melanie alnwick working on that. we'll help you get around that and choose your alternates next. >> let's get you caught up on news at 5:01. breaking news on suitland parkway erin just talked about a deadly crash causing major delays. >> we're told three people were killed. our melanie alnwick just arrived on the scene and joins us live with what she knows. hey, mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, so we're just kind of getting here to the scene and you can kind of see what we -- when we first got here there was a large light. you can barely see there in the distance there's sort of a with a little bit of policely- light there on it. that car definitely is that damaged. what you cannot see is just in front of that vehicle is another vehicle, so this l what we can tell. in front of that red car, that other vehicle completely burned out. but we don't have a a lot of details in terms ofly what happened with this accident. obviously still very early in the investigation. we believe it happened probably just about

melanie, what do we know? >> reporter: well, the good news is, all of this, if there's any good news, that the oakland fire battalion chief says injuries are minor. talking about minor cuts and bruises according to him, this after the 13 construction workers fell from an upper floor that they were working on as they were pouring concrete. they were pouring concrete from the building you're likely looking at video of from sky7 right now when somehow the flooring underneath them gave way. we're told that nobody underneath them was significantly hurt, but they did fall. my colleague who arrived here on scene first when all of this got going shortly after 9:30 this morning has been talking to some of the construction workers that are out here, and just showed me some video they shared with him that shows them dangling from some railing they were working on. sort of hanging there. you can see some of the workers below them, some that have that concrete that was being poured up to their knees, but, again, ones that

i'm melanie alnwick. "fox5 local news". >> mel, thank you for that. 4:33 is the time and police are serving for a prisonmer that escaped in maryland. david watson slipped out of handcuffs last friday while he was evaluation in jessup. he was serving a prison sentence for murder. they upped the reward to $ $10,000 in hopes someone turns him in. >> startling sfatics of student sexual assault. from 2013-14 there were more than 2,000 asults at elementary and secondary schools. here a 14-year-old was stabbed in a private area by a student days ago. she wraeply reported about her daughter being bullied. school says they take bullying seriously. >> nobody did anything about. it assistant principal assured me she was safe nothing would happen they doesn any con concerns. but yet, she was stabbed yesterday. >> parents should know our schools are safe and we take each incidents ever bullying and sexual assault very seriously. >> the associated press investigation also found average age of victims is just over 13. >

live on capitol hill, i'm melanie alnwick fox5 local newsily. >> all right, melanie, thank you very much. >>> 4:31 is the time right now. we now know more about a u.s. service member killed saturday outside mosul. 25-year-old weston lee a paratrooper from fort bragg was killed by an ied patrol p lee was from bluffing ton georgia. he's been posthumously awarded several awards including the purple heart. mosul is the last piece of significant urban territory isis still controls in iraq. >> president trump has also extended a white house invitation to philippine president rodrigo duarte. he said he wanted to talk about a u.s.-philippine alliance against north korea. according to the new york times president trump extended the invitation without first consulting the national security council or the state department. >> to a fox5 exclusive. takoma park man is in custody after attempting to run back home after his family tried to have him committed to washingon adventist hospital. the man drove over a police officer's car and then a parked let's go to howard county now maryland police continue

live in arlington, i'm melanie alnwick fox5 local news. >> thank you melanie. >>> time is 4:32. and in prince george's county this morning an autopsy will be performed to figure out how a man whose body was found in the woods yesterday died. a passerby made the discovery along kilborne drive in fort washington. it's unclear how long the remains had been there. >>> to montgomery county where prosecutors will likely pursue child porn charges against a rockville high school students accused of raping a 14-year-old in a school bathroom. rape and sexual assault charges against 17-year-old josÉ montano and 18-year-old henry sanchez were dropped on friday. security video shows the girl willingly leaving the classroom and kissing montano a hearing scheduled for this afternoon. >> the investigation into russia in the 2016 presidential election takes center stage at a senate committee hearing. two obama administration officials are set to testify about their knowledge of michael flynn's contact with the russian ambassador. one is that former deputy attorney general sally yates. according

i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> melanie. thank you, 4:50 is the time. montgomery county public school says a security audit is being done after a security guard admitted to having sex. mike levano turned himself in sunday night he works at colonel brooks lee middle school. the 14-year-old victim's mother caught him in her daughter's room and called police. he worked at rockville high school before hired at the middle school in february. we now know president trump's youngest son will attend s st. andrew's in potomac. he will be entering 6th grade. first lady chose the private school because of diverse sxhunfy and commitment to academic excellence. >> a teenager dead after overdosing on caffeine. >> and escaped mental patient leads police on case in stolen ambulance. >> 4:51 is the time. 57 is the temperature. back with more news, weather and traffic dove proves it can stop daily hair damage before it happens ...with these roses. one is treated with dove. both are exposed to damaging heat. the rose without dove is dry and brittle. dove deeply nourishes a

that was melanie behringer. you can see all the nominees if you go to at bbc.com/womensfootball. you decide the winner. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. good morning. we saw some big contrasts across the uk on sunday. the southern half of the uk has seen quite a bit of cloud and some rain. this is the view from one of our weather watchers mid—afternoon on sunday. but at the same time, the northern half of the country was pretty different. dry, bright, a bit breezy as well. this is the view on the shores of the moray firth. and i think we will keep similar contrast through bank holiday monday, because this area of low pressure is parked across the south of the uk. that'll be the focus for some wetter weather. further north, it should be dry, but breezy. the breeze overnight will keep the temperatures up. temperatures probably at the lowest in western scotland. but here will see some of the highest into the afternoon. we might see one or two early showers in northern england, but they tend to fade away. generally speaking, northern england a

live in emeryville, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you, melanie. another fire, this time in san francisco, forced ten people out of their homes. it started late this afternoon on the deck of the home about half a block from balboa high school. drivers on i-280 saw puffs of smoke from the home. fire fighters quickly put it out and nobody was hurt. >> a quiet mother's day morning shattered by the sounds of rapid gun fire at about 9:30 this morning, gun men in one car firing shots at another car on polk street in russian hill. cornell bernard is live in san francisco with the story. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, eric, nobody hurt, but some scary moments for sure in this russian hill neighborhood. bullets flying on polk street. one shattering the windshield of this car. a neighbor caught the chase and the shooting on video. >> i dropped down immediately and it was two cars chasing each other. >> reporter: she took cover with her dog when shots rang out on polk street. it was right at 9:30 and i heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: michael kelly's

. >> abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in emeryville with the latest on this. melanie? >> reporter: you can see the devastation behind me. there are some residents that have power restored, but most of them are still waiting on pg&e crews. we have seen out here today diligently working to restore that power. here is some video to show you, first you can see a large generator that has been set up. one of the buildings across the street, we believe there were elderly residents in that building. those residents now have power because of that generator. otherwise, many others as i mentioned are waiting on pg&e. here is some video of the fire as it burned in the early morning hours on saturday. one of the biggest concerns overnight into today was a precarious crane that looked like it might fall. emeryville's vice mayor shared video with us of workers doing what he called a controlled fall overnight just before 1:00 a.m. you can see the crane carefully being brought down. >> they attached 1 1/2 inch thick cable to the apparatus and they in a very controlled manner pulled it

live in daily city, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> melanie, thank you. a richmond man working in his own garage was robbed and shot last night. it happened at 10:30 on the 3900 block of gately avenue. the police say man was shot once in his shoulder. they are looking to for two suspects wearing masks. the garage door was open when they approached and robbed him. after giving up some possessions, the victim chased the gun men and they fired at him. police say don't do that. >> there is nothing they're going to take worth risking your life. >> bottom line. they believe it was a crime of opportunity and they have few leads. they are asking anyone who may have seen something or have a security camera in that area to please give them a call. >>> pacifica police are looking for burglary suspects who hit five homes in a single day. it happened yesterday between 7:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon. the two suspects may have been driving this vehicle captured on surveillance camera. they hit homes on these streets. stanley avenue, two houses on view way

among those scientists is melanie mckenzie. shejoined as earlierfrom melanie mckenzie. shejoined as earlier from the tasman sea to explain why they are looking for them. these waters have never been explored before this deep. this is the first time we have had a dedicated trip along the coast from tasmania all the way up to the coral seat. we are responsible for the marine waters. we need to protect it. we are going to have a look. we are going for kilometres... apologies for disrupting it. the line is a little bit difficult because you are out at sea. view was understand that. in terms of reaching these creatures, these are four kilometres underneath the sea. how do you reach them?” four kilometres underneath the sea. how do you reach them? i promise you that i do not die down there. we stay on the deck. we use technology and send it down. it can take almost seven hours for it to come up after going down. the animals get trapped in the nets and we bring it up from the depths. the scientists go crazy. we are excited to see what is down there. we are exploring immediat

"fox5" melanie alnwick live in college park with the details in his story. mel. >> good morning, guys, it looks as if there may have been impromptu vigil at the bus stop where lieutenant collins was killed and maryland graduated yesterday a weekend of celebration punch waited by shock and sadness over this case and yes the fbi is now looking into whether this is a possible hate crime. richard collins iii had just been commissioned into the u.s. army following his father's footsteps. he should have graduated from buoy state this week >> the young man, his career was about to take off. he was celebrating his new commission and when his life was taken that night. >> kol ipz was visitsing two friends at the university of maryland friday night. they were on regents drive waiting for uber 3 a.m. saturday when the suspect arochd. place say he was screaming and possibly drunk and told collins to step left. collins refused and was stabbed in the chest. 22-year-old shawn urbansky was arrested at the scene a university of maryland student and investigators found he's a

abc 7 reporter, melanie is with us and melanie, this the season. >> reporter: can you see over my shoulder, a sign warning about the rip currents. can you see it is very windy out here today. lifeguards say the 15-year-old girl they rescued got caught in a nasty rip. if ever there was a weekend to hit the beach in san francisco, this is it. >> we figured that you know when the sun is out, it's time go. >> reporter: family friends, the hoppers, and tran kicked up sand while their kids were in the water. >> have you to be careful. i'm aware of the rip currents. report rip currents are active and defiant. a 15-year-old girl was rescued. she was separated from her brd and caught in nasty rip this morning. the same lifeguards tells us there are two trucks with four li lifeguards working the beach today. temperatures are expected to rise especially midweek. >> there is a high chance i'll be sick on wednesday i think. >> reporter: there will be a moderate risk for those sensitive to heat on wednesday. today in los altos the sun was shining. a sunday fun day at lake merritt hosted by day breaker i

we had melanie on our programme, we talked to her a couple of months ago. it was an extraordinarily courageous interview she gave us. and she shared with us the words that you wrote to her, when you talked of being weary of suffering. you said, "sometimes death seems to me the sweet option." you must have been at a terrible place when you wrote that. yes. now it's the time to think about the others that are still living that ordeal and to know that we can make the difference for them in their lives, if we are vocal, if we move, if we just... we have to fight for them. yes. how do you cope with that knowledge? there are believed to be perhaps 700 prisoners still held by the farc. if the numbers are accurate, we have 3000 hostages in colombia, 700 held by the farc, and there are 25 persons that were political prisoners like me. the others are held — the farc has this horrible business of kidnapping people for money. so the 700 we're talking about, they want money for various reasons. but the difference is that the political hostages, our families cannot do

melanie, thank you for the report. time now 4:49 and also in the news this morning new details about suspectsed drug tests at country. agency investor general is dealing with criminal investigations three dozen ten brings it to 108 involving theft or unauthorized drug use by hospital staff. some doctors, nurses and pharmacy workers are us is spented of stealing opiates and other prescription drugs for their own use or to sell opt street. they have pledged to cleanup this problem. pat mull ins who served as chairman in virginia died in a single car crash in hanover county. he cause chairman in virginia 2009 to 2015, 79 years old. >> coming up on "fox news morning" one of the most celebrated writers in the sports world sake remembered this morning. >> and nats preparing for breaking mission to study the largest celestial body in the solar system. >> as we head to break a live look across washington d.c. and surrounding areas. 4:50 is the time. back in a moment. >> time now 4:53. nasa plans to reveal details about a missi

melanie alnwick live in fairfax with the story. mel contract good morning, guys, fairfax koubilitysy police say it is not hard to find these predators online and they say that both boys and girls are equally tar targeted. now this was a result of three day spring operation conduct bid fairfax county, loud hon county and fbi investigators. they dent want top get too specific about tactics and tell us what sites they went to. but they said they were active me social media sites, chat rooms and other web sites where they went on line and posed as minors. fairfax tells us inappropriate context started as soon as investigators go online. >> if a child is out there hey, what's going on. just a general statement. the nechblingt thing you know the predator goes back and starts a conversation and will within a mat start to send sexual explicit images and start to ask for those images in return. >> and in all, eight men were arrested and seven of them before identified publicly. police say the suspect and the child, the alleged child, would

melanie. >> reporter: this was so terrifying for the driver who has asked us to not show his face. tonight he is without his car, his wallet, his iphone and ipad and also a camera that he says he's lucky to be alive. in the meantime, richmond police say the vehicle and those suspects are still outstanding. the driver was able to give police just a vague description of the suspects, but surveillance video could help. a 26-year-old off-duty uber driver gave an unforgettable ride to some nonpaying customers. >> i'm glad i made it out alive. >> reporter: he says a man and woman got in his unlocked parked car claiming they used the ride sharing app even though he said he didn't accept any rides. >> i decided to drive them a block thinking that in good faith that it was a mistake. >> reporter: at the couple's direction, so did their demands. he said the male passenger pulled out a gun. >> he pointed it at my head from the back seat. >> the female passenger climbed into the front seat. >> she claimed she had a knife and she was going to stab me in my leg. >> reporter: he drove the couple

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has more. >> reporter: hundreds of people are soaking up the sun in san francisco, where ocean beach is packed today. >> we figured that, you know, when the sun is out it's time to go. >> reporter: family friends the hoffers and tran golden kicked up some sand while their kids played in the water. >> it's great! >> reporter: the gorgeous weather brings with it some risks. lifeguards say during the spring the rip currents are active and defined. they rescued a 15-year-old girl who separated from her board and got caught in a nasty rip around 11:50 this morning at pacheco and great highway. the same lifeguards tell us there are two trucks with four lifeguards working the beach today. temperatures are expected to rise especially mid-week. >> there's a high chance i'm going to be sick on wednesday i think. >> reporter: the national weather service says there will be a moderate risk for those sensitive to heat near los altos and hayward on wednesday. today in los altos the sun was shining as several people took to the shade. while in oakland a sunday fu

and along then with melanie after matthew died, melanie came and found me, and i think we've been down every avenue possible to try and stop this happening to anyone else, and when you hear that it does happen again, why? why? when so many recommendations have been made to the linden centre of how to put things right, and they're simply not doing them? these people could still be living now if the hospital had listened to recommendations. well, now we know back to 2001 of a young lady that died in there. and all these recommendations were made then. it's notjust by the cqc and the health and safety, it's by this coroner as well. she recommends that that hospital do certain things and they're not being done. and this goes round and round, and over and over, and over and over. when is it ever going to stop? i do believe ben's death is one of the 20—odd that they are looking into, and that makes me angry as well. ben's — since 2000, ben's death, that's 17 years ago. 17 years. why have they left it 17 years to look into these deaths? why? can the police inquiries into deaths at the lin

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live at ocean beach where melanie, a 15-year-old girl was caught in a rip current this morning. >> reporter: exactly. you can see a sign over my shoulder that warns about those rip currents. lifeguards who rescued that 15-year-old girl say she got stuck in natisty rip. hundreds of people are soaking up the sun in san francisco. where ocean beach is packed today. >> we figured that, you know, when the sun is out it's time to go. >> reporter: family friends kicked up some sand while their kids played in the water. >> it's great. >> reporter: the gorgeous weather brings with it some risks. lifeguards say during the spring rip currents are active and defined. they say they rescued a 15-year-old girl who separated from her board and got caught in a nasty rip around 11:50 this morning. the same lifeguards tell us there are two trucks with four lifeguards working the beach today. temperatures are expected to rise especially mid week. >> there is a high chance i'm going to be sick on wednesday i think. >> reporter: the national weather service says there w

live in richmond, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thanks, melanie. >>> in other news tonight, a divisive race, a right-wing populist candidate, a hacking scandal all facing voters as they go fought polls in france right now. and here in the bay area, french citizens voting in that election see the parallels with our presidential election last fall. abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson is monitoring the vote and the effect the hack is having on the election. she's live in the newsroom. tiffany? >> reporter: eric, the hackers leaked about 9 gignights of e-mails, files, and documents online. some of those were real, some were fake and several had clear ties to russia. a cybersecurity expert says this was a last-ditch effort to sway the election. it's election day in france. the far right candidate marine le pen wants france to withdraw from the european union. the independent centrist candidate emmanuel macron would deepen ties to the eu. one hour before the official end of campaigning hackers leaked thousands of e-mails from macron campaign staffers. >> it looks a lot like the previous versi

melanie. >> reporter: this was so terrifying for the driver who has asked us to not show his face. tonight he is without his car, his wallet, his iphone and ipad and also a camera that he says he's lucky to be alive. in the meantime, richmond police say the vehicle and those suspects are still outstanding. the driver was able to give police just a vague description of the suspects, but surveillance video could help. a 26-year-old off-duty uber driver gave an unforgettable ride to some nonpaying customers. >> i'm glad i made it out alive. >> reporter: he says a man and woman got in his unlocked parked car claiming they used the ride sharing app even though he said he didn't accept any rides. >> i decided to drive them a block thinking that in good faith that it was a mistake. >> reporter: at the couple's direction, so did their demands. he said the male passenger pulled out a gun. >> he pointed it at my head from the back seat. >> the female passenger climbed into the front seat. >> she claimed she had a knife and she was going to stab me in my leg. >> reporter: he drove the couple

we had melanie on our programme, we talked to her a couple of months ago. it was an extraordinarily courageous interview she gave us. and she shared with us the words that you wrote to her, when you talked of being weary of suffering. you said, "sometimes death seems to me a sweet option." you must have been at a terrible place when you wrote that. yes. now it's the time to think about the others that are still living that ordeal, and to know that we can make the difference for them in their lives, if we are vocal, if we move, if we just... we have to fight for them. you left a lot of people behind. yes. how do you cope with that knowledge? there are believed to be perhaps 700 prisoners still held by the farc. if the numbers are accurate, we have 3000 hostages in colombia, 700 held by the farc, and there are 25 persons that were political prisoners like me. the others are held — the farc has this horrible business of kidnapping people for money. so the 700 we're talking about, they want money for various reasons. but the difference is that the political h

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live at ocean beach where melanie, a 15-year-old girl was caught in a rip current this morning. >> reporter: exactly. you can see a sign over my shoulder that warns about those rip currents. lifeguards who rescued that 15-year-old girl say she got stuck in a natisty rip. hundreds of people are soaking up the sun in san francisco. where ocean beach is packed today. >> we figured that, you know, when the sun is out it's time to go. >> reporter: family friends kicked up some sand while their kids played in the water. >> it's great. >> reporter: the gorgeous weather brings with it some risks. lifeguards say during the spring rip currents are active and defined. they say they rescued a 15-year-old girl who separated from her board and got caught in a nasty rip around 11:50 this morning. the same lifeguards tell us there are two trucks with four lifeguards working the beach today. temperatures are expected to rise especially mid week. >> there is a high chance i'm going to be sick on wednesday i think. >> reporter: the national weather service says there

we had melanie on our programme, we talked to her a couple of months ago. it was an extraordinarily courageous interview she gave us. and she shared with us the words that you wrote to her, when you talked of being weary of suffering. you said, "sometimes death seems to me the sweet option." you must have been at a terrible place when you wrote that. yes. now it's the time to think about the others that are still living that ordeal and to know that we can make the difference for them in their lives, if we are vocal, if we move, if we just... we have to fight for them. you left a lot of people behind. yes. how do you cope with that knowledge? there are believed to be perhaps 700 prisoners still held by the farc. if the numbers are accurate, we have 3000 hostages in colombia, 700 held by the farc, and there are 25 persons that were political prisoners like me. the others are held — the farc has this horrible business of kidnapping people for money. so the 700 we're talking about, they want money for various reasons. but the difference is that the political

police headquarters, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> thank you very much, melanie. >>> 4:35 right now and happening today at the naval academy vice president mike pence will deliver the keynote address to this year's graduating class a the ceremony takes place at 10:00 a.m. at the navy marine corp stadium. >> 4:36 is the time right now. let's get over to gary mcgrady and talk about weather and all this rain that we're getting. is it going to end any time soon. >> it's been terrible. >> looks like we'll start the process, just the process. it's not going to be quick but we'll start the process of this pattern change which will bring about consistently warmer temperatures and kind of a drier pattern. we've been stuck in the yuck so to speak after the last several days t the big thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and last night, that's all out of here but there's still a couple little showers out there this morning. i don't think we'll have many of these throughout the morning hours but again, it's early, 4:36 obviously so we'll just show you where there's a couple showers now a

live in gaithersburg i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> thank you very much melanie. >>> time now is 4:50. the international president of alpha kappa alpha and dozens of other sorority members attended a town hall meeting at american university to denounce a hate crime targeting the sorority. this week someone left bananas hanging from nooses. the they had the letters akr written on them. that same day a member of the sorority was elected to be president of the student government association. surveillance video was released of a person of interest suspected of hanging the bananas on campus. >> an update to a story fox5 first brought you earlier this week involving allegatio assault at miner elementary school in northeast. yesterday students were sent home with a letter letting parents know that principal andrea malm will be working from home. she's accused of slapping a second grader but she told investigators she never touched the child. fox5 reached out for comment but we have not heard back. >> happening today, a public viewing for the slain delaware state police officer who wa

melanie? >> reporter: larry, alma, information just in is that the big rig is now up right, but they are still assessing damage and there is no time estimate f reopened. as you said, this was one of two major back ups in the bay area today. westbound bay bridge traffic was backed up from morning until early afternoon. it began with a truck breakdown noticed by a bridge tow truck driver. >> when he pulled in behind to render aid is when he noticed the driver of the tow truck climbed out and essentially jumped over the railing and then climbed up to center anchorage. >> reporter: the man initially refused to talk to negotiators. a team of s.f.p.d. negotiators with expertise were called in to assist. around 1:00 p.m., the man climbed down. chp tweeted this picture of him hugging his girlfriend. chp says he'll receive a mental psych evaluation and could face charges. >> he could face from resisting arrest to delaying, blocking traffic. >> reporter: meantime drivers in san leandro were still caught

melanie? >> reporter: well, the cavs arrived here just after 11:00 this morning to a small group of people looking for ought graphs, some said they are actually warriors fans. you know, you could say it's difficult to be a cavs fan here in the bay area. we spoke with one earlier today who is taking some steps to make sure that others like him feel at home even here. from sky 7 you can see the delta flight landing. the cleveland cavaliers de planing and stopping to take a team picture before boarding their bus. kevin posted the photo to instagram. this will be the third year in a row the cavs and the warriors face each other in the finals. the cavs tweeting, back to the bay. #defend the land. as the buses made their way to the city, people like darrell king, senior, staked out the saint regis hotel. >> just here to get ought graphs. i got lebron james before. >> reporter: as they gathered their bags, only the coach stopped to sign a basketball. >> i have all these guys supporting, good. >> repo

melanie? >> reporter: eric, several updates today. investigators have now served additional search warrants, both here in san francisco as well as hayward. and that person of interest vehicle that was found at san francisco international airport is now being processed by csi. wife and mother kim was on her way to pickup her children when we spoke today. >> i'm dying inside really bad. i i don't want them to see that. i have to be strong for them. >> reporter: he has been missing since mother's day. the full-time uber driver's car was found stripped in the bay view. they are called 48-year-old bob tang a person of interest in his disappearance. kim says the two families have been friends more than five years. >> we cook together. we eat together like a family members. >> reporter: tuesday tang didn't show up for an interview with police. his family reported him missing yesterday. now police say they found tang's car at sfo. csi is processing it. >> that was the last person supposed to be, you know, my husband. so, where could he go? >>

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> another problem caused by the hot weather, poor air quality. official declared this spare the air day. the first one of the season, and you can see a bit of the haze, the smog from drone view 7 as it looks east towards mt. diablo. let's give you a look at alcatraz, a much cooling looking picture. the golden gate bridge, camera from emeryville, still hazy. the beach in santa cruz, a lot of folks seeking relief there. a beautiful sunny day, a few people enjoying the sun. now let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel if there were any records. felt like it. >> sure did, kristen. take a look at all the records for today. san francisco 82 degrees, 90 at the oakland airport, 94 in napa, 91 san rafael and san jose. all of them except san rafael were new records for today. san rafael tied, it was plenty hot, inland as well. mid 90s concord, antioch area, half moon bay, not quite as warm. fog has closed in as we check out live doppler 7 right now, and that's what's bringing relief to the coast. eventually this fog is going to push its way in over

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melanie woodrow is outside where the doctor practiced. melanie. >> reporter: this is where the detectives executed a search warrant and arrested the doctor on monday. they say they believe there could be more victims. investigators say a female patient in her 40s reported 36-year-old doctor rajesh to authorities earlier this month. after an investigation lasting several weeks, detectives arrested the family medicine doctor without incident while he was at work monday. >> and the charges are two counts of sexual battery, two counts of indecent exposure and one count of attempted oral copulation. >> reporter: the spokesperson said the woman reported the incidents following two separate visits. in an e-mailed statement john muir health writes, we are shocked and saddened by the arrest of dr. rajesh. the safety of our patients is always our highest priority and we are cooperating fully with the contra costa county sheriff's department on their ongoing investigation. the doctor had been working here the medical center will be sending a letter

. >> abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in oakland at the scene with more. melanie? >> reporter: well, there's no telling how long this investigation will take. a spokesperson says inspectors were on-site months ago in march based on a complaint that they received. but that they closed that inspection without issuing any citations. the nature of that complaint is confidential. meantime, a construction worker captured the chaos on his cell phone just moments after today's collapse. panic moments after the second floor of this construction project collapsed during a cement pour. >> the people just screaming. >> i was on the third floor walking that way, it caved in. >> reporter: construction workers knee deep in cement, others dangling from the rebar. >> everybody was worried about the coworkers. >> reporter: those coworkers assisting first responders. >> with the help of opd, the on-site construction crews, and our rescue crews, we were able to extricate all 15 to 20 people that were trapped in the wet cement. >> reporter: with 12 people being treated at area hospital

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melanie woodrow talked to the driver today. >> reporter: a 26-year-old off duty driver gave an unforgettable ride to some non-paying customers. >> i'm all right. >> reporter: he says a man and woman got in his unlocked parked car, claiming they used the ridesharing app. even though he said he didn't accept any rides. >> i decided to drive down the block, thinking in good faith it was a mistake. >> at their direction devolved, so did their mans. he says the passenger pulled out a gun. >> he pointed it at my head. >> reporter: while the female passenger climbed into the front seat. >> she claimed she had a knife and she even like threatened to stab me in my leg. >> reporter: he drove them to richmond where they wanted to stop here so he could take out money at an atm. >> i bolted to the street. >> when he found the opportunity to escape, he did. it proved to be the right thing for him to do. >> reporter: last night, police interviewed him at the richmond police department. the vehicle which is still missing is a white 2015 toyota camry, with plate 7 hdw 692. >> having the uber logo on my car i

melanie alnwick live in north west with more on how the school is responding this morning. mel. >> well, steve, allison, unfor natalie the school year is ending and perhaps the same way

. >> melanie alnwick reporting this morning, thank you. happening now on the president's visits overseas and president trump is making first public statement about the bombing in manchester and dprez so joint appreance with palestinian president taken happened in bethlehem. minutes ago he had strong words for attackers that carried out the concert bombing, listen. >> so many young, beautiful, innocent people, living and enjoying their lives murdered i won't call them monsters because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on losers because that's what they are. they're losers. >> the president urged leaders throughout the middle east to stand with the u.s. in fighting islamic terrorism. president trump added in israel and palestinians can make faes would lead to further peace agreements among ear middle eastern nations. >> and president's first budgets proposal is scheduled to be released cutting 3.6 trillion in federal tend spending over ten years and 80 0 billion of that would be 20 med

fox5's melanie alnwick live on the hill with all the details. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, that word compromise something we really haven't heard very much lately but it is a five month deal that does keep the government running at least until september. it does fund some of president trump's priorities but perhaps not in the way that he envisioned. money for the u.s. mexico border wall that is not included in this spending. democrats had said that was a deal breaker. there is funding for more detention beds. the bill also includes a 15 billion-dollar boost in military spending. though trump had also proposed steep cuts to medical research r-lawmakers increased the budget for the national institutes of health by 2 billion. there's money to fight opioid abuse and continued healthcare for appalachian coalminers. there's private school vouchers for washington, d.c. students cash for transit systems. the white house backed weigh from language we heard about in the last few weeks talking about taking a grant money away from san

melanie alnwick is live in fairfax with what 35er79s need to know. good morning. >> well, steve, allison. investigators tell us the most frightening things about the stings is how easy it is to go online and find these sexual predators and dho say boys and girls are equally targeted. these are rests were result of three day sting operation involving fairfax country police and as well as detectives from the loudoun county sheriff office and the fbi. police said they did not want top give us too much information about specific tactics but they told us in these operations they are active on social media sites, chat rooms and other sites they pose as minors. investigators don't have to be online for long. >> if a child out there, hey, what's going on. just a general statement. next things you know the prat a conversation and will within a matter of moments start to send sexual explicit images and ask for those images in return. >> and in all, aets men were arrested in this operation. 7 were identified publicly. they're 20 to 64. some of them are fathers.

i'm melanie hastings. here is a check of your stop stories. police are searching for a more than who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman inside her condo, happened yesterday morning at the atrium condominiums. the suspect was captured on surveillance video. police believe he snuck in behind another resident to get into the building, knocked on people's doors claiming to be a maintenance worker. one woman opened the door and was attacked. starting today, drivers must pay to park in front of those red top meters around dc. costing you $2.30 an hour for up to 4 hours. the meters are reserved for people with disability. parking tags or license plates. they are located around the capital. the white house, dupont circle. drivers that park $250 fine. z2cpsz zi0z y2cpsy yi0y >> reporter: coming up at 726. outside, a lot of sunshine, clear skies, cool breeze. 49 downtown, winds at 9. only part of the story. look at this, 38, martins burg. winchester, 37. crisp start to the morning. through the afternoon, jumpin

police headquarters, i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >>> 5:33 now. we continue to follow late nest disturbing revelation. white whoution is denying published rortion claiming president trump revealed highly classified information during a closed door meeting with russia for the washington most quoted that president trump shared deals of an isis seartist. >> she said trump discussed nature of certain -- >> 6 months after presidential election and hillary clinton is jumping out to urge them to sign up for most the pros gregive version for the country earning nearly 66 million in the lost election. >> we want to remind i about safe track surge 15 which begins today. now this new surge will shut down five parts of the orange line between new carl ton and army stations. new carl ton, landover, ch chefly, dean wood and minnesota avenue and closure remains in place through june 14 30 minute between impact and the station. >> 5:34 now. back-to-back gorgeous day. >> maybe back-to-back to back. >> if you don't mind heat and humidity you may -- >> bring it. >>

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow live with the details on the investigation. melanie? >> reporter: larry and alma, the suspect entered this costco armed with a hammer and a gun as their get away driver waited outside. danville police outside this costco after the second smash-and-grab in two weeks. >> another one, crazy. >> veryor nareay.ma it's frightening you could go into a costco and something like this could happen. >> reporter: a danville spokesperson costco employee tried to intervene, the suspect fired a gun. no one was hurt. you can see an ambulance escorting a customer who was treated for shock. early last week three men wearing hoodies and one in a ski mask entered the store at closing time. one acted as a look out while the other two smashed the jewelry with a hammer. this time everyone got away. th hopped in a silver camry with paper plates. >> a hammer and firearm and two roll exwatches. ep r>>r:teor released the description over scanners. >> a light mask, pblre inbl] f a ski mask. >> reporter: as investigators process the crime scene, employees directed

live in gaithersburg, i'm melanie alnwick fox5 local news. >> thanks mel. we apologize for the technical difficulties there. obviously the rain really having an impact justest of how bad it is out there this morning. mike thomas we'll talk with him in just a few. >>> a 17-year-old accused of rain a students inside rockville high school due in court. the lawyer for josÉ montano will file a motion to dismiss the felony charges against his client. montano says the sex was consensual. >>> happening today in frederick county maryland the parents who posted controversial videos on youtube pranking their kids head to court. they're in the middle of a custody battle after two of their children nine-year-old codey and 12-year-old emma were removed from their father's home. their biological mother now has custody. >> at the verizon center wizards aren't celtics battling in an illegal screen. he charged at kelly shoved him to the floor. that led to a little tetett his teammates didn't need him h john wall 24 points eight assists. didn't play in the fourth quarter. wi

i'm melanie alnwick, fox 35 local news. >>> all right. mel, thank you very much. 4:49 is the time. also a woman charged with dwi after hitting a chief's car is in court. christie edgar rear ended police chief's vehicle back in december and he's expected to be in court as a witness. >>> a man suspected in a string of stabbings in northern virginia in 2010 confessed to cold care mu murderner leesburg. eli as azam told police he stabbed his neighborhood jamie lane to death inside his home in 2009. he's already sevening a life sentence for murdering five people during a killing spree in flint michigan. they agreed not to prosecute him for the virginia murder with his plea. she and his family are satisfied knowing he is serving a life sentence. >> maryland parents that p posted that controversial video on youtub are due back in court this week amid a ongoing custody battle. this comes after two children 9-year-old kody and 12-year-old emma were removed from the father's home. biological mother has custody of them. prank videos gained national attention after father mike martin and wife

life on capitol hill, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> all right, melanie thank you. 4:31 is the time. many are pointing out the timing of both comey's termination and yesterday's meeting between president trump and and the russian foreign minister at the white house. the two mainly focused on the ongoing civil war in syria but at one point the foreign minister appeared to joke about comey's firing. >> you're kidding? you're kidding. >> i can that do very well with respect to syria. i think things are happening that really, really positively. >> there's the possibility of president trump and vladimir putin having a meeting for the first time this summer. >> ♪ >> new this morning, a subpoena has been issued against former nsa adviser michael flynn. the senate intelligence committee issued it late yesterday for documents regarding his contact with russian officials it comes after flynn's lawyer said they would not release documents which the panel had first requested last month. flynn is one of four former trump aides that senate investigators then request to. >> white house

and live in fairfax county, i'm melanie alnwick. foxle 5 local news. >> 5:05 let's talk sports. go or die. game 6, penguins in pitt pittsburgh. >> a goal and power play to make it 1-0. andre on the board in the second period. made at the 2-0 in favor of caps and 16 seconds to third caps broke it wide open nicholas backstrum goes in on murry 3-0 and on the power play 4-0. minute later andre scores again and number two for him and 5-0. pe and game 7 is needsed to settle this. caps win 5-2. wednesday game 7 verizon center and in the end there can be only one in this round. >> bring it. >> bring. >> you bring it. >> so exciting. >> game 7? i'm with you michael thomas, nothing more exciting. >> nothing better in sports in my opinion. that will be veer" zone center willing rocking. >> it will. >> we need to do a little r rocking to stay warm. >> grab the blanket and sweatshirt whatever you need. winter jacket is what many of you offer to the west may need temperatures falling back to 30s, 30s in may. look at winchester there, 34. 37 culpeper and cumberland 34, frederick 36. here in wa

hey, melanie. >> lot of anticipation for this one. cavaliers arrived here just after 11:00 this morning to a small group of people. looking for autographs. some of them said they're actually, warriors' fans. you could say, it's difficult to be a cavs' fan here in the bay area. we spoke with aun earothers who them to feel at home even here. the cleveland cavaliers tweeting back to the bay. as the cavs deplane they'd stpd to take a picture. and kevin love, posted to instagram. this will be the third year in the row, the cavs and warriors face each other in the finals. as the buses made their way off to city. people like daryl king sr., staked out the saint regis hotel. >> here trying to get autographs. >> as the buses arrived, the cavs gathered their bags. only the coach stopped to sign a basketball. >> i've don't know. i got all these guys. four day weekend. >> most of these guys say they're actually warriors fans. same for the bus driver. >> very nice. not ready at all. skpaused. after the fly. >> since being a cavs fan can be lonely

our melanie alnwick is heading to the scene. we'll check in with her for the latest as soon as she arrives. >>> cyber world on edge over fears of another massive ransom wear attack. a an attack friday affected more than 200,000 people including 20 percent of finger land's hospitals. the it was stopped by a 22-year-old british computer expert. there's fear a continuing attack could come as people turn to work today and turn on their computers. >> we've seen the rise of ransom wear becoming the principle cyber threat but this is something we haven't seen before p the global reach is unprecedented. >> the ransom wear virus threatened to keep usersers electronics locked until they paid a bit coin ransom. >> search fonts for a new fbi director. eight people were interviewed for that position. there are 14 total candidates. a decision could come this week but questions continue over the firing of james comey while republicans and democrats remain divided on the president's decision. some say sit feels like american institutions are un

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow live with the details on the investigation. melanie? >> reporter: larry and alma, the suspect entered this costco armed with a hammer and a gun as their get away driver waited outside. danville police outside this