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Speaking is let obamacare explode. It is exploding right now. President says now is that another healthcare bill will emerge once obamacare in his words explodes and democrats are willing to support an alternative. Tonight, teachers and students at Thomas Stone High School in Charles County are mourning the loss of one of their own, a student 17yearold michelle good win and fouryearold sister lay la were shot and killed by their own father before he turned the gun on himself the mother survived but still fighting for her life at the hospital. Anjali hemphill is showing how her classmates are dealing. Tape at the family home come down, but people who knew michelle say what happened will never leave their minds, they describe man who a an outstanding student athlete and artist it was devastating news to the whole thomas Stone Community the principal of Thomas Stone High School says junior lashell good win were on the right path in life. But days cut short. Police respond. Ed to the familys homes around 8 30 thursday. Where they found a 36yearold woman standing outside yelling for help, she had been shot several times. She told officers her husband and two children were inside the house. When officers entered the home they found 37yearold carlton good win dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the living room with a gun lying nearby. Police say they then found his youngest daughter fouryearold lay las life less body in an upstairs bedroom and in a nearby bathroom they located 17yearold la shell suffering from multiple gunshot wounds they were both hospital but la shell later died. A moment of silence was held at Thomas Stone High School. Not only did she play on the Varsity Volleyball Team and scheduled in art class. She had dreams of being a graphic designer. Students would say that you can find her all drawing something. She would lend a helping hand whenever needed. She was positive and she would be truly missed by the family im a school mom. Im their mom when their parents cant be. So its very hard because we get attached and its like losing a piece of yourself. Her mother is still in the hospital with serious injuries and police dont have a motive in the shooting. Live in warm front angelie hemphillox to Montgomery County where we are staying on top of the disturbing story of Rockville High School. New details continue to emerge. 14yearold girl was allegedly remained inside a School Bathroom last thursday. The two suspects in this brutal assault are 17 and 18 years old and were enrolled as freshman at Rockville High School. Both had arrived from the u. S. From central america. Less than a year ago. The suspects are undocumented immigrants. Fox 5 Alexandra Limon joins us from rockville with the latest. Reporter this case caused a lot of public outrage understandably. So much the Montgomery County Public School district says Rockville High School has received emails and phone calls from people threatening to quote burn down the school and shoot up the illegals. That p send a letter home addressing both the rape as well as the threats. We also spoke to the lawmaker representing one of the two high school to students, who is charged with the rape. He says that their office also received threats. Going to plead 100 percent innocent defense attorney andrew jezic isnt the most popular guy in town. After representing a teenager accused of a heinous rape in a School Bathroom. He says his office received threats. Jezic is stronging speak out in defense of his client 18yearold henry sanchez. I think the evidence will show this was a preplanned none forceable and consensual encounter. We off think 14yearolds cant grant consent. The law is the victim needs to be four years younger to the day than the perpetrator,j the older of the two suspects is three years and eight months older. Referred to as the boyfriend law is meant to protect High School Teenagers dating. Jezic said his client is a normal High School Student fleeing from violent gigs in central america. He was 17 when he arrived. It was an eightday track from guatemala through mexico. He was detained by ice 12 days. Reporter then released to his family with the expectation he would have a future hearing. He said there are several criteria he hats meet. Including theyre under 18 are not affiliated with gangs and do not have a criminal record. How could this have happened on school property. Governor hogan doubled down friday Montgomery County is acting a sanctuary county and not coer authorities. Thats a problem its easy to look at one specific case and to label that days as representative of entire group of people. So i think that, you know, i mean were seeing it, here at our firm, where were getting a lot of nasty calls and were getting a lot of nasty emails and we never received before. Reporter sanchez defense attorney understand wise theyre outraged when i first heard about it i was outraged, when we went to visit him, i wasnt sure we wanted to represent him. Once we met him and heard his story, absolutely we wanted a represent him. Reporter we reached out to to the Montgomery County Police Department as well as the state attorney at that office to see if they could comment on the claims made by the defense attorney, they said they could not comment because of this open and ongoing investigation, meanwhile, at the federal level, the House Judiciary Committee requested information on these suspects because they plan to hold hearings about ice policies which allow these undocumented minors to remain in the country even if caught by federal authorities, live in rockville, Alexandra Limon fox 5 local news. You cant go nowhere by ourselves because we get somebody take us. The washington, dc community on he want tonight over what is believed to be an up tick in missing teenager girls. Police say a social media push to raise awareness about missing girls doesnt mean cases are on the rise it is a blessing and a curse. Were utilizing this tool to get the faces out there find them and theyre utilizing them to recruit. One child missing is one too many, its not so much about the numbers. Its about can do police say investigating a report of a missing child is difficult because of federal guidelines. In order to issue an amber alert, the child needs to be under 17, police need to believe an abduction has occurred and that the child is in imminent danger of being hurt or killed. Meanwhile, the Congressional Black Caucus is taking action. The lawmakers are calling on attorney general Jeff Sessions and the fbi to join the search for missing teenager girls. They were. They want sessions and an fbi director james comey. And this to story continuous to circulate. Tmz harvey levin and wrap cooljay weighing in on this. Buthe theres a lot of false. Theyre saying 14 girls have gone missing in the last 24 hour, according to dc police this information is not true. More than 80 people signed up to speak at a Dc Council Hearing to confirm mayor bowser selection for the next police chief. That hearing started at 10 00. And is still underway. Its for assistant chief Peter Newsham whos the interim chief right now. Today is the final one. We want you to hear two sound bites. The first from an assistant chief if Montgomery County. The second is from the director of the civil justice. That organization is concerned about newshams handling of the Inauguration Day protest in downtown dc. Hes man of integrity. My experience is that hes very thoughtful, hes very caring. Deeply caring. He has a love for the communities that he serves. He has a love for our proportion i think he has a deep love the importance of that from his troops and the mission and getting the job done were saying we believe council should not vote on the nomination until the records are disclosed to the council, to the public, so that there can be a understanding of what happened on january 20th. The most wellknown person to testify former chief of police kathy lanier who left the position last year for a job in the private sector. The residents here deserve somebody who will be strong, empty pathetic and do the right thing. Pete newsham will do that. I support his confirmation here today. 110 . So the next step is for the Judiciary Committee to vote on the nomination that date hasnt been settlement then it goes to the full council for a vote and sarah, Council Member Charles Allen has been out in the community. Hearing good, bad, he hasnt made up his mind this is the list, 80 people on and on and at the end is chief new newsham. One of just heard from one of our photography, he hasnt testified. And it looks like it would be a late night. A lot of people want to talk about it. A Human Trafficking ring. Gets shutdown what some officers noticed noticed during a traffic stop that held free a woman who had been forced in prostitution a burglar caught on camera leaving a crime scene after breaking in on a building while the victim slept in the next room. Weve got changes coming up in our weather, spring really arriving this weekend. We got showers, but boy do we have a warmup. Wait till you see where those temperatures are heading. Well be back after the break. R the break. The following ad is being condensed for your viewing convenience. So i just switched to geico. What took you so long . I know, i saved a ton of money on car insurance. Thats what im talking about geico also gives you 24 7 access to licensed agents booooyah. Good game, you really crushed it. No son, geico crushed it. Breaking news out of prince georges county. Skyfox is headed to the scene of a barricade situation. This is a map of the area that we were talking about here on your screen, this is along the 1200 block of hunter mill avenue in fort washington. Police are working to gather details about whats going on so we have just very few this moment. Well bring you more updates as we get them. Guilty plea from the man accused of opening fire inside comet pingpong in december. Edgar well, pleaded guilty to transporting a firearm. Prosecutors will drop a third weapons charge as part of the deal. Well, drove from North Carolina to a pizzeria in northwest because of a fake news story claiming the restaurant was part of a child sex ring. He will be sentenced in june. Glen owen man and found out his sentence for running one of the big marijuana growing. Six months to home detention plus two years of supervised probation. He pleaded guilty possessing a dangerous substance with intent to distribute. He was livin just bought. Police found what they call a highly sophisticated marijuana growing operation but 75,000 in cash. Lets take you live outside right now happy weekend to you. It started out cold and cloudy and a bit of rain then the sun came out and isnt the future looking bright gwen is here you called it you said next weekend. Were going to be. Were going to do better than that. Were getting there. Are we going there we are going there. Were going there this weekend. Were going spring 110 . A mixture of things. Having issues with my maps there, if you take a look outside you can see theres a few clouds out there. Were going to be dealing with cloudy skies for tonight. Those clouds are going to be sticking around but the good news is we got a ridge of High Pressure building in and it will be large and in charge and that will help to set us sunshine when we get to saturday. We got a nice warm flow coming. You are not going to believe what were coming to temperaturewise. Were not talk to go 70s. Well be creeping up into the 70s. Kind of a nice little hint for you. Then on sunday, were going to be talkings perhaps umbrellas. We got wet weather. Prepared for that. We need the showers, were in a really, really, severe drought right now. So we need that wet weather, thats going to be heading our way also, but you know, we need that also for the flowers and the Cherry Blossoms that are coming out really nicely. So were just going to make sure spring serves itself up. So look forward to some warmer conditions. Few clouds to talk about for tonight and tomorrow, then few showers then were going to be roller coastering a little bit with the temperatures into the week but ill have the details little bit later and hopefully i can get the maps working speaking of the Cherry Blossoms, there might be some down th visit gary live tonight. I know its not going to be a great as show still beautiful regardless. Meanwhile, coming up preservationist or poacher im sorry that birds were killed by people 50 and hundred years ago. A vintage store owner is outraged over charges shes for you facing for selling furs. A jewelry is responding to critics following outrage over their add claiming sometimes its ok to throw rock at girls end quote. But first. Allow are things looking at the tidal basin . High there my gosh, mat, its finally beautiful down here. It doesnt looking exactly like it always looked. It doesnt look half bad. Well talk more about this coming up. Getting close to peak and theres all kd on with the festival, got the tidal boats out here, matt ackland is concerned about that. Well have more coming up. Stay with us, the 5 00 will continue. L continue. A lot of people still expected to go down to the tidal basin and the weather will cooperate. Lets check in with gary mcgrady live at the tidal basin amongst the blossom, looks great down there, gary. Reporter and amongst all the people. Its finally nice to be out here. This is my fifth time outlet here. Its nice to be out with people in decent weather. Where and theres a lot of blossom, tell matt if you didnt hear me. The paddle boats are out you corrected me last time good to know. Youre the man. Im not going to correct you this time. Theyre out. Look who is here. Dinea i call you the boss of blossom festival. Your 16th or 16th. 16th. Reporter i think i can stop talking and let you launch into whatever you want to launch in, the blossom are blooming. Theyre gorgeous. Reporter why is it we love these so much . Maybe a personal question for you but i dont know. I think people feel the world is all right. Its whats supposed to happen, it makes everybody feel happy. Its springtime. Mean were having good things ahead. Reporter that sums it up it makes everyone feel good. Behind us showing us all the beautiful blossom. The festivals just because its not as colorful as usually is it that doesnt mean its knows at awesome big weekend we have the opening ceremony. All the tickets are reserved but were able to expand the put beautiful show on Facebook Live so they can watch it starting a 5 00. Reporter isnt facebook great its amazing we can share this with the world and we also have a lot of things with the Smithsonian American Art Museum this weekend. Next is our favorite kite festival. Reporter a culmination. Reporter it usually is but because of easter sunday, the parade moved up to the third weekend. So n well do Cherry Blossoms and then fireworks, were mixing it up. Reporter i talked last week, as my job as a reporter doing a little bit of background, you told me that the actual traffic to your website was way up this year about 20 the last time we checked and people, were really interested in theyre all geared up you for spring early because it was warm then the blossom and now people are looking whats happening in the event . We had people coming earlier. People are coming back now and hopefully they will come for the events. Reporter diana, thank you, 16th year, youre going to do an awesome job and thank you for fighting the traffic thanks to my team who does the hard work, i just get to come out and talk about it. Reporter thanks everybody back there. Sarah, sarah is in there. There we go. And diana says thank you as well ive interviewed diane 15 times. An eight month old baby is dead after a brutal attack by a family pet were going to hear the dramatic radio call from the officer on the scene. A family of seven is lucky to have alive. What Officials Say sparked the fire authorities ransacked a popular vintage store. And now shes being charged were breaking a law what georgia Town University is doing to make amends and recognize the role it played during slavery. Georgetown fox 5 local news here at 5 30, we now know the identity of a man murdered overnight. Police say someone shot 32yearold Maurice Jackson in the 1900 block of fair lawn avenue southeast. It happened around 12 30 this morning. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. So far, no suspect or motive. An Early Morning fire forced a large family out into the cold. Seven people were in the house at the time. It happened early this morning along ramrod road. Skyfox over the scene as you can see, two adults being treated for burns while three children are being treated for smoke inhalation. The two grandparents inside the home, they did not need treatment. Fire investigators say improperly discarded smoking material sparked the fire. Route one in lor ton virginia is back open. It was quite different this morning after an tractortrailer hit an overpass near i95. No one was hurt but it caused a traffic ss the northbound lanes are blocked while police cleared the accident scene, no wonder whether the driver will face any charges a candlelight vigil will be held for a Thomas Stone High School<\/a> in Charles County<\/a> are mourning the loss of one of their own, a student 17yearold michelle good win and fouryearold sister lay la were shot and killed by their own father before he turned the gun on himself the mother survived but still fighting for her life at the hospital. Anjali hemphill is showing how her classmates are dealing. Tape at the family home come down, but people who knew michelle say what happened will never leave their minds, they describe man who a an outstanding student athlete and artist it was devastating news to the whole thomas Stone Community<\/a> the principal of Thomas Stone High School<\/a> says junior lashell good win were on the right path in life. But days cut short. Police respond. Ed to the familys homes around 8 30 thursday. Where they found a 36yearold woman standing outside yelling for help, she had been shot several times. She told officers her husband and two children were inside the house. When officers entered the home they found 37yearold carlton good win dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the living room with a gun lying nearby. Police say they then found his youngest daughter fouryearold lay las life less body in an upstairs bedroom and in a nearby bathroom they located 17yearold la shell suffering from multiple gunshot wounds they were both hospital but la shell later died. A moment of silence was held at Thomas Stone High School<\/a>. Not only did she play on the Varsity Volleyball Team<\/a> and scheduled in art class. She had dreams of being a graphic designer. Students would say that you can find her all drawing something. She would lend a helping hand whenever needed. She was positive and she would be truly missed by the family im a school mom. Im their mom when their parents cant be. So its very hard because we get attached and its like losing a piece of yourself. Her mother is still in the hospital with serious injuries and police dont have a motive in the shooting. Live in warm front angelie hemphillox to Montgomery County<\/a> where we are staying on top of the disturbing story of Rockville High School<\/a>. New details continue to emerge. 14yearold girl was allegedly remained inside a School Bathroom<\/a> last thursday. The two suspects in this brutal assault are 17 and 18 years old and were enrolled as freshman at Rockville High School<\/a>. Both had arrived from the u. S. From central america. Less than a year ago. The suspects are undocumented immigrants. Fox 5 Alexandra Limon<\/a> joins us from rockville with the latest. Reporter this case caused a lot of public outrage understandably. So much the Montgomery County<\/a> Public School<\/a> district says Rockville High School<\/a> has received emails and phone calls from people threatening to quote burn down the school and shoot up the illegals. That p send a letter home addressing both the rape as well as the threats. We also spoke to the lawmaker representing one of the two high school to students, who is charged with the rape. He says that their office also received threats. Going to plead 100 percent innocent defense attorney andrew jezic isnt the most popular guy in town. After representing a teenager accused of a heinous rape in a School Bathroom<\/a>. He says his office received threats. Jezic is stronging speak out in defense of his client 18yearold henry sanchez. I think the evidence will show this was a preplanned none forceable and consensual encounter. We off think 14yearolds cant grant consent. The law is the victim needs to be four years younger to the day than the perpetrator,j the older of the two suspects is three years and eight months older. Referred to as the boyfriend law is meant to protect High School Teenagers<\/a> dating. Jezic said his client is a normal High School Student<\/a> fleeing from violent gigs in central america. He was 17 when he arrived. It was an eightday track from guatemala through mexico. He was detained by ice 12 days. Reporter then released to his family with the expectation he would have a future hearing. He said there are several criteria he hats meet. Including theyre under 18 are not affiliated with gangs and do not have a criminal record. How could this have happened on school property. Governor hogan doubled down friday Montgomery County<\/a> is acting a sanctuary county and not coer authorities. Thats a problem its easy to look at one specific case and to label that days as representative of entire group of people. So i think that, you know, i mean were seeing it, here at our firm, where were getting a lot of nasty calls and were getting a lot of nasty emails and we never received before. Reporter sanchez defense attorney understand wise theyre outraged when i first heard about it i was outraged, when we went to visit him, i wasnt sure we wanted to represent him. Once we met him and heard his story, absolutely we wanted a represent him. Reporter we reached out to to the Montgomery County<\/a> Police Department<\/a> as well as the state attorney at that office to see if they could comment on the claims made by the defense attorney, they said they could not comment because of this open and ongoing investigation, meanwhile, at the federal level, the House Judiciary Committee<\/a> requested information on these suspects because they plan to hold hearings about ice policies which allow these undocumented minors to remain in the country even if caught by federal authorities, live in rockville, Alexandra Limon<\/a> fox 5 local news. You cant go nowhere by ourselves because we get somebody take us. The washington, dc community on he want tonight over what is believed to be an up tick in missing teenager girls. Police say a social media push to raise awareness about missing girls doesnt mean cases are on the rise it is a blessing and a curse. Were utilizing this tool to get the faces out there find them and theyre utilizing them to recruit. One child missing is one too many, its not so much about the numbers. Its about can do police say investigating a report of a missing child is difficult because of federal guidelines. In order to issue an amber alert, the child needs to be under 17, police need to believe an abduction has occurred and that the child is in imminent danger of being hurt or killed. Meanwhile, the Congressional Black Caucus<\/a> is taking action. The lawmakers are calling on attorney general Jeff Sessions<\/a> and the fbi to join the search for missing teenager girls. They were. They want sessions and an fbi director james comey. And this to story continuous to circulate. Tmz harvey levin and wrap cooljay weighing in on this. Buthe theres a lot of false. Theyre saying 14 girls have gone missing in the last 24 hour, according to dc police this information is not true. More than 80 people signed up to speak at a Dc Council Hearing<\/a> to confirm mayor bowser selection for the next police chief. That hearing started at 10 00. And is still underway. Its for assistant chief Peter Newsham<\/a> whos the interim chief right now. Today is the final one. We want you to hear two sound bites. The first from an assistant chief if Montgomery County<\/a>. The second is from the director of the civil justice. That organization is concerned about newshams handling of the Inauguration Day<\/a> protest in downtown dc. Hes man of integrity. My experience is that hes very thoughtful, hes very caring. Deeply caring. He has a love for the communities that he serves. He has a love for our proportion i think he has a deep love the importance of that from his troops and the mission and getting the job done were saying we believe council should not vote on the nomination until the records are disclosed to the council, to the public, so that there can be a understanding of what happened on january 20th. The most wellknown person to testify former chief of police kathy lanier who left the position last year for a job in the private sector. The residents here deserve somebody who will be strong, empty pathetic and do the right thing. Pete newsham will do that. I support his confirmation here today. 110 . So the next step is for the Judiciary Committee<\/a> to vote on the nomination that date hasnt been settlement then it goes to the full council for a vote and sarah, Council Member<\/a> Charles Allen<\/a> has been out in the community. Hearing good, bad, he hasnt made up his mind this is the list, 80 people on and on and at the end is chief new newsham. One of just heard from one of our photography, he hasnt testified. And it looks like it would be a late night. A lot of people want to talk about it. A Human Trafficking<\/a> ring. Gets shutdown what some officers noticed noticed during a traffic stop that held free a woman who had been forced in prostitution a burglar caught on camera leaving a crime scene after breaking in on a building while the victim slept in the next room. Weve got changes coming up in our weather, spring really arriving this weekend. We got showers, but boy do we have a warmup. Wait till you see where those temperatures are heading. Well be back after the break. R the break. The following ad is being condensed for your viewing convenience. So i just switched to geico. What took you so long . I know, i saved a ton of money on car insurance. Thats what im talking about geico also gives you 24 7 access to licensed agents booooyah. Good game, you really crushed it. No son, geico crushed it. Breaking news out of prince georges county. Skyfox is headed to the scene of a barricade situation. This is a map of the area that we were talking about here on your screen, this is along the 1200 block of hunter mill avenue in fort washington. Police are working to gather details about whats going on so we have just very few this moment. Well bring you more updates as we get them. Guilty plea from the man accused of opening fire inside comet pingpong in december. Edgar well, pleaded guilty to transporting a firearm. Prosecutors will drop a third weapons charge as part of the deal. Well, drove from North Carolina<\/a> to a pizzeria in northwest because of a fake news story claiming the restaurant was part of a child sex ring. He will be sentenced in june. Glen owen man and found out his sentence for running one of the big marijuana growing. Six months to home detention plus two years of supervised probation. He pleaded guilty possessing a dangerous substance with intent to distribute. He was livin just bought. Police found what they call a highly sophisticated marijuana growing operation but 75,000 in cash. Lets take you live outside right now happy weekend to you. It started out cold and cloudy and a bit of rain then the sun came out and isnt the future looking bright gwen is here you called it you said next weekend. Were going to be. Were going to do better than that. Were getting there. Are we going there we are going there. Were going there this weekend. Were going spring 110 . A mixture of things. Having issues with my maps there, if you take a look outside you can see theres a few clouds out there. Were going to be dealing with cloudy skies for tonight. Those clouds are going to be sticking around but the good news is we got a ridge of High Pressure<\/a> building in and it will be large and in charge and that will help to set us sunshine when we get to saturday. We got a nice warm flow coming. You are not going to believe what were coming to temperaturewise. Were not talk to go 70s. Well be creeping up into the 70s. Kind of a nice little hint for you. Then on sunday, were going to be talkings perhaps umbrellas. We got wet weather. Prepared for that. We need the showers, were in a really, really, severe drought right now. So we need that wet weather, thats going to be heading our way also, but you know, we need that also for the flowers and the Cherry Blossoms<\/a> that are coming out really nicely. So were just going to make sure spring serves itself up. So look forward to some warmer conditions. Few clouds to talk about for tonight and tomorrow, then few showers then were going to be roller coastering a little bit with the temperatures into the week but ill have the details little bit later and hopefully i can get the maps working speaking of the Cherry Blossoms<\/a>, there might be some down th visit gary live tonight. I know its not going to be a great as show still beautiful regardless. Meanwhile, coming up preservationist or poacher im sorry that birds were killed by people 50 and hundred years ago. A vintage store owner is outraged over charges shes for you facing for selling furs. A jewelry is responding to critics following outrage over their add claiming sometimes its ok to throw rock at girls end quote. But first. Allow are things looking at the tidal basin . High there my gosh, mat, its finally beautiful down here. It doesnt looking exactly like it always looked. It doesnt look half bad. Well talk more about this coming up. Getting close to peak and theres all kd on with the festival, got the tidal boats out here, matt ackland is concerned about that. Well have more coming up. Stay with us, the 5 00 will continue. L continue. A lot of people still expected to go down to the tidal basin and the weather will cooperate. Lets check in with gary mcgrady live at the tidal basin amongst the blossom, looks great down there, gary. Reporter and amongst all the people. Its finally nice to be out here. This is my fifth time outlet here. Its nice to be out with people in decent weather. Where and theres a lot of blossom, tell matt if you didnt hear me. The paddle boats are out you corrected me last time good to know. Youre the man. Im not going to correct you this time. Theyre out. Look who is here. Dinea i call you the boss of blossom festival. Your 16th or 16th. 16th. Reporter i think i can stop talking and let you launch into whatever you want to launch in, the blossom are blooming. Theyre gorgeous. Reporter why is it we love these so much . Maybe a personal question for you but i dont know. I think people feel the world is all right. Its whats supposed to happen, it makes everybody feel happy. Its springtime. Mean were having good things ahead. Reporter that sums it up it makes everyone feel good. Behind us showing us all the beautiful blossom. The festivals just because its not as colorful as usually is it that doesnt mean its knows at awesome big weekend we have the opening ceremony. All the tickets are reserved but were able to expand the put beautiful show on Facebook Live<\/a> so they can watch it starting a 5 00. Reporter isnt facebook great its amazing we can share this with the world and we also have a lot of things with the Smithsonian American Art Museum<\/a> this weekend. Next is our favorite kite festival. Reporter a culmination. Reporter it usually is but because of easter sunday, the parade moved up to the third weekend. So n well do Cherry Blossoms<\/a> and then fireworks, were mixing it up. Reporter i talked last week, as my job as a reporter doing a little bit of background, you told me that the actual traffic to your website was way up this year about 20 the last time we checked and people, were really interested in theyre all geared up you for spring early because it was warm then the blossom and now people are looking whats happening in the event . We had people coming earlier. People are coming back now and hopefully they will come for the events. Reporter diana, thank you, 16th year, youre going to do an awesome job and thank you for fighting the traffic thanks to my team who does the hard work, i just get to come out and talk about it. Reporter thanks everybody back there. Sarah, sarah is in there. There we go. And diana says thank you as well ive interviewed diane 15 times. An eight month old baby is dead after a brutal attack by a family pet were going to hear the dramatic radio call from the officer on the scene. A family of seven is lucky to have alive. What Officials Say<\/a> sparked the fire authorities ransacked a popular vintage store. And now shes being charged were breaking a law what georgia Town University<\/a> is doing to make amends and recognize the role it played during slavery. Georgetown fox 5 local news here at 5 30, we now know the identity of a man murdered overnight. Police say someone shot 32yearold Maurice Jackson<\/a> in the 1900 block of fair lawn avenue southeast. It happened around 12 30 this morning. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. So far, no suspect or motive. An Early Morning<\/a> fire forced a large family out into the cold. Seven people were in the house at the time. It happened early this morning along ramrod road. Skyfox over the scene as you can see, two adults being treated for burns while three children are being treated for smoke inhalation. The two grandparents inside the home, they did not need treatment. Fire investigators say improperly discarded smoking material sparked the fire. Route one in lor ton virginia is back open. It was quite different this morning after an tractortrailer hit an overpass near i95. No one was hurt but it caused a traffic ss the northbound lanes are blocked while police cleared the accident scene, no wonder whether the driver will face any charges a candlelight vigil will be held for a Maryland College<\/a> student shot and killed during a music video shoot in northwest. For Anna Macallister<\/a> will take place at 7 00 p. M. At largo high school. Macallister attended st. Augustine in rally and graduated from largo high school. Police are still looking for a suspect. Happening now, we want to take you live to the dc council to confirm mayor bowser. This has been a long meeting started at 10 00. Peter newsham is speaking right now. Lets take a listen. The hearing has been take place for awhile. There are protesters packing inside. Council chambers at the fifth floor not sure what they are what its about. Plastic paint cups to protest, there have been two people both sides. Earlier, council men Charles Allen<\/a> said both people who support and also those who dont think that hiss he is the right pick for the city. There are those in there against its confirmation hearing. Interim chief waiting quietly it has been peaceful most of the day. There have been people that gotten up and testified for the interim police cheap. Theres also some that dont think hes the right person for the job. Including some upset about the protests. Right along k street, downtown, some people b newsham didnt act properly or according to protocol that day, because he ordered a mass arrest. And theyre looking for documentation. Were not sure if those are the people protesting right now, theres also people that talked about issues that were brought up by fox 5, about allegations of Divorce Proceedings<\/a> with the interim chief many years ago and allegations made by his exwife at the time. But most i have to tell you i sat in there a long time. Most were in support of the interim police chief. Youre looking live at the wilson building, this is the fifth floor, the main council chamber. This is where most of the business is done. And right there, you can see getting ready to testify is interim police chief Peter Newsham<\/a> and looks like the leadership has taken a pause for now curious how long they will let things roll here before they try to move but yeah, it appears as though, we got the indication that he had just stepped up there to testify. Clearly, they were here and ready to go those protesters. Reporter youre looking at Council Member<\/a> Charles Allen<\/a> who is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee<\/a>. Letting them protest. Theres been talk from city leaders of the importance of allowing people to protest. Really think thats important. Im wondering if theyre just giving them time to say their piece protest and hopefully the hearing will be able to get underway. Its the third, theres been two other one, this is the third and final one then it will go to the Judiciary Committee<\/a> for a vote and full council well follow that hearing obviously. Meanwhile a mother and father mourning the loss of their eight month old son after flame pet pitbull suddenly attacked the child without warning it happened in southern maryland. The town of has the story. Reporter it was just after 1 00 in the afternoon here in luz by that the chevys office received a 911 call that the family pet a pitbull was attacking an eight month boy in the listing room. Within one minute documents were on the scene, once they arrived determine immediately that the child was fatally wounded shot the dog. Baby being talked by a dog responding units. Reporter it was just one minute past 1 00 p. M. Thursday when the call went out and one minute and ten seconds later a deputy radios he found a pitbull inside with an infant. I got a pitbull covered in blood. A family friend taking care of the child called 911. Its hard to picture this, but is there a way for you to explain how the deputy was able to fire just to try and harm the child they were pretty close and they could see the dog was like a 60, 65 pound dog. And they cozen shot the dog in body. Sherif mike evans said the dog attacked without warning. The caretaker, child and dog were in the living room and the dog unprovokedly attacked the baby unprovoked yes. Sheriff said its a tight in it community and is taking the tragedy quite hard. Of a a grandchild on the way and feel for this family. I understand the family and uncle are Police Officers<\/a> and the mother is a teacher. I know the grandmother very well. A good friend, were heart broken definitely praying for them. Definitely praying for them. The Sheriffs Office<\/a> said this to dog never shown any signs of aggressiveness previously, and determine there will be no criminal charges filed. In fox 5 local news to the district now where dc police need your help identifying a person of interest in connection with a burglary in northwest. Pit happened early sa morning at a building in the 3100 block of connecticut avenue. Police say it suspect broke into a residence while the victim was sleeping. Stole the property and then took off. The suspect was captured on several surveillance cameras in the building. If you recognize this video, the person in this video, police would like to hear from you. A maryland man facing Human Trafficking<\/a> and prostitution charges tonight. Howard county Police Stopped<\/a> William Murray<\/a> early thursday morning after he appeared to be having a medical emergency. Officers suspected murray had taken drugs, and that the female passenger in his car may be a victim of Human Trafficking<\/a>. Murray is accused of taking as many as nine women to meet with men at hotels all over maryland. Investigators believe he on the website called back page. Making amends and recognizing the role it played during slavery. Next month the university will offer prayers in what it is calling a liturgy of remembrance and hope. It will pay tribute in honor of the men, women and children in 1838. The society of jesus in the United States<\/a> besides the service, they will dedicate two buildings to honor those. An marie was a free american women. One of the first teacher, the other building will be named after isaac, hawk consistent. A vintage boutique owner in San Francisco<\/a> is facing criminal charges for illegally selling firs and saysx accessory, february in 2006 investigators store and seized 150 items finding clothing and accessories from dead sea turtles, chee at as and pythons. She wasnt arrested until march 1st, nearly a year aged the investigation. 68yearold store manager maintains her innocence. Im sorry that firs were killed by unlightened people. Maybe something good happen with it. Ive put on vintage Fashion Shows<\/a> with the firs and to help Wounded Warrior<\/a> San Francisco<\/a>s District Attorney<\/a> said its not illegal to own the items made from endangered species. But a law prohibits their r a jewelry shop owner in North Carolina<\/a> is issues anjali tonight. Comes after speiser green jewelerses in asheville received negative feedback about a billboard. It shows several gems along with the words sometimes its ok to throw rocks at girlsly Elementary School<\/a> teachers complained about the add saying the billboards word play left her students confused and fended. Many say they used sexism as humor. They apologize saying they do not support violence against women what do you believe, about that . Theyre always trying to look for something catch . I can see how its catchy, i would think there would be somebody in the room that would be like, maybe not. Maybe listen to that little voice in the back of your head that someone might have a problem with that always trying to grab attention. Sometimes it goes too far. New year and rules for the National Football<\/a> league what the cracking down on on twerking is one thing theyre talking about. Stay with us. Stay with us. We got a warmup coming your way, warmer air moving in across the area into this weekend, when you see where were headed youre going to know that spring is here, no question. Well be back with more details in the full forecast after the break. Stay with us. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction<\/a> by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Mers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com i didnt get the memo about the chirps Cherry Blossoms<\/a> color. Looking very much like one youre ready for spring were bringing in good news about the weather, you kind of have to, its about time it is about time especially since we had the big round the snow recently. Were spoiled for awhile. Looks like the nice 70s then then it was like reality check gary said everyone w absolutely. You have a combination of you know, really nice conditions, weatherwise, the Cherry Blossoms<\/a>, and you can walk around and enjoy them. I mean, and heading into a weekend. I dont think theres going to be too many complaining. We have clouds though and you can see some clouds out there right now. Clouds will be sticking around once we get into tonight. It will be mild. Look at this, do i have a warmup for you by the time we get to saturday. Wait till you see what the temperatures will be, i think youll be pleased by the time you see those. A little unsettled the early part of the week i cant rule out a rumble of thunder or storm or two popping up. And late week temperatures mild again as we head into the 60s. So not bad overall on the sevenday forecast. Your current temperatures this hour, we got 61 at dc, 59 at baltimore this hour. 60 in annapolis, thats the same at dulles, 64 at manassas. And 65 degrees to the south at fredericksberg while take a look at cumberland, my goodness, 77 degrees this ho. Thats a pretty nice warmup. Winds a little bit on the breezy side out there. Weve got wind gusts right now. Anywhere from 16 to about 21 Miles Per Hour<\/a> wind gusts, theyre not going to be too bad over the weekend. But we do have wet weather to speak about and your overnight low, not bad, fairly warm considering. Overnight lows will be into the 50s. Once again we do have the clouds to deal with. Just be aware of that. Were not talking many bright skies and heres a look at satellite radar. We got rain to the west associated with the frontal system. Then the clouds pushing in ahead of it now for up and down the midatlantic but we will see some of that rain reaching us before the weekend is over. Frontal system so the north, this will stall out a little bit. Were headed to 70s for saturday. Warm then when we get into sunday, were going to start to see a little bit of a change. We got rain showers, not a total washout on sunday i want to tell you off and on here and talking rain and its going to be a lot cooler as our temperatures head to the 60s. Cooler relative speaking to saturday. That is, futurecast showing you heres 4 00 in the afternoon sunday. What does that tell you . For the most part, your day will be dry and you might not see anything at all. Here we go into about 6 00, 7 00, 8 00, start to see it moving in and then by overnight. Monday we see some lingering through and then starts to pull its way out. By about 9 00 in the morning, we have a little bit and the same at 1 00 for areas of our west. Planner for tomorrow, 68 with cloudy skies, 68 really great. 54 for tonight. Mostly cloudy overnight. Look at this temperature for tomorrow. 75 degrees. I cant even remember the last time i was able to say 75. Lets have a look at the fox 5 accuweather sevenday forecast. We get another 75 at the beginning of the week then head to the 60s, still not too hard to spring on your doorstep. No dancing allowed. What the nfl plans to do this season to crack down on end zone celebration. Brody. Reporter age is nothing but a number. Coming up in sports im going to dues you to a group of hockey players that show you the only number that matters how fast you can skate and how many goals you can score. Just how far does weathertech go to protect your vehicle . Im on it. Weathertech. Made right, in america National Football<\/a> league is cracking down on end zone celebrations after touchdown. The rules include no more twerking, no gun sign, no props, and no sexual dancing allowed. The nfl said its producing a video to show players whats appropriate and inappropriate in the end zone. Players were quick to blast pointless, greenbay packers said spend the money on Something Else<\/a> like a video on investments or something. There you go. To the ice, the 14th annual jerry hat tricks hockey tournament kicked off features season players over 50. Thats where well find brody logan with more on the competition. Brody. Reporter i wanted to let our viewers know, no twerking here yet. I havent seen any on the ice but very competitive hockey matches, i want to reference the game going on were in the third period. The local team the jerry hat tricks from laurel, down 42 but just about to tie it up. The jerry hat tricks the slogan is youre never too tournament is test meant to that. Theyve all come here for the tournament 14 years in a row and you have players in 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s, and their families think they might have a few screws loose to be playing hockey at their age. But theyre here to compete and have a little fun. Were all crazy one way or the other. Wives kick us have to get rid of us every once in awhile were over 70. A lot of us, i number my equipment because i forget what order i put them on. So ive been playing about 68 years now. Some of these guys are older than i am. Fun to go out and see if you can see 1 10th of a second faster than the guy on the other team. You use it all up and go, ban have a great day how many guys do you think are playing f most of us. We got one guy who plays with the gray wolves. Hes not here this week, unfortunately. Im playing the 70s. I played against my father how old is this guy 94. Reporter how competitive is it out there you know, just fun. Its not much, you know, its its hockey, nobody getting hurt. Usually usually . Usually. Reporter what is the not of the usually, the unusually you know, few broken bones here and there, mild concussions and, other than that, nothing much. Much. Fun is fun, if youre not doing this, like i said, i cant imagine life without hockey, really cant. Reporter you saw the gentleman talking about few broken bones here and there or a mild concussion, nothing big, hes the oldest player in this tournament, 83 years old. A former general surgeon and yes, most of these guys are playing for the free beer after. I saw first round theyre enjoying themselves, all of these players, theres no one bent over. Everyones spirits up after the game, win or lose, having a great time moving along pretty well out there too. Doing a great job. Hats off to them. For sure. They look great. Back in a moment. Every tv doctor knows that when preparing for surgery, use an over pronounced washing technique for dramatic effect. They also know you need to get your annual checkup. Now prepare for your checkup with one touch using the mycigna app, where you can find a doctor in your plans network to save money, manage your health and more. Need to be thorough. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction<\/a> by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless<\/a> customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] fox 5 local news at 6 00. I think what will happen is, obamacare, unfortunately, will explode its going to have a very bad year. A defeat for the trump administration. The healthcare bill is dead. A stunning upset on day two of the closely watched vote expected to be a landmark legislation for antitrump whats next and how will the president and House Democrats<\/a> move forward . Joel waldman starts us off from capitol hill we came up short. Reporter paul ryan just moment before the American Healthcare<\/a> act was up for a vote stunning the political world by pulling the bill altogether at the request of president trump. Negotiations between gop leaders and both conservative and moderate republicans continued into the 11th hour and beyond. 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