more problems in rockville this morning. bradley boulevard closed both directions right now.here's utility work reported between ken dale road and concerns dale drive. caution there. you'll need to find another alternative to get around that this morning. as we move over for a look 20 southbound 70 to spur you're at speed things picking up 66 eastbound to gains fillmore traffic in a few back to you maureen and holly. >> thank you less than a mo left in office and messages of fame pouring in for president obama. >> and pop star come to the rescue. thousands of feet in the air on board an international flight. how he helped to restrain an unruly passenger. >> and live look across the dmv on this wednesday morning 5:27. run, run, rudolf chuck better question for you. getting you in the christmas spirit less than a week away. are you ready? hoho no right? let's talk about it after the break. back in three minutes >> a maryland high school cafeteria brawl and concerns about racism as school leaders try toy ease the parents' mind. >> fox5 getting answers after a woman find a man br

and sky foxgo that's good news for rockville commute. to show you bad crash we've been tracking and scars spun out facing wrong direction and 95 northbound blocking left lanes and 395 northbound covered this morning keep it to fox news morning did you know slow internet back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. be noisy. be silent. be near. be far. be joyful. be together. celebrate joy with dunkin's holiday-flavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. america runs on dunkin'. >> a massive manhunt underway in germany for the terrorist behind this week's deadly attack in the christmas market. learning new details about the suspect this morning. >> days before christmas a ma

to this developing story in rockville, maryland. just four days before christmas, and this is what one to face. their home is completely burned. >> justin finch is live at the scene now. justin, tell us about how this fire started. >> reporter: hey there, good morning. fire officials say damage to this home comes in at close to $600,000. and they say that's because of a fire that began with ashes left in this garage here behind us. about 10:45 last night, fire crews responded to this house in the 1700 block of pasture brook way in rockville. neighbors called 911. there were two adults inside and they got out with no reports of any injuries. now, some 75 firefighters responded to this scene here and found heavy fire and stamped out the blaze in just a few hours. and soon after, fire officials concluded that hot ashes appear to have sparked this fire. and also, as you can see, back live here, extensive damage to that garage. this home pretty much gutted by this fire here. and back to those ashes, when you have those in your are asked

this is in rockville. they say the fire caused more than $600,000 in damage. the advice here, be sure to soak any fire ashes in water before you dump them out and do that far away from anything flammable. >>> and dozens of people died in this explosion and we are getting new video of what it looks like. angie goff is at the live desk. >> total devastation. just in at the start of this hour, the new video of the aftermath of the massive fireworks explosion that tore through that mexican market in tultepec. miles and miles of twisted and charred debris still scattered everywhere. they are trying to clean up, but this is going to take quite some time. and an investigation as you know is underway. this is what we know at this point. the death toll continues to rise. it's at 29, but the concern is it could go up with so many people still missing. there are also dozens and dozens of people hurt. a lot of them badly burned. and th and we did just learn that an investigation into safety standards at the market has been launched. i'm angie goff at the live desk. back t

we're live in rockville, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. jonathan: something we are just getting in the newsroom now. georgetown university student has been diagnosed with mumps. the university sent out a letter to the community telling everybody what spread through coughing, sneezing and direct contact. symptoms are fever and swelling and grand rapids around the jaw. we have more on the town -- swelling and soreness around the jaw. we have more coming up. doug: a few clouds this evening and we will drop in the lower 40's. later tonight is clouds increase. this is the stormwatch7 future cast. this is a simulation of what may be happening. i reich to point out that the -- i like t placement of the precipitation you can't rely on. but the general theme is there. that is tomorrow morning is the upper air disturbance coming over. there may be a patch of light rain with a possibility of a few wet snowflakes in spots. it continues to indicate the best chance is south of washington area. what that means no impact on driving. you may have wet snowf

the judge in rockville handed down the mas possible. maryland does not have the death penalty, so that was the most he could hand down. the family was happy with the decision from the judge. they say although this does not bring their parents back, their parents were wonderful people and at least now there has been justice. live in rockville, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: a horrible story. tom, thank you. a federal grand jury has indicted a d.c. public school employee on a drug charge. rita gray is accused of conspiring to import five kilograms of cocaine into the u.s. the cps suspended her last week and she is now awaiting extradition to florida. jonathan: a police chase comes in alexandria. a woman stole a d.c. housing car and drove away on 395. the woman has not been named at this hour. out what triggered this bizarre chain of events. alison: an update in one of our big stories from last week. the governor's office is confirming that prince george's county liquor board chairman charlesasa trawls -- caldwell is stepping down. he wa

rockville, jack why i benson, news 4. >>> the family of a man shot and killed by d.c.suing the department for $50 million. terrence sterling was shot by an officer back in september. investigators say sterling was riding his motorcycle erratically in northwest d.c. the officer says he believed his life was in danger. sterling's family says sterling was shot while unarmed and posed no danger to anyone. the washington post reports several witnesses have testified to a grand jury about that shooting. in the lawsuit sterling's family says he was shot twice. prosecutors will decide whether to file criminal charges against in a officer. >>> former prince george's county executive jack johnson will spend the next seven months in a baltimore area halfway house. he was released from prison today after doing time for a public corruption scandal. johnson pleaded guilty to shaking down contractors for large sums of money. news 4 captu of his arrest in 2010. his wife, leslie, was also arrested for hiding evidence. in a phone conversation johnson advised her to hide some of the mone

rockville's own gold-medal wrester helen maroulis .... swimmer jack conger from rockville.. and of course superstar katie ledecky from bethesda. of the 500 americans on team u-s-a, 29 were from the d-c area! time now for weather we're continuing our seven days of giving this morning. our seven days of giving this morning. and today, we're talking about a charity that's very close to my heart... homeward trails animal rescue. coming up at nine a-m, on newschannel 8 we'll show you how you can support homeward trails and all our four-legged friends! you can also log on to help homeless dogs and cats by going to homewardtrails.org to holiday shipping, on the busiest mailing day of the year. coming up - how you can avoid the rush on the post office - and have your christmas gifts arrive on time ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ how else do you think he gets around so fast? take the reins this holiday and get the mercedes-benz you've always wanted during the winter event. now lease the 2017 gle350 for $579 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. for those procrastinators. abc's marci gonzalez and kendi

authority says the man was electrocuted after working at a rockville building on wednesday. when they arrived they started cpr and hooked him up to a defibrillator. his from underneath him which kicked away the live wire a & that probably helped him. he's in the hospital and we're told he's expected to be okay. >> this will make your hearst grow two sizes bigger. it's about an 8-year-old girl and her teddy bear. >> she lost it from somewhere between texas and michigan. one worker knew her mother and decided to get it back home to her and document the story all the way home. these are steven loveman's photos. it had quite an adventure. >> it finally made it back to the little girl where it belongs. that says it all. this reminds me of one of our favorite books of all time. ka enoughle bunny by mo williams. they're funny. ka trixie. you know how it goes. >> you'll have to tell me. >>> stay with us. "news4" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> right now on "news4 today," we're getting you ready for the holiday ahead from travel to shopping and your "storm team 4" forecast. we have everyt

that was the scene just outside the twinbrook station in rockville. michelle: with all of this happening, it opens up safety questions over the newest rail cars joining the fleet. jonathan: montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is outside the station with more of the passenger video and also an explanation from metro. what did they say? kevin: they are still investigating right now, keeping tight-lipped on a number of questions we have. this happened around 9:00. eight-car train heading to shady here when the front two cars snapped off the trailing six. around 40 passengers had to be taken off the 7000 series train. thankfully, no one was injured. one woman recorded this video as metro employees escorted her down the rocky rail bed. her trek about the length of a football field. metro has not said if it cut power to the third rail before evacuating passengers. it also isn't sure just how fast the train was going when the cars dislodged. red line trains single tracked for an hour as crews worked to fix things. we did check our archives and we found th

live at rockville. back to you. >>> if you haven't found your hat and your gloves, your scarf, you need to look and dig that stuff out. tom is tracking a major temperature drop in the week ahead. >>> much of the country dealing with bitter cold. take a look at this, the unusual site this is down south by the way. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ agine a world where the holidays are about joy again. where days are filled with magic instead of madness. at t.j. maxx, marshalls and homegoods, we've imagined the holidays this way for decades. it's why we never have crazy sales. never make you clip coupons. and always have amazing prices on popular brands and thoughtful gifts. it's time to bring back the holidays with t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods. weather in the south has iced over a water feature in memphis, folks. this is quite a site to see. that's no rita's ice there. it's almost completely frozen over this fountain. the water has turned to slush as temperatures dipped into the teens and 20s, it still could freeze entire

amy aubert is live in rockville where there is a last-minute rush for groceries.g are the lines, amy? amy: right now they are not too bad but they expect it to grow as the night continues. they are making sure the last-minute cooks have everything they need. for workers at the dawson market in rockville, it has been nonstop all week. >> the last meant shoppers stuffing the basket and the cart with holiday essentials. i do a little bit. >> the stores doubled up on the crews this week. packing the shelves, fimming the jars to make sure the lines run smoothly. >> you don't have the crazy lies we're prepared. amy: behind the scenes as well. >> filling special orders and baking holiday dessert in time for the big day. >> i like the christmas spirit. people getting ash, excuse me, can i get over here. sorry! i like that. >> the top-selling item. >> beer is a big one. a lot of beer and wipe. it covers both holidays well. amy: both holidays featuring signature dishes which they focus to keep packed full. >> you don't usually see the turkey and the ham and brisket but this

. >> 7:0 1 we have breaking news out of rockville. fire crews say a car it's not clear if it's home or business and the scene was clear just a little while ago. no word what caused crash or if there were injuries either we'll stay on top of this one and bring you more details as we get more information. >> rockville a family home damaged days after christmas left to a devastating house fire. >> trending now is more with "fox5" annie yu. good morning. >> good morning to you allison and steve. good morning to you everybody. neighbors tell us it's a middle aged couple that lived at the home behind me and now the two adults are without a home this christmas and you can see it's completely destroyed. this home sits 170 1 pasture brook way in rockville and fire officials tell us it was improper le disposal of ashes from their fireplace that began this fire. they're estimating damage 600,000 and you know you can seat roof is partially gone and deck destroyed and windows blown out and much of this garage is gutted and there's a destroyed. nee

. >>> still have this problem on the beltway inner loop at rockville pike. crash on the right shoulder, but the earlier slowdown we were seeing in the area is now gone. 295 northbound before benning, we do still have the work zone hanging around, i was getting that confused with this one. this is now again, inbound suitland parkway was being pushed on to sheridan but that is gone. all the flames we'll talk about here in a second closing down water street southeast between 12th and m because of the fire activity. >>> let's talk more about that breaking news in east washington. >> molette green just arrived on the scene of that heavy fire near the district yacht club. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. take a look at what we seer this large structure d.c. firefighters still very much working to keep this thing contained. and it is contained. they are working on hot spots. but you can still see the smoke coming up from the structure here. the fire has pretty much been put out. but they are working on these hot spots. this area is very isolated. i

live in rockville, tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: developing now, parents in woodbridge on alert after a suspicious encounter near kerry dale elementary. a 10-year-old girl police you was walking home when a man in a car approached her. the police say she told the driver offered hurricane the and asked her to get into the car. the little girl ran home and the incident is being investigated. in northwest pizza place that became the epicenter of world news. it and it with gunshots. tonight, people are flocking to comet pizza to show their support after the bizarre chain of events. jeff goldberg is live. they were waiting in line for a long time to get inside. i'm sure the owner and employees felt great about that. jeff: yeah, a lot of appreciation. lines have been strong all day. people i been winning outside 30, 40 minutes just to get inside and buy some food and support comet and the employees. this truly is a neighborhood spot. local say the events that happen this week only strengthen their support. instead to stand up an

live tonight in rockville, marina marraco fox 5 local news >>> in the district, police are looking forshot a man outside a charter school this morning, the victim was in car near harmny charter school in northeast at the time. he actually ran into the building to g later in the day, mayor muriel bowser and peter newsham toured the school to reassure students and teachers. on a school 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 worried about my safety because 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

maureen: melania trump appeared in the montgomery county courthouse today in rockville. she is suing a maryland based blogger who camed mrs. trump once worked -- who claimed mrs. trump once worked at high-court escort. the future first lady didn't need to be in court for the status hearing but she went to demonstrate how seriously she takes the case. the next hearing is after the inauguration. jonathan: covering metro. scary moments for passengers on a red line train heading to shady grove this morning. the first two cars separated from the rest of the train at the twin brooks station. nobody was hurt. but metro says the safety systems stopped the cars fro the incident involved with 7000 series metro. those are the newest rail cars on the fleet. the train has been taken out of service. an investigation is now underway. doug: with temperatures in the lower 50's and the sunshine, this is the warmup day of the week. they have the evening the temperatures drop. not terribly cold. it will be 28 to 36 degrees in viewing area with mostly clear skies. heading through the day we

this is look at 70 making your way from frederick, maryland all the way through gaithersburg and rockville. traffic is cruising, slight volume picking up not enough to cause problems or slow downs. switching it to maps now. we'll show what you else we're facing for commute. things are looking green and good inside the beltway. we're problem free now through coalsville outside and glen oak owe lifeing good. and wisdom. >> 4:36 is the time. heart-warming at a popular school. going viral. details next. >> and a law allowing weeks off from work but not without changes to original proposal. >> 4:37 in the morning, 43 degrees is the temperature. it is a lovely, lovely day? >> i love this sglong when i and i know it's going to be? we asked woman to smell two body washes and pick their favorite. they both smell good. i like b better. i prefer b. b. i would like to smell like this every day. but what was body wash a? ohhhh i love bath and bodyworks. i have this in my bathroom. and what was the one they preferred? really? that's quite a bit of smelling good. suave three fragrances preferred over bat

it was the mother's day murders that shook the rockville area. kevin lewis was in court and he will have more on the sentencing on breaking news in a bit. meanwhile tonight, d.c. mayor bowser is sh her concern with the ward seven residents about the crime there. ward seven covers the eastern most point of the square that makes up the district. "7 on your side" fighting back against crime tonight. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is there. the residents there say something really has to be done. sam: well, yes. crime is a big concern in this area. but of course when the mayor does her walk through that she has done in ward seven it is not just about crime. it's about many issues. crime is one of them and a big one in this area. we were along the mayor's route. she routinely picks part of the city. she goes to look at the conditions and the residents about the concerns. earlier in ward seven, crime in particular. homicides have soared. the rates calmed somewhat in the latter part of the year but the mayor lot of things as she moved around the city. >> we

police also cracking down on speeders near rockville town square. new cameras going up along maryland avenue near south washington street. starting next week the city will issue warnings to drivers who blow through the 25 miles per hour speed zone nchltd february that's going to change. you can expect to receive a citation if you are caught speeding by one of those cameras. >>> a 250-pound pot bust on our local highways raising a lot of attention. but only on 4, scott macfarland explaining why that seizure may not be as rare as you may think. >>> and cameras catching a couple escorted off of a flight. why the airline gave them the boot. >>> plus an elderly man flying off the handle after he was denied a prize. it seems he took >>> you just hit me with the car, sir. >> he drove eight miles to claim a promotional prize, one that could range from a $5 gift card to $20,000 in cash. and when he realized he was only leaving with that $5 gift card to walmart it appears he lost it. police say the 83-year-old man hit the salesman with his car, then beat him

news 4's derrick ward is live @u rockville to show us where that rink is now and what comes up next.d morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning again. i'mé'7-Ñ on the athletic field e jewish community center, the bender community center of late in a diffelw/eÑn rockville. time of [çomyear. look over here there is a hockey goal. it's a great story that started actually about a year ago. that's when mark make shift -- i wouldn't say make shift, he built his own hockey rink in his backyard, used a synthetic surface just as good as ice and it was a tribute to his stepdaughter who had passed away, mel osbourne, and he was i believe viegth#f folks over to play on it. well, it turns out that he actually lives in an area that is an agricultural preserve, they allow housing but you can't have public events there. so the county said you will follow the zoning laws, you have to pull it up. he was trying to get another location, he showed up here at the jcc and they said we are happy to have you. so the ice rink is up now, it's actually going to have an open house later today. we talked to some

. >>> a developing story in rockville, a man charged with two life sentences for killing his neighbors, the new reaction from the family of the victims. >>> plus, a high profile arrest at the opening of the mgm grand casino, prince georges county liquor board charged in a dui crash, the minutes after that accident. >>> and a new procedures t reading glasses, this woman becomes the first to try out the surgery. >> it is my lucky day. >> and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. roomba navigates your entire home. cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. which means your floors are always clean. you and roomba, from irobot. better. together. >>> tonight, sources tell news inspecting possible government contracting violations, looking into potential wrongdoing in a separate probe, tom sherwood is here with the latest. >> susan, here is the issue. did the mayor's office try to steer contracts to a favorite developer. may mayor bowser is paying thousands for the new soccer stadium. and a similar but separate land clearing project at st. elizabeth's southeast for a

again, this is in rockville, m. can see firefighters arerefi there trying to put out the who the spots. it looks like the fire -- they say flames were shooting through the roof. there are quite a number ofumbe firefighters there on the there scene stil ol putting out the wt the spots there. you can see the damage to the roof, just incredible. the good newses here, firefighters believe that bel everyone who was inside made it out safely. again, this is a house fire on pasture brook way in rockville,i maryland. that is astounding. > moving on tonight, we have some new video out of fairfax county that shows a herrive's deputy using lethal force to stop a man whos was charging towards him. it happened hospital. fox5's matt ackland has the latest. >>reporter: yvonne i gomez had been brought here to the hospital by a police officer who saw him and thought he was suffering from some kind ofnd physical or mental issuement he was checked out here at the hospital and then release. and then at a bus stop. that is when he had a

we're told she functions at a third grade level and likes to visit libraries on rockville and potomac. take a good look. if you see her, contact police. >>> police chief says two officers were facing a, quote, imminent threat when one officer shot and killed a man holding a gun. it happened this morning along byers street. that's in capital heights. police responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle they found two men asleep in a car. the chief says the driver woke up and pointed a gun toward one of the officers. the other officer hoped fire, killing 19-year-old second gun in the car. >>> a fort worth, texas police department is investigating one of its own officers after an arrest he made was caught on tape. the white officer is scene wrestling two black women to the ground in what reportedly began as a call for help. >> this man grabbed him and choked him. >> reporter: the unidentified fort worth police officer appears to listen while jacqueline craig explains. from there things escalated. >> it doesn't give him the right to put his hands on him. >> reporter: craig's young daught

in rockville, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: a fire displaces dozens of people before the holidays. the help coming in. new details about the search for the berlin terror suspect and how long you can expect to see more police around d.c. dropping the bell and picking up salvation army thousands of dollars short of making its goal. first at 5:00 today a number of families out of their homes for the holidays after the fire ripped through a condominium complex overnight. the flames were reported shortly before 1:00 in the morning when of course many people were still in bed. anna-lysa gayle joins us live with what is being done for them for the people who lost their homes. anna-lysa: right now we are in one of those apartment units that suffered most of the damage. take a look around. this is really putting a damper on the holidays for many of the families that were outside of their unit for month of the day. most of them being allowed to return this afternoon around 3:00 p.m. we told you 31 people were displaced originally

scott tomaszewski confessed to fatally stabbing dick and jodie vilardo in their rockville home on mother's day in 20-15. police say hours later-- he was on a plane to alaska for a family cruise. tomaszewski stole cash and valuables from several homes before he fled, but police it's not clear why he attacked the vilardo's. "this was not a burglary gone bad." "they were asleep. dick was attacked in his bed." ".at least the monster that created this tragedy will never see the light of day." at the time of the murders, tomaszewski lived at his parents' home next door to the vilardo family. new developments now: all charges dropped against the accused comet pizza gunman. but it's only so more serious federal charges can be filed. edgar welch is accused of firing shots inside comet ping pong- after reading fake news reports about child sex trafficking there. in court- lawyers say they found edgar tried to recruit others to join his quest to new this morning.. new laws are now in effect in arlington, to protect consumers from predatory towing. late last night, the county board approved amendments

. >>> police in rockville trying to find this missing woman 21-year-old erica grace morrisri last seenay afternoonftr but police say erica functionsct at the level of a thirdird grader. her family says she left hegrr r home without telling anyone any where she was going but often o frequents the rockvillele library the potomac library lib and the rockville metroil m station.st if you see her please give police a call. >> ♪♪ >> donald trump is calling forlg the u.s. to nuclear arsenal.cl trump tweeted that the unitedni states needs to greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability.r ca meanwhile russian president vladimir putin is echoingsch those sentiments. sme at a meeting with defense chiefs putin says slash'says sl' military can overpower any potential foe but countrynt should beef up its nuclear n arsenal.l. >> powerful rendition of aful io music classic from a pint a p sized star going viral this morning. and it's a 10-year-old we'reis talking about. >> ♪♪ >> her name caylee rogers.s she performed hallelujah with her school choir. cho kyleigh's family says she hasmiy autism

. >> i'm darcy spencer in rockville. a christian rap artist sentenced for running down a man he knew during a dispute over music cds. coming up, the 911 call the suspect's mother made to police. >>> plus the could be cruci to the inalv did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. s blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. strand restoring ading a father's faith.... stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is seeking answers and not giving up until you find them. because we don't just want kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. with your support, we can find more answers faster. make a gift today at<