Well have more on the major mar announcement. Ment. Reporter and later, tomer brady taking matter noose hisosi own hands. The patriots quarterback posting a list of possible suspects insi the case of the stolen supern sp bowl jersey. Jse well show you who hes hs investigating and the possiblesi motives. Good day at 9a starts right noww no mystery here. Our motive is oh give youou information and entertain youta good day dc. Time right now 9 01. 9 0 it is thursday, february 23rd. 2d wisdom martin, holly morris, maureen umeh. Steve chenevey. Heney first look what will be onewn the hottest new art exhibits ine the nation cass toll it isit is called infinity mirrors itsrs s about to flood your social media timeline. Time. Allison tucker will join us liv later on from there. First, though, it is a throwr back thursday and this morninghm guess what . Were taking it alt the way back to the 7 roll it. Ro it. Lets do the hustle. Yeah. Thats not quite it, tuck. T we werent really talk a tk a decade we are talking talk theae temperature. Spring fling continues todaynuet with what could be one of thecoo best days of thene o week. Ee big question, though, how much m longer will it last. Lt. For that we turn to our 70s pertrt. [ laughter ]laug tucker barnes. Im afraid around here her theres lot of 70 experts. Expr i know. I know. My first kiss to this song. On oh wow. Aha. You were hustling her. Er who was hustling who . E o . Roller skating in lower maryland. Maryland didnt they have drive ins iv the 70s. Yeah. Yeah kind of fallen off at that tt point. Int. I never saw drive in. You never saw the movie at m the drive in. I wasnt even old enough touh drive. Drive. I got to go on my field trip. Allison is waiting for me. For m. Sorry. 69 in washington. 9 inhing mid 70 todays. D t yes, 70s are back thats whyhatw were talking about them. M. As well be in the 70 todays,o, tomorrow and saturday. Aturday. Mix of clouds and sun out theree we might pop a shower sho particularly north and west latt this afternoon atmosphere is a little unstable the real theme extraordinaryor temperatures. 25 plus degrees above normal later today and well do itll dt again friday and saturday. Iday so, yes, do the hustle get out enjoy. Put on the roller skates, steve and get out and play later thiss afternoon. Back to you guysaf. Teo yoguys all right. Thank you tucker barnes. Bs. We appreciate it. Ciatet. 9 03 is the time. Tim first at 9 00 breaking news froo Northern Virginia. Hern vnia five arrests made in connectiont with the death of a man whos wo body was washed up on the bankse of the Potomac River last month. This is believed to be gango related we want to get right tot annie yu who is live at princeri William County policeounty polie headquarters this morning with the developments. Thive what can you tell us,lo annie . Reporter hey, goodgood morning, everybody. Verybo this is a big break for prince William County policeice department. Rtme were told that they have takenk five suspects in custody, fourfo adults, one juvenile inenil connection with the gang murder of Christian Rivas his body as you mentioned washed up shore se along the poe to mack inn dumfries, virginia back onack o january 12th and that case ledd investigators to als of 15yearold demaris reyes r rivas of gaithersburg her bodyey was found not too long ago in aa wooded area in springfield,ield virginia, and they say police say that demaris rivas one ofivf the last people to see christian and so thats how they made that connection. Co so a total of five people arrested in connection withh 21yearold christian sews is s that so rivas death and joiningn me to talk about more about thii is sergeant jonathan, with wh prince William County police poc department. Orningorning. Thanks foraying joining you. Inin good morning. What can you tell us rightn o now. U teno things are still developing this was a huge break in our case wes have been working this investigation january 12th extensively. We were unfortunate to learn ofo demaris death in fairfax and started to help fairfax with wit their investigation there. He. But we have been continuing our investigation. We are able to identify these t individuals and get them inand h custody. And so for the five suspects, i understand three of them werer taken into custody inn pennsylvania. Ania can you elaborate more on that t arrest and when extradited back here and the ane charges theyre facing . Acg . Sure. So once were able to identify them we receive information that they were in the pennsylvania area. We immediately reached out to t Law Enforcement in that area, and with the assistance ofnce numerous township policep ice departments, fbi and u. S. U. S. Marshalls we were able to locatt them and take them into custodyy without incident. Ent. Those three individuals twolswo adults one juvenile have been be arrested for murder and we maded two prior arrests earlier thiss month two adult women for as co conspirators. Nspirators reporter of course the o Bigger Picture is that, you know, these cases sort of linked or they do link to local gang ms13. Can you elaborate more on what a you have learned regarding that connection. Co we learn quickly this wasis w going to be gang related case. And any time you have a gange an related case its usually some e complications usually somely s additional suspects and, um, sos there were some complications ts were able to identify and arress our suspects. Uspe reporter whats nextst moving forward . We will the two all the suspects who are arrested out ot state will be extradited back t virginia to face charges here, to face court here. E. Reporter all right. Ht sergeant, thank you for your y time and hard work. And hd work. Thank you. Reporter there you go. Y g we have five arrested here in he Prince William in connection con with the murder, the gang murdee of 21yearold Christian Sosa ss rivas. Back to you in the studio. You hs annie, thank you for that. Also developing right now ii Northern Virginia fbi is now now involved in the search forhor missing 15yearold. Authorities believe mikayla ma m tie disappeared wayman she met online. May teemers la astonian nationao she was reported missing missi february 17th after her mother e says she never made it to classc at Forest Park High School in woodbridge. Brge. Mikayla has diabetes and her anr mother says shes in need of medication. Caon anyone, anyone at all withll wit information is being asked to bo call police. Speaking of police were following breaking news from tht district matt act land ld mayor bowzr will name peter new some as the official dc police c chief today. F t hes been serving as the interir chief since september when cathh lanier stepped down to join thee nfl. Hes been with d. C. Police since 1989 had been assistant chief since 2004 had said to long beob the leading candidate for thisti job. The mayor expected to make itakt official at a News Conference aa little later this morning at a 11am it looks like peter newshah will be the new d. C. Policeol chief. New this morning the searchi is on in the district for whoever rammed a parked policedc cruiser earlier this morning it happened along tal bert streettt southeast just before 4am wereb told the officer was a item toii go make a traffic stop when the car just took off. Cast t the officer then opened fire but its still unclear if the car or suspect were actually hit. Lly h the officer also suffered minorr injuries in the ordeal. Our other big story reactiot mixed to the president snts reversing federal guidelinesdeli intend to protect transgenderged students that guideline was issued by the Obama Administration butissued presidt shstates that decide not thee ne federal government. T. Melanie alnwick this mornings mi life outside the department ofef education with more on wait alll means. Mel . Reporter good morning, guys. In a letter that was sent out by education secretary betsy devoss she said that she considers thee protection of all studentss including lgbtq students a key y priority but she did note several leak challenges to thest previous guidance and said thedt issue is best left to states. [ applause ]plause ] reporter protesters didnt d waste much time gathering out ii front of the white house last l night to dee cry the latest movv by the trump administration. All children in this countryt and this great country of ours r should have the right to education, to happiness, to a safe home. Reporfeter at administratio changed guidance to local schooh districts which strongly stron suggested allowing transgendernr students to use the bathroom ofo their choice. Ce. Not a law but schools risk federal funding and potential lawsu change was a top agenda item. I its not a priority. Y. Theres a case pending in theg Supreme Court in which we havee to decide whether or not toor no continue to issue guidance toato the court. Cou its not its dictated night. Reporter despite protestssts Public Opinion polls suggested s there is backing for theacki foe president s position and he andh believes this is best settled by states. Es. I agree with President Trumpu this is state issue, and thend t federal government was engaged in gross over reach when it issued this directive thathidire impacted every Public School in the country. Reporter now, both theoth T Justice Department and thehe Education Department here havem been very clear in their messaga to the nations schools that they still will up hold any anti bullying standards when it comem to protecting transgenderge enudents. Now, as for that previousvi Supreme Court case that seanhats spicer was talking about, weree talking about virginia teenee gavin grim who identifies as aes boy. He has a case pending in frontro of the Supreme Court. Grim sued hi be allowed to use malee facilities not just a separatee private restroom federal court c agreed with grims case but the school board appealed. Ppeale the Supreme Court is scheduledul to take up that case next monthm but now with the reversal of the administrations opinion on this case, it is possible that thethe justice cos decide to kick it ki back to the lower courts. Live at the departmentepar education, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local news. Transgender bagarre dye baiti hitting close is home for singee jackie. Ie she sang at president pump tr trumps inauguration. Urion. Now shes expressing herhes disappointment with the e new n guidelines and is requesting too meet with the president in person. Her sister is transgender. Gend. She tweeted this to theto the president yesterday saying quote you gave me the honor to sink aa your inauguration. Ur please give me and my sis thesi honor to meet with you to talk. She faced criticism for her f inaugural performance but eppnct zests it was not meant to beas n political but rather a way toraw bring people together. Ogher. Meanwhile, across the aoss feeling the heat as their town w halls protesters have been waving signs, demonstrating and interrupting their speeches in s their home states. Tates for instance republican senatorp tom cotton of arkansasub faced a hostile crowd as he tried to to defend his stance on self issues including immigration and theont Affordable Care act. E ac he was booed several times. 9 11 is the time right nowit hitting the gym hard will make you look pretty manly. Chris had to set me up again. An did he. Chris, youre not going to to get me this time. E it could be destroying your sext live. Well tell you why coming uropxp little bit later. First though seven new sevenn planets where life could behed possible. Well tell you all about nasasas incredible discovery coming upip next. It is 9 11. 9 11. Mmm. 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Oo news of the discovery of a new n star orbited by seven earth sized planets. Planet nasa announcement toppedop headlines around the world and r was made right here in d. C. Nice to see Something Else oe the news besides politics. S theres hope for lifes hopof elsewhere in the universehe uni besides here. Ter scientists saytists s the existence of liquid water and even life is possible onsibe three of the planets. Pne the discover row gives us a a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if but when. Wh report roar the planets nets arr closer to each than those in ouo solar system f you were to stand on the surface of one and look l at the sky, the others would ata times appear larger than our tha moon looks to us. Us. This solar system is nearly 40rl light years away. That would be about 44 millionn years by jet plane. Our new found knowledge of itedi rhee remarkable. Bl this is its a maj reporter ross urban withit the Smithsonian National air and space museum the star is named trap pitt one after the aft telescope in chile that discoveo it. Scientists use thed spitzer space telescope to track tinyck dips in the stars brightness bn when the circling planets passet in front of it they calculatedla the size, mass and density ofty the planets, and new james web telescope launched in 2018 2 should be able to providerovi information about the planets atmosphere. Here which could help determineer whether we are or are not alone in the galaxy. If you were able to look bacb at the earth and see if atmosphere you would knowno theres live here becauses li theres oxygen in the a atmosphere. You dont get this much oxygen in the atmosphere without lifeget ho lif on the surface. Sface reporter while we arentre able to travel to these planetss now, what science is trying to y find by searching the galaxy. Gl are places where life might t be or maybe even places wherere life might be able to go. E to reporter lauren dee march dh coke fox5 local there are closer xo planetsla to our planet. This large cluster with threeith possibly habitable planets hasth scientists very excited it tookk hundreds of years astronomersst looking for tell scones beforene we sent people and probes intoro space. Who knows where we may be in the next hundred years or so. Ere ea. Its fascinating. I think so, too. I think its kind of, i um, yu know, to think were alone and d know maybe im alone here in thinking this. I know what youre going towu say. For this to be this vasthis v universe for us to be the onlyt one. I think thats very arrogant. How can we possibly be thessb only planet . Id be excited tot make contact with them, you know, bizarre row maureen unless this is her already. Aeady. [ laughter ][ lauger we were talking about thisboi earlier. Eaie were just discovering thosese planets. Right. Do they already know were he rey alr total. Why do we all assume theyreh more intelligent thaney us. They spam us all the time. Im exactly. Is that what happened. S thats where its all coming from. That now it all makes swhenseer. E sen. Okay. I like to hear w your opinion on things like this. Why . Because its always bec interesting. [ laughter ] you dont have an opinion on it. Hav do you think were alone. I think were alone. Lo all this time nobody comingon here that we know of. Here t how do you know . . What about rockwell. R what about the pyramids . . Well, the my yann. Yann. Because if if there was ws somebody else here we would know about it the immediate wouldedid report it. Fake news. Move on. Move [ laughter ] on. Turn my back. Space x made good on did 250mile high delivery at International Space station on n thursday. Thsd everything went smooth the Second Time Around however it was loaded with over a 5,000 pounds of supplies. Upie the space stations six personn crew will september anotherno shipment tomorrow. This time from thesh russians. The apollo 11 command moduld which traveled more than 950,00s to the moon and back is going on a the smithsonian for the first tf time in more than four decades. The capsule will visit museumsiu in houston, st. Louis, pittsburgh and seattle part of new exhibit called destinationtn moon. On. Apollo 11 mission. On this is all ahead of of courseou of the 50th anniversary of thef moon landing which is in july of 2019. Funny i was having f conversation with someone about that this morning about the moon landing. Is that right . S th they wereat saying it was fa. Come on. N they were saying sin ville known about. Ille known. Think about all the thi technology happened since the se 60s to now and we havent beenb back. Thats what they were saying. Not me. I wasnt saying that. Hat th. Ayi. They didnt want to go back. Yeah. Theyve been there, done that. Yve b th at exactly. Im just saying what theysayy were telling me. Though jim lovell made a goo point in apollo 13 when they wn were questioning whether theyhee should couldnt the Apollo Missions what would it have been like when christopher columbusbs discovered america if they you could put condos up there. Cheap land. Back to the moon one day. Think its a space station i wers e actually living on theyi moon right now. 9 20. You started this. Ou i know. Caitlin, what you got. Ot. My head is spinning come on. E are we real . What universe area we in . All right. Right here on earth someone did wakeiw up more than 400 million richih err this morning. Thisorning. Well tell where you thatl winning powerballtell ticket was sold instagram tweak that couldu change the way you