Looked up. A judge ordered 62yearold tordil to remain behind bars who is accused of killing estranged wife and two other people. Last night at vigil there was help for three victims. He was at the Montgomery Mall about to eat lunch when he heard cries for help when they ran back they ran towards her to help her. Run, run away from danger he would not have listen that was the man he was if convicted hell face life in prison and no parole. Next court date is june. Now to fox5 sdlusive weve been reporting for weeks on elevated levels of lead found in water sources at d. C. Public schools city officials under fire because of concerns with speaking out exclusively to fox5 Melanie Alnwick joins us outside minoel in northeast good morning good morning steve and allison from the data to be clear looks like everything remade associated and in different years theres two rounds of testing that showed elevated levels in waerlt sources its hard to depringt where it will pop up and it is just one of
Mel, good morning. D morni reporter good morningood and officials at the u. S. A the department of education sayeduc this all came about becauseause after North Carolina passed pas its controversial bathroomalat access law and then there were w these dueling lawsuits back bac and forth between the white house and the state, so many M Public School districts had questions about what they whath should do, how they should handle this situation and sosi now the answer is clear from the u. S. Department of education and the departmentth of justice saying that public pb schools must treat transgender students according to their to t gender identity. Now, this is not just in bathrooms but also in lockern lc rooms according to this letterrd that will be sent to publicinbes scenhools today. It will be accompanied by a 25page document of questions and answers about bester practices and ways to make transgender students feeldes fe comfortable in the classroom thc and protect the privacy rightsht
This Tuesday Morning we begin with breaking news from Northern Virginia Fairfax County police are right now at motel six springfield where several guest were robbed a few hours ago and investigators tell fox5 at least five people were robbed by three suspects those suspects threatened victims with gun and hammer. It happened in the lobby or victims room and thankfully no one was hurt. First at five the search continues for a killer in Prince George country after a woman found dead inside a residential laundry room at a apartment complex along 18 avenue adelphi and found after neighbors called police asking for a welfare check. Residents say they are shocked especially since you need a key to look inside the laundry room. Its usually locked even on sundays the door is sometimes always locked until somebody opens it. Detectives say the woman died from trauma and have not released specific details nearly 40 thours striking verify sdop workers are expected to return to work tomorrow. The u
Talking roads. So far i like what im seeing gary mcgrady said rain is moving in and you know what that can do. Get early start and enjoy quie quieter commute right now. This rain coming up from the south looringz hartder as it moves on flew. I suspects, 7, 8 00 near the district. More details coming up. Lets get to the news now. Governor larry hogan scheduled to sign a bill this morning it will actually eliminate copayments for Birth Control and contraception and it will provide Insurance Coverage for emergency contraceptive plan b and men looking to get vasectomy will no longer have to pay a copayment. Fight over North Carolina bathroom bill far from over yesterday North Carolina governor filed a lawsuit over the controversial hill hes fighting to keep alive. Hx b 23 is for use bathroom on your birth certificate and the law they have a violates civil rights. Were seeking court order declaring hb 2 restroom restriction impermissionbly discriminatory as well as statewide barron enforcem
On the scene but what can yout u tell us . Reporter yeah, not a lot, guys. All the Fairfax County policeyol will confirm at this point iss n a person shot but we can tellel you certainly looks like aooks very serious crime scenerime sce investigation here. Were at the very top of theinh hill here off of richmond highway. The city side apartments at huntington and you can see c this is the parking lot here, hr the entire parking lot is l taped off and you can see theee Police Activity towards thetowae back there. Looks like you know, some mobile crime processing going on and thend en theres a large wooded area woo back lined this parking lot and a path that takes you to tke the Huntington Metro station. So, we dont even know the k exact time that this happened. Ih we can tell that you fairfax faf county police put out notification about an hour orut so ago, a little more than ann a hour ago and when we got here h it was certainly a lot of l folks had already been on the t scene and were