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community were shaken up. >> it was about 5:30 in the morning, jumped out of bed, looked out the window and there's a car in my front yard. >> ross and a passenger escaped without injuries. police say it does not appear any bullets hit the car. the shooters got away before police arrived. the news keeps coming. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >> our top story tonight a murder trial involving a former culpeper virginia police officer. 32-year-old daniel harmon- wright's fate will be decided by a jury of his peers who began deliberations today. fox 5's lauren demarco was in court with the latest on the case now. >> the jury adjourns before reaching a decision. the jurors deliberated since just after 2:00 this afternoon following closing arguments. the decision before them, whether former town of culpeper police officer daniel harmon- wright shot a 54-year-old woman with intent to kill or whether he used his weapon as an act of self-defense and to protect the public. on februar9th, 2012, patricia
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cook was sitting in her car in a lot at epiphany catholic school. she refused to leave even when confronted by a school administrator. so then officer daniel harmon- wright was called into check on a suspicious vehicle. when he arrived, cook said she was waiting for a friend. she displayed her driver's license but apparently declined to hand it over to him. harmon-wright testified he reached for it but she rolled up her window, trapped his hand and began to drive. he says he fired because he felt his life was in danger. the former policeman kept firing after the car moved away from him. special prosecutor jim fisher told the jury harmon-wright's actions were unjustified and excessive. defense attorney daniel hawes said he was doing his job in shooting a fleeing felon. both sides agree cook had a metallic sunscreen sitting across the sun screen of her jeep wrangler. when she pulled away, it was still there. the defense said she was pulling onto the street
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essentially driving blind, so harmon-wright kept shooting because she was a threat to the public. patricia cook was struck by multiple bullets and subsequently crashed into a telephone pole and died at the scene. in total harmon-wright fired seven shots. he was terminated last june following an internal investigation. he's facing murder, malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle and several other charges. tonight we attempted to speak with him as he left the courthouse, but he declined to comment. the jury will resume deliberations tomorrow morning. another big story, there could be major changes to immigration laws after an announcement on capitol hill today. a bipartisan group of senators have reached an immigration reform deal and hope to push a bill through the senate by this summer. the eight senators behind the reform want to secure the border and allow more workers. >> immediately when the bill passes, people who are here living in the shadows would get
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a legal right to stay here and work. they would no longer be deported provided they don't have a criminal record. >> president obama was chastised by both parties for ignoring immigration in his first term. a news edge alert, pentagon officials searching over the adriatic sea for a mission u.s. air force f-16 fighter jet. the jet was missing off the coast of italy during a training mission today. the air force lost all contact with the plane and quickly began their sea search. no word if the jet crashed, but the initial word is the f-16 was not carrying weapons. the discussion over how to curb gun violence has several democratic leaders trying to pin down gun manufacturers. they even suggest you be informed if any of your investment goes to companies that own guns overseas. fox's shannon bream has more. >> reporter: as police chiefs and sheriffs from around country gathered at the white house to meet with president obama and discuss gun violence, he put the onus directly on capitol hill.
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>> as we've indicated before, the only way we're going to be able to do everything that needs to be done is with the cooperation of congress. >> reporter: with growing indications that it won't be easy sledding on the hill, a number of obama allies across the country are rolling out plans to go after gun manufacturers and their financial backers. officials in california, illinois, new york and pennsylvania have publicly called on various employee pension funds to divest any holdings linked to the gun industry. >> city of los angeles funds should not go to profit companies that producewomens, designed to maximize carnage -- produce weapons designed to maximize carnage and death. >> reporter: rahm emanuel has sent letters to multimillion dollar banks that maintain accounts for smith & wesson and ruger. he wrote we will send a message that gun owners will no longer support companies that profit
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from gun violence. >> it's sort of classic rahm emanuel chicago politics to try to pulley and pressure our industry into somehow -- bully and pressure our industry into somehow agreeing with the proposals being advanced by anti-gun mayors like chicago. >> reporter: supporters of the president's efforts are urging the administration to act in other efforts as well from ideas like creating a justice department task force to track certain interstate gun sales to call on the epa to regulate the manufacture and sale of ammunition that contains lead. the father of one of the children killed in newtown said today he's worried a push for all kinds of new measures will do the to solve the underlying problem of violence. >> i am a big proponent of individual accountability and enforcement. so if there are going to be laws, we should enforce them. >> shannon bream reporting. following a developing story, a major change could be in the works for the boy scouts of america. they are considering doing away with the controversial no homosexuals policy. in the proposed change
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different religious and civic groups that sponsor scout units would decide how to address the issues themselves. this major announcement comes after years of protest over the no gays allowed policy. boy scouts says the change could come as soon as next week. as if the severe flu season isn't bad enough, the area being hit with a new strain of norovirus sometimes called stomach flu. millions across the world have been affected. fox 5's maureen umeh has the health alert. >> the symptoms come on suddenly and last one to three days leaving the patient with severe stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhea. dewanna morris and her 13-year- old son noah were stricken last week. she thought she had food poisoning, but after she became dehydrated and went to the emergency room she learned she had the norovirus. two days later noah fell sick, too. doctors say this was the sydney strain of the norovirus because it started in australia and has caused outbreaks around the
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world it. spreads easily through direct contact at work, nursing homes or other enclosed areas. symptoms include body chills, fatigue, diarrhea, nausea. >> it came on very violently. i just sort of lost control and it was a lot worse than what i had experienced in the past. >> my stomach was bubbling a lot. i threw up a couple times and i was just in the bed like my stomach really hurt. >> the symptoms can show up suddenly from one to three days after exposure to. avoid infection wash your hands frequently, wash fruit and vegetables carefully and disinfect areas when someone gets sick. >> i'm getting the hand sanitizer now. still ahead on the news edge, need a dose of medicine? how convenient can it get? a hospital offering curbside service. just pull up and get your flu shot. >> plus how daring of a diner are you? we'll tell you what this japanese restaurant's dirty
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husband their dog juno was killed by a car, her heart was broken. >> this was my dog. i was a mess. it was maybe a month before christmas. >> reporter: in truth, her husband lied. he gave the dog away. they eventually divorced. >> i love you. >> reporter: life went on, but banks often thought of her dog juno. >> at least three or four times i'd seen a dog that reminded me of juno and my heart just broke all over again because, of course, i'm thinking he's dead and i thought man, i wonder what he'd be to us now. >> reporter: she never dreamed she would see juno again, but thanks to modern technology and this, a microchip, the unthinkable happened. somebody brought juno to the buddy center in castle rock. >> i looked at the microship, scanned it, saw he was microchipped and it was registered to somebody totally than who had the dog. >> reporter: but they did find nicole's name and gave her a call. >> i almost dropped the phone
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because i wasn't sure if i was awake. i just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: after 10 years juno is back home. >> he's home. he's home for good. he's home for good. as the flu keeps spreading an arizona hospital trying to make it easier to get invokes seen, they've created a drive- thru -- vaccine, they've created a drive-thru clinic. you don't have to leave your car and it's free. >> easy, simple. we went to church and said okay, let's get our flu shot because i haven't had one and my mother has been really sick. >> i just think it's great because there's a lot of us that don't have insurance. we don't have any way of paying and this helps a lot. >> the brutal flu that's been going around, part of this vaccine will protect you from this year's strain. an eastern pennsylvania high school with a strict bathroom policy. if the male students have to go, they need to make a trim to the principal's office, sign
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out -- trip to the principal's office, sign out a roll of taillight paper, go to the bathroom and sign the tp back infant parents are protesting. the -- tp back in. parents are protesting. the school said it was put in place because boys were clogging the toilets. up first tonight in your fox 5 top five yuck penny is making an about -- 5, j.c. penny is making an about face. their sales are back. the reversal follows three quarters of big sales drops and profit losses. no. 4, heads up if you use mastercard or visa. stores in our region can now add a 4% surcharge on all purchases. it's part afternoon agreement credit card companies and retailers reach -- part of an agreement credit card companies and retailers reached last july. no.
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3, getting a better night's sleep may improve memory. a new study found older people get less deal sleep than their younger counter parts which appears to be a direct link to less reliable memory. the study says doctors ought to pay more attention to helping older people sleep better. no. 2, a virginia senate panel endorsed a bill making it illegal for adults to smoke with kids under the age of 15 in the car. you'll get a traffic infraction punishable by a $100 fine if you're caught. similar legislation failed in the general assembly two years ago. no. 1, virginia lawmakers are considering a bill to toughen the texting while driving laws. the bill would make texting behind the wheel a primary offense and raise the fine from 20 to $250. texting while driving is a primary offense in both d.c. and maryland. that's tonight's fox 5 top five. ve. tell me if this looks familiar, whacky weather down under. look at that cyclone disaster leaving behind a waist deep
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frothy foam covering entire roads blocking traffic. people don't seem bothered by it. the tropical storm bombarded australia with massive floods, tornadoes and torrential rains. >> back to tucker barnes and the sea form. >> we should get a live report here. messy day, a little bit of everything. >> we started out on the slippery side. i don't think everybody had freezing rain, but that won't be repeated tonight. sorry, no two hour delay out of it, teachers and kids. we'll see temperatures stay above freezing tonight. that's kind of pleasant because boy, since last tuesday we have really had the cold stuff in place ever since the inauguration which is hard to believe that was just one week ago, longest week ever, right? now we're championing warmer days coming, the next two in particular looking pretty nice. that's because a very powerful cold front is going to move across the country tomorrow. ahead of it and especially on
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wednesday we'll get a push of warmer air. we see that warmer air already on the maps, but when you have the cold stuff coming behind it, you can fire up a line of strong storms. that's what we'll see. in the short term we're looking for temperatures in the 50s and by wednesday into the 60s as the last of the trapped cold air gets scoured out of town. there could be a few places tomorrow that don't hit the 50s north and east, but the rest of us should with a little sun, not a lot. that's the only tradeoff. today's high temperature 44 degrees, dulles 40, bwi thurgood marshall 40. we'll be well above that tomorrow. the last of the precipitation moving out of the northeast. we continue to have showers that exited the east coast, but we'll hang onto clouds for a bit longer. when the clouds try to break up, we might see areas of fog forming. i think those clouds will try to build back in and these showers will pass to our south and west. even if they came through
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tonight, we'll be looking at temperatures like this, 38 degrees for the district, 34 for frederick, fredericksburg 40 degrees for the overnight low and they're still close to 50 degrees right now. so we expect cloudy skies and some areas of fog but not dense fog and certainly not as chilly as last night. 38 degrees for the district, 54 degrees tomorrow, a lot of clouds around, maybe brake or two of sunshine, but -- a break or two sunshine, but that is certainly mild. keep in mind not everybody may get here especially to north with that trapped cold air as the warm front moves through, may try to hang on longer, but a spot or two of fog in the morning. so we highlight that in our planner for tomorrow, but i think we'll get up to 40 degrees by 9 a.m. by noon we're up to 48 and by 4:00 53 degrees with quite a bit of cloud cover around. so our tuesday temperatures will feature mid-and upper 50s to our south, fredericksburg
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gets to 61, culpeper 60 and look at hagerstown may only get to 42 degrees, frederick 45. that's why we're saying some of the northern communities might not get in on the warm stuff tomorrow, but you will wednesday when the frontal boundary comes through with some thunderstorms. any time after 6:00 or 7:00 we may begin to see that threat. i think it will be a good old- fashioned squall line with heavy rain and some winds. in fact, so much so the storm prediction center already says the area down to our south and west may have to watch for the potential for severe storms. our futurecast will show you by 6:00 we see the line coming through hagerstown, harrisonburg and roanoke. by 8:00, 9:00 it's through the district and continued moving up and night drop as much as 1/2-inch to an inch of rain before all is said and done, but that's not until wednesday night. after that check out your fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast. we go from 65 on wednesday to 46 thursday. winter is back friday with some snow showers or flurries and
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guess what? february 2nd, groundhog day saturday, 37 degrees, sunday about 38 and monday we're looking at temperatures in the mid-40s. so we're saying good-bye to january on this seven-day forecast with a lot of changes. you know what? we're excited about what's happening just up the road 95 as all those ravens fans are getting ready for the super bowl. scott smith has more in his sports report. the average super bowl ticket is going for $3,000 apiece. so one california lady jumped at a craigslist ad, four tickets for $5,900. she wired the money. the next day a fedex package arrived. inside no tickets, just a note saying enjoy the game, go ravens, lol, true story. a tough lesson to learn. back in baltimore thousands gathered for the pep rally. the team showed up and got the crowd more riled up before hopping on a train. ray lewis and company arrived
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around 4:30 this afternoon. john harbaugh is treating this visit like a business trim. >> we understand the challenge -- trip. we understand the challenge. it's the super bowl. it's a big deal. we're very excited about that. we're going to try to enjoy that part of it but enjoy the football more than anything. our guys are football players. they love football and everything that goes with it and that's what we'll be focused on. >> this feeling is great. this sendoff is awesome, but there's nothing better than coming home as world champions and that's what we're here for, to bring a world championship back to baltimore. in recent years most streaks the wizards have been associated with have been losing streaks, but tonight they had won five straight at home, longest since 2008 hosting the sacramento kings at verizon center going for no. 6. one-point game, two minutes to go, great pass nene to john wall. wiz back in front by one. wall finished with 19 points, under 10 ticks to go, wiz down two. inbounds to martell webster
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hangs and bangs, ties the game 94-94 with 7.9 seconds to play. wiz need a stop, but isiah thomas runs right through the stop sign, drains the winning bucket with a second to spare. the wizards fall to the kings 96-94 to snap a five-game home winning streak. credit the 5' 9 point guard isiah thomas who posted 22 on the wizards. >> i couldn't find anybody that could guard him tonight and that was disappointing in terms of taking a challenge. he got anywhere he wanted tonight, right, left, and kid made a play at the end. coming up tiger woods not at his best, but he didn't need to be to bring home another victory in torrey pines. i got it when we could downloadd an hd movie in like two minutes.
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the board and you don't ever want to be known as the team that was the last team out of 30 to get a win, though. a monday finish from the farmers insurance open from torrey pines, tiger woods starting the day with a six- shot lead and how about this. the wedge staying hot on the greenside bunker on the par 3 11. excellent shot leads to a tap- in par. tiger got as low as 18-under led by eight, but limped to the finish, two bogeys and a double the last five holes, still finished four better than the next guy winning at 14-under, his seventh victory at this event, 75th of his career. and finally long time redskins special teams coach danny smith is interviewing for the same position with the pittsburgh steelers. brian is back to wrap things up right after this. there is no mass produced human.
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taking the edge off tonight, a french restaurant called please don't leave in japan has a dirt why it's secret. they're serving up a price -- dirty little secret. they're serving up a pricey dish with actual dirt in it. for 110 bucks you can eat the dirt course with which has dirt soup, salad topped with dirt dressing, dirt clams and yes, dirt ice cream. the restaurant says the dirt is volcanic ashes mixed with soil and plants, so the food doesn't instead people say it's divine. one last look at the forecast. i don't think i'll be ordering any stuff like that.
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i remember kids playing tricks like that when i was a kid, but no tricks in the forecast here. we've got temperatures in the 60s heading our way. >> fox 5 news isn't over. go to www.myfoxdc.com now for news, weather and entertainment updates. fox 5 news is washington's best news on air and online at www.myfoxdc.com brought to you by verizon 4g lte.
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