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WTTG Fox 5 News Edge 6 May 12, 2017

To come back to Prince Georges County public schools. Reporter members met with teachers and Union Representatives this week to talk about solutions. It was productive and i feel like those are the types of conversations and collaborations we need to have, it is a massive issue. Reporter theyre looking at ways to keep kids safe from abuse without unnecessary rely pulling teachers from classrooms i believe that principals and assistant principals and people from the Central Office should have the intellect and the ability to use common sense on judging these cases so that we dont have hundreds of employees out at one time. Reporter in his first interview on this issue we wanted to keep our children safe. Reporter schools ceo dr. Kevin maxwell is look i want to go adjustment to current practices but stood by overall standards. How we conduct ourselves professionally will not change. Reporter hes heard of praise despite his critics i get many people saying thanks for what you do and keeping our children safe. Reporter Board Members say theyre im going to continue to draft up their own plan to address this, presents that then to the full school board as well as dr. Maxwell. Sarah . Search is on for district man who killed five people in a drunk driving accident. The Prince Georges County States Attorneys Office said a warrant is out for Kenneth Kelly supposed to be sentenced today but did not show up for his hearing. The judge gave him some time to show up. He still had not shown up. So the judge issued a bench warrant and as we speak, Prince Georges County Sheriff Deputies are searching to take him into custody on that warrants he pleaded guilty weeks ago to killing five people in a 2014 cross in oxon hill. Prosecutors tell us been wearing a gps monitoring bracelet but apparently took it a you this week, hes facing up to 50 years behind bars for his crime. Fox 5 exclusive, a dc firefighter placed on administrative leave after allegedly posting vial comments about a Fairfax County firefighter who committed suicide last week. These comments were posed on a Facebook Page and claimed she committed suicide because she was promiscuous, not because she was bullied. The posts obtained by fox 5 was written by Chris Sullivan on page called hit it hard from the yard. That is page that advertises itself as a safe haven for firefighters who had been ostracized for tactics and looking for a friendly zone just outside the fire ground. However, sources who have access to the page say it is frequently used by firefighter whose mock other firefighters and who refer to women in such as slam pigs. The post come just over a year since firefighter nicole mitten dover committed suicide after harassing comments were made about her in a different Popular Online forum. Today dc fire and ems released a statement that reads, in part, quote, the remarks made by this individual do not represent the views of the department, the facebook posts and the member are now the subject of an internal Personnel Matter and thus, the dc fire and Ems Department is precluded from making any further comment. Fox 5 reached out to the firefighter who made the post but he declined to comment. Big changes to metro. Pthe t fare hikes new hours next month, june 25th most bus and rail fares will go up by 10 to 25 cents, some bus routes with low rider ship will be eliminated. Ly trains will run less frequently during rush hour and the metro hours will be adjustor so track work. So metros new hours, they will be 5 00 a. M. To 11 30 p. M. Monday through thursday. 5 00 a. M. To 1 00 a. M. Fridays. 7 00 a. M. To 1 00 a. M. Saturdays, 8 00 a. M. They dont 11 00 p. M. Sundays. Ever since the firing of fbi director james comey, politicians and comment at any timers have been comparing the 45th president to the 37 and president , Richard Nixon be another similarity emerges as President Trump implies on twitter that he may record his conversations in the oval office. Heres foxs lauren blanchard. Reporter first he fired him. Of then called him a show boat in a tv interview but today, the president went as far as to possibly threaten former fbi director james comey on social media. On twitter this morning, President Trump wrote james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. The president with his tweets this morning has said things that border on intimidation against comey and any others who are going to disagree with him publicly on this issue. Reporter in addition, the tweet implies that the president may record his conversations in the white house. Now, some members of congress are demanding the White House Council turn over any tapes the president may have including any conversation with comey as well as any russian officials with whom had the president may have met or spoken to did President Trump record his conversations with former fbi director comey i assume youre referring to the tweet. Ive talked to the president. The president has nothing further to add. Why did he say that . Why did he tweet that . What should we interpret president has nothing further are there recording devices in the oval office or residence as i said theres nothing further to add on that does he think its appropriate to threaten someone like mr. Comey not to spe i dont think thats not a threat. Hes simply state add fact. The tweet speaks for itself. Reporter unstarted reports surfacing that the fbi may name a interim director. Of in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Were going to hit the road for the Law Enforcement unity ride. Wizards back home hoping to avoid a season ending loss in game 6 to the boston celtic, a live report straight ahead. First lets get a quick check on the weather. We needed the rain, be careful what you ask for, we definitely had our association and its continuing the best news i have for you is the weekend is not a washout. Details coming up. Stay with us, fox 5 news at 6 00 sean spicer they rode to the district on bikes from across the country to honor Police Officers who have fallen. Alexandra limon spoke to the mother and aunts of a prince Williams County officer killed in the line of duty at the beginning of her career. Reporter hundreds took part in the Law Enforcement united road to hope bike ride. Many of them have lost loved ones in the line of duty like the family of prince Williams County Police Officer ashley glen den. Grouping handle bars and writering across the arlington memorial bridge, they pedalled the last few miles of a patriotic ride. Keeping ashleys story al there isnt a day that goes by that many people think of her, so thank you for doing that and honoring her. They continue to honor her every day. Which is awesome. I thank everybody people like sharon and Stephanie Gwen den the mother and aunt who was killed on the first day on the job for the prince Williams County police department, the more than 200 mile ride was a personal one. I think the training has been incr incr incredibly therapeutic for her mom, for sharon, and its helped her develop strength and move out of her comfort zone. Reporter sharon gwen den remained mostly out of the public eye since losing her daughter, on this occasion, nearly 15 months after her daughters life was taken, sharon came back to virginia and pedalled her reason. Family. I mean, we have sharon has an extended family that goes beyond just us. Me and her, her immediate family. She has a huge family behind her that has had her back literally, so thats what it means, its love and family. Reporter they say the thing thats helped them through these tough times is all the support theyve gotten from the Law Enforcement and Virginia Area community. Reporting in downtown dc, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. Gwen is back with a full look at your forecast dont go anywhere fox 5 local news at 6 00 will be right back. 00 will be right back. Introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. Incredibly, its 79. 99 a month for one year. Comcast charges you 89. 99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs speeds. Switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. Get fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 a month and well give you tv, hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. So act fast. Go to fiosgigabit. Com this may be a little cliche but it is due or die for the wizards theyre facing eliminatation if they wont win, they will be packing their bags, lets check in with brody logan live at the Verizon Center, brody, a lot of fans are nervous and i think were shell shocked trying to get over the caps debacle from a couple of nights ago. Well, tony i wanted to point out if you see the celtics on the other end be theyre in their traditional kelly green, when they came, they were in all black. In reference to say theyre here for the wizardss funeral. So you called it do or die, the celtics and the wizards, the wizards are fighting for the playoff lives tonight. And the wizards this team they call themselves death row dc, theyve had death row dc shirts made, if they want a stay of execution, theyre going to have to do better on defense and fast breaks than they did up in boston. Now, in that out to a 150 start. Fast break points in the first quarter. John wolf bradley heal, you start off like that, youre not going to come back on the road. The good news is theyre back here at the Verizon Center where they have combined to out score the team by 46 points. Now, yes, you referenced you referenced the capitols, you just had to, tony. Night that was dabbed the dc trifecta, where it was the capitols playing game seven, the wizards playing in boston and the nats. The only the team that kept it from being a dc cry fecta were the nats and all the fans crying after another capitols loss in the second round, one of those people very disappointed with the result was headcoach barry trots and voice that day today in his final presser we didnt get to where we wanted a get to, and tha me. You get angry, if something doesnt go your way, you can roll up in a ball and feel sorry for yourself. Of i dont, i get angry and try to fix the problem and get better. If i dont, were not going to get better. Reporter i like that message. Thats also a message for dc sports fans, things dont go your way, dont curl up into a ball, come out to the Verizon Center, they havent lost on this court throughout the entirety of the playoffs. If the wizards dont win tonight, theyre going to be like, gone till november. Lets hope thats not the case. Im sorry. Clever. It is. Thank you, brody. Lets check in with gwen now get the latest. King of references might get washed up in the rain. Swept away. Hopefully that wont be the case fingers what do you think about this rain . Are you happy . Done with it. Nothing like being honest thats right. Weve had enough. Do something about this. Well, heres a live look outside. Cant do anything about it this hour, coming down out there. Some of you are seeing heavier rainfall than others, but it will become more widespread as we move into tonight. We got the train im going to call it coming all the way from the deep south pushing its way straight up the eastern sea board and this will continue to fill in as the rain becomes much more widespread and we end up with good downpours, its a real soaking, nothing unlike what weve had. Yes, i know, everybody is like, ok, were over this. Heres a look at Storm Tracker radar and the heaviest rainfall looks like it will be to the east of us. But still were going to get our fair amount and fair share up and down the i95 corridor and to the west theres heavier rainfall over the higher elevations. Lets take a look at just what we anticipate as we move through tonight until tomorrow, i was were talking at least three quarters of an inch to inch and a half. The heavier rainfall will be to the east of us and heres what were talking inch and a half to maybe two and a half inches before its all said and done. Just be aware as we move through tonight into tomorrow. We still have coastal flood advisories, just were aware of that. Turn around dont drown, you can never estimate how high water is on different roads and by ways, its not worth it dont take the chance, weve had to do too many stories. 54 degrees this hour in the nations capitol. 54 degrees right now at baltimore, 53 at manassas, 53 at dulles, 53 at fredericksburg, popular number. 58 in martinsberg, this area of low pressure will continue off to the northeast, rain will continue into tomorrow, cool, relatively speaking for sure for this time of year, things change once we get into sunday, thank goodness, ridge of High Pressure starts to build in, end up with sunshine and few clouds but it will be a much brighter day and a drier day for moms as we head into the 70s we get more of a warmer flow. It will be breezy. Ridge of High Pressure building in that low pressure system moving out. For our moms, heres what were serving up. Looking at 58 for saturday, but on sunday, 75 degrees, warmer and breezy, and we got sunshine. Putting it altogether for you for tonight, 52 degrees. Almost a pretty steady rain as we mentioned as those winds start to pick up from the eastnortheast and tomorrow, well end up seeing a little bit more of a northerly flow and 58, five to 15 miles an hour, looking at rain showers in the mornin a break and we play see more showers by the afternoon. So expect to see that. And thats how your planner is shaping up there for tomorrow. 56 degrees, 58 i should say for daytime high. 75 for mothers day, nice and we got this run of nice dry days, take a look at this, did you see the end of the week . 90s and 80s. Mothers day this weekend, in case you didnt make any plans, fox 5 has you covered. Brian executive chef at 701 restaurant in northwest, is here to show you some of the dishes that mom would absolutely love. Foggy. Well, what is it . What is that . This is a ramps and mushroom, its a springtime dell casey, theyre spring onions to the right. The ramps are to the right and the morels the ravioli is more of a vehicle to take in the the springtimero can we see inside that pan were going to put the ramp greens. Little more butter you put the ravioli in the boiling water . How long . About three to four minutes. The point is really to go to the restaurant right. Correct. Are there still Seats Available for mothers day we do have some availability for the evening as well as a little bit of availability for brunch. Come on in, this is a lot of our brunch menu in front of us with the asparagus salad. Salmon with cherries and cocoa, and the website is on the screen, if you would like to take a look at what 701 is all about. Give us an idea. Italian sort of the theme at the restaurant or whats 701 is more of a modern american restaurant. The raf vraviolis. We have raviolis its one of those things i love to do we have ravioli growing up, our chef was chef boy ardee. Is this already plated up . Is that what it looks like . Can you see that . Really looks good and smells good. 701 restaurant northwest dc check them out. Some Seats Available. For brunch and dinner. Ok. Give us an idea just sort of. Are all of these on the menu during the week . This is not just special for mothers day this special for mothers day. Its the mothers day brunch menu you better get there on sunday. Beautiful. There we again . These vegetables you put in . Those are ramps. Do they taste do they have an onionly flavor they are in the family, a lot of people consider them ramping garlic combination. But i believe that theyre uniquely their own you know you want to try that tony perkins yes, i do. Yes, i had, unfortunately i got another show to do. Great to be here. Stay with us. 5at630 is coming up next. 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