>> reporter: chief lanier defended her detectives today saying that human rights watch has reached a number of conclusions without having access to all of the data. lanier denies cases go undocumented and, to prove it, she's asked the civil rights division of the justice department to come in and take a look. on may 30th, human rights watch sent this letter to chief lanier claiming a large amount of sexual assaults are left indocumented and never investigated. the letter was never meant to be public, but she put it on the department's website along with her response. >> just as the human rights watch is trying to protect identity of the people they interview, we have to responsibly protect the identity in the people involved in our investigations. as a result, we were not able to turn over all of the documentation that they need to draw conclusions. >> reporter: chief lanier said the department of justice would have unrestricted access and be able to fully see the

>> reporter: chief lanier defended her detectives today saying that human rights watch has reached a number of conclusions without having access to all of the data. lanier denies cases go undocumented and, to prove it, she's asked the civil rights division of the justice department to come in and take a look. on may 30th, human rights watch sent this letter to chief lanier claiming a large amount of sexual assaults are left indocumented and never investigated. the letter was never meant to be public, but she put it on the department's website along with her response. >> just as the human rights watch is trying to protect identity of the people they interview, we have to responsibly protect the identity in the people involved in our investigations. as a result, we were not able to turn over all of the documentation that they need to draw conclusions. >> reporter: chief lanier said the department of justice would have unrestricted access and be able to fully see the department's actions and procedures. in the letter, human rights watch said it found the hospital records more reports of

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chief lanier says the group came to the conclusion without seeing all the data available. fox 5's paul wagner has the story. >> reporter: on may 30th human right watch sent this letter to chief lanier claiming a large number of reported sexual assaults are left undocumented and never investigated. the letter was never meant to be public, but the chief put it on the department's website along with her response. >> just as the human rights launch is trying to protect the identity of the people they interview, we have a responsibility to protect the identity of people involved in our investigations. as a result, we were not able to turn over all the documentation they need to draw conclusions. >> reporter: chief lanier says the department of justice would have unrestricted access and be able to fully see the department's actions and procedures. in the letter human right watch said it found the hospital records more reports of sexual assaults than incidents on the metropolitan police department website and police reports of sexual assaults every month. >> i looked. i know we h

police chief cathy lanier. chief lanier described what the man looks like. >> in 1996 assault, the subject is described as a black or black hispanic male with light to medium complexion and high cheek bones. throughout the entire investigation, he's described as being 5'8" to six foot tall with a muscular build, especially in his upper body. the individual was in his late 20s to early 30s at the time and he was wearing a polo-type shirt and acky pants. >> -- and khaki pants. >> he was prolific, attacking as many as four times and there is no evidence he attacked any women since 1998. laura? >> and thank you very much. >>> the owner of a popular d.c. deli found murdered in her shot this morning. she was discovered inside of grace deli around 630 teal. she was shot once in the neck and they believe that robbery is the motive. the family said she would go to the deli by herself to open up around 5 or 530time in the morning and her husband said he warned her it was dangerous. >> and in the morning. look at them and

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. >> reporter: we asked chief lanier about the investigation. >> it's an investigation. what do you want me to see? >> reporter: lanier confirmed the search warrant was executed in connection to the brown case but would not talk about what was taken. >> i can't comment on evidence. >> reporter: have you talked to the council member about this? >> no. >> reporter: meanwhile council member brown doesn't believe this missing money issue has harmed his campaign. he says the money and support continue to come in. >> yard spines are popping up. people -- signs are popping up. people are calling and asking where they can send checks. the support seems to be out there and the campaign is moving forward. >> reporter: chief lanier says because this is an open investigation, she is limited in what she can say. meanwhile council member brown says whoever took this money, he plans to file a lawsuit against them hoping to get it back. in the newsroom matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> still ahead tonight a hollywood a list couple calls it quits. >> and it may be harder for lance armstrong

police chief kathy lanier and she's suppose -- cathy lanier. she's supposed to give some information and we'll hear from her at 5:30 or so and show is going to give us the latest on the case. that is the latest we have. >> wisdom, briefly, do we know the condition of the teenager stabbed? >> reporter: he is still in the hospital in stable condition at this point. >> all right, wisdom martin, we'll check in with you as soon as that press conference begins. thank you. >>>'s news alert now involving a stabbing on a metro bus and that happened at 12:30 this afternoon on the northwest campus of george washington university. investigators say two men had a fight on the bus and one stabbed the other and got away. they believe the men might have known each other. the victim's name is not released and we know his injuries are not life- threatening. >>> and in the district, police look for the man who tried to sexually assault a woman inside of her southeast home. it happened monday morning and this is the sketch of the suspect. the victim said the man g

now and kathy lanier said allegations that her group don't -- they show more reports of sexual assaults in the city than the number reported by the police department. lanor said while the department may have been guilty of the behavior years ago, that is not the case today. >> between 2006-2008, some of the allegations, there might be truth to them and we have done a lot of work. >> lanor asked the civil rights division to look at human right's watches. and claims that lanor is confident the investigation will show her department is properly handling six sexual assault cases -- sex sexual assault cases. >>> the federal government released hundreds of pages of allegations of officers in 2004. the associated press and other organization requested the documents and allege they were involved with prostitutes, sexual assault and theft. the government said some of the cases were resolved administratively and others involved more extensive investigation. >>> straight ahead on the news edge, defending the cockpit. why pilots packing heat could soon become pretty common. gary. >>> and a big week

police chief cathy lanier visited the kids in the hospital today. the victims are expected to be okay. >>> d.c. leaders give being the green light to a bill to give tax breaks to living social. it's incentive to keep them in d.c. and hiring d.c. workers. the tech company will get $32 million in tax credits to keep its headquarters here and hire half of its employees from the district. the final vote is expected next month. >>> condoleezza rice says she is not interested in being mitt romney's running mate. the former secretary of state tells cbs this morning there is no way i will do this because it's really not me. rice says she will support whomever romney picks. omney pi >>> coming up next on the news edge at 11:00 a security upgrade unveiled at a local airport. >> plus rg3 reacts after a former basketball player targeted the skins qb in an extortion scheme. >> we continue to watch temperatures dropping around the region heading for the 60s, fuffs and maybe some 40s -- 50s and maybe some 40s, but get ready for the hot stuff back in the forecast.

. >> reporter: after a hearing at the wilson building, we asked chief lanier about the the investigation. >> it's an investigation what do you want me to say? >> reporter: she confirmed a search warrant was executed in connection to the brown case and would not talk about what was taken. >> i can't comment on evidence. >> and have you talked to the council member about this? >> no, i haven't. >> reporter: council member brown doesn't believe the missing mean issue harmed his campaign and said the money and support came in. >> and people are calling and where can they send checks. i am pleased about that and to get their signature. >> reporter: because this is an ongoing investigation, she is limited what to say about it all and the council member said whoever took the money, he plans to foil a lawsuit against the person to get the money back. >> thank you. >>> and to the news edge on maryland. after a roof collapse at a warehouse. john henrehan is live in landover with more. john. >> reporter: this is an enormous document holding facility. many companies and government agencies need to k

it would read the anderson said lanier streets neighborhood commercial district. parcells is zoned nc-2 in these areas. it would create the odder cents at commercial cluster one neighborhood commercial districts. including parcels zoned nc-2 from noriega's street. finally, it would create the outer sunset cluster two neighborhood commercial districts including parcels currently zoned nc-1 within the of person said. thenc-1's are the dark blue. in all of the new name commercial districts, there would be a five-foot height bonus that would be an active use on the ground floor. that is in section 145.1. the outer since a commercial sense that cluster two would have shot down a second floor with a cu. and the new non active commercial uses, defined by section 145.4 would require additional use authorization. this shows steps proposal. we also recommend creating three new named ncd's, but we're recommending that the nc-1's not be included. and the others would follow the way they are organized throughout the rest of the city, which is by their street name. they would i

there is a continuous, lanier pathway that would enable someone to walk from the west through the middle of the site to the jackson street wide of -- right of way extension and connect to the embarcadero where that connection does not exist. president chiu: i will speak with you afterwards. there are people who are willing to talk to you about buildings that are jutting into the walkway. thank you. i appreciate your comments. >> i am with the development staff at the port. i would like to use this to describe the public benefits and the reasons the port became involved with this project. one thing to note is from the beginning to the site that is different from the embarcadero as we started to read sculpt it since the freeways went down after the loma compretta -- prieta earthquake, this remains unchanged and the current site is 20,000 square feet. this is a private recreation facility that occupies that side and blocks the current jackson and -- and pacific streets. we're talking about combining the site and there is 28,000 square feet of public land in the deal and the balance of 105,0

now, police chief cathy lanier says it's all about slowing drivers down, not raking in the money. but when the traffic slows down and the revenues dip, we get more speed cameras and higher fines. let's be real. right now the district has invested interest in two goals. the cops want to slow traffic while the politicians are interested in the easy money from speeders. sooner or later, folks, something has to give. most likely our patients. anita. >> we're talking about the cost of these tickets in the district versus montgomery county. >> yes. derek mentioned it. three times more expensive. >> three times. >> that does seem like a lot of cash. >>> a great weekend, summer like weekend. hot tomorrow but not humid. a little more humid on sunday. let's start with a live look outside. high temperature 85 today. the second day this month we've been above average, but the low this morning was 60 which is below average. that's a nice tradeoff when the air mass is dry, it heats up quickly, dries off quickly. 74 right now. dew point 67. winds out of the south at 7 and the pressure is steady

police chief kathy lanier. >> at this point it looks like he intentionally drove into the building. our initial investigation raised concerns for us the we want to make sure we have. people don't normally drive into a building intentionally like this. we want to get more information. >> the building has steel covered pylons outside. leaving a nearby gym when it happened, says the driver appeared to steer the vehicle between them. >> he just come, when it come it stop first after it go back and it go to this direction it go inside. >> police rerouted traffic along connecticut avenue. but the farragut north metro station remained open. right now connecticut avenue is closed southbound at l street northwest. there is definitely traffic backing up in the area because of that. i can tell you that -- this is still a very active scene. they are nowhere close at this point to removing that suv from the building. so, the streets, connecticut avenue, a couple streets around it are likely to remain closed for some time this evening. reporting live in northwest washington. jackie benson. news 4

indictment and the effort made by her own detectives to help investigate this case, police chief cathy lanier said, "i am proud of our 1st district detectives for demonstrating the integrity that we expect from all of our law enforcement officers. there are no exceptions for those who violate the law." but blair's attorney said a statement from the police chief is not enough. he filed a civil suit against those charged, the lotus club and one against the district of columbia for $10 million because he says officers were breaking the rules by working as bouncers. >> one of the things we're going to explore is how could this have happened in the district of columbia without some people in the police not knowing about it? >> all right. it was hot today. how hot did it get that it didn't feel as bad as it felt? >> because it wasn't as humid. >> okay. >> it was actually in some cases today since the humidity was so low it actually felt cooler than the actual temperature. heat index works in reverse, too, which won't be the case the next few days. it is going to be full on the next several days wit

chief kathy lanier says a man approached a 16-year-old boy using homophobic language. the two exchanged words and a struggle began. police say two more people arrived, one held the victim while another man stabbed him. the victim has been released from the hospital. >>> it has been two years since the death of virginia teenager vanessa pham and her killer is still on the loose. we have the latest on the case coming up. plus new details about the former penn state football coach convicted of child sex abuse. why jerry sandusky is still receiving a state pension. we'll be right back.  >>> welcome back. police are still looking for clues to try to solve the murder of vanessa pham t has been two years since the 19- year-old was found dead in her car on route 50 and police still have no suspects. as you may recall, the day she was killed, video surveillance showed her heaving the fairfax shopping cent ore gallows road. she was later discovered dead inside her car after it crashed into the ditch on at side of arlington boulevard. one of her friends and to fox 5 ne

we're told chief lanier has a press conference at 6:00. >>> thank you, jackie. >>> scary moment when a bus caught fire at about 3:00. the a-6 route bus was on southern avenue and wheeler road in southeast when the driver saw smoke. about 20 passengers were on 3w50rd. the fire was candy to an engine area and there weren't any injuries. >>> right now presidential republican candidate mitt romney is campaigning in norther virginia, visiting eit. romney will talk to the crowd in just a few minutes. romney's campaign says the former massachusetts governor will talk about how he'll put jobs first if elected julie carey joins us from sterling, with more on the big night. julie? >> reporter: the bus pulled up just a few minutes ago. this company across the street is the last stop on a two-day string. it comes on the each of a supreme court decision that his supporters hope will send new momentum his way. romney's supporters hope to turn it to their advantage. mitt romney is in virginia talking job creation, and hundreds lined up for a rally at a sterling electronics company owned by a republ

chief cathy lanier spoke about it. th>> bob mcdonnell has reappointed a woman to the board, along with five other board members and two senior board advisers. the decision comes after the reinstatement of the uva president earlier this week. governor mcdonnell had threatened to fire the entire board if they did not reach a decision. >> a forensic search is underway for a missing worker after a massive building collapse in landover. employees at recall said a forklift accident last night calls the roof to give way. rescuers believe that one employee still trapped under the debris and they say the building is still crumbling. >> two men are cleared of rape charges and p.g. county. the police say a college park woman was walking to the greenbelt lot for station when she was attacked and dragged into the woods, raped and beaten. the men accused had spent more than four months in jail awaiting trial but are now free. >> people are feeling the heat, today the hottest june day in washington with the temperatures reaching a re

. >>> police chief cathy lanier says the indictment of four dc police officers reinforces her message that violence will not be tolerated, no matter who you are. the four officers were indicted yesterday for their alleged roles in a nightclub brawl last june. the officers were off-duty when a fight started outside the lotus club. one man was beaten so severely, he lost an eye. detectives recognize the off-duty officers from security footage. >>> the first tee times are less than an hour away at the at&t national golf tournament. >> that means hard core golf fans are already on their way. kristen fisher beat the rush and is already at congressional and joins us live. good morning scries stun. >> reporter: good morning, we are less than two hours away from the start of the first round of the at&t national golf tournament. it is going to be a hot day, but right now it is shaping up to be a beautiful morning. right now, prestty quiet, just a few grounds keepers out and about, maintaining, preparing the greens. but the crowds you know it, they are coming. if you are planning to go out toda

police chief lanier has been outspoken about cracking down those peddling stolen phones, asking service providers to add technology that would disability phones after being reported stolen. so as far as no arrests having made. and robbery. >> whether they took an iphone or $100, they don't care what it is. just to take something from someone that doesn't belong to them. >> reporter: this is the second time profiled shooting area in a week. last thursday 64-yard june lim was found shot to death at her deli. police are still searching for a suspect in that case as well. investigators say anyone who has information is asked to call police. >>> now at 6:00, another day of scorching summer temperatures gripping the region and shattering records. >>> what made dozens of local camp kids sick, and it was not food poisoning. >> the story george zimmerman told police is out. it was released on videotape. the watch volunteer explains what happened when he shot and killed an unarmed teenager. >>> we're waiting for the verdict, as one of his accusers speaks exclusively to nbc news. >>> good evening.

reporter: in response to the indictment and to help detectives investigate the case, police chief cathy lanier said that i am proud of our first district detectives for demonstrating the integrity that we expect from all of our law enforcement officers. there are no exceptions from those violating the law and this month, he filed a civil suit against the charge, the lotus club on and one against the district of columbia for $10 million because he said that officers were breaking the rules by working as bouncers. >> one of the things we will explore is how can this happen in the district of columbia and some people not knowing about it. >> we did attempt to contact the police union for a comment on this case and that is because it's a criminal investigation, the union is not involved. the union president made it clear working off of the clock at a business serving alcohol is not permitted and police have not confirmed the officers were working off of the clock, laura. >> all right, matt ackland, thank you. >> a waldorf man accused of stealing tips of thousands of dollars from a merchandise to a

police chief crargty l anier -- kathy lanier approached a 16-year-old boy using homophobic language. a struggle began. two more people arrived and one held the victim while another man stabbed him. the victim has been released from the hospital. hospital. >>> we continue following those massive wildfires out of colorado. this morning, more than 30,000 people have been forced out of their homes as a result of the raging flames and thick smoke. the waldo canyon fire has engulfed more than 15,000 acres and it is threatening major landmarks like the u.s. air force academy and the famed mountaintop of pike's peak. federal officials are keeping a close eye on the events as the intense flames continue to spread. >> more than 8400personle, 578 fire engines and 79 helicopters are operating on wildfires around the united states. more than half of federal wildfire fighting resources are currently staged in colorado. n >> frightening images. blue sky completely covered by the black smoke. >> imagine that approaching your home. >> i know. >>> an update on a disturbing story, this one out of the f

one of the engines from the lanier place station that responded is off the street tonight. >> i love my local fire station. they seem very busy. so, i don't know. there seems like more things you can cut than that. >> reporter: the department wouldn't have to worry about overtime if they would hire somebody. he claims that since kenneth eler by took over as chief in january of 2011, they have not added a single new body and he says that's part of the reason for these scattered shutdowns and having trucks pulled out of service. back to you, maurine. >> audrey barnes tonight, thank you. >>> what a difference a day makes, you could call today's weather perfect in a lot of ways. let's get the check of the weather with gwen. >> it was a perfect day. considering what we went through last night. it's the calm after the storm. it wasn't too bad. 91 degrees at reagan national airport. 87 degrees at dulles and 90 at bwi. it was a nice breeze outside today. so, maybe didn't quite feel it, the humidity as much as normal. i mean, the exception, i guess. here's a look at our satellite radar compos

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police chief cathy lanier has been outspoken on cracking down on those stolen phones asking service providers to provide technology to disable phones after being reported stolen. so far no arrests made in this case and the suspects could be charged with assault with intent to kill and robbery. >> whether they took her iphone and whether they took $100, they don't care what it is. just to take something from someone that doesn't belong to them. >> reporter: this is the second high-profile shooting in the area in a week. last thursday, 64-year-old june lin was found shot to death inside her northeast deli at seventh and h streets. police are still searching for a suspect in that case, as well. investigators say anyone with any information about either incident is asked to call police. in northeast washington, melissa mollet, new 4z. >>> d.c. police are also investigating a stabbing just a few blocks away along girard street. the man was found lying on the ground around 10:00 last night. he was taken to the hospital. his name and condition are not being released at this time, so far no arrests h

. >>> kathy lanier is weighing in on the burning of the documents and she says it is a physically accepted method of getting rid of unneeded papers. the police union raised objections, claiming it was not handled properly. >> still ahead on a friday morning, we're going to tell you why cities made -- which cities made the list of the worst dressed in the nation. >> and comedian natasha leggero is live in our studio, and we'll tell you where she's performing and we'll get to meet her, coming up next. it's 8:27. when mitt romney says "planned parenthood we're gonna get rid of that." romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. when romney says "do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes." he's saying he'll deny women the right to make their own medical decisions and when his campaign can't say whether he'd support equal pay protections. "and we'll get back to you on that." romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touc