here has found strength in diversity. >> the predominant gang inside bergen county jail is united blood nation recruit anybody. they believe in numbers. it's a numbers game for them. there could be bloods from different ethnic backgrounds, black, white, hispanic. when i worked in the state prison system system i actually had a blood gang member who was a hindu. their willingness to accept anybody into their gang is what makes them the most dangerous. because we don't know where they're coming from. >> sometimes blood members don't even know each other. one blood everyone seems to know is michael bates, who has just met with his attorney and is not pleased with what he has learned. >> i got to go to trial now. >> why? >> they're throwing double-digit figures at me. i don't want it. if i got to do some time, they got to give it to me. i'm not pleading guilty to nothing. >> bates has pled not guilty to multiple charges of weapons possession and aggravated assault. he had hoped to reach a plea deal for a sentence of five years, but the prosecution had a harsher sentence in mind. >> 15 and three ye

being a convicted murderer, goodell is also an admitted member of the jail's largest gang, the united blood nationil officials have identified rendell maldonado as a high-ranking member of the gang. they recently transferred him to another housing unit at the request of prosecutors to separate him from his co-defendants as their trial for aggravated assault and kidnapping approaches. >> they don't want us to communicate. it's not going to happen. we're too close to each other. >> one of the co-defendants maldonado was separated from is jesus henrique-marte. the housing units they now occupy are divided by a glassed in recreation area. though they're not supposed to communicate, they sometimes get away with it, when either one is in the rec area. >> we know sign language and they don't know what we're talking about. they trying to messed up with our head. it don't really matter. >> henrique-marte has been known to violate other jail rules, as well. such as jamming the lock on his food court door so he can open it at will. >> that's how we get to see the tv. more comfortable than standing up. there'

$30 each to give blood inside that abandoned apartment at 70p street, it's public housing not far from nationals park in southwest. a woman inside the apartment told police it was her unithe wasn't participating as part of a work study under the direction of nguyen. nguyen told officers he works for a company called boston bio source and he was authorized to draw blood but the d.c. department of health says he is not a licensed medical professional in the disrict and the the apartment building clearly not an approved medical facility. covering to the police report, apparently nguyen told them that he had drawn blood from about 40 people in the last two days. officers there on the scene also said they recognized some of the people there as habitual drug users. we looked into this company nguyen said he worked for. they say they provide samples for medical research. fox5 did try to reach out and get some answers from the company but so far responded to our inquiries and nguyen is due back in court in about a month. live in d.c. police headquarters, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> thank you very much, melanie. >>> 4:35 right now and happening today at the naval ac

blood is different from those that actually have the syndrome. >> according to the national academy of sciences 250,000 soldiers suffer from this. >>> today we will get an idea how many hurricanes might hit the united states this season. this is important if you know anyone down in those high-risk areas along the t. administration puts out predictions. hurricane season starts next week, june 1st. our local forecast in a couple of seconds. we should tell you they are a lot closer than you might think. hundreds of dolphins live in the potomac river. >> what? >> and the chesapeake bay. who knew? scientists trying to figure out why they come here. janetman is studying the doll fence. >> you know how much i love pab d pandas. >> dolphins, too. >> you know this about me. i love dolphins. the fact that i could see them, i might have to sit out and look into the potomac and check it out. >> wow. it's almost 16, 17 after the hour. 58 degrees at the end of may here. >> what is going on, chuckbe >> we're just caught in a very unsettled weather pattern around here. much like last year. may of last year, record number 17 consecutive days with measured rainfall last may. that was an all-time record for washingto