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WTTG Fox 5 News Edge At 6 February 2, 2013

Weather outside. Heres a live look out there. A bitter blast of arctic air hitting the dmv right now. Winter weather, not letting up a bit. We are even sing snow flying in parts of our viewing area right now. Glenn gwen tolbart has more. Well deal with this the course of tonight and couple days ahead. Weve got this series of clipper systems moving through, fastmoving, leaving all of this in place. Looking at live radar, a few light snow flurries here and there, nothing thats going to do too much in terms of accumulation, so thats one thing we wont have to worry about. Looking at the weather maps, looking at the numbers, an advisory is currently in effect for the west. This over the Allegheny Front and garrett county, maryland area through until at least sunday, some areas until monday. Looking at the highs today, 32 at Reagan National airport. 30 at dulles. 29 at bwi thurgood marshall. And currently it is only 29 at dc. 28 at dulles, and 29 at baltimore. Temperatures very much on the chilly side. Not warming up. Overnight low, 27 degrees. Light snow showers will continue and a cold night ahead. The week isnt looking too warm until we get about midweek and ill have those details a little later. Back to you. A big story we are following tonight, a hostage crisis in alabama now on day five. 65yearold jimmy lee dykes is in constant communication with police, as he continues to hold a 5yearold boy in his underground shelter. Foxs Craig Boswell is live from midland city, alabama with the latest. Reporter maureen, good evening to you. Investigators have listed items, including a heater and blankets and also toys provided to the boy in the bunker. Those were new items. They also had a message for the alleged kidnapper. I want to thank him for taking care of our child. Thats, thats very important. Reporter investigators say alleged alabama gunman and kidnapper jimmy jimmy lee dykes is allowing food, warmth, toys and medicine to a 5year old boy hes been holding in a bunker tuesday since. As of now, the suspect is showing no signs of giving in. A day after the schoolbus was towed away as evidence, more stories are being told about the bus driver, charles poland, jr. Surely this man died an american hero. The laughter and the love he had for kids, somebody would lay their life down. Thats a hero. Reporter officials maintain the 5yearold child has not been hurt. This whole nation actually is coming together and sending their support for this young boy. Please, continue to be patient with us. We continue to pray for a safe conclusion to this incident. Reporter Memorial Service for mr. Poland is being held this evening. His Funeral Service is tomorrow. This area, you can see its on a very busy highway. People are stopping here and just trying to give, offer condolences, words of hope to anybody who will listen. This has become a focal point to get a look at whats going on at this property. Back to you. Craig, any word at all from the 5yearold . I know jimmy lee dykes has been in communication with police, but any word at all from the 5 yearold . Has anyone made any contact . Reporter what ive been told from investigators, and they are very tightlipped, so you cant get much, but the boy is crying for his mother and his grandparents. Thats all they are saying about what they are hearing from the little boy and they will say they are in Constant Contact through this basically its a ventilation pipe, pvc pipe, 4 inches in diameter. Lets hope this ends in a good way. Craig boswell in midland city, thank you for the update. A missing new york woman found dead in istanbul, turkey. Her body was discovered near the remnants of ancient city walls in a low income district. The 33yearold mother of two went missing while she was on vacation alone. Her family last heard from her on january 21st, the day she was scheduled to return home. Her husband and brother traveled overseas to help with the investigation. Police have detained nine people for questioning. All new tonight at 6 00, former inmate of the dc jail is suing the city for alleged mistreatment. The district man is deaf and the lawsuit claims he was unable to effectively communicate while he was jailed. Fox 5s John Hanrahan joins us from the newsroom with details. Reporter a deaf man who speaks almost exclusively with American Sign Language found himself in dcs jail. He says for weeks when he was in solitary, he was handcuffed, even during visits from his mother, and he couldnt communicate about his problems inside the jail. 44yearold William Pierce is profoundly deaf. He wound up with a 60day sentence in the citys correction system, after an altercation with his partner resulted in a conviction for simple assault. At the order of the judge, pierce actually wound up in the correctional Treatment Facility to get help. And there was no interpreter there for him at intake or at any of his medical appointments. He had some medical problems, or at any of his classes. He was taking an anger management class and he didnt know what was going on. He didnt know what people were saying. He couldnt participate in the Group Discussion thats part of that. Reporter the lawsuit says under the americans with disabilities act, accommodations for the deaf must be made, so inmates can communicate. Things got worse for William Pierce. He was put in solitary confinement for two weeks, where he was locked in his cell 23 hours a day, and some guard tried to explain to him as best he could understand it, that they put him there because they thought he had asked for protective custody, which he never asked for. And we allege in the complaint that we think it was actually retaliation against him for complaining and trying to get an interpreter. Reporter pierce is now out, after 51 days in custody. His lawsuit is seeking unspecified monetary damages and policy changes at the jail and adjoining correctional Treatment Facility so that deaf inmates can better communicate. A spokeswoman for the jail acknowledged receipt of the lawsuit, but she declined to comment other than saying it would be sent over to the citys attorney general. That Office Defends lawsuits that are filed against the dc government. John, any discussion as to why mr. Pierce didnt just use a pencil and paper to write out his requests . Reporter theres two answers to the question. First of all, inmates dont often have access to pens and pencils because they can be used as weapons. Secondly, according to his attorney, sign language is his primary language, and in his past, when he was a child, he didnt learn to read and write terribly well. And they want him to be able to communicate in his primary language, his hands, sign language. Thats their answer. John, thank you. The issue of immigration taking a front seat in washington. Senators continued to work on new legislation and the president s unveiled his new plan this week in las vegas. Peter ducey has more. Reporter the Bipartisan Group of senators thats working together to write a comprehensive Immigration Reform bill says they hope to have the details hammered out by next month, in march. But president obama is now saying if they cant figure output the legislative language on their own, hell go ahead and send his own immigration bill up the street to the capitol. On friday at the white house, the president pitched Immigration Reform as a great way to enhance the economy. One important piece of that reform is allowing more of the best and brightest minds from around the world to start businesses, initiate new discoveries, create jobs here in the United States of america. If we want to grow our economy and strengthen the the u. S. , we want an immigration plan. Reporter senator marco rubio does not think its a good idea to offer up a new pathway to citizenship. Im not in favor of a housekeeper or landscaper coming across the border illegally. Im not in favor of that, but what keeps me up at night is a terrorist coming across the border and this leads to that possibility. The border is about as much as our sovereignty and National Security as it is about immigration. Reporter Chuck Schumer from new york is also part of the Bipartisan Senate group and said that both parties are working right now to clearly explain on paper the definition of a secure border so discussion about reform can move forward without confusion. In washington, peter ducey, fox news. The white house has released a photo of president obama firing a gun just two days before he scheduled to head to minnesota to discuss gun control. The photo dated august 4th shows the president skeet shooting at camp david. The release is believed to be part of a strategy to portray the president as sympathetic to gun owners and opponents of his gun control measure. He is push agnew gun control package following the Newtown School shooting last december. Coming up tonight, police arent messing around anymore in one part of the district. Why doing a uturn could get you a ticket. Plus, twitter under attack. The social media site hacked. How many accounts were compromised . Thats coming up. Oming up. The cause of a house fire that killed two youngsters in Frederick Maryland is still under investigation tonight. Officials have identified 3 yearold maddigan and 6year old sophie lilard. The home was fully engulfed in flames with the two Young Children trapped inside. There is a growing memorial outside the familys home. Meanwhile, police in Montgomery County investigating a deadly collision on friday. It happened on the 1600 block of bachelors forest road. Officers and fire rescue now know the name of the teen who died in the crash, 19yearold earl dong min lee, pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the collision remains under investigation. More and more people are choosing bicycles to get around in dc. When cars and bikes try to coexist, there can be problems on streets. Reporter as this youtube clip from a helmet camera shows you, a bad accident can happen in a flash. A close call here and another along pennsylvania avenue for russ among this morning. The problem . Drivers making uturns, crossing over bike lanes. I was literally right beside his door and had to slap on his door to stop him from making the turn. Reporter in an effort to cut down on the accidents, mayor vincent gray issued an emergency order, making uturns across bicycle lanes illegal. Dc police spent this wednesday morning stopping drivers, handing out flyers, reminding them of the rule. We want to make sure Everybody Knows the rule. Right now, were focusing on education. Reporter the law has been in place for several months now. The signs are up here along pennsylvania avenue, and warnings have been issued. Tomorrow, though, those warnings turn into tickets. Cab drivers seem to be blamed the most for making these u turns across bike lanes. Its a lack of knowledge. I think theres the fact that they are in their taxi, there is a money agenda. They got to get the next fare to the person standing on the other side of the road. Reporter fair or not, crossing the bike lane will get ou a 100 ticket. In the district, matt acland, fox 5 news. A fox 5 news alert tonight. The social network site twitter announcing it may have been hacked. An estimated 250,000 accounts may have been compromised. The companys director of Information Security calls the attacks sophisticated and says it does not appear to be the work of amateurs. Anyone involved may have or will receive an email with more information. Still ahead tonight on fox 5 news at 6 00, two groundhogs go head to head with their forecast. So six more weeks of winter or spring . Which groundhog will you believe . Plus, february marks black history month. Well show you how some people are celebrating. If you have a story idea, call the fox 5 tip line at the number on the screen or send an email to fox5tips wttg. Com. February marks black history month. In the district, museums are opening exhibits to celebrate. The newseum is opening an exhibit, jailed in birmingham featuring a casting of the original jail door behind which Martin Luther king was held after his arrest in 1963. It was in that very cell that the civil rights leader wrote the famous letter from birmingham jail. And the smithsonian is also celebrating black history month, holding a family day today. The full day of activities inspired by the march on washington. If youre marching today, better move fast, because its cold out there so cold that will put a spring in your step. I got up this morning and it was like 16 degrees. Where am i . I know, brutal. It is winter, its supposed to be cold, but, boy, what a shock to our systems the hawk is out, as my grandmother used to say. And the hawk isnt going anywhere soon. Heres a look outside. Lot of clouds today as well and some of you might have seen a little earlier, or maybe seeing now just an odd flurry here and there moving its way through and across the area. And thats a little pattern that were going to be dealing with. But you know what . It is winter. I think weve been totally spoiled that we keep forgetting how cold it should be. Also the fact we could have a little bit of winter activity. But its actually a lot colder today than it really should be. So we are really getting a real, real arctic air mass settling in. So heres a look at fox 5 accuweather radar. You can see we do have just a little bit of light snow activity moving through. None of this is going to really stick around and accumulate too much. Were just talking this light, quickmoving type of snow activity. Thats all associated with this series of clipper systems that will continue to move their way through and across and well continue to have to deal with this as we head through in the next few days or so. This is whats happening right now. Some of you are seeing some of this. Some of you not seeing a lot. Areas to the west, totally different story, especially over the mountains in the Allegheny Front. Lets take a look at weather maps. We do have a Winter Weather advisory here. Here, we are talking anywhere up to 3, 4, 5, 6 inches of snowfall. This advisory is in effect, ranging from sunday into early monday for parts of west virginia, along the potomac hylands, as well as the panhandle. Its a big far cry from what we do expect to get further to the east. We wont see that much in terms of accumulation. Look at the numbers for today. 32 degrees, your high at Reagan National airport. 30 at dulles. Only 29 at dwi thurgood marshall. These temperatures, some 13 to 14 degrees cooler than the seasonal average for the day. Yes, exceptionally cold. Good news, we didnt have a really strong cold wind, so we didnt have a lot of significant wind chills to have to deal with. Look where we are right now, temperature wise, 28 at dc. Same at baltimore. 25 at gaithersburg. 33 to the south at fredericksburg, which right now seems like its warm. 28 in martinsburg, 24 at hagerstown, 30 at manassas, 34 at culpepper. Were not alone. In terms of the national conditions, take a look. You can see the really colder air is settling in all the way up to the midatlantic. 28 degrees in boston, with buffalo at 19. Then weve got this little dip here. Then to the south of that, we started to see a real difference in temperatures with a bit of a warmer air pool. This is the area right here that is going to continue to stay in that cold air mass. Lows tonight expected to be into the 20s. Low to mid20s, upper 20s here and there. Calling for about 27 degrees as far as dc is concerned. Tonights planner, by the time we hit the 10 00 hour, well be at 30 degrees. That light snow kind of off and on. Do anticipate it. I know everybodys gearing up for the rest of the weekend. Its going to be cold and as far as our friends in new orleans are concerned, as they are getting ready to put together that game, look at this, what a difference. Sunny skies, kickoff 57 to 58 degrees. Nice. With light winds. We wish that weather was here 50s sound nice. Thanks, gwen. Thanks very much. Crowds anxiously awaited this morning to hear the fate of the weather, according to punxsutawney phil. It is february 2nd. Despite the arctic temperatures this morning, people were in high spirits waiting for the sun to come up. Phil did not see his shadow and that means an early spring. But doesnt feel like it at all. Meanwhile, Punxsutawney Phils groundhog brother in dc may be the stuffed variety, but it did not stop potomac phil from making his prediction. He is forecasting six more weeks of winter. This morning, in dupont circle, the critter saw his shadow. He has to decide this one. And you decide this next story. New york city gossip columnist cindy adams is telling readers exactly what she thinks of the district of columbia. Adams calls the city a pew tried, vile sewer. She drove her recently and says the District Needs help. Paul wagner has the story. Reporter cindy, cindy, whats that you say . Our fine city is a dump . The nations crapital . On page 18 of fridays new york post, gossip columnist cindy adams didnt take a swipe at our lovely city. She launched a fullout offensive. She said that its rank, murky, smelly, putrid, vile, and a sewer. What, what do you make of that . I cant, i cant shes not talking about any neighborhood that i know. Reporter adams writes in her column, she drove down here recently and found dc stands for the district of crapola. Is that the washington that you know . Oh, my god, thats awful whats her beef with washington . I mean, no, thats not the washington that its ever been its a wonderful city so we should fire a salvo back at her, dont you think . Yeah. What would you say to her . I would tell her that if she felt like our community or the district was that bad, that she needs to come help us clean it up [ laughter ] reporter when we showed the column to a couple from new orleans, they couldnt disagree more. Visually, what do you think . I think its historically beautiful. We really, i guess weve been doing a lot of the touris

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