Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 News At Ten 20131009 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 News At Ten 20131009

Shirt and put it on top of his stomach. I thought he got shot but then i seen a stab wound on his elbow. Our officers responded to reports of a fight. They arrived on scene and were able to locate a victim who was transported to the hospital. Investigation reveals the victim approached the area got into an altercation with another group that was here and he was stabbed. Police say its early in their investigation. They dont know why two groups of young people were fighting and why somebody took out a knife and stabbed the teen almost to death. Live in alexandria karen gray houston, fox 5 news sending it back into you scott. Were following breaking news from princeton university. Police are investigating gunshots from the nassau hall. No injuries reported. Its princeton apps administrative center. Gunshots reported on princeton campus well monitor and bring you updates as they come in. Developing in the district tonight nearly 200 people were handcuffed and placed under arrest during massive immigration rally on the national mall. At least eight members of congress were among them. Lauren demarco joins us with the latest. Shawn, the rally today aimed at getting House Republicans to vote on an stalled Immigration Reform bill. We spoke to lawmakers and they say the event has been in the works for two months and they werent going to let the Government Shutdown stop them from making a point. At least let the republicans do something if theyre going tear down the country fiscally tear down the government do something morally right. New york representative Charles Rangel among eight members of congress released from Police Custody tuesday night after being arrested with 200 demonstrators during a massive Immigration Reform rally on the national mall. Earlier in the day House Democratic leader nancy pelosi addressed thousands. Immigration reform will reduce our deficit by nine hundred billion dollars over the next two decades its good for business. Its good for workers. Its good for families. Its good for our nations success. Organizers say a bill passed by the senate has enough to pass the house. Theyre demanding g. O. P. Leaders call the measure for a vote. Republican congressman of florida took to the podium to show his support saying theres no doubt the countrys immigration system is broken. It is broken for our national security, economic interests, its broken for the rule of law and millions of people here working day in a day out. Representative of illinois was arrested by u. S. Capitol police while walking blocking traffic in an act of dis oh speed jens why are you doing this today . Obedience. There are 5 million american citizen children and each day hundreds of them lose a mom or dad to beport take shin. It was important take a stand deportation. Youve got be able to walk and chew gum and theres a lot of a lot of issues this country is facing. The shut down the debt ceiling, comprehensive immigration rye form is something weve been waiting for decades reform. Arrested also john lewis of georgia, arizona, minnesota, texas and illinois representatives charged with crowding obstructing and blocking traffic. The bill theyre pushing for includes bill yonls billions of dollars for bortd security and a path for citizenship for immigrants border. Another big story n. F. L. Owners were in northwest d. C. For all day league meeting. The most hotly debate was not addressed. Talking about their Redskins Team name. Dan snyder immerged with no comment and the league is expected to meet with representatives from the Indian Nation next week. Were focused on the cowboy game this week. By no means growing up in washington and being a redskin fan have i ever considered derogatory as a fan and i think thats how the redskins look at it and the redskins have always presented as part of their tradition their history hail to the redskins is part of that trad decision but whenever you have tradition but whenever you have a situation you need to recognize other people have different percent spec stuffs and thats true here. Thats what ive suggested and ive been open about it that we need to listen perspectives. Make sure were doing whats right. Now to nita Indian Nation released a campaign oneida Indian Nation says Roger Goodell was good to intervene with the racial slurs. Today fox 5 matt acklin caught up with d. C. Mayor gray and asked him about the president s comments over the weekend on the redskins. President obama said if he was the owner he would thing about changing it. What do you think about the comments . Well, i appreciate the president speaking out on our washington football team. Now i want him to speak out on our Washington District of kwlum by ya city and free us from bondage. You dont say redskins anymore do you no i refer to them as washingtons football team. D c mayor is tackling the government impact on the city tomorrow mayor gray will rally congress to pass a stand alone bill allowing d. C. To spend its own money. Mayor gray invited us to his office this afternoon to talk about this letter that he sent to the president and congressional leaders. Currently the district is running on reserve funds but those funds are running out the mayor says he has about 710 days and then the money will be gone. Its not just the federal government being hurt by this deadlock on the hill. The Nations Capital city is also hurting. Since the shut down the district has been using reserve funds but theyre running thin. But now were getting to the point where the row serves are starting to run out and the payments need to be made that we wont be able to make reserves. Mayor gray says he needs action asking the white house and capitol hill leaders to approve stand alone legislation giving d. C. Authority to spend its own tax dollars. We have the money. It isnt a question of not having the money. We simply need to be exempted from this nonsense to use the money that is available to us. So what happens when the reserves run out . Well the mayor says theres not enough money to Fund Important programs. It may mean deferring payments. Were concerned about medicaid payments to our Healthcare Providers who dont have cash reserves to rely upon, our Charter Schools where over 35,000 of our children are educated everyday are due a payment next week. That payment is 100 some Million Dollars and we really dont have the money make that payment. You have faught to keep the local government open but have you ever thought about okay well you know what . Im going to shut this city down and maybe the government would react to that . Has there ever been a thought on your mind about doing something a little more radical . I think keeping the government open is radical for some and i think its the right thing to do. I dont want to punish people anymore than theyve been punished. Why do people have to be punished because they live in the District Of Columbia . Recently congress did let d. C. Fund itself but both parties cant seem to agree on that either. At the end of the day if anybody wants to evaluate this both parties have voted for us and against us. This is not over. Tomorrow mayor gray along with Congress Woman norton will hold a rally on capitol hill hoping to Push Congress to make a decision on this issue so d. C. Can spend its own tax dollars. In the newsroom, matt acklin fox 5 news. The shut down showdown continues with the war of words between president obama and House Speaker boehner. Looming is the deadline to raise the nations Borrowing Limit and failure to reach a deal could devastate america. Hi, shawn. You know whats becoming clear here . The effort is becoming more complicated. If congress and the president cant i agree on plan to reopen the government, how are they ever going to i agree on raising the debt ceiling . Let me lay this out for you if we can. If congress doesnt raise the debt ceiling by october 17th the government runs out of money and cannot pay bills. It would hurt the economy, and americas credit and we would look at a deep decline. Were not going to pay a ransom for america to pay its bills. This isnt about me and republicans this is about safe saving the future for our kids and grandkids. The president is willing to talk with republicans about anything including obama care but not until they pass a spending bill to end the shut down and raise the debt ceiling before time and money runts out. Nobody in the past has ever threatened to breach the debt ceiling until the last two years runs out. This is the credit worthiness of the United States that were talking about. This is our good name. This is real. The president called Speaker Boehner in the morning but the lines are drawn. Well say it was a pleasant conversation although i have to say i was disappointed the president refuses to negotiate. The republican take away theyve passed four bills in the house to fund the government but they need democrats in the senate to bend when it comes to obama care. Each of those four bills was rejected by the United States senate under the constitution and our system of government we asked that they sit down and a have a conversation with us about funding the government keeping it open and providing fairness to the American People under obama care. They refused to do it. Now were learning of a new casualty in the midst of the Government Shutdown. Payment to the families of American Service members killed in action including burial benefits and airfare to attend transfer ceremonies are being withheld until the government reopens. Let me wrap this up with a few bullet points. The house is expected to consider a bill tomorrow to restore the death benefits to families of the war dead and an i. D. Is now idea is being talked about a 20 member bipartisan committee. 3d c ambulances caught fire and were getting new details. A warning from the c. D. C. Following a salmonella outbreak that could not have come at a worst time. 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For seeing your businesss cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. A suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. Well three amount blanses caught fire this summer ambulances caught fire and d. C. Found out they were not intentionally set and the Firefighters Union wants an apology. An ambulance fire on any given day may not catch the attention of people but on august 13th somebody snapped a picture of this one going up in flames on buenning road northeast and gave to it the Firefighters Union which promptly published it on twitter to the union it was another example of old broken down equipment firefighters and paramedics were forced to use especially when another ambulance was caught on fire. How many instances are you aware two fire apparatus cis cause fire in one day . Its dee more real lies together the workforce and weve been dee more real liesd the last two years dee moral liesd dee moral liesd. Now theyve concluded the fires are accidental and the union wants an explanation. We were confident before they called into question these fires that our members had nothing to do with them but the state of mechanical problems seem to be more of the norm and its good to clear the members and its time for the mayor to apologize that our members sabb tajjed Fire Department property sabotaged. Today mayor gray said the investigation was justified. I think the investigation was a very responsible things to thing to do because there were people who would have speculated about how these incidents occurred and now it shows nothing was untoward we can move on. Its not the first time firefighters have been accused of sabotaging their own equipment but theres no proof. The mayor says the city has added 13 new ambulances and the response times have improved. In the fox 5 newsroom, im paul wagoner. Still no word on what caused deadly fire at a mobile home in Prince William county. The fire broke out at 3 30 this morning on Fuller Heights road and triangle. The flames were so intense part of the ceiling roof and walls collapsed and three adults have were killed. Following a news alert from the federal health investigators. At issue a salmon nell low outbreak linked to salmonella outbreak linked to chicken. As outbreaks go its bad one two hundred 78 people ill in 18 states most of them in california, oregon and washington. The culprit salmonella the source three foster farm plants in california. Beyond that Public Health officials have little to go on. When one of these outbreaks occur its almost like a sherlock homes situation you need all your best medical detectives at the ready to figure out where this came from and what to do about it. The worlds best detectives at the centers for Disease Control in atlanta are furloughed by the Government Shutdown. The cdc director says hes frustrated quote with twothirds of c. D. C. Staff unable to work were less likely to find outbreaks to stop them as quickly and determine ways to prevent future outbreaks. Georgia congressman shares that concern which is why he plans to introduce a targeted spending bill to reopen the c. D. C. The work done at the c. D. C. Is vitally important to america and all over the world so i think that we should be able to reopen it and im hopeful we can move legislation from the house to senate to do just that. But democrats who issued dire warnings about the effects of a g. O. P. Shut down on the c. D. C. Have little appetite for piecemeal reopenings until the republicans cave. The c. D. C. Can call some personnel in the face of a p Public Health threat which it is doing but thats a long away from 247 vigilance the nation and world have come to rely on. Coming up were hearing from the family of the man who set himself on fire on the national malast week. And some local students get extra shut eye before heading to class. Officials are considering a big shift. That story is coming up tonight on the news edge at 11 00. The next modern family. St as a a small businessman in virginia im voting for Terry Mcauliffe. Hes the one that can create jobs and grow virginias economy. He will work with republicans and democrats to get the job done. Thats why i trust terry for governor.  iim a private businessman in virginia and to me the most important thing in a governor is to help create jobs. I trust Terry Mcauliffe to work with businesses to help us create the jobs that we need to move virginias economy forward. And thats why im voting for Terry Mcauliffe. Were learning more about man who caught himself on fire. He had battled Mental Health issues and when he set himself on fire he was not trying to make a political statement and the family expressed gratitude for the passersby and medics who tried to save his life. New details about the woman shot and killed by police on capitol hill. She was carrying a lock box holding a passport foreign currency and Social Security cards for both her and her daughter. She led police on a highspeed chase. After ramming her car into a white house barrier. Her daughter was in the car and was not hurt. They believe the mother was suffering from mental i go illness. 19 young men were sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky and moch most victims have received checks but they cannot reveal how much. The school set aside 60 million to pay out those claims. About a dozen cases are being worked out. Sandusky is serving 3060 years in prison for molesting boys. Are we any closer to a deal with the debt ceiling right around the core corner corner. It turns out the 9yearold boy who snuck on the airplane has an arrest record. The details are still ahead tonight ooch tonight. Imm Terry Mcauliffe, candidae for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. 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