Erin como has traffic. We have heat today, some scattered thunderstorms later this afternoon but heat does break for the weekend. Much cooler weather in place. Er are eerin. A deadly hitandrun has two lanes of 210 shut down. Residents at a Prince Georges County home awake concerned by flames ripping through their home. The home is not far from the university of maryland. Our Melanie Alnwick live in University Park with more. What happened here, mel . Reporter hey, good morning, guys. Want to let you know first of all that baltimore avenue is back opened now but you can see here just the complete devastation. Watery and smoky mess left behind here. The orange tag on the door showing that this place is condemned. It was about 2 oclock in the morning when the fire started. Firefighters tell me that when they arrived the fire and the flames were shooting from the basement to the center of the house and all the way through the roof. This is the kind of fire that went u this video here provided to us by katie barr one of the students that was inside this house. This is a rental home. Everyone who lives here is a university of maryland student. Theres about five students who live here. They told me that just a few were home at the time. Katie said that, you know, they were awokenned by one of the friends that was staying at the house, told there was a fire. They went to go look. They opened the basement door. It was just so much smoke they couldnt even see in front of them. Heres what she said they did next. I got my laptop on my way out just as like a College Student instinct. My dorm had a fire one time and i get the laptop and go. But i mean, i lost my clothes i guess. I dont know, my rooms the middle room so towards the back of the house, thats gone. Towards the front of the house, thats more intact so i dont know what im going to have and what im not. Reporter and back out live here it does look like the really arent going to be able to get back her much. I want to show you here, you see that large piece of piping, it looks like the duct and the roof vent here. One firefighter was injured because that piece of roof fell on top of him. He was taken top medstar hospital but we are told that he is supposed to be okay. Fire officials do tell me that there were working smoke detectors in this house. Live in University Park, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Mel, thank you. We are also following a breaking story from southern Prince Georges County. A section of indian head highway is closed in accokeek after a deadly hitandrun. It happened around 12 45. Officers responding to a report of a woman struck. She unfortunately died at the scene. The striking vehicle and driver did not stay on the scene. And we have more breaking news from Northern Virginia. An 18yearold man has been shot by police in manassas after a chase. Prince William County investigators say around 12 40 this morning manassas see officers responding to reports of shots fired. The officers spotted a vehicle that may have been involved in the i they tried to stop it but it took off. They chased the car into hell wig Memorial Park on bristow road where the 18yearold driver was shot. Its unclear why officers opened fire. The man was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. There was a juvenile passenger in the car who was not hurt. Breaking overnight this time in montgomery county. The search for an elderly woman who has dementia. Now take a good look at your screen. This is not the picture that we need to show you. The picture is of 92yearold chun lynn choi. Her family says they last saw her on red line lane in calverton. When they checked on her at 7 00 miss choi was gone. Hopefully we have that picture online. Check out fox5dc. Com or our Facebook Page to get a look at her. All right, lets tell you about this developing overnight. The city of new orleans says they will take down a statue of confederate general robert e. It comes after the citys removal of the statue of another confederate general along with jefferson davis. Another city making the same move orlando florida. There was a decision last week to remove a confederate statue there. Each removal has sparked heated protests both for and against. We are following a developing story this time out of the district. New concerns this morning about speeding in a southeast neighborhood where a sixyearold boy was killed in a hitandrun accident. Xavier luckey was hit and killed while crossing the street with his mother. Witnesses say a car came speeding through and he was hit. Mayor bowsers administration sent out a statement saying they will review and implement Safety Measures in that area. As for the driver who hit xavier, no charges have been filed against him. Not too far from that deadly hitandrun a man was shot late last night at a temper7eleven parking lot aroud 11 30. Witnesses told fox5 they heard about six gunshots. No word on what led up to that shooting. The victim was taken to the hospital. 5 05 is our time right now. Mike i have to tell you, i was sitting outside with some friends outside last night and all of a sudden we heard thunder and then. Lightning. Yeah, lightning and rain. I was not expecting that last night. I know we were calling for it today. Yeah, yeah, we had one or two in the forecast yesterday and it was literally just one storm it just so happened to be over the house i was at. Right where you were. In fact, Northern Virginia, d. C. All saw it yesterday and even though up to the north near baltimore where i live we didnt get any rain, we had a lot of lightning and thunder so big storm yesterday. We could do a couple more today. Satellite and radar showing very quiet to start. Well have a a lot of sunshine here for the first part of the day and its also very warm, humid and stick keep start. 72 degrees your current number in washington. Its 70 in manassas, 71 for quantico. Annapolis good morning 73 for you. 72 in leonardtown so again know jacket needed as you head out the door this morning. Kind of last day of the heat 91 degrees, mostly sunny skies through the first half of the day. Then well start to see some clouds and some thunderstorms coming into the forecast as we head through the afternoon. West wind should get us into the 90s one more time before 70s return for the weekend and theyre sticking around. We dont have anymore 90s in the forecast. Well show you that full seven day coming up in about 10 minutes. Thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back this morning with a check of the traffic. Ontime traffic brought to you by toyota. Visit buy a toyota. Com for special offers. 5 07 right now. 95 northbound at Prince William parkway, serious crash right now blocking two lanes. You can see the outer right and left lanes getting by. Center lanes completely blocked in the main lanes hov lanes moving along a little slower from are a rubberneck delay as well. As you come from dale city anticipate a big slowdown. Well keep you posted. Lets switch over to a look at our maps. Were tracking a dead at the hitandrun crash investigation. 210 northbound all lanes still remain blocked at farmington road. July to detour around that. Busy stretch of roa of morning as you come from accokeek so well keep you updated on those delays. I would get an early start if this is your normal commute. Annie yu is gathering more information and will bring it to you in a live report. 295 northbound ongoing overnight Construction Zone at benning road. Delays back to pennsylvania avenue. Right now its about a five the seven minute slowdown southbound side is still quiet. Not enough congestion to cause any delays yet. 270 still looking good. We are tracking safe track surge 15 with metro. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you, holly and maureen. Coming up on fox5 news morning, an outspoken utah lawmaker announces plans to leave capitol hill. And three people are hospitalized after falling 30 feet from a carnival ride. As we head to break a live look across the d. C. Region. It is 5 08 right now, 71 degrees t beautiful picture of the capitol right there. Coming back with more news, weather and traffic after the break. man hmm. What do you think . stranger good mornin store p. A. attention shoppers, theres a lost couple in the mens department. vo theres a great big unkhaki world out there. Explore it in a subaru crosstrek. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Its 5 09 and we begin with a developing story from capitol hill. Republican utah congressman Jason Chaffetz is that stepping down. His last day in office will be june 30. He says he wants to spend more time with his family and possibly run for utah governor. This week chaffetz said the overnight committee would issue a subpoena if necessary for the supposed james comey memo if it exists. Crews on the scene of a carnival accident in port three people fell from a ferris wheel a6yearold child is among the victims. Police say they fell about 30 feet. Witnesses reported hearing a grinding sound then the cart they were riding in tipped over. Victims tried to hold on but fell violently hitting the ferris wheel on the way down. One woman system listed in critical condition. Three firefighters were injured and hospitalized after getting trapped in a massive fire at a store in san antonio texas. One of the firefighters had to be airlifted for treatment. Theres no word on their conditions at this time. The cause that of fire also remains under investigation. U. S. War planes targeted proassad forces in syria. The forces were threatening a coalition base where local fighters are trained. According to fox news u. S. Forces wanted the syrians to leave and warning shots were fired. The syrians refused to leave so airstrikes were called in and they were carried out by coalition forces. The air strike hit at least one tank. Not clear if any syrian troops were hit. Brazillians up and arms after the nations president rejected calls resignation. Crowds gathered in rio to boo and mock on the president. Protests are now planned in cities across the south american country. Army private Chelsea Manning posts the first picture of herself since being released. The fcc begins rolling back Net Neutrality rules. Lets take a live look across the d. C. Region on a friday morning. 5 11 is our time right now, 71 degrees. Another 90degree day on tap. But i think the end is in sight S Mike Thomas will tell us more about that on the other side. Youre watching fox5 news morning. Dont go anywhere. Today were gonna be comparing the rollformed steel bed of the Chevy Silverado to the aluminum bed of this competitors truck. Awesome. Yeah first, lets check out the aluminum bed of this truck. Wooooow holy moly. Full on crack here. Now lets check out the steel bed of the silverado. Id expect more dents. No holes. Current qualified lessees can get this silverado all star edition for around 249 a month. Plus, find your tag and get an additional 1,500 lease cash on select silverado pickups in stock. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. 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. 5 13 right now. If youre just waking up here are some of the top stories were following for you today. Toyota subaru mazda and bmw have agreed to pay 553 million to settle the lawsuits stemming from the takata air bags recall. The air bags are blamed for at least 16 deaths. Nearly 16 million owners will receive up to 500 and compensation for outofpocket costs. The deal must be approved by a judge. City of new orleans planning to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee today. This follows the citys removal of three other confederate statues. Each removal has sparked heated protests both for and against. Horrific scene in times square a driver traveling the wrong way drove onto the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of people. An 18yearold woman was killed. 20 others injured. Police say 26yearold Richard Rojas told them he was hearing voices and expected to die. Chelsea manning posted a new photo of herself with short cropped hair. This is the first picture since she underwent gender replacement surgery. Manning served seven years the web site wikileaks. Weve also learned manning will be featured in vogue. She remains on active duty in the army pending the outcome of her courtmartial appeal. 5 15 is our time on this friday morning. Mike thomas looking outside, not a bad day. 71 degrees already though so man yeah, what a start. Bring on the heat exploits humid. It is sticky. It is nasty out there. Last kind of day of this and then improving conditions into the weekend so if youre not ready for the heat yet, dont worry, i think this is the last we see the 90s throughout the month of may. 72 degrees your current number outside as mentioned. It is very humid and sticky. Winds remain out of the south this morning a sign of things to come. If you were traveling through Northern Virginia as willie beam mon was yesterday Potomac Mills saw this thunderstorm rolling through. We dont see these too much here in d. C. Because usually winds kind of cause storms top not have this type of structure. But winds aloft yesterday were very kind of calm so this is classic super cell stretch. Very strong storm, hail reported a lit a little bit of d through Northern Virginia. It was that one storm that caused all the problems yesterday afternoon. This morning much quieter but we have a cold front draped just off to the north that is on the way. Slow and steady it will come and it will bring the chance for more thunderstorms possibly some severe ones as well as we head into the afternoon hours today. Out ahead of it 90s one more time here h d. C. Did not hit 90 yesterday. One more time we have the heat and humidity in the forecast ahead of that of cold front and then as it swings through again we could pop some showers and some thunderstorms into those afternoon hours. I mentioned the severe threat. Much like yesterday its very hit and miss but those that do get some Severe Weather could see strong winds and maybe large hail as well. Not a good setup for a tornado so good news there. Flash flooding low risk but we had one Flash Flood Warning go into that effect yesterd. It could lead to problems. 91 your daytime highs. Mostly sunny skies through the first half of the day and then the best chance of storms comes after 2, 3 oclock this afternoon. 63 degrees your overnight low tonight so starting to get a little cooler but look at tomorrows highs, only story agrees for saturday, mix of clouds and sun. More clouds than sun on sunday 73. We keep the 70s going into next week. Thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back with traffic this morning. 5 17 right now. Little bit of a messy start to this friday morning. This is a look 95 northbound out by Prince William parkway. You can see the onramp from Prince William parkway is getting by just fine. The left lane and hov lanes are moving. The right lanes are blocked at Prince William parkway. Big crash involving a truck. This is already causing a huge slowdown coming up from dale city. So anticipate at least 20 extra minutes to your ride from fredericksburg because were starting to see volume developing south of this point in stafford as well. Well keep you updated on that 95 through virginia commute. Lets switch over for a look at our maps right now. Were also tracking a this is an investigation closing all northbound lanes of 210 coming up from accokeek at farmington road. Annie yu is out there gathering more information and well keep you updated on that. You have to detour around uses secondaries and factor in extra time. Seeing a pretty big delay building there. 295 northbound construction its an ongoing scene in the district overnight. Its at benning road and its backing us up pennsylvania avenue to benning road. Southbound traffic coming from Riverdale Park passing 50 looking really nice right now. No usual volume slowing us down. Aside from that the beltway is nice and quiet top side in college park, bottom side through oxon hill. If youre taking the rails keep in mind metro is on time except for safetrack. A closer look at that orange line impacted next. Maureen and holly. Thank you erin. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most on our realtime. First up President Trump plans to shake things up with the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer plans to cut down the number spicer gives press briefings after his return from his first trip be broad. Pull out the fans. Forecasters are predicting that this will be a hotter than usual summer across the United States. The great plains will have normal summer temperatures but above average rainfall. Get this. A texas boy may be labeled as a sex offender at age 14 because he had sex with his 12yearold girlfriend. The boys mother says the sex was consensual. Hes been charged with aggravated Sexual Assault of a the fcc voted to begin rolling back Net Neutrality. Right now the current rule makes it illegal for Internet Provider Services Internet Service Providers rather to block or slow down web sites for consumers. Consumer advocates say changes to the rules could allow Internet Service providers to abuse their positions as gate keepers between customers and the internet. Meanwhile a man sued his date for 17. 31 because she started texting while watching a the woman has paid the man back and has asked that he withdraw the lawsuit. The two met each other on an on andline dating app called bumble. What are you going to do with that. Think about it if he can sue for that think about all the things you could have sued for while you were on the dating scene. You open the flood gates. You can sue for everything but he did get his money back. He did. Movies arent cheap any. Oh, no. I wont get you startd the, whiz. Dont get me started on that. 5 20 is the time. Coming up, if youre looking for a new job and love being around people the Transportation Security Administration is looking for you. And just in time for the warm air, Consumer Reports reveals its list of the best sun screens. Were heading to break with a live look across the d. C. Region. Youre going to need that sunscreen today. Its another hot one on tap. Were back with more news, weather and traffic on the other side. Its coming up on 5 23. The summer is expected to be a very busy travel season. Airlines predicting a record 234 Million People will travel this summer thats roughly 2. 5 million fliers per day. Domestic airlines responding to the rush by adding seats. The t. S. A. Is hiring also 2,000 additional workers and 50 more k9 teams. Hopefully that means no excessively long lines at security checkpoints. Twitter a changing some settings and that means you should check your privacy settings. The change in the social Networks Privacy policy will give advertisers more information about you. Web data will be stored longer and twitter is getting rid of do not track. Thats a program you can enable in your browser to stop tracking you. Walmarts equate brand scored well copper tone water babies got my marks. Consumer reports using the best sunscreen will not protect your skin if you dont use it properly. Youre supposed to put it on 15 to 30 minutes before you go out. Nutella lovers will that want to book a trip top chicago. The First Official cafe will open at the end of the month. Its owned and operated by the company. It includes grilled baguettes with nutella waffles, nutella fondue and nutella yogurt parfait. The cafe will sell sandwiches soups and salads that do not include nutella. Im not a nutella fan. I love nutella and my husband hates it but i would want to go to the cafe so im glad they have other options. I dont like hazelnut. It is a hazelnu mike what about you. Im not a nutella guy either. Really. I think like in small doses. Ill eat it. I mean, ill eat it but i wont like it. In small doses like by the spoon full. [laughter] another restaurant for me. Weatherwise today another summerlike day before spring returns heading into the weekend. Satellite and radar showing very little happening this morning. There are a few clouds down across central and southern portions of virginia maybe a few more trying to come into the mountains but compared to the storms last night very quiet this morning and not expecting the radar to get busy again until later on this afternoon. Now, temperatures outside as you start your day, ooh, does it feel like july. 72 degrees your current number in washington. Its very humid, very sticky. 66 in manassas. 67 for dulles. Winchester 66 degrees. Culpeper good morning 70 for you. 73 in fredericksburg. Your afternoon planner for the day today, yes, sunshine to start. Plenty of it. 11 00 a. M. 82 degrees under mostly sunny skies. Up into the upper 80s to near 90 we go by could start seeing a couple storms pop up. I think the better chance is going to be after 2 oclock. By 5 oclock storms rumbling through, 87 degrees. Watch out one or two of these storms could contain gusty winds and some large hail. We are under a marginal risk for Severe Weather today. All right, thats a look at your forecast. Ervin back this morning with traffic. 5 26 right now. Starting you off way live look comcoming up on 95 northbound through dale city its a mess. Broken down tractortrailer from a crash scene blocking the right lane. You can see the onramp from Prince William parkway gets fine. Crowding in the hov and left lanes getting past the scene. Also congestion south of that point in stafford. I would say leave the house at least 30 minutes early from fredericksburg. This is going to start to cause a big delay as folks merge into those left lanes. Well keep you updated on that drive time and as soon as theyre able to get those right lanes reopened. Lets switch it over for a look at our maps. Aside from that deadly hitandrun crash scene, a woman killed at the scene northbound 210 at farmington road shut down. Under investigation. As you make your way out in the district keep in mind macarthur boulevard still shut down for water main break repair we have a look at that next. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Thanks erin. Coming up on fox5 news morning, the site of the department of Justice Building is transformed into a nighttime protest against Jeff Sessions. And we are following several stories which broke overnight including a Police Shooting in prince William County. As we head to break, lets go live outside. Look at that sun just coming up on this friday morning. Its going to be another hot day today. 5 27 is our time right now. Were already at 71 degrees. Cooler weekend on tap, though. Well talk more about it on the other side. Fox5 news morning coming right back. Oh, hello lucky for me, theres some great golf here in the carolinas. Whether you golf or not, geico could help score you some great savings on car insurance. Maybe even hundreds of dollars. Whoa chuckles hole in one and thats a par five, mind you. See how much you could save on car insurance. Go to geico. Com today. Vo at dominion, we have a long history of providing Reliable Energy and thatll never change. What is changing, is our name to dominion energy. Its a reflection of our commitment to Energy Innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind. And cleaner energy like natural gas. And well continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. Dominion energy. More than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. This is fox5 news morning. Weve got lots of breaking news across the dmv overnight including this frightening scene. Flames tear through a home in maryland where College Students lived. Were there lively. Also breaking overnight a woman killed on local roads by a hitandrun driver. An investigation could impact your drive to work this morning. Live look outside. Were expecting another day with temperatures in the 90s. But todays heat could also come with some scattered storms. All right, good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im wisdom martin. And im holly morris. Today is friday may 19. All right. If youre just waking up with us well talk weather and traffic with erin and mike thomas. Hey, one more day kind of this summer preview before temperatures head back to where they should be in the 70s. Watch out for some scattered storms after 2 oclock. Erin. And were also tracking this breaking news out of accokeek in Prince Georges County. This is a look from the scene investigation. 210 northbound at farmington road about 12 45 last night a woman hit by a car and killed at that location. Authorities searching for the driver of the vehicle right now. You can see that scene under investigation. It is wrapping up right now and traffic is getting by on 210 northbound right now but huge residual delays. Well have the very latest for you here on fox5. Holly and wisdom. Thanks erin. Right now at 5 31 if youre just starting your day, we actually have a a lot of breaking news to share with you both locally and major story just out overseas. Thats where were going to begin this morning with sweden deciding it is dropping its rape claim against wikileaks founder julian assange. Thats the rape accusation that has left assange living in london for years. Assange feared if he went to sweden to face questioning he would face extradition to the United States. Its unclear whether assange plans to actually leave the embassy. Breaking stories closer to home and well begin in manassas virginia where Police Officers have shot an 18yearold man after an overnight chase. Prince William County investigators say around 12 40 this morning manassas city officers were responding to reports of shots fired. The officers spotted a vehicle that may have been involved in the initial call. They tried to stop it but it took off. They chased the car into helwig Memorial Park on bristow road where the 18yearold driver was shot. Its unclear why the officers opened fire. The plan was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. There was a juvenile passenger in the car who wasnt hurt. Breaking overnight this time in montgomery county, the search for an elderly woman who has dementia. Now, take a good look at your screen. This is 92yearold chun lynn choi. Her family says they last saw her a evening at her home on red line lane in calverton. When they went to check on her miss choi was gone. This morning students living in a home near the university of maryland were a wakened to fire whipping through have to their home. Fire started around 2 00 a. M. Everyone was table get out safely. Firefighters are investigating the cause of this fire. Were following a developing story out of the district. New concerns this morning about speeding in a southeast neighborhood where a sixyearold boy was killed in a hitandrun accident. Xavier luckey was hit and killed wednesday while crossing the street with his mother. Residents say they want the city to put in new Safety Measures so another child wont get hit. Its a park at playground. You see this. And a school zone so were asking the city to put a speed bump up. Now its a little too late but were asking you to put a speed bump up a walkway for our kids to get back and forth across the street. The Bowser Administration sent out a s condolences to xaviers family. Her Administration Says they will review and implement Safety Measures. As for the driver who hit xavier no charges have been filed. Were also following a shooting last night in southeast. A man was shot late last night at a 7eleven parking lot. Happened at south capitol street and southern avenue around 11 30 p. M. Now witnesses told fox5 they heard about six gunshots. No word on what throwed that let shooting. President trump says hes very close to nameing a new fbi director. There is word he could name a new director as early as today. Former senator j joe lieberman. Mr. Trump spent wednesday interviewing lieberman and two other candidates. New this morning, attorney general Jeff Sessions dressed in a ku klux klan costume and various hash tags were projected on the department of justice headquarters and the fbi building last night. Now robin bell is credit for these projects. Hes using the hashtag sessions must go and we need to see the memo. 5 35 is our time right now. Were kicking off the weekend. Summer today, back to spring tomorrow. Back to spring tomorrow, yup. And kind of a mixture of clouds and sun this weekend. Not as much sun as we had the last few days. Could use a little bit of a break. Okay. Already, its just three days. [laughter] and you need a break. Sensitive skin, sunburn. Got you. Okay. One more day of sunscreen and summer like weather before we get the springtime temperatures back in here really for the second half of may here were going to kind of round things out without too much heat and humidity. Satellite and radar showing what is actually a cold front off to our north. Kind of hard to see this morning but its there through northern portions of pennsylvania. Thats sliding southward later today and could once again kick up some cause they are high. 68degree dewpoint in d. C. Means theres a lot of moisture in the atmosphere which means there will be fuel for the storms later on this afternoon and it means it will have a very summer like feel. Very uncomfortable later today. The good news as we head towards the weekend, much more comfortable air moving back into place. All right, more details on that weekend forecast coming up in a bit. Lets send it over to erin now for a check of traffic. Right now at 5 36, 95 northbound coming up through dale city still a mess. A crash involving a tractortrailer takes out the right lanes. The onramp from Prince William parkway moving along fine. Hov lanes with a rubberneck delay. Were at a standstill past Prince William parkway. You need 30 extra minutes to past this point at Prince William parkway. Huge slow down as you merge in the left lanes. Aside from that big scene, keep in mind as you head out in accokeek, last night around 12 45 a woman hit by a car and killed at the scene. 210 northbound at farmington road. Authorities driver. 210 northbound all lanes have reopened. Big residual delays lingering heading north through accokeek. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Well have more traffic in a few. Back to you. Thanks erin. Coming up on fox5 news morning there is some good news about the survival of Breast Cancer patients. And scientists are using a substance produced naturally by new mothers to help fight cancer. As we head to break lets take a live look across the d. C. Region on a friday morning. You can kind of see the haze out there. Hazy, hot and humid is going to be the recipe for today weatherwise but theres a cool down coming up. Mike will talk more about that. Fox5 news morning coming right back. According to research more women in the United States with advanced Breast Cancer are living longer. Researchers say the reasons include better treatments and the general aging of the population. Now the study suggested close to 155,000 women in the United States are living with some form of omf advanced Breast Cancer. That is up from roughly 105,000 in 1990. Breast cancer experts said the figures are actually the first estimates of how many women in n with the most advanced stages of Breast Cancer. The National Cancer institute says the findings shine a light on a group of Cancer Patients whove never been properly documente the study also found that five e year survival rates of women diagnosed before the age of 50 doubled from 18 percent to 36 percent. Doctors have long touted the paren fits of breast milk. Researchers say a compound found in breast milk could help treat cancer. They claim the substance which theyre calling hamlet can target cancerous cells without killing tissue. The breast milk contains a protein transformed into that a cancer fighting agent when in the stomach. The results have been promising in tests against bladder cancer. Scientists are hoping to duplicate the results as they tackle bowel. Her body seems to defy the laws of physics as she bends herself into a human pretzel. She is already won 200 yoga gold medals. How is that well, and i didnt know you could win gold medals for yoga. Wow. But i think ive seen girls like that at like cirque de soleil. Do they have bones thats my question. Coming up on fox5 news morning a painting by an art legend breaks record at auction in new york. And john wall is honored for his role in the elevation of the Washington Wizards and that franchise to one of the top teams in the nba. Theyre not top though. They just moved up. Baby steps, whiz, baby steps. Yeah. Lets look outside on this friday. Live look at the white house there. Sun coming up. Day starting. 5 42 is our time right now, 71 degrees already. Its pretty heavy out there. Fox5 news morning back after this. Ralph northam being a pediatrician has taught me to listen carefully. Im ralph northam, and when survivors of the Virginia Tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. I saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. Now, im listening carefully to donald trump, and i think hes a narcissistic maniac. Whatever you call him, were not letting him bring his hate into virginia. 5 45. If youre just waking up here are some of the top stories were following on this friday may 19. Well begin in sweden. The country is dropping its rape claim against wikileaks founder julian assange. That accusation has kept assange living at Ecuadors Embassy in london for the past five years. Now this is a live look at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Assange feared that if he went to sweden to face questioning he would then face extradition to the u. S. Over stolen email files. Its unclear whether assange plans to leave the embassy. Toyota subaru mazda and b settle a lawsuit stemming from the takata air bag recalls. Nearly 16 million owners will receive up to 500 and compensation for outofpocket costs. The deal must be approved by a judge. Also breaking overnight this in montgomery county. The search for an elderly woman who has dementia. This is 92yearold choom lim choi. Her family last saw her around 5 oclock yesterday evening on red line lane in calverton wearing a brown shirt and gray and white pajama pants. The city of new orleans planning to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. This follows the removal of three other confederate statues. Each removal has sparked heated protests both for and against. 5 46 is the time right now. Lets see it, mike thomas. Yeah. Yeah, getting that friday groove on. Beautiful shot outside by the way. I think it looks heavy you know what i mean. Yeah, it looks hazy. You can kind of see the haze. I love it. Im all about summer. Im not complaining at all. Its not something you wouldnt expect to see until like june, july here in d. C. a little early. A little preview. Its gone after today for a little while. When is it coming back. Early june. Okay. Oh, we get like a two week break from the heat and the humidity and then it comes back. All right. Who was that. Ll cool j. That was ll cool j. Love it. Ladies love. Ladies love cool james. I had it back it. I knew it was love and ladies. [laughter] all right. Ll cool j. One more hot and humid day here in d. C. And then the kind of spring weather returns to the d. C. Area. Temperatures outside right now it feels like summertime. 72 to start here in washington. Some 60s out there. Gaithersburg manassas at 65 degrees. Culpeper 70. Dulles 67. Frederick good morni 70s though for westminster as well as annapolis and leonardtown to start the day here. It is warm and as just mentioned it is hazy and muggy to start the day. Very, very humid out there. We have a cold front off to our north. Its a slow mover but it is making its way down south and will be here later this afternoon into this evening and it could kick up a few showers and thunderstorms. Heres futurecast. Noontime lunchtime hour you want to have outdoor lunch youre fine but do expect temperatures to be very, very hot even as early as the noon hour. By 4 oclock, were starting to see some showers and thunderstorms popping up as that cold front is on approach. Those could continue even into the evening hours. Here we are at 8 oclock. Doesnt look like too much but watch this as we head into the late evening. Boom, theres some more storms right around the 1 oclock hour so dont be shocked if yo hear a couple rumbles of thunder. Not everybody will see them. The best chance of storms is kind of going to be from the washington, d. C. Straight line down to the south today. Including southern maryland, northern portions of virginia. But again, its very hit and miss and not everyone will see it. All right, this weekend cooler air moving High Pressure slides to our north. Well get an onshore flow that will cool our temperatures doyne into the dowe 70s. Sunday High Pressure closer stronger easterly flow means more clouds in the picture for sunday. Temperatures on the mild side of things feeling month are like springtime. Here we go. Weekend forecast. Mix of clouds and sun on saturday 74 degrees. Mostly cloudy on sunday maybe a shower for those off to the west but not an overly wet day. 73 degrees is all well manage sunday afternoon. Fox5 accuweather 7day forecast shows 70s sticking around. Monday 77 degrees scattered storms. A couple on the stronger side. Tuesday 76. Bigger threat for Severe Weather perhaps next wednesday well keep a close eye on that one. Showers and thunderstorms 75 degrees before we clear it out next thursday, temperatures well below normal then actually only 72 degrees. All right, thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back with traffic this morning. Busy on the roads out there. Yeah, busy already mike. 5 49. This is a look at a crash involving a tractortrailer. Right lanes blocked 95 northbound at Prince William parkway. You can see the onramp getting by fine. The left lane is getting by and then the hov lanes moving just fine as wie. Were backed up on the main lanes of knife back to the truck weigh station. Were seeing delays of about 20 minutes from that point to Prince William parkway. Heavier volume building in stafford so from fredericksburg give yourself as least 35 extra minutes to get past dale city. 210 northbound had been shut down for some time. Deadly crash scene right there. Woman hit pie a car. Police searching for the suspect involved. It was at farmington road. It has reopened and residual delays are starting to clear. So good news for your morning commute as you head up from accokeek again all lanes opened right now. As we take a look at macarthur boulevard in northwest, it is still shut down between foxhall road and Reservoir Road for a water main break repair. Buses on detour around the hospital. Because of that take canal road to get around that. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Wisdom and holly back to you. All right, time right now is 5 50. In the news this morning, a doctor and two nurses in california have been charged in a involving seven victims under the age of 13 years old. Dr. James cahoot Emily Stevens and Rochelle Brandon being held without bail. The children have been placed in protective custody. Police in Prince Georges County investigating a deadly crash involving a school were us in temple hills. Witnesses say a car and the bus coming from opposite directions when they collided. The car burst into flames killing the driver. No one on the bus was injured. Debate continues over changing the name of j. E. B. Stuart high school. Both sides weighed in on this. The superintendent plans to use testimony to make a decision. Then the school board will make a final decision. Time right now is 5 51. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. Maureen is back with whats hot on the web. Hey mo. Good morning. First up the latest cover of Time Magazine is trending it features a picture of the white house being overtaken by moscows cathat the latest report emerged yesterday claiming that the Trump Campaign allegedly shared at least 18 calls and emails with russians during different stages of the president ial race. Vice president mike pences wife karen is showing off her dance moves. During a Campaign Rally in montana secretary of interior ryan zinke grabbed mrs. Pence by the hand in a series of line dancing moves. The Vice President was also there and he didnt seem to mind. He stood off to the side laughing and clapping. I love you. Those were the last words Chris Cornell spoke before committing suicide. He said this to fans after greeting them after his concert. He wished them luck posed for selfie photographs and then told some he would see them in Columbus Ohio where his band was supposed to perform tonight. A painting by the late artist has sold at auction in new york for more than 110 million. That is nearly double the price of his previous most expensive work. It was bought by the same person a the buy plans to open a museum in his hometown in japan. This painting has broken several other records including becoming the most expensive work by any u. S. Artist. Finally, a president ial photo bomb during a fox sports a Texas Rangers game. T during former president george w. Bush walked up behind her and said hey to the camera. Social media went wild over his casual photo bomb. Very cool, right. Thats fun and i like it. Thanks mo. Uhhuh. Also trending some post season awards coming in for the wizards. John wall named to the all nba third team. Wall is the first wizards player to earn any all nba honor since Gilbert Arenas in 2006. Today and tomorrow its byoc at 7eleven. Thats bring your own cup. Customers can fill any cup or container with slurpee deliciousness for just 1. 50. The container must abide by guidelines. Leak proof and fit upright within the 10inch. Might have to think about which container im taking. Youre a slurpee person. I like to mix the flavors. Ive had the pina pina colaa most recently but ive moved on. You moved on. I have them for like two weeks in a row and then i move on. Because you overdose. Yeah, there you go people. [laughter] 5 54 is the time. Are you in the mood for some summer shopping . Why not, right . For this weeks fox beat free friday give away you could win a 25 Gift Certificate to gabys in la valley maryland. Dont spends it all in one place. Gabes has the brands and styles that you love at next to nothing prices. Just go to fox5dc. Com contests between now and 11 59 p. M. And enter for chance to win. Four winners selected by random drawing on may 22nd. All of age or older. Complete rules and online entry are available at fox5dc. Com contests. All right, so, now at six minutes before 6 00 its time for our facebook fan of the day and today it is ryan. Big round of applause because he just finished basic training in the air force. All right. He was nominated by his mom. Hes living in texas right now but his mom wanted him to be the fan of the day so she could show him how proud she is of him. Ryans mom and sister tune into fox5 every morning from gaithersburg. Love it. For your chance to be the fan of the day leave a comment and a photo below ryans picture. You can do it on our Facebook Page. Congratulations to ryan and thanks for your service. Absolutely. All right. I think people are going say thank you, mike thomas, for cooler weather coming this weekend. Yeah, maybe the acs need a break. Theyve gotten their warmup, theyve gotten a couple days in and now if youre ready to save them off i think you can do that later this weekend. A cold front headed in direction. Ahead of it well pop some storms later this afternoon. Were under a marginal risk of Severe Weather. If we pop a storm off to the north it could go severe. What do we mean by this . A couple storms could contain some gusty winds and large hail. Its not a good tornado threat day so theres good news there but again a couple of those storms could be on the stronger side. Dewpoints today going to be rather uncomfortable. Already out there this morning its very sticky. Good news is by the time we get to the weekend more comfortable air finally moving back in. Fox5 accuweather 7day forecast shows you its sticking around. 91 today. Then well round out the rest of the sevenday forecast whip h 70s. Weekend should stay dry but more clouds than sunshine. Thats weather. Erin is back with a look at traffic. 5 56 mike. Were taking a look right now at a crash scene a disabled semi truck taking out the crews on location right there. This is 95 northbound at Prince William parkway. Onramp from Prince William parkway getting by just fine. Hov lanes lookin good but this is causing a lot of congestion all the truck weigh station. You need about 35 extra minutes. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Well take a look at metro at the top of your 6 oclock traffic report. counting for hide n seek. ready or not, here i come. Anyone can dream. Making it a reality is the hard part. Northrop grumman command and control systems always let you see the complete picture. And were looking for a few dreamers to join us. This is fox5 news morning. Breaking right now at 6 oclock. A policeinvolved shooting in manassas city. It started with an attempted traffic stop that turned a chase then shots fired. Also breaking overnight maryland College Students waking up to a fire inside their home. Well hear from one of the people who was inside. Live look outside meantime on this friday morning. It is may 19th, 2017. Well have weather and traffic coming up for you on the 5s at 6 05. Good friday morning. Im allison seymour. And im steve chenevey. Welcome to fox5 news morning. Good to be with you this morning. We have a lot of breaking news happening right now at 6 oclock so lets get right to it. Well start in manassas virginia. The scene you see right here the investigation into an 18yearold shot by police overnight. Fox5s holly morris is with us with what we know so far. Good morning, holly. Good morning, allison and steve. And what were seeing there is george hellwig Memorial Park in manassas. Thats where a police chase ended that resulted in the shooting. Heres what we know at this point. Prince William County investigators say around 12 40 this morning manassas city officers were responding to reports of shots fired. The officers spotted a vehicle that
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