anybody with information is asked to contact the d.c. police. a quarter of a million dollars in damage, a big mess for school officials in prince george's schools caughtur fire this morning for stop investigators believe the fire started in one of the school buses and spread to the others. no word on a possible cause. more new information about a fire that displaced a family of four in montgomery county. the fire in olney was accidental, probably caused by an electrical problem. it took 75 firefighters to get the flames under control. luckily, the family had working smoke detectors. 7 on your side reminder this daylight savings day -- change the batteries in your smoke detectors. take that advice seriously. the california man a while carrying mace will be back in court tomorrow. jonathan tran from california will be in federal court for a hearing on possible bond. the secret service said that tran jumped a white house fence late friday night before being stopped by an officer. he is facing up to 10 years in prison if found guilty. facing a house

the way. policen: right now, d.c. are trying to catch whoever is responsible for shooting four attacks happened last night. three people were injured. >> it's crazy. eye, pretty in the much you are done. jonathan: the injuries are described as non-life-threatening. alison: there is an active investigation in paris after poachers broke into a zoo and killed an endangered rhino. the rhino was shot and then poachers sawed off its horn. serious: a mom is in trouble for letting her 10-year-old son drive. this happened in connecticut. this was found on facebook alive. that should not always post everything on social media. withn: 7 on your side consumer news tonight. starbucks is adding a new flavor to its morning coffee -- whiskey. selling two new drinks with coffee beans aged in which he barrels. starbucks -- they are aged in whiskey barrels. whiskey at work? jonathan: it's just my coffee, that's all. do you have an annoying coworker? alison: google chrome wants to help. it is a new browser extension named "nope." if someb

jonathan: a year after the d.c. turned to the private ambulances to get help to critical patients faster a major change is brewing. sam ford breaks down the attempt to unionize. sam: for a year, they worked the d.c. streets transporting the less critical patients to hospitals so the d.c. fire and e.m.s. units are free from serious ones. now they want a union. polling going on today for 200 william schoolfield voted yes. >> i was trying to go to school for plobotomy but i couldn't. sam: in a joint letter to management, 20 a.m.r. employees announced the idea of unionizing. if president said we encourage employees to do what is right for themselves, the family and the company. not all are voting for the union. >> we have good jobs and we have great benefits. i don't feel the union will do anything to help or protect us in any way. sam: would it cost more none? and would d.c. that pays $12 million a year now for a.m.r. be willing to pay if the costs go up, it's something that the d.c. government will have to consider. vo

in and around the d.c. metro area, seeing heavier snow coming in through prince george's county, through the woodbridge area and downtown as well. we'll continue to watch that. all of this making its way in as our storm system continues to develop. notice that rain/snow line across parts of our area. out there right now, we've seen snow on the grass. lauren rickets out there now. the grass is one thing, the roads something else. >> the roa area right now. that's what we're seeing as we continue with the snow falling. you were talking about the snow and doug was talking earlier. he went outside. it is a very wet snow. the roads are going to be wet to areas south and east and in the d.c. area. side streets, especially by mid tomorrow morning. i think the main streets will be okay. just to the south and east we'll see the rain and a little bit of the mix. north and west, where we could have the major totals, that's where we're going to see major delays on all roadways. side streets, secondary roads and we'll wa

today the d.c. police tried to clarify why it appears that there is an increase in the missing persons cases in the district. sam ford is here to express the fear and the frustration. sam? >> police have been criticized not taking it seriously enough as when black people and white people are missing. so they came one a policy. anybody under age 15 or above age 65 who turn up missing, she would put out a critical missing persons report. the result made national news. today they talked about the missing girls from d.c. on "good morning washington" to tmz. the missing girls in d.c.? >> the commander chanel dickerson on facebook today explaining that the vast majority of missing leave voluntarily and show up back home later but the girls are not getting the message. >> we can't go anywhere by ourselves. we worry about someone trying to take us. >> they tried to organize an emotional town hall and says with the up in of the missing and no report when they return wants better information. >> no you have a

the dublin in d.c. opens at 9:00 a.m. begin necessary for the first hour and live music all day. union jacks not really irish but celebrating with specials.als. union market is hosting a shamrock and party with food ano drink specials.k > if you're looking for something educational, maybe family friendly, something to do this weeks the d.c. environmental film festival kicks off. it is celebrating 25 year, the opening night and launch partych is tuesday.esda and you may have seen our s reports one this, the brand marriott tug man visitor's center in didan your chester county, m. it is worth of road trip. there are brand new exhibits about tug man's child in maryland and as her time as a conductor on the underground railroad. it is part of a larger sell-guided driving tour alongng the eastern shore. grand opening events were held over the past few days and s of tug man's fifth and sixthth generation family members were there. and this landscape really is what shaped her into becoming the successful con doublingor o the unde

close to 24, 25 right around the d.c. metro. the early part of the week, we start off quiet, but monday night the snow potential. the latest on that in different scenarios we are tracking, coming up. kimberly: it will be another night of hand wringing for cherry blossom lovers. temperatures below 27 degrees could wipe out 10% of the blossoms. degrees, itbelow 24 could be a 90% loss. the trees would not be harmed, but the blooms would turn brown and fall to the ground. count on the stormwatch 7 weather team to track whatever the possible winter storm will bring. you will find us anywhere you find the internet. could noticked wind keep diehard runners from one of the favorite races, the rock ' n' roll marathon. suzanne kennedy was there to see weather. it was below freezing when the first few runners crossed the finish line at the rock 'n' roll marathon and half marathon. 24,000 runners from 50 states participated in this sixth annual event. winner was marathon from falls church, finishing in three hours, four minutes. >> it's my p

prom heed snow totals are lower for the d.c. metro area. >> up early in d.c., good to see us. let's see where do you head now in the distinct, sarah. >> drive. and we're heading down to dupont circle. soy think when you guys the mast report i heard you were not sure yet about d.c. schools if they're going to be on or not. i would be surprised because i have to tell you the side roads really a mixed bagment some of them are clear and some of them are not good at all. we came off harrison that deposit look plowed through yet really. we're still hearing cunp and tonguing on the windshield. still fraeingz rain as mike tells us. so you know it's interesting the district not as clear as i thought it would be on secondary roads. so we'll head down to dupont circle. we pass aid couple people out. i don't know if they're coming in for the night ar headed out for the morning. but we'll go find people this morning see why people are out and about and as you guys mentioned government be on a delay i'm sure some people may head into work this morning. so we're going to track them holly and

the d.c. circuit and the second circuit. the d.c. circuit held in i think 2013 that the cia could no longer refuse to confirm or deny that out had documents about the drone cam pan, right? so -- campaign. so for several years the cia's position had been what drone campaign, right? when we asked for information. that budget a response that the -- that was a response that the d.c. circuit rejected in this 2013 opinion. and from a litigator's perspective, it's a very big victory because it's very rare, almost unheard of that a federal court, let alone an appeals court, will overrule or second guess the executives' determination of whether information's properly classified or not. and in essence, the cia was saying the mere fact that we have a drone campaign is properly classified. so from a legal -- from a litigation perspective, that was a big victory. the other big victory was the second circuit case in which the court required the obama administration to release this july 2010 memo. and, again,

came right on through the d.c. metro area. little earlier this evening. racking this system. this was a very strong system. earlier. it will move through. heaviest part will move through during the overnight hours. that dpuz not give it the energy it needs to produce strong storms. that being said. moves across the region. back side. will see couple storms. not anticipating severe weather back towards the west today. look at highs today. beautiful. 74, d.c. 79, raleigh. air we went to keep ourselves tapped into. we will tomorrow. then we will start to see the cooler air, funnel on in here. no cold air anymore in the forecast. talked about that, the ults dot day. last week. timing it out tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m. couple showers. mostly dry for the morning rush. watch what happens around 10:00. yeah, pretty good round of showers. boundary. moving on showers, watch the back side of the system. couple thunderstorms. any storms that develop. cold air aloft. could be hail with this. gusty nds. again, not anticipating that much in the way of severe weather. goo

d.c. neighborhood. the police are looking for a man who they say broke into a home in northwest, sexually assaulting a woman inside of the home and kalorama. crimeughes's life at the alert, an area just a few blocks away from where the secret service patrols. q, rightat's right, around the corner is where former president obama and ivanka trump live. on this block there are several different embassies and consulates. asking for the public's help to track down this brazen suspect. it was what happened. ne cap len and her husband were coming home from a night at the opera when they pulled into their driveway in northwest and saw flashing lights. officers were directly next-door. they say that a burglar entered last night,10:30 blindfolded woman, tied her hands together, and sexually assaulted her. >> it's unsettling to learn of a vicious attack. a theft or burglary is one thing, but a physical attack is unsettling. alonethe woman was home in the upscale kalorama neighborhood. what has neighbors even more toce

the typical female host in d.c. average of $5700 a year. >> nationally air bnb says women hosts earn over women say they're using the money to pay mortgages and to fund travel and finance small businesses. >>> sitting on the supreme court is really the highest honor a justice can aspire to. >> ruth bader ginsburg always dreamed of seeing her name in the bright lights, but not as a member of the high court. barbara harrison has more on her exclusive in a special report "access washington". >> yes. i spent a wonderful evening with justice ruth bader ginsburg the other night. we saw a new contemporary opera at the kennedy center "champion." we spent time afterwards talking about many things, but we started with her love of opera which she told me began when she was just 11 years old. when i asked her what she dreamed of becoming someday, she responded "certainly not a lawyer". >> by the time i was a high school senior, if you asked me whatou any talent that i could have, the answer would be i'd be a great diva. i might

let's take a live look across the d.c. region. ts that that kind of monday. 4:57 is the time, 47 degrees. more details on your weather, also traffic coming up on the 5s when fox5 morning news continues. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. >> today on fox5 news morning, repeat offender. a woman arrested three times in six days for allegedly attempting to make it onto the white house grounds. >> moving on, both gop leaders and the white house turn their attention to tax reform and climate change after their fight for healthcare reform fell apart. >> looking live outside right now we're in for a warm but wet day. 70-degree temperatures and scattered showers. all right, we're going to get you your details. in the meantime, good morning, thanks for joining us i'm maureen umeh. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i'm holly morris. wooer both back. today is monday march 27th. >> gary mcgrady with our weather

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the area. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. ing up at 5:00 and we'll let you know if anything else picks pup on the roads that you need to be aware of. >> all right. 4:46 is the time right now. in the news this morning, you either vote today or plan to replace it or obamacare stays. that's the word from president trump in a message delivered by his aides on the hill last night. >> the president he's now the weekend and republicans seem to be listening. a vote is scheduled for sometime this afternoon. >> fox news chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more. >> for seven and a half years, we have been promising the american people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it's collapsing its failing families. >> reporter: white house vice reince priebus steve ban onkellyanne conway and and budget director rick mulvaney came to capitol hill this evening urging a vote tomorrow. >> mr. mulvaney made it clear the president is done negotiating that this is a conservative package that lower healthcare costs and

the group suing the d.c. police department says when officers use the kind of tactics that were used that day, they are required to file certain documeat justified. now the organization is suing for those documents under the freedom of information act. >> here at washington, d.c. in the nation's capital it is one of the most important jobs of the chief of police to be able to uphold the constitutional rights of people to demonstrate. >> we reached out to the d.c. police department for comment. we're told they do not comment on pending litigation. >> new information about the terror attack in london. you're looking at a live picture of that city right now. police spoke less than an hour ago there. they say they made two new significant arrests. nine people are now in custody. one is out on bail. this is all coming after the attack outside parliament there. police say khalid masood drove a car into a crowd on westminster bridge, stabbed a police officer and was then shot. this morning officers want to talk to an

the east here. so each here in d.c. ortions off to the east of i 95 will be giving this later this morning as well. pickup time at the bus stop will leave scattered showers and drizzle in the forecast that's round one. breaking late morning early afternoon sun packs through a little and we warm up. 59 to 69 and second half of day right around evening commute hour we could get more showers back into our region. here's what we got. 6 7 the day tie i'm today. cold front rumbles through in the overnigh to worry about. by the time we get to tomorrow we start with few clouds, sun breaks out in the afternoon and we have two days of floorious spring weather. 67 and sunshine on thursday. then winter returns this weekend. lots of questions still on the weekend storm. give is a couple days to figure out exactly what that will do. >> all right that's a check of weather and let's do traffic now. erin como. >> thank you, michael thomas. 5:56 grab umbrella and have patience if it reigns. sprichklees of showers could head into the area.

a live look across the d.c. ion. 4:57 the time and more fox news morning after the break. >> today on "fox5"news morning gop lay makers release they are plain to replace at fordable care accountable. not every he member is united behind it. >> casey anthony breaks her silence speaking to reporter for the first time in fearly 9 years since aate quitted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter kaylee what she says about the case that gripped the nation. >> live look outside and pretty warm day. mixed with scattered showersment don't get too comfortable though. old man winter expected to make a return this weekend. >> slowly but surely

the d.c. chapter of the american civil liberties union is representing here. >> in d.c., it's unlawful for the police to arrest someone without a warrant, for a misdemeanor that they didn't see, unless the person is likely to escape, to harm someone, or to destroy evidence. >> reporter: hunter says the gathering was held the night before she and several other guests were to attend the final obama administration event, centered on issues important to >> as a black transgender woman i'm dragged out of my home and thrown in a jail cell. >> reporter: a spokesman per the d.c. police department have said, we can't comment on pending litigation, but we remain committed to assisting and building relationships with historically underserved groups, including the lgbt community. the issue of warrantless entries into homes was identified as a problem by a civilian oversight agency in 2014. jackie bensen, news4. >>> new tonight, hours after the president of howard university met with president trump yesterd

the beltway. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. metro you can 82 us that. watch out for safe track impact the yellow and blue. fox5 news morning will be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. >> straight ahead at 6:00 busted again. a woman who got tripped up by her shoelaces while attempting to jump the white house fence last week arrested again over the weekend for a similar stunt. >> plus, tax reform, the next big hurdle for the white house. the but the president still pointing fingers this morning for friday's failure of the republican healthcare bill. >> giving you a live look outside on this monday morning, it's march 27th. fog and a lot of it. fog is the buzz word of the morning as far as the early forecast and commute goes. weather and traffic on the 5s at 6:05. good monday to you, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm wisdom martin in for steve chenevey. welcome to fox5 news morning. if you're just getting up now at 6:00 here's what's been developing overnight. first from washington, d.c. where firefighters have

also today, the d.c. ing for the nomination of peter newsham as police chief. more than 80 witnesses are set to testify including acting chief newsham. >> well, sorry folks i have bad news for metro riders. come summer you'll be paying more for less service. in july rail fares will go up by 10 to 25 cents. bus fares up by a quarter. during rush hour trains will arrive at stations every eight minutes throughout most of the system and will be eliminated. the the changes are expected to help metro save an estimated $29 million. >> ♪ >> all right. we need to head over to mike thomas now because allison, we know it's cold outside. >> it feels super cold. >> yeah but mike thomas says it's going to change. >> when, mike, when? >> today is your day. >> i'm sorry, i didn't mean to -- >> i'm excited about it, too. we need some warm air. >> yeah, we do. >> let's go straight to it. it is cold as you step outside this morning. it is 36 but it feels like 28. that is not wisdom martin weather at all this morning. especia

what's the point in that? all for d.c. l kitchen, 100% for charity,s it's all about family and community, which is like the caps do so much for community, as a company we wanted to be able to celebrate that and do something for the community as well. >> already smells good. >> the family and community is huge super food catering. >> once we get that going what are we adding? >> bell pepper. >> red peppers and let those cook down a little bit and soften up. like to let it get a little color, soften up and bring the flavors together. each time i add a fresh ingredie ingredient, i add a little salt by getting rid of moisture. >> isn't that going to resemble more of a chicken soup? i've seen some chicken fee he is at a soups that more like a pureee. >> some crumble up the tortillas and cook that down and why you get it more pasty. we're going to add ours at the end of the soup so it's a little more brothy, like to jazz it up at the end. we have tomatoes. what we did, roast these tomatoes on our grill to add nice smokey flavor.

the d.c. counsel is looking for a plan to get rid of doubled penalties but only for people who live in the district. that means if you live in virginia or maryland you could pay double fines. aaa says it creates short due dates because of the time it takes to mail notices. dc dmv warns people to nail a week in advance. >> the national season opener what's going to be new at nats park. they'll be showing off new food options, several redesigned spaces. you might recall last year the ball pavg revamped the dining club behind home plate and debuted falaffles, gyros and handmade dumplings. we'll take you behind the changes. >>> 6:09 now. do you uber to work? the ride sharing service is getting into slugging. how it's making it easier to share a ride and cut down on expenses. >>> good morning. it's 6:09 on a tuesday morning. radar shows a big cluster of showers and thunderstorms just down to our south and west. it's coming your way, everybody. be umbrella ready. moving into the d.c. metro area betwe

now, if you are in the d.c. area, the d.c. office says that you can dial them for help at 202-373-3700. and dial extension 1. we also have numbers for you for emergency contacts in the maryland and virginia area, too, on our nbc washington app. we are live here in northwest. justin finch, news 4. back in to you. >>> justin, thank you. >>> breaking news now in prince george's county where police are offering a reward this morning for information about a homicide. an officer on routine control found a body near the oak crest community center around midnight. >> new overnight, republicans won their first victory in repealing the affordable repeal tax penalties on poem who don't buy energy. it creates tax credits based largely on age. >> meanwhile, president trump's revised travel ban is already facing legal challenges. >> news 4 erika gonzalez has more from the live desk. >> while you were sleeping, hawaii became the first state to file a lawsustop the revised bam going into effect next week. that says the new order is infected wi

members of indian tribes across the country in d.c. this week to protest and raise awareness of issues that affect american indians and he vengt include a prayer service at the white house. friday's march is led by standing rock su tribe. they've been at the center of the dakota ak's pipeline. >> a watch star group claims mayor becauseer accepted illegal campaign donations in 2014. in that complaint they claim there were more than $30,000 nil legal contribution. we spoke with public citizens as well as mayor bowser for the comments. >> there should have been immediate apology from the mayor and funding should have been returned. i'm happen that's why we're pursuing it. >> why does that money exist and you refinanceded other money three years later. >> i don't want to get into the details with you of dates and times. >> would you get in the details with anyone about that. >> i think my treasure fully answered your question. >> are corporate interests running your agenda, mayor? >> no. >> they reached out to the officer for campaign finan

she donates to the homeless in northwest d.c. sterday the prince george's chamber of commerce recognized her for her charitable work. she said she wants even more people to get involved. >> i really want other kids to see what i'm doing and then they can like stand up and be like, okay, i'm going to do that too. >> setting an example early here. she does this work through socks in the box campaign which she started last fall. she partners different sizes get different colors. they're decorated with hand drawn designs there. you'll start to see these on your coffee next week. starbucks didn't say how long these cups will be around. jiet's going to be a cold weekend for exercise but that will not stop the rock 'n roll marathon, half marathon and 5k from taking over the streets of d.c. 24,000 people are signed up here. there will be rolling road closures in place all morning so if you're trying to get around be sure to check out the route on the nbc washington app. >> so the closures will start at 6:00 a.m. and reopen at 3:30. plan f

for the man, d.c. fire ems fi name, his identity. right now he is recovering. >> good job for them and you too. >>> drivers to clear the tops of your cars. that snow that fell monday night is now ice and it's dangerous, flying off. three drivers have already suffered eye injuries from falling ice. the cases were reported on i-95 and the beltway. flying ice can cause drivers to swerve and lead to crashes. >> new at 11:00, you don't hear this often. the driver of a snow plow is accused in a hit and run. the police say they saw william sanchez hit a vehicle in the plow and then he took off. police did catch up with him. they said the plow truck he was driving matched the description of the one that was stolen from fairfax county. sanche i charges including hit and run and dui. >> they're in and out in just seconds. now more guns could be winding up on our streets after three smash and grab robberies at gun stores in the last week. it has happened in maryland and virginia. most recently yesterday in fredericksburg. federal agents are tryi

thank you, allen, the d.c. office of unified communications, and, again, information on the nbc washington app, and because i've seen the situation before where it presents itself as a busy signal, if you call 911 and get a a busy signal, if you have a land line phone in the house, use that, call the ten digits call a family member who does not use at&t service, have them call. go through everything. don't just assume if you hear that busy signal that that means everything is okay. live in southeast washington, news 4. >> good advice. thank you. let's hope they figure out why it happened. >>> seniors graduate from west lake high school exactly three months from today, but four students who were supposed to walk across that stage won't be there. >> that's right. four seniors have died since july. two in a violence crash. last friday, we were in waldorf as classmates remembered their friends and supported their families. >> reporter: a candle light vigil to pay tribute to four west lake high school students who di

jason chaffitz some federal agencies to leave the d.c. area. ays it would allow the federal government to be more representative of its people. the move led to some testy changes yesterday during a committee hearing. >> there's nothing opposed to having the economic growth and development in washington, d.c., but i do believe conceptually and in my heart that if you want a government that's reflective of the people, they need to be closer to the people. >> this is astonishing that we're going to play games with the capitol of the united states to maine make points back home because some constituents wonder why you fly to washington, the nation's capital? most constituents i know understand why we come here. it's the capital. >> virginia congressman jerry conley from northern virginia there. tom sherwood reports that 85% of the federal workforce does not work in the d.c. area. this idea has come up several times over the years. >>> if you're curious to how much virginia lawmakers received in stocks in 2016, now you can find out. the virginia conf

that's the latest from southeast d.c., back to you in the studio. >> annie, thank you very much. 4:48 and tracking metro the agency will host a news conference this afternoon to talk about safe track surge 13 it starts march 4 and runs through april 9. blue and yell will run less frequently. this is the final surge line on the yellow and blue in virginia. >> and also happening today metro new customer information call centers news hours take effect. monday through friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends 8 a.m. to 6:0 p.m.. the move will save metro a mill why a year and the move also comes as there's a steady decline kline in the call volume over the past five years. >> embattled high school principal steps down. >> and michael phelps talked about doping in olympic sports. >> a live look across the dmv. time 4:49. temperature 57. bang in a home fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in stomer satisfaction jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the y