rob stafford: camus? philosophy-- a tantalizing clue, perhaps, but only for someone familiar with the life story of a certain free-spending, philosophy-loving fugitive doctor from america. philosophy, after all, had always been a pet passion of mark weinberger's, but that tidbit meant nothing to monica specogna. she'd never even heard of mark weinberger. all she knew was that this man, this mark stern loved her. monica: from the first day, was a really good man with me, with me, with my people, my family, with my friends, was a good man. for me, was a good man. rob stafford: in the spring of 2009, monica says she and mark took a grueling bike trip through alpine passes to switzerland. monica says it was in the swiss village of grindenwald at the foot of famed mount eiger that mark told her he wanted to spend one night on the mountain alone. monica: next morning, i bring my cycle and up the mountain to him. he come close to me with a big smile, screaming, thank you, monica, thank you, monica, thank you, mo

new crash alert a well 95 northbound in stafford aht 630. crass blocking the right lane.t's causing a tap of the brakes coming up from fredericksburg. and then we also have this issue, mccomb street northwest between 34th and 35thlo street bed -- all lanes blocked there. metro is on time guys. >> erin thank you. >>> coming up, rescuengorkers ba time and nature as they try s toe the lives of about aozen trapped boys. >> and a woman climbs the stue of libertyo protest separating migrante families. >> wre looking live right now. you're look hemoglobi looking le american legion bridge. it'ser this. >> ♪ >> all right, how about living la vida loca on a thursday july 5th. it's 5:08, 80 degree has become a race against time as crews work to getou youth soccer team re of a cave more rain storms move in. rescuers areumping some of the water out of that flooded cave and they're still figuring out the best way to get the boys out. the boys ve been practicing wearing diving masks as they mayeed to scuba their w imming through coffee it'sesw so dark. >>> veral wildfires in several wes

the minds of many, a speedy recovery for battalion chief, john whiting, undergoing treatment at stafford hospital for facial wounds after being mauled by a pitbull. pictured here, the 1.5-year-old people responsible for the attack has since been quarantined, neighbors that live next door to the scene of saturday's fire in the unincorporated san leandro say that the dog was dangerous. >> that pitbull, as far as we know, just passing by, that dog is always aggressive, jumping up on the gate and barking all the time, he is a pretty aggressive pitbull. >> reporter: there were 20 dogs

. >> reporter: stafford county re rescuer dane izer just gottgauged. he had to tell his n fiancee he narrowly escaped death. >>ut the cones on the ground, the car shot b me. >> reporter: he drives engine 12. they were on the scene of an emergency, a family of seven trapped i an overturned car in stafford county. cameras showim putting down cones as a barrier to protect other rescuers. yo can see izer narrowly missed by a coming car. >> ile stumb back. what just happened there. it finally set in. is my crew >> reporter: part of the car'sb mper was lodged into the engine just below the door where iser climbed out just seconds bere theimpact. take another look at the video. you can see pieces flying off the car. >> it makes your heart skip a beat. it's that close to seeing a young firef rhterently engaged could have easily not been here. >> reporter: virgini is one o many states that have a move-over law to protect first responders working along highwayse, >> number low down. >> fortunately everybody came out okay. that's the maig. th >> reporter: i asked

lighter green, anne undel county into the district and down int northern virginia,a spotsylva and stafford county, all under a flood warning. the times v a bit, 11:00 p.m. east of 95, farther south tomorrow morning. looking at theno radar you can see why. check this out. it's looming through time here. its progression is moving nanth west. so where rain was lighter, it's getting heavier. we are sing some of this start to fizzle out the farther south you go. but it's been coming down and be for a n of hours. that's prompted the flood warnings. as you can see, where we're looking ahe orange, the yellow, and the deep reds, that heavier rain has now shifted west of 95. down towarm. prince will they are picking up some very heavy rain. i'm going to check on the accumulations thereust a moment. but areas like spotsyeeania, have five-plus inches of rain. as we move through the couple days, we're not seeing any reprieve. that chance for showers and storms, all the way through st top of next week, and it's going to be widespread. everyone's going to get a shot at more rain. in your headl i'll be tr

onom stafford county towards the northeast porof maryland, back towards the leesburg area.e agn,umerous roads are closed. this is why we've got intense heat going on bac towards t west. you've seen the numbers. upwards of 100 to 120 degrees in some spotsf e southwest. that dip in the jet stream was able to pick up the moisture the way from the bahamas near cuba and bring it all the way up the east coast into the parts of canada. simply amazing. that's why we had the rain. that's why wead theflooding. the fortunate part is it's moving out of here but a ilectacular pattern move in again next week. talking about that in a second. 71 in gathersburg. 72 in manassas. the one thing i'm worried about tonight, fog could be an issue tonight as we do wake up to areas of fog. heads up for that. areas of f tomorrow morning. 80 by noon. sun is back. thank goodness. chance of aer sh maybe an isolated that your. 92 on friday. 40% of a late evening could be on the strong side friday night. that oneum lowersity for the weekend. saturday looking great. sunday looking good, too. we have a bett

it might make it into parts of southern stafford keen before it sizzles out. most of us dry over night. patchy fog tomorrow morning. more importantly, look where we start off. 7:00 a.m., we're a a comfortable 68. plenty of sunshine will warm into the mid-70s by 9:00 a.m. by 11:00 a.m., around 80. overall it's a nice day. can't ru out a shower, o thundersto sunday. i'll have more on that coming up around 11:18. >> thank you, amelia. we have a better idea tonight just how many people are affected b this devastating apartment fire in greenbelt. chopper 4 was there when the flames were still shooting out of the building. drivers could see smoke rising over the btway thisafternoon. shomari stone has more on the lasting impact of that big fire. >> reporte doreen, this was really bad. a massive fire. look at some of this damage.el it from the roof, while firefighters were vigorously doing a good jobryg to put this thing out. you can see the damage. it started right over there and firefighters did a good job of putting it out. tonight, 85 people are displaced. and the

. >>> a car smashes into a fire engine, narrowly missing the driver on i-95 in stafford county. t ahead,he lesson we can all learn from this close call.to >>> team 4 keeping track of the weather rolling through right now. amelia is back with >>> we continue to be in storm team 4 weather alert mode as we trackstevere thundms moving through the area. these are north of washington, parts of loudoun,frederick, montgomery, howard and carroll counties under a severerm thundersarning until 5:45. also anne arundel county up through baltimore, also under a severe thunderstorm warning. a lot of lightning with the severe thunderstorgh warnings now as well as heavy rainfall that's going to lead to isolated flooding issues and gusty winds that will bring down trees across the area, especially because of how wet we've been this past week. you can see a we look past the thunderstorm system, heavy rain moving roh. these could intensify so we'll keep a close eye on it. as the storms move from the eas2 miles per hour, towards gaithersburg about 6:10, bethesda about 6:15 and washington right aroun

under the stafford act and the national response framework that the corps works under the direction of fema serving as the lead federal coordinating agency for emergency support function 3, public works engineering. for recovery missions the corps serves as the lead coordinating agency for the infrastructure systems, recovery support function under the national recovery framework. public law 99 provides a separate source of authority for the corps to prepare for and respond to floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters. under these authorities the corps maintains more than 50 specially trained response teams supported by emergency and preawarded contracts to perform the wide range of public works and engineering- related missions. the 2017 hurricane season was historic and we continue to identify lessons learned in an effort to sustain and improve our performance. the extraordinary impacts of hurricanes harvey, irma and maria resulted in this unprecedented response. for harvey fema issued the corps 23 mission assignments totaling over $140 million. at its peak nearly 1,000 corps em

. >>> a stafford county oeputy pullr to help a driver stopped on the side of the road. news 4's meagan fitzgerald reports how it led to an arrest, dropped charges then a lawsuit. >> reporter: take a look at this sheriff county's dashcam video. george wingate pulled over to the side of the road back in april of 2017 because he was having car problems. stafford county sheriff's deputy pulls up and asked him for his i.d. >> have i committed a crime? >> reporter: what's that? >> have i committed a crime. >> i didn't say you did. you're still required to identify yourself. >> are you free to go? >> not right now. >> am i being detained? >> then i'm not free to go. >> reporter: moments later he was arrested forwailing to s his i.d. and obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. >> put your handsbehind your back. all charges have been dropped and virginia-based criminal defense attorneys like t walls, sawall wallsh sees why. >> this called consensual contact. >> reporter: wingate believes he was targeted because of his race and that's why he's suing. a>> with officer civilia

stafford, northbound 95. crashed and a disabled vehicle. >>> it's a hot one over there already this morning. >> temperatures are in the 80s. we also hav cloud cover. that's hoping to keep it wormer in some areas. 82 i washington. by 7:00 a.m., 80s and muggy as we go through the >> it will be a nine when we will be topping around 90 degrees. it should be there. with the heat and humidity, as we go into the weekend, we have very big changes. the radar, pretty much dry. more rain in the forecast tomorrow. we'll look at that, as it leads up to that w release. straight ahead. >>> thank u. d.c. water crews are repairing a broken water main on third street. the street has been dug up. the repairs may take a while. this is in the southeast. right now, the road is closed. we'll have a live report fnem the s coming up in a few minutes. >>> a fairfax out community is mourning the death of a >>fathe. he worked behind theer cou in herndon. officers arrested the suspect in minutes. friends say he had two jobs and is leavin

i handle stafford act programs.an get you information and i would be happy to provide anything everything on the national flood insurance program . i do not want to over speak. ofthat said, the line questioning i have is better directed for someone else in your agency. you do not have any issues with flood control or flood mapping? >> it is not under my responsibility as laid out by the administrator. we will be happy to work with you. i do not want come across like i'm dodging the question. >> i understand. do you have any knowledge of that five-year requirement, is that accurate that you have to update every five years? >> i hate to look to my left, but our state and locals may have a better understanding of the mapping requirements. i do not want to put them on the spot. you are in the area affected, correct? texas.tually am in north i responded to the area in support. i am asking you to speculate. i have concerns about the accuracy of fema flood mapping and how current they are. i'm just wondering if you could o

here‘s nick blandford: paul stafford and first andy brushet recorded their reactions for us on cameraon practice now that when a major incident occurs around the world, a bbc news anchor goes on site to report against a blackend skyline. it adds very little value, probably a lot of technical complication and often smacks to me of being a jolly. i switched on the 6pm news and who should i say presenting from moscow but sophie rayworth! i was astonished. all she did was introduced other bbc reporters. she added nothing herself. this was repeated again on the 10pm broadcast after england had lost. why oh why oh why, bbc, did you think it necessary to send sophie rayworth all the way to moscow? surely one of the other reporters could have done the broadcast. we asked bbc news for their response, and they told us: finally, back to those brexit related resignations and simon mccoy was conducting an interview on the subject on monday while the breaking news banner on monday read: underneath that, apparently a lab rating on the headline, we were told a fifth person has been rescued from the f

travers-stafford says alexi did not see the reese's label because the familiar red packaging was peeledk. she says alexi felt tingling in her mouth...and they administered two epi=pens. but alexi went into anaphylactic shock and died less than two hours later. since alexi's mother shared the story on facebook..others are calling on chip ahoy's parent company...mondelez to sell foods with allergens in different colored packaging. (ken) thanks to a team of australian researchers ... it may soon be easier to detect melanoma. scientists at edith cowan university have developed an experimental blood test they say is capable of detecting the aggressive form of skin cancer in its early stages. in a recent study scientists were able to identify people who had melanoma with 79 percent accuracy... and i-d people without the disease at an 84 percent accuracy. melanoma accounts for just one percent of all skin cancers, but causes a large majority of skin cancer deaths. it can be cured if diagnosed in its early stages. (ken) scary video from menasha, wisconsin shows a biker falling on a wisconsin dr

the stafford county sheriff dashcam video shows the moment that deputy fulfordul up and asked for the man's i.d. >> have i committed a crime? >> wavt's that? >> i committed a crime? >> i didn't say you did. >> all right then. >> you'red still requio identify yourself. >> am i free to go? >> not right n, no. >>m i being detained? >> you're not detained. >> so i'm free to go? >> no. >> reporter: not long ago deputy fulford arrests win gait for failing to identify himself, obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. all of those charges l wereater dropped. >> if i'm not being detained then i'm free to go. >> he's 100% epright. >>ter: this virginia-based to fence attorney says he sees why the judge threw out the case. >> he walks up to the gentleman and keeps insisting on him having to identif himself a the gentleman doesn't need to. it's a consensual contact, two people whether you're uniformed or not that ce together. that gentleman attempts to walk he police ks to and officer says he can't. >> reporter: wingate filed a civil lawsuit against the deputy and he believes pace wast of the

chef jim stafford is showing us how to make eascake. >> what is it funnel cake?ed drizzled dough. my mom used to do this at home. gosh, i miss it. >> it's easy, you make your batter, make your strawberry topping, you're done. >> i feel like it's a little more complex than that. >> it honestly isn't. >> she makes her batter, refridge rates re fri refrigerates it for a while. make your fruit topping. >> i want you to video it. >> i'm doing this tonight. >> i want to see you try and mix this. >> some of you don't even have funnels. that's all right. just use a plastic bag. you just start squeezing it out. >> no matter what you do, the funnel cake is going to look great. >> powdered sugar and strawberries, boom. >>> it's an abandoned building waiting for a new life. it looks like it was built for this very purpose. >> we're taking the tour, next. >>> plus this guy is not happy with his new haircut. >> would you like to see what a six-pound haircut looks like? >> oh, no. >> see what it looks like, coming up on "right this minute." parodontax, the toothpaste that helps

stafford wants the company to create clear packaging alerts for kids with allergen chips ahoy says allf the products are clearlyabeled for major food allergens.d >>> gmorning, everybody. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. all-star game tonight. showers and storms are likely before the game gets going. the game gets ready to start around 8:00, rain chances will bediminishing. cooler, low humidity and flawless. that sounds like good stuff, for sure. sheena has the forecast coming right up. >>> and the all-star game and all that goes with it. fanfest, shut down between seventh and ni and eastbound >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> hey, hey, ho, ho. >> protestersco weld president trump back to the white house last night. many of them unhappy about his comments during as joint n conference with russian president vladimir putin. they are not alone in that. >> this morning, backlash from both sid of the aisle coming in. the critics are causing the summit in helsinki, ary vic for the kremlin. >> i have great confidence in my intelligenbu people. i will tell you that president putin was extreme

moments later the stafford county dashcam vid captured when this officer came by and asked for i.d. >> did i commit a crime? >> you didn't. required toill identify yourself? >> am i free to go? >> not right now, no. >> am i beingde ined? >> you're not being detained. >> so you're free to go? >> lno. er the deputy arrested him for obstruction of justice and resisting arrest and all of those charges were lat dropped. >> if i'm not being detained i'm free to go. >> a virginia-based criminal attorney say he sees why the judge threw out the case. >> he walked up to the gentleman and keeps insisting on him identifying himself. it's called aua conse contact and a consensual contact is basically two people, doesn't matter if you're uniformed or not, that come together that. gentleman technically could walk away and he attempts to or asks to andcehe police of says, no, you can't. >> reporter: nevertheless wingate filed a civil lawsuit against deputy lford, a he believes race is part of the reason he had the encounter in the first wplace. h overs and civilians of know, or and -- and, you it's t

the minds of many, a speedy recovery for battalion chief, john whiting, undergoing treatment at stafford hospital for facial wounds after being mauled by a pitbull. pictured here, the 1.5-year-old people responsible for the attack has since been quarantined, neighbors that live next door to the scene of saturday's fire in the unincorporated san leandro say that the dog was dangerous. >> that pitbull, as far as we know, just passing by, that dog is always aggressive, jumping up on the gate and barking all the time, he is a pretty aggressive pitbull. >> reporter: there were 20 dogs eight puppies, three adults and two dogs died in the fire. under california ordinance it is unlawful to have any more than three dogs over the age of four months. anything over that number requires an animal's fancier permit. what firefighters saw on saturday was an eye-opener. >> people have 2-4 dogs, but 20 dogs at one location is not an everyday thing that we experience. >> reporter: the alameda county sheriff's department has opened an animal cruelty and neglect investigation against the homeowners. wallace

in stafford, southbound 95 after quantico, right lane is the only thing getting by the bridge work there. as we take a look at 66 here, fairfax county parkway to the beltway otime. 63 miles per hour. going to take you nine minutes. it eun? >>> big news forocal art fans. >> the fringe festival is back. we're giving you a look at some of the work y ou >>> 4:23 right now. if you're a fan of the arts, your calendar is about to fill up. >> the capital fringe fest is back. a marathon of performances and shows are taking place in aew ighborhood this year. news 4's justin finch has more. >> reporter: a fun and free flowing number by d.c. performance collective, aerial woman. they have happen to be dance trained and in search of an outlet. >> applications for capital fringe are open. that's a deadline and that's a show. we appliednd now we're doing it in just a couple days. >> accompanied by accordion, the fanciful footwork symbolizes life. >> the sort of drama of the various ceremoniesn people's lives. i think religio or weddings. >> as for the curtains -- >> they're sor of beautiful and silk an

everyth is looking pleasant right now. 95 coming up the entire stretch from fredericksburg& through staffordny quesat erin fox5 d.c. on tw. more traffic to ce as we continue. 5 o'clockour coming right up. >> ♪ >> ♪ morning, attempts toes re 12 children trapped in an c undergrave a rescuer runs out of oxygenr du now we're learn, the kids may also beunniow on oxygen. >>> scott pruitt is out as the head of the epa but sever his replacement's record on the environment may actually be worse than pruitt's. >>> increased security. the nationa zoo is looking to make big changes to kee you safe. but thaou c have you spending a lot more iimen line. fox5 morning at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> gd you're with us. we're glad it's friday. >>or sure, right. everybody just exhale on this july 6th. it's the top of the hourly let's talk weather with mik and a quick with erin asff

she's 15, assae , at her home on stafford street. and she is believe to be inkraft from the police department. you canl c politic right away. >>> giant check seces. chawrence is at the ap wtments. chrit's going on here? e> this is one of the stories that you hav to see rather than just hear. we'll show y video after 6:00 last night. that's when d.c. police got the call that someone tossing these. and one of the amenities is this unit chess set. someone was tossing the pieces down to the ground, here in of the baugh. is any has been six stories up. all in all, in all seriousness b it could havn pieces that hit someone. at this point, we he been checking with u.k. police. no word on i rests or whooif? >> krils thank you. thefect e ethe slide effects. it wouldave to b removed and a slitir. rade sanctions were threateninged or t save the life of a dog that became ill on alane road. >>> this morning, not as cool in areas throughout the day. going to b in theid to upper going to b in theid to upper 80s by at ikea, we believe your perfect s

paul stafford and first and the brash it recorded their reactions for us on camera.ctice now that when a major incident occurs around the world, a bbc news anchor goes on site to report against a black and skyline. it adds very little value, probably a lobo technical complication and often smacks to me of being a jolly —— blackened skyline —— probably a lot of technical complication. what was she doing? she just introduced other reporters, she added nothing. this was repeated again on the 10pm broadcast after england had lost. why oh why oh why, bbc, did you think it necessary to send sophie bray worth all the way to moscow? surely one of the other reporters could have done the broadcast —— sophie rayworth. we asked bbc news for their response, and they told us: finally, back to those brexit related resignations and there was an interview on the subject on monday while the breaking news banner on monday read: underneath that, apparently a lab rating on the headline, we were told a fifth person has been rescued from the flooded cave, that more ambulances had been seen

a man has died following a collision with a lorry on the m6 near stafford.the southbound side between junctions 1a and 13. police say the entire southbound carriageway is expected to remain closed for a number of hours as investigations continue. motorists are advised to check theirjourneys before they travel. the troubled train operator govia thameslink is introducing its third major timetable change in two months. passengers on the company's lines, which include thameslink and great northern, have suffered severe disruption after an overhaul of the schedule in may. a british teenager who fell 70ft from a balcony in magaluf has died. thomas channon, who was 18 and from rhoose, near barry in glamorgan, is the third holidaymaker from the uk to die at the eden roc apartment complex this year. he was celebrating the end of his a—levels at the spanish party resort. the foreign office are supporting the family. a 28—year—old man has died and a 5a—year—old man has been seriously injured in a stabbing in birmingham. the attack took place in yardley wood, in the sou

earlier crash i stafford cleared. and metro is on time. right, erin thanks very much. i time right nows 6:19. a tragic fourth of july celebration in illinois. men dead and five others hurt including a pregnant woman when a t lree branch fell on them during a fireworks show. the tree estimated to be more y than 100rs old. two men, a 61-year-old and a 72-year-old both died from their injuries. the pregnant woman who was injured was near full term at was taken to the hospital.nd she the good news there, both mother and chi arekay. >> police looking for the people who carjacked d.c. council chair phil mendelsohn's girlfriend. this happened yesterday morning in tlv 1200 block of peania avenue in southeast. the victim putting gas in her car when two people drove up. one took offotnhe t hooker off , if you know anythingou're asked to call pheice. >> stillad this morning, in the wake of the july 4t holiday a reminder of the dangers of fireworks >> and as we take you to thehi break here's somet to make you sm this little chimpanzee has a heartwarmi

. >>> the stafford county public school system didn't have to venture far in the nationwide search for its next superintendent. the school board chose dr. scott kissner for the job. dr. kissner received his masters degree from here in virginia. he will begin his n job in september. >>> one player who grew up just a few miles from here ishe lk of twitter and not for good reason. we're talkingbout milwaukee brewers tcher. fans on the internet found a series of troubling tweets from him. they are shocking and some are a bit too upsetting to mention on air. the tweets from 2011 used racist andhomophobic slurs. he saidrse was 17 y old at the time and it does not reflect who he is today. the mlb says they have spoken with him we are still waiting for an official comment. >> he's probably the only person who didn't have a fun all star night. d.c. was more than ready to play host to the midsummer classic after a 50-year break. it was a b night at the plate for bat erters there. the american league won, 8-6. >>> this morning president trump is not keeping quiet on his summit. the new tweet prai

here, you can barely see it, they have split between two rocks, in the process, this is stafford county, jane o'connor have created a wonderful little park there, it's a highly desirable residential area, but it's just as they left it when the buildings are built here. these are rejected stones all over the place evidence of their work and how they did it here some of the workmen he's driving six, probably six, maybe a and b some of them iron, iron spikes, he drives these and and and actually splits the rock, as the rock gets reduced to the sizes they want, going on the plans, papers that never survived, these drawings -- both here at this park you can see the -- we loaned it since 1791. spikes went down, sometimes it was a stick, and they drove it down and poured water on it. usually the split was pretty good here we are on some drawings. i have a critic, i told to keep his mouth shut, he said there would have been -- i wasn't there, i don't know. but this is the stone, very simple cranes, these were taken and you can still see aquia where it slants down to the creek, they were loading

in the process at a quiet and this is stafford county, and zane o'connor had created a wonderful park there. and it is highly desirable residential area quick but it is just as they left it when buildings were built here -- evidence of their work and how they did it. here we go. here is some of the workmen and the sketches that the association had done. you can see this is sticks, maybe some of them are iron. they ordered spikes and he drives these in an it naturally splits the rock. then as the rock gets reduced to the sizes they want, the stonecutters have told them, going on the plan, papers that never survive from building. the drawings and all of that. here at a quiet park you can see the -- we have owned this since 1791. you can see the spikes went down here. sometimes it was a stick and they drove it down and poured water on it. it split and usually the split was pretty good, pretty smooth. here we are on the drawings. i have a critic who was told to keep his mouth shut. who said there would have been six oxen. i wasn't there, but i don't know. this is the stone and very simple

and frustration in gaza as charles stafford reports. of two weeks of negotiations with their employer the shock of being told they had lost a job was for many too much to bear the united nations refugee and works agency in gaza says lack of dona funding means it doesn't have enough money and so jobs must go to i've been told that i will no longer have a full time job after the thirty first of august then we will i need be able to work part time until the end of the year then my job will end i'm really sad not just for me but for my colleagues that have families this is the office of the head of the u.n. agencies operations in gaza. mateus shamali was chaperoned out of the building on monday night by hamas guards protecting her from the angry crowd. the head of the workers' union here says strikes by employees will continue and threaten to close down the u.n. aid distribution medical centers and schools if the jobs are not reinstated. climbing was the sit in and certainly we were not expecting this from a humanitarian organization like o

in the process and this is, the stafford county and jane o'connor had created a wonderful little park there. and it's a highly desirable residential area. but it's just as they left it when the buildings were built here, these were rejected stones all over the place. evidence of their work. and how they did it. here we go here's some of the workmen, sketches the association had done. he's driving sticks, probably sticks, maybe some of them iron, but because they ordered spikes, he drives these in and it naturally splits the rock. as the rock gets reduced to the sizes they want. which the stonecutters are told them going on the plan, big papers that never survived from buildings, big drawings, both here at a quiet park. you can see the it's called government island. we've owned it since 1791. see where the pot spikes went down? and sometimes it was a stick, though, and they drove it down and poured water on it and expand it. it split. and usually the split was pretty good, you know, pretty smooth. here we are on some drawings, i have a critic, i've told to keep his mouth shut. he said

stafford, right lane by that work zone.nd 66 with the virtual sunrise looks pretty. >> your virtual one is almost as good as the real one. >>> it's a rare tool being used t crack down on child pornography acrohe country. we go to new york to show you how canines are on the trail of child predators. >> we're in nhattan. and we're looking at the newest tool to combat child exploitation cases. it's a traed canine, that is looking for hidden electronic devices. we followed along as the canine sniffed out drives and components to elude police. the canine is highly trained and and. >> it's a rare tool. it's a futuristic tool for us. in a few years, everybody will have this asset. >> you see this new york city field office. but there's new calls to get the canine technology closer to our area because there's no shortage of casin our area. for now, new york city, scott macfarlane. >>> the will to walk ismo vating a former college football player. >> heroke his neck b he did not break his spirit. terrell williams said he almost lost

at the trial just one of the perpetrators a roofer from stafford with a criminal record was sentenced to five years in prison for assault resulting in death this was on the eleventh of january nine hundred eighty eight two years later the remaining sentence was turned into a suspended sentence on probation. done jiah alberto still wants to know why the other men involved were never held responsible. yes it would be better to clear the whole thing up was it really him how many we know there were others what were their motives what they collars do that got him killed the only thing. it was. the circumstances of the deaths of the two cuban contract workers delfin grant and droll garciaparra it who died in massive bergen one nine hundred seventy nine a still unsolved. in one thousand eight hundred three the nightclub burned down. former guests still look back fondly on the good times they had there they meet up regularly to talk about their salad days and the parties they went to. but when we asked them whether any of them know about the events of august one nine hundred seventy nine they

minds of many here, the speedy recovery for battalion chief john whiting undergoing treatment at stafford hospital for facial wounds after being malled by a pit bull. pictured here the dog responsible for the attack. neighbors say the dog was dangerous. >> as far as we know, that dog is always aggressive and jumping up on the gate and barking all the time. he's an agres you have pit bull. >> there were 20 dogs in the home, two dogs died in the fire. under the alameda county ordinance it's unlawful for any homeowners to have more than three dogs over the age of four months. anything over the number requires an animal permit. what firefighters saw saturday was an ie opener people have two or three dogs or something. but to have 20 dogs at one location i wouldn't say it's an department has opened an animal cruelty and neglect situation ag >> who owns this fully grown pit bull name blue has concerns about his neighbors. >> with that many dogs it's ridiculous. it's putting them at risk. >> neighbors were also curious about the residents who lived next door. they kept to themselves. >> we used

stafford, right lane b at the work zone there. southbound in virginia. chevy chase, a work zone there, blocking the right lane here. and the rest of the beltway, uneffected through that section. >> major issues. chris? hank you, melissa. >>> a warning this morning to ba vigilant watch your back. the search a continues for man who assaulted a woman. >> this happened outde of a in d.bottom apartment we have just-released footage of this suspect. this is so creepy. >> it is chilling video. there believe someone out knows who this guy is. they put that video out there hoping for a break in this case. as you mention, this is a sex assault that took place an apartment building last sunday night. here's a look at that guy. he follows behind a woman in that ilding. 's a man between 5'10" and 7" in height, perhaps with brown hair. he's 25 to 35 years old, as well. he's wring a baseball cap, a bl blue t-shirtnd black shorts. this happened last sunday night, just before 110 p.m. this isnsettling news for neighbors nearby. >> it makes me uncomfortable. i know a arou

so far kelly stafford's post has been shared almost 70,000 times.s the saddest thing. >> it's an awful story. >> i hope it helps people. >> thank you. hawaii's kilauea volcano back in the news after a lava bomb shattered a tour boat with flaming rocks. fragments went right through the boat's roof during that freak accident over the weekend. two dozen tourists were injured, some of them seriously. lava bombs happen when molten rock from volcano comes in contact with cooler ocean water and then explodes. kilauea has damaged or destroyed homes with just a few injuries, this is the first report of anybody being hurt while on the water. >> why don't you say we switch gears and get a morning boost. >> let's do it. >> alabama college student, his car broke down the night before start agnew job. he was rewarded for his determination. walter carr walked 20 miles in the dark to start work at a moving company. twenty miles in the dark. when he got to town local police officers bought him breakfast. the woman whose furniture he was moving was so impressed she p

last seen thursday at her home on stafford streetn e wood bridge area. she's 15. her physical safety, authorities believe is at risk. call police if you know anything. >> the district council is days away from entering summer recessni and this m they are looking at two big issues that could impact how you live, work and enjoy your team. here in the nation's capital. news4 chris lawrence is at the wilson building down down wit details. good morning, orchris. >> rr: hey pat. the voters have spoken but turns out they may monot have the las word. the d.c. council just started its meeting and they are going to introduce legislation to appeal initiative 77. 's that's tha mean? tip worke,. bartenders waiters. if this passes they would keep on making $3.33 an hour plus their tips. what d.c. voters hav is to do away with the system and basically raise everyone up to a $15 minimum wage by the year 2025. in effect the council would be going against the will of the voters. but a caveat here. a lot of bartenders, waiter people likat, say they like the old system just fine and

and i do know that taylor stafford, president and c.e.o. of pier 39 wanted to be here but could not make it. we wanted to recognize pier 39 today because they actually have started the skip the straw campaign ahead of our legislation here at the board of supervisors. more than 15 million guests come to pier 39 each year, so, as a city we really have that responsibility, or that opportunity to spread our message to visitors from all over the world and again, want to recognize pier 39 for seeing that opportunity and whether that is a message of love and acceptance of all or sustainability or stewardship and environment, that is something they have taken upon them now. so, the iconic pier 39, they have many merchants there, 13 full service restaurants, six eaterys, five treat shops, and all have reduced plastic consumption. out of the 24 places serving beverages to customers, 14 are switching entirely to paper straws, and many of them are also going to an on request model and providing straws only when customers ask for them. and pier 39 is al

they have split between two rocks, two stones, rocks, in the process at aquaya and this is the stafford county and jane o'connor have created a wonderful little park there, and it's a highly desirable residential area, but it's just as they left it when the buildings were built here. these rejected stones, all over the place, evidence of their work and how they did it. here's some of the workmen in some sketches the association had done. you see he's driving sticks, probably sticks, maybe some of them iron because they ordered iron spikes, but he drives this in and it naturally split the rock. and then as the rock gets reduced to the sizes they want, which the stone cutters have told them, going on the plan, big papers that never survived from building, big drawings where they say we need this and how many, both here at the park you can see the -- it's called government island. we've owned it since 1791, our government. see where the spikes went down? and sometimes it was a stick, though, and they drove it done and poured water on it and when it expanded, it split and usually the split

you're not a fire work, don't stafford county.a department of transportation notes taxis and ride sharing services like lyft can get people home safe limit don't drive drunk. that's what they're saying. >> find lyft free codewnom ty ge rides up to $15 g there and look i believe we posted theon code there fight. >> coming up, cecebrating independen day at the national mall. >> cori co w festive 'tis kicke. cori. >> the weather held off and people had a lot to do. we'll have a wrap up of the festive 'tis especially if you missed the fireworks show. >> but, first, very special surprise for onerida family that fourth of july. as their father returns home from dloyment. luke melloon has been deployed in africast for the pa year and every year they celebrate e holiday together at the brandon paradeda. to, luke's surprise kept f theamily tradition alive. to, luke's surprise kept f theamily tradition alive. we'll brightack. pats . the national mall wrapping up a a filled the mall tonightment cori coffin has beal down thl day and joins us

no problems 95 fm stafford up.s keep in mind. signal problem at dupont circle. back to our roads seling a slight d of seven minutes 295 kenworth southbound fromthet stre bridge. any questions at erin fox5 d.c.. all let you knowin if anyth pops up you need to be aware of.at cee the nice quiet friday morningom cte. >> ♪ ♪ introducing fresh step clean paws, low-tracking litter designed to stay off your floor, and everywhere else. let's make litter less of a mess. let's start fresh. >> right now at 6:0 a tragic oung tk tb binoyacs from a tilad cave as a former thai navy s.e.a.l. volunteering in the rescue effort dies, this as we learn conditions inside that heavy rains ined m a overnight. >>> breaking overnight. more legal troubleor chris brown. the singer arrested in florida following a concert. >>> disturbing n details. man accused of gunningn dow five people inside thes capital-gazette room in annapolis may have also targeted a virginiao, newspaper. no, when you see the times how dishonest they are, whenhiou see the

that he was flown to stafford medical center and he is still there this morning. >>> 6:40 am is the timetion that some call a hate group is gathering shane oakland. how local bars and restaurants are rafting along with the mayor. >>> also a violation of privacy what one uber in the driver did his passengers all to increase his social media status. >>> a lot of traffic on the san mateo bridge heading out to the high rise because of an earlier stalled vehicle. that is gone but traffic is still very slow. >>> from seattle to reno, fresno and the desert southwest it could be a hot week but not really for us. we've a lot of low clouds and we let you know where it counts.>> today's news and newsmakers. with heather holmes and alex savidge. >>> happening today, the city of martinez will consider putting a sales tax on the november ballot. their proposal will help pay to maintain the 911 response time. and then retain and recruit more experience police officers. if it is put on the ballot, it will go from a .75% to 9.25%. it is expected to raise a $3.2 million per year.>>> six 44 cleanup continu

this happened on i-95 in stafford county. the firefighter jumps to the side. you can see him as a car shoots past and crashes into the front of the fire engine. >> so we're stumbled back., i'm ok what just happened? it finally set in. oh, my go, is my crew safe? >> well, virginia's move over law reqres drivers to slow down or move into a far lane when passing emergency responders on the highway. the drivers who hit the fire engine, j.d. hutchinson is charged with du imt and h and run. >>> at 9:05 on this saturday morning, a traffic alert for you as you plan for the week ahead. pay attention to this if you take the gw parkway. construction going to make traffic there a little bit more a little slower than usual. on monday, the road is shrinking to three narrow lanes across the windy run bridge one lane will always be traveling northbouut, another ound, a third reversible. the speed limit will drop to 35 miles an hour. construction crews should wrap up their work by the fall. >> s there'sll a project disrupting several metro lines for thewe end. here's a look at

tracking some heavierhowers that are now developing right now around the stafford county aroo. take aat this one. this one is starting to move north and west and heads up ound fairfax and manassas and loudoun county and montgomery county. the next couple of hours going to b rather this is customizable streaming tv for your family... whatever size. it's saving money with flexible channel packs. live tv and the latest shows to stream. and all your streaming apps in one place -- even netflix. this is how xfinity makes life... simple. easy. awesome. introducing new packages with customizable streaming tv options. enjoy more choice and faster speeds-- giving you the ultimate value. click, call or visit a store today. >>> well, our summer soaker continues. check out these live shots of the sky and all this wet weather isessing up the roads and toppling a lot of trees. we still have a fews d of rain left. doug and amelia willave the latest forecast in just a few minutes. a >>> it' piece of our nation's history and a part of local history, a big part.ou soonl be able to experience it u

southbound 95 if you make youray virginia beach qui stafford.ervices piggi a.m.7p estions erin "fox5" d.c. on twitter back to you. >> time 5:18 is back with what is hot on the web and stories you're engaging with mos social media. >> wiz is back and knows what's trendin >> paris jackson got and i restrainer order against a man stalkg her. the temporary order wases grantedterday by a loss achi ls court nike lass stephen must stay awe from jackson. a man who she didn't k approached her and mentioned a shot gun and claimed he was stalking her and this week he tweet they had were soulate mates. >> commercial star passed away due the b talkingh's baked beans dog pasd away. sam had aggressive d ncer and ha be put down by hi owner last week. the company paid tributeo sam on the facebook page saying h was a special dog all who knew him andill be missd now a story out of boston a tween the train and platform and it was twisted and bloody. insteadf oeking help she turned it away. now by standers said woman didn't want anyone to call 911 because cost of mr

his crew was on the scene of a crash early yesterday morning on i-95 in stafford county. firefighters say that either he jumped aside as a car shoots right past him and crashes into the front of the engine. wow. >> stumbled back and i was like, what just happened there? then it set in. oh, my gosh, is my crew safe? >> fire engine is what i meant. checking out that video. virginia law requires that drivers slow down and move over when passing emergency responders. j.d. hutchinson is charged with dui. >>> a traffic alert this morning as you pn for the workweek ahead. pay attention to this if you take the gw parkway. construction will make traffic even more tight and a little slower thansual. talking on monday here, the road shrinking dn to three narrow lanes. one lane will always travel northbound, another southbound and the third will be reversible. the speed limit will drop to miles an hour. construction crews should wrap up their work by the fall. >> here's a look at how it affects you. >> i melissa molletith a look at the roads. construction won't wrap up until the begi