light showers across d.c. and right down royal dealing with a little bit steadier rain this morning. they're kind of scattered about. it's not a widespread swath of rain so it's not going to be an all day thing. the it won't even be an all morning thing put at least for the rush hour time period does look like we'll have showers around. very warm, muggy 78 degrees in d.c., 79 quantico, 75 for frederick and gaithersburg. 88 degrees later on this afternoon because we'll get the sun back out. winds a little gusty up to 30 miles an hour later today. it's going to be extremely humid as well. next round of rain moves in later tonight.& we'll time it out for you in a few minutes. that's weather. erin como is back this morning with traffic. >> on-time traffic brought to you by toyota. visit buy a toyota.com for special offers. >> that's right, 5:07. just getting an update on this serious crash we're tracking in northeast on new york avenue but first look at this construction. this is in fredericksburg. 95 southbound m

no trains are running between d.c. and philadelphia and there's no word on that could last. >> several city around the world are trying to bounce back from another sign area tack. ukraine and russia is hit and u.s., germany, france, australia and italy. it locks up computers run oing on microsoft windows and then demand a ran some. >> venezuela supreme court said a police helicopter fired on supreme court as speaking live on state television to pro government journalists. this morning many president owe bone rent accusing him of orchestrating the ordeal to justify a crackdown on those looking to block attempt to rewrite the constitution. >> three chicago police officers have been indicted on felony conspiracy charges accused of covering up actions of police officer who shot and killed a black teen agener 201 4 jason van take shot la quan getty. conspiracy indictment claims o pass itfied police reports to deter investigation into the shooting dashcam video contradicted what happened. >> maryland crabbing season set to e

two d.c. officers and a ddot employee. darcy is live with information but we start first with officers. megan? >> reporter: well, that's right. we have some new information this morning coming from the police union, and it is encouraging. the union says that one of the d.c. police officers who were struck has been upgrade the from critical to serious condition. the second officer is now listed in fair condition. chief peter newsham along with the mayor. this horrible scligs an example of how dangerous law enforcement can be. >> i feel horrible. you have two of our officers doing exactly what we asked them to do in the adams morgan community. they actually were truck struck. i have two officers in there unnecessarily in the hospital. >> reporter: and also injured was working for ddot. that person said to have serious injuries. so a long recovery here, but they are expected to be okay. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us. thank you, megan. >> news 4's darcy spencer is live th

. >> reporter: d.c. and maryland did send out a joint notice to the media about the lawsuit which could be filed today. central to the case they say are things like the trump hotel behind me here and trump's network of golf courses as well. now, in january, you may remember that president trump said he was going to step back from at the trump organization and its properties in order to avoid conflicts of interest. his sons now handle the business dealings but trump still owns the company and the attorneys general of d.c. and maryland say the presidentially is still benefiting personally. the u.s. constitution says that u.s. officials from foreign governments. now speaking in detail to the washington post o-the attorneys general say embassies and foreign officials have chosen to use the trump hotel. if at the lawsuit goes forward, the ags say they will be demanding copies of trump's tax returns to see what his foreign business dealings are. they tell the post that could land the case in front of the supre

and their importance to washington, d.c. there are a great amount of historic preservation of buildings in d.c. we are probably one of the most restricted in terms of preservation properties in washington. not only is this building a landmark, the exterior of the building is a landmark, but also our interiors are. we are one of 23 buildings in washington to have our interiors landmarked and probably the most heavily landmarked in that way. also, our garden, which is this amazing open space in dupont circle, and it's very rare in washington for there to be a big garden in a backyard. the reason why it still exists and has to exist is because washington has something called the height act, which means buildings can only build up to a certain footage, and then they are not allowed to go any higher unless they somehow can make an arrangement with neighbors who have land that has not yet been developed. they basically by the air rights of their neighbors. our neighbor has purchased our theen's air rights, so garden has to remain

erin fox d.c. on twitter. back to you mature and and wisdom. >> developing overnight president trump facing a lawsuit over his business empire. >> nearly 200 democrats expected to file a federal lawsuit today alleging he is allegedly profiting from businesses including from foreign liters that say at his hotels. >> anjali hemphill live outside the trump hotel in original west with more, anjali. >>> good morning, well, yeah, first on monday trump was hit with a lawsuit involving the trump international hotel and other real estate holdings and now today a new lawsuit is expected to come down with democratic lawmakers and democratic senator richard bloom thal will lead the filing in district court and representative john con ors jr. will lead the legal effort in the house. there's a "foreign emolument clause in the constitution which requires consent of coming gress before accepting gifts. the suit alleges the trump empire for incentive for foreign governments to give trum businesses special treatment. meanwhile

bill have introduced a that would make d.c., washington d.c., honor the concealed carry permits from the various states. over three quarters of the state has some reciprocity arrangements with other states. and d.c. is sort of an anomaly because it does not organize any states for concealed carry permits. this is a common sense situation that does not cost any money because there are discussions in the capital about how do you protect the other 98 percent of congressman who don't have security detail? money if you cost signed all of us a security detail. and frankly, we want the ability to take care of ourselves. host: do you have a concealed carry permit? guest: i do. host: so when you are in kentucky, do you always have a gun on you? guest: i will not disclose, but that is the benefit of having a concealed carry weapon because there is a moment of surprise. unless it is a star or police officer -- unless it is a spouse or a police officer, i do not brandish my weapon or tell anyone if i have a weapon on me. host: would you have brought a weapon to a baseball practice if you are goi

questions airport fox d.c. on twitter back to you. >> coming up the nationals are planning a red, white and blue patriotic giveaway. >> we'll tell you one way we can help improve the lives most vulnerable citizens. >> a live look across the d.c. region good picture there of the capitol building this monday morning. "fox news morning" coming back after this after this >> london inferno 24 story apartment building erupts to massive fireball overnight levering unknown number of people trapped inside. >> presidential lawsuit nearly 200 democrats sue trump for what they say is violation of the constitution. >> live look outside a brief cool down dealing with scattered thunderstorms as well. >> good morning to you. thank you for joining us m i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm holly morris. >> today is wednesday, june 14. beautiful picture of the flags there. it's also flag day today. >> blow in the wind so that hopefully means a cool down. good morning, erin como she'll talk about roads and michael thomas a cool down. >> cool

the d.c. pools, and the fact that so many people don't know they're out there and they're free. >> well, i don't know if they don't know that they're out there because our pools are just filled to the brim throughout the summertimes. when it comes to summer you're going to think of d.c. parks and recreation. we have over 50 aquatic facilities whether 19 outdoor pools, the spray park or indoor pools. so, we are doing lots of fun activities and events throughout the summer. >> and i guess also, too, if you don't live in d.c., you can still use the pools. you pay a small fee, but they are open to use as well. >> one thing unique to the district of columbia if you are a district resident you get to utilize the pool for how much? for free. free for district residents to c that's why we have such huge numbers. if you are a visitor to the district of columbia, you can come and visit the pool and get into the pool. as you say, there is a nominal fee for nondistrict residents. >> and, councilmember whi

convicted d.c. sniper lee boyd malvo wants a judge to reconsider his life sentence in the wake of a ruling from the supreme court. >> live look outside. today will be noticeably cooler than every day this week. we'll feel some warm air but it will not be the scorcher we've had in days past. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm maureen umeh. >> enjoy the brief respite. i'm holly morris. so glad you're with us on this thursday june 15th. >> mike is going to talk about our weather, mike let's start with you. >> noticeably less humid to today. >> if you're just waking up now at 5:01 we want to get you the latest on the shooting at a republican baseball practice in alexandria. this morning four of the victims remain in the hospital. congressman steve scalise who was shot in the hip remains in critical condition. doctors say he has several more surgeries ahead of him. also recovering congressional aide zachary barth lobbyist matt mika shot in the chest. he was one of the most seriously injured.

erin fox d.c. on stwiter back to you. >> m coming up on "fox news morning" lawmakers made a bill to punish you for the texts your children sent. >> and a few hours before he won kevin durant was subject of a jeopardy clue. >> 77 is the temperature right now. 4:38 is the time. and we're back in a moment. ment. narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way. these are the stories you're engaging with most on social media. good morning, holly. >> good morning bovrming you and everybody. trump administration wants to cut the duties of consumer financial protection bureau

house andh washington, d.c. was built by krishan heurich, we started a successful brewing company in 1872. today we learn how prohibition and world war i impacted the heurich family and their brewing company. this is the second of a two-part series. >> welcome to the heurich house museum. this is the home of washington, d.c.'s most successful brewer. he lived between 1842 and 1945. andas born in a small town died here and washington, d.c. at the age of 102. he was the oldest brewer in the world at that time. so now we are in the basement of the heurich house, and we are in the original man cave for him. this room was built originally to be krishan iraq -- heurich -- christian heurich's beer drinking room. maybe they would feel comfortable ash in their cigars on the floor in the original tavern signature we have in the middle of the room. because krishan was 60 years old when he had his children and his dining room was the only place for the family to have meals, this became the german breakfast room. this is whe

. >> reporter: d.c. police say nine people were hurt after security hired to accompany the turkish president during official business in washington, d.c. attacked them during a peaceful protest on may 16th. two arrests were made that day. two more including this man of virginia wer wednesday. d.c. police now have 14 outstanding warrants. most of them turkish citizens and two canadiens. >> i run opposite direction from my friends and some of the turkish president body guards put me in a chokehold and he drove me on the -- on the ground and while he hurting me, he was saying you're gone and i'm going to kill you. >> reporter: kurdish woman wanted her voice heard that day. instead, she says she forever lost her sense of security. but she is glad to see the man she says hurt her facing charges. >> i'm very thankful for the justice -- for the justice of the united states and i appreciate the -- for support of the american people and and government that their behavior will not be tolerated on american soil. >>

so, i've encouraged every d.c. resident who comes across one who is that able to tear it down. >> also, the city wants you to know if you saw someone posting these fliers, call d.c. police. >> here are the five things developing around the region right now. a fast moving fire badly damaged a house in prince george's county. skyfox was over the scene on north keys road in brandywine. you can see the thick white smoke trailing over the roof there. no one was home at the time. one firefighter suffered a minor cut. >>> a shooting investigation is under way in anne arrundel county. police say a man and would. were fatally shot near scott town road and nick road in shady side, maryland. there are no motives or suspects identified at this time. >>> the person of interest accused of engaging in illicit sexual contact with a minor at arlington national cemetery has surrendered. the fbi says the man repeatedly touched a girl in an inappropriate manner during the wreath laying ceremony on memorial day. >>> now d.c. police hav

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over d.c. it's a steady rain but it will not last that much longer, maybe another half hour and then things start to improve for us pretty rapidly. reagan national 75 trees, a humid 75. dulles 72, bwi 75 as well. here's your planner for the day today. by 11 o'clock maybe a shower or two but most of us dry 82 by 2 o'clock mix of clouds and sun. once again i think most of us stay dry. highs today in the upper 80's but feeling like the mid 90's with all that humidity in place. >> all right. let's go to, terkerin como and k about the roads. >> huge problems from the maryland line into the northeast section of the district. deadly crash investigation has new york avenue northeast shut down both directions at the anacostia bridge. the crash is lanes for that investigation between bladensburg road and 295. here's a live look at that right now. huge police presence. also keep in mind the ramp from 295 to westbound 50 is shut down so you can either go eastbound on 50 or continues 295 southbound. because

and the d.c. metro area is completely dry, but it's a broken line ever rain up to the north that we're keeping a close eye on. right around hagerstown right now starting to move into northern frederick county. these are moving to the east/southea east/southeast. at the moment not picking up any lightning, but a heads up again if you're in washington, frederick, even howard county potentially dealing with heavy rain this evening. and you can see that here on the satellite and radar 37 what we're also keeping a close eye on, tropical storm cindy. you can see the churning in the gulf. 6 to 9 inches in louisiana, mississippi, alabama, even panhandle of florida. is he had to make landfall late tonight. you can see it's right there. maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour. it is moving toward the northwest at 9 miles per hour. it will continue to generally move north/northwest overnight tonight. here is its position tomorrow afternoon. as we head toward the end of the week and weekend, it really st

another d.c. officer and ddot employee also injured after all three were hit by a pickup truck. this started at 18 and columbia road right in the heart of adams morgan last night. we have team coverage with megan mcgrath and darcy spencer at 5:30 and look for coverage in the nbc washington app. >>> more breaking news in traffic. prince george's county. indian head highway shut down both ways at palmer road. very serious crash. we have a couple of other issues we're talking about as welcoming up. >>> melissa, thank you. 5:16 right now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm yang. at least one person is dead and two others in critical condition after a bus crash in georgia. police say 38 people from a church in huntsville, alabama, were on that bus yesterday when it collided with a car. >> one of the men charged in oakland's ghostship fire that killed three dozen people will have more time before facing a judge. derek elmina was supposed to face a judge yesterday. >>> the results are i

d.c. and philadelphia as police investigate a deadly accident overnight. two people killed on the tracks and everything you need to know. >> new develops to the story you saw first on fox. launch answering independent investigation into agos of corruption and grade fixing in one local county. >> republican senator shall they vote on the healthcare bill it led the president to urge senate lead others to come up with a bill to serve the american people. >> live look outside cool morning on top. we're waking up to temps in the 60s. things will get better. we're talking 80. good morning thank you for squoyping us i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm holly morris. >> today is wednesday, june 28. >> michael thomas has cooler weather headline and erin como following traffic and problem on amtrak specifically. let's start with your headlines. cooler than the ush ushz in the 50s this morning. later today beautiful comfortable georgous lots of sunshine. lower 8 >> amtrak service as mature and mentioned suspende

approaching washington union station in d.c. now service is suspended between washington, d.c. and philly. details for the rest of the morning and updates when i come back. >>> after months of delays, plans to renovate wilmington football stadium are back on track. aging baynard stadium is home to several high school teams. last fall the school offered to raise $20 million needed to fix it. backed out when the city expressed concerns about other organizations have equal access to the facility and explored the team to explore other options. now the city agrees a public private partnership is the best option. team up to make the remember rations. >>> may be harder for the public to see police dash cam video in the pennsylvania. exempt having to release footage to comply with public record law in serp cacertain cases. cannot obscure the identity of informant or evidence cannot be released without court order. sign the measure to pass the state senate yesterday. >>> familiar face lead catholics in allentown. appointed bishop elect. worked in allentown and diocese for more than 30 y

the d.c. bureau chief has a look at his legacy. >> he was a mainstay of the d.c. counsel for many years in one of looked after his many constituencies in d.c.'s ward one. news of his death stunned many and brought back memories of things he had done. working up her for a couple of years, every morning, he would come by and by eight of us breakfast, every saturday morning. >> he was on the metro board for bny years with issues raised even those who politically opposed him admired him. >> he is one of the few politicians i think that actually cared about the community. you look at his personal staff, his chief of staff was a returning immigrant. >> before his counsel days, he was the first executive director of the whitman walker clinic that saved lives and brought attention to the hiv cause. he is seen here with the late actress. said wew the need and have to do something locally and get people engaged. his engagement crossed all aspects of society. jim felt like we had to find every resource we could. all right, we have a pretty decent weekend on tap. angela: gene

d.c. mayor muriel bowser calling for calm saying they're prepared to meet the challenge for protecting people from terror attacks. >> "fox5" tom fitzgerald live on the national mall tonight and fits it's a fact that the nation's capital, there's little that can be done to defend against a vehicle attack. >> well, that is the sad fact but it's absolutely true, jim, you consider the recent evolution of isis up spird attacks that christmas market bombing in germany and niece fair is truck attack and of course london. here in the nace's capitol especially the national mall where officials keenly aware of the threat level here today. d.c. mayor bowser promising vigilance in the face of threats and promising. authorities are doing their best to protect both residents and visit toshz. >> if we're a nation's capital we're a symbol of democracy around the world we prepare that way each and every day. there will be some things that the chief of police and partnership with his intelligence gamingerri

any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >>> and this morning president trump firing back at new accusations dealing with the russia probe. >> fox5's annie yu joins us live from the news room with more on this ongoing story. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom and erin. that's right, bombshell developments in the russia investigation. president trump is keeping busy on twitter as he angrily responds to reports that special counsel robert mueller is obstructed justice. in a series of tweets the president said this. they made up a phony collusion with the russia story found zero proof so now they go for the obstruction of justice on the phony story. nice. you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in political history. crooked h destroyed phones with hammer. pleased e-mails and had her husband meet with the ag days before she was cleared and they talk about obstruction but some republican lawmakers caution that the president's tone isn't exactly helpful or accurate. >> it's not a witch hun

graham's death was announced on the d.c. counsel's twitter account. it read our hearts go out to all who, like us, knew and loved him. jim graham was 71 years old. >>> in the middle of yesterday's breaking news in alexandria was this glimmer of hope, get this, the entire graduating class at ballew high school was accepted into college. people kept tweeting us saying this story was a ray of sunshine on a dreary day. the class of 2017, they faced violence, poverty in their southeast d.c. neighborhood plus, get this, a school lost a quarter of their staff this year but those 170 students persisted and stayed true to their promise to get into college. they received so much support online, even from d.c. mayor mural bowzer. she says we want you to know how proud we are of you and dee dee congratulated the teachers, parents, aunties, cousins and uncles who helped the children achieve the goal they set. and here's some advice from robin, congrats, young people, now make a positive mark in life and society. >>> coming up next, we are going to go back live to

we'll be dry in d.c. but the east winds will kick up some showers later today over the mountains off to the west so just be aware of that for those who do live west of i-81 including the panhandle of maryland portions of west virginia. temperatures heading into the 70's later dan partly cloudy around d.c. and baltimore so should be a beautiful afternoon with low humidity. get out there and enjoy it. a little chilly this morning, though. 48 to 58 degrees before school. after school temperatures heading into those very pleasant 70's. this weekend? i think you got a gun weekend for it. 82 degrees, partly cloudy skies, ocean city on saturday. sunday 86 degrees, sunny a little bit warmer. water temperature though still on the very cool side, 65 degrees. again really we kind of have to wait until july and august before that water temperature starts to pop up. 76 today, 83 tomorrow. look at that run of 90's we'll do. sunday through wednesday all in the mid 90's next week. that's weather. erin is back with traffi

near d.c. an candlelight vigil will be held at 7 o'clock in dupont circle. >> over the weekend french voters headed to the poll for the first of two rounds in a parliament election. new elected president emmanuel macron's centrist party appears headed for a majority in parliament to win the most seats in the june 18th runoff. macron's party got at 30 percent of yesterday's votes. >> british prime minister theresa may is staying put. conservatives lost the majority in parliament a the poor election results damaged the prime minister's authority. yesterday may named her cabinet keeping most of the ministers in their posts. many analysts say may's days as prime minister are numbered. >> terrifying moments in the skies down under. a plane was forced to return to sydney airport yesterday afternoon after an in flight problem left a hole in the plane's engine casing. pats jepassengers say they heara loud noise and then began smelling something burning. no one was hurt and the plane landed safely back

here d.c. mostly morning concern and into the afternoon if we're lucky could be a peak or two of sunshine. that changes as we head into the weekend. check this out ready for a summer heat wave as we head through later this week to early next week 83 friday, 88 saturday. look at sunday, 94. monday 95. tuesday 96 and actually i think the heat peaks next wednesday. we're looking at several days here. coming up second half of the weekend into next week. 70s next two days enjoy them. 80s friday. warm good zip trip george town. 80 saturday. here come 90s. sunday, monday, tuesday, next wednesday and thursday as well. that's a check of weather forecast airport is back with traffic. >> i'm excited for that. 5:47 now. we have a couple problem areas on the road. starting off with look in chantilly, pleasant valley road closed in both directions due to low-happening wires between braddock and herdon avenue and as you make your way northeast we're dealing with power outage. follow police direction and treat

one of those d.c. police officers is described by the police chief as being in, quote, very critical condition. that was the update late last night. the other officer and the d.c. traffic control aide, they are said to be seriously injured but are expected to make it. their injuries not life threatening. the two officers were on bicycle patrol when they were struck by this pickup truck in adams morgan last night. witnesses say that one of those officers was thrown 30 feet. now the mayor and the chief of police were here at the hospital late last night. chief newsham,er about his officers. >> yeah, i feel horrible. you've got two of our officers doing exactly what we asked them to do in the adams morgan community. they actually were struck. thankfully nobody else was injured, but i have two of my officers in there unnecessarily in the hospital. >> reporter: i will be here all morning long continuing to monitor or get updates on the condition of two officers as well as the ddot employee that were injured

>> reporter: service suspended between d.c. and philadelphia this morning, not what passengers want to hear. as soon as we got here, we went inside union station, started checking the boards. everything said on time. this is a few minutes ago. we started speaking to somebody, a couple and their son who were actually on the amtrak train that struck and killed two people. this is late last night as you have been reporting all morning long. as we were talking to them, they were telling us how long they had been stuck on the train. you start seeing a flood of people coming back from the waiting area, saying their train had been cancelled. some of the video i posted on twitter this morning showing a long line of people trying to get new trains out of d.c. one woman saying her train was scheduled for 3:15 this morning. now she says it is pushed to 6:30 this morning was his train, now doesn't know when he is able to get out of here. not what people want to hear. again, temporary service suspended from d.c. to philadelphia, if you're m

any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> coming up on fox5 news morning a lawmaker on capitol hill introducing a new bill to curtail d.c. gun laws. >> and a university once nicknamed the harvard of the midwest is now offering free tuition. >> hm. >> live look across the d.c. region right now before we head to break. a little mj for you, michael jackson. all of us at fox5 want to honor all of you dads out there. so please post a picture of your dad. use the #fox5 dad. time right now is 5:08, 71 degrees. back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> developing news from the district a man arrested with guns and ammunition at the d.c. trump hotel back in custody. investigators same bryan moles violated the conditions of his release. pennsylvania doctor was arrested in may. he was released a few days later under the condition that he stay out of the district. moles will be held until his trial now. >> in the wake of the attack on representative scalise and representative thomas massey introduced a bill that wo

yesterday d.c. mayor muriel bowser and the police department will be reminding residents of how they can protect themselves. they'll be issuing mock citations to drivers who do nt lock up or keep their valuable items out of sight. also unions representing metro employees plan to rally in prince george's county this afternoon. they will attend the county council meeting to present their long term proposals to fix metro. the proposal is being dubbed fund it fix it make it fair. it includes a two dollars flat fair and free transfers. also expanded hours of service and restoration of some school services in prince george's county. >> ♪ >> time for your morning line. quick check of sports at 6:33. let's go to wisconsin and the u.s. oh your winner brooks koepka. he's a 27-year-old and gets his first major championship. there he is. the 27-year-old grabbed control with three straight birdies on the back nine in aaron hills. he matched rory mcilroy's open record by finishing at 16 under. koepka takes home

d.c. apart from union station and right now delays continue along the north east corridor and we have team coverage on the tracks and the impact it's having on the station. >> and major development you saw first on "fox5"allegations of grade fixing to boost graduation rates in prince george county public schools. a new investigation is good to take off. he said joins us live to talk about allegations and detention. >> and to what's next? >> good morning oym >> if are you just waking up this morningnive minutes. >> first we want to get you up to date on breaking newst of d.k service suspended between d.c. and philadelphia. after two people were struck and killed on tracks near union station over fight. >> those victims were cfx employees. >> be have team cover ramming this morning melanie alnwick live at the scene. let's start with melanie. >> steve, allison. i got off the phone with a representative from csx who confirmed to me indeed that these were two csx employs ease and he did tell me

d.c. superior court yesterday. the judge said he saw no reason to hold molz before a federal hearing. the judge did express concerns about molz and the safety of others. he suffers from ptsd. he's a veteran and an e.r. doctor and he' with marijuana. molz was ordered to stay away from the trump international hotel as well as the white house. according to court documents, brian molz came to washington to talk to president trump. his goal was to bring down big pharmacy and big medicine. the pennsylvania doctor allegedly left a voicemail for a friend saying that he was heading to d.c. with a car full of ammunition, survival supplies and batteries. there was a tip given to police. that's how they knew about his whereabouts. again, he is due before a judge again today this time in federal court. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath outside of the trump hotel. thank you. >>> there was another security scare at the white house last night after seeing a man pace back and forth, secret service approac

>>> a d.c. resident's weight loss journey is going viral this morning and it's one you would like to share. >> i feel bad going into something so personal for this guy. simba, so he weighs 35 pounds. if you're not looking at the screen, take a look. quick glance. he is a cat at that the washington humane alliance says he's actually bigger than a lion cub. >> looking for somebody to take care of this guy, take him home, keep up with his diet. rescue workers say he's sweet, pretty mellow. his last owner had to give him up when he moved into an assisted living facility. if you have a place for this guy and food for him. >> strong arms. >> yeah. take him home. >>> leading by example. after the break, meet a local mom of 14 who is also taking on the role of he owner and farmer. >>> plus, every time news 4 goes to cuba we come back and you ask, well, how can i go down to the island nation? well, today some changes when it comes to travel down to cuba. some restrictions. we're going to tell you about t

he served four terms on the d.c. counsel and was an early fighter in the fight against hiv and aids. while we don't know exactly what killed him, c-dif can lead to death. symptoms include severe diarrhea, life-threatening inflammation of the colon. it's most common among older adults in hospitals and long-term care facilities and it sickens about half a million americans each year. >>> amazon revolutionized the way we shop once. now they plan to do it a second time. amazon is jumping head first into brick and mortar retail by buying whole foods. jog going to change the way we buy groceries. what do you think? >> it's a bold move by amazon and their founder. we're talking about a $13.7 billion deal. this is a big deal, because as they acquire whole foods, they're getting about 350 stores across the country. those can serve amazon not only as whole foods stores, which they will remain, according to amazon, but they might become neighborhood distribution centers. and the reason this may matter to you as the shopper is a

service suspended between d.c. and philly because of the two pedestrians that were struck by trains back in the 11:00 hour last night. as a result, pen lines and camden line service stopped headed into d.c. and from there they can hop on to metro, which will honor your tickets using the orange and green lines. continuing out on the roads, a slow ride headed this is where we had the crash at the fairfax county parkway on the shoulder, but unfortunately brake lights with sky track 7 are with us right now. on 295, thehbound baltimore-washington parkway, fender bender here with activity confined to the shoulder. there is a brief delay passing the scene. that is the traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes with an update on your ride on 395. right, thank you. back out to john gonzalez at union station this morning. john: a lot of delays and cancellations here inside unions nation and like, the lines are really starting to grow. take a look. the good news for passengers is that they are getting on trains delayed, but t

so on d.c. councilman teddy mcduffy introduced a bill in week asking the came medical are a commemorative works ghigs to put up statues in each ward highlighting women and people of color. mcduffy says the first one should be charles hamilton houston. >> charles hamilton houston helped to train thurgood marshall. he was the to the naacp. he was born and raised right here in the sdrisktdistrict. he graduated from dunbar high school. >> reporter: right now this is just a proposal in council. we'll keep you posted on what happens. pat, back to you. >>> after years of debate and controversy, one of the nation's largest mosques has won approval to build a new facility in. it was approved during another lengthy public meeting. residents expressed concern that it would bring too much traffic to the area and might destroy the countryside, but supporters of the project said steps will be taken to keep that from happening. all dulles area muslim society plans to build a 22,000 square foot mosque. it will

d.c. in a car and checked into the trump hotel. court documents say moles wanted to meet trump and his goal was to, quote, bring down big pharmacy and big business medicine. the judge said moles suffers from ptsd and he had no legal basis to hold the man. >>> there was a security scare at the white house last night. a man was taken to the hospital and charged with a felony once he's released. >>> let's go back to molette green at the live desk with breaking news from the white house. now let? >> reporter: the trump administration taking its travel ban to the supreme court. they want it fast tracked so it can started enforcing the executive order while it appeals the case. now trump's order imposes a 90 day ban on entry into the u.s. from about 600. it program for 120 days. opponents say it's based on religious discrimination. back to you, aaron. >> molette, thank you. 5:04 here. the wilson building, one world trade center and sites around the world lit up in green in a show of solidarity.

any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. back to you. >> erin thank you. >>> coming up, a wildfire caused by a lightning strike devastating a portion of portugal. >> we're learning more about the sailors killed in a high seas collision near japan. >> take a live look outside the d.c. region. time right now is 5:08 and it's 80 degrees. back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> 5:09 is our time. we're following developing news from mosul s iraqi forces are attack the final isis strong hold in that city. iraq launched a massive operation to retake the city last october. so far they have driven the militants from all but a handful of neighborhoods. united nations workers say as many as 150,000 civilians are trapped in the olde city area of mosul where militants are using them as human shields. >> u.s. military says it has shot down a syrian air force fighter. officials say the u.s. took the action yesterday after the syrian jet bombed local forces aligned with america in the fight against isis. u.s. military statement says it

d.c. he called his actions foolish and reckless. >> the man arrested for having guns and ammunition at the trump hotel scheduled to go back before a judge. police arrested bryan moles in may. they found an assault style rifle handgun and ammunition in his car in the hotel's garage. moles was indicted on charges of unlawful possession and transportation of a firearm. >> nearly two dozen people may be at risk for hiv hepatitis and other diseases because of a routine medical procedure. equipent used during colonoscopies in april was not properly disinfected. 23 people need to be screened for diseases like hiv and hepatitis c. in a written statement kaiser permanente explains the scope in question was disinfected following the regular protocols before it use. after discovering the defect and conducting subsequent analysis we determine we cannot guarantee the sterilization process was fully effective. >> d.c. police need your help finding a missing man, 62-year-old james butler. last seen sunda

the d.c. fire tells us the passengers who were injured, were not injured seriously. >>> to the latest overseas where police in the uk have nearly a dozen people in custody now after that attack on the london bridge. this evening, we're also getting our first look at two of the three suspected attackers. as investigato t together the moments before that rampage. our chris lawrence is following all the latest developments in our newsroom now. what are you hearing? >> right now, british police still have ten people in custody. they raided half a dozen properties while investigating the attack that left seven people dead and dozens wounded. investigators say three men rented a van and mowed down pedestrians on the london bridge before going on a stabbing spree. they were wearing fake suicide bomb vests when officers shot and killed them. police identified one of the attackers as a british citizen born in pakistan. another man claimed libyan and moroccan nationality. and one of the suspect's neighb

matt ackland shows how a d.c. council member is trying to help a mom and price business from being priced out. >> welcome to washington d.c. if you move to d.c., norp virginia or suburbs of maryland be prepared to pay a lot. according to sdil owe.com the medium price for home is $ $563,000 in d.c.. median rent, $2700 a month. >> it's shocking here. it really is. >> tamil gib sop could not believe the price spike from bat on ruth. she had to take a second part time job to afford a home. >> i knew i had to attain a goal to be able to -- >> marquisea king says she fights traffic to and from her no delaware. >> i have a two hour commute each way to and from work simply because it's too expensive to live in the district. >> long time established businesses are taking a hit, land lords are hiking rent sky high. and rean la doe is helping to p pushily bill to help pay for went grants and loans. >> i believe that if we don't do something now we'll continue to lose small abouts that we love, that we patronize regularly and

d.c. apartment complex goes up in flames. smoke spot it from the roof of a d.c. hotel. what firefighters say happened. and change is in the air wheit what rail and bus riders need to know to not get thrown off track. news at 11:00, on your side. with a massiven apartment fire that forced more than 200 people from their beds and homes in the middle of the night. five d.c. firefighters were treated for minor injuries. what causednot know the fire, but they are watching for hotspots. we are at the rolling terrace apartments with more. it has been about 20 hours since this fire started, instill some smoldering in the corner of that apartment building. the are having to secure area for fire investigators, who still need to get inside and find out what started this blaze. dangers in trapped some people inside of the rolling terrace apartments early saturday morning. >> it was terrible because everything was burning up stairs. it was spreading around. reporter: this person and her two daughters l

d.c. detective says this k9 car pool is putting the public and his partner at risk. >> now to our top story republican congressman steve sca lease remains in critical condition. as he recovers at med star supporters and well wishers gather at nats park. i'm sarah simmons in for shawn and i'm tony perkins. tonight a stronger sense of unity with a friendly competition. fox5's lauren demarco is live at nats park with the story. lauren, i understand the game is just wrapping up? >>reporter: it has just up, tony. in factor everybody is filing out. i want to give you a look at the scoreboard, final score there the democrats did beat republicans 11 to two. so not exactly a close game. but the democrats handed over the big trophy to the republicans saying that they'd like it to sit in congressman sca lease's office until he recovers and then they want it back. it was a lot of fun, a very nice out here. there was a lot of support and county. they were handing out the baseball ones. the most popular

president grew out of a small washington, d.c., office suite exactly 45 years ago. it was just after midnight on june 17, 1972, five burglars were caught red-handed by plainsclothes d.c. policemen in the offices of the democratic national committee. when they were arrested, the middle-aged suit-clad bandits held sophisticated communications and surveillance electronics, as well as large amounts of cash. and there's this 23r abc news. frank wills passed away in 2000, but was a security guard on duty june 17, 1972, how a piece of tape and an astute night watchman foiled the political crime of the century. so 45 years later, what do you think about the watergate break-in that ultimately led toed resignation of richard nixon, as well as the indictment and prison sentences of some of his top aides, bob allegedman, jon erlichman, john mitchell among others? john dean, who served as white house counsel from 1970 to 1973, reflected back in 2007 on the break-in and the ultimate coverup that led to nixon's resignation. >> they just knew that there was a huge disaster, but the

the d.c. snipers could be facing new charges. 4:42. of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind... and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. dominion energy. more than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. >>> good morning. well, it's a nice start to your finally friday, and if you are making weekend plans, i will tell you it does look pretty good. we do have some rain chances, and i'll show you the timing of that and when you can expect it coming up. >>> it's a daze case that had the d.c. area on edge for months. this morning we're learning d.c. sniper lee boyd malveaux could face more charges. >>> plus, news 4 i-team is searching for answers after a veteran's body is found in a parking lot. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. we just g

>> out the window. >> reporter: d.c. government and the red cross are offering services to displaced residents at the emery community center several blocks away. some lost everything. they're going to need help starting over. i'm told they're going to be able to spend the night tonight there at the community center. tomorrow motel or hotel rooms will be provided for those residents who are displaced for at least 30 days. now, fire officials are telling me that the blaze did break out in an apartment on the top floor, but at this point they don't know what caused the fire. they have not yet been able to get inside the building and begin that investigation. the building has been condemned. erika, >> darcy spencer in northwest d.c. for us tonight. thank you. >>> new at 11:00, another fire in the district. you can see the smoke from other roof tops near thomas sirk will in northwest d.c., the westin hotel says the fire started in the kitchen of a neighboring restaurant that's connected to the hotel's ventilation system. nobo

look at highs today, 90 degrees in d.c., 88 in dulles. i think we get hotter tomorrow before a good chance of rain moves in friday and saturday. i'll break it down for you and take you hour by hour on friday. how does that sound? >> sounds good, see you in a bit, doug, thank you. >>> prince william county beeves up nondiscrimination protections for lgbt students and staff. in a board members officially banned discrimination in county schools on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. critics say the move threatens the privacy rights and security of children. but supporters argue fairfax county and other virginia districts have passed similar protections. the virginia attorney general says school boards can set their own policy. >>> prince georges county executive rushern baker has his eyes on a new job. he announced in baltimore today he's running for governor. baker says it's a good time to look at what he's done in prince georges county and issues he cares about statewide, like education, jobs, transportation, public health.

all d.c. chipotle locations will donate 50 percent of their proceeds to the d.c. library summer program. all you need to do is eat chipotle today. >> national harbor down to the best s-p-e-l-l-e-r-s periods. the finals of the national spelling bee are tonight. the field of young contestants has been whittled down from 291 to 40 who tonight. that includes a boy from richmond virginia and a boy from howard county maryland. now the youngest speller ever to compete six-year-old edith fuller from oklahoma she did not make it into the finals. so -- she did well, though. she got this far. >>> all right. ready to see you tomorrow. tomorrow morning in b-o-w-i-e maryland. >> quite at good speller. >> that's as far as i went. that's the site as much our next zip trip. we'll be in bowie town center from 6:00 to 11:00 tomorrow. tucker barnes kicks things off. then i'll be there along with holly morris. erin como will join us a little bit later and we would love for you to come out as well. come out and see us on our second zip trip. last time bowie brought it strong. they were