Offduty. This is fox 5 local news at 10 00. Right now at 10 00, outrage in Prince Georges County. This is not hurting them. Its hurting our children. The recent scandal that caused the School District to lose its head started funding wasnt even on the agenda. Certainly sound like youre suggesting a man who a leaked information to wikileaks would then murder. Megyn kelly oneonone with week leaks founder, what he revealed about his groups possible tie to murdered dnc staff seth rich. An offduty sheriff deputy attacked in northern virginia. Were looking into Smart Devices that could help keep you safe when youre alone and vulnerable to predators. The news at 10 00 starts right now. And we begin the story you saw first on fox 5, the fallout continues after the feds yanked 6 million. Thanks for joining us. They voted against to pull the millions of dollars, tisha lewis is live in Upper Marlboro with more on that story. Reporter its a story that has a lot of parents and many more people scratching here heads asking what is going on here . First and four most, were talking about the federal funding millions pulled from the Head Start Program, but it was on tonights agenda. Heres the second source of confusion for a lot of people that were here tonight. The board voted against appealing the fred governments decision to pull the millions of dollars then the board says it will continue the program. Well, where is 6. 5 million coming from . That all remains a mystery. This is all the aftermath of scores of accusations of child abuse, and that the district did not do enough to fix the problem. Now, furthermore, seems the board wanted to discuss all of this behind closed doors. That did not happen tonight. Here are some highlights. Typically, if there was any other position, if you lose 6 00 had 6. 5 million you would no longer be in your position, its hurting our children. I felt bad because i understand the board wants to give an image that everything is ok from the outside. Then theres a lot of things going on on the inside for the five members willing to take that were willing to take the stand for our children and call for the resignation of the board chair and the vice chair again, great job. Reporter there were calls for the top brass the scandals. Now tonights Board Meeting started nearly an hour late after that closed door executive session against Board Members initially wanted to keep what transpired in that session private. Ultimately, a decision was made to have a public vote showing who voted for what 12 Board Members voted in favor of relinquishing the federal funds for head start including out spoken board member edwardboros the third. He had this message for parents. I want all parents whose child could have experienced any abuse or mistreatment in the past to come forward and contact cps immediately and i want all School System staff to be reminded theyre a mandatory reporter. They have the responsibility to contact cps whenever an incident occurs. Reporter now,boros did make a motion asking the board to ask the to do an external investigation into these child abuse accusations and the pulling of the millions of dollars of federal fundings. His motion did not past. Board did form to vote a subcommittee to investigate exactly what happened and its next step for head start. Tisha lewis fox 5 local news to be clear for the parents, exactly what does this mean for their kids, for the start of the school year again, the kids that would be in this Head Start Program . Reporter well, if you believe what the board is saying here tonight, it means that head start will continue though we do not know where the millions of dollars of funding to support the Head Start Program is coming from. Its 6. 5 million that were talking about that was federal funding that is out of the picture, yet, the boards chair ubanks program will continue. That was no mention on where the money is coming from for the program to continue a lot of unanswered questions. Parents if youre watching and you hear hor know something, call fox 5, tisha thank you we appreciate it. To Loudoun County and the attack on an offduty sheriffs deputy in leesburg. Police are trying to find this man. He talked a woman around 6 30 while jogging on washington and dominion trail. Of this is the Second Attack on the trail in more than a week. Lindsey si watts in leesburg and an important reminder. Reporter its great to get outdoors, when you hear about these situations its a refresh my memory that you never knows what going to happen even in places you feel are safe. Especially some wooded areas, here on washington and old dominion trail, there are plenty of places for people to hide. Trail and you never know whose eyes could be focused on you. Heres a sketch of the guy trying to attack a woman with a box cutter. That woman is a Loudoun County sheriffs deputy who was off duty at the time. The deputy was able to run away try to suspect. So she didnt get hurt. That was here in leesburg near south kane street. Last wednesday night, she was walking on the trail in the county when two guys came out of the woods, threw her down and tried to Sexual Assault her. She says a cyclist went by and the men ran off. Police told me they dont believe these two incidents are related. People that we have been talking to out here say theyre definitely thinking more about safety now and some are even making changes to their typical routine. I normally go out around 6 30 which i heard when the attack was. It made me not feel safe about going on the trails i hit every day around this area and its a running. Did you do anything differently today . Yes. I actually ran with my fiance because it just made me nervous hearing about it and you dont want to be unprepared. Ive always been concerned about safety. I believe now ill invest in Something Like one of the new defense items but ill probably keep a partner with me from now on. Reporter you heard her mention a defense item. Theres a sports that lets you stash pepper spray or a smallwood knife, its called the booby trap before a. Cheaper options you can get a personal alarm that straps to your wrist about 20 bucks supposed to scare off an attacker with a piercing sound that can be heard up to 1,000 feet from where you are. For 15 bucks, we found pepper spray that has a hand strap. Some jurisdiction require you to register of the spray rerestricted theres quite a few cell phone aps that have a panic button. You put in your emergency contact, press the button and it automatically calls and asks them to get help. Also sends a text message and an email with a map to your location. Of we have more information on these products on our website fox5dc. Com. While youre there, you can take another look at that suspects sketch. Fox 5 local news. Take you to Montgomery County. Six or seven bodies have been identified from the deadly apartment explosion. Today, investigators identified 34yearold aseged mekonen, theyve already been able to identify two young kids and three victims, detectives are working with the medical examiner to id that remaining body. The explosion and fire happened at the Flower Branch apartments back on august 10th. Investigators say it was caused by a natural gas leak. Abl fatal explosion happened another incident, emergency evacuating part of an Apartment Building because of Carbon Monoxide leak. They were called to the scene after residents reported getting sick. Crews trace the source of the gas to washers in the attached parking garage. Several residents were treated. One was taken to the hospital. Lets take it outside right now. Yes, were in for another warmup. Another heat wave is about to set in. What is this number seven . Yes, it is, if you count all of them to. A heat wave defined as three days in a row at or about 90. We were 89 but dulles got started. Were kind of waiting into this one gradually. Tomorrow is the equivalent of jumping into the deep end of heat wave pool. Of because we are really going to see temperatures jumping up quite a bit. Hot day tomorrow, forecasting 97 in the district. And while its not bad out there now, were having a hard cooling off in the city because the temperatures 82, but the due point is so high tonight, it is really quite soupy out there. The due point is 76 is really, really comfortable. Annapolis your due point 77, culpeper 76, any time its near 70 its oppressive, this is something beyond that. To give you an idea, earlier we had due points in the 50s. Tonight there was friday, they will be at or above 70 but it will get better humidwise as we head on into the weekend. Hard to believe im showing you a busstop forecast in august, but some kids are back at costume. You need to know that tomorrow morning, 74 to 80 at the busstop. After school, 90 to 97 degrees. Hope those pools are open for the kids. You can see where high temperatures are going to end up tomorrow, everybody in the mid 90s, quickly to show you the heat index, not terrible in the morning, but feeling like 100 degrees if not higher by 2 00 in the afternoon, slow to cool o tomorrow. Even close to triple digits as late as 6 00 tomorrow night. Well talk more about what you can expect at 10 30. Many have taken to social media, you are tired of hearing about ryan lochte. Well, here we go go. Police in rio to charge him and well have details. A dc murder mystery making national headlines. Week leaks. Is it privacy or protection, a secret Surveillance Program in baltimore has residents outraged. Question is could it happen here . Fox 5 takes a closer look. Well be right back. K. Scary moments on i 270 in Montgomery County. Three Police Officers were hurt in a series of car crashes, started around 6 30, state police say a Montgomery County sheriffs deputy rearended car. A Police Officer checking on that crash then got hit by a passing car. Then a maryland state arrived and someone hit that car. All three officers are expected to be ok, part of 270 are expected to be shut down for a while a ryan lochte scandal, they charged the swimmer with filing a false robbery report. He said they were robbed a the gunpoint, but video shows they trashed the gas station and union 98ed against a building. If he doesnt he wont be able to place a plea deal. He could face one to six months in jail. The founder of wikileaks spoke out about the death of a Democratic National committee staff. They hinted seth rich may have have been a wikileaks he revealed more, Sarah Simmons is here with the story. Reporter once again, skirted the question on whether he was a wikileaks informant. He would only say was concerned with forces. She also questioned had ill about the russians, american politics, his view of Hillary Clinton and donald trump, including what information he may have on trump and if it will ever be release, but its the exchange that revealed some interesting to information. Were not saying that seth rich death necessarily is thats something that has to be established. If theres any questionbo a source of wikileaks being threatened, people can be assured that this organization will go after anyone who may have been involved in some kind of attempt to killed him do you have any suspicions on who may have been behind this murder. We have received a variety of information. Well be reporting that to the police. I dont think the information so far is enough to start pointing any direct fingers, we dont want comprise. Seth rich, in case you dont remember was gunned down on his way around 4 30 in morning on july 10th. He had left Columbia Heights and was walking home, was fatal the shot while on the phone with his girlfriend. Investigators have no leads right now and there were no witnesses to the killing. Conspiracy theres fest erred especially after wikileaks offered a 20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest, but theres no evidence to suggest that his death which was 12 days before wikileaks released a barrage of emails had anything to do with his job with the democrat party. Right now, investigators still believe his death was a robbery gone wrong and so far, no other evidence to prove otherwise. Jim . Developing tonight, the Baltimore Police department under fire for using cameras mounted on airplanes, there are questions about whether this is a safety measure or an invasion of privacy. Heres fox 5 Alexandra Limon. You dont expect somebody is going to be following you everywhere you go for weeks on end. If somebody did that, youd probably ask for a restraining order. Thats what this technology does. Reporter an eye in the sky, a step too far and a privacy disaster is what jay stanley from the, a clu calls the video Surveillance Program made by Surveillance Systems and used by the Baltimore Police department. Even if you disagree with us, everybody should agree, we live in a democracy. That cant happen. The president of pss told fox 5 on the phone, the technology is not an invasion of privacy because details like faces or even license plates arent visible in the video. And that the Police Department only reviews the video if and when a crime happens. I always think when you go out into public, you conduct yourself accordingly. If youre not doing anything, you shouldnt have anything to worry about. Reporter the idea that somebody was watching residents 24 7 is wrong. The technology was only used for a total of four months. So far this career. And less than 300 hours. They also credit the program with helping them catch a murder. Now, the big whats more important . Privacy or safety . And how long until the technology is used elsewhere . This is a big leap into a much more intense surveillance system. We need to think carefully about what kind of america we want to create. Reporter Alexandra Limon fox 5 local news. New at 10 00 Montgomery County police need your help finding a man who broke into cars from dc to bethesda. Duane kamu. He broke into multiple cars, stole several items including credit cards, many cars were unlocked. They say he used those cards in various stores. If you have seen him call police. A warning to re iphone users, apple is rolling out a new security update after they realized your phone could be vulnerable to hackers. Well tell you coming up bath. Well tell you a this West Virginia state trooper was doing and why he was caring to re this baby whos not his in the sink. More details next at 10 00. A cave cafe cave linked to restaurant, 28 people contracted the virus after drinking smoothies. A law firm filed suit on behalf of several people. The suit wants the Smoothie Cafe to pay for the clients lost wages, tropical Smoothie Cafe says it has not seen that lawsuit. Iphone users listen up, it is time to install the update. After powerful espionage software targeted a phone in the middle east. Takes advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in apples operating system. Reports outline how the spy work could compromise the iphone, apple says it fixed it after it learned about it. Tonight wpgc hosted a town hall. About unarmed black men nationwide. About two dozen people showed up. Many of them concerned about the future of their communities. Its important for me to be here as a young leader and to engage the police in a Community Come together as a unit so we can work ahead to get ahead. I would like to see the police more engaged with the youth not only on bad cases but also positive moments to change their perception to have the police told us that the Police Department contacted him about organizing the town hall. Department hopes it shows the people who showed officers really care about the community they serve. Well, what started as a routine traffic stop for a West Virginia trooper turned into surprisingly touching moment. Trooper dc gram turned over, there was a baby covered in vomit. He took him back to police headquarters, wrapped him in a towel and hell him until Child Protective Services showed up. Were told the baby is with a legal guardian and the driver is facing dui charges a Little Silver lining. Little babys face no clue what happened. He fell right asleep after the bath. Good. On the way tonight, its a critical medication that could save a life in an instant theres a lot of outrage of the over the cost, how you can take action. Show team. Theyre going to me to you live from college park maryland. They will be on the university of marylands campus bringing you all the must see thing. Well start at 6 00 a. M. And well be back after this. This is fox 5 local news at 10 00. We had a nice start to the week. If youre hoping for a couple starts to the weekend. Sorry to disappoint you. Heat waves coming back. Sue palka is here with a look at that forecastly. My gosh its so humid, thats going to be around tomorrow and through the day friday. Wanted to show you a little sign of hope. You see the cold front on the map. Cold were using that term loosely. What it will do, late tomorrow is drop the humidity a little bit as we head weekend. Still going to be hot. Tomorrow is likely the hottest day. Were expecting to get into the mid maybe upper 90s. The weekend will be a little less humid. Heres a look at that weekend forecast, saturday about 93 and not as humid as friday goin