Feed my baby. A virginia mother considering legal action after a confrontation over Breast Feeding at church. Tonight, shes giving new details to fox5 about what happened. And tense moments as metro workers protest in front of management. Now the question is will there be a sickout tomorrow that will affect you . Your news starts now. And we thank you for joining us, im tch and im Sarah Simmons in for shawn. Off the top teachers blowing off steam by swinging a baseball bat at a chair. Well, the idea behind the socalled smash space was apparently to let faculty members relieve some stress. But now its landed the school in who the water. Fox5s Marina Maracco is live in h kensington with the details anthrax from parents tonight. Reporter Montgomery CountyPublic Schools say they do not approve or condone what staff was allow here to do here at this Elementary School, howrveg the principal happened at a loading dock just like this one, out of site and out of reach from students. But tonight reaction is mixed. Anchor rooms, or smash rooms all synonymous with breaking things do you know what a smash room is. No, i dont know. Q. Do you know what an anger room is. Not really good do you know what a smash room is. No. Do you know what an anger room is. No. Smash rooms, ever heard of them . Nope. Any at your school. Definitely not. Smash rooms have become all the rage in recent times. A place throat your frustrations and anger out while you smash and break anything you can get your hands on. There have been tud did is who claim its a valid stress reliever, but others are questioning whether it has a place at an Elementary School after the principal here at kens incorporation park wood elementa tear a rocking chair to smeeter eens using a bat. Having been a teacher for 35 years i can almost relate, but if theyre having that much difficulty with their frustration, its maybe time to take a step back and seek something else. Principal barbara lies addressed the backlash on as the New York Times write up as the instance expiration to provide staff with an outlet and added while well intended this scenario is counter to what we teach students and has no place in the school. The reaction to the backlash has been mixed. Smashing an object would be a pretty good way to handle everything. Sounds fine to me. Its a good way to give an outlet for your frustrations. Teef ers today deal with challenges, especially at the Elementary School level where theyre being asked to do far more than teachers were ten, 20 years ago. All i can say i wouldnt want to be the in an mate object in the room. So come and get it. And tonight mcps saying theyre taking this matter very seriously. Theyre still investigating the matter. But are not saying if this principal is facing any sort of disciplinary action citing private personnel matters. Live tonight in kensington, Marina Maracco, fox5 local news. I can empathize with the woman who said teachers face a lot of stress these days. Its not like they used to be. Lets go awhrai from that. Thank you very much. Also in Montgomery County, a 14 Year Old Girl was rushed to the hospital after being stabbed at a bus stop in silver springs. It happened just after 3 p. M. Near eastern middle say the suspect, a 14 year old boy was areunioned a short time later. Hes been charged as a juvenile with first Degree Assault and is in the cuss different his parents. The school suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. New tonight, the Loudon County shear is held a meeting with parents after news that several middle and High School Students may have been high on xanax during school hours. Fox5s Lauren Demarco joining us live with more on that and the dangers of companion as well. Reporter seven students at River Bend Middle School are suspected drinking with beanch laced with xanax on friday and at the same time two students at nearby Potomac Falls High School are suspected of having xanax on taking it as well. Xanax is a prescription drug, but if abused, somebody can overdose and even die on it. There are other serious side effects, according to wall. There are the risks of breathing very slowly, so slow at levels that can become very dangerous. Also seizures are possible and withdrawal. Believe it or not, dependency develops very quickly and then if abruptly stops a person can experience anxiety and also mood swings. Now, at tonights meeting sheriff mike chap man highlighted the daings of drug abuse. Its possible the High School Students may have replied the middle students with the drug. S that hes all under investigation and he says charges may be filed. There were more than a hundred people and h was a regularly scheduled sheriffs meeting which had been moved because of the concern over xanax. When it came to the audience, at least when we were there, nobody asked any. Several parents were disappointed that no one spoke up. One man wanted to know about a rumor circulated and we him. Some of the children may have been unknowingly taking some of this drug that had been added to their drinking water, so i realized the whole thing is bad, but thats particularly troubling for me. Thats why its under investigation. I mean, there may be some, i believe there were some that knew. What we have to do is make sure that we go through it all, get all their statements, work through it all before we do anything, if we do any charges and what the charges will be. You dont know what could happen if things were, in fact, put in someones drink. Its very scary and i do see a lotto oh you know, i do hear a lot going on at the high school of other things. Its trickling down. And it tears me as a parent. I dont think were geeing the exuks that we need. The incident on friday as wactly the second time this month that students here at River Bend Middle School are believed to have been drinking a xanax mix during class. Four additional kids were a case in early april. Now, theres another fact that officials wanted parents to be aware of tonight. They say if your child is abusing xanax they would act similarly to somebody that was under the influence of alcohol. Live in sterling, Lauren Demarco, fox5 local news. Montgomery county police rested and charged this man with rape and robbery. Thirtythree year old and torah contact mar a is accused of raping a woman yesterday afternoon along castle boulevard along silver springs. The victim was walking on the sidewalk when contact mar a grabbed her from behind and pushed her to the ground. The suspect also sexually assaulted her and stole some money from her purse. Contact mar a is currently being held without bond. Tonight people in delaware and our area are mourning the loss of a take it trooper killed in the line of duty. Family and fellow officers in delaware lined the street as the body of Corporal Steven ballard was moved to a funeral home today. He was vehicle outside of a convenience storied when he was shot and killed by one of the suspects. The 32 year old who is originally from Prince Georges County was an ate year veteran of the force. Today state police and the governor of delaware fought back tears as they paid try bought. The action of steerch yesterday Elementary School many phid the dedication that he brought to the citizens of delaware. I stand before you with an aching heart, a heart that aches for Corporal Ballard, his wife, his daughter. The gunman accused of killing Corporal Ballard was shot and killed himself during an armed stand off with police. In Montgomery County, a man is hurt after a Motor Vehicle crash that shutdown this h afternoon. Police say the accident involved a motorcycle and a car. The motorcycle rider is reportedly in serious condition. The driver of the car was not hurt. The accident shot down all westbound lanes of the highway in the middle of the afternoon rush hour. It has since reopened. The cause of the crash under investigation. It was called one the largest fires in Prince Georges County his trivment a five alarm fire at an apartment complex in college park. The cause of that fire is still under investigation tonight. The fire broke out monday morning along berwyn house road. Fire crews were back on the scene this afternoon watching for some potential flareups. The fire caused nearly 40 million in damage and so far it appears to be accidental. A virginia woman is taking on her own church after a confrontation about Breast Feeding. Fox5s teisha lewis spoke to her tonight. Reporter were live in springfield and what i can tell you tha up to do some serious damage control tomorrow after the nursing mother says she was scolded by Church Members for Breast Feeding her daughter in church. And column ter gets an unlikely supporter after one of her events was canceled at a college campus. Its going to feel like summertime this weekend, but will some storms affect your outdoor plans were back after this. Welcome back, a virginia woman says she was scolded by Church Employees for breast feegd her baby during service. The mother says the churchs staff approached her more than once to inform her about the churchest unwritten policy some Breast Feeding. Fox5s teisha lewis joins us with the story. Reporter that unwritten policy reportedly encourages nursing mothers to breast feed in the churches quote, moms room. The incident this past sunday at nine 30. By monday the mother was determined to tell the church about the states Breast Feeding law. She says they never responded to her calls, so guess what she did, she called an attorney and posted about the incident on social media. More than thousand and views and counting for the rant on facebook live. It was posted less than 24 hours after she says she was approached by four Different Church employees chastising for Breast Feeding her one year old daughter without a cover at Summit Church. She moved from one location to the next until she finally left. We a talked to via face time. I sat down on the floor and started nursing her and somebody, a Church Employee came up to me right away and covered up my baby well we have a lovely moms room. I said, so thats great, thank you, but thats okay. I dont need it. Pennsylvania gair oh says she returned to the sanctuary only to be approached by another Church Employee. Here she was standing over me during the certify mean and very disruptive and i was singled out and i decided to leave. She says on her way out a pastors wife then told her the churchs unwritten policy encourages mothers to go to a moms room. She shared that men would feel uncomfort if they saw me Breast Feeding, teenagers would feel uncomfortable and they didnt want to do that to men or to new church goers. A mom has a right to breast p feed her child anywhere where she is theres no state law for her to cover up. The nursing mother contacted her after Summit Church never spoppedded to several calls. Attempting complain the law toy the church staff. And any pennsylvania gair oh has two young daughters. She says shes been nursing for four years and this is the first she and her Attorney Rebecca wants Summit Church to make a Public Statement acknowledging the states Breast Feeding laws that were passed in 2016. Tonight, a Church Member approached us saying the church is planning to address the issue publicly tomorrow. Tony, sarah. Thats a tough one. I can see where some people may uncomfortable, but at the same time she has her right. Thank you very much, well see what the church has to say tomorrow. The American Civil Union liberties has come out. Ann colum School Official at uc berkley blaming security concerns opposed to her idle ji. Column terries confirming the cancellation but not before confirming a growing trend at universities. It shows how radical the universities are. They want to destroy and scel shall conservative speech. There is a separate issue with the university when you have bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, mill mor, joy bay hon and so on and so forth, get over yourself berkley we have a first amendment, people have fought and died for the right to free speech. A similar situation happen here back in d. C. In 2012, comedian louie ck was forced to cancel his appearance of after conservatives complained about the liberal comics comments about women. Police are investigating two incidents a office building. Officers say a bomb threat came in just after noon. The office is located in the 900 block of South Washington treat. That building also houses an abortion clinic. Authorities say a witness found two sheets of paper near the billion dollar tion entrance with word bomb written on them 6789 earlier this Morning Police were called to the same building after reports of smoke and an explosion. The building was evacuated. Woarser later found fireworks inside the building. No one was hurt. Were going to take live look to the weather. Earlier we saw Lauren Demarco with an umbrella its been all kinds of wild this week with the weather. Temperatures are about to take a big jump. Could we see some storms. Gary mcgrady more on what we need to know. I think its few and far between if it happens tonight. Youre right, lauren sterling with an up brel al a. Theres a few showers out there first of all real quickly a look at highs today. We did make it up to 83degrees for reagan. Dulles eight 2, bwi for 80s the highs there. The sunshine brings the temperatures right up. I was really nice out there today. We had them way back out to the west five and 6 00. You you can see here really falling apart. I thought this would happen. They would come over the mountains and drug l. Well get a little tighter on radar. A lot of this is ground clutter im going to get a little tighter and ive taken some of the ground clutter away. You end up here with some showers coming down through Montgomery County, western parts of the beltway looks like they just moved through sterling. Lauren was out there. A little farther to the south you start seeing these yellows and these oranges, not thunderstorms but moving through spotsylvania, through hartford, fredericksburg and parts of Prince William county, too. The showers just to the west of i95. Theyll continue to move on through through the evening hours. Temperatures are pretty mild out there. Seventyseven in town now. Sixtyeight in annapolis. Just a second left here. Ill show you lowes tonight pretty mild. Were only talking mid to upper 60s, expect a few showers. Details on tomorrows forecast as well as a pretty nice weekend warmup at least for half the weekend. Well talk more about that coming up in just a bit. Thanks. So the big question, will metro be a mess tomorrow morning in glel p. Well, the plan in case of a sickout by metro employees, plus the tense protest that played out in front of management. Who moves this city. We do. Who moves this city. We move metro workers linked arms chanted in protest today at a metro Board Meeting here in the district. Many are upset about the transit agencys new absenteeism policy, metro faced another major hurdle today involving Service Disruptions along the redline. Fox5 as matt ackland has the story. Reporter it happened again, smoke in the tunnel shutting down a major line during rush hour prompting many complaints on social media again. Metros gm had a i am s many response to those complaints. It would have been very easy this morning to say, well, we saw some Motor Vehicle, but its not that bad. Lets run the trains. Im not doing that. Metros workers staged a major protest at a Board Meeting today. Mr. Whether it field stop trying to divide and break our union. Many upset about the hard line approach by metros Team Including during current contract drop protest petitions in front of even manager Paul Wiedefeld and then turned their backs and moved out of meeting. Who moves this city. We move this city. Once outside the meeting they joined hands to form a human train around metros headquarters. We move this city. Matt ackland, fox5 local news. Meanwhile metro says its bracing for a large sickout tomorrow after nearly 500 employees put in for absence requestses. Now metro denied all of those the requests and they say they expect to offer full rail and bus service for customers tomorrow. If there are any problems the agency has told supervisors to pitch in wherever they can to keep things running smoothly. Lets check in with jim loka