that alert was sent out within t 24 hours of the incident butncit the first sexual assault,, well, that took four days ands the fire bombingombi investigation, well, that tookha five days. tonight here students willnts tell you the university needsven to do better and alert them to criminal activity here on this campus.mp. >> i was really concerned because the cops made it seemite like it wasn't that big of awasn deal. >> when it comes to aomes ta situation where you're findingin materials on campus that couldoh put people's lives in danger dan then there needs to be more immediate notification.diat if something like thathing likeh wppened i would want to be i alerted just so i know -- i'm aware of my surroundings.roun >> i definitely think there'sit a concern in that regard.eg out, yeah, i would have liked w to have known personally. pernal >> reporter: well, campusorter: police say two george mason university students say theyntsa were sexually assaulted in two separate acts just days apart from each other.fr now, the first, that happened he on march 18th at 10:12 p.m..m she was raped by anothery ath student when she ingested an unidentified drug.ru the sexual assault, well, thatla happened on monday at 2:18 in the morning a george mason m dorm.rm the victim says she was raped wp by a male who she met through tu an online dating app.ing a just last week you'll remember m three students were criminallyra charged after policeice discovered drugs and fire bombb making materials inside a dormer room at the jefferson hallrson dormitory on campus in an separate investigation.tigaon now, george mason interim police chief to my moss mass moa long go said security alertss were sent out on the sexualt onx assault cases whens w investigators had reached theeae proper point in theirop investigation and decided teroid do so.do s as far as that fire bomb alert a they were not sent out until u after fox5 reported that case ce because police say there was s e no immediate threat tohreat students on this campus. >> in terms of the bomb making k materials discovery, there was w no risk to the community at that time.at the components were t inert state.iner there was no chance of them exploding.odin there was no reason to notifytot the community about what wouldyb be a very sensitiveenti investigation which is ongoingwc so i can't get into details.o di with regard to the sexual assault issues those are of a concern to the communityheommu because that kind of thing can occur again. >> reporter: in fact georger: mason university police are i stillsi investigating these t sexual assaults here tonight. tt they are also warning studentstu against ingesting any materialar that they're not familiar with n or going to ota place with wit someone they've met on a a dating app in private. pvate. we're live in fairfax tonight,on tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> to prince george's county g where an investigation is under way to ffiresive overnight in brandywine.randywin six townhomes were damaged in this fire and tonight moreightor than a dozen people and three pets are homeless. fox5's alexandria limonri l spoke to residents who had toad run out of those burning homesns and she joins us live from bran alex, what a mess behind you. b >> reporter: yeah, those people are telling me theyling feel lucky to be alive andve even more so that out of the 18 people, nobody was hurt andur that is all thanks to thenkto quick thinking and fast actions of those who realized ra there was a fire. >> so, i looked out my windowke and i saw the house next to meto was in flames so i immediatelyma went and got my parents outents the house and when i came outside the two units besidenits us was up in flames. within 10 minutes i got out of our house our house williamsse w up in flames. >> reporter: these photoster: show how the flames rippeds through a row of townhouses onos chadds ford drive in dri brandywine some residence say they heard crackling and popping from the fire and realized what was happening. they sprung into action spr helping family members get out o and then making sure neighbors h were aware.rewa >> by the time we got up weot u had to run out of the front door. door the fire was shooting from the roof and we had to literally lil when i went to move my car, i just started blowing my horn myh hoping everybody who was in i the houses would wake up. we >> reporter: the prince george's county fire department says more than 100 firefighters helped fight the three-alarm fire but crews had to deal with a broken fireken f hydrant which delayed theirt ic efforts in knocking down theow t flames. >> they arrived and found fire e showing from the front of four units literally from the from ground to the roof is what i they told me. literally fire from the ground to the roof of all four ofour o those units. ultimately those four units have been destroyed.eestroye two additional units one on either side have been damaged.ee >> reporter: now the exactow t cause of the fire is still sti under investigation butter you can see behind me just how jt much damage it caused and parts of the reason for that is the it red flag warning that is int is effect and what that means is mi that it's warm, it's dry and and as you can probably tell it's i also very windy and all of that contributes to the fire'sut for firefighters to battle the flames. so once they get out here at this point the damages areoint estimated at $1 million andliond again, the cause of the fire fir is still under investigation tonight.gh reporting live in brandywine, ii alexandria limon, fox5 local news.. >> a man suspected of firing o r shots in the district lastistrta night is wanted in princed in pc george's county.orge >> police arrested richardri butler and he appeared in d.c. c superior court this afternoon.ro fox5's marina marraco is is live at the courthouse withhous more on that story. marine name of that's right and since virtually thence beginning of this month there had been essentially a manhuntan for this man under way in prince george's county and itou wasn't until last night'sig police-involved shooting inn southeast d.c. that this manan is finally behind bars andd went before a judge here at d.c. superior court.erior c now, take a look on youronou screen, you're looking at richard butler, iii.hardr, police say that just two weeks w ago, he tried killing hislingis girlfriend so he's wanted in wae prince george's county fory for tenth. but just a week before thenefort prince george's police say he attempted to sexually abuse a woman. woma they were looking for him andini couldn't come upon him.n well, yesterday at about 6 o'clock police received a phone call on mellon streeton se just off of martin luther kingun avenue in southeast. someone firing at a passing pas mpd cruiser. fortunately those bullets b never hit the cruiser butr there was gunfire returned by r police officers and there werehr people walking the sidewalkidewl there on mellon street. one woman so freaked out by s the situation trying to get to g away from the line of firenef f that she actually rammed herammh car into another vehicle but finally richard butler, iiibu went before a judge today. tod no charges have officiallyfficia been pressed here in the pssed n district but he will be he b extradited back to princek tpr george's county to face the assault charges as well as attempted murder. live tonight in southeast sthea d.c., marina marraco, fox5 local news. n >> a final goodbye for prince george's county policeor officer jacagei colson.son. public viewing is being heldeinh right now in beltsville and friends and family and fellowndl officers are lining up outside t the funeral home tonight toight pay tribute. tbute detective colson was killede lsn earlier this month when he wasnw hit by friendly fire during an ambush shooting outside police headquarters.headquarters detective colson's fathere co spoke about his son outside of i the funeral home today.e t >> this is a hero inside here.e. ever since he was born, never nr any trouble to us. he was the kind of kid and young man that any parent any p would be proud of, any brotherub would be proud of and any, you know -- he was just that type jt of young man. you m it's not one of these stories ti we're out here talking about somebody who had a bad reputation or anything likethine that. that's a hero inside there and that's what we're proud of. he waswe an outstanding youngou man and excellent role model for a lot of youths coming up. >> boy, was he strong today.oday. a viewing will also be b held tomorrow in upper marlboro followed by colson'sol' funeral. he will be buried on monday in a his home state of pennsylvania. now to the late of the onhet the brussels attack and we aread following a number of new developments today. late this afternoon belgianoon a authorities slightly lowered the threat level in there country but theyat do say thatot another attack is possible. and we are told belgian officials were warned abouter one of the suicide bombers. boms turkish officials say they warned the netherlands and belgium by ibrahim el bakraoui u after he was deported last june. he was taught trying to pass top into syria and was deported toer the netherlands at hisat request. belgium remains in mourningma tonight. people are leaving flowers andld candles other items in memory m of the 31 victories killed ins i tuesday's attack.y's police are still looking fortill at least one more attacker who escaped the carnage and t authorities say a second atta loose tonight. coming up information andti health alert tonight. tig gerber is recalling two of its popular baby food products. >> and the nra is rewriting rri some of your favorite childhood fairy tails withoo characters nowd packing heat. >> spring.>> sprin allergies. oh, yes, they're in full in ful bloom. five common things youommo probably do every day including something yousoing yo obably love to drink that dri t could actually be making your allergy symptoms worse. wor we'll explain what that couldai be.d mike. allergies are in fact, tree pollen is highigh today and allergies out in out full force.or get your box of tissues ready.sa mother nature will providero some relief, though, in the form of a cold front tomorrow. we'll time out when you can expect to see showers rightsee h after break. fox5 local news at 5:00 willll be right back.k. >> ♪ ♪ hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and you'll reach your customers where their eyes are already - on their devices. order up. it's more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. you don't see that every day. introducing wifi pro, wifi that helps grow your business. comcast business. built for business. it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us. as a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. she'll be our voice. tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. democrat donna edwards, maryland's next senator. >> ♪ >> okay, parents listen up. gerber is recalling some of p itss re organic baby food pouchh the company says they have a packaging defect that could lead to spoiling.leil the recall covers twothe re batches of the organic second s foods pare carrots and peas and two apples of carrots apple and mango. m againer is warning consumers to look for pouches that arehest bloated or food that smells bad. bad. contact gerber for a refund. >> a routine testa west virginia clinic could haveuld h exposed people to serious infectious diseases. they're urging 2300 patientsg 2t to be tested for hiv hepatitisih b and c. c they say those patients had heart stress tests routine heart stress tests at the beckhb lee raleigh heart clinic c between march first of 2012 of 0 and march 27th of 2015 and officials say they've already identified several cases ofes viral hepatitis that appear tota be associated with the stresstee tests at the clinic. c >> cherry blossoms, they areare in full bloom at the tidalat thl basin.sin. beautiful, yes, and windy,indy, too, apparently as we take a t look at them behind us hereser but if you have seasonaleasol allergies it could bring on a sneezing tsunami.ngsuna >> yes. i've heard it all over thel over news room today and in my own house. the asthma and al lorring foundatioallergyfoundation relei for every day things we may do d to make our showers worse. wor showering in the morning.ing inr it's better to shower at nightht before you go to bed so thated t you can avoid bringing pollen p into bed with you tey say.ay driving with the windows down. d you want to close the windows wo push the recycled air button. they advise there are also some inexpected factors thatacts could be making your allergy a symptoms worse. w proteins found in certain c fruits and vegetables.ts andeget the syndrome is called pollenole food allergy symbol, it's alsoo known as oral allergyl a syndrome. the immune reaction fools yourn body into thinking that it'sha been exposed to an allergen. all you might eat some freshome apples and your body willy perceive it as if you were eating ragweed they say.ed theyy you can get tingling itching itc and even swelling of the lips te and roof of the mouth.ou >> wow. had no idea. >> red wine, no . >> [laughter] >> red wine, some of them have s sulfites in them as you know knw as does dried fruit and these ae compounds can cause nasal symptoms. waiting for symptoms to kick sy in to take medication. mation. association one of the biggestst mistakes people make is taking allergy medication even if youne haven't experienced anyexperi symptoms yet. yet. they say you should take the allergy medication if you have not experienced symptoms yet.pts so if you're a sufferer everyve year, you might get ahead of o it by taking the medication beforehand.berehand. >> yeah, the only thing though o with that is like some partsom p of the season i -- it bothers me versus others and i don'tnd d want to be on the medicationo n all like summer and spring.andpn >> right. you don't want to take a pille a if you don't need it.if y >> right, exactly.>> right, i wish we could take a pilld tal and keep this weather aroundep e but unfortunately mike thomaseho that's not going to be the'soing case. >> sarah, lauer remarks, everything i got out of thatng story was less red w more beer. [laughter] [lau >> that was your take away.e aw. wow. we didn't do our jobs andand don't take a shower in the s morning. >> no, i always shower atshower night. i've actually always done that d since i was a kid. k >> i need it to wake up. u >> that's why i smell aboutll this time of day. d >> all right. r >> we had a beautiful dayay today. to temperatures once again mid toec upper 70's around the region.roo we've been as warm as 77 degrees waiting for the official number from the national weather service in w about the next half hour or so.eane trees may be driving youmay ou crazy, though.cr here's your allergy report for the day today. t the tree pollen is exceptionally high for thisna time of year. so far grasseswoods and molds ao remain low but as we get as w farther into spring those aresea sure to jump as well. w now there is a red flag fg warning in effect as you heard h alexandria limon referenceence earlier. this has to do with the amount a of moisture really it's a dry d atmosphere out there. the we have warm temperatures and the other big part to a redo a flag warning, which is anotherhr way of saying increased fire potential and we've seen that out is the winds.is winds play a major factor in these brush fires. we've had gusts over 30 milesgu an hour lastst hour at washington, 22 at gaithersburg, 28 at dulles, 23 manassas, 22 miles an hourssas gust at quantico.gu the gusty winds are going to be stick around but the good goo news is that mother nature hasae a cold front on the way and a that will bring some showers and more moisture into theure atmosphere and again that red flag warning expires at 8 o'clock tonight.8 hery mild across the regionacrot this evening, 77 in washington, 75 atington, 75 gaithersburg, 70's in70's in annapolis.po nearly 80's, 79 degrees in manassas.ssas. and 78 for fredericksburg.or fsb satellite and radar just a fewau high clouds out there for now, n though clouds will continue to i stream into the region as went a head through the eveningning hours.hours. 73 degrees by 7:00 p.m.y 7:00 if you want to go down and seend the cherry blossoms tonight isst a great night to dod. dod 69 by 9 p.m., 66 degrees by 11 o'clock. olock what's in store for friday? fra some morning showers.orni s we'll time it out hour by hour h as i join you upstairs in just a little bit.it sarah and laura back to you.k ty >> mike thanks very much. >> coming up clearancein conspiracy. >> a shopper reveals a coverup c on some sales items at wal-mart and he's photographed it.ph so how theed retailer is nowlis responding to that tonight. and a follow-up a story we a told you about yesterday.es singer rihanna's lawyer iss battling with two marylandtwry entrepreneurs over a cartoon car they say they created when shene was eight years old. >> plus, big news about robert t griffin, iii.gr in case you haven't heard.aven'a we'll be right back. ack. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> we have some sad news out of hollywood tonight.ol comedian andly actor gary actory shandling has died. the star best known for the larry sander show died at an l.a. hospital. hpi shandling was not known to be kt suffering from any illnesses.nys he was 66 y >> ♪ >> singer rihanna's lawyers l are battling with two marylandnd entrepreneurs, all over ane allo character in an animatedni cartoon. >> we told you about thisou a t story yesterday and now that t business duo is explaining why rihanna's camp is completelys i wrong. the animated character rhizanahi is part of a cast of animated aa action heroes who use nutrition and health super sup powers to fight a group of villian diseases. >> rihanna's legal team senteamt them a letter objecting.bjecng the lawyer says it's too closetc to the name rihanna which shehe has trademarked for but the creators say their character rhizana is specifically for f toddlers and pronounced prono totally different from the t singer's name. >> i was shocked. i started i laughing. lgh i just couldn't believe thatieva we were on their radar likeik that, had no would try to -- or that theyhaty would draw a correlationre between the two names because bc our character is pronounced rhisana and rihanna obviouslyio there's a different pronunciation of the word and so we were quite surprised sis being that we have been atn at this for over 24 years. years >> i'm sure that rihanna ran herself would be in support of this because we're focused on young kids, we're focused on positivity, we're focused onn health and wellness andlness nutrition and, you know, i think -- i think maybe signals s might have gotten crossed butse i'm sure if she was aware of awo what we're doing and what we were about she would she would definitely be in full support.l. >> and also i'll say we aree fans as well, so, yeah, we're definitely fans. >> hm. >> i wonder the way they spellhp they took that out, if that t might appease the rihanna -- ria >> on top of that it's nott not like the animated character c looks or there's any's a incineration that -- tt >> yeah. >> of rihanna. ran >> i wonder how it even got onr their rahodar to begin with.in w >> i don't know. i't kno it's amazing. ang. but they have responded to rihanna's attorneys but have not gotten a response. res >> john wall is a big rihanna fan. he went to the rihanna concerton at the verizon center.en he snapped photos and posted pos them on twitter and wall got a g backstage pass and presented pse rihanna with a wizards jerseyary seem he later gave her aga her shout-out on instagram andgr says he now knows what it ishati like to be a fan at the verizon center.. >> maybe john wall can talk to k her about that. >> exactly. >> how about. >> from basketball to footballsk and brody hetas some pretty bige news about former redskins redsk robert griffin, iii. hey, brody. brody >> looks like john wall isall i doing a little work work workork work work.or no hate there. a home today.od cleveland browns signed the skins former signal caller to a two year contract to beto their quarterback. his contract is guaranteed for $6.57 million. it can max out at 22 millionli with incentives.ncenti rg iii is expected to compete for the starting job with josh mccowan and possibly a rookie drafted with the second n overall pick.all pic griffin will have some losing si history to overcome. ove the browns have used 25 quarterbacks hosted only two winning seasons they've made th the post season one time t finished last in their division 13 times. tes that's since 99. they have the worst record recor over that time. 87 and 185.. redskins have 30 more winse w than that during there span spa and skins fans won't have to hat wait long to see griffin in a i browns jersey. jer cleveland plays at fedex this season, date to be determined and it will be interesting toest see if rg iii is in another uniform at fedex.edex >> that will be veryery interesting. thanks, brody. >> all right, can coming up,comu five top trending stories.. first, a different endingred to your favorite childhood stories.st >> were would happen if littlept red riding hood showed up tohoup grandma's house with a gun? uswg we're going to tell you who's w twisting your favorite childhood classics. classic >> and a she were photographstop a clearance conspiracy atranc wal-mart. >> chick-fil-a gets an unexpected attention when one of its billboards along aillbrdn freeway malfunctions.function >> and hear how nike botchedbote their pitch to stephon curry and lost him to under armor.or >> a montgomery cafe under u attack by cyber terrorists.errit matt ackland is following thatwa story.or >> i'm in rockville where the te door is closed, the restaurant a is shut. its not about a healthealt violation, it's not about thet' food. it is about something else.t th we'll tell you coming up whengp fox5 news at >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news atoxe 5:00.. >> an online ransom.ean that's what a rockville restkvis vaughn facing tonight.hn f the hard times cafe ine rockville is closed for service because its computer itc system has been taken hostage by online pirates. >> that system controls itst sy payment is. the owner says it had no other choice but to close and bo cl protect its customers.s ctomers matt ackland is live outsidee o the restaurant with more.th mor. this is carey stuff. s it's happening a lot, too. a l >> reporter: yeah, that'sh, t what the owner is saying, say laura. take a look behind me, you canbu see hard times cafe will be closed until we are able to reopen.open. basically what happened here har is that the owner manager in one morning, something was ws wrong with the computer, then a message came up and essentially said either pay $10,000 or we're holding onto your files. we're freezing your computerng y system. well, the owner said no, i'm, not going to pay. t. so what he did instead is hee closed down the doors.. he's got techs working inside is and he says he's not opening until he knows that it'st' 100 percent safe for his customers. this restaurant is reallyt is r living up to its name thishi week, hard times cafe in rockville has had to turn away countless customers. >> shut our whole system down. >> reporter: co-owner bobow howard says somehow online onl crooks got into his computer system. when the computers were firedpus up a few days ago a message was sent to pay up. >> we have been compromised byec something known as ransom wearr where they basically encryptncrt all your files and basically bac enclose your computer systeme yo so it can't op >> reporter: howard refusedar pay. instead, he closed the front tho darn decidedoor and decided to a computer team to replace allla the computers. he contacted the fbi who sayshos this happens more than youor y think. >> basically it shut down my operation but i did not want n w to pay the ransom. r >> reporter: we should tellhoull you that this is the only hardso times cafe. ti there are several of them inhe the area.the ar. this one in rockville is theil only one experiencing thiserie problem. once again, techs are insides.. the owner says he's tellingel them to change the computer system to reprogram it to make it absolutely sure because he bu wants to make sure if you comeri in here with a credit card and d you run it, it will be safe. he doesn't believe that any tha other credit cards in the past t were affected because they becae don't store the information inf here. but he has said if it takes a ts week, if it takes a couple ofou more days, he's going to keep k the place closed down until he knows the computer system is co safe here. her live in rocil ackland, fox5 local news. lal n >> well, it's a done deal. pepco merging with exelon and the $6.9 billion deal approvedpo wednesday by d.c. public d.c. p service commission in a two tono one vote creates the nation's largest publicly held utility.li pepco holding joseph rig beeh r has announced that he will retire as a result merger.ult me the psc says the merger willl benefit rate payers but critics still say it's a setback for the environment and for customers.and focust >> a billboard malfunction has drivers doing a double take oneo a texas freeway. f check out this ad for chick-fil-a.ic those cows used to be upright. g they somehow came loose andeh were left dangling in mid airport.ai the company that manage the billboard is work on getting get someone o to fix it.e o to fix he's a leader in the black a lives matter movement inement baltimore and now he's running r for mayor.or tonight we are learning thatrnit ray mcke financial support from somem big names in the social media sl world. twitter's executive chairmanve and netflix's ceo both contributed $6,000 to mckesson's campaign.paign. financial disclosure reports r also indicate mckesson isickes getting support from education reformers. he is competing with a dozen d other democrats in next month's primary. prima >> he is the most elect if it ei go player in the nba today.yeinn steph curry is in a league ofguf his own. o likely had many other starther s players curry has a sneakeraker endorsement. when curry's nba career beganeer he was signed with 19 but in 2013 curry changed alliance islc that now with under armor. arm. espn is out with an article a this week detailing how nikeng w botched their resigning pitchsip with the star saying they mispronounced steph's nameteph'n hadn't a picture of chris paul p on the slideshow presentre taillights nike miss handledghts the deal and didn't see curryndd was about to become a major star they say >> i did read that they dth estimate lost revenue or actually gained revenue for gai under area mo armor is around $15 billion.ll nike is smarting from some mistake. >> for sure. >> steph curry an olympian.ly i got to meet a potentialotenti olympian in our area.rre >> okay.>> oka >> she's a fantastic fencer.ce i'm not going to give too muchoh away.. amanda, she's very impressive. this summer athletes from overso the country will represent the stars and stripes in theand olympics. one local athlete is hoping toes join them in the near futureea f thanks to quick feet a f tactical mind and daft dt swordsmanship.sw in 92 years of olympiclymp fencing, an american woman hasoh never medalled in that event. tucked away in the corner of a f silver spring industrial plaza p trains a young woman who couldoo be the first to wear and stripes on the medal stan stand. >> there are like big moments. m i actually good? like.ood? l i really good.i really go >> reporter: oh, she's good. 20-year-old amanda isdmand currently the number one nr on ranked junior fence are in the e united states. s >> and is training for her final junior world w championship next week in france. france >> no, she's not very big girl and she compensates with fantastic technique, graceful sword, speed and great operational thinking. >> there's an art to like aart tricking the person which isson my favorite part of fencing.en you set them up so you can so yo trick them and get them to doo exactly what you want. w >> do you need a minute or youir want to go to the next bout. >> reporter: they're aep family of fencers. >> good job you were righter there. both of amanda's amanda's parents fenced in college.s her dad coach at the naval naval academy and her two sisters sis train at d.c.'s fencer. amanda parlayed her fencingerci skill into a scholarship at notre dame where she has swords and bad pickup lines.kupl >> i had a boy try to flirtry tt with me like you're so on me liu point and i'm like i've never iv heard that one before ever befor reporter: boys watch out. amanda might not look it but she's intense.nt one coach said her yell after y winning a match is like a lionness protecting her cubs. cb she even intimidate add male teammate.team. >> he's like six-three, very v tall and lanky and i'm small me kind of like. >> reporter: amanda's skill has taken her al al over ther globe.globe. she has her sights set on tokyo. >> she can do whatever sheo whas wants. >> gold is the olympics.d that's my goal. >> reporter: she doesn'torter: e want to win gold for the gloryly or the fame or her own h wheaties box. box. amanda wants to win gold forin her country and her father.herat >> to be able to win gold andin hear the national anthem, my m dad's in the military so the national anthem has meant so ham much to me. so to have it be played would pe just be amazing. azi >> reporter:.>> reporte >> isn't that wonderful.sn't thd >> yeah. >> she's a great girl.'s she's very impressive. impssiv i actually suited up and took her on.he o yeah, i got -- got >> you're brave. >> i got -- they call them c touches but they are a lot harder than touches.n >> it's a reason it's not int'ot the story. >> yeah.>> it wasn't very impressive. i'll put it on the web and youey get to see me get -- g >> i thought i saw you.ou >> yeah, blood coming out. just a flesh wound. no, but she's very impressive.ms she did not qualify for thefy fr olympics this year talking to ti her coach it was just a few points here and there that could have gone the other way g but they'reon looking towardsngw tokyo. it was a experience. she is the favorite to winin gold in the junior j championships. >> i know nothing aboutg fencing but hearing the coach c talk about fast foo foot work. >> it's like boxing with ait sword. she's impressive.s imessiv >> thanks brody he.hanks od >> oh grandmother what a biganoe gun you have.e. >> oh, yikes. coming up the nra rewritesrite classic fairy tales with theh characters now packing heat. pag how some parents are now a responding on social media. >> wal-mart -- a wal-mart--al-m customer literally uncovers ancs clearance conspiracy in thee co sales aisle but the company denies it's deliberatelyel misleading customers. >> and watch the flower fly as the easter bunny dad and his toddler go baking cookies. cooki the hilarious and heart video ahead. a >> we'll see where that'sre going. [laughter]aughter] >> ♪ >> ♪ do when no one is watching. david trone banned the box so people who've paid their debt to society could have a chance. and fought so hard for criminal justice reform, they named a center after him. and because education was his way out david offered it free to employees. and over 14 years ago began offering them partner benefits. evening the playing field has always been david's mission. in congress it'll be his job. it's not how you run, it's how you live. i'm david trone and i approve this message. >> ♪ >> sarah pointed out earlier ear you have your cherry blossom colors on.colors >> that's exactly what i went wn for. for. >> i was down there yesterday.rd they weren't quite at peak at pe bloom, they were at likeike 69 percent but today tuckeray t reported earlier this mornings i absolutely gorgeous downtely there. they're well over 70 percent.0 n today was the day to go. >> yeah. the sunshine just sucked theme u out. >> right. but we do have the winds which n is always a concern with theith blossoms and tomorrow morning we could have some rain strolln through.th good news is it roshouldn't be e heavy enough to cause any major issues. they should last through thest t weekend. i'm sure it's going to begoe packed. >> oh, yeah, it will be.e. >> no doubt about that. live look outside, there'soutsie tower cam shaking a little bitet because we have those gustyty traffic is running smoothly.moot lots of kids getting offting o school today as they starty sta their spring break around the ao region and we're in good shape weather-wise. temps out there veryou comfortable, in the upper 70's 7 around the region today. today. in fact our highs today, weay, got the lucky seven's across-the-board. reagan national 77, dulles, bwi 77 degrees this evening.es e very nice day today.daay temperatures will be changing. g there's another look at the tower cam here and yournd current conditions stillitio sti sitting at 77 here in her i washington. look at those winds out of thehe south 22 miles an hour withileso gusts over 30 reported last hour. ho here are your temperatures.our again, 77 here in d.c., 79 for manassas, dulles 76, 76 in martinsburg and hagerstown asag well, 75 for frederick.derick even annapolis near the water reporting 70 degrees this70 d hour. just generally a nice day all around with the exception of the occasional breeze now ande d then.then. again, winds sustained here ine washington 22 miles an hour,mil, 15 for frederick, 23 for hagerstown, 20 forwn, or martinsburg.mart what can you expect from thexpet winds over the course of the rest of the evening? not? n going to change too m that went by rather quickly. quy let's pull it back up.ack not going to change too.e really remaining breezy through the overnight hourserni and through the day on fridayon as well.el although the winds will shiftlft tomorrow coming out of theomin north and west and that willha l bring in some drier air --ir- well, drier air but cooler airlr which is good news becauseood wb they see it because of those red flag warnings which will remain in effect untilfe unt 8 o'clock tonight.ight red flag warning just basically means increased fireie danger thanks to the dry atmosphere out there andre a thanks to the winds as well.sel and we've already had reports r of brush fires around the the gaithersburg area earlier thises evening. all right, sunset tonight 7:24 p.m. great time to get down to w the cherry blossoms and see bom the sunset.sunse 73 degrees by sunset time.t tim. thank you so much buddy foror sending in this photo. he sent this in to us us yesterday. satellite and radar, againd pretty sunny out there still. couple high thin cloudsle starting to move in.ting we'll have those increasing clouds as we head through theseu evening hours ahead of ourf cold front. o which will come oucor way w tomorrow morning and give usndie the chance for a few showers. ss out to the north and west wes hagerstown, morning hours watch out fors wa some heavier rain showers. show. we work our way into the morning hours here in days. it loses a little bit of energy but still the potential l for showers around 8:00 in the0t morning.rng. we head into the noontimeim hour. can't rule outan isolated outla shower or two but we should be e generally clearing things outth as we couldn't to inroll into the afternoon we'll get more m and more sunshine back.ine bac still tomorrow not a terribleeri day to see the blossoms.lossom just wait until after lunchtime i think. think. skipping ahead to the weekend, saturday looks very nice. lotsks of sunshine, highe, pressure in control.on moving to sunday, though, evenn warmer but we will haveav increasing clouds. area of low pressure to ourpr south will start to mesove in me our direction and that will a bring us some showers by b monday. but again, weekend looks fantastic here. 63 degrees. a cool 63. in fact a lot of suburbs staying in the 50's but lots of sunshine onnen saturday.sa by sunday raising up a little bit. 68 degrees.rees. absolutely gorgeous for yourorge easter but that does come withtm a little bit of cloud cover as u we head into the afternoon aernn hours. take a look at your fox5 fox accuweather 7-day forecast. 71 degrees for that's ahead of a cold front.ro. probably do that pretty early.. down to 63 on saturday.da 68 on sunday. sunday. next chance of rain on monday ma at sixty five. all right that's weather. wth coming up after the break wal-mart low prices but areces a they tricking you? plus plu humpty dumpty is packing? the nra says he is. details on that story coming up after the break. >> ♪ >> associatio >> wal-mart says it's notno hiking its prices in its clearance section despite whate one shop internew jerseyseo discovered. the shopper took somethshop photos last week there shows s some clearance items were marked with price stickersice si significantly higher thanhihe price stickers underneath.nderne the shopper found a flashlight i selling for nearly 11 bucks. b when he peele await shows shows its previousts price was $5.99. $5. wal-mart says this is ann isolated incident and it is at not intentionally trying to jack up prices on its i clearance table. >> wal-mart. >> makes you wonder though. y >> uh-huh. >> national rifle association as is raising some eyebrows rai tonight over some of itsnight om postings on its family webileb site. >> the washington post reports r the nra has partnered withered author amelia hamilton ton t present a new twist on some on e classic childhood stories.ries the new stories show characters like hansel and gretel armed with guns.h as you can see here, gune, g control advocates are outraged or as you can imagine gunmagine control advocates are outraged a over these new stories calling o them just sick but gun rights advocates say the stories have more peaceful endings thangs t what these classic stories originally portrayed. >> now there was mixedow t reaction on twitter as laura mentioned to the nra's revised v story tell me one person wrotesw jack fell down and dropped his gun. gun discharged. that was the end of jill. >> paula benson writes what could be some dialogue between pinocchio and his pup met maker, pinocchio. >> clearly people are beinge sarcastic about it. at the same time. tim it's other people don't finde dn it very funny.. >> that's just a very paralyzing debate. >> yeah, yeah.h, y >> we need to figure out howneed to debate this one more productively.produc >> exactly. >> up ahead a dad dressed in a a full easter bunny costume letses his daughter take charge ofrgof the baking process while he whie narrates. can you imagine where this onee is going?ng? >> absolutely. the results are pretty funny, too. we'll show you when we come back is to provide choices that offer you the best prices, quality and selection. wake up with wegmans family pack ♪ 1,2,3,4 you can save 30% or more. from tasty energy bars to creamy and delicious yogurt. let us help you find that perfect balance of size & savings. sfx: finger snap wegmans family pack. we do it because we're family too. >> easter right around corner,rh it's on sunday and one florida a dad decided to lip up somepom holiday cookies but he changedhd things up a bit by enlistingng the help of his 16 month old daughter. hm.. the outcome, this adorable ador viral video. take a look. loo >> first thing want to do iss you want to grab in flour bag,rb reach your hand down in there, pull it out and look at it and t study it 'cause you don't you really know what this is.t thisi take the sugar pour there on your lap.ur a little bit into the bowl, abo little bit into your lap.r la you kind of have to go with w your gut to know how much to to put in each part. then you dip your hand down indi there 'cause you want to make sure the texture of the sugar sr is right.ht. pick the baking powder and you let it spill on your hands.n yon let some of it get in your i y face, too so it can be a part pr of you because you want to w dive into the experience.o so now that you got the egg inhg your hand you want to try tory crack it.k once it's cracked, just bringace it over towards you.r rds let it mix into what youo wt already have on your lap, too,,t 'cause some of the cookies isoos your lap, some of it's goingf ii to form from what's in thet's t bowl. . take your spoon, put it into the bowl, maybe not mixing yet y 'cause you're still trying toti study and figure things out so just -- just lightly --ight - lightly tap the concoctionion that you've started.ta it's a mixture of flour, sugar baking powder. pde tap the spoon gently in there. . with a few taps it will alll a come together eventually.veua go antidepressant had and take t your spoon and form shapes on the cookie sheet.okie form whatever abstract shapestr you feel in your heart to do.n o that the how you truly bakerulyk like a toddler. that's beautiful. beautiful. if you follow these steps you se will create cookies as magnificent as the ones you ones see here. see he thank you for joining us. [laughter][laughter] >> brilliant. i love it.i i martha stewart in the making.ak appreciate that very much. best dad ever ps. p thank to you are joining y news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 6:00. >> please, you have to be have b brave and fight yourself home,e, okay. . we love you and we'll be wll b waiting for you.ing foou. >> straight ahead a mother'sothe tearful plea as they she tries t to bring her missing daughterish home.home. then two terror suspectswo on the run. t the and overnight belgianht b authorities identified another a man linked to that deadly attack in brussels.ruel plus, students at onet university say they'rehey' frightened and in pain aftern a these political messagesessa popped up on campus.am the news at 6:00 starts now. n and it is good to have you y with us tonight.wis tonight. i'm tony perkins. perkins >> and i'm sarah simmons.. shaun yancy has the night off. f following a developing storyopit from montgomery county.on just a short timetg ago skyfoxgx was over the scene of two otw separate brush fires in bru germantown. the fires one was spotted in black h lake ridge.gi firefighters say that one ise is now contained.ontained while firefighters werehts we responding to that fire, aatir call went out for the secondheec fire burning near brink andin blunt roads. in that case, the flames got fl dangerously close to a home. hom the good news here is the firehf has been put out completely.ome. >> in other news a series of si unfortunate events led d.c.ate l police to a man wanted inand maryland for attempted murder.ur richard butler, iii wasbutleriiw arrested for shooting at aotinat d.c. police cruiser and it was later found that he had afound warrant out for his arrest inn maryland.nd. fox5's marina marraco is live outside d.c. superior super court in northwest.west. >> there was a manhunt underan d way for this man you just named, richard butler, iii. i here's his picture up on yourp u screen now.scre police saying that just two weeks ago egg know nearlyw nearl killed his girlfriend byy stabbing her at her home ander a just a week before that here allegedly attempted to sexually assault another woman and yet it was yesterda