. >> let's bring in tom fitzgerald life at ice headquarters. this is not the way they expected this to go. what happened? >> this is a situation you enter into something you think it will go great and immediately regret that decision we're here at ice immigration and customs enforcement headquarters here in southwest d.c.. why are we here this institution was called on to be defunded to the protesters that interrupted her victory lap where she would tell latino americans all the work she's been doing to get daca sknded to work on the dream act. but that's not what happened. this is what happened. >> for been fighting fight for dreamers. >> we're not dreamers. >> we're not dreamers >> all 11 million. >> all 11 million. >> do you you want to hear an answer or do you want to thought. >> apparently they wanted to shout. that there went on for about a half hour. now, who are these proest testers they say they're not daca recipients not dreamer part of 12 million illegal immigrants who were in this country and they wanted pelosi to promise today she

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they made 118 mile journey to deliver a message against hate and confront white supremacy >> tom fitzgerald has been following the group, hasn't been the whole way but been in dc, in farragut square with more. >> reporter: certainly not going the 118 miles these folks have. but you know, we thought, we thought we were i'm going to cover the end of this. we thought we were covering the end of it. turned out what we stumbled into was the beginning of something else. we're in farragut square right now. these tents, these weren't here about an hours ago. a lot of these people who marched all the way from charlottesville to here, to here in dc. now, they got to the mlk memorial. they had a big rally. they talked about white supremacy, talked about civil rights. but they weren't done. of they started marching again. they started marching to the white house over there. then they passed the white house and came all the way over here to farragut square, which is where they are right now and the reason they're here is because they're staying here. they have decided that they're going to make an en ca

live in gauge eringersburg tom fitzgerald is there. fitz i know there's a lot of politicians hpinging around throughout. >> you cannot throw a stick without hitting one of tond, jim and shawn. nobody is happy to seener go. but if you cover politics this is the sweet spot now between september and never when people finally go to the po polls. a lot of these people are running for all different kind of races, rubbing for mayor, running for county council and some congress and some wanting to governor and a lot of people came here today to gaithersburg. the former sirt of the house tip o'neal says all politics is local. if you ever find yourself cynical by politicians come here it will remind you at the ends of the day these are real people talking to real voters. ♪ ♪ this is gaithersburg, mar mash, labor day, 20 and for the 79 pl year in a row since fdr was president the streets are lined with pomp, with paradeers, and of course, with politicians. >> there is nothing better than face to face physical contact you really get to sense what

tom fitzgerald more with this one reporter roar as if we needed another reminder how critical virginia politics are in this year. you've got a governor's race going on. you've got a us snrat race coming down the pike, but the key toll getting into these general assemblies, races that by and large determine how virginia politics get made. so here was the scene in falls church today you had tom perez, and then you had coming in from california billionaire businessman tomorrw schneider. why is he here in well, he's here because he was donating a million dollars to the virginia democratic effort today through his next gen. his political action committee. why was he doing h? well, he says in his viewpoint that getting in to these smaller general assembly races in his viewpoint is the key to unlocking virginia and then down the line key to unlocking national races as well . in 2017 virginia is going to be the focal point of politics in the united states of america. it's not just because you have the mos governor's race in the country this year. it's also because of charlottesville. it's beca

. >> tom fitzgerald spent the day on the hill.z what really came out of this. >> reporter: there's a couple of things going on today. what we're going to start with, though, is these developments on facebook today with the russia investigation, reports coming out that facebook has indeed confirmed to senate intelligence staffers that they have identified nearly 400 fake accounts that they say came out of saint petersburg these are accounts we're told that were linked to troll sites that supported russian government entities. now, facebook says about 3,000 posts had come out between the period of 2015 and 2017. the goal here wasn't really so much to endorse a particular candidate. that's not what was going on. they were poking and prod at americans' hot button issues like gun control, like civil rights. the result of this today, though, was that the watchdog group common cause, they filed this complaint. take a look at this thing. this went to the justice department. this also went to the federal elections commission. what they're

. >>> tom fitzgerald live in northwest with more on the growing concerns, he agreed that there's a lotspeed traps out there, fitz. >> reporter: it's hard anywhere, get out of your driveway in some parts of the district without getting in the panel of one of these speed cameras, red light cameras, but this is what we're about specifically as speed cameras >> what she wants to know is this. take a look at this, we're up over k street, where it goes underneath the washington circle and look at that camera, obviously, it's rush hour, obviously, those cars are barely inching forward if they're lucky. when it's not that time, when cashes are speeding through here, well, a lot of drivers are saying, that speed camera is not fair because they can't see it, they don't know where it is, and often they're caught off guard, on camera, and raking up very big bills. we spoke to the council woman today, she said she wants more view on these cameras, they bring in $100 million into this distct they have to cough you up about half of that, she said they will have to find the money in the budget because

. >> "fox5" tom fitzgerald is live now with how the nation paid tribute to the many, many lives losthat day. fitz. >> jim, shawn, i know we say this every year but it is hard to believe. it has been 16 years now since the terrorist attacks both here in the d.c. area and of course in pennsylvania. and new york. and every year we have marked the solemnly occasion it's up to the president of the united states to step into the role to lead this nation's observance and that was the case today. new course ep stepping into that role. this was the scene at the white house today as the president led the observance of moments of silence that is traditionally held at the white house and then the president went on to mark the observance at the pentagon memorial in arlington, virginia today. the president did not make very long remarks but he did make very poignant remarks about how the united states is on this global war on terror right now and in the president's words speaking today at the pentagon with nation's military and the families of the victims assembled the president made it very clear

meantime paul ryan met with other democrats to talk about possible solutions for daca >> tom fitzgerald joins us to break down what looks like an effort to sort of work out a deal on this. fitz, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, they're talking. they're talking. we should be clear about this, there's apparently no deal in place. there's no agreement in place. but they were talking today. nancy pilosi and paul ryan holding this meeting with other democrats, maryland congressman and minority whip hoyer was part of this, the attorney general cancelled daca. we know this, it's going to expire in march. so what do they do about it? that was the conversation that was today. they're not exactly putting their cards on the table right now. but we have been able to kind of piece together what they want right now. from ryan's side, the pretty clear that he wants increased border security. he's not going to enter agreement unless he gets something in his words, he wants to address the root of the problem that created these children coming into the country initially. as far as nancy pilosi goes,

fox 5 tom fitzgerald joins us for the latest on this administration shake-up. fitz?> reporter: well, shawn, jim, good evening, this news is certainly eye opening but this is far from a surprise to a lot of the folks who had been following this the last couple days. these allegations continue to build and secretary tom price seemed increasingly unable to explain why he was having taxpayers pay for private planes to places like nashville where he had lunch with his son or to philadelphia, which is only 135 miles away and easily accessible from an amtrak train a couple blocks away from where we are right now at the health and human services department. that governor nearly under $200. in the end, price was not able to sustain his job and it was not only this plane flap that played a factor, for weeks, the his displeasure with price's leadership on the job that he was brought here to the health and human services department to do. to repeal and replace obamacare. never took flight or got point where congress was going to vote for a program that was sustainable. today, th

we're ' live near tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> thank you, fits. meantime late this afternoon president trump he weighed in in on his decision to end daca. well, i have a great heart for the folks we're talking about. a great love for them and people think in terms of children but they're really young adults. i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly and i can tell you in speaking to members of congress they want to be able to do something and do it right and really we have no choice. we have to be able to do something than a i think it's going to work out very well and long term it's going to be the right solution. >> of course you you may recall this was all set in motion by rm toker president barack oh bam a. he signed this making this legal . former president obama release a statement today criticizing the president's move to end daca. he said ultimately this is about basic dwiesance i this is with b whether we hopeful young striefers out of america. it's about who we are as people an

. >>> welcome to fox 5 morning i'm annie yu >> i'm tom fitzgerald. gary mcgrady this morning, here to bring us our forecast a little bit more humid than we're expecting in a september morning, gary >> looked to him like saturday? >> this looks terrible >> it is a little gray, foggy out. >> very different from yesterday, we started off with clear sky >> lots of blue sky, and that's not the case this morning. >> there it is. it's kind of gray, bad out. i don't want to say bad. yes, we're starting all of with clouds, this will break off and will end up with sunshine today, and we're talking about the last summer sunday not ever but last summer sunday of 2017, obviously, it's going to warm up we're back up into the low to mid 80's for high outside there and obviously, we're starting off fog, too, 69 in town, temperatures yesterday morning were in the 50's, not the case this morning culpeper is 64, manassas 62, dulles 63. little bit bigger picture t shows up to baltimore at 69, here want i wanted to get to with the visibility. the visibility still showing

tom fitzgerald is live on this one. >>reporter: good evening. >> gotcha in the rain this evening. >>reporter: that seems to be happening a lot, every day right at six:40. boom. but the issue at hand, north korea and it's a deadly serious one because what happened last week and alarmed a the look of people not only here in the united states but around the world. the situation is this and a lot of itself he ' ' focus some of it was up in new york city at the you you united facials. the secretary general of the united geu tier yeah has made it plain from his viewpoint that he needs uniformity on this issue. he needs russia, china, the united states, frans, grait britain all on the same page and unfortunately that is not what is going on right now. geu tear a says he needs ray greement from all of these parts especially from the un security council to come forward with some sort of plan. now, china and russia did come forward with what they hope will be some framework of what could be a resolution and it is this. they want an agreement, chien and a russia that will in essence provide

live at american university, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. >>> 17 days after a mysterious fire on dan berry road in bethesda, police finally released the name of the man found dead, 21-year-old ostia, kofra of silver springs. >> paul wagner joins us from bethesda with more. >> reporter: there's a lot of mystery that is surround what happened here on dan berry road couple of weeks ago, marina, and one of the mysteries today was solved of course we learned the name of the person who died inside this house, but when i talked to his parents today, they told me they never filed a missing persons report. in fact, they knew that their son was here at this house they knew that because they had gotten a text message from saying that was coming to see den daniel beck with. montgomery county police confirmed that the owner of this house and the person that escaped on the record they confirmed now that it was daniel beck wick and there's still question now about whether this -- or there's question now about what caused this fire. >> in the doorway of their home in silver spring, the parents d

tom fitzgerald has been on campus all day talking to students and has a little more reaction.ey, fitz. >> reporter: good evening, this is disturbing stuff. this is not the first time georgetown has dealt with this. there have been two other incidents just this month, two of them, two of them at this building behind us. this is the loyola rider dormitory here on the campus of georgetown. this morning a lot of these students found out about this for the very first time. take a look at this video that we shot when we got down here this morning. this is when georgetown police were on the scene this this was when the liaison unit from the metropolitan d.c. police were also on the scene here this morning. so, this is what happened. somebody discovered a swastika painted on the stall of a woman's bathroom here at georgetown. if that was not bad enough there was more to this. along with the swastika there was also a threat written and directed a campus. so, what are they doing about this? well, we asked about security video. we were told because this took place in a bathroom, because

it's sunday, september 3 i'm ronica cleary. >> i'm tom fitzgerald. >> like the glasses. >> thank you,>> like the glasses. obviously if you've been following news this morning. very big developments out of north korea this morng jong-un had a hydrogen test. >> north korea is claiming success with the massive bomb this is north korea's sixth nuclear test and another sign of aggression from kim jon jong-un. it was estimated to get north korea previous tests and leaders from around the world are condemning kim jong-un action. >> there's been no official statement from the united states government however just a short time ago president trump sending out this tweet. north korea is told them talk of appeasement and north korea will not work they only understand one thing. it's a serious situation. joining us this morning to talk about the latest of the threats from north korea and ongoing talks with china jessie burns associate editor of the hill. this morning. >> we heard leading up to this that north korea was very far down the road from what they have done this morning and how much of an

did in the one that he pulled the trigger on to raise the debt ceiling, live on capitol hill, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. >>> coming up, the hurricane irma continues to claim more lives. >> let's find out this morning that five of them are dead. i was told that they're not going to have patience for the hurricane because this is a safe place >> eight people died in nursing home in florida days after the storm. what is to blame? >>> phrase call chain saw wielding we would expect to use it, coming up here what the sister has to say about the efforts gone viral. >>> nuns are amazing. i'll tell you what, if you notice the tropical humidity? thanks irma, that's exactly what's going on, we've had clouds and breaking up, we're at 79 in dc, you but it's uncomfortable with the humidity and feels like 82. so will irma have anything else to deal with that's out of her deck? we'll talk about that. fox 5 local news will be right back. ight back. >>> take a look at the images out of hollywood florida, eight elderly are dead after hurricane irma had knocked out power at a thursdaying home h paramedics

we're live in northwest tonight, tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news today new york city dozens of demonstrators gathered outside trump power protesting president trump's decision to dismantle da ka. police were also seen retaining multiple protestors immigrants illegally brought to the country as children were granted t temporary work permits and relief from deport is that. but the president has kawd the policy unconstitutional and is giving congress six months to come up with a solution before the dac ka protections end. three students from virginia commonwealth who were at a rally are now facing prison time. the crime wea protests which violates the state's mask law which is a felony. this was a law created to prevent include cluks clan members from wearing their hoods in public and threatening people . overall the demonstration and a unt coulder protest were pieceful. a maryland man charged with lighting a woman's house on fire as she and her granddaughter slept. a little l girl facing an incredibly square i moment all in the hands of her father chasing her in a clown mask how it all ended i

earlier tonight tom fitzgerald was there and a lot of people want to know what's the deal?rmit to be there. if they stay there and they're pitching tents. >> they're making their statement. they wants an end to white supremacy they make a statement after the violence. and so they're determined to make voices heard and hoping that the white house we be listening and we'll continue to follow them as they continue their march and sit in. >> and one other effect of all this is dave matthews band really charlottesville favorite band this was a favorite band across the currenty and around the world they're doing a concert there in charlottesville sunday, september 24 all that. >> okay. and also, coming up here, a story that really has a lot of people scratching their heads and in shock is there was -- there say man out there that exposed himself to a child and assaulted a woman at virginia home depot. if you have not heard this story it's pretty crazy and the search continues for that suspect is. >> matt ackland was there earlier tonight and they're trying to get a -- they releas

at the same time, 75% of voters who support republican ed gill he is bee approve o fox5 tom fitzgerald alexandria tonight breaking down these numbers, hey, fitz. >> reporter: good evening, this is drat attic divide. this out of the newport university shows that clearly, republican ed gills bye, it also shows the democrat in this race, ralph, he is facing backlash over his hard line about removing confederate statutes virginia increasingly becoming a purple state. both parties have to appeal to both sides. but, the experts say, in looking at this new data tonight, it is make being some hard choices for both sides, democrats trying not to over play their trump card, and for republicans deciding whether or not to distance themselves, or embrace the president. >> there is real strong opposition to trump that's being reflected in support for northa.m. m, anti-trump vote. you see that in the polls, as well. so i billing impact that you're having there. i think the bigger challenge for gilesby, does he lean toward trump, lean away? >> now, the question for ralph northum is this, the polls rai

that's where we find fox5 tom fitzgerald. you were part of the briefing of the administration h morning right now. >>reporter: good evening, as jim said we have now moved out lafayette park. we're down here on pennsylvania avenue. take a look for yourself. we are surrounded by a lot of demonstrators. thef ' come down here to the white house. we have heard things today from people, young people, people who tell us that they are dreamers and they are scared. a young guy by the name of joseph who is 25 years old says he was brought to this country when he is five years old and today he's concerned he's going to be returned to a country that he didn't grow up in and that he doesn't know. this is just a small number of the people that have been rally ing here at white house since 4:00 today. we heard from a number of other people. one of the demonstrators in this group, a man by the name of eric lopez garcia. he says he's 127, he's been here since he was 14. even though is, immigration and custom enforcement not have any massive r

tom fitzgerald. fox 5 local news. >>> 17 i days after a mysterious fire in bethesda police released the name of a man in the basement, 20-year-old kafra of silver spring, a friend escaped the fire, paul wagner in bethesda with more on this. paul? >> reporter: we're learning a lot more about this mysterious here on dan berry road. they have dumpsters here outside the house. we know the police over here continuing to watch the house, another dumpster over here and of course, now we know the victim. the 21-year-old from silver spring. i talked to his parents, they told me they knew he was here they say he's a friend of daniel beck with who montgomery county police confirmed on the record is the man who escaped this fire. according to the parents, they knew he was here because he had sent a text message but they never filed a missing persons report. in the doorway of their home in silver spring, the parents of skia, kafra declined an on camera interview but provided some information of their son, he was

tom fitzgerald. >> good morning, tom, i'm ronica cleary, we begin with hurricane irma as florida is bracing. the storm already killed 22 hundred of thousands in florida are without power and are preparing for the worst. >> we're looking at this right now. you're seeing it here. we have tweets at the bottom of the screen this morning and we'll continue this look at hurricane irma as we continue on with your political coverage as well this morning m obviously the sides of the storm is massive nature. this is deadly important to the people in florida and all of us have people and loved once in the area. that's why this morning we start with "fox5" gary mcgrady who is standing by with continuing look at this right now. gary i'm guessing speed speed of storm and how fast or slow it moves really will be a big determiner on the damage. >> the longer these effect stay with one particular area it's exponential how much they get. couple weeks removed from hurricane irma don't think we talk about the rain from this one like we talked about harvey but we will talk a lot about wind and about the storm s