of 57th avenue. we're still learning new information. we have a crew on the way to the scene. if we get anything more, we will update you. now to a fox 5 weather alert, today showers and storms are gone and gusty winds have replaced them. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. eye live look back outside, gust -- a live look back outside, gusts as high as 50 to 60 miles per hour reported, fox 5 gary mcgrady in the weather center. >> thank goodness those 50en and 60 mile-per-hour wind gusts -- 50 and 60 mile-per-hour wind gusts not widespread this evening. let me show you in terms of wind gusts what we're talking about, top wind gusts for national right around 43 mile- per-hour so far. not far from reagan they did have some gusts up over 50. dulles 39 mile-per-hour be wind gusts and also had some not far from there wind gusts around 50 miles per hour. bwi marshall just getting gusty wind. the 37 mile-per-hour was the highest since last hour. alexandria 51 miles per hour. hagerstown, maryland 53 miles per hour and flint, maryland, which is in frederick county they've had a gust up to 63 miles per hour. again those kind of gusts not all that widespread and you see the wind gusts now, 38 miles per hour here in town. out in the suburbs west of the metro dulles, 25 miles per hour. we can deal with that, 24 for frederick, and that's not too bad either and in fredericksburg it's gushing to 29 miles per hour. it's going to have the potential for higher gusts. therefore, this wind advisory is in effect through midnight in the tan counties and in the meyer elevations to the west it's a wind warning -- higher elevations to the west it's a wind warning and they have some snow coming in with the colder air. no snow for us, but it looks colder for the weekend. we'll talk specifics coming up. >> you can track this storm and weather any time with fox 5's weather app. go to the app store, the android market and download it on your smartphone. a teenager gunned down on the job shot and left for dead last night on a street corner in northeast d.c. police think it may have been an attempted robbery. tonight officers were at the scene looking for clues as the victim phelps and friends gathered for a vigil -- victims family and friends gathered for a vigil. fox 5's maureen umeh has the story. >> reporter: they gathered on the very corner where 19-year- old franky rivas died, dozens of family and friends struggling to make sense something of so senseless. >> i loved my brother so much -- sense of something so senseless. >> i loved my brother so much. he didn't deserve any of. this nobody deserved anything like. this. >> reporter: rivas was the youngest of five children in a close-knit family. had he a 2-year-old son and a girl friend. sensitive, caring, good to the core, just a few words used to describe the teen. >> a very energetic outgoing guy, loveable caring. he cared about what you thought about him and those who he loved and cared. >> reporter: rivas was alone at 10th and gallatin streets northeast thursday night waiting for a ride home after handing out flyers advertising specials for papa john's pizza. neighbors told police they heard raised voices and a gunshot, but no one has been able to describe the suspect. >> some people see two black males running on gallatin toward 11th and 12th streets. >> reporter: d.c. police are canvassing the neighborhood hoping to learn something that can help bring rivas' killer to justice, something that can help ease the unimaginable pain river's' friends and family now feel. >> it's so sad that someone so young just end his life in this, such a violent way. >> our father up in the heavens knows what happened and justice will be served. >> reporter: maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >> police are not entirely sure robbery was the motive, but looking at every possibility. a man charged in the murder of a manassas park gardener admits he did it. reynard prather pled guilty to run and federal robbery charges. prosecutors say he planned a robbery at the mansion where jose car don't -- worked. when the owner -- where jose cardona worked. when the owner left in his garage. that's when he was shot. the george huguely trial was an emotional experience for the 12 jurors. one of them now is speaking out. fox 5's karen gray houston in the newsroom with more. >> the juror talking is ian gromski, a microbiology prove at uva and said finding george -- professor at uva and said finding george huguely guilty was the most difficult thing he's ever done. gromski sat down with a reporter and said he is at peace with the decision. >> reporter: it took them hours, not days, but the 12 men and women on the jury didn't buy the prosecution's argument that george huguely was guilty of first degree murder. >> we all did not think the killing was premeditated. we don't think he went over there with the purpose of killing yeardley love. >> reporter: but he said he did feel that huguely had to pay a price for taking a life. >> we explicitly asked ourselves is he a threat to society and i think there was at least some feeling that as an alcoholic he would be. >> reporter: while they had never met, glomski and his colleagues got to know yeardley love intimately. they got to know her friends. glomski says it was difficult looking at the grisly crime scene photos. >> it was like wow. the eye was completely swollen shut. >> reporter: he said the jurors were caring citizens who took their job seriously and he's proud of the job they did. ian says even though the trial is behind him now the scar from that experience will be there for the rest of his life. >> what about the length of the prison sentence? is glomski happy about that? >> he said the jurors are pretty comfortable with that 26 year term. oddly enough he said he would like to go and visit huguely in jail. he wanted to get some answers to questions that he still has like what was yeardley love really like? does he think the sentence is just? we're not really sure how long huguely will spend in jail. 26 years was the recommendation. the judge could reduce that time. he can't take it higher. phenomenal sentencing is set for april 16th -- formal sentencing is set for april 16th. a suspicious white powder was found in the capitol rotunda this morning. tests showed it wasn't a threat. earlier this week at least three lawmakers and several media outlets received letters with white powder inside that was determined later harmless. we are feeling the pain at the pump. prices jumped three cents overnight. aaa says the average price for gayle of regular is now 3. -- a gallon of regular is now 3.83 in the district. fox 5 tom fitzgerald reports. >> reporter: if you're looking for blame over the high gas prices, gas stations and oilfields may be easy targets, but wall street may be the real culprit. >> it is gambling. >> reporter: charles evenger said the heating force fueling the pain at the pump is wagering on wall street. >> most people don't understand hardly anything about oil speculation. >> reporter: every day traders buy and sell what are called futures in the oil market. they're guessing what the future price of oil will be based on current world events. >> most of it's looking forward and making a bet on whether the price is going to be higher and lower today. >> reporter: some of the reasons oil futures are high now are the uprisings in syria and iran's increased interest in nuclear weapons. >> a lot of it's gussied up. >> reporterproblem the professor says is that often speculators can find any event in the middle east, in the weather or around the world as an excuse to drive up oil futures. >> these things are happening in the market every day, but a lot of it's just a super hype that all of a sudden hits wall street in particular. >> reporter: and since 75% of the price of your gallon of gas comes from the price of oil, it doesn't take long for high crude prices to turn into high gas prices. >> it can literally happen in hours. you're not talking about long, a long time. >> reporter: even though drivers in the u.s. are using -- less gas than ever and supplies of gas are good, there isn't any short supplies in answers as to how long this pain at the pump will last. >> for now americans' hands are tied when it comes to oil speculation, but federal agency that regulates commodity futures is keeping a close watch on traders and trying to limit how much they can buy. when the maryland legislative began, governor martin o'malley proposed raising the gas tax. you've seen gas prices lately? o'malley's proposal will likely stall. one prince george's county democrats delegate believes it's going to be a very tough sell even though most legislators understand more revenue is needed for transportation projects. governor o'malley will sign that bill legalizing same sex marriage next week. the bill signing is set for thursday. opponents say they've taken the first step to stop the law from being enacted. they submitted a petition proposal to the state board of elections, if it's approved opponents will need to collect nearly 56,000 signatures to put the issue on the november ballot. a local school is shut down after nearly 100 kids get sick with the same symptoms. also it seems like d.c. has been selling new parking meters all over the city. find out where that extra cash is going. tonight on the news edge tempers flare when local crowds can't get their hands on nike's new shoes. we're staying on top of breaking news now in riverdale, maryland. sky fox is live over the scene. at least seven prince george's county firefighters have been hurt. most of them are in serious condition. they were there fighting a house fire when it collapsed on top of them along 57th avenue. we have a crew headed to the scene. we will continue to bring you updates as we get them. a health alert tonight out of fairfax county, school officials at willow springs elementary are trying to determine whether they've had an outbreak of norovirus. more than 100 students stayed home today and seven teachers all with stomach bugs. the school is undergoing special cleaning procedures and all weekend events have been canceled. it is a familiar sound around d.c., quarters dropping into the parking meters. you're going to hear a lot more. fox 5's beth parker explains about the changes on the way. >> reporter: last year in d.c. this were 17,000 parking meters. this year it will be up to 18,000, so you may notice a few more popping up around town. fresh dirt marks the newest spots in d.c. where you'll pay to park. >> there you. go. >> reporter: david bennett carries around a roll of quarters. >> one of the few reasons i go into a bank these days is to get a row of quarters. hey, this meter works. that's unusual. >> reporter: that's the mindset ddot hopes to change. >> we want to make sure the experience is a good one. >> reporter: john tiles says many meters are popping up where they've been temporarily taken away for construction and there's that super free space. >> everybody knows that one or two spaces around the city where they can park for free, but they're in among other meters. so we've done some inventory of the spaces in the city and found some locations that really should have meters but for whatever reason didn't. >> reporter: ddot added solar powered meters, meters for disabled people and machines that accept credit cards. this college student is out running an errand for his parents' business. >> it's usually eight minutes, but i think it should be like 10 because in maryland it's like for 25 cents you can get 15 minutes on the meter. >> it is a lot of money for sure. >> reporter: do you have any idea where all this money goes? >> not really i don't. >> reporter: last year d.c. made $31 million from parking meters. that money went to metro's budget. this spot where i'm standing is right downtown in the middle of a busy commercial district. these are the meters where if you put in a quarter, you get 7 1/2 minutes. when that rate increase took effect, a lot of people complained, but d d.o.t. said it's right in line with other big cities around the country like new york and l.a. beth parker, fox 5 news. poland wants a significant exhibit back from the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. it's from auschwitz and has been on loan to the museum, but now a new polish law require every world war ii artifacts be sent back every five years for inspection. the museum said dismantling and shipping the barrack could damage it badly. a construction project in prince george's county has turned into an archeological dig and now you've got a chance to make some discoveries. scientists found artifacts dating back 3 or 4,000 years. fox 5's john henrehan checked it out. >> reporter: maryland route 450 is the mean street of busy commercial bladensburg. there's an ambitious multi-year plan to turn route 450 into a grand boulevard. >> it's going to be more pedestrian friendly. you'll be able to navigate by walking and also bicycle traffic going from our main shopping area down to the waterfront park. it's going to be beautiful. >> reporter: but whenever major roadway projects are being designed, maryland and federal laws require that archeological assessments take place. this, of course, is to make sure that no valuable artifacts get destroyed by the construction. right alongside the public library in bladensburg an archeological dig has confirmed that human beings have been living around here for a very long time. >> looks like native americans have lived here for maybe 10,000 years, but this particular site where we are today it looks like the archeology goes back about 3 to 4,000 years ago. >> reporter: this says archeologist julie schablitsky is an ancient tool fashioned by someone in bladensburg thousands of years ago. >> in this case we found a piece of a tool by someone hammering on it. >> reporter: through the layers of excavation the team on this dig has come up with artifacts from what may be a mid-1800s bladensburg school house. >> little bits of cut nail, brick, even window glass and perhaps a smoking gun of a school being here we have part of an old slate pencil. >> reporter: chalk? >> slate. you'd have a slate board with a slate pen and i you could do mathematical equations -- and you could do mathematical equations, practice your reading and writing. >> reporter: on sunday 1:00 through 4:00 this will become a public archeological dig. dress casually. you will be allowed to sift through the soil for artifacts. facebook now connecting teenagers with some of the hottest parties around, but what's going on at those parties is downright dangerous. plus the supreme court says you're allowed to own a gun in the district, but that doesn't mean it's easy. see one woman's videotaped quest to legally buy a gun next. we're staying on top of breaking news now in riverdale park, maryland in prince george's county, maryland mayor. here's a live view from sky fox over a house fire that was happening in the 57th street, 6300 block in maryland. 7 firefighters at the house fighting the flames have been injured. we're told seriously. we understand there was not a collapse. we are being told a strong wind blew through. as you know, this is a very gusty night out there. we are told the wind blew the fire into the faces of those firefighters that were inside the house fighting that fire. we understand all seven are now being taken to burn centers around the state. again seven firefighters there on the scene fighting that fire. it is a very windy gusty night. we are told the flames were blown into their faces. crews on the scene say again this was not a collapse, but strong gusts blew into the firefighters' faces. we have a crew headed to the scene. there are numerous fire vehicles there, emergency responders on scene trying to make sure not only are the firefighters okay, but also that fire was put out at the house. we've also learned or we're still waiting for confirmation if anyone was inside that home. at this point we have no reports of any other injuries or if anyone was inside the home at the time of the fire. as we get more information, we will keep you updated. too many hurdles, too many obstacles, four years after the supreme court overturned the district's handgun ban some prospective gun owners in the city say they're getting their handguns registered, but it's still difficult and they're advocating change. [ guns firing ] >> reporter: emily miller once a crime victim now gun owner says despite a supreme court ruling that ordered the district of columbia to make it possible for law abiding citizens to own guns, her path to getting one was littered with delays, unexpected expenses and stonewalling. >> these gun control measures are so counterproductive because they're not stopping the criminals from getting guns. criminals are getting guns easily. they're stopping the law abiding people from getting guns for protection. >> reporter: miller has been writing about her experience for her employer, the washington times. guns must be purchased outside d.c. and only one man is licensed to bring them into the district at a cost of $125. then in order to complete the required firearms training applicants must find a licensed instructor. there are none actually in d.c. you must be finger printed, take a written test, submit your gun for ballistics testing and make multiple visits to the police station and you have to do it during business hours which for most applicants means taking off work multiple times. it took miller nearly five months and almost $500 plus the cost of her gun. d.c. councilman phil mendelson who acknowledges d.c. has a problem will legal guns says he is working to lessen the burden on law abiding citizens. >> we've made it easier to register and the legislation now pending will make it easier to register a firearm. >> reporter: gun rights activists say it's not just d.c. and point to chicago man otis mcdonald who won a supreme rights gun case in 2010 yet after that victory found it to be expensive and very difficult to actually get a gun. >> it's no secret. what's going on is the political leads. they're trying to nullify, reverse and gut the supreme court decision through a blizzard of legislative roadblocks that make the 2nd amendment inaccessible, unaffordable and impossible to experience for the average citizen. >> reporter: washington police say 2,157 guns have been legally registered since the supreme court ordered d.c. to make that possible back in 2008. last year alone police here recovered more than 1,900 illegal guns. in washington shannon bream, fox news. it is make or break time on the campaign trail. mitt romney is fighting to make sure he carries his homestate, but rick santorum has other plans. also caught on camera a woman escapes her car moments before it's hit by a train. we'll be right back. easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... 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keep more of what they earn. >> reporter: romney's one time more than double digit lead in michigan has shrunk. the latest poll does have him up by three points and he continues to stress he's the only challenger equipped to take on the president. >> i think i have the only chance. >> reporter: rick santorum is aggressively disputing that. >> the fact that we're in the race at all in his homestate and being as badly outintended as we have been the past two -- outintended as we have been the past -- outspent as we have been the past two weeks, i think we're doing fine. >> reporter: santorum tries to eat away at room any's support and pull out another -- romney's support and pull out another surprise win. >> we have dramatic change in the tax code. >> reporter: president obama's reelection campaign is also focusing on michigan just releasing an ad criticizing all the presidential gop hopefuls for opposing the bailout of the auto industry that the president pushed for. jennifer davis, fox news. next week's primaries are critical to both mitt romney and rick santorum. earlier i talked to fox news sunday host chris wallace about what losing michigan could mean for romney's campaign. >> they are enormous for mitt romney. i don't mean his campaign would be over if he lost, but it would be a really serious blow. it would ensure that this campaign would go on for months and i think it would increase the calls from republican establishment leaders for another late entry to get in the race, somebody like jeb bush or mitch daniels because romney would show that he was a weak frontrunner and i think there is serious doubts about whether gingrich or santorum can make a race of it against obama. that's if romney loses. there have been some polls in the last couple days that show a tightening. if he goes on to win and particularly if he wins by let's say eight or more points, then i think he resumes his status as a solid, if not overwhelming frontrunner. >> this is a natural transition into who is on the show this weekend. we know you'll have former governor mitt romney on the show. what are some of the questions you're going to talk to him about? >> we'll certainly talk about michigan and the stakes for that and look, if he's having this much trouble beating rick santorum in a republican primary in his homestate as you say, the state he grew up in, the state his father was a three term governor, if he's having that much trouble beating santorum in a republican primary, how could he beat barack obama in a general election in michigan, which is a key swing state? the governors are in town this weekend. we'll talk to mitch daniels, the highly respected governor of indiana. it was only a few months ago some people were saying maybe mitch daniels should run for president. he decided not to, but now there's talk especially if romney should stumble, maybe he should get in the race. we'll talk to mitch daniels about that. >> if you could bring people up to speed if you remember, why did mitch daniels say early on that he did not think he wanted to take part in this? >> well, among other reasons because of his wife and his children. it's a complicated family situation. he and his wife were married for a number of years, had their kids, then divorced. she moved out to california with a fellow and ended up coming back and remarrying him, but i think it obviously sounds like a soap opera. i think there's some concern gee, do we want to parade all that out in a presidential campaign? apparently she didn't like the idea and neither did his daughters. >> i can certainly understand that. sounds like you're going to have a lively show this weekend. i'm looking forward to seeing it at 9:00 on fox 5 sunday morning. he's facing years in prison for secretly taping his roommates. we're taking you to day one of the trial. plus a train is barreling towards this car. find out why bystanders had to rip the driver from her seat. this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. caught on camera a woman rescued from her car seconds before that train hit. happened in newark, delaware this morning. she spun her wheels but wasn't able to get the car going. two sanitation workers stopped to help. to hel >> i told her four times and i walked away and i said i can't leave her. so i went back. i said come on, get out the car. she stuck one foot out. by the time she got the second foot out that train came in three seconds and wiped her car out. >> the car was dragged hundreds of yards down the track. no one was seriously injured. opening statements began in the case today of a former rutgers university student accused of spying on his roommate. prosecutors say 19-year-old dharun ravi used a webcam to spy on his roommate's encounter with another man. the victim tyler clementi killed himself in 2010. ravi says the prosecution immediately tried to label him as a homophobe. >> we're here for one reason because the state of new jersey is represented by the middlesex county prosecutors office want you to believe that dharun is a bigot, a homophobic, a hateful anti homosexual, anti-gay person. >> ravi is facing numerous charges including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. coming up tonight on the news edge at 11:00 a crowd waits for hours to get their hand on nike's show only to leave frustrated and empty handed. plus a fight in a metro station leads to a stabbing on the street, where the violence broke out at 11:00. eastern staying on top of breaking news -- we're staying on top of breaking news right now out of prince george's county maryland. seven firefighters were hurt battling a house fire along 57th avenue in riverdale house. these are live pictures courtesy of sky fox over the scene. there are numerous emergency vehicles you can see and there are numerous ambulances and personnel there on the scene. we understand all seven firefighters are being rushed to area burn centers right now. a gust of wind blew the flames back onto the firefighters as they were trying to put out the flames. as you know, it's a very windy night out there. fox 5's maureen umeh is live on the scene and will bring us a live report on the news edge at 11:00. >> we saw these winds coming about 12, 18 hours knew it was going to be gusty today. >> they were a little slower getting here. we didn't start getting gusty till about 5:00, 6:00 tonight. it looks like these widespread 50, 60 mile-per-hour winds just briefly and they've canaled down a bit, still very gusty out there and i think it will be overnight and looks like a breezy weekend. let's go outside and first show you the weather app here. you can download this. it's not just good when we're windy like tonight, but even when you're trying to plan your weekend activities out there as we start getting into the fall, there's a lot more outdoor activities during the within for the kids and you'll want to know how cold it is or maybe is going to be or in this case how windy if. is 38 miles per hour wind gusts for the airport -- windy it is. 38 mile-per-hour wind gusts for the airport. it's calming down a bit. earlier we were seeing 30, 40 mile-per-hour wind gusts. in western maryland we had wind gusts 51 mile-per-hour for cumberland. hagerstown we had a 53 mile-per- hour wind gust and in frederick county we had a 61 mile-per- hour wind gust and all those are measured, so very reliable. breezy down to the south, not quite as gusty for fredericksburg right there, per the wind warning in effect earlier this afternoon and this evening, that has been canceled. so now everybody is just under this wind advisory. we can see wind gusts still up around 40, maybe 45 miles per hour i think and this will run through midnight. overnight tonight these wind gusts will begin to calm down a little. it's still going to be windy, just not quite as gusty. temperature now here in town dropping with the front going through, 50 degrees in the city. farther to the west and northwest temperatures are in the 40s and even all the way across the bay now temperatures are beginning to drop. in some places there's enough -- the temperatures were cold enough that we would have a wind chill factor, feels like 33 for gaithersburg, 35 frederick, getting colder in baltimore, 39 degrees. wind will blow tonight and tomorrow. high pressure is building in from the west. we'll have sunshine tomorrow, but we're going to have some clouds, too. it will be cool, temperatures tomorrow struggling to get up to about 50 degrees as the colder air comes in. winds tomorrow will be between 15 and 25 miles per hour. a lot of snow up to the north in the lakes and some of these streamers will get down to western parts of maryland like they are now. thunderstorms have moved through. drier colder air is coming in. you see a lot of snow here coming through ohio, western sections of pennsylvania and up into new york state. skies are clearing just a bit on top of i-95. now there's still cloud cover back to the northwest. hagerstown, possibly even sees a snowflake and maybe one or two of these little streamers could push as far to the east as frederick county there along i-70, maybe even carroll county. we'll see this through the day tomorrow as well. clouds farther to the north and west tomorrow, more sunshine here in town. you know by now gusty wind overnight tonight out of the west 15 to 30 miles per hour, lows in the upper 30s. sunshine tomorrow morning and 40 work breezy at noon, breezy at 5:00, temperatures tomorrow warming up to the upper 40s. just wanted to show you there will be some. >> i showers, higher elevations have some winter weather advisories in effect up there. they could pick up a few inches of snow. that will help for the snow starved ski areas there out into west virginia and western maryland. there's the next five days, 50 tomorrow, 48 sunday, not bad on sunday at all. it won't be nearly as windy and 60 on monday, right back up. >> winds tomorrow? >> 15 to 25. that is gusty, 40 or 55 mile- per-hour gusts tomorrow. fox 5 sports is brought to you by acura. >> the first big story of nationals spring training centers around the face of the franchise. he's endured the team's growing pages, but will he be around long term? sports director dave feldman has more from vieira. >> reporter: the player we're talking about is third baseman ryan zimmerman. as mike rizzo calls him the furniture around this place, a fixture, the franchise and a guy under contract through 2013. he wants an extension and wants it done now and he says after tomorrow he's not going to talk about it. >> it's not fair to the other guys and it's not fair to me. i think there's a lot of optimism in camp this year. i think we finally have a talented team that if we stay healthy and continue to get better throughout the year that we can have a chance to make the playoffs and i think we know we have a lot of work to get there, but the work starts here. we need to worry about baseball and not having every other day someone coming up to me and asking me about my contract or how much money i want or how many years i want when we're supposed to be concentrating on baseball. it's just not fair to the other guys that are working hard and supposed to be a group effort. if there's one guy that's continually talking about how much money he's supposed to make or something like that, it's just not fair to the other guys. so tomorrow we'll have a deal done or we won't and we'll talk about how great if is why it got done or -- it is why it got done or what happened why it didn't get done and that will be it and we play baseball. i have two years left here. >> zimmer man says he's not stressing about it. he sleeps like babe and had his normalling he white omelet this morning. first full squad practice is tomorrow. come up we'll hear from the young guns stephen strasburg and bryce harper. just a reminder, tomorrow an acc basketball doubleheader kicks off on fox 5 virginia tech versus duke at noon, maryland and georgia tech at 2:30. we all know facebook connects people with their friends instantly, but it also is connecting teenagers to dangerous parties that police are watching closely. a marine stationed at a local base hits it really big in vegas. meet him at 11:00. now here's another that's my take, the topic unemployment fraud involving d.c. workers. >> and now that's my take with wttg vice president and general manager duffy dyer. >> recent news reports that district workers replaced on leave as a step towards a possible prosecution for receiving fraudulent unemployment benefits had me shaking my head again. the news that an additional 40 former district workers also casualed unemployment checks they were not entitled to -- cashed unemployment checks they were not entitled to wants to make you shout enough is enough. 800,000 taxpayer dollars in fraudulent payments to city employees since 2009 and who knows how many taxpayer dollars were wrongfully doled out before then? here's the bigger problem. it appears nothing has changed. after an audit of the employment services three years ago that called the management of the compensation system on the carpet for poor performance and again back in april of last year d.c. inspector general charles willoughby issued a report that concluded that the department of employment services did not provide the department staff with adequate training which allowed the fraud to gun detected. we have another audit of -- go undetected. we have another audit set to get going this month. do we really need another audit to tell us that the department of employment services can't do its job? there are two points i want to make. one, as a district resident you have to be extremely disappointed that once problems are detected in how the city conducts its business the problems aren't fixed. it's hike the story line of the movie groundhog -- like the story line of the movie groundhog day. the city needs to tighten controls and processes and provide better training and supervision. two, it's a tough job to run a city the size of washington effectively and efficiently. it becomes nearly impossible if some of the citizens are lining up to defraud the city and short circuit its efforts to serve all its residents. that's my take. let me know what you think. go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on that's my take or send me an e-mail at tnt at wttg.com. >> this fox 5 sports update is brought to you by acura, acura, advance. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? 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[ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? teen parties have become a booming business thanks to facebook. promoters use the social networking site to hype all sorts of events that sell kids alcohol and drugs and that's not all. fox's gina silva shows us violence is also becoming a serious problem at these parties. >> reporter: kids jam the dance floor at this party promoted on facebook, outside more teens waiting to get in until a police helicopter and squad cars move in. >> some guy had called them and said that there was a person here with a gun who had robbed someone and stolen their noz tank. >> reporter: noz better known as nitrous oxide, a popular party drug commonly sold from tanks at these facebook blowouts, but this robbery call is a hoax. >> there's no noz, no guns, none of that funky crazy stuff. >> reporter: many partiers say noz, the use and sale of it, has made the facebook party scene way too dangerous. here they banned noz. >> i made a very clear rule, no noz, period. >> reporter: but it's no wonder police are taking violence reports from these parties more seriously. recent facebook events have had arrests for drugs and weapons, gang-related street fights, even murders, one man shot dead after cutting in line to get noz. >> takes the pistol and puts it about 2 inches away from mr. hernandez's head and one clean shot shoots him in the head. >> reporter: facebook parties are often run by underage kids selling booze and drugs. security is usually lax if they have any at all. it's an atmosphere that seems to invite trouble. our undercover crews saw it coming on their very first stakeout of a facebook party. they saw kids breaking into this building in compton, then hauling in the noz. >> it's over. here come the cops. >> reporter: police arrested one guy with a shotgun hidden in his pants. last september at a facebook party on this street south of downtown l.a. 19-year-old takilme johnson was shot dead and eight others went to the hospital. two men pulled out semiautomatic handguns and started blasting. both men have pleaded not guilty to murder charges, the criminal case headed to trial. just weeks ago a dee-jay was walking back to his car after a dispute at another facebook party near usc. a man screamed i'm going to shoot you and fired his gun striking the dee-jay in the chest. that dee-jay survived. still no arrests. but we keep seeing how these small arguments at these facebook parties can explode into violence. >> there was a party where there was nitrous being sold and people arguing over getting the nitrous. >> reporter: witnesses say pedro hernandez was hitting the noz hard at this facebook party and photos of the scene in compton show a lot of noz tanks and balloons in the small backyard. steven long is a prosecutor in the l.a. county d.a.'s office. >> pedro was cutting in line to take noz and taking noz without paying. >> reporter: he tells how loscano confronted hernandez. >> he's 12 feet away with another group of people and sees what's going on, walks up to the victim and as he's walking up draws out a pistol from his back pocket, takes the pistol, puts it about 2 inches away from mr. hernandez's head and one clean shot shoots him in the head. >> reporter: loscano was convicted of first degree murder now serving 25 years to life. >> we need to turn up the heat. >> reporter: we showed l.a. county supervisor gloria molina our reports oafish parties. she told us how in -- on facebook parties. she told us how in east l.a. there's already a special patrol assigned to facebook parties. molina hopes to expand the program to deal with the growing violence at facebook