School superintendent to address parents concern. Since the crime, fox 5 made several attempts to speak with jack smith. It wasnt until tonight when we went to the board of education that we got a response. Fox 5s Marina Marraco is live with the exclusive interview. Marina. Reporter tons of questions parents have asked us to ask the superintendent. We put in three separate formal requests for an interview with dr. Smith. All three were denied. Yesterday dr. Smith put out a public open letter condemning the sexual assault. Still not answering any questions. And after waiting three hours at the board of education, we final the caught up with dr. Smith as he left the office. I put out a letter last night its a terrible situation. Its a horrible situation. When we look at all the information from hand it over to the police immediately and at this point, its their investigation. Reporter but you had an 18yearold in your oxon hill enrolled as a freshman. You dont see that as a problem we have a lot of 18yearolds in our schools. Its not. Reporter an 18yearold was senior at 24 years old our student was in a mets program for english learners, thats a program we have across the system. So its not a matter of what grade theyre in. But the student was in a program for english lenders. Reporter how does an 18yearold have a contact with a 14yearold woman, girl, female whos a minor, 18 whos an adult i cant talk about the facts because theres an Ongoing Police investigation and the police and the courts will sort all of that out as i said my letter last night. Information will continue to come out in the coming weeks. Its important for people as horrible as to jump to situations not to say things they might have to take back is there any sort of alternative situation for a person like the 18yearold instead of placing them at a high school with 14yearolds theres a variety of different programs and other programs for older students. As i said i cant really speak to the situation because theres an Ongoing Police investigation and a lot of information will continue to come out from the Police Department in the court process. And people have a clearer picture but at horrible situation. My thoughts and prayers are with the girls her family and were offering all the support we can as they go through this situation are you aware oh of the ice detainers any information can you assure parents at rockville their students arare safe we will do everything in our power to keep te every day, i have five children and four grandchildren. I understand. Reporter tomorrow at 7 00 p. M. There will be a pta meeting scheduled at rockville high school. I asked dr. Smith if he would be in attendance, his response was quote i dont know if ill be there or not. Maybe. Last night in montgomery county, Marina Marraco fox 5 local news. New information tonight about the home explosion in rockville maryland. An autopsy shows man found dead in the rubble died from a gunshot wound. He shot and killed his dog and them himself before the explosion leveled his home. For the first time a neighbor whose home was condemned because of the explosion talked to fox 5. He told us when the explosion went off. He didnt know if his 6yearold sons were alive. He grabbed them from their beds and ran from the room. The big sck back to school today. With their friends hopefully they will and fine. Reporter his family is currently in a whole. Home that exploded was in foreclosure and set for auction, the cause is still not known. Three men accused of robbing several gun shops in our area are in james. Detectives say they stole thousands of dollars worth of weapons from gun dealers over the past ten days. Fox 5 tisha lewis talked with one gunshot manager in chantilly whose business was hit. Reporter the defendants appeared in federal court. One of the gunshots hit was here in the chantilly strip mall. A manager tells us the defendants took off with 35 guns, and on the heels of the arrest and charges one of those guns has been recovered. The team at 50 west armory gun guns in chantilly say their happy. They nabbed three men, they stole more than 25,000 worth of guns in less than a minute thrill they were caught and amazed, Fairfax County responded to quickly to them breaking in the store. And we cant thank Fairfax County atf enough were even more estatic with the fact they caught them in more than a week preston homes and Matthews Jones and 19 from a federally licensed firearms dealer. Accused of swiping guns from three dealers in the will have the ten days, manager checked to see if they were customers we dont recognize them. We dont have any record of them pushing anything from the store. Reporter a tip led to the group of arrest. Federal invesga crooks are responsible for the march 14th burglaries of ahh tactical and asg tack ankle in fredericksberg. Any time you go into Something Like this, anybody has a facility broken into, whether it be your home or business, i think you would not be smart enough to look to see if theres anything. Reporter were told the stolen firearms were entered into a database. That means if they pop up at a dealer or pawn shop, they will be flagged. The defendants were arrested over the weekend and each face up to ten years in prison if convicted. Tisha lewis fox 5 local news lets take it outside on the First Official day of spring. Chilly out there tonight. Not that bad. Lets check in with gary mcgrady with details on what i hear will be a warmup. Were going to go upper 50s, low 60s, we pretty much stayed low 50s to middle. Here we are, city, pretty much holding right there. Little bit more room for these numbers to fall off a little bit with the clouds. We dont get much colder. Its pittsburgh, 48. 43 over here in columbus, binghamton normal 35. St. Louis 65. They were in the 80s today. 62 for louisville. Were trying to tap a into some of that. Well be on the edge tomorrow afternoon with temperatures in the visits and 60s. There is a possibility tomorrow morning for a shower, i should say theres a possibility overnight tonight we can have a couple of showers, were not talking about getting all that wet. What it may amount to is just a couple of passing sprinkles over the area tonight and tomorrow morning, down to about 46, wind will be southeast at five Miles Per Hour, where a spotty shower it will be cloudy and again with the clouds in place, that kind of keeps the temperatures out in the suburbs outside from really getting terribly cold. Well go down to 40, 41, for gaithersburg and frederick. There could be a couple of upper 30s here along i 81. I dont think temperatures will drop off much. Here in town, about 46 degrees or so. Full forecast going, coming up in a few minutes, springtime as we get into the spring, we got to find 60s and 70s. We got to find consistency. Fox 5 was in the district. Mayor Muriel Bowser did a Community Walk through the tinnily town neighborhood to hear concerns from dc residents and businesses. We typically find some issues, sidewalks and treeses, lights, sometimes we have dpw issues, issues with businesses where at any night need assistance and we try to get them the assistance they need the walks are a monthly event for mayor to checkup communities first hand. Straight ahead at 11 00 a busy day on capitol hill lawmaker grilled fbi director james comey to everything about wiretapping claims. Three private islands on the Potomac River could be yours, well tell you how much it will cost you to own your own island get would. Get away. In our suvs, you feel every mountain weve ever conquered. In our sports cars, you feel every podium weve ever climbed. And now, theyve come together to create something youve never felt before. Introducing the glc coupe. Part suv. Part sports car. All mercedesbenz. Crowd of supporters he wants to add a Competitive Bidding process to the republican Healthcare Plan to lower Prescription Drug costs. He told them he would work soon to renegotiate u. S. Trade rules including nafta the president made no mention of comments by james comey who shot down claims that former wiretapped trump tower. Comey and rogers were grilled on capitol hill addressing the wiretapping claims and russias roll in the 2016 president ial election. Heres fox of joel reporter fbi director james comey going against protocol with permission from the department of justice providing information on an ongoing federal investigation revolving around russia. I can promise you we will follow the facts wherever they lead. Reporter james comey for the first time publicly admitting his agency is investigating the russian governments to interfere in the president ial election. The director adding that the federal probe also includes examining potential linking between the Trump Campaign and moscow because it is an open Ongoing Investigation, and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whos conduct we are examining. Reporter a blood of leaks the secret 35 page russian on trump prompting this response from nsa director mike roger were greatly concerned about leaks of classified information. They c methods we employ the testimony turning to allegations made by President Trump himself in a series of tweets beginning on march 4, claiming president Obama Wiretapped trump tower in the months leading up to the november election. The white house remaining undeterred in its own belief there was some sort of surveillance going on before president obama left office, Michael Flynn was unmasked and then illegally his identity was leaked oh media outlets. Reporter the fbi director providing no time table for its Ongoing Investigation saying it could last months if not years. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. On the hill, day one of confirmation hearings for antitrumps supreme nominee neil gorsuch. In his Opening Statement he promised to be independent if hes confirmeded to the nations highest court. It is unclear how our democrats may fight the nomination theyre out first round questioning begins tomorrow. Heres your first round of questioning. You mentioned 70 degrees somewhere on our horizon. Is that coming up soon yes. Its within the sevenday period. You want me to tell you exactly exactly what day and what time we can expect that as you look back at your records. Saturday. I was giving you confirmation this year we expect add lot of 70s in february. It kept happening. It would be nice to get. Saturday at 3 42 well reach 77 ill write that down. Whos going to remember that. Ive already forgotten what i said. 3 42. Ill bet hes right. 50, getting ready for several days away. Five days. Its monday, were talking about the weekend. Well have temperatures tonight falling off a little where they are now. 45 in frederick. 45 westminster, the clouds its a bill of a cliche but the clouds act as a bit of a blanket and keep temperatures from dropping off overnight. It will be a couple of spots get down to 40. Maybe by early tomorrow morning. A couple of places far back out to the north and west. It could get in the upper 30s. Not inside the beltway. Clouds on top of us, complex of showers and thunderstorms coming out of the ohio river valley down through west virginia. Theres still some energy that kick after you these showers here, well swing by tonight and tomorrow morning. With that in mind, leave a chance for at least a few showers in the forecast. It does not look like its going to be a big deal. This is good. Temperatures tomorrow in the upper 50s in the low to mid 60s, hopefully well get just enough sunshine tomorrow afternoon to do the trick. Jet stream moves to the north temporarily as we get to the middle part of the week, wednesday and thursday, well northwest flow allowing colder temperatures to come on in. One day tomorrow, upper 50s and 60s and back in the upper 40s and low 50s couple days. It looks like thursday looks real nice. But the cold side. 64 tomorrow, few showers possible in the first part of the day. Well get into sunshine late afternoon. Looks like were talking mixture of sun and clouds. Not a lot of sunshine, more sunshine on wednesday notice much cooler here and it will be a little bit breezy on wednesday. I think thats 51 will probably feel a little cooler than that. Tomorrow low pressure system frontal system. We have green on the map indicating showers. I dont see a good rain opportunity. There could be a shower here or there until about 10 00, 11 00, but it wont be anything too organized and i dont think it will be moderate range. Im not expecting it. To the north and well warm up to upper 50s and low 60s. Once the front comes through the wind will kick up and it will be cooler wednesday and thursday. 46 here in town, wind out of the southeast five Miles Per Hour, just a few showers, put a few showers tomorrow morning as well. Winds out of the north to northwest five to ten Miles Per Hour and thats a pretty good looking first full day of spring. If we get up to that 64 degrees, heres your sevenday forecast. 73 is on the forecast for saturday. On the graphic there. Its no the i think were going to get there. We may get warmer. On sunday, in the 60s, expect showers, saturday and sunday temperatures only 65. Well have a few showers possibly even on monday. Again, nice tomorrow then well cool off again to on wednesday, thursday. Did i guarantee i didnt guarantee it. Im not making guarantees you said it would show up at 3 42. Its a forecast. P. M. , 3 42 p. M. Write it down. I think youre going to be right. Thank you, gary. Heres a question for you. How does owning your own privately island sound, three islanders in the middle of the potomac up for sale. S theres a big k in the potomac. Theyre selling for under 175,000, the real estate listing calls the 108 acres ideal for camping, hunting, fishing and boating. They sit in clear spring maryland. As you can probably tell the only way to get there is by boat seeing as they are islands. What do you think . Unless i can buy it and make money off i dont know. Your own place where you can go fish. I dont think its big enough to put a liquid something there. You cant live maybe turn it into a campground or retreat for fox 5 news people. Only gary will go one reason why controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick has not signed with another team i dont know if its a thank you, not even katie perry compares to the bubbling rage. Here tonight will these guys behave themselves, one celtic fan. Its boston, kind of strict about things like that. Brandon jennings with jumper to tie the game and bumps no to her re rosher a couple of times. Watch this. Bye. Called for a foul both players receive technicals, bad blood. Wizards trailed by 20 then rallied in for the jam. Cut to six with two minutes on the next possession, marcus hits the sure jumper and the withstand studios lose 110102. Nats down by three, slaps the high to the opposite field. Ryan zimmerman and adam come around to score on the double for a roster spot. In the fourth inning, sinking line drive, bryce harper makes it sliding catch. Watch the risk brace, this is only spring training, nats lose 9. 2. Cullen kaepernick still on the sidelines, tonight someone with a theory why President Trump anonymous source telling Bleacher Report the reason no one signed the quarterback is because no nfl owner quote wants to get a nasty tweet from donald trump. By the way no statement from kaepernick in the process of organizing a humanitarian mix to the nation of somalia. Some people are saying because its Colin Kaepernick isnt that great. Nevertheless hes controversial he didnt have a horrible of a season. I think the controversy overshadowed that. A lot deal with that. That does it for us. Stay tuned tmz is coming up next. Morning crew bright and early go on at 4 25 a. M. Its time, america. Theres work to be done. Its not going to be easy but theres grit inside of you. And if you need extra motivation the grad fund at Strayer University can help push you forward. Thats right. On us. Today is the day. Strayer university. 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