how you doing, shawn?> i just came by to see how you were doing, how things are. >> doing pretty good. >> yeah. we're getting to the real meat part of the program so and i need to know -- i need to know you trust me. do you trust me, i mean real trust me, and you trust the other guys in the group because that's an important thing, right. been doing this quite a while, and you chose this crime that you're talking about, yeah. is there something that you're leaving out of it? >> there's something i always leave out. >> yeah. that's why i keep telling you -- we all know, okay? >> yeah. >> we all know what it is that you're leaving out, put it that way. i'm not here to like you or dislike you. i need you to be honest with the other guys in the group because they have been honest with you. are you going to do that? i respect you, no matter what you do, put it that way. >> coming up, the counselors finally hear what mefford has been hiding all these years. >> it was difficult for him to speak. >> and later, meff

shawn, thank you. god bless you. without any further ado, the mayor of san for cisco, -- san francisco, edwin lee. >> i had a chance to preview this as well. the one that touches me is, i am a san francisco police officer. i am there for you and i will help you. it will get better. those are the ones that stand out. masterfully placed in this video by some of those who just started appreciating and led by the chief and commander, having the officers really unveil their own personal stories. it is, for me, a moment of being proud of our department and everybody in it. it is hard for people to come out and say where they have been. but this police department, with this video, how it is put together, is now joining a worldwide campaign. a campaign that we have been forced to acknowledge. it has to be done because of the numbers of stories that we have heard across the country. in cities like ours. bullying, harassment, discrimination have caused young teenagers to consider the worst of life at their age. that isolation

shawn. >> thank you, paul. >>> now to a news alert out of northwest d.c. a couple was beaten trying to catch a cab near the verison center. karen joins us with the latest. karen. >> we don't have a lot of details, but 40-year-old brian bradley of arlington was arrested and charged with aggravated and simple assault. police say the fight outside of the verison center was over a taxi. the 45-year-old woman from southeast d.c. suffered head injuries. a police report said she had possible internal injuries. she was taken to george washington hospital where she was admitted for further observation because of the nature of her injuries. her husband suffered an abrasion to his right knee. police say brian bradley fled the scene on i street northwest. he was followed and seen entering a parking garage. police searched the garage and found bradley walking on the fourth level down. this was all after the van halen concert. he was taken to the police station for processing. >> bradley was wearing any nirvana t-shirt. awn. >>> karen, thank you. two men hay cuesed of l

and this is the path that i took when i went to meet shawn gaines. >> 29-year-old shawn gaines had spent most of the last six years in the special management unit, awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge that could land him on death row. >> i've lived here longer than i ever lived in one spot in my entire life even growing up as a kid so it's just, you know -- i have yet to call it home, but it is what it is. >> gaines may not have wanted to call it home, but his security threat ranking dictated it. he was segregated because he was once a major player in a violent arizona skinhead movement. >> i was the notorious leader of that skinhead group. my lifestyle was full of hate and violence. >> so with all of that hype, i was expecting shawn gaines to be a very intimidating character, but when i first met him, he wasn't. he looked a little bit more like a benign, pudgy teddy bear, and he was nice. >> i've taken up drawing. i can't quite say i'm an artist but i like to draw a lot and three times a year i draw a large stack of cards, and i donate them to the children's hospital. >> but g

my lifestyle was full of hate and violence. >> so with all of that hype, i was expecting shawn gainesbe a very intimidating character, but when i first met him, he wasn't. he looked a little bit more like a benign pudgy teddy bear and he was nice. >> i've taken up drawing. i can't quite say i'm an artist but i like to draw a lot and three times a year i draw a large stack of cards and donate them to a children's hospital. >> but gaines didn't become a leader in the skinheads by being nice. >> i was power hungry. i got caught up in the hype of telling other grown ass men what to do. all the girls flocked to that scene. it's a nonstop party and it's like you can do no wrong. you talk a bunch of [ bleep ]. beat people up. cause hate and discontent. cause discontent. that's how i made my rise to power in the skinhead movement. >> when he took off his shirt he had some of the most intense nazi skinhead white power tattoos that i've ever seen on an inmate and what's important to understand about tattoos like the ones that shawn this is that you don't get to just put those on your body. you

shawn. >> makes sense. thank you, matt ackland. >> uh-huh. >>> spring is a few days away, according to the calendar. if you ask mother nature, seems spring's here and the cherry blossoms are not far behind. the national park service issued the updated predictions for the peak blooms. we don't have to wait long. fox 5s sue palka is live in northwest with the latest on that. i remember talking about this a couple of weeks ago with you. you predicted that they would change their minds and move theicates up -- dates up. >> and put that $20 bill in your mailbox. thank you for remembering. that can you see the signs coming and we have been seeing across the city that everything was in bloom. look at the tree behind us in northwest. it's fully decorated and so these trees are out and, yes, today, the national park service said we need to get going because it looks like they're going to be blooming early. the blooming began and we had one of our behind the scenes folks at the basin today and she said they're out an

shawn. >> karen gray houston, thank you. [ cheering ] >>> more rallies held today in honor of trayvon martin. at noon, dozens of students and faculty from school without walls marched from the campus on g street northwest to the white house and they were joined by students from gw and howard university for a peaceful support of martin's family. >>> also in new york, a symbolic death. a dozen state senators showed up wearing hooded sweatshirts. they wore them over the suits during yesterday's legislative session. martin was wearing a hood when george zimmerman shot and killed him last month. >> where do we find in the greatest country around that legal clothing apparel can cause you to be criminalized, in many cases, calls -- causes you to be incarcerated and, in those cases, it forces to you lose your life. >> supporters plan to continue protesting until zimmerman is arrested. stay with fox 5. we'll have links to past stories, police reports, and much more on www.myfoxdc.com. look for the li

> shawn tyson will spend the rest of his life in jail. during sentencing, the convicted killer was shown a video tribute to his british victims and he was confronted by their friends. >> every night you go to sleep and every morning you wake up, i want you to think of my friends who you murdered. their images will be imprinted on your conscious up until your very last breath in life. james kouzaris and james cooper will continue to inspire those who knew them. you might think being a man is about carrying a gun, but it is not. wearing a mask and shooting two guys in cold blood is being a coward. >> they were university friends who like a million britains every year had come here to florida on holiday. on a friday last april they went out for dinner and drinks. security cameras in one bar showed them chatting to women. they took these photos of themselves which were later released by the police. at closing time, they set out on foot into the night ending up 20 blocks away in a lew low-income housing project. local people heard gunfire. jam

. >>> and shawn yancy is in the web center with more. shawn?> reporter: carson daly started this on his radio show and apologized for make angoffcolor remark via twitter about the incident. the pilot started behaving erratically midair on tuesday. a group of passengers on the way to a security conference ended up subduing him. on hisro show, he said if that was him with his luck, it would have been a flight full of people going to a gay pride parade. he didn't mean to insult anyone but was trying to make fun of himself. >> a new twitter campaign is aimed at the maker of skittles. trayvon martin was holding the candy when george zimmerman shot and killed him last month. supporters nationwide are buying the cappedy to make a statement. wrigley, however, will not comment on the impact it's making on the profits. twitter users are asking wrigley to donate money to martin's family. >>> and finally, look at the chilling video here of a japanese earthquake going viral. atube user said the daughter was in japan when the earthquake hit last march. she's

the counties are under a frost advise or overnight and i will show you that in just a bit, shawn. >> sounds chilly. >> that is coal. >> thank you, gary. >>> the fox 5 weather app gives you access to the 10-day forecast, hourly updates, weather alerts and more. go to the app store or android market to download it on your smartphone. >>> coming up, a family barely escapes with their lives as a wildfire swallows the neighborhood. >> they're here. here. >> oh, my gosh. >> okay. >> we're out, we're out. >> why they say they had just minutes to react. >>> and also, a former superintendent faces prison time in the wake of a mining disaster in west virginia. est . >> it was one of the worst mine disasters in decades. a former superintendent who was supposed to ensure the safety of miners pleaded guilty after what happened to the cole -- coal mine in west virginia. gary may admits he violated federal mine laws, including falsifying record books and he will be sentenced in august and faces up to five years in prison. >> daddy. >> you're going to be fine. >> where's mom? what are you stopping f

laura, shawn? >> thank you, paul. >> another big story we're following tonight, the biggest offseason football news is official. peyton manning is no longer a member of the indianapolis colts. after 14 seasons, the colts and their future hall of fame quarterback have parted ways. dave feldman has more from the verizon center and today's big news. feldy? >> reporter: we're here. kobe bryant and the lakers are in town and we'll get to more on that later o. the colts owner said that he and peyton manning are parting ways and appeared at the joint conference. peyton manning is the most coveted free agent in nfl history. it's a pretty exciting deal and this is what peyton manning accomplished as a player, and it's been a lot. he's one of four players with more than 50,000 yards passing. one of two quarterbacks with more than 200 starts in a row. he missed all of last season after having the third next surgery in no one months. without him, the colts and nflers were 2 and 14, coming with the number one p

shawn's father jimmy died a yearling. >> my father was diagnosed in '96 with colon cancer. i was only 9. so if i would have lost my dad then, i probably wouldn't have known a lot about the guy. but he fought very hard and he gave me a father. and like i said at his eulogy when i was 22 i was grateful for the 16 years he gave me. >> reporter: when shawn takes the hill his father will never be far behind. he writes, dad in the pitching mound every time he comes out. >> i threw 170 innings last year and every one of them i carved"" into"dad" every time. somebody horrible, end of the world and i look down and see that i said, if he do what he did, i can play baseball. >> reporter: throughout the 16 year battle of colon cancer, jimmy within the through four surgeries and over 200 chemotherapy sessions. despite that, he never missed any of shawn's college games. >> sometimes i hear him at second inning or 4th inning getting sick in the bathroom and then the next inning he would be coming up the stands just sitting in the seat next to my mother like nothing was wrong, like -- just

and federal investigators said aluminum dust had piled up and detonated. 33-year-old shawn boone was plant. his sister, tammy miser, got a call with word that her brother was seriously injured. >> shawn and a couple of his coworkers were in the furnace room. and there was an explosion. and then there was a second more intense blast. >> what happened to him? >> he laid on the building floor, and the aluminum dust actually continued to burn through his flesh. >> and how severe were those burns? >> he had third- and fourth-degree burns between 92% to 100% of his body. >> the doctors said what to you? >> they told us that there wasn't any hope, that his internal organs were burned beyond repair. they wouldn't even bandage him. they just--they said that the only solution we had was to take him off of life support. >> shawn boone was 1 of 15 people killed in dust explosions that year. it was a turning point for carolyn merritt, who was then the head of the chemical safety board, the federal government's own experts who find the cause of the nation's worst industrial disasters. merritt orde

senior day for shawn moseley and john dillard.aryland taking on virginia in the regular season finale. virginia up five in the second half. a foul by john oslander. the assistant trying to hold the coach back. get out of here. they later hugged it out. later in the half, turps down four. moezly open, knocks down the three. it's a one-point game. 13 seconds to play. turps down three. for the tie, buries it. he had a team high 25 points. we're tied at 61. heck of a game at college park. maryland with a chance to win, off the mark. we're going to overtime. in overtime, cavaliers senior mike scott takes over. hit a career high 35 points. unstoppable. maryland falls 75-72 in overtime. >> it's about being together. this is it. this is our group. we have to be together. i was really proud of them. that was it just a guttie effort by my guys. >> they kept fighting and fighting. i think we played hard in the second half for the whole 20 minutes. as a player and as a coach, i think that's the only thing you can ask for. >> shawn moseley he

the 27-year-old shawn carson has been charged with the crime. police say an argument broke out and anti-gay slurs were used. a 31-year-old gay man was shot. he is now recovering. the march 11 incident is being reviewed as a possible hate crime. >> in the beginning of this whole incident, before this incident happened, there was some epitaphs that were used by people involved in this group. all of those things will be considered going forward as to whether they fall under the enhanced penalty for the statute. >> shawn carson has been charged with aggravated assault while armed. >>> the virginia senate as approved a new budget to fund operations for the next two years. that's something it failed to do during its regular session. the vote came after the senate on a party line vote rejected a democratic amendment. it would have compelled either insurance companies or the state to pay for ultrasound examinations now required for women seeking abortions. now senate and house negotiators will have to reconcile their rival versions of that budget. >>> t

. >> shawn tyson might of been the only one who was surprised by this because this has received a lot of media attention. we knew there was a lot of evidence backed up against shawn tyson. >> with the length of time that it took the jury to come to the conclusion not surprising? >> from a personal perspective, it was a little bit surprising. usually, we see juries take five or six hours -- at least. a special obama had a trial that goes on for five or six days. -- especially when we have a trial that goes on for five or six days. the amount of evidence and the quality of the witness' testimony. >> we have statements from the family and a video. very poignant statement from both of those families. >> it was heartbreaking. the video played in court and wanting some of the stuff on fold. we were able to watch it live at the station. our hearts break for these families because they have suffered an immeasurable tragedy. >> this case has the eyes of the world on sarasota. what kind of pressure or the police under? >> that is an interesting question. from the very moment this story across o

. >> shawn on base, miles on the drums, and is jonathan on the keys. >> shawn is a beatles officianadodie hazel of funk a dellic. john doe field, carlos santana, and george benson. >> you know your stuff this is great what are you playing now. >> tgifs. >> what does that stand for? >> thank god it is fruit salad. >> here we go, thank god it is fruit salad, nate foley and his band ♪ [ music ]  >>> there you go what type of apple was used as the symbol for the beatlings record -- beatles record label shawn here knows. >> granny smith. >> absolutely right you win nothing [ laughter ] >> you win a place in tony's heart trust me as a young man who knows that. >> the beatleing album had a full apple on the a side back when you had albums, two sides you flip over you don't know what we are talking about there was the mid-section of the apple cut in half on the other side. >> more than you ever needed to know. >> fascinating. >> tucker. >> beautiful weather forecast highs mid-60s and as we get into tomorrow, near 70 partly sunny by tomorrow afternoon a few showers thursday night

you know what, shawn, you got a point. i don't think we'd like that, though honestly i'm kind of surprised somebody has tried it already. however, somebody calling themselves westipod out of maryland feels as you do. i cannot believe people are allowing tours through the area where this sick man brought much heartache to so many. of all the things to be interested in, why this? these tours are disrespectful in my opinion. i cannot imagine losing a loved one in such an inhumane way and someone possibly profiting from it. however, our good friend deb in arlington has a different and perhaps surprising take on this. at first i thought it was a tasteless idea to want to go to jeffrey daumer's chomping grounds, but then my wise mom pointed out i'd been to the tower of london which was a gruesome scene back in the day. when we thought about it, places hike the bass steel -- like the bastille, salem are all on the tourist list. so while it's not on my travel buffet, i think it's probably of interest to some folks. i doubt doubt t

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shawn yancy's in the web center now. >> reporter: brian, have you heard?pple introduced the latest ipad in san francisco. take a look at this. this is incredible, at least that is what all of the tech gurus tell us. the newer model has a faster processor and screen. the picture will look better than hdtvs. the price, well, the same as the. >> i joy pad 2 and they'll start at under $500. >>> and the cyber hacking group anonymous struck again after the arrest of one of the leaders. the group is blamed for taking down several vatican websites. the fbi arrested jeremy hammed in chicago yesterday. one of the fellow hackers turned him in. >>> and you remember the north carolina dad who shot up his daughter's laptop and posted this video on youtube? tommy jordan made up with his daughter. you remember, he fired nine rounds into the computer to punish her for something show posted on facebook, complaining about the parents, homework and that stuff? he's not proud of what he did and stands by his actions; however, he gave his daughter the hard drive he removied fro

shawn is in for brian on the news edge at 11:00. >>> the news edge begins in maryland, a prince george's county county family stunned at at ordinary -- at the verdict in a murder for hire plot. 17-year-old stacy keaton was pregnant when she was shot to death execution style near her home in 2005. today the jury found the accused triggerman not guilty on all charges am fox 5's karen gray houston has the story. fox 5's karen gray houston has the story. >> jarvis tyler was hired to kill stacy keaton. the man who hired tyler is awaiting sentencing, but tyler is going free. justice in the case has been a long time coming. outside the county courthouse in upper marlboro prosecutors tried to put their best face on an outcome they did not expect. >> today 's verdict was not what we hoped for, but we do respect the process. >> reporter: nearly seven years ago stacy seton found shot to death in a park near her home in bowie and died to a single gunshot to the back of her head. police arrested mcdonald abraham after witnesses said they heard her say he was going to get seton from stealing drugs and