this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >> right off the top tonight dangerous flooding across our area. rushing waters turning streets into rivers. and tonight the flood warnings are being extended. our live team coverage starts right now. thanks for joining us, i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. the combination of melting snow and this weekend's rain causing chaos. as flood waters rise tonight. fox 5's barnard live in georgetown where high tide just hit an hour ago. bob? >> reporter: thankfully the river level has dropped considerably since midday. so nothing drastic to report here tonight. however there was concern throughout the day and evening for homes and businesses along the raging c &o canal. some are calling the high water here the worst in more than a decade. here's a look at the potomac as it passes by georgetown. it's a hard charging force of murky water. >> i've never seen anything like this. 1996 was bad but not compared like this. >> reporter: the river has submerged the georgetown waterfront. quite the attraction for the sullivan family. >> it's fun for the children to explain how the water level rises but i'm just glad we live on higher grnd so we dont have to worry about the flooding at our house. >> reporter: a protective flood wall is in place but the restaurants are still suffering. >> over here, everybody comes to see the potomac, the kennedy center, water gate, to see the airplane and right now when you go to the restaurants you cannot see anything. it's very, very bad. >> reporter: the high water forced the cancellation of crew practice for all area high schools and colleges. >> they took up the docks when they heard about the flood so we're not going to be able to go on the water until maybe wednesday, which is bad because we were supposed to have a race this weekend. >> reporter: the biggest concern of the night was the breach at lock 5 along the c&o canal. >> something happened around 10:30 in the morning. it has as you can see we have a minor breach in it so there was a flux of water that came in at that point in time. >> reporter: nothing flooded downstream where the canal passes through the heart of georgetown but the threat has been there all day. >> we've told some of the residents down in georgetown just to prepare just in case but we're just monitoring at this point. >> reporter: other rangers were helping to spread the word with some businesses heeding the warning, placing sandbags for protection. around noontime the river was actually rashing overlook 5. sky fox capturing the scene of a raging river at its highest point. we're back live now. again here is he murky brown water of the c&o. there was concern that it would rise over the walls and go into the buildings. it seems the worst of the threat is behind us. >> barnard live in georgetown. the flood waters presenting problems in virginia. wisdom martin is live. >> reporter: i'm standing in the front yard of one much these residents who lives down in this area. the water used to be at one point where i'm standing right now, it has started to recede just a little bit back in that direction. you can see there is still problems here. you can see the rv underwater, the suv underwater and overhear a house with flooding damage. while the water has decided to go back in the other direction it has still left behind a lot of damage and a lot of concerned neighbors. robin monday could only watch during the night as the water came closer to her house. >> last night was asleepless night for me. watching the water come up because we would have to move everything from the basement part to the upstairs part. >> reporter: by morning the potomac crested at 9 feet above flood stage. >> we got very nervous. >> reporter: the water submerged and old suburban parked in the yard and an rv. they had to use a canoe to get from the car to the house. >> within a couple of hours it started coming up fast. >> reporter: it may be a while before the water goes back down. the problem was created by a combination of several inches of rain and meling snow upstream. >> if this rain had comma few weeks ago when we had 2 to 4 inches of snow on the ground it would have released a lot more water. >> reporter: while the water claim close in her situation it was more damaging in her neighbors. >> it is a foot and a half, maybe two feet. >> reporter: raymond seeger started preparing three days ago. his house is along broad run, an offshoot of the potomac river, place where flooding has become common. >> i sandbagged the house a little bit all the way around and moved things from downstairs, from the first floor upstairs in case, depends how much water came into it. >> reporter: so back to this suv. when the flooding initially was at its height during the day the water was all the way above the hood. where you see the mud line right above the rearview mirror, the water was all the way up there. it h gone down a couple of feet. now the business mess, it is time for the residents to try to clean up the mess left behind by all of this. the mess in the yards and more importantly the mess inside their homes. >> it's going to take a while. wisdom martin reporting live. from the pictures you just saw you can understand why we've been under flood warnings for days and we are still not in the clear. fox 5's sue palka live in the weather center with an update. as you mentioned some counties still have these flood warnings in effect and have been extended for another 24 hours. this is for the tidal potomac which is going to be running high. you know the usual spots. georgetown and alexandria. king street area. these will go until tomorrow night at midnight and basically what we've got is water in the tidal tomac running 3 to 5 feet above normal. it will go down again another foot or two tomorrow but that is enough to promote minor to moderate flooding. the water is going to be staying high through mid-week. what should you expect and what are the times of high tide? in the washington key bridge area you've got one tomorrow morning and then 10:08 tomorrow night. we just had a high tide in alexandria. indian head 9:25 in the morning and 9:29 in the night. we're excited to see the rain finally leaving. this has been a big contributor. i'll take you to truview. you can see we still have showers that are reluctant to give up the ghost but are winding down. one patch has just gone by to the south. we will have a couple showers around tonight and a whole lot of clouds tomorro another big thing that helps is the fact that the wind direction is out of the north and has the effect of pushing the water down the bays and into the chesapeake and out eventually into the atlantic. it's going to be a several-day-long process. it's still unsafe near the water. >> thank you, sue palka. you can monitor the changin forecast including the flood warnings from myfoxdc.com. the weather tab is right there on our home page. a california man who claims the gas pedal on his prius got stuck is being called into question. he said that his car reached 94 miles per hour before he could get it to stop t toyota says it is done testing it the car and that's not the real story. melanie alnwick has what's next. >> reporter: reports of a toyota prufs speeding out of control have other prius drivers a bit more cautious. >> i just question the news reports. i queson toyota. i question everything. >> reporter: toyota has some questions too about james sykes' story. sykes says his prius wouldn't stop, reaching speeds of 94 miles per hour on a saturday highway. >> i was standing on the pedal. standing on the brake pedal. >> reporter: after conducting its own investigation toyota says that prius has a functional brake override system. data from the car's diagnostic system shows the brakes were applied 250 times during the 20-minute incident. suggesting that sykes was intentionally riding the brakes rather than pushing them with force. >> toyota believes there are significant inconsistencies between the account of the event of march 8 and findings of this investigation. as i mentioned, this self pro tech testify system was found to be working as designed and would have easily stopped the vehicle. >> reporter: the department of transportation's investigation is continuing. in the is a said in a statement we -- nhtsa said we will caution people that the investigation continues. we may never know what happened in this car. dixon is practicing her emergency plan. >> put on the brake and hold the power button in. that should kill the engine. >> reporter: toyota says the recall began claims of sudden acceleration have skyrocketed. it said it will investigate all verifiable reports and cooperate with any government investigations. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. coming up on the news edge at 11:00 you'll hear a 911 call from a local toyota owner who says the gas pedal in his corolla got jammed. a montgomery police police are searching for crews in the report of a man off the crowded beltway. the victim did not have id. they're not saying how he died but saying the death appears suspicious. if you have any information give police a call. a prince william county driver instructor is accused of sexual assaulting a female student. police say michael zelner inappropriately touched the woman during a lesson on friday. he turned himself in and is now out on bond. new tonight, a warning for parents of some d.c. school kids. be on the lookout for scarlet fever. letters were sent out to parents of students at m c terrell. they have had three cases of skarlt fever. it is treatable but not preventable by a vaccine. for a list of symptoms log on to myfoxdc.com. spring breakers beware. a deadly attack on a u.s. family is prompting the u.s. to issue a major warning. what you need to know about some of the hottest vacation spots in mexico. east american caught up in a plot to kill a foreign cartoonist. her family speaks out. alex 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street. both killed while their young daughter remained strapped in the back seat, crying. the child was not harmed in the attack. minutes earlier, gunmen killed the mexican husband of another member of the constitute lar staff. wounding his two young children in the process. president felipe calderan promised a swift resolution. hillary clinton offered her condolences to the families, friend and co-workers of those killed. the safety of personnel killed in mexico and around the world is our highest priority. we are working with the government of mexico to do everything necessary to nd to insure that the perpetrators of these horrendous acts are brought to justice. the three died during one of mexico's bloodiest weekends so far with nearly 50 people murdered in gang violence and more than a dozen killed in a gang land shoot-out in the resort city of acapulco. the attacks come as the state department was we beginning to authorize u.s. consular employees in jaurez and northernmexico to send their families out of the area because of increasing patterns of violence and threats in the region. president obama says he is deeply saddened and outraged over these thr killings and says he will do all that he can to bring the killers to justice. at the white house, kelly wright, fox news. two northwest pilots who over shot the minneapolis airport last year are giving up their licenses under an agreement with federal authorities. but they can apply for new ones in august. the pilots over shot the airport by about 100 miles while working on their laptops last october senate majority leader harry reid's wife is out of the hospital after being treated for serious injuries. landra reid was released from the hospital. she was involved in a serious car accident with her daughter. it left her with a broken neck, back and nose. the daughter suffered minor injuries. the autopsy results are back for the man who opened fire at the pentagon. the d.c. medical examiner says john bedel died from head and arm injuries. he injured two officers. three pentagon police officers returned fire killing bedel. he had a history of mental illness. the so-called jihad jamie has been released without charges in ireland. we're hearing from her brother. the american born woman, jamie paulin-ramirez is accused of taking part in a plot to kill a cartoonist from sweden. her brother has mixed emotions about what has happened. >> i know she's just easily influenced. i'm disgusted at the same time because i've been angry over the way she's treated my mother over the last six months. >> reporter: irish police released paulin-ramirez. they don't know where she is and are concerned about the safety of her 6-year-old son. a final farewell to police officer thomas jensen. last month his car hit an icy patch while responding to a car and then hit a utility pole. the police chief posthumously promoted jensen to the rank of corporal. >> history reminds us of other good people who died young. our lord and savior, jesus christ. john fitzgerald kennedy. martin luther king. thomas lewis general jensen. his mission is complete. it could be a career ending injury. what doctors are saying about david beckham's emergency surgery. this has just about everyone talking. find out what john edwards' mistress revealed during a controversial photo shoot. one d.c. council member getting the boot. why he says the city has this one all wrong. former senator john edwards' mistress is kissing and telling. ri he will hunter possessed for a pictorial and dished a little dirt for gq magazine. she says she is still in love with the man she calls johnny and believes he stills love her but her most shocking statement is about edwards' marriage to his wife elizabeth. she claims elizabeth was abusive to john. saying she was emasculated. the man who shot videos of erin andrews has been sentenced to two years in prison. he shot the videos through hotel peep holes and put them on the internet. >> yes, i consider him a sexual predator because from everything i've red and peoplei've talked to it only gets worse. he didn't do this to one person. he did this to many people. >> reporter: according to court documents, barrett also targeted 16 other women. washington capitals alex ovechkin faces a suspension after an incident at yesterday's game where he ended up breaking another player's bones. dave feldman is here with the details. >> reporter: brian, the washington capitals will be without their leading scorer, alex ovechkin until sdachlt the left winger received a two game suspension for his hit on chicago defenseman brian campbell during sunday's 4-3 win over the blackhawks. his punishment is based on the fact that he's a repeat offender. against the hurricanes he takes a run against tim glee sovenlt he was suspended two-gleason. he was suspended two games. he checked brian campbell into the boards. he suffered a broken clavicle and can miss the rest of the season. ovechkin was e ejected. he was suspended another two games. it will cost him $232,645 in salary. caps general manager george mcphee released the statent saying we have no problem with the way alex tried to finish his check. unfortunately an injury resulted. we are disappointed with the suspension but do not want to further comment. ovechkin will sit out road games tuesday against the panths and thursday against carolina. soccer star david beckham will be on the sidelines for months. he tore his left achilles' tendon yesterday and had surgery today. beckham's doctor says he will be out of action for about six months. ex expected however to make a full provider but will miss this summer's world cup. one d.c. council member accused of owing hundreds in parking tickets. find out how he got his boot removed without paying for the tickets. how your child may be genetically programmed to develop autism. bag fees it, gas charges. you can add another to the list of ways airlines are nickel and diming you. we're back... more 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member harry thomas knows all about it. he had his car booted last week but unlike most of us he had the boo removed without paying. roby chavez, what do you know? >> reporter: all of it raises questions tonight about council privileges and perks. in this case, d.c. council member harry thomas recently had his car booted but did not have to pay hundreds of dollars in parking tickets to get his boot removed. >> i was at a community meting in my ward and came out to find it a boot on my car >> even city council members get the boot. fox 5 has obtained this picture of harry thomas's audi beening booted last wednesday. dmv records show his car was booted. >> as you know two or more accumulate over time you become boot eligible so i have to pay for the boot. wlifs right or wrong i have to pay for it. >> reporter: thomas paid the $75 to remove the boot but however did not pay $655 in outstanding parking tickets like most people have to. by friday thomas was back at work at the wilson building, the boot was removed and he was driving again. >> it was a boot based on what i feel was an administrativer or because some tickets were issued when i was on official business where we have the plate that allows us to park in certain areas. >> reporter: they date back to september where he was cited with parking during a rush hour lane during street cleaning, leaving it in a loading zone and a bus loan. >> my office has written letters to make sure these things were removed of the system. if they are not we will pay them. >> reporter: dmv shoechz the tickets remain unpaid. two are are for 200 dlrpz each and all make him eligible for the dreaded orange boot. >> i don't mind paying the ticket but i don't want anyone to think that we as members try to avoid parking rules and regulations. we adhere to them. we have a good accountability system that does not put us above any particular law. >> reporter: council member harry thomas doesn't have a specialized plate like his colleagues and used a window placard. now that he got the boot he admits it may be time to get one to protect his parking privileges. harry thomas says if there is a discrepancy on whether or not he was on official business he'll pay that ticket or those tickets. the council voted back in 2002 to exempt itself from having to pay most parking tickets while on official business. live in the news room, roby chavez, fox 5 news. it is a big week in the battle over health care reform. president obama hit the road hoping to drum up more public support for the overall plan. during a rally in ohio the president called on congress to pass reform legislation. back here in the district democrats are counting votes and beginning the process of reconciliation. >> we're taking the next step in this a long arduous process to resolve the debate on health care reform. >> they're pulling out all the stops and doing everything they can to jam this bill through. they don't even seem to care any more about how ugly it all looks. >> the president wants the house to pass the senate's version of the overhaul. democrats need 216 votes and by most counts they are a few votes short. deep counts coming to montgomery county. they are faced with a $79000 million shortll. beth parker breaks it down. >> reporter: montgomery county residents will feel these cuts. from the fire station to the libraries to the schools. >> there is pain in this budget. >> county executive ike leggett says it's worse because they've already been squeezing every dollar over the last few years. >> the low hanging fruit is long gone. >> michelle longston is learning that her kids will have one extra student. >> you don't know where you're going to end up with that, but it's a hard job and i'm sure it's so hard to prioritize and figure out how to make everybody . >> it's like a snowstorm. we wanted 6 inches. we got 24 inches. >> reporter: superintendent jerry weist promises to protect programs despite a budget $137 million less than what the board of education requested. he said the school system will work to avoid furloughs. but other non-emergency county employees will likely be forced to take ten days off without pay. leggett says that will start at the top. >> if we are going to furlough county employees, the first person to be if you are load in montgomery county will be ike leggett. >> in addition, the executive wants to cut 462 positions that are currently vacant. county employees will get no pay increases. leggett still hopes to boost revenues in part by implementing be a ambulance tax. a fee paid by insurance companies for each transport. you may see a change in your utility bill. he wants to boost the energy tax to $3 a month. in rockville, beth parker, news. continental airlines is ending its free food program on many flights. the airline will start charging for food in the fall on most domestic flights. passengers on international routes and domestic flights over six hours and first class or 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come on. let's go down there. >> reporter: she couldn't afford to pay the sales tax on the #e$,000 car so the -- $44,000 car so the casino offered her $30,000 in cash instead. his doctor prescribed it. one man says he's out of a job because of it. forget the gym. all you need to do to get in your work out is head thought office. a new device that can help you shed some pounds. i'll tell you what. people are going to be looking for ways to get out of going to the office. we have an amazing five-day forecast to show you. we have to get through the clouds and showers still hanging around. the full forecast is next. ry sglfrm a man got fired from his job for using something he said he needs. he said he's legally licensed to use medical marijuana for his sinus cancer but got fired after failing a drug test. the group gathered to support him. while he fights to get his job back. >> i'm blown away by the attention this has gotten. i never imagined it getting this far. >> we wanted people to know all over the state of michigan that if employers are going to discriminate against employees simply because they are medical marijuana patients they can expect some push back. >> the store officials say they stand by their decision. also in the health beat a brand new test may be better at detecting the early signs of autism in children than other methods. researchers used three different genetic tests. they found one called the cma was bet are at detecting abnormalities that predispose childs to autism. if you spend most of your days sitting behind a desk, it can take a toll on your body. one man came up with a device that lets you work out at work. steve craft shows us how. >> reporter: this is one of murphy's favorite things to do and donna noel loves to walk as well. >> if i miss two days i'm a mess. >> reporter: these days a walk with the dog isn't as easy as it looks. >> i opened a consignment shop with my son and daughter in june. >> reporter: a new career after retiring from her nursing job has left donna with new challenges. >> physical cle at the store there is a lot of standing. in nursing it's very active. i mean you're almost running all day long. >> reporter: lots of time at the store means no time for daily walks with murphy. >> i'm making signs for the new store. >> reporter: so donna's husband found a solution. >> he heard about this desk and he brought one home and i thought it was sort of bizarre at the time, but it's been a life safer for me. >> reporter: her life safer? the trek desk. >> just one mile an hour. very slowly. regular walking speed. >> reporter: an adjustable desk tht fits over any treadmill. >> it's a really big space. and i have a phone and my printer right here and the computer. >> that's the first question i get from everyone. will i sweat? the answer is no. do you sweat when you walk down the hall? >> a hunting accident left steve boardly looking for a way to get exercise. >> it was out of they. i sustained an -- necessity. i sustained an injury that caused weight gain. i couldn't workut in the traditional methods. not only weight gain but back issues. >> reporter: his answer, invent something. >> reporter: inventing my own trek desk across my treadmill, each day i had an extra wish list. i lost 25 pounds in one month and my back issues disappeared. >> reporter: the idea didn't disappear. the trek desk turned into boardly's passion. >> i'm amazed by the benefits of walking. that message is not getting out there. >> reporter: dr. elizabeth joy agrees. >> if you're walking you're burning about 100 calories a mile. >> reporter: the university of utah professor plans to study the desk. >> we'll get to see whether or not walking stimulates nutrientiffusion in and out of the lumbar disk. we have evolved to be up right and for many people they spend their entire day sitting. that has consequences. >> reporter: consequences most of u.s. can identify with. >> there is 50 million existing tread mills in the united states. but most of them are being used right now to hang clothes because people get board. it's hard to walk a long period of time. . >> reporte donna's treadmill was stored away for aong time. >> just to be on a treadmill is really gruesome. >> reporter: not any more. >> i can get my work done and get a mile or two in. maybe 3. and you don't even realize you're on a treadmill. >> reporter: while it does take an adjustment to get your rhythm with the trek desk donna says it works for her and the grandkids. >> reporter: now when they're on the computer i push the button and at least they're moving while they're playing their video games. >> reporter: an investment that seems to be working for everyone, except murphy. steve craft, fox news. heavy rain causing serious flood problems up and down the northeast. this is the scene in rhode island. people in cranston are being evacuated. rescuers used inflatable rafts to bring those trapped to dry ground. in new jersey water has damaged one in four homes. >> everybody has seen a little bit of the craziness with the flooding. hopefully -- we're not out of the woods yet. not quite. the water is still pretty high and there will still be water levels 3 to 5 feet above normal on the tidal potomac. so georgetown and alexandria will be better than today but we've got about two more cycles of high tide to get through before we see it getting better. even then waters won't be safe until the middle of the week. considered even safe to certainly get out on. you better be real experienced if you're going to attempt something like that. even the park service was saying if you're going to head out to great falls, it probably will open tomorrow, there is going to be a lot of debris around and it will be muddy as well. we still have showers out there. you'll see them on radar. from the same system that brought us the rain that led to the rapid snow melt and filmingf the water ways. we have batches of rain coming around the edge of the area of low pressure. they're sinking from south to north. i see a few more batches that will come through. we're not talking a lot of heavy rain but it's kind after nuisance. you've got to get the intermittent wipes on. i think most will be gone by morning but we've got a few more hours to get through. let's give you have a wider picture and you can see how this thing is spinning from the area of the low pressure a few hundred miles off the coast of delmarva. still getting a couple of showers almost to interstate 81. it was heavier on the delmarva earlier today. here's our area of low pressure so you can see from philadelphia to manhattan, up to boston, even a little snow and rain mixed in there. they're still gettg the showers as well. our storm will slowly depart and take the rain shield with it. the clouds will still be hanging around tomorrow. meanwhile there is not a lot of storminess to watch. we have one storm across west texas. this thing looks like it's going to be tracking more across the deep south and does notook like it's going to be spreading any rain during this work week. that's good news for us. the flood warnings mr were extended until midnight tomorrow night and it's for the counties that are here along the tidal potomac. so especially in the georgetown area and into alexandria. goose creek and areas like that e the water levels will be staying high at flood levels tomorrow. minor to moderate. 3 to 5 feet or so. then staying kind of high even apps we go through the middle of the week. we've got spotty showers and drizzle tonight. the clouds will be reluctant to leave tomorrow but we could have sunny breaks by tomorrow afternoon. don't expect to find a lot of sunshine when you wake up. hang in there. sunny days and warm temperatures are coming. spring break is coming to you finally because it's really a nice round of weather we've got come. today is below normal. normal is 55. we were only 50. bwi is 48 degrees. march can do that to you. but temperatures tonight slow to fall with the clouds and drizzle around. later tonight we could see areas of fog around as well. up to the north not much cold air. we are lucky it was warm enough not to be snow. feast your eyes on this warm-up coming not quite up to average tomorrow. we'll be about 54 degrees and cloudy. sunshine is back and the temperatures will respond. st. patrick's day, 61 degrees on wednesday. thursday, 65 with lots of sunshine. friday, 67 and yes we can even keep it going into the weekend. our next chance of showers maybe a few showers on sunday. max hd future cast. 10:00, let's see how our showers are at 00. we see a few breaks north and west of d.c. and plenty of sunshine and any storminess we see stays pretty far to the south of washington. here's your five-day forecast. tomoow's temperature again one of the below normal days at 54 but the last one. and really the last day that we have even significant cloud cover because it is a great stretch of days that we have coming. and a slow warm-up so that by saturday you can say we're going to be pushing 70. i'm sure some places will. it will be nice to get at least the first half of the weekend dry. there could be some showers on sunday but i'll take saturday with 68 any time. >> i'll take one out of two. >> in last weekend was rough. >> it was nasty. >> thank you, sue. coming up next on the "news edge" at 11, a runaway prius called into question. virginia police say this lady bank robber is on a cre spree. they've got a new partner in the manhunt. a pimp, a prosecute and hidden camera. how achorn affiliates are trying -- acorn affiliates are trying to re build their image in the wake of the hidden videos. next. next. -( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each 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then like there is a moment where i just look around, like what am i doing? is this real? >> i look at my roommate p and i'm like dude, we're in top 12. he's like yeah i know and goes back to sleep. it's cool, man. like i love it. this is what i want to do.♪ >> reporter: this week they take on the world's greatest rock and roll bal band with songs by the rolling stones. >> i was nervous at first. that's a big band to take on. that's like taking on -- you got to make it good if you're doing a rolling stones song. >> it is really nerve-wracking because they're huge important awesome amazing legends. their music is legendary and everybody knows it. it's a high bar. i'm actually super excited for it. it's actually my favorite week so far. >> reporter: the band has been around for nearly 50 years. but some of these youngsters needed a crash course in stones 101. >> it's funny when they said rolling stones my first thought was wow, what songs did the rolling stones play? >> i don't know a lot of their music but i know their hits. i can't get no. i like those songs. they're cool and catch i. >> reporter: others were practicing their best mcimpressions. >> i'm not doing the lip thing. . >> reporter: no doubt these contestants are hoping they can get some satisfaction tuesday night. in hollywood, anita vogel, fox news. and the top 12 hit the stage tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. that's the guys