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WTTG Fox 5 News Edge At 6 February 12, 2013

Six feet tall and you were looking at pictures, north of los angeles and that search is conditioning or the exchange of gun fire is continuing to go on and that is as the suspect is being closed on. And joining us live is the manager of oaks restaurant in california. How close are you to the scene there . Obviously having trouble. On the scene, its a fluid situation and well stay on top of it. Another big story in a few hours, president obama will make the first state of the Union Address of his second tomorrow. We know troop withdrawals and gun violence is a significant part of the speech but there are many other pressing issues. Reporter one of the centerpieces will be his program for gun control in the United States of the in january, the president with Vice President joe biden unveiled a series of proposals which, the president said will stop the kinds of killings in newtown, connecticut. Tonight in the chamber of the house of representatives, the Maryland Democratic congressman jim moran will be joined by the brother of a Virginia Tech massacre victim. And knot plen say the both men say the steps are common sense objectives and they wont impinge on the lawful rights of gun owners. I think the killing at newtown really crystallized Public Opinion and i think it put the nra on the defensive even their membership wants to do something to prevent these tragedies from happening again and is they granted the nra leadership and manufacturers dont agree. If you have the membership, agreeing with almost 90 of the public that you ought to at least have universal background checks, we have made progress and i mean, you you really have to have some kind of mental instability yourself. Were working to protect people and there is many things we can do without infringing on the second amendment. One is background checks and theyre supported by 80 of nra members and what you hear in the meetings is small. Reporter and many states are considering and mayor omalley includeds proposing including a assault ban on those guns in maryland. Come and. The number of family members who lost loved ones to gun violence are attending the state stat. Eleanor Holmes Norton invited the mother of the 2010 deadly capitol street shootings, the father of the Virginia Tech massacre will be virginia congressman jerry connellys death. And the first lady invited the mother whose teen was killed by a handgun days after she was killed days after the inauguration. And a shooting survivor, he has been a representative Gabby Giffords and what topics will you like the president to address and why . Is any john the conversation on the Facebook Page and search for my fox d. C. And the president s state of the Union Address leave here and that is at 9 00 and let us know what you think about the speech as we move forward. And president obama expected to announce the return of 34,000 troops from afghanistan in the next year. Two people familiar with his remarks say the president will make the announcement during his fourth state of the union y finish the ht and plans war by 2014. And 66,000 troops are in afghanistan and from 100,000 in 2010. The rally was scheduled by the American Federation of Government Employees as part of the 2013 legislative conference and guest speakers included Chuck Schumer and chris van holland. Theyre encouraging members to speak to the local representatives and members to cancel deep cuts known as sequestration to come up with savings by march 1st. And a divided senate panel approved and voted 1411. And democrats voted unanimously while republicans remain unified. And a series of thing, votes, an edge of about him that makes us innerved about his selection at the time when the world is on fire. He will succeed leon panetta who is stepping down after four years. And right now, i want to go to a Live Press Conference in california on the Christopher Dorner situation, the former l. A. P. D. Officer who fired and went on a revenge rampage. The San Bernadino county sheriffs, i cant confirm anyone was held hostage and that is part of the saturday of the investigation and that has not been confirmed yet. And [ question indicernible ] i cant give you specifics about what resources we have up there and we believe this individual may be watching tv or have access to media. I dont want to continue our hand and we asked the media with air ships in the area to not have air units show the live broadcasting and what they doing in that area. The reasons for that is, obviously, it will put our officers at a extreme tactical disadvantage if the suspect knows what our folks are doing. [ question indicernible ] i dont know the involvement of the california fish and game, and that is from their press office, but i dont have an update from california fish and game or what their involvement is. And. For five days and sounds like and can you give us the feeling amongst the officers now that it looks like he may be caught . Everyone is hopeful this ends without further bloodshed and hope to take him into custody and that he doesnt hurt anyone else. We hope none of the officers were seriously injured, which we dont know at this point. The best thing would be for him to surrender and allow us to take him into custody. There is a tremendous sense of apprehension concerned about the officers up there. Until hes in handcuffs and custody, none of the people in our department are going to rest. What about your manpower . What kind of resources . I cant give the specifics. We sent resources and theyre waiting at the airport in San Bernardino now, and were waiting to be called in by the commander if needed. Right now, were not needed and people have been asking if the chief of police has gone out there, he has not responded out there. Wheres still here. [ question indicernible ] and i dont have any information about the vehicle that the suspect allegedly took and i have seen videotape. If he is watching this, what message do you have for him . The message is enough is enough. Its time to turn yourself in and its time to stop the bloodshed and let this event and incident be over. Your First Priority is to take him alive and to put him under arrest. The safety of the community. I am sure the San Bernadino sheriffs are evacuating people and making sure the citizens are safe and once that area is locked down and all the citizens are safe in that area, then well let the San Bernadino s. W. A. T. Team go in there and do what they do best, to get this guy. Hopefully in custody and hopefully without further bloodshed. One more question and i have to go. [ question indicernible ] a couple of things. The county sheriffs are in our jrick, and theyre imbedded with a team of officers working together to solve this and they have been there since the beginning. We sent one of our assistant chiefs to San Bernadino and he in their command post. Were getting realtime updates and we know what is going on up there and probably a Good Exchange of information. We work really well with our Law Enforcement partners throughout southern california. Okay. [ question indicernible ] i dont know what the weapons are that he had. He had reports of all sorts of weapons. I am not sure what he was using up there. That is all we have time for right now. Ill be back out again. If anything big breaks on this, well be back out again and well give you a further update. I have a spanish speaker here who can answer spanish Media Questions and i will turn it over to captain riggo romero. Commander smith is with the l. A. P. D. , didnt get a lot of information, although its confirmed that the officers in San Bernardino county, which is in the Big Bear Lake east of l. A. , have cornered christopher kor dorner. Theyre asking the media to state back if stay back if he has access to the Tactical Units that are moving in on him and hoping for a peaceful ending. Well keep you up to date as we watch this play out. Well be right back. . The edge on maryland where police are investigating an apparent murder suicide, involving three university of maryland roommates. The suspect was a 23yearold grad student recently diagnosed with a illness. Bob barnard has the latest developments. Bob. Reporter investigators say the suspect didnt leave a suicide note. Therefore, they have no idea why he allegedly opened fire on his roommates. The house where it happened on 36th avenue and college park is walking distance to the university of maryland camps. The murder suicide involving three of five roommates. We heard about 10 shots fired. Reporter green, an engineering grad student and intern at nearby nasa goddard set four fires. One inside, three in the backyard before turning on his roommates who had been awakened by the commotion. One of the students noticed the suspect reaching into his waistband for a gun. 45 student then that student then began to run away from the home. As he did, he heard gun shots and then very quickly realized that he had been hit. Reporter that 22yearold student is expected to survive. The murder victim was 22year old undergrad steven alex reign of silver spring. My thoughts are this is a great tragedy for the rest of maryland entire community, and our thoughts and our prayers are with the victims and their loved ones. Reporter police say greens family told investigators that he had been suffering from a Mental Illness for a year and was predescribed medication to treat it. When i met him, he was a nice guy, you know, very well spoken. A january win nice guy. Reporter investigators say the murder weapon was a legally purchased. 9millimeter handgun. The investigators say a bag that had a machete, a fully loaded semi automatic weapon and lots of ammunition was found with green who shot and killed him in the backyard after gunning down his friends out front here, brian. Book barnard tonight. Black and blue black and blue black and blue black and blue [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious. But say i press a few out flat. Add some beef sloppy joe sauce. And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy Joe Pillsbury grands biscuits. Let the making begin. Faster than mandy can hang up on mr. Monday. You hang up first. 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Reporter she was the first girl in maryland to play at the state place at the state tournament. And from rockville, maryland. And have a nice farm drag. Reporter she had dreamed of being an olympic champion. At 17, she was the youngest woman to ever make the world team. And the pan am champion. Reporter the International Olympic committee will eliminate wrestling as an olympic sport in 2020. Helen sent me a text message at 5 30 in the morning telling me, you know, to read the article and this is horrible. This would be so sad and she wrote i love wrestling so much, i cant believe this. Reporter helens mom spent a lot of time shuttling her kids to wrestling tournaments. We will get in the car and drive to toronto, rhode island, connecticut,y used to make a joke i have been to every corn field in pennsylvania. Reporter shes still on the move and talked to us from the airport on the way to a tournament in ukraine. This is a photo of helen as a kid on the greek island where her dad grew up. Ironic since wrestling was the most popular organized sport in ancient greece. Im blind sided. The last i heard we were going to that were going to add weight class for the women. Its one of the original sports and never talked about dropping it. Reporter now, rio 2016 could be her final chance. She can did attend the london olympics as an alternate. I had a sense of Like National pride and just and that is not about the money. The attention or anything. Its all of the athletes here continue to do something they love and represent their countries. Its not interest about strength but technique and stamina and desire. One minute youre winning and the next, youre on your back and its over. In maryland, beth parker, fox 5 news. Keeping an eye on valentines day. A bit of precipitation coming our way . It looks like its more tomorrow and that is gone. Unbelievable. And that is 59 degrees and talk about snow, right . We have a little bit of potential snow tomorrow night about this time and we might see the light rain switching over to wet snow. You know what . That 59 degrees helped us and that will be mighty hard to get anything that falls tomorrow to stick on anything other than some grass and light start by talking about how mild it is and get rid of the wind. Dulles, 57; bwithurgood marshal, 54 and we wont be getting that warm tomorrow. The clouds are coming in overnight and then we have a little bit of precipitation that is bringing the rain to the area first and then maybe some snow to end the day. Its 46 in gaithersburg, 55 degrees in the district and its probably going to be mild again tonight. The clouds are coming in. Were thinking 37 degrees in the district and dont be shockd if youre in the 40s in many areas overnight. And so, warm today and mild at night means roads are probably going to be okay. No matter what we get thrown our way tomorrow. Can you see the clouds are coming in right now and there is no precipitation. We have to fly to the south across North Carolina to find the nearest precip and this is heavier as you look to georgia and to alabama and miss sippy and a little bit of and mississippi and some snow around Oklahoma City and wichita and that is the snow were going to watch and it will start around this area as a bit of light rain tomorrow and that is probably in the mid to late morning and when that mixes with snow, it wont happen until 6 00 and that is mainly west. Its looking look the rush hours are going to be okay. Certainly morning and the evening might be wet. As this goes on and this meet continue, we expect anything that falls to melt on pavement. To the north and west where its colder and you get a bit of a ban, were going to say there is a chance that chance that uck accumulate one or two inches, mainly on grassy areas. There are no advisories issued. The National Weather service is going to hold off on that until they see how theyre looking in the morning and well see some for Winter Weather north and west of the district tomorrow. And checking out the future cast, the area at noon is still mainly dry and that rain is moving from south to north and you begin to see changeover around the roanoke area and colder spots along either side of interstate 81. And we get to 6 00 and we have some light rain. Sometimes that is just enough to bog down the commute and we see some snow showing up in the mountains. By 10 00, still some rain but north and west, we might be mixing snow and its out of here. I am not sure this is the kind of thing that gets a twohour delay for your kids and thursday, valentines day looks dry. And that forecast, cloudy and 44 degrees with clouds and showers, becoming a rainsnow mix and some more to the north. This is something that has changeed on our accuweather sevenday forecast. We were watching a coastal for saturday and sunday. Most of the models are taking it out to sea now and not sure if that is going to happen and might have clipper snow with the temperature of 53 and as that comes through, its the leading edge of arctic air and some snow showers. Colder for the weekend and man a chance of snow on monday and that is still active into february and its looking like tomorrows not going to be a big deal. Well keep an eye on it for you. Dont dont go away, well be right back. Ooh kfc. Hey, youre supposed to wait for everybody. You know what, while were waiting why dont we play a game of hide and seek . Right now . Yeah go hide. Go on buddy. One, two. [ son ] come and find me three [ son ] are you even looking for me . I am looking [ male announcer ] bitesized chickens grown up. Kfc bites. Freshly handbreaded big bites of premium breast meat, seasoned in the colonels original recipe. Try 10 bites with an 8 piece meal for 19. 99. [ son ] dad . 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