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WTTG Fox 5 News 5 March 7, 2016

Responded to a call and found an 18month hl old girl who was blue and who has suffered the seizure and they decided not to wait for an ambulance and take the child to the hospital themselves. In part because they didnt know exactly where the ambulance was and couldnt get that answer. Now today we learn some new details including the fact that the child was wearing a seat belt in the fire engine on the way to the hospital. She was also being held by the firefighters. Tonight we also have reaction from captain kelly about getting reinstated. The care provided to the patient was not the question. Our focus has been on the decision to transport the patient in the fire truck. The decision to transport in the fire truck was based on the Information Available to the officer in charge at the time and his assessment findings. We did, however, find that Department Medical protocol for this type of patient was not followed, and that will be addressed with the individuals invoed reporter an important question that was asked was would you have done the same thing again . Ten out of ten times. Reporter why . Doing the right thing is the right thing. Thats all i can say. I mean, my decision was my decision and i feel it was the best decision at the time. Reporter the fire chief says this issue still has to be reviewed by the Virginia Department of emergency medical services, which im told is normal protocol in a case like this. But again, the good news for those two firefighters is that they are back on the job tonight. Reporting live in Stafford County, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. Now to a developing story in the district. Dc police say sundays driveby shooting at a southeast bus stop was not a random act of violence but investigators still dont know who the killers were gunning for. Two people were hit by gunfire that came van. A woman in her 30s was shot dead and a man was wounded. Tonight police say they are looking for more information about that van which was stoelden from a Prince Georges County church. Paul wagner joins us from southeast with that story. Paul . Reporter at this hour, dc 34ris police have not released the name of the woman who was killed. They know who shes, they have not been able to reach the next of kin. She is in her 30s and does live mere in the district of columbia. This is an extremely busy intersection. Theres a popeyes back here, a mcdonalds, a bp station and right over here is a safeway and also a large shopping area, extremely busy area on sunday. And just after 1 00 police say at least one, perhaps two people in a minivan sped by this bus station and opened fire. Just after 1 at this bus stop on alabama avenue, Dc Police Say someone sprayed gunfire from a minivan hitting two people, killing one. You could be shot right now standing here interviewing me. I could be shot. Because we have ignorant folks out here with guns. And lastly, where are these guns coming from. We keep asking this question. Reporter this is the neighborhoods amc commissioner and came to the community after hearing the news. They have no respect for each other. And thats the sad part. Because you have to learn to live with other people. And thats not happening in a lot of places in dc. Reporter as the getaway driver was speeding from the scene, someone got the tag. There is a vehicle that we are quite interested in involving this murder. The vehicle is a honda odyssey, fourdoor, with maryland handicapped tags Reporter Police say the car was stolen from this church on larg oroad in Prince Georges County and was last seen about 36 hoarse before the murder. It was found abandoned after the shooting just a few blocks away in the 1700 block of s street southeast. It pains me because i live in this neighborhood and im tiifrd of it. Im seriously tired of it. It breaks my heart because this could have been anyone. It could have been me standing out here with my kids. Reporter Dc Police Say that lock or i should say the ignition was not jimmied inside the car and that there were keys actually used to get into the ignition and start the car. So Police Believe someone had access to those keys and theyre now trying to trace back to see where this car was, where this minivan was in the 36 hours before the shooting. Thats when it was last seen out at that church in Prince Georges County. So if you saw that vehicle anywhere around here on sunday or been in the last, lets say 48 hours now, youre asked to call dc police. Live in southeast, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. A final goodbye today in massachusetts for the Prince William county Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty. There was a Funeral Service held today for Ashley Guindon in springfield, massachusetts where she was born. Dozens of people honored the officer who died last month. She was shot. It was her first day on the job. Two other officers were also shot. They are both expected to survive, but they face long recoveries. Meanwhile, police in Fairfax County are honoring guindon and other fallen officers. A blood drive was held in falls church today. Its the same hospital where the officers were flown to when they were these officers, yearround theyre putting their lives out, just for us, to protect us, an our hospitals are always here for everyone in the community. This was a very special situation for us because theyre here every day. Another blood drive will be held this wednesday at the Loudoun County sheriff office. A bald eagle is recovering after being hit by a vehicle. Last thursday Animal Services got a call about an injured vehicle. It suffered a fractured shoulder. It is believe the eagle was struck by a vehicle on the road. The eagles wing will remain wrapped up for at least three weeks but theyre not sure when the eagle will be able to fly again. Such a beautiful bird. Its a shame. But its great to have organizations that take care of animals in need. Absolutely. Love this weather. I have the windows open. Who doesnt . And i th improvements on this. Even this gets this windblown when im out there. Thats my favorite anamometer. Look at jim lokays hair. That eagle was amazing. I hope that he has a speedy recovery. Almost shocking to see. They look like a puppet, right . Hopefully hes going to be okay. We certainly have weather that is going to lift a lot of spirits and hopefully that eagles spirits too. Spring countdown is under sps way. You got a little bit of a sample of it today. Our High Temperature 66 degrees. Lets go ahead and check the map so you can see our temperatures right now still mighty comfortable and when you kwr our average high testimony is 53 and were up to 65 degrees, you can see last week when we were looking at the chance of snow we the pattern is going to change. All week long were looking at warmer temperatures. We do have a couple of cooler spots, but that is a 70 you see on the map at cumberland and youre going to see a whole lot more of that and maybe even higher as we go through this week. So compared to yesterday, we are about 14, 15 degrees warmer with the exception of winchester a little cold out there and we do have some clouds that are going to be coming in tonight. Not quite as cold as we have been. The clouds will have to keep us a bit warmer and as we watch those clouds come in with no moisture, well see the temperatures falling into the 40s overnight. Your plan for the early part of the evening, so comfortable. 58 degrees by 7 00, by 9 00 about 56 degrees, and by 11 00, 54 degrees. So looking very comfortable and we also want to say thank you so much to brian buckmaster. What a gorgeous sunrise photo. Sun comes up at 6 49 we think the temperature will be right around 48 speaking of sunrise and sunset, this weekend is Daylight Saving time. So youre going to spring forward, set those clocks ahead as we are going to gain an extra hour of daylight. Sun goes down today at 6 08. By the time we get to the weekend, it will be about 7 15 or so. Laura and jim, we may be tying some record high trursz in the middle part of the week. More about that in just a bit. One of the few times people looking forward to wednesday. Coming up, redskins say goodbye to Robert Griffin iii. As they welcome in a possible free agent to fill their needs on the defensive line. President ial contenders are finding it impossible to delete tweets. And tinder, it has a new feature that lets your friends pick your next date. Its actually tracking politicians all over the country whenever they delete a tweet. Its called politwhoops. You can search by state, party and position. It tells you when it was. Tweeted, how quickly it was deleted, after it was tweeted and where it was tweeted from. Whether it was an iphone, an android or a special tweeting app. Lets take a look at a few of the recent tweets deleted. Im old enough to remember when Chris Christie said that donald trump didnt have the temp ra meant to be president. It includes a link where christie said this. It was deleted just 30 seconds after it was posted. Now weve got one from Bernie Sanders. It says when bernie gets to the white house, no flipping, no flopping, with a quote from spike lee. It includes a link to the audio of lee endorsing sanders and it was deleted just 19 seconds after it was posted. And one from the real donald trump. This is one that you and i did speak about. Every poll said i won the debate last night. Great honor spelled wrong. It was deleted two hours after it was posted. Now, thats the thing. These tweets, it will tell you how long it will took them to delete them. The person who the most, Bernie Sanders and john kasich. Sometimes it takes donald trump about an hour to delete them and it goes on from there as politicians taking longer and deleting even fewer. We did do a poll we wanted to ask their viewers tweets. 74 of you say yes, i correct those errors. 26 of you said no, i own my mistakes. Which i love. I definitely think sometimes if i tweet a mistake ill own it. It depends on what the mistake is. If i really make a mistake, i just say ill quote my own tweet and say look at that. Were all human so i understand that. And these politicians, they are held to a tough standard. Absolutely. But you better get your facts right. Right, exactly. Not only that, you consider how many staffers have control of these twitter accounts. I often wonder with donald trump especially, thats just a stream of consciousness. Thats what it seems like. The website has actually deleted retweet. Sometimes you hear that a staffer retweeted something that look at this world we live in. You cant make a mistake. Its all about how fast you are too. And youve got to be careful. Thats so interesting. Thanks. Coming up, a tribute to nancy reagan. We have some heartfelt words from the former first lady from the white house tonight. And one of the stars from the 80s sitcom is sharing how he says her appearance on the show helped shape his life. Our Nations Capital is named after who. And apparently americans dont know who washington, d. C. Is named after. Coming up. President obama ordered flags toe honor of nancy reagan. Flags to the white house and all official grounds, military posts and naval stations are being lowered out of respect for the former first lady. She died sunday from congestive heart failure. She was 94 years old. Today president obama paid tribute to the former first lady. As somebody whos been lucky enough to have an extraordinary partner in my life as well, i know how much she meant, not just to president reagan, but to the country as a whole. He was lucky to have her. And im sure he would be the first to average that. So she will be missed. Reagan served as first lady to her husband from 1981 to 89. She will be buried next to her husband in simi valley, california. Has anyone ever tried drugs . I tried nancy reagan is being robbed by one of the stars of the 1980s sitcom diffrent strokes. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter he opened up about the late first ladys appearance to promote her antidrug abuse initiative. I started remembering what she was talking about. Once you figure out the root cause, what makes youo something self destrictive, you figure out how to stop. It was one of the ways. In addition to diffrent strokes she appeared on several talk shows and she traveled to schools all over the country. Some Good Health News from former president jimmy carter. He says he no longer needs treatment for cancer. Pretty incredible. Carter div yesterday at one of his regular sunday School Classes in georgia. His spokeswoman says doctors will continue to monitor 991 to make sure the cancer does not return. Speaking of president s, believe it or not, some americans had a very hard time naming the very first one. Take a look at this video. They were asked who washington, d. C. Was named after they they failed miserably. Who is the Nations Capital named after . I dont know. I give up. I plead the fifth. Im going to have to go with i dont know. Our Nations Capital is named after who . I dont know. I just woke up. That cant be real. Plus you dont trust a reporter wearing a tank top. Because you wear them all the time. You know me so well. Its a little concerning but it just seems a little too farfetched especially with the i love dc shirt in san diego. Its official the end of an era for two 2340i68 quarterbacks. And an 18year ride, the emotional goodbye. No more arrests for minor crimes in new york city. Why the big apple says its giving criminals more leniency. Zblsh. Reporter why he says he found the problems even worse than he expected. He had a lot more to say than that. Well tellyo fox 5 news at 5 00 continues after this. Tonight there is some blunt talk coming from metros gm and hes not painting a pretty picture of what hes found. As metro faces falling ridership. Lets get you out to Tom Fitzgerald hes live at metro center with more tonight. Reporter good evening. This was a breath of fresh air. This was a conversation that was frank and held no punches at all. In recent years metro has gained a its problems. Today the general manager made it clear that it cant get any better until it starts coming to turn with its own problems. He laid this out in an hourlong session. Listen now to how he described two main complaints of passengers, both rail breakdowns and whats become a perception of an invisible mrs. Presence on this system. What i found, to be frank, its much worse than i expected and maybe even publicly weve been talking about. One of the first things that i noticed with our security is it tends to be almost invisible at times literally because of the uniforms. They blend into the crowd. So we have an evidence, where anything occurs, its even hard to see whos in charge. Reporter and there was much more than that. He spoke for more than an hour today at the National Press club detailing the problems he says are ingrained throughout metro both inside and outside. For example, internally he says he found serious turf issues between metro departments holding up progress, externally he says the depth and gravity of the problems have not been properly framed in both public dialogue and in talks with the metro board. What he is going to do . Listen to how he tackled two other key areas. Repair work and Customer Service. Right now the focus needs to be enough. Getting metro to clear the backlog repair work on Customer Service he acknowledged it is affecting ridership levels and he needs the cooperation for metro workers in order to make this change. Heres what we said were going to do, heres where we are. Thats where im starting from. We have a backlog of work, what is it. Once we get through the backlog, whatst plan going forward. In my estimatio everyone happy, weve pretty much made everyone not happy with some of the approaches weve taken. I think when you look at some of the other systems around the country you have to make some hard decisions. Reporter many in that room today said it was one of the most honest assessments theyve heard in quite some time. He says hes also trying to tackle some smaller issues as well. Developing an app that has real time bus and train information and openly wonder why in 2016 the metro rail system does not have a stateoftheart cell phone system it is vital in the event of an emergency. We are live, Tom Fitzgerald, fox 5 local news. New tonight this Fairfax County police car is barely recognizable. It happened saturday night on west moorland street. Authorities say the cruiser is a ghost car which means typically parked in certain areas to get cars to slow down and increase visibility in the community. If you know anything about this, give police a call. The u. S. Supreme court has thrown out a ruling in alabama against lesbian adoption. At issue a lesbian couple who divorced after having three children together. The birth mother tried to prevent her former partner from seeing the children even though that women locally adopted them. The Supreme Court sided with the birth mother refusing to recognize the other woman as a parent and declaring the adoption invalid. The u. S. Supreme court voided that ruling. Police officers in manhattan will no longer arrest most people who commit minor offenses like public consumption of alcohol, littering, public urination or taking up two subway seats. Starting today officers will hand out sums onss. The policy change will free up officers to investigate more serious offens a drastic decision after it says it was losing too many talented say lors. A new rule allows sailors to retake a physical fitness test. The changes are the latest by the military looking to improve recruitment or attention. The number of sailors booted because they didnt past the pt test has more than doubled since twoirt. It is the sports story ev

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