d.c. fire and ems are still working the scene of an early morning fire. >> the road has been shut down in both directions. melanie alnwick is live in northwest d.c. this morning with the late braking details. melanie. >> reporter: good morning, guys. still a large response on the scene and foxhall road filled with emergency vehicles from reservoir road completely down the block to macarthur boulevard i would say as a no-go zone at this point. we're going to bring you back here to the house, sort of in the center here. this is in the 1600 block of foxhall road. you a at the roof of the house here and you can see that one window that's blown out. that is on the second floor. this fire actually began in the basement where there is a dental office and then spread to the first floor and then had some intrusion into the second floor as well. i talked to a d.c. police officer who was first here on the scene. he said he pulled up, he saw a man running across the street. asked him what was wrong. t

d.c.'s office of state superintendent of education tells us it's trying to finish those policies, but might not until 2018 or 2019. >> hopefully we can get it done quickly and make sure that students in the district are covered. >> reporter: d.c. council education chairman david grasso tells the i-team he will meet formally to talk about whether revocation policies can be finished sooner. >> it sounds like we've been bogged down in bureaucracy of the program and not really moving towards real proactive solution to it so let's get this done and get it done quickly. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser deputy for education tells us handbooks will be ready within months. we wanted to talk to the mayor about the timing of these fixes but her staff told us she wasn't when we did catch up with the mayor, they confirmed. >> we run a fantastic school district. >> reporter: shouldn't this have been done years ago? >> i can't talk about years ago. i'm the mayor now. and we'll make sure we have the most r

. >>> 4:35 d.c. police arrested a man that refused to pay bus fare and threatened to kill a bus driver that happened x 2 line in northeast d.c., devon abny refused to pay pear and pulled a knife on the driver and said he would kill him next time he has seen him. he has been a problem before and there's been a string of other recent incidents on metro buses. recently someone through urine on a bus driver and another was splashed with juice. metro union leaders say it's time all assaults on drivers become felonies. >> silver alert in beth police are looking for this missing 92-year-old man. his name is william beteo white male, 6' 2", 140 pounds, 6:45 he was found drive ago way from no bulls run parkway area. he was in gray, 2013 nissan cube. family members say he suffer from memory loss and may be disoriented. >> mean while in d.c. police need help to find a teenager missing more than a week. 14-year-old manea griffin last seen september 2 in 1200 block of moore street northeast and just reported miss

this is a d.c. general homeless shelter. it will be knocked down. d.c. says hey, why not put 50,000 jobs in its place on this giant property out here? much of which is unused. d.c. has other options as well. this is video of a different one, southwest, close to nationals west. also the new soccer stadium going up. another area that d.c. wants amazon to consider. they also want noma considered as well as innyard near howard university -- as well as an area near howard university. this is a big deal. we are talking about 50,000 high-paying jobs. when amazon announced last month it wanted to do this, build a second quarts, it set off a scramble nationwide. does d.c. have a chance to land this thing? we talked to a george washington university professor who says absolutely it does. >> i think this region gets into anybody's f philadelphia, atlanta, chicago, possibly denver. those would be the main competitors. i think detroit and wind sor. they have a joint combination. they would be a black horse. tom: one of the things that d.c. has going for it, it alread

d.c. training academy. >>> the nats on the road. we'll tell you how to root for the home team today. >> they're playing in chicago. we're rocking our red. >> we forgot. >> it's all right. >> sheena and i got the blue on. >> it all works out. >> it's in their uniform somewhere, right? >> that's still supporting the home team. >> good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. >>> i' aaron gilchrist. we're talking about the rain from nate. >> it yes. this is rain from nate. now it's the remnants of nate. here it is. the center of it around ohio. but the rain is out ahead of it. it's in our area right now. before you leave this morning, this is tropical rain. you will definitely be able to tell that when you step outside. it is breezy and warm and humid. most of the area is seeing steady rainfall right now. the green is showing you the lighter rainfall. pretty steady around the beltway and 95. then you start to see the yellow shaded areas. mostly west of the district right now. near quantico up to woodb

that is a kit scene kit that d.c. police usually bring out and we've seen officers unpacking that kit and then going back behind the building a little bit and we've seen some photograph flashes going on back there. looks like that may be the heart of where this happened. again, at this point d.c. police are saying it's an adult male, critical shooting. it doesn't sound good here but we don't have any confirmation yet and we're really not seeing any other activity at this point. sixth district police of course securing the scene. as you can see a wide part of the street here along 54th street and then into that parking lot and up across that grassy area a little bit, too, so we'll keep our eyes out here, see if we see any other vehicles that may be involved. we'll continue trying to contact d.c. police to see if perhaps they can give us any more information as far as whether there's any kind of a lookout or what else they have to go on here. so, we'll -- we'll stay with it and bring you get them. live in northeast, i'm

we'll be 55 in d.c. i expect to see some 40's off to the north and west so even though martinsburg it says 54, dulles 54 i would plan on upper 40's so another cool fall evening coming up. fox5 accuweather 7-day forecast, 74 today up to 75 tomorrow. both days feature lots of sunshine. saturday's mostly sunny and warm at 77. sunday's your day where we'll mix with a little bit more cloud cover. by monday we're mostly cloudy ahead of some rain showers that look to move into the region sometime between tuesday and wednesday. all right, that's your forecast. erin como is back with a look at those roadways. >> that's right, 5:17. we continue to follow breaking news out of potomac. annie yu live at the location where we're tracking a double fatal crash happened several hours ago. this is a live look from the scene. tow truck is it on location but several vehicles involved. this is closing a portion of democracy boulevard out by gainsborough. it looks like they're getting some of the vehicles out of the way but a

the home of d.c.'s historic fish market has been transformed into a neighborhood full of shops, restaurants and a whole lot more. team coverage begins with jim hanley who has a look at today's festivities and just how much this neighborhood has changed. jim, what's this i hear about you riding on a yacht? >> reporter: i tell you, you know, you're a nate washingtonian, have we ever seen a transformation like this? the village, though. a few of the things you'll find, behind me, one mile long promenade or boardwalk, if you will and the restaurants are starting to fill up fast. the weather is not deterring anybody. you'll also find plenty of apartments to the tune of almost 900 residential units. we got hotels down here, too, retail along the banks of this washington channel. the anthem which is that 6,000-person arena, if you will, that will be allowing the foo fighters to perform here tonight and a lot of big name concerts coming up in the next two months. also this is just phase one. $2.5 billion later

d.c. on twitter. we'll keep you get around this foggy monday morning. steve and allison. >> what a big weekend here in d.c. a who's who of comedy gathering at the kennedy center last night honoring david letterman. >> plus a high profile conspiracy theory reignited this as president trump has no plans to block the and scheduled release of those secret j.f.k. records. we're back in just 30 seconds. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> back now at eight past the hour and happening today, it is sentencing day for army sergeant bowe bergdahl. the sentencing hearing begins this morning at fort bragg. bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy for leaving his post in afghanistan in 2009. he said he left to draw attention to problems in his unit but got lost and was captured and held by the taliban for five years. he did not strike a deal in exchange for his guilty plea and faces a possible life sentence forren dane erring >> some senators were stunned to learn the united states current

d.c.'s most accurate forecast. hey, top. >> big time storms now west of town moving very slowly off to the east, individual storms moving norat an hour, but big time rain back toward warrenton, upperville and also just west of sterling and chantilly. notice the red there. that's rainfall rates of about an inch per hour. as you go out 50 in between aldie and chantilly, some hefty rain in. addition to tracking rain -- rain. in addition to tracking rain, we're also tracking wind. there's a wind advisory for frederick and western sections of leesburg gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. we'll come back and let you know if the winds die down before the commute and if the rain rolls out before your morning commute as well. >>> we're tracking metro on the news at 11:00 and rain, yes, rain, is causing fires in tunnels. new just released documents detail metro's water problem. the number of fires reported in the metro system had doubled in the last few years. transportation reporter pete muntean is here t

here in d.c. nine. quantico twelve dulles twelve big strong storm system pushing up the winds today. staying out of the south g gusting 20 to 30. that helps keep us warm that southerly direction. 60s and 70s as we work our way through the afternoon. here are daytime highs. 75 washington and 74 leonardtown and fredericksburg and 75 we hit these this afternoon and a lot of folks if they were up before the 4 a.m. hour saw warming. we'll talk tropics in ten minutes. i want to quickly get to 7 day forecast. one more day of warmth and we'll cool it down the next couple. okay the forecast and erin is back with traffic. >> did you get your haircut. >> i did. >> looks ice. >> thank you. >> i love the glasses. >> thank you contacts would not go in my eyes today because they were tivrmentd crash blocking shoulder at 9 minutes red zone on outer loop from 95 over to 270 spur. this camera coalsdale road parked a moment ago. traffic easing a bit and volume heavy. watch for atypical early -- let me say that again watch

if you have information call d.c. police. >> do you recognize this man police need your help finding him in connection with ronnie in northeast. deandre williams broke into a house 300 block of 17 place and stole bicycle wallets and other electronics it apd august 15 and he's wanted in other burglaries in the district. if you have any information call d.c. police. >> university of maryland police searching phone a man following up usual break n it happened early saturday morning many off campus apartment on nox road in college park. a student was awaken by a man standing in her bedroom. the many eventually left and woman was not harmed he didn't take anything from apartment any with information is asked to call police. >> things are back to normal maryland ice tonight on high alert earlier today. police have a students at eleanor roosevelt high school if green welt received snap chat pictures of assault rifle with caption don't go to school on monday. as precaulks there were extra mees on campus before and after schoo

live at d.c. superior court. anjali hemphill, "fox5 local news". >> and more than a year after losing federal funding forehead start program under a cloud of scandal, minutes george county public schools today r larger gift of your federal tax dollars. and thanks to maryland's two u.s. senators. maryland senior senator ben card enjoined senator chris van holland and prince george county school officials to announce a 3 year, 24 million federal fwrant for opportunity opportunity toy's great teachers great leaders great schools project. grant will be used to improve teacher and principal effectiveness of high need schools in the country. >> made in the district. mayor bowser kicked off brand new initiative tone courage foam buy local and support small businesses. >> in the running, officials announce four locations in d.c.'s bid to lure amazon to the east coast. we'll tell you where they are and why they were selected. . >> and we're heading out west tonight to get the latest on the deadly california wildfires how

call d.c. police. >> david grasso is offering to help illegal immigrants arrested during ice raid that targeted undocumented people in sanctuary cities including d.c., 14 were arrested he will be joining us live later this morgue ab address legal assistance morning a.m. vrnl all right. 5:15 looking outside on what is not quite a full moon meek mike says. close, beautiful nonetheless. >> georgous 97.5%. tomorrow, tomorrow will be full moon. it is still a waxing gib is. >> waxing gibious. >> wax on wax off. >> that's the only things going on today weather-wise. we'll have clear skies once again and skies bright and beautiful. warming trend will kick up. we've gotten warmer since sunday afternoon and really things will start to ramp up starting today and tomorrow as well. starting cool. 58 washington and 58 gaithersburg and mannasas 45 and leonardtown 50 and baltimore, 45 in frederick. satellite and radar crystal clear around the region not much in the way of clouds. fair weather clouds in the aft

. >> here in d.c. looks like i'm coming back to clouds and shouvrmentz i know we still need around the region as we're in the rainfall deficit. good to see rain falling and thunderstorms this morning across portions of central virginia up to northern neck and into southern maryland. here in d.c. mostly dry. starting to see areas of drizzle popping up around the metro region and nothing heavy yet. on and off again moderate showers later this afternoon. certainly going to need the umbrella here. 74 outside currently in washington. don't expect temperatures to budge too much today. maybe a degree or two. that's about it. faimingersburg, mannasas, 7 for culpeper and 73 fred fredericksburg. here's why temperatures won't budge much. dew points are high more like july. 72 washington and 64 quantico and 74 fredericksburg. below dew points. that gives you an idea they won't budge too much today. 76 is all we'll go for. daytime high. lots of clouds around. showers on and off ep. won't rain every minute of the da

they all taught in school in d.c. phil rogers -- >> it would be strange that there were no teachers in d.c. o who had misconduct would lose their certificate. >> it seems almost impossible. >> yes. >> reporter: in our report, licenses for misconduct and added zero of their names to the national database. >> the teacher did go to jail. the teacher was publicly humiliated but that's not enough. the teacher should not be enough to teach ever again. >> other states including virginia and maryland approve revelations allowing them to reinvolve years. in d.c., the regulations are not final. it allowed pena, solano and young licenses to expire. no red flags to other states and other schools. >> we want highly qualified teachers in front of every student every day and there may be cases where that's not happening. >> joe weedon says that leaves kids vulnerable inand outside of d.c. >> we're putting children at risk. >> somebody over the district line in maryland or virginia. >> exactly. >> teachers in this report but didn't h

d.c. for a do or die situation. >> record heat yesterday. temperatures in the 70s today. we head for the 60s tomorrow. how long does this cooler drizzly pattern happening i'll have the forecast. >> and this puppy stole ep at gun point. >> she was everything to us. >> tonight the dog's owners are telling us what happened. your news starts now. >>> we begin tonight with playoff fever in d.c.. the nationals forced deciding game five after beating the cubs in chicago. tonight it was really -- oh, look what i have. >> look at that. >> i just happened to be any handkerchief tonight. >> such an exciting night for sure. means national park is rocking actually tomorrow night. brody logan down there. brody what a game that was. >> what a game. it is not quite rocking just yet. i see nationals park at the end of season in winter covered in snow. i thought this would be the last way we would see nationals would not be another game here but the nats live to play another day with their emphatic 5-0 whip

so we asked d.c. chief of police peter newsam whether this was oversight in the justice system. >> was there a failure in the jushl system in the case. >> we have to look at that. i want to say we have a person who was victim of serious crime out there. whenever i hear a story like that it makes us all feel uncome firstable that we had somebody hurt by a suspect that could have been in custody. whenever something like this happens we have to go back and take a look and see if mistakes were made. people may even question was this a person that should have been released to the community in the first place. those are very, very difficult decisions that judges make all the time. >> and now when we asked pretrial services about why edwards was not arrested right away they could not give us a specific answer to that. however they did cite federal privacy laws. again we'll coop you posted on the latest with the story. reporting live at d.c. superior court house this morning, kristin leon, "fox5 local news".

>>> d.c. is going all out to win business from amazon, the online giant looking for a home for its second headquarters. now d.c. is pitching space along the anacostia riverfront, capitol hill east, shaw and noma as potential spots all with access to mass transit and green spaces. follow the discussion on twitter using the #obviouslydc. >>> the university of maryland is home to a lot of fascinating research, but one idea created by a team of students is getting some pretty serious attention, tens of thousands of dollars worth of attention. here's john henry. >> reporter: alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the united states. research is underway here at university of maryland to diagnose that disease quicker and came up with this project, i immediately felt very inspired. >> a couple members of the team and i have had family members in have passed or had -- members that have passed or had alzheimer's. >> reporter: meet two members of the synapto team. their goal? to cut down on t

last night d.c. police arrested 22-year-old khalil davis of southeast d.c. last week police arrested 21-year-old michael jones of bladensburg. both face murder charges. >> brother of the las vegas shooter stephen paddock is accused of possessing child pornography. police arrested bruce paddock wednesday at an assisted living home in las vegas. detectives found child porn on bruce's computer. this is not the paddock brother which spoke to the media after las vegas happened. >>> silver spring mother facing neglect charges after police say she left her children inside her abandoned minivan. last december police say sherri marshall 12-year-old son out of her van on the beltway. short time later they say she ran out of gas in takoma park and abandoned her other nine children for more than a day. officers say the children had soiled pants and were extremely hungry. marshall was later found wandering through traffic. police say she was under high influence of narcotics. >> coming up, a major pharmacy chain store now plans to stock a drug used to treat opioid overdo

d.c. council member offering help to illegal imgrant recently arrested during ice raids we'll chat with him. >> if you just are waking up beautiful start to the day despite the news. wednesday morning, october 4. >> and let's get a quick check on weather and traffic. toue tongueer and aaron standing by. >> temps 50s in city and 40s outside the beltway and it will be another georgous afternoon highs 80 with sunshine details coming up. >> beautiful forecast but unfortunately not beautiful roads. delays in dale city from earlier crash and also slow down in maryland and residual delays on metro latest next allison and steve. >> new devrm from over nights on the investigation into that horrific mass shooting in las vegas hours ago the gunman's girlfriend arrives from the fill means good after release offing body cam video after stephen paddock open fire on the music festival before t turning the gun on himself. >> more with the latest developments, mel. >> fbi are sending dozens of folks down t

d.c. has the fastest growing rate of homelessness among the countries we're live here. news 4. back in to you. >> thanks. good to see so many people getting so much help. >> all right. well said. >>> there are some cities that have the reputation of being a little rough. the people not so polite. a look at who is saying the same thing about d.c. >>> an update on a story you saw first on 4. how police track down the man suspected of stealing thousands, out of all fios gigabit connection, you get the fastest internet available with download speeds up to 940 megs. it's your last chance to get fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus, your choice of hbo or multi-room dvr service included for 2 years, all with a two year agreement. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free. hurry and switch now, this offer ends november 4th.

a brand new study shows when it comes to d.c. police officers behave the same way whether they are the study was conducted by a research team within the mayor's administration. it involves more than 2200 officers. they were randomly assigned to wear a camera or not. the study found no significant difference when it came to factors such as use of force or whether citizens complained about their actions. d.c.'s police chief says a lot of people were surprised by the results. chief news room suggests maybe officers have been doing the right thing all along. the chief says he remains committed to the use of body cameras for a training tool for use of evidence and to boost transparency and accountability. >>> a montgomery county guidance counselor is behind bars accused of committing sex offenses against two women on separate dates through the tinder app. this is 33-year-old colin black of brockville. one of the alleged assaults happened in march the other in 2016 but in that case police were just notified a few weeks

d.c. and the area surrounding d.c., great public transportation options. just saying, another thing to add to the list. >> check, check, check. keep adding things. >>> aimee, thank you. >>> this marks 30 years since black monday when people on wall street. they like to forget. october 18, 1987, the dow jones industrial average plunged 22%. one expert told cnbc that the s&p 500 climbed this year, looks eerily similar to the run up to the crash 30 years ago. there are key differences between this market and that one and investors should not worry. the stock market actually opening at a record high today. we'll see. >> yep. >> good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headqurs americans expected to spend more on costumes, candy and decorations than ever before. the national retail federation says spending will be $9.1 billion. shoppers expected to spend money on costumes. spending $3.4 billion. consumers are looking for deals. 47% saying they'll go to discount stores to get what they need. i'm landon dowdy with this cnbc business report. >>> landon, thank you. s

they hop on a plane, fly back to d.c. and playing in a matter of hours. >> i give thechlm a lot of cred. it's hard work and exhausting. mentally, you have to be there for it. >> no problems weatherwise. >> doesn't look like it. it looks drizzly. i'll have that forecast coming up. >> let's check in with jack taylor with breaking news on the roads in your first 4 tic 2:30 this morning on 95 southbound down in stafford. the crash occurred at the centerport parkway. diesel fuel spilled across the roadway. the lane remain blocked. all traffic diverts on to 630 stafford, down to route 1. you can rejoin -- northbound we're getting the normal building delays. glebe road closed between military road and chain bridge. they're hoping to have the roadway open by 7:00. sounds like major delays you can see. the red line growing. inbound on the 11th street bridge. a crash where everybody merges together. only one left lane is getting by. not great, unfortunately. >> sheena, the weather was rough. it sounds like it's going to be better t

d.c. fox5's corey coffin is live at the scene tonight. what have you been able to find out in. >>reporter: so we know it happened just before 2:00 in broad day light, but we fowngd out that the actual shooting happened just down the street here and then they were able to drive their vehicle into this parking lot into the complex here right off of pomeroy road. the police had the entrance blocked off as they investigated earlier. residents were not out that things have just opened back up. the act l ul shooting again happened at stanton road between pomeroy and douglas, d.c. \police\police had that part of the roadblocked off as well. we're told three men were driving when someone shot into that car. that's when they were able to drive back to this complex. according to police two of the men went to the hospital with gunshot wounds. the third man has unknown injuries at this point. all are conscious and breathing accord ing to d.c. police. this latest shooting has neighbors on edge and call

d.c. were killed saturday when a driver slammed into them. the driver had a medical condition and blacked out. that is when he veered across coastal highway. that's route 1. and hit the stopped at star board bar and restaurant. neighbors of the victims are stunned. >> i mean, i just -- i can't fathom it. that they're gone. i just can't believe it. >> the driver who hit them also took out a utility pole and then crashed into a parked car. at last check, the driver is in serious condition. >>> right now, take a look at your screen. d.c. police need your help to find this critically missing girl. she's 15 years old. she was last seen on saturday along u street in the area of lincoln theater. call police if you have seen her or know where she might be. >>> sad news as we head into tonight's monday night football game. redskins quarterback kirk cousins posted this photo and a message on instagram last night. his grandmother jean passed away suddenly. she left a spiritual heritage for her family

take a look at the d.c. metro zone forecast. it will be ten degrees cooler tomorrow morning and nice cool fall afternoon as well. all the fall fashions can stay out, vest, flannels the boots, you'll need them for the rest of the temperature here where you're starting tomorrow. your tuesday. 45 in frederick, 44 in manassas and warren ton. definitely a crisp start there in the afternoon. not so different. mix of clouds and sun throughout the day tomorrow. as we head to the mountains, this is by far our cool est zone. low 40s to starts, upper 50s for the afternoon hours of and we head to the eastern zones. if you're trying to get out on the boat tomorrow after work, can't rule out a small craft advisory but you'll definitely want the fall jacket. bottom line, doug, tomorrow you'll want the fall jacket and cooler as we continue into the workweek. >> you mentioned flannel. i bought flannel last year. i never got to wear it. i'm excited to wear it for tomorrow. look at the forecast, tomorrow a high of 65 with the sunshine. 61 on thurs

d.c. police traffic letting us know traffic remains closed on canal road in both directions between foxhall road and reservoir road. northbound 301 in upper marlboro off-ramp to central avenue blocked by a tree. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. unfortunately a lot more >> thanks erin. >>> 5:01 right now. let's get to the news. the same storm system which actually has brought rain and winds to our area that we just talked about is causing more damage further north. at least 300,000 customers throughout new england have no power this morning. the storm hit on the anniversary of super storm sandy which devastated the northeast five years ago. >> potential indictment in the russia investigation. >> special counsel robert mueller is looking into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia and an arrest could come as early as today. our melanie alnwick live outside the u.s. district court with the latest. mel, what are people saying. >> reporter: good morning. well, president

the d.c. is activating the pulse point app. it will alert you to someone within a quarter of a mile who is having a heart attack and needs help. it also shows you where the nearest defibrillator is located. the man we spoke with said the app saved his life. >> it's amazing. i mean, let's fac have a firehouse on every corner of the county. >> i was at the right place at the right time. he contacted pulse point. >> reporter: you don't have to be certified in cpr to use this app. just willing to help someone in need. >> there are a lot of great uses for this technology that we have. >> yeah. >>> new airline rules take effect tomorrow. tom costello has more and why some fear it may lead toll longer security lines. >>> plus, power walking in georgetown. why this video quickly became one of our most tkedal when i was 3, children's national helped me beat the odds so i can play with my grandkids. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can help cardiac patients ju