. >> i'm tony perkins. metro is going to close at june 3rd, this is a move that will impact thousands on the weekends. sarah simmons is live with the details and rider reaction. >> reporter: i'm here in dupont circle. there's quite a bit of activity at the metro here in dupont. this is part of the general manager's new safe track plan that we have been talking about. he came up with a few weeks ago. that's going to be just the beginning. midnight closure on weekends and throughout the entire week. here's the thing. the city doesn't shut down at midnight. take a look over here. you can see we still have activity. people walking around. taxis and everything. those will be in dire need soon. jack evans spoke about the need to cut back on the metro hour. >> it's a tough one and i time. there's no if, and's or buts and we were getting 19 hours a week of repair, that doesn't work. >> reporter: people are going to have to plan ahead. that's what we were hearing from riders earlier. that these ride services like ub

we also had a twist and tony joined us, let me give a shout out to tony perkins. he loved meeting with the people. mike thomas and caitlin right now. a lot of kids want you to sign their arm. at any rate, we had a new twist on the weather day presentation this year and that was a good cause for charity not only do the nats donate 1 dollar forever ticket, but see this guy thoughing up the first -- michael thompson and we were delighted that michael was able to join us for the first pitch as was and you're go this near just a moment. that's me with neil coke ley. he got to announce play ball. coming up in a moment, caitlin was able to hold the president's race finish line and she was helping out a couple of other folks there. it was tim thompson and jim david as they were getting ready to hold the line for the presidents to cross the finish line. that was all made possible because this year, fox 5 and the nat steamed up to make these experiences a silent auction at the leukemia ball and we warrant to thank betty thompson for making that happen for four members of he

. >> thanks for joining us i'mfor tony perkins.. >> i'm shawn yancy. shawn yancy.ee people were hurt after alu man repeatedly rammed his suv s into the entrance to the one person was pinned in theinnn wreckage for a time before otheo customers cut him loose. l marina marraco is live on the ot scene. witnesses say this was nos sais accident.nt >> reporter: they say it was intentional because he keptbecak backing up and them rammingm ram again and repeatedly.front doort a total of three times beforeesb witnesses were able to pull himl out from the car. tonight police though notug releasing his identity or sayiny if he's facing any criminalmina charges but you can see here ate silver diner that cleanup c continues as they try and open o back up for business. in just seconds employees at th tysons corner silver diner d rushed to try and stop the the driver of this hummer. hum >> all of a sudden this guy jusj rammed into the building.ed i oh, my god, this guy just rammes into the building. >> reporter: on three attempts the driver tried ramming througr the front door. d

tony perkins, they are working with dr. ben carson. they worked together to arrange this private meeting. bob, thanks for joining me. donald trump had great success with evangelicals with the voting in the south. but there was a group of evangelicals who made it clear they are disabond it donald trump. other parts of the party who were disappointed with this campaign are starting to come around. what will it take for you to jump on the trump train? >> it's a tale of two cities. we are thrilled he tapped into the emotion of people being upset with toll particulars. but we are not sure where he stand on issues that are important to us like life, liberty, religious freedom and israel. our goal is to have a conversation with in trump, and let's see if he's somebody we can get behind to support and hopefully vote for. charles: those items you just clicked off. would that be enough for you and others who are still resistant? >> there its no doubt hillary clinton is a great motivator. she won't be close to where we want her to be on pro-famil

i'm tony perkins. >> i'm sean yancy. that is the inside of the house and the jaw dropping look happening in the middle of the neighborhood. folks who live in this area thought something was a little strang expected this. >> fox 5 lindsey w atts has more. >> reporter: you'll find farm equipment among million dollar homes. >> really it's not a whole lot going on. we live in a very special place. >> reporter: the green ri here was more abundant than anyone knew. this is what police found. hundreds of marijuana plants. officers say it's the biggest indoor growth they've seen in the county. >> it's sad to hear. i heard that it was a lot more than just pot. you know. it was a lot of dangerous drug. >> reporter: police gave us this photo of shotgun and cash they recovered. investigators say they don't know how long the operation was going on. they were tipped off after the home went into foreclosure. at the new owner check theed out the property, smelled pot and called police. they arrested a daniel casey foul er, who posted po

. >> and i'm tony perkins. >> right over the top tonight a grocery store security officer is facing charges after allege allegedly attacking a customer. >> customer is reportly a transgender woman trying to use the growingry store woman's rm. tish a, what happened shawn and tony a disturbing story to report it happened at the northeast giant and if you look behind me over my right shoulder you can seat actual bathroom at the women's restroom and the customer reportedly transgender woman was attempting to use the been room inside the restroom. once inside we're told the security guard reportedly followed the customer and used physical force to escort the customer out of the bathroom. that's when an altercation ensued. the security guard was arrested for simple assault. what's interesting about this and working with my photographer norris if you go down there you see the hallway and this is where the customer -- and there had to be several witnesses at some point seeing what happened and it was also all captured on surveillance video. and also, tonight, "fox5 local news" learned the transgend

i'm sean yancy. >> tony perkins. 62-year-old eulalio tordil made his court appearance today.udge ordered him held without bond. >> he's suspected of killing his wife gladys we learned she a protection from abuse order against him. tordil used a gun in the spree that he was previously ordered to surrender. >> the next morning, tordil shot three people outside it's

it's good to have you with us this evening, i'm tony perkins' and i'm shawn yancm y much the s transportationy is now threatening to shutdown metro pd if the agency doesn't fix ongoing safety issues. the blunt warning comes metro'se general manager had his own words for several metros of on shape up or ship out. he held the first of its kind safety summit. tom fitzgerald is life at thet grove metro station with more details on that. >>reporter: good evening, they didn't exactly hand out any pinp slips to all these managers today, but they did hand out this, this one-page pamphletamp called safety trumps service.rvc this basically spells out gm paul wiedefeld man afess toes to these managers moving forwara about what is and what is not expected out of them.hem. phrases that are now banned from metro manager's vocabulary include they didn't tell me. and that's the way we've always done it around here. the flyer says that doesn't fly with metro anymore. we want you to take a look at some video we received today. this was another reminder of thn stakes that are up for resolution in this system. t

even two hey look its tony perkin kins. >> i'mn not the celebrities.ng to have a ball tonight for the empire finale the crowd is starting to gather. some of you're favorite fox 5 personalities are going to be here. its going to be a lot of and.f >> we're going to be partying like a lie on. >> thank you guys, i see that umbrella, we do have a shower, o what a surprise right over dc. drying out later to night. to right now clouds and drizzle 64 degrees outside. out cool and wet pattern continues. there's sunshine on the horizon. if you can hang out tilll tomorrow. i'll have all that coming up in the 7-day forecast. ♪ ♪ >> season finale of empire, shawn yancy and tony perkins ara down at the howard theater tonight. >> where hundreds of fox 5 viewers will be watching life. what can fans expect. >> well, we expect a lot of fun. if you recall we did the empire premiere party at the beginninge of the season. t sea so we're here for the finale wee expect just as big a crowd. people are coming out as we speak. don knee simpson is going to be here, allison seymo

i think i had a tony perkins wake-up app. >> whatever happened. >> didn't i have a tony perkins wake-up. >> we all had that. >> that db. >> that is the last things i want to hear first thing in the morning. >> you can imagine the rock saying it you know? >> >> yeah. thank you very much. >> here's the forecast. sorry about last night. hail, clouds to ground lightning and lots of flooding we're cleaning one that and fog and grizle and showers in the forecast for tuesday. that's a live look. 62 degrees now cooler today. upper 60s for a daytime high. shower activity very quickly pushing offer to the east. but we'll keep scattered showers and clouds in the forecast today and not expecting severe weather this afternoon and that's good news and look at your weekend. it's looking operator than it looked yesterday. saturday perhaps partly sunny, 72. mother's day let's not worry about the weather mother's day everything will be perfect. erin has the roads. >> 6:56 and big delays lingering on the beltway. and earlier crash between con condition and georgia inner loop involving tractor-trailer and

i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. that man was helping the kids off a bus right near ki elementary school in southeast when he was shot.ot his death comes one day after d.c.'s police chief spoke outf p about the city's crime rate. i'm very comfortable. c our robbery trend is going in the direction we want to go and that's our single biggest crime. right now we're in good shape. we want to keep it that way. fox5's marina maracco is life at police headquarters. marina, what did chief lanier say about today's tragic shooting. >>reporter: the chief had little to say today. she was on the scene, but b declined to speak with fox5. instead we spoke with commander from the sixth police districtix whoth gave us a basic run down f today's latest homicide as the e homicides here in the district continue to climb over last year's. a out east family left broken after shelton robinson was shots dead outside the family's apartment.ent. robinson and under the age of six were just u getting off the bus after cominf home from school wh

we begin with the mass of metro repair work that will begin this weekends i'm tony perkins. >> i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. without access to metro rail during the busy holiday weekend. plan. >> reporter: tony and sarah talk about bad timing all of this o going into the holiday weekend, a friendship, he asks what is going on with metro now. construction, more of the same but you know we're all used to it i can tell you whose not used to it tourists. ♪ >> reporter: even though itthou could be anything but for tourist coming into the nationsn capital this memorial day weekend. construction on the metro railhe continues that means service adjustmentss on all six lines. >> how are people going to get around? >> reporter: we have the sameame question the family visiting from new jersey.y. metro says even though the vienna, dunn loring will beorin closed this weekends, even though there will be no orange line trains this weekends silver line will run. most likely they'll know. >> i have no idea. we know because we live here what abou lt people coming into town. >> yeah, that would have been

tony perkins will be out there, too, honorary weather man, a lot of us from fox5.out at 86 tomorrow. so three degrees warmer than today. and we're looking at memorial day because we know that's what you want to know and what is going on for our memorial day weekends, saturday looks like the best of the 3 days. on sunday, 83 degrees, we added chance every thunderstorm, i'll tell you right now, very slight chance, but any time we expect a lot of people to be outside and we think there is a chance, we will add it to the forecast. still, few scattered thunderstorms on monday, memorial day itself, 50-50 chance of you seeing one of the thunderstorms. last stop tonight before we look at the 7 day, looking good at the beaches. but the temperatures for hatteras, but add thunderstorm, very small, possibility, in on sunday, and as we look at the local beaches, you can see, ocean city and rehoboth also looking at maybe brief interruption with some thunderstorms, sunday, monday, but still worth getting down to the beaches. your fox5 accuweather 7 day forecast, look ' temperatur

. >> i'm tony perkins. >> tonight, firefighters were called to investigate smaeking brakes on train at the rockville station. no fire was found. apparently that was a big deal. this followed tractor-trailer rushed and the feds ordered metro to complete urgent repairs at the locations on your screen. you can see three of them and the work has to be finished before work begins on the massive maintenance program. live with more on what this means for all of us. tisha. >> shawn and tony what i could see we are starting to see empty metro staitionz like the one we're at now. the best care sense airo there might be rolling shut downs. the cost case we got a wide shut down. once the short answer in terms of solution time, metro no doubt in dire need of tlc. we spoke with engineer what says all of this is due to aiming and lack of maintenance and we asked him the question maybey of you have what's is later. . >> if you are r have to conducting metal and the other on the other side if you don't want any can't between this one and that one there's in betwee between. >> electrical engineering gur

i'm tony perkins. >> shawn yancy southeast community up particular and violence a seven year old was shot as she was walking with her parents. >> after last months shooting the mayor walked through the neighborhood and listened to residee streetlights and other safety improves. marina more rack company went to the neighborhood to see waits been done. >> reporter: if they say improvement have been made or haven't, behind me you'll see new bright led lights they've been placed on a small pocketed inward agent if you look across the area alabama avenue you'll see these dimmer sodium vapor lights some saying all the lights need to be changed. more than a month ago a seven year old girl was shot as she was walking home with parents just about a block from the 7th police district urge south east. it was a shooting that marked the beginning of a slew of high profile shootings leading up to the summer for folks at ward eight of the after that girl was shot mayor bowser walked through the neighborhood and rets departments expressed concerns about how poorly lit this area was. in just weeks re

. >> we thank you for joining us at 11 i'm tony perkins. >> i'm shawn yancy. >> a grossy store security guard is under arrest tonight accused of attacking a customer inside a giant store in northeast d.c. >> customer is reportedly a transgender woman trying to use the grocery store's women's restroom and is liver with the latest. >> tony, shawn, it happened at this northeast giant and in fact if you look over my right shoulder inside that woman's bathroom according to a report filed by police the guard followed the customer identified at ebony bellchar transgender woman into the bam room and used physical force to escort her out and then altercation ensued and i wonder what the viewers know. i got a text from ebony she's telling me how she felt. she felt terrified she was attacked. just because i identified myself as a transgender woman going into the bathroom. that should not happen. >> again the scuffle happened today around noon at the giant here on the 300 block of 8 plg street and was also captured on surveillance video which police reviewed before me made arrest arresting secure s

and i'm tony perkins. the problem, a new trash jick up schedule that has caused some confusion. fox5's marina maracco is life in hyattsville to explain what this all means. marina. >>reporter: yeah, tony there is certainly some questions as to how some of these companies extended and obtained their contracts. meanwhile here, residents in hyattsville you can see how their here continues to pile out. some of them have actually missed the day for pickup while others say the hauliers just haven't showed up. they changed the days and didn't let us know? prince george's county residents are still adjusting to a new trash pickup routine down from two days a week to just one. door signs corresponding to the new schedule went out to more than 160,000 homes. overall it's gone very smoothly. most areas have had no problems at all. although the county has received 2,000 complaints in the last week and say haulers have missed pickup in 2 percent of the homes. did your the first month transition it's a grace period. there are now 15 hauliers that will share the responsibility of picking up tra

. >> thanks for staying with us, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. this is the man they're looking for. investigators say he shot and killed his estranged wife gladys who was at high point high school in beltsville to pick up her children. to del also shot and killed another man that encounter. >>reporter: the crime scene at high point high is starting to break down here and i'm going to show you the victim's suv laying on the flatbed of the tow truck about to toe the car away from this high school and reopen this high school back for students tomorrow morning. at this hours, like you said, the man hunt continues for the estranged husband of this mother coming to this high school to pick up her children this we heard a couple shots and screaming. everyone was just crying. we didn't know what to do. class was out for the day, but a softball game and rotc practice were about to get underway at high point high when gunfire broke out. i was down at the field and out of nowhere they rushed us on -- we have a crate where we put all of our equipment and the

. >> i'm tony perkins, we are talking five shootings this afternoon two people died including a mother who was carrying groceries into her home a. >> a little more than an hour ago mayor and police chief addressed this into we are horrified by what we saw today. its a level of violence that is not acceptable in our city. and we are going to put every single resource, police and otherwise in the neighborhoods to get rid of this violence. >> violent crime in this area is down three%. so, it just goes to show no matter how successful we are over all with crime and how successful we are in community and reducing violent crime, you can never rest, because there's potential for something to flare up. >> fox 5's marina marraco is with the very latest. >> reporter: the situation in the district police crews just behind me 60 commander calling in his united to help during our life shot to make media crews inward seven are safe. a total of five shooting victims today. two of those 56 times fatal, both of them again here inward seven. it all started today about 1:00 this afternoon on texas aftern

tony perkins will be at that meeting and joins us live. important because trump often touts the support he has of evangelicals. he says, i won them over the south and everywhere else. do you believe he has that lock-up or do him coming to this meeting? >> he did remarkably well with people of faith. when you look at evangelicals, those that go to church on a weekly basis, where their faith is central to decisions they make, he didn't do as well with them. and that's what a lot of these leaders represent. there's been this conversation about how -- how can we get to a point where we can support donald trump. a lot of people want us to be supportive of donald trump. we were discussing this and one of my colleagues reached out to dr. ben carson, who's been kind of the one who's gone between here. ben carson does understand evangelicals. he's playing, i think, a key role in the trump campaign which is very -- i think, very helpful to donald trump. so, i'm optimistic that out of a conversation, and that's what this is, it's a conversation, that

. >> we' i'm tony perkins what everybody wants to know how is the memorial day weekend weather going. >>> gwen tolbert is in the wet sent to get us started. >>> today was hot sticky and humid. let's take a look at the radar we did have a few storms that popped up to our far west things are finally changing. go to our maps you'll see most of that has really diminished a lot. we have a little bit of rainfall that's still wrinkling ring through to north and northwest other than that things are starting to calm down. and the temperatures right now still warm outside. 79 degrees at dull wills 76 dc. 77 south of fredericksburg 68 degrees at win chest. going to continue to be hot, sticky and humid. southerly flow continuing. so night partly cloudy skies with all the humidity. once we get into ready saturday feels like summer. sunday and monday a chance of some unsettled weather. we're going to have all those details coming up, tony. >> metro crews will be hard at work this holiday weekend making repairs. long wait times for you if you are riding the rails. fox 5 tisha lewis is live at the fr

. >> i'm tony perkins. in uniform has stories. >> this memorial day we are going beyond the lens to absolute america's military. >> there are a lot of these guys. big trip that they will take in their lifetime. >> had it not been, there's no telling where i may have been today. comraderie with the troops. >> maybe you've been lucky enough to travel through a air are port as the right time band starts playing air plane doors open dozens of veterans. >> for many of them this is their fares trip to dc the group comes from michigan insighted fox 5 for the ride. >> vietnam and world war ii veterans just landed they will be at the gate momentarily. >> will you look at what they did. they just did what they had to do. you know we're we're talking about our world war ii veterans. they were told they needed to serve. they went out and they saved the world. and they didn't ask why. they just did it. >> i love the united states. and its the way it is because of them. one of the easiest ways to show appreciates for our

. > thanks for staying with us,u, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. tonight some students are questioning the school's response to what happened. fox5's teisha lewis is life in manassas with the story. teisha. >>reporter: tony and shawn, a lot of questions tonight.es what i can tell you is that weaw have been here at the manassas campus, nova's manassas campus since 7:00. we have seen these emergency boxes and these blue lit fans for students to access during emergencies. what we have not is a security officer amidst heightened awareness after two female students say they were sexually assaulted and raped by the same college professor.co one incident happened inside that building. that's the house man hall. 27 year old you receive that re ream is charged with rain andar sexuallyge battery, among other charges. that ream has been an adjunctben professor at professor at he was fired on thursday, one week after the accusations surfaced. he was terminated. police say the attacks happened in march, april and also as recent as two weeks ago. i've been having

and i'm tony perkins. i this means that donald trump has virtually clinched thehe republican nomination. fox5's sarah simmons starts us off tonight, a big night, sarahh >> yes, tony and shawn. donald trump's candidacy wasn't taken seriously f now he is the republican nominee not long after ted cruz announced he is suspending his campaign. cruz vowed to stay into the primary raise until june, but the delegate made it clear to the cruz camp it was time to go. trump still needs 200 delegatesg to formally secure the nomination, but crus' decisionei to secure the campaign pretty much clears the path. here's what ted cruz and donald trump had to say after the results came in. i've said that i would continued on as long as there was a viabli path to victory. tonight i'm sorry to say. it appears that path has been foreclosed. > i don't know if he likes me or if he doesn't like me, but he is one hell of a competitor. he is a tough, smart guy. rockville to gains rich it's atg little bit steadier and harder as we look

. >> and we thank four joining us tonight i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm sarah simmons in for shawn. >> we begin with the fright ep ago tack on mannasas virginia family and police say burglars broke into their home on king george drive and bound and gagged women and children inside. the details. >>> you spoke to the neighborhood that called for help. >> that's right and that interview was very, very ey eye-opening and frightening what he says he saw. and what stood out to me is that what is notably absent from the news relief and the alert they sent the media when things like this happen census suspect description. we also don't know where the suspects are tonight and we were able to get away and that was most disturbing and the reason we don't have more information about the suspects is because these victims were probably so trauma science titioned by what happened. >> came out on the back of her deck and that door over there with three glass panels i hear somebody hitting the glass and i look down and the poor woman that lives there got duct tape on her mouth. >> that's brian mc map h

thanks for joining us i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. > s that he'sd right.he's the news coming to us out of orange county, virginia, a incorporate s l engine plainat crashede about 90 minutes ago.. we're told right on the street. we're told this is near a town called roadsville in orange in county. we're also told that two people on the the plain were killed. there's no word of any injuries to people on the ground. federal and state investigators are heading to the scene tocene figure out what exactly happened. we will bring you the latest developments as soon as we getet hem. in other news today a teenager has been arrested in connection to the accidental drug overdoses student. fox5's marina maracco is life at centerville high school tonight with more. marina. >>reporter: and tony, thatt arrest actually came last week after that student, also centerville high school turnedol himself into police. here is # 1 year old david he evers, he is charged inhar connection with the death of another student here at centerville high school. 17 year old alexia springer who like you said di

thank you for staying with us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. police say tordil killed three people and hurt three others. tonight he's in jail but it took a massive man hunt across twocro maryland counties to take him down. he opened fire in threefi differenret locations over the last few days. he's suspected of killing his wife outside of high point high school thursday in prince george's county.ge this morning police say tordil shot three people outsidetsid montgomery mall and then shot another person outside of a grocery store in aspen hill. we have team coverage on this developing story with marinah ma maracco, lindsay watts andtts teisha lewis. let's begin with marina maracco who is life at montgomery mall with the latest. marina? >>reporter: tony, that man hunt lasted 22 hours and for 18 of those # 2 hours police had no hd idea where this man was because he showed up here at montgomery mall in bethesda andd shot again, allegedly killing ae than ma, shooting two other people and continuing his crime spree here in montgomery county. here at

and i'm tony perkins. off the top, police are searching for a killer.they want to know who shot a man in front of three children this afternoon. this man was helping kids off of a bus near kim balance elementary school in southeast when he was gunned down. fox5's marina maracco joins us now with the latest from the scene. marina. >>reporter: well, shawn yesterday we actually caught up with police and she said that she felt comfortable when it came to homicides as we start gathering up for the summer. her main focus right now are robberies. a southeast family left broken after they say 28 year old sheldon robinson was shot dead outside the family's apartment. his mother too distraught to speak. robinson and three children all under the age of six were just getting off the bus after coming home from school when gunfire broke out. he shielded three children. he pushed them in that building for them to be safe. and they took his life. two d.c. police patrol officers heard the shots and were on scene in minutes, but sheldon was already dead. it all happen ju

voted for donald trump but the leadership was very much behind ted cruz, people like gary bauer, tony perkinsike vander plan t tz in iowa. the simple picture it's trump versus hillary but he turned to the bible sometimes god uses men who are sinners to do his greatest work, so that is the kind of pitch -- >> still a message. >> still a mixed message so there you have it. >> as always ben carson is interesting communication strategy. we'll keep on eye on that one. it is very early but leading gop strategists are encouraged by new research they say shows the automatic trump drag they expected perhaps in races critical to the fight to maintain the republican senate majority does not exist. after reviewing the polling and other research results the chamber of xlers announced this past week it's launching major ad buys in ohio, pennsylvania and wisconsin announced publicly. ad time was purchased in arizona and nevada. five feature republican inkem bents vulnerable. those know the democrats plan to tie the gop candidates to controversial trump positions but they're encouraged by the new research wh

. >> tony perkins. 62-year-old eulalio tordil made his court appearance today. a judge oer bond. >> he's suspected of killing his wife gladys we learned she a protection from abuse order against him. tordil used a gun in the spree that he was previously ordered to surrender. >> the next morning, tordil shot three people outside it's montgomery mall in beth during an attempted carjacking, 45-year-old malcomb was killed. >> a short time later, tordil shot and killed ma lien in a during another attempted carjacking outside a giant grocery store in aspen hill. investigators think he lost his glasses while he struggled with melina and that's why he didn't leave the scene. he was arrested few hours later across the street. marina marraco was at a vigil tonight held for the victims. she spoke to the widow of the man killed at a time montgomery. >> reporter: these families now left to pick up the pieces. the victims from friday's shooting had no connection to their alleged >> i can't believe this happened. >> reporter: it's been three days since three different families

thank you for joining us at 11, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. a fairfax county teenager is in jail tonight. he told police he may have been involved in the accidental drug overdose of one of his classmates. fox5's marina maracco is life tonight in centerville. she joins us now with the latest on this investigation. marina. >>reporter: tony and shawn there's finally been an arrest in this case following nearly three months of a criminal investigation into alexia springer's death which was deemed an accidental drug overdose and just last week 18 year old david efforts a senior here at centerville high school turned himself into police. he is now being charged with manufacturing, possessing, distributing and selling a prohibited controlled substance. 17 year old alexia springer was found unresponsive at her sen materialville home. police initially saying the centerville high student died of a heroin overdose, something that was later retracted by investigators. her mother, the entire duration of the investigation has denied those statements from po

us, i'm tony perkins and i'm shawn yancy. we begin tonight with some tense moments on the national mall.nal a man drove his truck to the area and claimed he had been exposed to anthrax.hrax the scene was very chaotic andnd since parts of third and fourtht streets areh closed rush hour ir a mess. fox5's lindsay watts is life on the scene tonight with more. lindsay. >>reporter: tony and shawn, streets are still shutdown right now. even no police say there is nos indication that the man is actually exposed to anthrax oror that he intended to threatenhr anyone. still a very active scene outut here. can see all of those emergencyth vehicleos also, hazmat crews are here. there's an ambulance.e's and then we can also show you the man's white truck. it's still parked there in theh middle of the mall between thire and fourth streets and you can also see a police robot there that investigators have beenee using to search that vehicle. we have some new video to show you now. we watched as theç suspect was taken into a decontamination t

. >> thanks for joining us i'm jim lokay in for tony perkins. >> let's get to sue with the latest on tonight's weather. we were slammed by rain, hail and many place. >> we can add in the potential for flooding because the ground is saturated and while the severe elements may be winding down and pushing away, it's still raining in many areas. i think it will overnight into the morning commute. that will be a new problem going through and that is one of the last remaining warnings we have is for montgomery county got hit really hard with heavy rain. just show you that this flash flood goes until 12:30 and mainly areas south of rockville that got repeat rounds and a little while ago new flood warning got issued. this is for streams and creeks getting really full in northwest dc and southeastern montgomery county. that going in 1:30 and the real concern there is heavy rain is likely going to cause flooding along rock creek and rock creek parkway in northwest dc. flood waters are moving along there. fold crest is expected between now and 11:30. we're going to watch. as for the latest on r

tonight, i'm tony perkins and im i'm shawn yancy. we begin tonight with that child sex abuse scandal that rocked the prince george's countypr school system. a l volunteer isin accused of abusing several elementary school students. tonight, the task force release its report. yet they did not talk to any of the victims nor their families. tom fitzgerald is life in upperp marlboro with the findings. >>reporter: it is an eye eye opening look at what this task h force called an outdated system in both in the detection and the reporting of child sexual abuse in prince george's county schools. now, the task force that put this together says that they have 61 areas of consideration. what does that mean? well, wel boiled down there were actually five recommendations to princeom george's county schools.meols. this includes things likeike oversight and that will lead too some very big background checks and supervision of school volunteers in prince george's county schools. now, this report says that prince george's county schoolseo training org

fox 5 5 local news starts right now into thanks thanks for joining us i'm shawnian knee into i'm tony perkins. the lock down has now been listed after chaotic momentsha thisot afternoon. after >> secret service shot a man a already with a gun.un. tisha lewis has been on the scene. joins us now with the veryery latest.. >> reporter: shawn and tony whaw we did learn moments ago the metropolitan police departmentoi is now the lead investigating agency on what happened here. now what i can tell you it is a active scene here on 17th and ad pennsylvania. photographer is going to walkk with me so he can show you whatu we are seeing. still a lot of police. not as many people out here. there's that's a good thing crowd control was a itch major i concern as they were trying to secure the seen moments after af this happened. here's it all un folded shortly after 3:00 an armed man approached ona of the secret service check points. accessible to the public on e street. he ignored commands for him to put down his weapon that's whenw a secret service officer firedff wonk shot striking and man ing a the ches

thank you for staying with us i'm tony perkins. >> i'm shawn yancy.ummer repeatedly slammed into the silver diner in tysons corner and caught fire. >> several witnesses risked their lives to pull people from the wreckage. fox5's marina march live at the diner with more on what happened. marina. >> reporter: that's right. witnesses say that man kept ramming into the front door repeatedly and backing out. he did so three times before witnesses were able to pull him away from the car. now, tonight, employees still not identifying the man or saying whether he's facing any criminal charge but here at silver diner the cleanup continues as they try and open back up for business. >> in just seconds, employees at the tysons corner silver diner rush the to try and stop the driver of this hummer. >> all of a sudden this guy just rammed into the building. oh, my god this guy has just rammed into the building. >> reporter: on three attempts the driver tried ramming through the front door. jane me watkins shot the all on her cell phone including a customer receivin