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WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 6 December 30, 2017

This home is suspected of supporting isis and federal investigators now say that he was researching how to conduct an attack. Fox5s Lindsay Watts has been going through the Court Documents and has new details. Hey, lindsay. Lauren and brody, we have this federal Court Affidavit and according to this, the suspect is named shawn andrew duncan. Hes a us citizen who moved from pittsburgh to virginia over the summer. He is now in custody. The documents say the fbi was tipped off to duncan by a relative who say kun can had converted to islam, may have been radicalized and voiced a of westerners being headed in the middle east. That same month duncan and his wife went to wife with plans to travel to bangladesh. Then this last june duncans infant died. The autopsy was inconclusive. He gave Police Permission to review his phone and they found he was searchin attacks, weapons, body armor, surveillance, the fbi sayses the searches on his phone or comput er is indicative of an individual planning how to conduct an attack. The fbi got more information on duncan from a woman arrested for trying to join isis. She told investigat ors she communicated with duncan online and he towed her he wanted to join isis and attack the us. Duncan was also linked to an isis recruiter. So the months long fbi investigation brings us to yesterday. The fbi got a search warrant for duncans home here on courtyard square in sterling agents say when they arrived, duncan ran out the back door barefoot then threw a baggy over agents hez. Inside that baggy investigators say was a broken thumb drive in a liquid substance. Duncan was later detained and searched. No mention in the documents of his wife. For not you only charge we know of for duncan relates to with an intent to obstruct the fbi investigation. There could be much more to come, especially considering fbi agents were seen taking out a lot of potential evidence from duncans home yesterday. Neighborors we talked to out there describe him as cordial and friendly. Lindsay watts, fox5 local news. Meantime we want to talk about the weather. Heres a live look outside at the capital. Its cold outside. Its within the winter. This should not have surprised anyone. Its been really warm the past couple of winters so were sort of due for it. Reality has hit us. It is actually winter kind of cold. Its worse than winter cold, i just want to tell you that because it is an artic air mass that has settled itself right over our region than a it is unseasonably cold. Temperatures some 15 to 20degrees blow the seasonal average and thats the pattern were headed for. Take a look. The artic air mass is invading a us. Many people are feeling this just as we are and its not going to get any better. In fact, its going to get worse. Right now 33 at zc, 27 at manassas. Weve got 28 at baltimore, 23 at gaithersburg, 27 at within chis ter and 24 at martinsburg. We are seeing a few flakes that are flying by and thats because we have a low pressure with the front thats moved its way off. These are a few scattered flakes, nothing thats going to be what we had overnight into this morning. These are going to be gone in the next few hours anyway. If you see one or two passing dont be too surprised. If you take a look at ear night lowes tonight in the area out id zoo of city unbelievable what these temperatures are going to feel like and thats because weve got wind chills to talk about. Cold air is definitely reinforced for tonight as well as for tomorrow. New years eve is going to be absolutely dangerously cold out there and so if youre heading anywhere just be aware of that. Were talking temperatures from tonight right into tt beginning aware of and ill have more de tails on that a little bit later. Back to you. Dealing with the frigid temperatures can be tough, especially for People Living on the streets. So if you need shelter or if you see someone who needs a place to say we want to provide you with some numbers that you can call. In the district contact the hypothermia shelter hotline, 1800 p 53 p 525. In montgomery county, contact the crisis center, 2407,774,000. Prince georges county has a homeless hotline, the number 3018647095. In Fairfax County contact 7032220880. To find a list of the shelters and the number of beds available there. Aa Reston Community dealing with shock tonight after two of their neighbors were murdered. This morning, a Memorial Service was held in herndon for scott friker an the couple was shot and killed last week in their home and police say the boyfriend of their daughter is responsible. Family and frens tell us the frikers have been trying to break up their daughters relationship because the 17 year old boyfriend reportedly held neo nazi views. New tonight, a centerville man is facing several charges after investigators say he tried to rob someone and attack them with a machete. A man told us he was approached by i knack chan on heritage drive thursday night. Hes accused of trying to t take the mans money and wallet before starting to swing the machete. The victim wasnt hurt. In yarned the cause of Anne Arrundel the cause of an Apartment Building fire is under investigation. It happened on Southern Hills drive. One person who lives there received treatment the at the hospital for serious injuries related to smoke inhalation. The firefighter is also recovering from a mine oor burn injury. The fire including two children. A dozen families need a new place to stay tonight after fire destroyed parts of a gaithersburg Condominium Development. They were rushed to a nearby Elementary School where they are receiving help from the american red cross. Fox5s teisha lewis reports. Reporter frigid temperatures and snow greeted families forced to leave their homes in the we hours saturday morning after a fire swept through the potomac oak condominium d. In gaithersburg. Im just happy that everyone got out and everyone is safe. I dont know what to think at this point. Dmoip how bad the damage is. Ill just have to make that assessment when these guys are done. Andy green lives a loan. Hes one of a dozen families a wakened by screams to get out. What did you see and what did you hear when all a of this was unfolding. A lot of banking, a loft screaming, people trying to help each other get out. You are displaced, tell us what happened. It was five in the morning. I just hear the door and they were just screaming fire. I thought it was gunshots for a second because the banking was so hard it was gun shopts. I didnt want to run to the door if it was gunshots. I said get out and then we come out and the two buildings were on fire. Were just waiting to see what happen at least a hundred firefighters responded to the scene and not only did they fight this fire, gu they battled freezing temperatures. Snow and water. That quickly turned to ice. Right now the investigators will try to determine the cause of the fire. It looks like in it was in the upper areas. Back when we arrived the fire was already through the roof. Fortunately no serious injury. I believe the only injury thus far is to a Police Officer that had to little smoke inhalation. Fox5 has learned the fire start ed in the attic and was likely burning for an extended period before a resident returning home called after smelling smoke. A call that likely saved several lives teisha lewis, fox5 local news. It seems like well never stop hearing about Hillary Clinton. Thousands emails re lease from an account of a top clinton aid. Were going to break down all the new developments coming up. Its one of the biggest celebrations for new years eve and new york city is preparing for all the crowds. How police plan to keep everyone safe in 2018. 2018. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The daughter of eric garner has died folgt a heart attack. Eric a garner died in a New York Hospital after a weeklong stay she was 27 years old. Her father eric died after a Police Officer subdued him with hold in 2017. Ericka became a voice of brutality after his death. Widespread government protests are taking place in cities across iran. Protestors say theyre upset about a rhys interest spike in food prices and irans weak economy. The Anti Government protests took place after loyalists to the government held their own demonstrations. Earlier today President Trump tweeted a message of support. Were learn ing about a major document dumb from the state department linked to hights email. They complied with the freedom of information act and release thousands of emails from hew man a bean. They found and dweens emails on her former husbands laptop. Reporter report the state department has release about 2800 of emails and of those so far we know of at least five that classified information. These emails cover about a fouryear span of time of Hillary Clinton s. They are clintons schedule and travel plans. But even a lot of those mundane emails are heavily redacted. As for the five emails the state Department Later deemed to be classified four of those are almost entirely re dacted but the other includes talking points for a phone call with saudi arabias foreign minister in november 2010 which was largely to warn him about Wiki Wikileaks plans about sensitive plans. I deeply regret the likely upcoming wikileaks disclosure and i seek your help in preventing wikileaks from undermining our mutual national interest. This new batch of emails are from ahum a and dean s private emails. They were discovered by a the fbi on a laptop that she shared with her husband Anthony Weiner while he was being investigate sexing with a minor. They. The groups president said they are again calling on the Justice Department to take action. I think four and a half Million People with security clearances that allow them access to classified information such as this. They all know what the rules are and i guarantee most of them are upset that Hillary Clinton and hmm a and dean got away with these outrageous violations of the law. James comey testified on capital hill that investigators chose not to recommend any charges against and dean because investigators believed she did t not know what she was doing was against the law. Im garrett tenney, fox news. Happening right now, new york city preparing for one of the coldest new years celebrations since the 1960s. Security extra tight for the ball drop in times square in the wake of recent terror attacks in addition to snipers on rooftops there will be additional Police Officers, explosive sniffing dogs and trucks each block. Thats soggy have zero interest in ever doing. And its going to be so cold. Although with all of those people they keep you you warm. All a of your new thousands of friends. Eleven greece or something. Miss me with that. Dress warm, everybody, if youre going up there. It is a shortage happening nationwide. Why airlines say they are in need of commercial pilots. Im going to apply. New gig. There are thousands of people them, were talking about the president s tweets, why not. If you can believe it we have the top of his tweets in 2017 coming up. Whatever you were about to do just became whatever youre about to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. Get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. Were about to ring in a new year. Maybe youre looking to make a career change. Im sure this is really easy for people to do. Just apply and theyll let you get behind the con rolls. The Aviation Industry is in need of commercial pilots. Theyll let anyone do it. As baby boomers get older many pilots will be retiring and they need replacements for those pilots. Some experts say its the airlines that are to blame for the shortage and they could be facing problems soon. Reporter i always knew i wanted to be a pilot. It was the luck of the draw kind of thing. Scott franks love of flying could not be better timed. The recent graduate from Metro State University veer is entering an industry in desperate need of commercial pilots. There are restrictions in terms of how many pilots there are but it hasnt really hit home yet. The next hit is going to be in the next three to five years. The industry will need 10,017,000 new pilots in north america and 637,000 worldwide. Yes, there is a pilot shortage. Now, major carriers are following the lead of regionals and sarting to fill the pipeline the at the collegiate level. Having a promise wiel youre still in the academic environment is price less. Aspiring commercial pilots used to come up through the military or regional airlines. Places like msus worldwide indoor airport train students who are being interviewed for major carriers. I can pretty much skip the regional area and just go straight to there is no shortest and say some airlines got themselves into this situation. And some of the other ultralow Cost Carriers who dont work with more accepting conditions at the large global carriers. Regional airlines have already been forc ed to increase pay and offer signing bonuses which was something that was unheard of ten years ago. Now theyre going to have additional competition from the big dare yers which are dipping into the big colleges. The tsa is raising awareness of their lost and Found Program at Dulles International airport by tweeting out pictures of items passengers left behind. Is that your walker . Common one s include glasses, keys and phones, but sometimes more unusual ones pop up like bowling balls and bike helmets hets. Oftentimes people think of it as a s want to bother track down because its not inexpensive, but you stop and think even perhaps something as old as a three or four stuffed child, for a child who has lost that stuff ed animal, that might not cost enough to replace but the emotional sentimental value and the crying child its probably worth a fortune. Or if youve wanted a bowling ball for christmas and didnt get it just go claim the one they have there. The tsa typically hoaltdz onto things for 30 daze you can call the lost and found section and theyll ship it to you. If they left their it in caps and colts theyre going to want to get those for tonight. If they did, theyre in big trouble. It is cold. I want to on a serious note let everybody know this is dangerous cole. This is cold where were talking hyperthermia, be out there. Be careful with the party go. Dont be hanging out on the deck. The reason i was mentioning that, we didnt get a gradual decrease in temperature it kind of came out of nowhere. It was so warm before. Exact limit we got an artic blast. We have more than one artic blast were going to have too teal deal with because by the end of the week were going onto have another artic blast. A reinforcing shot comes again tomorrow. Right now were seeing a few flakes here and there across the area. There are a few flakes out there right now, just a little bit of not light snow here and there, but nothing that is going to stick around, 33degrees right now, but feeling like its 23. Winds are from the northwest and thats part of the issue. Were going to get some pretty strong north westerly winds that are going to kick in and thats going to give us some wind chills. You can see the dividing line. Look at these temperatures, only 14degrees right now at pittsburgh and 11 in colombia. These are air temperatures. You can imagine what the wind chill factors are as i said a little bit of that flurry activity, light snow kind of push prognosis its way through. Not much thats going to be sticking around, but we do have Winter Weather advisories, warnings and wind chill warnings as well for our areas to our far west and along the l alleghany front with the wind chills. They can see it feeling like minus 20degrees there. Here at home, though, winds are gusting right now anywhere from 17 up to 21 Miles Per Hour and the wind chill factors right now in the teens for the most part, a few 20s, but as i said it is going to get worse. By the 9 00 hour to be about 26degrees. The flurry is will be out of the way. Temperatures will be falling rapidly tomorrow, 24 for the sunsets those temperatures are going to really start to drop and the wind chills will be dangerous. More coming up a little later. Back to you. We knew President Trump had a fond ness for twitter before he came president and after he hint ed he might not tweet as much when he got to the white house. Turns out that wasnt the case at all. Turns out White House Correspondent has the Impossible Task of breaking down the top tweets of 2017. Over 2400, thats the number of postings from President Trumps twitter account since he took office back in january. His most popular of the year, this one retweeted almost 3,730,000 times about cnn with that in mind we have fashioned our own top five trump tweets of the year checking in at number five wouldnt love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, ease hes fired . The president s war on the nfl anthem protest boiling over both on the stop stop and online. Mr. Trump tweeting if players want to continue to go to games if you keep disrespecting our flag and country youll see change fast. The transgender ban, the president tweeted the u government will not accept or allow transgender be allow to take part in any military memo. How did you learn of the president s decision. Well, when he sent out the tweets yesterday. Same one ev

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