As you know, Prescription Medications have become a major problem here in washington area. So earlier today, down at 300 indiana avenue, a dc police headquarters, the mayor and chief came together to talk about addiction and enforcement. Hours before the mayor and chief came together to announce what they say is the successful work of narcotics end Enforcement Unit, they released videos of two violent robberies. Last friday, three gun men entered and announce add robbery. According to a police report, the men wanted promethazine, percocet and octobers si could the tin. In the other robbery 25 minutes later, two men jumped the counter with bags also looking for drugs. While standing in front of a table full of pistols taken off the street, chief newsham said the dangerous wor thieves and dealers is beginning to pay off. I must note that the men and women on this unit face some of the most difficult dangers that Law Enforcement faces. Theyre involved in high risk operations. But they do it in a highly effective, safe and respectful way. In 2016, the narcotics Enforcement Unit recovered over 200,000 worth of Illegal Drugs including crack cocaine, pcp, heroin, synthetic, methamphetamines. Reporter he said in all of 2016, the unit recovered a total of 42 guns but so far this year, it has already seized 49 illegal guns. Some of which had high capacity magazines. Past several years were starting to see seems like were seeing an up tick in the number of to extended magazines that we are recovering. And as you know, when you have extended magazines, it gives the person whos handling the many more round. Reporter the mayor said aside money to fight addiction. An approach she feels is necessary in keeping the city safe. When mpd identifies a person committing a crime and that crime is theyre buying or using drug, addicts, we, instead of taking them to jail, we will be able to refer them to a Better Mental HealthSubstance Abuse resource. So we have budgeted for Mental Health personnel to in some cases co respond with the police. Reporter as for the violent robberies, police are hoping someone will recognize those faces and turn the gunmen in just a word about the new unit it was put together under former chief kathy lanier after she got rid of the vice there was an out cry for many people they didnt want to see them go away. The chief and mayor are coming together and saying the unit is making progress. Paul wagner fox 5 local news were learning new information about a report from dcs Inspector General alleging former dc School Chancellor gave preferential treatment. Official and another Memorial Point tea are said to be among those granted school transfers. More on this. Reporter were told this is one of the most Popular Schools in the district. It has a very long waiting list. A lot of parents wanting to get their kids in here. But the Washington Post is reporting that deputy mayor courtney snowed en was able to communicate with former schools chancellor Kia Henderson and get her son into the a lot are concerned about that asking whether or not she got preferential treatment. The Wilson Building is buzzing over this probe. We first learned last month, former chancellor henderson being investigated for giving he preferential treatment to some, including dc officials by authorizing transfers into some of dcs most sought after schools, now a deputy mayor admits she asked the chancellor to help with her sons placement. It certainly raises an eyebrow because its a Popular School and great school. When they say there are district officials involved, that makes me upset. Reporter Courtney Snowden issued this saying, in part, i was thankful to have the chancellors discretion in understanding my sons unique needs, as i pursued an option available to every parent. We asked mayor bowser about what some believe could be special treatment have you talked to deputy mayor about this situation . Are you at all upset with how this deputy mayor presented to the chancellor, which is a right of every parent, a special set of circumstances for her family. And the chancellor made the decision that she thought was best education chairman david grosso said he seen the report. It doesnt list names but refers to seven people. Including a former elected official. Hes meeting with his lawyers to impose additional restrictions even though he believes past restrictions were violated. These restrictions are pretty clear. And the chancellor decided it was ok to give some kind of preference outside of those restrictions, thats where you had the problem. Reporter mayor bowser also been briefed by the Inspector General. She instructed her staff to also come up with new guide posts for transfers authorized by current and future chancellors. Can you tell the what those guide posts might be my general counsel just thrown out some ideas, i would say its premature to tal actually, i believe its going to be important for us to consult with educators. Reporter Council Member charles allen, who is the Council Member for ward 6 this area says hes been getting a lot of calls from parents today, concerned that they couldnt get their kids into this school, but a government leader was able to. By the way when we first did the story, Kia Henderson issued a statement saying she stands by her actions and said im deeply disappointed by these continue what will attacks on my integrity in an attempt to my personal and professional reputation. In northeast, matt ackland, fox 5 local news. First it was american university. Now a racist incident at the university of maryland has sparked a protest. A Student Coalition called protect you m d organized a sitin on campus because a noose was found at a fraternity and students say they were not notified they also claim hate inci upon the administration to take stronger action Alexandra Limon live with more on what the students are asking for. Alex . Reporter the students tell me, it was actually a black chef that found that noose in the kitchen of one of these fraternity houses here at the university of Maryland College park. And students are upset because they claim the university did not send an email out to all students to notify them about what happened. Today, they staged a march and a sitin, students say the university only sent out an alert to the president s and leaders of the fraternities and sororities on campus and the email went out may 3rd, about one week after the noose was found on april 27th. In addition, these Student Organization called protect you m d said there have been other incidents of hate on campus in recent months. Including white supremist posters chalking and an allegedly by fraternities alleging that black and indian female students are easier to sleep with. The group said they want swifter action. They previously delivered a list of 64 demands to University Officials for dealing with these hate incidents but the students say theyre not happy about how that meeting went. Everything we had to say, it was not a collaborative environment. It was kind of like we will make a comment. We will get a smirk or a laugh newer their breath or Something Like that. Or we would just we didnt feel welcome and went feel like the University Administration that puts themselves out there publicly to support us was supporting us and i dont understand why there are many students that dont even know there was a noose and to not know is not ok. There should at least have been something within 24 to 48 hours letting the Campus Community know that there was a noose found and theyre doing everything in their alleged power to find out thats all we want. Reporter umd president wallace low released statement calling the incident despicable. His statement also said, in part, quote, i resolutely condemn the use of a symbol of violence and hatred for the purpose of intimidating members of our university of maryland community. Now, the Campus PoliceDepartment Confirms there is an Investigation Underway at the Vice President of Student Affairs tells me through a statement that she reached out to these students to invite them to individually have conversations with her, so that they can figure out these tough issues. Now, as far as that question about whether or not the university emailed all students to notify them, i asked the Communications Department about that, and they said that at this time, they wont have an answer for that and they dont know why that did or didnt happen. Reporting live in college park, Alexandra Limon fox 5 local news. Coming up, federal immigration officials are scolding Montgomery County following the release of a High School Stu stealing a Police Weapon an car. Ice said they put an immigration detainer against the teen but released anyway. County executive weighing on the controversy, but first, fitz. Reporter good evening, tonight at the fbi, the Deputy Director drew mccab is in charge but other names are being floated as permanent replacements. Who are they . Well have a live report coming up from fbi headquarters here on fox 5. Great honor and privilege. Im honored to become a wildcat. And you can hear the boos loud and clear given by betsy devos. What sparked this reaction and the threat made by the schools president during the disruptions. Sue . Sarah and jim what an extraordinarily Beautiful Day. Check out the temperature, 76 right now. It is going to be beautiful evening, i suggest you soak it up because weve changes to talk about involving rain and much cooler temperatures as early as tomorrow morning. Well talk about what you can expect coming up in just a few minutes, fox 5 local news at 5 00 will be right back. Whoa. Are you actually about to scratch it rich at Mgm National Harbor . Of course you are. Because everyone who plays is an instant winner. So before you win your share of 1. 5 Million Dollars in prizes and free slot play. Take these last few seconds to remember what life was like as a normal, everyday person. Lay scratch it rich for your share of 1. 5 Million Dollars in prizes and freeplay®. This is monumental. Narrator the time is always right to do what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Good chance the president could look outside to find someone to run the bureau, whos possible on top of that list. Fox 5 Tom Fitzgerald live at fbi headquarters, fitz theres a big guessing game going on, what are you hearing thats whats washington is best at. The guessing game is well, underway, now, as you mentioned, andrew mccabe, the Deputy Director, yes, in charge as of right now, but there was growing speculation that mc cabe will not ultimately be the choice, fox 5 spoke with a number who are familiar with both the fbi and administration. Lets run down for you a couple of the people who are being mentioned. Well start with dana vuente. This is an individual that might look familiar. And prosecuted several high profile cases and served as the acting attorney general then acting sally yates was dismissed. Theres john pistol, the former tsa director credited for reforming the tsa and instituting the security upgrades like body scanners and patdowns which led to enhance security at airports across the country. There is also the former Police Commissioner of new york city, ray kelly. He served in that job in new york city in the months and years after 911 and is a wellknown figure both nationally and throughout the metropolitan region in the tristate area in new york. Also mentioned widely is representative tray gouty, the republican from South Carolina led the House Committee in benghazi and was wellknown for a marathon questioning session of then secretary of state after she left office regarding the benghazi investigation. Now, keep in mind here, the questions were circling all of this tonight have not gone away by a long shot. We spoke with virginia senator mark warner today about what would be required in a new fbi director, warner was blunt. He said no matter who the Trump Administration picks, that person not only needs to be qualified, but they also have to be independent of both republican political interest and democratic interest as well. I got to hope and believe i work here i know sometimes its a frustrating place. But i got to believe that no senator is going to allow some patsy or individual who is just a tool in this administration to come in and be the director of fbi, its got a proud tradition under democrats and republicans. Reporter the timing of all of this is tomorrow, james comey was supposed to testify. Senator warner tells fox 5 while there appearance will not happen, tonight, both he and the republican chairman richard burr sent a letter to james comey requesting he appear on capitol hill next tuesday to testify before the United States safetrack. Live at the fbi headquarters tonight, Tom Fitzgerald fox 5 local news lets take it outside now, Beautiful Day out there. 75 degrees right now. I mean, this is can we just keep this . The entire year keep it here . Yes. The only thing we can do without allergies, unfortunately thats something sue has no control over but Mother Nature does and rainy days will do it. Jim and sarah, you got to get out and enjoy tonight. Were going to have a pretty significant change in the Weather Forecast for tomorrow. Rain may be in as early as 8 00 or 9 00. And its going to be a lot cooler. If you mow the lawn, tonight is days look like theyre going to be getting quite soggy. Nats and orioles will be at it for game three, to theyre at nats park. Battle of the beltway continues and the weather will be extraordinarily nice, first pitch 7 05. Temperature around 70 with a mix of sun and clouds, a nice mild start. Temperatures slow to drop. Clouds will be on the increase. Enjoy it and go nats. Meanwhile, hey, big sports night. While we have the perfect weather for everybody whos a going to be traveling to a destination, whether its downtown or nats park or in front of your television it will be delightful. Windows open, 76 is the current temperature, dulles 75, hagerstown 70. Lovely day for sure. While the changes were going to go see in about 12 hours will begin to get underway late tonight. And actually, there are couple of showers that were noticing up here through northeastern maryland scooting towards delaware. Thats not likely to get in here, just so you know theres enough moisture around some on a little bit of that here and there. Just a little tiny piece of Energy Associated with our departing area of high pressure, but look whats coming, part of this will be getting in here and riding in our direction in the overnight hours. Of so a frontal boundary has been parked down to our south and west it will kind of focus the energy and the showers, but as that stays down to our south and west, were starting to allow the cooler air to get into place, and that will be here tomorrow morning. Tomorrows highs only near 60 degrees. Compared to the mid 70s in many areas tonight. And the rain is going to be coming in, it will be soggy at times and well yesterday looked like rain may not start until later in the day, now we think the going to get in here pretty early in the day. So tomorrow afternoon, mid 50s in some of the suburban areas to about 60. Of off and on rain which can may begin as early as again 8 00 or 9 00. Quite a departure from what we had today. We still have a few more hours to enjoy. I suggest getting outside and doing thank you, sue. On the way, talk about a close call. Theres a kid hanging over the rails on the bridge between Rehoboth Beach and dewey beneath. Wow. A quick thinking officer makes a bold move to stop man from jumping off bridge. The act he took that potentially saved this mans life. Dc Police Officers may be looking more relaxed these days, while the chief is allowing officers to sport beards and earrings. Gary . Thanks a lot. Jim. Listen, theyre on the lookout in leesburg for cows. They got out monday and are missing. A bit of an update, well talk more coming up. If you have a story idea including cows on the loose, call th