million. the next drawing is set for tomorrow night. buy your tickets and then share with your friends -- including me. slurpeeg news for lovers. it is bring your own cup day today and tomorrow. you can phil a cup or container

host: we want to bring a couple people into the conversation, waiting, reston, virginia, line for independents. ahead. caller: one thing i would like to say, i think you have the wrong name here. people ay, a lot of don't realize the majority of the american people did not vote and majority of the american people have not voted so-called republican, since wight d. eisenhower, we know how george bush, jr. became president. radicalized by right-wing conversations that cause them to have no t the mouth, idea what they are talking about. african american voters started democratic after franklin roosevelt and what happened was democrats these people are talking about were racists over with the republican party. okay. the democrats was all that back the day. now they don't know what they about, republican party. the majority of american people like ot vote for a person donald trump. the only thing donald trump has cover ing is trying to his butt. he stopped the investigation, if .e is innocent host: rashad robinson, in the last minute or so here. guest: you know, i think that we all have to be so in

. >>> the san francisco mayor to to twitter responding to today's on reston virginia. the mayor tweeted tolerance, inclusiveness and acceptance make up the dna of our city. we will always stand up against hate. >>> the president of china called for calm in the escalating tension between north korea and the us. president trump spoke to the chinese president by phone and reportedly pressured china to convince north korea to halt its nuclear program. it followed a string of new threats on friday. meantime, residents of guam are remaining cautiously optimistic about the threats to the island. the governor received calls of assurance from white house chief of staff general. john kelly and president. trump . >> this is a time of threats to the united states. it should not be democrats and republicans. it should everyone be unifying behind the president-- president so thank you so much. >> north korea is about 2100 miles northwest of guam. normal operations have resumed at the international airport after some unsafe items were suspected to have got through security. officials

this is gal reston, texas. the cars are -- galveston, texas. they need to get in a secure location. shot looking toward the ocean. this will be a different scene in a matter of several hours. waiting for a major update at 5:00. maximum winds at 120 miles per hour. wind gusts at 130 miles per hour. rain for several days. category three. this meanders around. this will go to wednesday of next week. winds to 45 miles per hour and it will be here. it's not moving fast at all. rainfall projection totals upward of 15, 20, maybe even 30 inches by the time the system moves out of texas and louisiana. tonight we have baseball at nats park. temperatures are in the middle 70's. the sun will set at 7:30. 7:40. nighttime lows are 54 to 64 degrees. partly cloudy skies. comfortable night. great night to open up the windows. tomorrow does not get better than this. farmer's market, hanging out outside. going to the pool tomorrow. looking at the temperatures only in the upper 70's. low humidity. we keep a trend going for delmarva beaches. ellicott city. 76 tomorrow. 75 for sunday. i believe sunday is

. >> she believes it's not so much this area of reston but we have learned that there was another incident a few days ago a couple of belongs away where a woman reported being followed home. at this time the investigators are trying to determine if they are related. we do have a suspect description. latino male, full beard, gray clothing taking off in silver hyundai or honda. that is the latest. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7

in gal reston the folks are still out and about. they are going to board up and evacuate at this time. the storm is set to hit in six or seven hours. rockport texas, live. we haven't seen action with the people here. it looks like they are deteriorating this is the latest information. maximum winds at 125 miles per hour. if we get the winds. sustained at 130 miles per hour. that would jump in a category four hurricane. the forward movement out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour. this will only add energy to the storm. it may jump to category four briefly. the latest track. we normally see the tracks that come ashore and quickly move on out. not just saturday. but sunday, monday, tuesday. by wednesday this is only over louisiana. there are rain totals up to 20 to 30 inches. switch the directions to home. the temperatures out there at this hour is looking good. this is well below average but we take this for the end of august. look at oakland, maryland. lower 60's for afternoon readings. a lot of folks going to baseball game. i it

this is the man wanted for abducting and trying to sexually assault and woman in reston. he was wearing a washington nationals hat. >> and murky water in montgomery country. started last week and spread to prince george county. officials say the problem lies in the potomac river because of all the recent rain things like river glasses and twigs and leaves get in and don't mix well with chlorine. this is usually by >> we're using less chlorine but the you stillty company said it's 100% safe. your water is safe to consume. i stake my representation on it. >> even if the water is safe to drink brown or yellow they say you can also issue a claim or rebate on water bill. it's not guaranteed but not rule out. steve. >> 6:3 quick check on sports in morning line. if you were up late last night you got to see a nats win. late night match-up between nationals and padres. not a lotto fence in this one. san diego that ballpark doesn't have a lot of offense. checking out highlights second inning no score. looked like it was going to be put out. not easy to rome run in this ballpark. l

it's 88 degrees. 86 over at reston.e move through this evening, the temperatures will slowly cool. we range as we move to the 8:00 hour. coming up we look at the upcoming weekend. never too early to talk about the weekend. more on that in a few minutes. jonathan: thank you. we have breaking news coming in the newsroom. a school bus is on fire. this is in olney on georgia avenue at international drive. this is a very busy area. you can see the flames coming out of the bus. everybody made it off in time. you can see from the vantage point where it's taken there will be serious traffic prones in the area in montgomery county. this is in olney. everybody did make it off the bus safely. we have more in the newsroom. alison: wow! thank goodness. a scary scene. we want to tell you about a courtroom confrontation in clinton that nearly comes to blows. antonio williams was in court today charged with three counts of first degree murder in the death of three young girls. found murdered in clinton on friday. john gonzalez explains

police arrested dominique child's, he's accused of dragging a 23-year-old woman into the woods in reston on august 14th. police say he tried to remove her clothing. but then suddenly left. child's faces abduction and other charges and is being held without bail. it's a weather alert day on news4 and joining with us the track on the latest storm is sheena parveen. >> the only thing that will change this afternoon is the winds will increase. but the rain, the steady rain will hang around for quite a while longer. we're not going to see it diminish until the evening. it's chilly and rainy. everybody is seeing the rain. annapolis is where we have the heavier rainfall, north of bowie, near clinton, some heavier rainfall shown by the yellow shading. 66 and warrenton is where we have more moderate rainfall here. so this is going to be the case today. this is a tropical low off the north carolina coast. it's going to get a little bit closer this afternoon. and that's going to be increasing our wind speeds. we could see gusts near 35 miles per hour or so this afternoon. currently it's 68 degrees,

larry: new developments tonight as the police believe they have the man responsible for abduction in reston. childs behind bars after a tip led police to him yesterday. he is accused of dragging a 22-year-old woman in woods in the day and trying to sexually assault her. the woman was able to fight him off. nancy: scary sight on metro. a man standing at the top of an escalator and shooting at police are trying to find both men to figure out why. >> watch as this man runs to the corner and opens fire down the escalator. >> this happened off irving street northwest. it began as an altercation in a nearby neighborhood they believe. and the suspect followed the victim toward the metro. folks tell us as quickly as it happened those scattered down the street. >> police say no one in the station was hurt. tonight police are looking for these two. the man with the weapon. and this man in a gray coat called per >> a lot of people in the community that is concerned about what is going on in our ward. >> anyone with information is asked to call d.c. police. northwest washington, brianne carter, abc7 ne

look at temperatures across the area. 81 degrees right now. 85 in washington. 82 at this point in restonsun goes down. we will cool off nicely once again tonight. it is ac off, windows open weather. let the fresh air in. before we head into later evening the nationals are getting ready to play. we know lauren is down at the ballpark. she ran into a kid having an amazing summer. all the kids have about a month or less. this kid i'm jealous of. >> reporter: this kid i am jealous of, too. there are people telling me the same this is frank from philadelphia. what have you been doing this summer with your dad? >> going around into different stadiums in the united states. >> reporter: this is your first time at nats park? >> yeah. >> reporter: you haven't seen the inside? >> no. >> reporter: i want to know what has been your favorite park so far? >> yankees stayedm. >> reporter: he goes back to school august 28. they have this park and maybe a few more. great night for a ball game. hopefully they will win. he is a phillies fan. that is all right. we still like him. >> rooting for the nats. >>

. >>> fairfax county police are trying to find the man who assault a woman in reston. he grabbed the woman and dragged her into the woods near the tall oaks shopping center on north shore drive. >>> if you use metro to get to work, this could impact your commute. a new 35 mile an hour speed restriction is in place to reduce the risk of smoke, fire and outages. it's on the tracks between medical center aunion station o the red line. metro says most people boent notice the change. >>> police are working to find the person who sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl in the alexandria section of fairfax county. the girl was abducted on tower drive near a park around 5:00 sunday night. a relative first noticed the girl was missing when the girl rejoined her family she told them what happened. detectives are working to create a sketch of the suspect and are offering a reward in this case. >>> we have an update to a story we told you yesterday. wssc took questions about the brown water. this is a problem in montgomery or prince george's counties right now. wssc says the color co

. >> this man is wanted for sexually assaulting a woman in reston. the man ambushed her in a wooded neighbor monday. the woman screamed, she was able to get away. the man is described as being in his late 20s to early 30s with brown hair and a full beard. if you recognize him, call police. >> fox5 has told you about the brown murky water flowing from some aprils in montgomery county . it started last week and tonight we have new information. the water problems are now spreading to prince george's county and its ' going to be going on longer than first expected. fox5's lindsay watts joins us now with d this is happening and what is being done to protect you. a family near in north potomac let us pay a visit to their bat rom so we could show you what was coming out of their faucet. take a look at this water. anybody would ask is this okay to bathe in, is this okay to drink. despite the color they say it is 100 percent safe. we took a visit to thrier lab trivment turning on the sing has turned into something startling for some in our era. check out this

michelle: breaking news from reston where the fairfax county police are investigating to potential sex assault. we have details on the way and we'll have details on the way. nancy: north korea says they plan to send four missiles off the waters in guam in mid-august. and president trump is threatening that the u.s. military is lock and loaded. they are stressing that the united states will retaliate if necessary it's a resort. we will have the live report on preparations in guam at:15. a firefighter is recovering after apparently assaulted on the job. the police report says that the family accused him of being drunk and two people attacked him. q mccray with the latest on this. he is very bizarre. q: i gave the d.c. fire and e.m.s. a call and they tell me that the paramedic/firefighter is in the hospital awaiting surgery for his jaw. on the attack, the people here said it happened in the grassy area around 12:00 noon. according to police that is the time a family here dialed 911 because the child was sick or hurt. so the e.m.t.'s rushed out here and according to the families here one o

a guy who looks lick this attacked a woman on a reston sidewalk monday afternoon. he dragged her into the woods near north shore drive. she was able to get away. he's still out there. call police if he looks familiar. >>> cleaning solutions dumped in the coffeepot at work. now a woman will go to prison for poisoning her co-workers. last week employees complained of stomach pain, vomiting and nausea. she put windex and ajax in the break room coffee to make her boss sick. she was sentenced this week to 3.5 years in prison. >>> 5:35 now. a family with a child was frightened when a s.w.a.t. team surrounded their arlington apartment. this all happened because of a fake call. arlington county police are trying to find out who made that call yesterday morning. someone c people hostage inside an apartment on north fort myer drive. the family inside had no idea what was going on. police spent three hours searching the rest of that building. they didn't find anything. >> we're working to find out how a 2-year-old boy was doing after being left inside a daycare van more than

briefly we want to update you on another sexual assault case, that one going on way up in reston. that's the case where a woman, an adult wo authorities tell us that they are making progress and the interviews with that victim in this case. they hope to have a suspect in that investigation ready for release as very soons as possible. we're live in fairfax county tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox 35 local news. >> police in stafford county have arrested a man they say had several inappropriate encounters with young girls and women inside target, walmart and low's stores. the suspect is identif ied as 22 year old that maaco whose tofnlt he's accused in engaging the girl in sexually suggestive conversation before making inappropriate contact with them. one of the is dents happened back in july at a target along south gateway drive in fredericksburg and then a similar incident was reported earlier this month at a low's a long banks ford parkway. houston is also accuse of being involved in other incidents in the area. an update on a story we first told you last week, fair rested three peopl

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reston, annapolis. woodbridge. this is delightful.should be a good eight or nine degrees warmer according to the climatology with the average high for the 8th of august. we will take what we get. the showers continue across the outer banks and they rain in the beach but farther south in south carolina the rain will continue. we continue to clear out. sooner or later the frontal mess will head our way by friday to the weekend. give us a chance at showers. until then it's 70's to the city by 11:00 tonight. tomorrow when you wake up the numbers are impressive. more reminiscent of mid-september than early august. 57 in germantown and manassas. 61 in largo. downtown is a warm spot at 65. tomorrow is spectacular sunshine. ending the highs at 83. give you a look at the next ten days. that is the story. 30% chance of showers through the weekend and the monday. look how cool temperatures will stay. through next week is sunshine and pleasant weather for the middle of august. back to you. alison: all right. looks good. thank you. larry: you know