In southeast tonight. A young woman is dead and a toddler has been sent to the hospital. About Police Believe the woman was the child Police Believe the woman was the childs mother. Fox 5s karen gray houston is on scene at 19th and minnesota avenue with the very latest. Reporter it must have been terrifying for the woman who was killed and for all the people who were on the bus and this is the bus right over here, the b2 at the corner right now of minnesota avenue and 19th street. This terrible shooting happened a block away from here and a short time ago a spoke to a young woman who said she was on the bus when the shooting happened. She said that when the shots rang out, all of the passengers yelled out duck, duck and they told the driver go, go, go. Now the toddler who was on the bus believed to be younger than 3 years old is being treated for unspecified injuries at a local hospital. Gunshots rang out around 5 45 in the evening when metrobus no. B2 had stopped on minnesota avenue a
Care act, were going tog shutdown the government. Reporter senate leaderer harry reid warns democrats have the votes to strip away any healthcare provision added by republicans, but that could alsd lead to a standoff. Its important to point on out theres also new threats from the whitene house today. The Administration Says the president would veto anyve republican effort to block obama care. While over at the treasury department, the secretary of treasury warns if congress doesnt increase the limit byt october first, or early november, Social Security and veteran benefits could be in jeopardy. New at 6 00 pope francis made some remarks today about the direction of the catholic church. In an interview with an italiann magazine, the pope says the says church needs to be more of a a welcoming and merciful place. And suggested that the churches rules on abortion, gays, contraception, and women may be doing more harm than good. New details on the navy yara shooting. We are gettingrd a bett
Reporter realized how far we have come as a nation from segregated buses, lunch counters from the 50s and 60s, you have only to talk to people who were not alive or only toddlers when king marched in washington. Alot of racism, blacks werent allowed with the whites and they barely could do anything. Its important to me because dr. Martin luther king was like a mentor to me, coming up in school and i like him, i have a dream that some day we all could come together fplgt we are not all the way there, but we are on our way. Reporter this weeks events include a march on saturday that retraces the 196 3 march for jobs and freedom. There will be a march on the day of the actual anniversary are, wednesday, august 28th. President obama will speak that day on the stepbs of the lincoln memorial. We will be covering all of it, karen gray houston, thank you. We are prepared, we are ready and we will provide whatever Emergency Medical Services we are called upon on the 24th and the 28th, if needed
Why the organization may reverse its controversial stance of excluding gay scouts and troop leaders. And get ready for a weather roller coaster ride. Were about to get a taste of spring and the possibility of snow all within a few days. Thanks for joining us tonight tonight at 10 00. Im shawn yancy. Im brian bolter. We begin with the dramatic standoff between a bank robber and police that unfolded live on our air two years ago today. Tonight one of the employees held hostage inside that bank is sharing her story for the first time. She sat down with fox 5s Lauren Demarco for this exclusive interview. Before we saw this scene the gunman emerging from the bank hostage in hand he had spent about an hour inside the building terrorizing the staff who just arrived for their shift. Diana veras desk was inside an office in the bank. She describes the day that she will never forget and how it has impacted her life. [ sirens ] im hearing gunfire. Lets lock those doors. We need to lock those door
Manassas, down to warrenton and culpeper. Now we have a lot of new flash flood warnings. I think thats probably the greater concern. These waters are going to continue to rise after the storms and these heavy downpours move out of the area. Let me show you on sentinel radar where these warnings are. They go from the roanoke area all the way up to baltimore and in closer on up the number of warnings you see north of 66, that includes most of the metro area and goes until about 4 30 in the morning. Weve been able to take that tornado watch down that was canceled. It will remain in effect down to our south because some of these heavier downpours may still be able to drop some big winds and maybe a little rotation. This is also an area to keep an eye on, culpeper to gainesville, a lot of heavy rain coming up through that region. This is all part of a massive system thats left a huge footprint across the country. Gary mcgrady is standing by with the action we saw especially down to our sout