He retired after 40 years as a firefighter says his seasonings kicked in. The house was full of smoke and they were unable to find the boy went in trieded to get to the garage. His mom what you in the front yard. I know the mom as stacey. She was there in the front yard a pile of debris sits in the driveway. A sad reminder of what happened inside the cause of fire has been determined that it was a child playing with the lighter. And unintentionally set the garage on fire. Thats not that uncommon for kids. Theyre curious. If they see lighters, matches, dont leave those around. Teach them that its dangerous, only adults use. Kind of like the gun, the mom has to live with that her whole life. Its sa reporter s those neighbors who tried to help were taken to the hospital for smart phone inhalation. They were obviously released and ok. Were told two adults were in that the home when the broke out. They got out on their own and were also taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Sadly neighbors tell us this young family recently moved back to lorton from california. Live in lorton alexandria limon fox 5 local news. Two construction workers were shot unwounded this morning one of the then was hit multiple times and as of this morning still in critical condition, paul wagner joins us from the scene with that story. Reporter in this section of the city, its not unusual to have a shooting. However, here on busy alabama avenue, at 9 30 in the morning, i would say that it is. And thats about the time that the thr were coming on to alabama avenue. Over might Left Shoulder were talking bound a sidewalk where those folks are right now. They were passing near that red cadillac when a masked gunman suddenly opened fire. Lets show you video that was shot earlier today. A source familiar with the investigation says the construction workers are assigned to a job on capitol near eastern market. But for reasons still unclear, they were here on alabama avenue this morning. There were three of them and as they walked between 9th and 10th street near the campus of Saint Elizabeth hospital, at least one gunman with a mask opened fire. Two of the men were hit. One in the stomach and leg. And the other in the leg. The theyre man twisted his knee and ran for help. The gunman then left on foot. Last seen heading south on alabama avenue. Police say the worker who twisted his knee and another wounded man ran for help at a church. Assistant chief robert alder the only lookout we have at this time is for male wearing a mask. Who was last seen running south away from the scene. The information we have at this time is that both the victims were walking down the sidewalk at the time the shooting took place. We have not established a motive for the shooting at this time. Reporter again, some unusual aspects to this case. Busy alabama avenue. 9 30 in the morning, masked gunman shooting at three construction workers. And no obvious motive at this time. Its unclear if this was a robbery. We do know that some of the shell casings fell on to a lawn on the other side of a fence indicating that perhaps the gunman may have been standing in the yard. This church behind me is where at least one of the men who was injured got some help. Thats about all we know at this hour. Were going to stay on top of the i live in southeast, Paul Wagner Fox 5 local news. Detectiveses arrested eight men in connection with a prostitution wing. At a hotel along washington boulevard in laurel. As part of the operation, detectives placed fake ads on the website back page. The men who called the number were contacted to undercover female officers. When the men arrived and offered money for sex, they were arrested. All of the men face solicitation of prostitution and Disorderly Conduct charges. Police in greenbelt are on the hunt for crooks tried to steal multiple atm. They found a nonemergency medical van with at least two atms in the back. Greenbelt police also showed up on the scene and say they had an atm stone back on february 9th. Investigators believe theyre connected. The District Department of transportation will implement a new parking meter rate schedule in two popular neighborhoods neighbor hoods. Rates will range for 1. 50 to 3. 25 and vary depending on time of day. This is the second time in recent months rates have been adjusted to try and improve parking available through demand base pricing. Its the first week long recess of a new congress. Back home in their district, republican lawmakers across the country are reportedly being met with protests over the Trump Administrations adjourned sean spicer addressed claims made by the president that should are planted by activist groups. Ronica cleary is live from the white house with more. Reporter hey, jim and sarah. Let me paint the picture for you about todays briefing. A little different. Topics were much more varied for sean spicer. The room was still crowded with the standing room area filled on both sides. Andhe did the recent town halls where we have seen and heard reporting of protests against these republican lawmakers about concern over adjourned of the Trump Administration. Most recently donald trump tweeted about this where he said the socalled angry crowds and home districts of some republicans are actually in numerous cases planned out by liberal activists. Sad. Is a reporter asked if the tweet suggest that President Trump thinks this is manufactured anger or that this is not real anger. Take a listen. I think theres a hybrid there. I think some people are clearly upset. But there is a bit of professional protester manufacturered base in there. There are people that are upset but i also think that when you look at some of these districts and things, it is not a representation of a members district or an incident. It is a loud group, small of people disrupting something in many cases. For media attention, no offense. Its just, i think, that that necessarily just because theyre loud doesnt necessarily mean there are men. Reporter on a very different note, the oscars came up today with one reporter asking sean spicer if he expects the president to watch the oscars this sunday, and if there would be a merrill s, reep type moment. Like we saw at the golden globes, how does he think president will react hollywood is known for being rather far to the left and i think the president will be hosting the governors ball there night. Mrs. Trump looking forward to hosting an phenomenonal event and its going to occur welcoming our nations governors to the capitol. I think thats where the president and first lady will be focused reporter certainly expect at the oscars, politics may come up. Well be keeping an eye on that amount of money reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary, fox 5 local news. Right now at 5 00, a male mystery a virginia man is outraged he claims the post office lost his male from the last 30 days every dog has its day. Why this he Golden Doodle was at the center of a ruling more of boa boa. This is boa boa at her new home in china. Whats next for the price panda . Whats your problem, jim . I dont have a problem. Talking a lot about the pandas. Leave her go. Im diagnosing panda withdrawal, jim . Is that whats going on . I think that might be it. Could it be tree pollen. There were so many trees flowering already in february, yesterday, we told you the tree pollen was high. Guess what else is showing up according to sue daily report. Grass pollen is showing up and that is to unusual for our area in february. So anymore heat on the way . Theres record breaking heat in the forecast. Well have a first look at your forecast when fox 5 local news at 5 00 comes right back. K. Welcome back, on mail service and it is important for one family the mail was simply lost for january and part of february. Not only are they missing tax forms but medical reimburse meant checks he was forced to leave town a month, got on line and asked them to collect the mail. He came back to the pale office and asked for his mail. It had vanished. In this quiet neighborhood, the mail usually comes on time and off with a hello from the mailman. Thank you. Reporter but the problem came when paul needed his mail kept here at the Chantilly Post Office while he went out of town to care for a family member. Hes back. And his mail is not im upset to say least. Reporter no one seems to know wheret was it lost on the way . Paul tells us hes missing important tax forms, several vintage records he collects and most upsetting medical reimburse meant checks valued in the thousands of dollars. Paul said he pressed postal official it was more to the effect of were looking for it. Were sorry, we never seen anything like this happen before. I got i call on a daily basis. Reporter the post office contacted fox 5 Late Wednesday afternoon apologizing for the incident. Saying it plans to do right by this customer. Which includes reimbursement for the items lost as well as Fraud Protection and says finding mr. Combs mail remains a top priority hes worried about the Sensitive Information that was in some of the mail that was lost and he is asking the u. S. Post office to pay for Identity Theft protection for life. Hes also hoping office hasnt given up the search for his lost mail. Making, fox 5 local news. Story tip from you, if you have any story ideas, wed love to hear from you. 2028953,000. You call fedex. The jumbo jet carrying boa boa the panda landed this morning. I got a message on my phone. After nearly 16 hour in the air, boa boas crate came down and she was taken to the nature reserve where shell live which was a twohour drive from the airport. These pictures of boa boa and her crate were posted on chinese on it let. The national zoo said boa boa happily ate, drank and slept the whole way there and if he cant took great lets get a check of weather. Taking a look outside. Another Beautiful Day. Were going to pay for this, i have a feeling. Item just think we will or this is reward for going through last january i prefer to spin it that way, i think, mr. , lokay and boa boa looks like shes arriving for a state visit with all the officials. She left behind a Beautiful Day here. I think even boa boa would be pleased to know were getting a break. She apparently did like the snow quite a bit but i got this tweet from james murphy at Blue High School and he said check this out in our courtyard. Flowering trees looks like a cherry to me and definitely are some that bloom earlier than the cherries at the tidal basin. What we would have been even than 61 at Reagan National but the direction was out of the south picking up temperature, dulles 65, and. I saw cumberland at 72. Theyre down to 68 but quite a bit warmer. Martinsberg 65. Gaithersburg, 63, westminster 66. Cooler near the water for annapolis at 49. And culpeper and fredericksburg coming in at 63. Get ready for the warmup. Let me show you to our south and west including as close as hatteras. Its 73 in st. Louis and we got a whole lot of warm air across texas, dallas, 83, its 99 in dell rio, 76 in witchita and lincoln 75. Fasten your seatbelts heres the 70s. We may challenge records. Well come close for sure. And while today was filter to do sunshine, were he even got warm again. There have been a little bit of shower activity pass being to our south. We keep itry were going to keep it mild as well. And with temperatures this warm overnight, dont be surprised if we run into a little bit of fog here and there but 54 degrees for the overnight low, that is higher than our average high for at the day, which now is 49 degrees. Anything but in this very mild february. We are right now in third place for warmest february ever, and as of tomorrow, well likely be in second place and you know what i think will happen by fridayright . First place. Well have the sevenday in a little bit. One, two, three, four, surveillance cameras captured teens running for their lives as a car drives by and unload a round of shots a fight events in the Trump Administration over transgender bathroom rights. But first lets look at black History Month. Reporter ill tell you what, surrounded by kids. February is black History Month. Such a cool event is going on down there this evening. Madam tuso. Stay with us. Us. The dc Parks Department and pad ted cruz their opportunity for africanamerican history in an interactive way and fox 5 gary mcgrady is live with that one. Whats going on, gary. Reporter this is really cool. I dont even know. Ive never been down to madam tussaud. All this tacony, tell us about whats going on this is second time were with madam tussaud. Last year around the olympics but this time, the first time that we black History Month at madam tussaud partnered with them here at the Recreation Center to bring some of the africanamerican iconic features to life. We got a really good display here here hes are iconic africanamericans, but folks of all races and colors through the history, so we thought this was a good sampling of a display and of course we have a wonderful learning center, twoyear scholars her. We make some of these come to life . Theres a magical button theres a magical button. Just a simple watch this. And i just didnt feel like moving. After spending all day working. I just wanted to rest my feet and go home. Reporter that is impressive. Theyve all dressed up. All the kid doughs dressed up like the particular wax figure. We want to get one more here. Were going to go with malcolm ex. I would like to make a few comments concerning the black revolution and the and if theyre not, what is the difference between a black revolution and a negro revolution . Sometimes im inclined to believe that many of our people are using this word revolution too loosely without taking careful consideration of what this word actually means and what its historic characteristics are. When you study the historic nature of revolution, the motive and objective of revolution and the message you may change words, devise another program, you may change your goal. You may can change your mind. Reporter the kids are all here and getting to learn a lot. Theyre all here, all the kids are here. You walk up. The push the button and these statues just come to life this is something intergenerationnal. Everybody can learn coming were looking to do this again and again. This is not only entertaining but its informational this is a one be day free event ending at 8 00 p. M. Come on down hurry up. Still some time, a couple of hours. But after 8 00 the magic goes away then youll have to go to madam tussaud or come to a Recreation Center. In april as well. Reporter i got a feeling theres going to be more and more of these events theyre award winning. Reporter ive enjoyed it and i have learned something because obviously you know who they are, but you dont necessarily know all the history. And its really come on, dan, let me show you, heres little m ahamud right here. Coming up at 5 30, a family out of a home after the house a lot of could have should haves in there. Thats the issue. Could have, maybe. I dont know. Thats the issue we have to deal with. What is that fine line to protect civil liabilities and keep the Community Safe governor mcauliffe weighing in on key issues. Where a teen was killed one right out of a church shelter. Good evening, cpack returns to the National Harbor in maryland, a big conservative convention, what does it mean to be conservative in the age of trumpism well talk about that. Sarah . Why ivanka trump brought her 5yearold daughter to the Supreme Court today. Back after this. This is fox 5 local news at 5 00. An Investigation Underway in what sparked this house fire in prince williams county. It broke out on 13,000 block in bristow. Thankfully no one was injured and the red cross is hemming the family out a suspect is wanted in an attempted bank robbery last month in columbia. Police say the suspect approached a teller claiming he had a weapon. Then demanded money but took off before the teller actually did that. If you recognize the person in the photo, call Howard County police. A 1500 reward is being offered for information that lead to an arrest. Dc Police Arrested this man in connection with a deadly shooting last near in northwest. Cooks accused in the murder near a wreck center of the 5700 degree murder. One month into the new Trump Administrations republicans are gathering for a major convention over at National Harbor that could shape the future of the party for generations. Conservative Political Action conference known as c pack is kicking off and for the first time in nine years a sitting president will speak at the gathering. Is live at c pack and the big question is whose party is this now Establishment Republicans or donald trump . Reporter well, that is the question clearly many people here are struggling with. Theyre showing up, theyre walking around. Registering, theyre getting into some of the booths. Remember this, though, last year in 2016, when they hell this conference here, they held a president ial straw poll. Donald trump he came in third behind ted cruz. Of course, that was before donald trump took over the republican primaries, well on his way to defeating Hillary Clinton and then into the white house. That sets the stage here for whats going to happen the next couple days. So today this is a movein day. Theyre showing up, getting credentials, setting up the booths here in National Harbor. This is going to be the center of the universe for conservative i over the next couple days, they will hear from steve bannon, white house council. And reince priebus, they will also hear for the first time had in eight years from a Vice President and from a president of the United States of america. Mike pence and donald trump will both address this before it is all over that leads to a sticky questions. Exactly what is this museum and what is this party . Is it reaganism that weve been holding on to for years or is conservatism now trumpism thats a too many chiropractic he said. Im going to have to go with Donald Trumps team now. Initially i was a ted cruz supporter. It certainly is a Donald Trump Party our country and our values and our future. And its very exciting, im hopeful and ill tell you from a black America Perspective for the first we talk about doing things in the black community. Reporter clearly, a lot of enthusiasm here. Right out of the gate, they say its controversy at cpac. The invitation to conservative out spoken blogger milo was yanked because of an old video. Ap pedophilia. A lot of participants say they agree with cancelling that invitation and they want to get on with the business of hand and reforming this conservative party around the trump white house. Were live at National Harbor, Tom Fitzgerald fox 5 local news. From the republicans to the democrat governor of virginia Terry Mcauliffe talked about a lot of issues during ask the governor session and one of the big items on the agenda federal Immigration Enforcement. We talked to the governor about the recent murder of a teen girl body found in fairfax county. Thats where a group of suspected gang members were arrested. Ice confirmed they had detainers out. The question for the governor, could increased Immigration Enforcement have prevent that day crime . A lot of could have should haves in there. Thats the issue. Could have, maybe. I dont know. Thats the issue we have to deal with. What is the fine line to protect civil liabilities and keep the he went on to talk about more Immigration Enforcement. Hes concerned about ice stopping or targeting people without probable cause. The governor also said hell veto a bill that would require Law Enforcement to hold undocumented immigrants until feds take official custody. Local Law Enforcement are busy doing their jobs to keep their communities safe. Theyre not federal ice officials nor will with turn over local sheriffs and other folks involved in Law Enforcement into ice officials. And i have the support of the sheriffs and others who have weighed in heavily on this. Ice officials can do their job. Were not turning local Law Enforcement into ice officials theyre busy doing what they need to in their communities. Thats what they shall trained for and thats way they will do the governor may disagree on many issues he said theres planet of the opportunity to find Common Ground there are a lot of areas where we can work together. Thats to the president. Sequestration, getting rid of that infrastructure, healthcare, aca, every governor is talking about, and our point as governors, you make decisions lear. Were the ones on the ground who have to implement it. Were the chief job creators in our state, we have to deal with the healthcare issues and transportation, education, these are all in our bailiwick. We want a good working relationship. Governor calleru mcauliffe and others have a planned meeting with the president coming up monday morning, sarah the mayor says reform for dc fire and ems are working. At a News Conference today, the mayor touted improvements over the past two years, dc fire and ems have filled vacancies upgraded the fleet and made key improvements to 911. The reforms were made after multiple issue where ambulances were needed but nonwere available. According to the fire chief, response times were transport units from go gone minutes to six. Hours are arriving on scenes faster as well they say. I get in there, about 41 seconds sooner. Thats the fire engines in the neighborhoods the mayor said she will introduce legislation to help close gaps in insurance coverage. The legislation would require shins companies to cover costs associated with emergency ambulance and prehospital medical services. Meantime the white house said the plan to revoke federal guidelines mandating Public Schools to let transgenders students use bathrooms and locker rooms would match their chosen gender identity. That will be a reverse al. The Trump Administration said it thinks its a state right issue. That sparked heated debate between Jeff Sessions and betsy devos, who is uncomfortable in she reportedly persuaded the administration to include language requiring schools to crack down on the bullying of transgender students. Ivanka trump and her daughter visited the Supreme Court this morning. They were invited to attend by Justice Anthony kennedy who he met during the president inauguration last month. They sat in the special visitors gallery. The first daughter later sent out a tweet saying shes very grateful for the opportunity to teach her daughter about the judicial system. Why a 13yearold girl and her Golden Doodle were at the center of a high court ruling. Why a mothers intimate photo showing her sons battle gone battle well tell you how this drive by ended. First back to sue. Get ready for the kids to be breaking out shorts. It wont be that warm in the morning but well have a lot he think in the morning but after school bring on the 70s, 68 to 73. A lot more sun tomorrow. We are going to be challenging some records in the Heat Department before the end of this week. Well have the sevenday forecast in minutes. Before we go to break, continuing to cover that breaking news out of northwest dc, police on the scene of a crash involving a truck an school bus. This accident happened shortly after 4 00 near it says of 47th and east capitol. Dc fire is now telling us there were two students and an aid on the bus. The driver of the bus and one of the students were taken to the hospital. No word on the injuries but we have a crew on the way to the scene and well bring you more when it comes in. 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Supreme court ruled in favor of a 13yearold girl with Cerebral Palsy the family could pursue a lawsuit against her former Public School district for denying her access to a service parents named the dog wonder and they wanted the dog who is trained to open doors and pick up items to attend school. The school said the doodle couldnt do there. Lower courts ruled against them suggesting they try to inform revolve the dispute with the school district. Smiles say it all right there. Thats a good decision isnt it great what dogs can do . Lift spirits. And sarah and i say cats can do that too. Give them a chance. They dont obey so well. Youll see all the cats down you are the dog days, well wrap up february on tuesday next week. And is it going out on a warm note with one exception. Were going to get a little bit cooler for the second half of the weekend. I love this time of day as you see that setting sun reflecting off the potomac and those beautiful kind of rose go ahead tones on the water that is a lovely site for sure. Let me get you caught up because were going to be mild tonight if youre going to be walking your dog later, you wont need a heavy coat. There could be a touch of fog, a little bit. Its a big warmup were headlining in the next three days, up and over 70, mid 70s for many places, we badly need rain, theres a slight chance of a few showers, little better chance of showers and maybe a rumble of thunder saturday. That would be in the afternoonth because a strong front is coming. And that front will drop our temperature by about 20 degrees on sunday. Ill have that weekend forecast in just a moment. If you missed it earlier, these are and i would have been higher at reagan but this time of year, when the winds are out of the south, that thermometer tends to register the Potomac River water. If you go west, it was very warm and, i was feels like spring. 74 tomorrow, friday, 76, we think that could be challenging a record. Saturday still warm at 72. That will follow in the afternoon. There could be a couple of thunderstorms around or showers. So are we going to be breaking the record in terms of february heat . Our warmest so far on record is 1976, with an average temperature of 46. 9. Were that third place right now. I bet we move to second tomorrow and i have a feeling if things continue the way they are, this will be the warmest february on record for dc. It certainly trending in that direction. Were at 59 degrees right now. Its still in the low 60s and fredericksburg, this is warmer than yesterday. Despite the fact we havent had a ton of sun, were ab to 11 degrees warmer than yesterday at 5 00. And we still have clouds around with the shower activity mainly down to our south. It was a trace of rain at Reagan National this morning. Well be generally dry tomorrow although again a slight chance of a shower very late tomorrow in a few spots. Were only going to drop to the upper 40s to maybe mid 40s for marinsberg to about throw 50s. Maybe a touch of fog and tomorrow, we really get a lot more sunshine back and its a warm day at 74 degrees. Maybe a slight chance of an evening shower or a late night shower. Friday, looks like still one of the best days at 76. If you like it warm. I know not everybody does. We go from 72 on saturday to 52 on sunday. Thats a little bit of an abrupt change but even with that, monday, tuesday and wednesday, all above average and well above average by next wednesday. Sarah and jim . Im going to get this straight. You guys are on at 5 0 yes. Sorry. Last week, gary called me steve. Well wear name tags tomorrow. I think we should. Apparently they think we look look like. This off season redskinses have been maybe a little too quiet. Why does that speak volumes . Brody is here with sports next. Borrowed big day for the brody big day for the wizards yes, it is, about 22 hours until the trade deadline. The wizards have won 21 of the last 26. But they knew something had to be done before the trade deadline, th 30 teams for all bench scoring. They made a move to add some spark off the bench. The wizards agreed to trade 2017 first round pick Andrew Nicholson for mcdone vich is the geof this trade. And added benefits they get out from under a bad nickel son contract over three years and over 18 million. It could be february 2016, 2017 or in the future, maybe 2018, no matter well still be talking about kirk cousins. What is going on . Fans in the franchise tag hour glass are falling ahead of the march 1st deadline to let cousins tore let him leave into the free agent pool unrestricted. We brought in grand paulsen. The redskins have been strangely quiet. Not talking to their own free agents at this point. I talked to another key and prominent agent. He said they havent called him yet. I want to know what are they waiting for . I think he is frustrated. He thinks he deserves money. As i said there is not a heated negotiation, theyre not closing in on a deal. Thats probably frustrating to him. Some regard as well. If hes playing a little bit of waiting game, well, the redskins cousins marriage may be ending ken johnson in a and of course, the minnesota, the two putting the team rivalry aside. The two teams are battling for first place and you see there the jerseys. Its a nice day for an ice wedsing i saw what you did there. I think he dropped the mic and walked out. Go home thanks, brody the first on an historic venture is coming up again more on that mission coming up next. The potential low 11 command is going on a road trip. The capsule named columbia is heading out on a four city tour ahead of the 50th anniversary of mans first step on the moon. Houston, st. Louis, pittsburgh and seattle. It will mark the first time the capsule left the smithsonian in more than four decades. Thanks for being with us for 5 local news at 5 00. Local news at 6 00 starts now. Off top following breaking news in the district. Dc police right now are on the scene of an accident involving a truck and a school bus. This is cell phone video of the crash right near the intersection of 47th and east capitol streets northeast paul wagner is live on the scene with more. Paul . Reporter just to give you some perspective and where i am, im at 47th and central just a oh block off pennsylvania avenue, not far from the shrimp body if you know where that is. A few minutes ago, that bus that was involved in the collision was taken away on a flatbed truck, and it had extensive damage to the front, indicating this was some heck of a collision with the bus and the pickup truck right here in this intersection. Now, what we understand is that there were four people on that dc school bus. There was an two students. According to dc fire and ems, it was the driver, aid and one student taken away from the scene, but we understand that there were minor injuries. As they did call paramedicsed to scene, they determined that the injuries minor and they called the private ambulances to the scene which then took those people to the hospital. We understand the other student was taken and transported by a separate bus, which came here to the scene. At this point, its unclear how this collision took place. But back here live, let me show you a little bit about what we can still see here on the scene. All of this is the remnants of the front of the bus, still here on the scene. And this room was used to sweep it all off to the side. Theres still a light here that came off the bus. Let me show you down here, down the sidewalk here, i think this is a little bit of a remnant of the extent of the collision that a lot of the