Annapolis canceled its parade. Those braving the weather for the fireworks on the mall are having to get pretty creative to keep dry. Sam sweeney is live on the mall and he continues the team coverage. How is it going out there . We see the folks setting up tents. Sam the fireworks forecast is not stopping any of the people. We talk to the organizers in the past few minutes. They tell us they still expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to the National Mall. One of those families right here, the eastons have been out here since the eastmans, excuse me out. Here since 11 00. This is a we are trying to get a dry patch. Since we hauled it out we are staying for whole thing. You left early last time. What did you bring and how did you stay busy today . Everyone has their electronic devices. They have been on facebook and everything. We have a small puppy to keep us busy. We play card games and brought us food and keep us busy. Thank you. The National Park service says that the show
Time. This is the only one day ofe the year that we put a sparkler which goes to t 1200 degrees in a smallmall childs hands. D why do we do that . Reporter there will be willb eight security checkpoints outit here. We can probably throw that up tt on the screen for you. Reen y officers will be lookingl be lkg insides all bags back packsba and coolers. And coole a list of prohibited items for r tonight, obviously no drugs or o alcohol will be allowed nol wial weapons of any kind and you also cant bring tents or grills and youre going to a want to leave youndr drones at home as well. Now, another big issue today t thats on the minds ofe mindof everyone, the weather. Ea rain is a question foror tonights fireworks. We are expecting some bad weather today and intohe tonight. Best Case Scenario would be if it gets a little nasty the fireworks tonight could be postponed. Theyre supposed to start around 9 10 but if the weather gets really bad they could be postponed until tuesday tomorrow nigh
Washington, d. C. One of the biggest in the nation. The nio and one of the best i love it. Ove were just hoping though ofoug course that the rain holds off tonight so that the show canso indeed go on. T meanwhile there is heightened security in the districtty leading up to todays event. Fox5s Anjali Hemphill has the latest on security preps. Ur. Reporter good morning guys. You dont get to see theor National Mall quite like thisgns very often, calm, quiet, not a soul out here. Utere. Later today thousands ofusan tourists and residents areests expected to flood the mall for r tonights fireworks show. Reworko in this day and agege unfortunately security will beur on the minds of everyone andryoa we did speak to the d. C. Police chief who says the majority of her police forceicoe will be on the clock tonightckot even though she says right now g there are no known terrorist tet threats to d. C. Threat listen to what she said. S has it changed anything ath specifically for securityally fc pl
Heart. Wusa9 Stephanie Gailhard is live with more on the victim tonight. Stephanie, what can you tell us . Reporter yeah ellen, the victim is a graduate of Oakton High School here in vienna, virginia. He went to new york city with two friends from Fairfax County to celebrate 4th when the unthinkable happened. Dorothy prentices grandson was with connor golden today in central park when a homemade explosive went off severely injure his leg. There was a small explosion and then dust. Just based on what we had heard. Reporter the device may have been put there as an experiment. It is terrifying. Friends claim he was on the rocks and then stepped on something. And apparently he stepped on something. Thats him in the blue shirt, performing at Oakton High School. It is really sad. And he is very popular here and he has a lot of friends. Golden is at a New York Hospital in stable condition. Im Stephanie Ramirez wusa9. Thanks, stephanie. Tonight they are calling her death suspicious. That a rel
In abingdon. The man went outside but witnesses told a second deputy what he looked like and which way he was headed. That deputy tracked him down and got into a shootout with him. The deputy was wounded but managed to shoot and kill the man. The deputy a second deputy was hit by gunfire. The suspect in the investigation was shot by Harford County Sheriffs Office deputies and is deceased, and right now that is as much as i have to share. Investigators havent said why the suspect opened fire. The deputies were seriously wounded but they are expected to survive. Also breaking right now, Maryland Natural Resources Police have pulled two bodies out of the severn river. They have identified the mens a Earling Stephen lamp and matthew davis. According to my Eastern Shore md. Com, those two men went they were hunting. Turning now to storm team4 and some seriously chilly changes heading our way. Lets get to storm team4 chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer in the storm center. So how low is the me