Good morning, everyone. Welcome to news4 midday. Today is Martin Luther king jr. Day and people across the area taking the time to remember the civil rights icon and honor his legacy. We learned that Vice President elect mike pence just arrived at the memorial. A wreath laying ceremony wrapped up a few minutes ago at the memorial. Thats where we find justin finch. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Of course a surprise visit here from vpelect mike pence right by the wreath laid a short time ago. Perhaps you can see him. Hes just behind us. A lots of surprise in the crowd out here today hes taking in the memorial as we speak here and wreath laid just moments ago. Of course the legacy of dr. King on hearts and minds of many here today at this site. Many lean on his example as they mark this moment. That wreath in his honor. Well take you now to video of that ceremony led by a line of young people. The King Memorial Foundation laid a wreath for a sixth year and featured on todays progra
The exclusive details and why shes still on the job. Plus, show me the money. Ey. Thousands of people in one Maryland County are about to see a jump in pay. The details right now on fox5 news at 106789 we begin tonightw in the district where a threethe year old child died today afterr choking on his food at a daycare, im tony perkins and im shawn yancy. It happened inside the labor department. Fox5 spoke with the childs grandmother about the tragedy. Rb as a parent, i cant imaginean what this family must be going through. Reporter a lot of grief,ef, shawn. They want the answers because of course they werent there and they want to know how exactly this all went down and if pand protocol was followed. Foll both local and federal Law Enforcement agencies were involved. It all happened at the department of labor at a Childcare Center within the billing. Tonight the family wants to knon how their son, a healthy three year old classroom under the supervision of two teachers. This was sterlin
January 18th weather and traffic of course coming up on the 5 in a couple of minutes at 7 05 im Allison Seymour im steve chenevey. Lets get to several major stories, a health care for George Hw Bush. The 92yearold is apparently been in a houston hospital since saturday. Mr. Bushs spokesman said the former president was taken there after shortness of breath over the weekend. This morning he is said to be stable and doing fine. Expected to go home in a few days. Mr. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush previously announced they would not be attending fridays inauguration of donald trump due to the former president s health and age. We are also following breaking news right now out of europe. Three earthquakes hit central italy this morning about 90 minutes ago. Hit a region of italy recovering from devastating quakes over the past two years, so far we have not heard reports of damage or region which got a lot of snow recently. We do know the shaking was quite intense and that the city
January 18th weather and traffic of course coming up on the 5 in a couple of minutes at 7 05 im Allison Seymour im steve chenevey. Lets get to several major stories, a health care for George Hw Bush. The 92yearold is apparently been in a houston hospital since saturday. Mr. Bushs spokesman said the former president was taken there after shortness of breath over the weekend. This morning he is said to be stable and doing fine. Expected to go home in a few days. Mr. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush previously announced they would not be attending fridays inauguration of donald trump due to the former president s health and age. We are also following breaking news right now out of europe. Three earthquakes hit central italy this morning about 90 minutes ago. Hit a region of italy recovering from devastating quakes over the past two years, so far we have not heard reports of damage or region which got a lot of snow recently. We do know the shaking was quite intense and that the city
Have happened to his friend. Sala has Seven Brothers and sisters. He said his family is now living with relatives, after they left their home. Because it was just too dangerous. And hes recently learned his Old Neighborhood was bombed. All right, peg, thank you so much. We move onto another story. A district man is recovering from a beating he received from what police say may have been a hate crime. He was walk his dog near 13th and vermont avenue, in logan circle, when three men approached him. The victim tells police, one suspect said, hey, snowflake, this is what a Trump America look like. And then used an unfriendly term for gay people. He says, the attackers threw things at him and hit him in the head in the face, before taking off. In alexandria, crews have recovered the body of a man who fell off a boat. Someone called Alexandria Fire Department to say they saw a person fall from ninas standing, that say dinner cruise that operates out of oldtown. Were still waiting to hear how