To be drier, 2017 as we start sunday, 53 and we have taken the showers out of the forecast, looks like those will stay well south of dc region and well stay dry all day, great news for the redskins game and for the such a bad way to start 2017 off. 30 overnight here in washington. Again, sarah mentioned the winds blowing, they will continue to be breezy it will feel anywhere from five to ten degrees below low temperatures bundle up. Well let you know what you can expect if we start 2017 coming up later on. Sarah and matt bark to you. Across the crown in the region, Police Departments are beefing up security as millions get set for new years eve one of the biggest will be taking manipulation in alexandria. Thats where we find Lauren Demarco. What steps are Police Taking . Reporter well, they will be out in full force. I want to mention listening to mike that we do have a little bit of flurries here,so people will be bundled up as well here in old town, its first night celebration. Its an annual activity ticketed events that are Family Friendly and at night. It caps off with fireworks over the potomac water. Across the water you got the brand new national harbor. The director of Hotel Operations telling me that the resort will be the safety location in the region. There are more than 3,000 cameras on site and an experienced staff, theyre looking to take proactive measures. If you dont have a hotel, restaurant or lounge restorations you have to have tickets, theyve 75. They may be sold out possibly by the end of the day. If youre going to to the Durant Durant concert you will be ok. On new year police will be cracking down on drunk drivers. Earlier this month, officials unveiled a breathalyzer unit a Maryland Department of transportation Highway Safety office and maryland state police. Unit will help officers test and arrest drunk drivers dui check points across the state. For the past five years, average 160 people died in alcoholrelated crashes. Hundreds others injured. Urging party goers to have a safe way home. If not. Take advantage of programs like safe ride. And the other concerns terror threats and we got an update on Arlington County police. There are no known threats to arlington or the dc area. We get great feedback them and we havent gotten Credible Threats we know there have been warnings over the Holiday Season and the department of Homeland Security about isis threats on churches, dc tell us theyre actively threats they dont like to comment publicly but working to keep everybody safe as are all the jurisdictions around the dc region. Thats the latest in alexandria. Back to the studio. Take a look at this man right now, Dc Police Say he is linked to a homicide that happened tuesday in southeast. Investigators are just releasing these new image, they held a press Conference Today with an update on this case and two others. Fox 5 Lindsay Watts is live at Police Headquarters with all of the details, lindsay . Reporter sarah, we heard about three different crimes here today. One of them a murder cold case from the 90s that police say they have now solved. Also, an update on a dc mother accused of killing her newborn baby and new information about the recent homicide in southeast. Well start with that one and give you another look at the Surveillance Video. Very clear images of the man police want to talk to. Theyre calling him interest in the death of 22yearold herbert dalton, shot and killed tuesday in southeast. We got a photo of him from one of his family members. Investigators are now asking for your help. If you do recognize the man, contact dc police. Moving on now to the arrest in a murder from 1995. You can see a picture of the victim on your screen. His name is nathaniel williams. He shot him multiple times in southeast home where they lived together. We dont know anything about the details. It was his stepson arrested yesterday after more than two decades. Weve had witnesses come forward and we reinterviewed other witnesses. That led us to the break we needed. Reporter according to Court Documents weve obtained, one of the victims other children on to join the Prince Georges County Sheriffs Office and recently ended up reconnecting with a witness to the murder. That witness revealing that oliver was on scene leaving the house after the Fatal Shooting and the final case involves the arrest of a mother from northeast dc. Shes accused of murdering her onemonth old son. The baby died back in july. Investigators say from head and neck trauma. This case was only recently ruled aly homicide. The babys mother is 26yearold tina conley arrested tuesday in philadelphia and is facing a firstdegree murder murder charge. Fox 5 local news. Can something be done to stop the repeat offenders and make sure orders are followed . Those are questions being raised following the murder of tricia mccauley. Duane johnson was arr he sexual assaulted her and killed her on christmas day. Johnson had been arrested numerous times in the last year. Days before the murder failed to show up for a tracking device he was ordered to wear. One problem has to do with the way theyre handed. Kevin donahue says reform is needed and could be a discussion Muriel Bowser has with the Incoming Trump administration. It might change things, we look at old questions and maybe come up with different answers. I would say police are frustrated, nothing demoraleses cops or the people working than seeing someone come out on the street after everyone knows the act they committed. What we need to do and what we want to recommend is people look at the sentencing guidelines that look at not the vast majority of nonviolent offenders. Wer violent offenders who keep committing the same acts. We should tell you there is progress made when it comes to the gps track to go devices. Hard to believe but some people cut off their gps tracking devices and not had any punishment for doing so. The dc police need your help by identifying the suspect in an armed robber in northwest. It happened on club obey road. He walked into the store, flashed a gun and demanded money. The suspect took off an undisclosed amount of cash. Police need your help identifying the suspect in are a violent robber in Montgomery County on december 5th in chef chase. Police say the suspect walked in the store and peppered sprayed an Authorities Say five pairs worth sunglasses worth more than 3500 in the display case and took off. Investigators released this Surveillance Video hoping someone might recognize her. Tracking metro in the district. We told you how neighbors at northwest are experiencing rumbling and shaking in their homes. Some think metro trains are actually the to blame for this. Now, metro is launching is an independent investigation into the issue. The result should be in some time by mid january. Neighbors tell fox 5 they start to do feeling the vibrations around june. Same time metro got a shipment to other new 7,000 series trains, theyre heavier and louder than the olderly models do you have new years eve plan . If youre out past tonight youll still be able to get home and guess what . Metro. They will run until 3 00 a. M. And the rides are free. Merely light is paying for the service to encourage people not drink and drive. The beer maker is partnering with other transit agencies across the country including chicago, denver. Some people will turn to uber to get them home. The Company Expects to make 15 million trips in more than 450 cities around the world. Thats three times more than a year ago since 2014 uber worked with mothers against drunk driving to decrease the number of drunk drivers. The company is encouraging party goers to leave the keys at home and leave take the uber. If youre a regular uber do expect to pay more if youre catching a ride between midnight and 3 00 a. M. For sure. I had friend paid so much money they went just a couple of blocks. Couple of them were a little intoxicated and they looked at the price tag and they got a big shock. Maybe i should get a hotel room instead but its better than driving. An eye for an eye, russia suggesting possible retaliation after president obama promised to take out dozens of Russian Diplomats what the sanctions include and what they could mean for relations between washington and the kremlin how an iconic adam morgan eatery is stirring up controversy. Finally a band has volunteered to participate in Donald Trumps inaugural parade. Well tell you who will be marching down pennsylvania avenue during that event. Were tracking a few snow flurries across the region. Nothing that will cause problems. Were also keeping an eye on the Holiday Weekend. Good news is it looks dry, maybe a little on the chilly side. What about the weather as we start 2017 . Any signs of winter in our future . Those answers coming up in just a bit. Stick with us, fox 5 local news at 5 00 will be right back. I really like that about bassett. You really can custom make your furniture exactly how you want. Its all about customization. The possibilities are endless. You can get exactly what you want. Group of Russian Diplomats leaving their compound on the Eastern Shore today, president obama ordered them out as part of new sanctions against moscow for allegedly medicaling in the president ial election. They ordered 35 Russian Diplomats to leave the country and is compounds one in centreville maryland on the Eastern Shore the other on long island new york. Russia responded to the sanctions. Vladimir putin said he will not take action right now and will wait for the new president to be sworn into office. At showdown reminiscent of the cold war. The u. S. Claims the russian government attempted to interfere in the 2016 president ial election by hacking the Democratic National committees email system. The russian government says prove it. Which the fbi and the department of Homeland Security have. With a 13page report issuing a report confirming they found evidence, two separate russian Intelligence Groups breached the dnc. In response, the u. S. Now issuing a new round of sanctions its u outside the norms of diplomatic behavior the foreign minister fired back threatening to expel from russia in retaliation, Vladimir Putin i want the opted to take a wait and see approach. Although we have the right to retaliate we will not resort to kitchen democracy but plan our further steps to restore russian u. S. Administration based on the Trump Administration trump is in pretty tough spot. Hes expressed no appetite for these sorts of things in recent weeks. Its not just obama its members of his own party that are going to be putting a lot of pressure on him. President elect trump previously questioned russias involvement in the hacking. Now says he will meet with intelligence officials next week to discuss the issue. The owners of the dc landmark say you will the president elects face in their building. Mama iesha restaurant has featured every u. S. President from eisenhower to obama. The founder feature other foreli is a must decide arab woman from palestine. The restaurant was her American Dream and he added the reason was our official position is that it is not in the budget. Larry hogan was an out spoken critic of donald trump during the president ial campaign, you might remember. That is not stopping the governor from attending the inauguration of mr. Trump in a few weeks. A spokesperson for hogan says the governor and his wife are looking forward to attending the event despite their differences. Hogan says he looks forward to working with the Trump Administration in areas such as Economic Development and transportation. Part of the pomp and circumstance after donald trump is sworn in as the countrys 45th president will be the inaugural parade. The marching band is one of many groups that will be performing. More than 8,000 people from 40 different organizations across the country will participate in the parade. The band is no stranger to inaugural parades. It is marched in nearly every inauguration since president Linden Johnson was sworn in for a full term in 1965. Only exception president obama second inaugural in 13. Make sure they bring their warm long johns. Always cold. Remember eight years ago . I will never forget that. It was in the teens. I still have frost bite my body hurt the next day from shaking and shivering. Maybe well have some warmer weather lets hope. 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They should find their pace and get a trainer that can help and assist you. Make sure the personalities mesh so they can take you on your journey and embrace the process. By the time you get there, youll realize the hard work you put in and you wont be terrified. Maybe folks dont membership at a gym. What are things they can do at home . Can you give us a couple of things of course, as a matter of fact i have two of my actual clients here with me. That versa band is 3 to on line. And what we do is shes going to show us a lower body routine you can do. Shortening it well have three exercises within the 20 seconds. Tj will do upper body workouts. I have a timer and they will start with talk it out ten seconds, once they hit 3, 2, one, they get rolling. Five, four, three, two, and one. Good. Now shes literally doing walks disbarred with the band giving tension, a lateral raises and walking back. Its the idea here to build muscle or is it to lose weight or are you doing both. Both, depends what youre that comes with times, the weight youre using, the sets and the reps youre doing, all that plays a part. What are strategies for success get educated. Become mentally tough. Really understand what you need to do and why youre on your journey reward yourself with the things you do accomplish. If you lose two pounds in three weeks, reward yourself for that. These guys have special bands on. If youre a novice, new, would you just say do it without the bands try it to see how it feels, full of like its too hard and its too tough. Every color is a different resistance or you can take it off if you feel theyre too strong some people are saying, part of my Christmas Gift is to join a gym, spend a lot of money to get into shape. Would you say that you need to spend a lot of money to get into shape no is your best advice to get a trainer my best advice is seek out a trainer or get dont work out, start off slow and educate yourself on the process of what youre trying to achieve. Tell me about the party you got going on january 27th, im outside the box the way i do my training, i want to bring entertainment and fitness together. I went to sound check which is on k street washington, dc and we have lights, camera, action, djs, its high intensity youre working out and partying i got djs. Great energy and entertainment. At the end, people love to go out and we try and show them what drinks you can get low in clears at the end they can network meet and greet and enjoy the rest of the night. Good workout, good party and you get to network thats right quick social media how do stag train with surge and facebook the train with and the website is we train with. Com happy new year appreciate it sarah got your resolution ready yes, i do. Dont make them. I work out already. All right. Coming up. The fbi is now stepping in to bust a trio of bandits. The suspects hit up over half dozen Stores Within one week, new efforts to stop the ban kids and the search for a missing plane with three children on board took off from ohio and disappeared overnight. What investigators are saying about the mystery experience. Alex a little boy recovering from a transplant who got a surprise visit from his personal heros. S. I really like that about bassett. You really can custom make your furniture exactly how you want. Its all about customization. You can get exactly what you want. This is fox 5 local news at 5 00. Young man is in custody tonight charged with shooting a taxicab driver in annapolis, 18yearold johnson of annapolis, the driver was critically hurt after being shot. Johnson is currently being held right now and facing attempted firstdegree murder and a dozen other charges related to yesterdays shooting. Police need your help finding the person responsible for a horrific act of animal cruelty in southeast dc, someone shot a dog in the neck. It happened the day after christmas in the 3,000 block of stanton road. The dog survived and is being treated. A 2000 friends and family are planning a vigil to remember a man shot and killed by police on christmas day. 29yearold gerald hall was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend in the 3200 block of walnut street in northeast last week. Officers say hall had a knife but refused to drop it when they arrived on the scene. Halls family maintains he did not have a weapon. Hall would have turned 30 years old today. Developing in Prince Georges County tonight, police are still searching for the person who shot and killed a man in capitol heights. It happened last night in the 3900 block of beyer street when officers arrived, they found victim with a gunshot wound, he was rush to the hospital where he died. So far, to arrest have been made. The fbi is investigating a string of armed robberies in the region, theyre asking for your help in identifying the suspects. Investigators say three armed Convenience Stores in Northern Virginia and maryland over past two months, all three wore masks to conceal their faces. Theyre offering a reward of up to 5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Police are also investigating an arm robbery caught on camera at this duncan donuts in Prince Georges County. You can see in the video that the suspect jumps over the counter. Steals money from the register and takes off. Alexandria police say it may be connected to two robberies in their area last night. Prince georges county need your help to locate this manual, john guzman, he assaulted a woman inside a business on shoppers best way in wood bridge yesterday. The Woman Told Police guzman punched, kicked her and stole her phone. Police are asking anyone who knows this mans whereabouts to give them a call. An 8yearold boy from louisiana got a huge spry. Hunter scarborough is recovering from surgery at Georgetown University hospital his Home Town Fire Department heard about his team to be a firefighter when he grows up. They made a few calls and those calls turned into a heart warming story. Alexandra limon was there and joins us with the story. Reporter hunters mom tells me spent more times in the hospital this year than in the home. Thanksgiving, christmas, and tomorrow is new years eve, this visit from dc firefighters means more to him than we will ever know. A photo op, a smile while cant be seen behind his mask is obvious in his eyes. Happy moments for 8yearold hunter scarborough, who had a massive surgery just seven weeks ago. And is spending the holidays in the hospital. It was a transplant so rare, only about 50 happen in the u. S. Each year. But hunter powered through it hes very strong. Part of it is that shes very smart. He asks a lot of good questions and like to say understand everything thats happening. Reporter just a few minutes, hunter got to stop, stop thinking about the feeding tubes, the wheelchair and the endless procedures. And focus on this. My dreams i want to be one. How do you get faith in a fire . See the stuff we wear . Helps keep us. Stay real low, stay low and under the heat and under the smoke. That helps. Reporter a Welcome Break in his very long journey. Sometimes hunter asks to do things that but it isnt just sometimes. Hunter has had hundreds of surgeries. 30 during a single hospital stay in 2015. And he had us colon removed. It was then after years of dealing with Health Problems the diagnosis chiropractic at his tennal psychoobstruction. Then he got a life shakeninging phone call from georgia town hospital. Hes overcome, when he gross up, he wants to save others. Now to hunter will have to stay in dc several months while he recovers. So chief mcclain invited him to see the firehouse when he leaves the hospital. If you would lik can find a link to their you caring account on our website. Im sure hell love to make that visit. Absolutely. Mike thomas with a look at the weather for us, gosh, i could not believe how cold it was with the wind and everything more like late december should feel today. And people also surprised there are snow coming down . Did your social media blowup too . Just a little bit. Down in virginia where i was at. I didnt see any. Its hit and miss. Its just snow flurries. No one is sliding out there. People are we havent this is kind of our second time seeing any Winter Weather so far this season, so no surprise, people are happy to see it. This weather man is. Again, nothing thats sticking around. Nothing causing problems and in fact, within the next couple hours, things will really be winding down, beautiful night in dc, chilly and winds very and they will remain so, bundle up if youre about to head out and about for any reason, some people getting the threeday weekend started. Storm tracker radar, just a couple of left over snow flurries, down south let me take you to southern Prince Georges County, northern charles county, the waldorf area, a couple of light flakes, north of hughesville. Over northern portions of calvert county. Just a couple of flakes. Isnt even heavy enough to coat the grand. Glen burny seeing snowfall. Our little lake effects snow system is winding down winds starting to change from the northwest to the west. Since we dont have the feed coming off the lakes. The lake effects snow will die down a bit not before it dropped a lot of snow just off to our north and west. Heres some of the snow totals from the mountains. Heres hi land, ten inches of snow over l virginia 6. 7, cherry grove, 8 inch, demascus maryland from this morning, a little dusting. This was not a snow that caused problems. Temperatures right now, definitely chilly, 37 here in washington. Look at gaithersburg at the freezing mark, westminster. 32 this hour in winchester as well as cumberland, much more decemberlike what you would expect to feel this time of year. Wind gusts around the region20 miles an hour near washington. Earlier this morning but still rather gusty out there. To hagerstown, the high spot at 33 miles an hour, take a look at those windchills when you factor in the rain, 30 is what it feels like outside here in washington. 22 for gaithersburg, 25 there for west minnesota, 22 at hagerstown 24 for west chester. Bundle up if youre heading out and about. We head to the low 30s in washington, upper 20s north and west as you start saturday, expect temperatures to be little bit warmer than today, still breezy out there but not as bad as it was early this morning, temperatures here in washington upper 40s, maybe some low 50s down south and west of town, good news this will keep it dry. Again, 48 tomorrow, suns and clouds well have a lot of sunshine to start the day, more clouds to end it sunday first day of 2017 does look dry, 53 degrees. Good news there, for the redskins game getting underway at 4 25 in the afternoon, that does look pretty good. Through the weekend, we keep temperatures on the cooler side, 40s and 50s through monday and in tuesday, warmup in store. 50s and 60s coming back. Youll see that on your fox 5 accuweather sevenday forecast. Weekend 48 saturday, 53 sunday, warmup comes with rain tuesday 62 rain is likely throughout the day tuesday. We watch the end of next week, cooling it down and is Winter Weather chance of rain or snow possible. Keep our eye on that one. Sarah and matt back to you. Thanks. The redskins need a win this weekend to make the playoffs for the second straight year. Brody logan is with special guests to get you prepared. Brody . Were bringing the barbershop talk out of the shop into the studio. You got to get shaved up for the big Holiday Weekend for your new year party and get ready to talk giant redskins. Ahead in sports. Port z26i1z z17vz y26i1y y17vy think of your fellow man. Lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart. Take a good look around. And if youre lookin down, put a little love in your heart. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. avo the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety Million Dollars to help real people like these. Brody logan barbershop with special guests. Brody . It is new years weekend and its a big weekend for the redskins. So, of course, you got to get cut. Got to get right for the weekend and when youre at the barbershop youre talking redskins giants. We got mel the barber and redskins db, how are you feeling tomorrow . For sunday im feeling awesome. Great week of practice. You know, coach putting together great plan. You know, so definitely just got to go out there and play redskins be football mel, well get this out of the way. You cut big names, give us a sampling of some of the guys you cut from the redskins, i cut josh norman, i of course, greg tolers name. Quentin dunbar. Bradley list goes on and on. We see some of the pictures there some of the oh pictures are there on. You can check them out. Josh hart right there from villanova. Number one team in the country. Got a long list. How are people feeling about this redskins team, about this weekend and trying to make it to the playoffs . I think people are really excited for the opportunity for the redskins to be able to make the playoffs. Because they had an opportunity to win the, you know, the other day but they didnt win. I dont know what happened, bro but got another chance to be able to kind of make that happen, people, main, they dont win, they going home. You dont want them to go home i dont know if they want to go home this year, brody you dont want to have all that time to get cut. You dont want to have other things going on. I want to be able to go to you guys had the chance to control your own destiny and lost monday night, you get another chance, everything fell in its way, whats it like to have another shot at it man, you know, you got to be thankful, we had an opportunity we didnt capitolize on. Its definitely an honor to be able to come back jay gruden said if this team doesnt make the playoffs, this year is a failure. He flat out said it. Is that what you think . Is that what the fans are saying . A barbershop were saying, if they dont win, you know, were not going to get paid. Kirk you had two opportunities, this will be your Second Opportunity to be able to make the playoffs. You know, they got greg here from indy when hes on the field, hes killing. Inc, well see what hes going to do this weekend, im let me ask you, do you think kirk should get paid . Theyre talking somewhere 22 to 25 million a year. Big guaranteed money. Thats the topic of discussion, thats a lot of money but if the man doing the job, man doing the job im not saying that, im saying if he dont win be dont pay him. This is the game that says take the franchise hat off. This is the game that makes you get that money. This is why you say you want to prove yourself. Thats what we be talking about heres the thing, if he has 370 yards passing. He would be the sixth quarterback ever to throw for 5,000 yards in a season. Those are amazing numbers. Those are franchise numbers. Thats 25 million a year type numbers. I would say, you know, kirk doing a great job. From the outside looking in takes all the blame for good games, bad games. Its a team game, you know, its ultimately a team game. We got to go out there as a defense and stop him from scoring like the ravens back in the day, the quarterback is great but if the defense wins championships, we put it in our hands, i put it on the defense were going to keep talking here in the barbershop. We got to kick it back to you. I know you said everything falls on the quarterback. Our quarterback matt and sarah back over to you gwen dont pay him. Outrage on capitol over a painting being displayed that depicts cops as animals . While the 80s group is suing walmart and amazon. Fox 5 on the fly. Run bang the rap group, one of new yorks most famous restaurants is serving up its last sandwich. A more serious notes, searchers still trying to locate a small plane that vanished after taking off from cleveland. Were told the chief executive of a Beverage Distribution Company was piloting that plane. Here is your fox 5 on the fly. The search is on for a small plane missing with six people on board including three children. The cessna took off in cleveland and disappeared overnight. The u. S. Coast guard said there has been no sign or debris of the plane. Outrage on depict to say officers as animals. The painting done by a High School Senior shows the unrest in ferguson missouri over the 2014 death of michael brown. It won an annual art competition and was selected to be displayed. The run group run dmc filed a 50 Million Dollars lawsuit against several major retailers, what were the amazon and jets for Trademark Infringement claiming they raked in over 100 million since the group was formed in the 80s. Carnegie deli slicing its last sandwich the restaurant known for its massive pastrami sandwiches opened eight decades ago. 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He says there are more than 3,000 cameras on site, an an experienced staff. If you dont have hotel or restaurant reservation, you need to have tickets that are 75 bucks a pop to get into the resort. He says they can be purchased through ticket master, if you are going to the concert there, duran, you will be ok. Police will be cracking down on drunk drivers across our area, earlier this month, officials in maryland unveiled a new mobile breathalyzer unit. This is a joint initiative between the Highway Safety office and state police, the unit will help officers test and arrest drunk drivers at dui check points across the state n Arlington County, police are trying to get the word out. Definitely have a plan, theres definitely options. Dont make the mistake of not having a plan, if you do drive