tom fitzgerald is live tonight.s the retirement heen talked s about qome time. why today? >> reporter: well, you know, sarah, in a statement in the run-up to think it's quite clear that justice kennedy feelsmet is . remember, he's 81 years old. he's been on this court for yely 30 years now. these a lifetime importance w howeith the exception of justicenthonycalia who passed away years ago. recent supreme court justices decided to retire andeave the court on their own. whithouse, president trump said he wasn't surprised by this in fact had prior knowledge and is already at work getting a nomination replacement. >> we will begin ourea sh for a united states supreme court that will beginimmediately, and hopefully we'll pick somebody who will be as outstanding. so i just want to thank justice kennedy for the yrs of tremendous service. he's a very spectacularal man. re isectacular. and i know that he will be around hopully a long time to advise and i bieve he'll be teaching and doing other things. thank you. >>eporter: the states politically couldn't be higher here. there are l

tom fitzgerald in town. cities dending where folks live apparently. >> believe it orot other things going on. out here at alexandria city hall. take a look atthis. you can barely take a couple of eps at this place without running into somebody's campaign side. take a look atea the rn why. this isns theide of alexandria city hall today. turn out has been constant and has been heavy here in alexandria. they are up in theou de digits. couple of reasons for that. you kotw they g contentious mayor al primary on the democrat side. u.s. senate primary, as of is concoction. it is not only raising expectations ofurn out here but also turning out those voters t >>>his is actually perhaps the heaviest turn out we've had in a non-presidential primary. it's higher than last ye's primary for governor and lieutenant govnor and it's hire than the 15 primary for mayor. by several percentage points. >> now, we told you about that of two cities. fairfax governmt centertoday, it was a ghost town. empty. they told us t percent t

there's a good argument to be s made thatis a blue state now >> we will be watching and waiting, tom fitzgerald thank > > let's switch over tondti lama gubernatorial candidate valueler you ae vin is dropping o s >>he officially endorsed for rushern bakers afternoon. good to see t you, valerie you haven't been in the race too long. you made the decision, w learned last night why? >> i've been a candidate for governor 26 days. and in that time, i think i've brought a lot of energy to the primary, and we knew that wento have the reses to finish this race on top. yearsas urse rushern baker i'vy clearly w the right thing m for me andy running mate to do was to make surehat democrats in maryland had the choice of rushern baker, elizabethry e tickets, we jum>>d on it ays ago and i had a conversation abo you sort of making history and youou w become the first black woman w b would actuae governor of maryla. what do you say to those folks who say we wereor rooting you and wanted yoube t whyo rusher >> a lot ofeneople who hav rooting for me are rooting nominee with rushern baker and elizabeth emory right

tom fitzgerald spoke with voters live today. tom, what's the deal? >>reporter: well, you yse could behind us, p aplere now turning out a little bit heavier than we had seen throughout most of today that's normal on a primary day. people are workng their way down to thehi polls. t question about what happened with these registration address change easies raising a lieutenant of eyebrows in the take it. you've got 830,000 voters in the state of m. they went to m theotorcycle administration to the kiosk n and thehe websitement t thought that information was goingo wind it's ' way over to the boardf he elections. it didn't. whe those peopl turned out today to vote they dre being tol they would have to fill out a provisional ballot or they would have to go to the polling place where they're supposed to be casting their balance office we went over to annapolis today. we talked to niki carol son. she is the assistant of the board of elections in maryland. this is important. she says that given the number of tight races that could be happening tonht, this co

tom fitzgerald here about the growin threat and what doj it g is prevent >> jim, off the top,this wasobout a trump campaign wasn't really the mueller investigation.hi what t was about, though is whan tried to do in 2017 and what theni ud states government is doing to prevent . the scene was the senate judiciary committee and -- panel of experts under justice me dent. had questions put to them ha exactly about w it is u.s. plan to counter u.s.n interference i elections here. there have been insta already documented that state voter roles had been attempted to behacked. now, we should be clear here, no votes wer changed in either 2016 or 2017.he however, t is a growing concern here that the united states has not been strong enough iin fg back against russia and taking retaliatory action.io that qn put to one top doj official today. his name is adam hickey. assistant attorney general in united states. >> foreign influence efforts extend. and require more than law enforcement responses alone.iz recogng that, we approach this nationa security threat the same as any other, with an eye towar

fitzgerald in thenews room witt and tom, the reaction -- we'll eck in with tom in a few moments. you get a sense that a lot o people are criming in on twitter getting a lot.f those statements go ahead. >> the anne arrundel countyt government jus reiterating some of the information w have now. five confirmed dead, several people gravely wounded. suspect in custody. after that shooting there. scene.till an active crime you can see all the -- what? i'm sorry.ng >> we're goi to go to lindsey watts at the family unification area there at the mall. lindse>> reporter: hey, jim, we ele here at westfi annapolis mall. this is the area that's serving as the reunification plea for peowho were in the building where the shooting happened. they can come here, they can here,up with their family and a so the mall is jt across the street. i've been trying tofi crmon to h ngpo ilice and on scene are being very tight lipped and they are not giving us any information. but you can get ace rponse. we have the annapolis fire department and ambulance here. then w have anne arrundel police cars lining the

fox5 a 's tom fitzgerald is live near the wilson building tonight with more o how this could affect tipped workers at restaurts are right now. we are in tere middle of a three-week spat of primaries. last week we had virginia, today it's d.c., next week it'saryland. so ifhis was your triple krowfn primaries this would pretty much make this preakness which we're experiencinge today. t clear , yes, mayor muriel bowser is running in mayoral primary today, but also a very strong yes, she is facing no strg opposition virtual is thi lock not only tonight, but for reelection come november. and , d.c. has not mayor run successfully in a primary. u'yo go back and anthony williams. that's 16 years. that'senin weow had a dr run successfully in a primary and then go on a reelectionid. in a sense we are returning toss officehich we have not seen in over a decade now. now in the council were seeing races not only the chairman's race, there was an at large seat and in wardshr one,ee, five and six. of course the marquis issue, though, is this initiative 77 which has gotten so much attention over the the c

live in alexandria tom fitzgerald "fox5" local news. >> and it will be pri day in the district next tuesdayg already and will continue through friday. early voting hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. maryla primary will take place the folwing tuesday on juneth . early voting will begin and continue until june 21st. early voting hours 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. >> what a beautiful day from anything an everything especially this parade. couldn have been better. >> mind boggling. consider what we've begun through over the last ten weeks. it could have been flooding. >> true. drenched. apparently there's power higr than ourselves that thought the caps neededo win this. >> i think so. >> we'll work on itor nex year, too. what a great day for dc. having been in thi s towno many yearsmyself, i don't remember a parade like this, that is for sure. ather being more cooperatives. >> athe capitol, a few cloud coming in. beautiful evening. hudity continue to increase around the region tonight. so a totally different feel tomorrow to our wednesday as the quest for the cup begins anew. turn up the heat on wednesday

tom fitzgerald starts us offut liveside of the supreme court. >> reporter: this had been rumored but today making this announcement, justice kennedy indicated it was time. he's 81 b cn on thisourt the better part of three decadesli d bees it's time tore . clear the way for somebody else to along and give president trumpehe opportunity to nam them. the supreme cou nominations ar for life. justice kennedy does not have to retire. but remember, outside of justice anthony scalia who passed awa several years ago, in recent memory, most of the departures oufrom this c have been through retirement. juinices dg they simply had enough and dec ed toleave. now, althoughou the whise today, president trump indicated that this was not a surprise to him. the fact the presint said he's knomn about thise time and he has been working on his replacent >> we will begin our search for states supreme court that willi begin itely. and hopefully we'll pick somebody who will be as outstanding, so i just want to thk justice kennedy for the years of tremendous service. he's a spectacular man. and i know that h

including the ft that vernor hogan was called to the scene and he s at twoay briefings so far tod >> tom fitzgeraldn the news roo with an upday. hey fitz. >> rorter: hey shawn we were in touch with the governor's office moments after the news broke at about t 2:34 this afternoonhis shooting in annapolis. now, we were told from the actually was in annapolisrnor today this afternoon but not in the area where this took place.y it onl took the governor and his ttaff momentso get to the scene there. the gover tr so faray hased briefings.two news you jus segment of that.ing governor larry hogan earlier this afternoon addressing the media in the midst of what isno the secood large scale ting the governor has had to deal with in the pt couple of months. listen to this. >> and i want to praise the loca officials who respondedso d other people's lives by getting therehile the thing was taking place. and apprehending the suspect and he's in custody. >> rorter: governor larry hogan speaking just a short time ago today from the scene there in annnoolis. jim and shawn, as you know, this is normally a half hour o

let's check in with tom fitzgerald with the r latest. >>orter: good evening,ra h and shawn. our functions to try to keep trackasf all the tweets. been a fire hose this afternoon. want totart with this. this came in in the last few minutes from former congressman gabby giffords writing "reporters shouldn't have to hide from gunfire while doing their jobs. a summer intern shouldn't have to tweet for help. country where lawmakers refuse to address this uniquely americans. crisi president trump earlier todayee ting prior to departing wisconsin i was briefed on the shooting at thett capital e annapolis maryland. my thoughts and ayers are with the victims and their families. thank y to all the first responders who are currently on the scene. let's check our board here on some of the latest tweets that we have been following. critical as we watch this unfold today. we'll bring the first one up here. this is from the national nter for victims of crime wring toden, healing looks dit for each and every victim h somel through speaking some chooseauma, to process it internally. all heal

tom fitzgerald is live tonight.s the retirement heen talked s about qome time. why today?a statement in the run-up to think it's quite clear that justice kennedy feelsmet is . remember, he's 81 years old. he's been on this court for yely 30 years now. these a lifetime importance w howeith the exception of justicenthonycalia who passed away years ago. recent supreme court justices decided to retire andeave the court on their own. whithouse, president trump said he wasn't surprised by this in fact had prior knowledge and is already at work getting a nomination replacement. >> we will begin ourea sh for a united states supreme court that will beginimmediately, and hopefully we'll pick somebody who will be as outstanding. so i just want to

fox5 tom fitzgerald starts us off live on the hill. om, thehi passage os fix was a big question mark but this canceling of the vote is a real big setback. >> reporter: this all fell apart quickly. you have a family feud going on inside the repubcan party over immigration. now, the speaker of the house, paul ryan had promised as early as this morning that

tom fitzgerald,. >>reporter: good evening, it is primary day h in maryland and how are they going to fix the big mixup overistration? we talked to the state top offerings. we'll tell you what they had to s, but first how are you doing? still time to get to the poos, no doubt bit. second day in a row of lovelyita ions. we've had a few clouds out there and our teeratures 80. we have some upper 730s and even some mid 7 s on the map. very unusual for june. we're about to mix thingsayp and you youree umbrele a peak at your wednereay cast in just a couple of minus.s. mi here's money for pizza. here's the wi-fyopassword, but,u go online while the boys are online the internet can slow down and... they don't like it. you guys don't have fios? [mrs. jennings] oh-no. but it's a 100% fiber-optic network with ridiculous speeds. you could have, like, a hundred deces online at once. interested, talk later. e boys! don't even think about going . woah... i can't work like this. dthe 100% fiber-optic network more speed

live in college park tom fitzgerald,fo local. news". >> maryland voters could run into problems tomorrow because of clerical error or glitch whatever you wantion leaders sae was a problem of the computer the motorcycle web site ando digital kiosk with address or party affiliation. change where not submitted to leboard of elections for processing and all the problems happen between ach last year and early june of electder. ion officials say from you eligible you won't be turned away and what yollthen in that n able to get a pplans to curb vi.

we'rege live in colleark tonight, tom fitzgerald,un error. state a computerheeb site t make changes with address or party affiliation. and changes were not submitted to the elections board for processing. and the problems occurred between april of last year and early june of this year. despite problemof election cials say no eligible voter will be turned away and affecte voters must verify voter registration and using state elections board remember white and provisional ballot. >> roseanne opening up about getting boot from reboot. listen to this. >> i'm a lot of things. aim a loud mou and all t stuff. but i'mot stupid fo- g >> her tearful apology next. a look at that story and all political headlines ahead on 5@630. >> and this man causeing a lot of fruingts ration during rush hour but is what he's doing -- is he doing anything wrong in this sean air joy here. we'll find out. . using cellphone though probably maybe what he's doing wrabg. how t the weather today. it's giv me life. how about you? it's beautif and making for easy rerentsry afte