Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 5 20170417 : vimars

Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 5 20170417

Half of the day. Cooler temperatures. Well be in the mid 70s later this afternoon but in the next couple days featuring nice spring weather. Erin. Starting to see a lot of congestion on our majors. Little bit of light rain. Use caution. If youre taking metro skipping the roads rails dealing with problems because safe track surge 141st week day impacted with no Train Service between prince Georges Plaza and greenbelt. Shuttle service replacs that. Yellow rush plus also impacted. A closer look as we continue. Thanks erin. Well go ahead and begin with that breaking news out of Fairfax County. A man is hold up inside of his house in the fort hunt area in Fairfax County. Negotiator at the house right now. This standoff situation has been going on for almost 12 hours now. Melanie alnwick live this morning with the details for us. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, guys and things are still pretty much tap standstill here but i suppose that in a way you could say no news is good news. Police first came here around 8 oclock last night after they man may perhaps be a threat to himself, maybe the other people in his home as well. It all happened because this man was on the phone with someone and that person on the other end of the line felt that he was in a Mental Health crisis situation. So, they contacted police. Police were able to get an emergency Custody Order. That means that they can bring that person in and have them evaluated, do a Mental Health evaluation, perhaps maybe do ahold if that is necessary for a couple of days until things settle down but when police did get to the residence to try to serve that order, apparentlily the man decided he did not want to comply, did not want to cooperate and that is where we pretty much stand at this point. Again, we do not believe at least from the information that im being told in this man has threatened to harm the children in the home but he has threatened to harm himself and they always worry in circumstances like that, that things could perhaps go in the wrong so, we know that negotiators have been on the phone, have been in contact with the man, working with him trying to bring this all to a safe conclusion. We know Fairfax County police also have received extensive training in the last few years in deescalation techniques and that is what theyre trying to do in this southern part of Fairfax County, the Stratford Landing community here in that fort hunt. Well send it back to you guys in the studio for now. Mel, thanks very much. Also breaking this morning from that cleveland, ohio, the massive manhunt continues for this man accused of killing an elderly man and then posting video of that murder on facebook. Police say he then took to Facebook Live to boast about the killing and to make matters even worse police say it appears he chose his victim at random. Wisdom joins us from the studio with the latest. Reporter good morning steve and holly. This is a truly disturbing crime. Here suspects picture 37yearold steve stevens. Police are warning people to stay away from him if they see him. Steve stevens, we want to communicate to him that we know who he is and that he will eventually be caught. Reporter the manhunt continues for a suspect who posted the murder of an elderly man in Cleveland Ohio on facebook. Steve stevens allegedly shot and killed 74yearold robert godwin, jr. In a video called easter day slaughter. We want this to end with as little with as much peace as we can bring to this right now. Reporter Fraternity Brothers who knew stevens havent seen him in months but are shocked by the shooting. My emotions ranged all over the placement i was so heartbroken for the family and that man who did nothing. Reporter the family of godwin is now mourning his loss after seeing him earlier sunday. He got in the truck and left about two and a half hours later his sons mom came beating on my door. Reporter Facebook Says the actual murder wasnt broadcast on its live feature but was posted afterwards in video before he used Facebook Live to talk about killing several people. Now, in a statement, Facebook Says this is a horrific crime and we do not allow this kind of content on facebook. We work hard to keep a safe environment on facebook and are in touch with Law Enforcement in emergencies. Cleveland police are calling for stevens to current himself in to authorities. There are people out there that care about steve and want to see this not go any further. Reporter now, police say they have no evidence of any truth behind stevens claim of killing other people but they believe he killed mr. Godwin after getting into an argument with a woman he mentions in that horrific video of the killing. That woman released a statement overnight expressing her prayers to the victims family and says that the stevens she knows is kind and loving. Police think stevens may have fled out of state and warn people in pennsylvania new york indiana and michigan to be on alert. He was last seen driving a white ford fusion. Steve, disturbing story indeed. Thanks wisdom. D. C. Police continue to search for a killer this after Police Say Man was found stabbed inside of a home sunday afternoon. Witnesses say they heard a loud argument inside of the home along c street northeast before seeing a man leave the house. Right now Vice President mike pence is in south korea where he says the era of strategic patience is over with north korea. He expressed impatience with the inwillingness of north korea to get rid of balance lift particuarly missiles. He toured the demilitarized zone. On saturday the north tried and failed to launch a misile. Is that the worlds biggest pair of binoculars. Could be. And those are a good size. Small house. Not going to take those to the ball game. Rain showers around here. As we will be enjoying some needed rain for the next couple hours. We do need rain this time of year. Got a lot of demands, the flowers, that kind of thing. 68 63 still mild out there, 63 in dulles, 60 something at bwi marshall. I missed it. It went by too fast. Theres your rain shower activity. Most of it scattered and fairly light although we have additional showers off to the north and west. What were looking at is a cold front coming through and it will take its time working through during the morning hours. I think by midafternoon the rain should taper off and we may break out into a little sunshine here late this afternoon and the other big story, cooler than yesterday. Yesterday made it to 89. Dap we will be in the mid 70s. Hey ayou know its monday. Im showing you the evening planner. I dont know why. [laughter] well move on. Ill show you the seven day and then ill come back and show you this in a minute. 74 today, 72 tomorrow. All right. Okay. Thanks tuck. Appreciate it. Cooled it down from yesterday. Erin good morning. Good morning. 7 07. Well start you off way live look from skyfox. Some big problems out in vienna this morning. This is a look at seven eastbound at leesburg pike. We had some earlier downed trees and a horse. That is as you make your way out in that area by beulah. Traffic still backed up steady delay even though both lanes are opened all the way back to reston parkway. Also keep in mind bailout traffic is backing up georgetown pike independent many inbound. Best bet to get around this the toll road is nice and opened. I would say the toll road is your better bet because as we fan back you can see its miles of standstill traffic there. You need at least 45 extra minutes to an hour to get through that area. Well switch to our drive times. Other slowdowns this monday morning dale city to the beltway 95 northbound will take you 27 minutes putting you in the yellow zone. Nice conditions on 395. However keep in mind the outer loop, 21 minute delay from 95 to georgia. Back to you guys. Thanks erin. Appreciate it. Allonym headache phoronid airlines. A couple says they were kicked off a flight on the way to their wedding in costa rica. United says the couple tried to sit in more than they paid for. The couple claim they found another passenger sleeping across their seats. They were escorted off and then resprebooked on another fl. United released a statement saying after a turbulent week for United Airlines the company though will no longer allow crew members to displace passengers on board an airplane. This policy change wall sparked by the forced removal of a passenger earlier this week. Cell phone video of the incident went viral and as you well know by now sparked outrage. The new policy will require must ride bookings at least an hour before departure instead of up until the plane leaves. Lets get to sports right now. It was an emotional sunday on the court for Boston Celtics star isaiah thomas. He was playing in front of yesterdays bullsceltics game pla just hours after his sister was killed in a car crash the point guard for the celtics brought to tears during a moment of silence before the game. His sister just 22 years old died in that crash saturday in his home state of washington. On his sneakers he wrote rip little sis and i love you but he played and played dwight well scoring three points. Unfortunately for the celtics the bulls too much to handle. The eight seed upset the number one seed took game one at td garden in boston. Lets switch gears a little bit. Capitals gearing up for playoff game number three. All right. To toronto we go the series tied one game a piece with the lead shifts to canada. Puck drops in toronto at 7 00 p. M. Wizards great start to their playoff run. Wizards hosting the hawks at verizon center. John wall huge scored a playoff career high 32 points also had 14 assists. Keith morris added 21 points. Hawks dominated inside early they were up eight in the first but they connecticut taken the final score 114107. Theyll stay here for game two wednesday night at the verizon center. The verizon center, that staff was busy following the caps loss saturday night getting ready for sundays 1 00 p. M. Tip for the wizards playoff opener. They got it done t had to work overnight but it worked so keep doing what youre doing. Worked out well for the wizards. Baseball diamond bryces diamond really. Nats gave up a couple. Top of the eighth glover came on to relieve g gio gonzalez. Three run homer straightaway center field did not cheat him and the nats win sixfour. How exciting. That is super excite asking. Love it, love it, love it. Good time to be a d. C. Fan. It is. 7 11. The tradition continues at the white house. The annual easter egg roll officially under way. Well, its going to be under way relatively soon. Theyre getting ready for it to be officially under way. We are all the excitement. Stay with us. Were back right after this. Back now at 7 14 and a Memorial Service was held at Virginia Tech university sunday. 10 years since one of the worst campus shootings in history. Participants read the names of the 32 people killed. 17 others were wounded before the mentally ill student gunman shot himself. The killings led to the creation of campus wide notifications and threat assessment teams. 7 14 right now. I want to get to tucker. We just showed the live picture theyre setting up down at the easter egg roll. Above the white house blue skies right now. It will be scattered rain showers. Im getting awesome nice. I suspect its all the same rainbow but thank you to everybody who sent me a picture of the rainbow. Very cool. Its all about showers this morning and cooler temperatures. Yesterday upper 80s. Today mid 70s. Not bad. Still comfortable. It is april. Its april, still comfortable. Showers keep it cooler. Thats what you need to know. Wont be a rainout but well have some showers around. Lets see. 68 in washington. Yeah, not too bad. Mid 60s there in frederick 66. 33 dulles, 65 this morning in fredericksburg. Your rain shower activity most of it fairly light. If you are getting blue sky and a rainbow currently that does not mean your rain shower threat is over. I think well get a period of steady rain it would be late morning early afternoon. This is a cold front coming through not terribly well organized but it does have enough rain shower activity that much of the area should get at least some light precip amounts. We really need the rain around here. I think by midafternoon things start to taper off and perhaps tonight we clear it out. Tomorrow looks gorgeous, 72 with sunshine and then a little unsettled wednesday, thursday, friday, scattered showers. Not going to be a washout later this week. Thanks tuck. Get a check on the commute now. 7 16. Hi, erin. Good morning. 7 16 keeping our eyes on the roads and the rails. Starting off with safe track because this is the first week day impacted by surge 14. Its going to be in place through the 29th of april. No Train Service on the green line between prince Georges Plaza and greenbelt. Free Shuttle Service does replace Train Service. College Park University of maryland station and greenbelt stations both closed. No yellow rush plus service so you can use blue or yellow train as an alternate. Give yourself extra time to adjust to this pattern. If you have any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. I can tell you the rest of your rail lines are on time right now. Not seeing any major metro bus delays either. Taking a wide view we have red and yellow on our map. Lets take a live look outside and show you some of those much quieter commute than usual. However were seeing delays right now as you make your way inbound on 66. 234 to sudley road we do have congestion there. Only about a 15 minute slowdown through 28 in centreville. Were also dealing with some heavier traffic as well as you make your way out on the outer loop top of the beltway. More traffic in a few. 395 also backed up to the 14th street bridge. Back to you. Erin thanks much. Happening today, the city of hyattsville one step closer to becoming a sanctuary city t today the City Council Votes on an final ordinance. The move came despite threats by the feds top cut off funding to sanctuary cities. A time honored tradition that takes place at the white house. The trump family will host the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Of course fox5 is there live for the big event. Our Anjali Hemphill is at the white house waiting for things to get rolling i guess we should say. Anjali. Looks like youre on the grounds now unfortunately we cant hear her oh, there she is. Anjali, are you with us. Reporter you hear me now . Yes, can you hear me . Weve got members of the mascots, the president s here of the Washington Nationals you can see them getting their photo taken with i believe thats the easter bunny. Also the mascot from the washington wizard, people in panda costumes, all types of stuff so things are definitely starting to get under way here. Were expecting more than 20,000 people to be let in for this timeless tradition and the first one under President Trump. Children 13 years and younger and their families will get those wooden spoons that they will use to push around 15,000 dyed eggs across the white house lawn. You can see the course here, its different than an Easter Egg Hunt, its a roll, your goal not to crack the eggs. Many were allocated to schools and Law Enforcement families. Kids here will also get to take home another tradition, the keepsake wooden egg. Im told this year they are the color gold which if youve ever been to any trump blarts you know he does like that color and we do expect the president and first lady to be here later this morning. Not exactly sure when but we expect them to be here at this event. So as long as the rain holds off it should be an excellent one. Back to you guys. I have a question for you. I know youre in the area where theyre going to do the roll. Usually there are lots of other activities set up all over the lawn. Is there is that going on this morning, too, or is it just the roll . Reporter no, i believe we do have theres going to be story telling. Ive heard there might be yoga. We are still in the setup phases so not exactly sure where everything is going out here but you can see theres a lot of activity out here and a lot of people kind of huddled in activity corners where i believe those activities will take place. So, a lot going on here. Go the to be a lot to entertain 20,000 or more people. My question super simple. Can people bring umbrellas in or not . Reporter i believe they can. We were allowed to bring our umbrellas. Again, we are dealing with some rain this morning. I have not been told that they are not allowed. So, i will have to check on that but i believe they are because again it looks like a cell might come through a little bit later this morning. Anjali thanks. Memes are not attending the white house egg roll have the national zoo as an option. Today is family day at the zoo a tradition that dates back more than 100 years when africanamerican families were barred from going to the white house and instead went to the zoo. Family day begins at 10 00 a. M. And there will be an Easter Egg Hunt with prizes for the kids. They can also take part in animal demonstrations. There will be field games as well. Lets head north now to boston. It is patriots day in massachusetts. The 121st Boston Marathon this morning. Theres a leave live look right now, the main event begins in the next couple hours. Thats a live look at the web page right now. The race mobility impaired competitors then the womens group then the mens film. 32,000 people competing. Katherine switzer the first woman to run the marathon 50 years ago will be running the race today 50 years later. Wow. Well. You might not believe this but its finally happened. April the giraffe officially a new mom this morning. Her new bundle of joy already walking, already 6 feet tall. So well tell you how you can h

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