paul wagner, fox 5 news. -- to rebuild, paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> three marylanders died from the heat in recent days. these are the first three heat- related deaths in player this year. in the district -- in maryland this year. in the district there's still a lot of work to do. there's still power lines on sidewalks and trees all over the place and, of course, the power problem. >> i played a hockey game last night. so i got home about midnight and imagine trying to work your way through the house and take out your contact lenses when you have no power. right now there's no sense getting frustrated. i'm sure they're doing the best they can. >> mayor vincent gray said today there were 65 traffic lights malfunctioning in the district. here's an example of someone trying to give back to the people in a bind tonight. jeffrey gildenhorn owns american city diner on connecticut avenue northwest. he noticed his customers seemed exhausted and realized it's because they were struggling to deal with the heat and power. so he's changed the mission of his restaurant after closing time. >> if

paul wagner has the latest from the newsroom. paul. >> reporter: good morning, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation said the secret service was scheduled to conduct additional interviews today in its ongoing probe. at this point, no decision is made on whether that case is submitted to the u.s. attorney. early wednesday morning, the officer was late for an assignment involving the first lady. when he was questioned about why he was late, the officer began talking about threats that have been made against mrs. obama and said, quote, yeah, a lot of people want to shoot her and i want to shoot her, too. the version of events is still evolving and there are conflicting reports on whether that officer used a derogatory term to describe the first lady. multiple sources tell fox 5 the officer who was a motorcycle officer, assigned to the special operations division and has more than 20 years on the force s a respected award- winning officer. fox 5 is not identifying the officer because he's not been charged. mar o

paul wagner has more. >> reporter: brian, according to sources and witnesses, we have been told that it was about 3:00 in the afternoon on saturday just as the mayor was ordering a state of emergency in the city and firefighters threw out -- throughout the district were responding to emergency calls, someone made a call here to engine 30 and talked to the sergeant and told him to head to a pool over on 55th street and fill it up. less than 24 hours after the storm roared through the city leaving tips of thousands without power, someone apparently at the highest level of the fire department, ordered engine 30 out of service told t go to a home on 55th street northeast and fill its above- ground pool. a man who lives across the alley from the pool watched from the porch as the firefighters pulled out the hose and filled the pool. >> i thought it was strange. never saw that done before, you know, the firework truck was coming and fill your tank up for you. >> reporter: a person answering the phone at the home declined to comment and hung up. the water is free to the fire department. it'

paul wagner is live. paul. >> reporter: brian, you can imagine on a hot day like today, there will be dozens, perhaps hundreds of people swimming here. but a week without power means all of the food at the cafe was thrown away and many of the employees who are college students here have lost a week's worth of salary. it has been a very, very frustrating week for everyone involved. seven days after the storm, sue parker has no idea why the club she manages is still without power. there are no big trees down on power lines and all of the homes in the surrounding neighborhoods have gotten their electricity turned back on. so what gives? >> driving me nuts, tenfold. i made so many phone calls to pepco and to so many people at pepco and to my council member. to the congressional office. to everyone trying to reach out and see who can help. >> but it seems no one is listening. no power means no swimming for as many as 750 families. but belong to this club just off jones bridge road. when she complains, she has

fox 5's paul wagner caught up with him today. >> lieu tee lieutenant found out about his suspension. what did the fire department find you guilty of? >> violating the patient care bill of rights and i was also found guilty of not removing a noncomplying coat when i was at a training exercise. >> let's talk about the patient bill of rights first. what is it that they expected you to do the day that we were interviewing you out in front of your engine company on florida avenue where we showed a person coming up looking for medical care and we showed you running to help that person. what did the fire department expect you to do and why did they find you guilty of it? >> they expected me to disregard the patient and concentrate on filing the first amendment and stopping you from filming. >> as far as the wearing the coat down to the fire academy, what is it you did wrong there in their eyes? >> in their eyes, i failed to put on a complying coat at the same time the fire chief said in january not wearing it if we don't have it in the issue is not in subordination. >> you talked about the

paul wagner has that story. >> reporter: anthony lamont burns is a family man and father. according to information foiled by his attorney in court. a working man who 18s a home in the 700 block of sheridan street northwest. but d.c. place say dna evidence enterd into the district's dna data banks sog the jests he was a predator in his neighborhood, raping a teenager on january 27th, 2003, after abducting her at knifepoint from the 4300 block of iowa avenue northwest. a court affidavit said dna evidence connects him to a 2006 abduction and rape in on the 6400 block of georgia avenue and northwest. in fact, he's currently on probation for an attempted abduction in 2010. on june 15th, 2010, before midnight, a woman waiting for a bus here was approached by a man later identified as anthony burns who yabed on grabbed her by the arm and said you're coming with me. when she resisted, he pulled out a pistol and cooked the handle and hit her in the head. she headed north on 49th street where she called 911. a few minutes later and two blocks away, police stopped him in his truck. t

paul wagner joining us with that story from engine 30. paul? >> reporter: brian, less than 24 hours after the storm that roared through the city leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark, someone, apparently at the highest levels of the fire department, ordered engine 30 here behind me out of service and told the subject to drive his pumper up to fiftyth northeast and fill a private pool. this is the pool firefighters were told to fill. it sits in the back home of the 300 block of 54th street northeast. how the home owner was able to get an engine company to fill it is unclear. a person who answered the phone at the home declined to comment. the water is free to the fire department if it's drawn from a hydrant. the home owners have to 53 for it. and a neighbor who saw the pool being filled said he was surprised the fire department would do such a thing. >> when the trucks came through the alley and stopped here where he lived, where the tank is and then they took the hose off of the truck and cut the water on and filled it up. >> did you

for now, we sunday it to paul wagner and, paul, i heard fans came to see some today? >> reporter: it was not that long ago the fans were coming here to see them and those days are gone. there is only one name on the list of all of the redskins fans out here and that is robert griffin 3. >> to run that and i want to see them. >> you want to see what it's about? i want to see how he's messing with the receivers and that is a big thing for me. >> we'll see tomorrow, the ball and the speed. i'm excited. >> you would have to be excited and be a die-hard fan to come out here in this heat today. some fans said they would stay as long as they could take it. others had a plan. >> my uncle has a burgandy and gold one. >> okay. >> and don't -- i don't really mind. it matches what i'm wearing. i don't mind at all. >> and this is going to keep cool? >> i hope so. as long as i don't pass out and if it keeps me cool, okay. >> reporter: beating the heat was not the topic of conversation but like can we beat the giants in philly? no one predicted a losing season. >> and that is minus

in the fox 5 newsroom i'm paul wagner. >>> now to a bizarre attack in fredericksburg. two young sisters are seriously hurt tonight after they were attacked by a beaver. it happened while they were swimming with family members here in lake anna sunday morning. the girls' mother says the large we've left her daughters with severe bite wounds. -- beaver left her daughters with severe bite wounds. >> they didn't want to do surgery because it went through the muscle tissue. the a man concern is infection. they're testing the beaver -- the main concern is investigation they're testing the we've for rabies now. >> i tried to get out and it bit my leg. >> the girls' uncle captured and killed the 65-pound beaver. they can weigh up to 75 pounds. aside from the bite wounds doctors worry the girls could have rabies. let's hope not. >>> the federal government will keep a very close eye on metro. shawn yancy is everywhere at 11:00. >> for the first time in 50 years the federal government can regulate rail transit agencies including metro. this means the transportation department wit

paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> tomorrow, we say happy birthday to the red, white and blue. for many people, we know what that means. time to get the grill out. >> we have some tips to make sure all that food doesn't set off a fireworks show in your stomach. we'll be right back.  >>> it is the summer and that means cooking outside on the grill. >> keep in mind, there are some steps you need to take to keep your food safe. we have a report. >> reporter: summertime and a lot of beating is taking place outside. thank you don't take care of the grill and the food you are cooking on it, you could end up making people sick. >> when we were entertaining and cooking outdoors, we may not have the same kind of safe food savvy with us when we are cooking in our own kitchens. >> reporter: thousands are admitted to hospital every year with food-borne illnesses. >> 48 million people in the united states get sick every year from food poisoning. 128,000 end up in the hospital 3678,000 will die each year in the united states. this is why this is worth talking about, raising awaren

in northwest, paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> more that were 100,000 people are without power tonight and that means no air conditioning and that is starting to take its toll. audrey barnes has the latest. >> reporter: this huge tree came down in the storm last night and neighbors say eerily, the same thing happened almost in the identical spot a few years ago during a storm and that tom they were out of electricity for seven days. they hope this is not a repeat performance and from the looks of the debris left behind and all of the tree and tree parts that had to be removed, it could take awhile to get them back on line and the power is also out at tanglewood. and that entire 180-unit building was evacuated and there is a red cross shelter there and that this is a storm they'll be talking about for some time. >> and was on the fifth floor when it happened. i heard the windows shattering and the next thing, the flights were flickering. after that, someone started knocking on the doors telling us to get out. >> i heard the chaos going on and people yelling. i am like what is going? i look

paul wagner has more. >> reporter: just after 11:00 p.m., as the storm's powerful wins were terrifying residence throughout the washington area, two very large trees came down on 31st street northwest. dragging power lines into this yard ultimately electrocuting a man who came out to check on his car. according to police, the man's wife was critically injured as she tried to come to his aid. the car caught fire as police and firefighters raced to the scene. >> tree limbs flying, branches flying and later, we begin to

in the fox 5 newsroom, i'm paul wagner. >>> all right, our big story this morning, another person charged in connection with the ongoing investigation into mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. we'll have a live report next. >>> and ahead in 14 minutes, the running of the bulls getting ugly. we're going to check in on the drama that is happening in spain on the other side of the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. are always on the move. so they can't get to the bank to deposit a check. instead, they use citibank mobile check deposit. it's easy. they just snap a pic... ♪ hit send... and their checks are deposited right to their account. well almost all of their checks. stand back. seriously? [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus

. >> apparently this isn't the first time.ti paul wagner telephones us they did the -- telephones us they did this a week -- tells us a week ago they did it a week al. -- >> reporter: runs a host down rn newton street to fill a large inflatable pool in the middle of the block.e a second photo from the fire department's computer aided dispatch shows engine 11 wentne out 1of service at 10:15.. >> chief involved determined it wasn't a private pool, and howpo he came up with that is beyond me. it's not a municipal pool. >> reporter: engine 11 is stationed at 14th and newton northwest, just steps from where the block party was being held. neighbors said the firethe department had performed thepe service before, and they didn't see any problem with it. >> i don't see any reason why they can't, they went right off the hydrant, and just, within about 15, 20 minutes, the pool was full.s >> reporter: but a week ago a w saturday, firefighters from engine 30 in northeast filled this private pool as other unitu responded to a heavy volume of storm-related calls.ca the chief said it wouldn't happe

paul wagner, thank you for bringing that to our attention. >>> some in our area used this july 4th holiday to express their patriotism and frustration all in one place. as beth parker shows us, they're sweating it out in cabin john, maryland. >> 1776. no electricity. 2012, still no electricity. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: powerless patriots parading past poles snapped in friday's storm. the cabin john 4th of july parade had verbal fireworks this year. >> king george in england and also, we're thinking independence from pepco as almost. >> reporter: with the sun beating down and not much appreciation the red, white, and blue pinwheels are not spinning. >> it's so hot, i like say i am like melting in it. >> reporter: that is how these sisters describe their house. would be proud. >> give me liberty or pepco. >> reporter: they don't have as much on the line as the true patriots did the first time around. however. >> pepco said they had sent a crew back because no one was reporting power outages. but we have reported power outages every day for six days. >> reporter: now, there is a spot where t

., maryland, and virginia covering the aftermath of the severe storms and we'll begin with paul wagner live in chevy chase, maryland. paul? >> reporter: these are busy intersections with no traffic light. here in montgomery county, there are dozens of them. we're told that there are more than 200 intersections where the lights are out and that is a very common sight you will see throughout montgomery county, but there is one consequence of being without power. there is no power here so it's cash only for anyone wanting ice. >> and in that fridge. >> reporter: by mid-morning, the parking lot was jammed for people needing large bags for their refrigerators and coolers. >> it's worse than -- i think that we have a situation that is a disaster of enormous proportions. not -- i can't relate it to anything in the past. >> reporter: no power, no generator meant no coffee at the starbucks on connecticut avenue in chevy chase. no gas either at the liberty station next door and a few feet away, uniformed officers direct traffic at more than one of the 200 intersections in montgomery county where

fox 5's paul wagner went to find out. >> reporter: seven days after the storm and sue parker has no idea why the club she manages is still without power. there are no big trees down on power lines here and all the homes in the surrounding neighborhoods have gotten their electricity turned back on. so what gives? >> driving me nuts tenfold. i've made so many phone calls to pepco and to so many people at pepco and to my council member, to the congressional office, to every 1 trying to reach out -- to everyone trying to reach out and see who can help. >> reporter: but it simonious one is listening. no power means no -- it seems no one is listening. no power means no swimming for 750 families who belong to this club. when she complains to pepco, she's told the club is just one business. >> i actually used the word cooling center. i said treat us as a cooling center, you know. those people without the electricity in chevy chase could have been coming here. >> reporter: but as sunday turned to monday and monday turned to tuesday, pepco was nowhere to be found. >> all i can think of is when thi

paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> sports is coming up next. we are talking about stephen strasbourg on the mound and the big bats staying red-hot. >> the nats pulled out the big broom in the big apple. sports breakfast is coming up.  >>> in sports, the nats going for the sweep against the mets. michael morris broke a scoreless tie in the second inning with his seventh home run of the area. danny espinoza makes it back- to-back homers. the nationals win 5-2. they begin a series in milwaukee tonight. >>> olympic soccer, the u.s. women in blue against france. americans fell behind 2-nil and they rallied. the 56th minute, still even. a drop pass to carly lloyd. ore long distance shots deflects off the goal post and the u.s. women defeat france 4- 2. off for a good start over there. >> there you go. we still have plenty ahead. we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. we say hello robert l inss. he writes national morning crew always helps get his day started. stay with us. we'll be right back. the middle class is shrinking. in t

fox 5's paul wagner now has the inspiring story. >> reporter: allison leota spent more than 10 years prosecuting sex crimes inside d.c. superior court, listening to victims and writing affidavits, but in the back of her mine allison had another calling -- mind allison had another calling. could she take what she learned in court and use it in another career. >> doing domestic violence, crimes against children, some of the worst things people can do to each other and i think there is a sense in the novels i had at least a little bit of control over what was happening and could process it in this fictional way, whereas in court you can try to bring justice afterwards, but you can never repair what's happened to the person. >> reporter: it took a while, getting up before dawn typing away on her laptop before allison felt she had the prose someone would want to read. writing dialogue is one of the hardest things to do. how did you perfect that? >> i think it helps being a lawyer and all the grand jury transcripts you see and you see the dialogue after you've read it. i think that that he

paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> the former police officer whose fourth wife is still missing will go on trial for the murder of his third wife this week. opening statements are scheduled tuesday in the chicago trial against drew peterson. back in 2004 his third wife, kathleen was found dead in the tub. his fourth wife, 23-year-old stacey peterson disappeared in 2007. that is when the body was exiled and her death ruled a homicide. >>> texas community mourning the loss of one of their own police officers. 44-year-old josh williams was responding to a call early saturday morning, when police say a drunk driver crashed into his cruiser killer him. not only was the other driver drug behind the wheel but didn't have any lights on. he is in hospital, and will be charged with intoxication manslaughter, once he is released. >>> thousands of people in tokyo, rallied around parliament, demanding an end to nuclear power japan's government is planning to restart nuclear power generation but many are against the move. it was halted after the fukushima tsunami, during today's protest many wore gas ma

paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> up next protesters take on the police, it's all caught on camera. find out what sparked that violence. also ahead. >> reporter: what they're digging up at this courthouse is a bit of history. it's a puzzle that's coming together. i'm beth parker. i'll have that story coming up. >>> a warning for all you meat eaters out there, cargill beef is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of ground poof over salmonella fears. -- beef over salmonella fears. consumer should look out for 85% lean ground beef sold in the northeast, at least 33 people reportedly sick in seven states. meanwhile some entertainment stocks continue selling off as the suspect in the colorado movie massacre makes his first court appearance monday and mickey d's is the latest company hit by the eu saying europe's economic slowdown is taking a bite out of profits last quarter, but airline ticket prices are taking off. southwest is joining the growing list of companies raising fares. travelers can expect to pay up to $10 extra for a round trip ticket on most routes inside the u.s. united, jetblue

paul wagner, fox 5 news. prince george's county police rescued two girls barricaded in a home after a domestic dispute that happened in bowie early this morning. around 4 pam a 16-year-old girl called police to -- 4 a.m. a 16-year-old girl called police to report a fight between her mother and her mother's boyfriend. two gunshots were fired and the dispatcher got the teen to barricade her and her younger sister in their bedroom. police got the girls out of the house safely and got the boyfriend to surrender. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> a traveling medical technician is accused of causing a hepatitis c outbreak. thousands of parents across the country may have been exposed -- patients across the country may have been exposed to the disease. it's confirmed he once worked at johns hopkins and southern maryland hospital among others. >> reporter: during the span of five years david kwiatkowski worked month n more than a dozen hospitals in eight states. the traving medical technician tested positive for hepat

in northeast, paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> new tonight, metro says several passengers climbed out of a train and walked on the tracks. after a train broke down outside the college park metro station. one passenger hit the emergency button and got out. few others followed trying to walk to the station. the train was pushed into the station. metro is looking into why it broke down, but reminding passengers not to walk on the tracks. >> hundreds and thousands of people will flood the national mall for the fourth of july fireworks and concert. what you need to know before you join the crowd. >> and later, a d.c. firefighter demoted after speaking out. he's not ready to be quiet yet. his latest complaint against the fire department at 11:00.  ♪[ music ] >> get ready for a star studded capital fourth on the national mall tonight. looks like the real thing. it's just a dress rehearsal. promises to be another spectacular show. joining us in the studio is bill from the national park service to tell us what we can expect for tomorrow. bill, i understand there is a couple of hectic moments

paul wagner has that story. >> reporter: this is just one of several painted signs greeted linemen from delmarva power as they arrive to survey damage along colesville road in silver spring, a neighborhood just outside downtown hit hard by friday's storm. this is pretty much how it's looked since saturday. no work has been done, but you wouldn't know it by calling pepco. >> according to pepco, this is all repaired and power has just been restored. >> reporter: that must have sent steam out of your ears. >> yes, it did because i said how many people does it take to lie about this? how many people are lying to us? he said we have a record that everything has been restored. >> reporter: steve addis has a similar story. he lives up the street from jennifer and her husband dan. >> yesterday morning i called about 6 a.m. and she said oh, yeah, you've been -- the work is completed in your area. she didn't say you're restored. she said the work is completed in your area. i said well, no. the wire is still down. nobody has been here. nothing has been done. my neighbors are still out. she said we

the violence is simply shocking. >> that was paul wagner reporting. we are told that jeff and janice are expected to recover. janice may be home as soon as tomorrow. >>> take a close look. this is a picture of one of the sewing needles that wound up in five turkey sandwiches served out to delta airlines passengers and the fbi is investigating. all the flights were traveling from amsterdam to u.s. one passenger from minnesota was hurt. >> i bit down hard on something that i thought was a bone. it was a turkey sandwich. i thought it was a bone and it stuck me in my tongue and it was a needle. about an inch long. >> the sandwiches were made in amsterdam by a catering company there. the company now says it is treating this as a criminal act and cooperating fully with investigators. >>> it has been a brutal summer so far. i'm down here in the weather center and it's not only hot, but bone dry out there. this drought is bad. >> absolutely. we are dry here, but the drought that we're seeing in the midwest and into the northern and central plains is bad. it d

in the fox 5 newsroom i'm paul wagner. >>> tonight -- let's see. where are we going right now with this next story? all right. we'll tell you more about the story we were telling you about at the beginning of the show. a woman's story has unleashed a flood of similar stories from local women. they say they were attacked and these types of crimes are much too common and something needs to be done. >> fox 5's audrey barnes has the story now from the newsroom. >> we don't usually release the napes of sex assault victims, but -- names of sex assault victims, but 25-year-old liz gorman wants to talk about the attack. she's already blogged about it and the response has been overwhelming. obviously we're having some technical difficulties. i will tell you that this was a sexual assault that happened in dupont circle on wednesday. a young woman was walking in the 1700 block of new hampshire avenue when a man on a bicycle stuck his hand up her skirt. she tried to chase after him. she wanted to knock him off of that bicycle and get a good look at hip, but he

let's get back to paul wagner on the scene. paul. >> it was about a quarter to 5:00 this afternoon that there were reports that a green line train inbound to hyattsville derailed under ground here. we understand it may have been as many as three cars that derailed from that inbound green line train. let me show you what happened after the derailment. passengers were able to get off the train and were able to come up through this shaft right over here. by the time they were coming up, there was help up here on top with the firefighters and police getting people out of the shaft and then they were taken over to a cooling bus not far from here. we understand there were approximately 55 passengers, no one was injured, but there has been at least one transport. let me bring in caroline with metro. tell us about the person that had to be transported. >> there was a 26-year-old female passenger who was pregnant. out of caution, we brought her to the hospital to ensure that there was no ill. >> caroline doesn't have any information on

in the fox 5 news room, i'm paul wagner. >>> a local pastor is taking his fight against hiv and aids to the pulpit. several times a year reverend tony lee is tested for hiv in front of his congregation at community of hope ame church in temple hills, maryland. thank you for being here, pastor lee. >> thank you. >> you get tested four times a year from the pulpit in front of your congregation. why? >> we feel there's a lead to show leadership to help destigmatize what it means to be tested and get treatment for hiv and aids. we realize in our congregation that hiv ministry is not outreach but in-reach and any given sunday we have someone that has been infected or affected by the disease. so we had to make some kind of visible way of allowing folks to see that it wasn't as bad as they think it is and not as hard to get done as they think. >> the d.c. region has one of the highest hiv rates in the nation. gay black men represent nearly one in four of the new hiv infections. you've taken your right beyond the pulpit and the walls of your church. what other sort of in-reach do you guys do

in the fox 5 newsroom i'm paul wagner. >>> one man is dead following a shootout with police in fairfax county, virginia. it happened late last night near frye road and madge lane in mount vernon. officers approached two men they say were acting suspicious. one of them struggled and fired shots at the officer and the officer killed him. investigators are still looking for the second man. >>> saturday night in northeast police say two men were stabbed. charles scott jr. died from his injuries. less than an hour later a double shooting happened in northwest. michael jones was killed. a second victim suffered nonlife threatening injuries. the third homicide, another double shooting happened in southeast. devon brown killed, another victim taken to the hospital. >>> monitoring metro, service on the green line back to normal after friday's derail. crews worked through the weekend to repair a 1,000-foot section of track damage between ft. totten and prince george's plaza. repairs were completed in time for the morning rush. the speed restrictions for heat were lifted today. >>> president obam

>> paul wagner tonight. >> a news alert in the district. a woman connected to mayor vincent gray claims illicit what made the shadow campaign sinister is how it was paid for. the shadow campaign was entirely off of the books. finance was secret, corporate money so the d.c. voter his no idea who was influenceing them at the ballot box. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney put together this visual aid. there was $663,000 put in here and can you see it was used to pay for gray campaign items like consultants, signs, t- shirts, stickers, laptops, they'lls and some van rentals. we should tell you, brian, that we did our best to catch up with the mayor today. we went to the wilson building and we were outside of his sixth floor office trying to get an introduce and we were told by his spokesperson that he had no time to speak today. he was very busy and he would address the issues tomorrow at his biweekly press conference and, you know, we will be there. >> did anyone ask him if it was even possible for vin saint die vincent gray to not know if this wa

. >> paul wagner tonight. >> 1776, no electricity. 2012, still no electricity. >> king george of england and we're thinking the independence from pepco as well. >> give me liberty or give me pepco. >> the cabin john form parade had verbal fireworks. many people without power and they decided to turn their annual parade into a protest of softs against pepco and they're calling to the utility to send more crews out. >>> and the holiday had many people home from work. will thomas is live on the mall and who is the big headliner? >> there are two concerts. the big headliner there and philile phillips who won season 11 in her doll doll and we in the middle of it all, a stone's throw from the washington monument. a lot of folks are filling up the mall and let's show the city, we shot it a short time ago. many people coming out early to stake out a spot on the lawns, especially the rare spots that offer a little shade. you encouraged to bring plenty of water, sports drinks, anything to stay hydrated. alcohol, obviously not allowed and park service officials say if do you drink before you arrive

paul wagner joins us from the newsroom with a preview of tonight's 10:00 story. paul. >> reporter: and this is a fun story to tell. she listened to victims, interviewing witnesses and writing affidavits. in the back of her mind, allison had another calling. a career change at any time in your life can be a successful or, i should say, stressful, challenging ordeal. for allison, it's turned into an exhilarating thing, publishing stories for simon & schuster, turning 10 years of experience investigating and prosecuting the district's ugliest crimes into readable pros wa with all sorts of twists and turns. >> i think writing helped me. crimes against children and the worst things that people can do to each other. >> and i think there was a sense in the 1/2 that i had control over what was happening and couldn't process it in this fictional way and in court, can you try to bring justice afterwards and can never repair what happened to a person. >> reporter: one critic called her the female john gresham and tonight at 10, you will see why. will. >> she may be the fema

s that issu in northeast, paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> i'm sure paul will stay on top of that. >>> the power outage crisis turning into big worries in the american red cross. >> we are really in a very desperate kind of a situation right now. >> i get telephone calls. the red cross pursues me like no man ever has. >> in hot pursuit of blood donors. we'll tell you how you can help coming up.  frdz. >>> there is something that a lot of us keep meaning to do. we are talking about donating blood. american red cross is asking for your help. >> they want to you make day priority. here is beth parker to tell us why. >> reporter: when you see a sign like this one, you should really give it some thought because what is happening upstairs in this building could save a life. last week, the american red cross issued a nationwide emergency appeal. >> we are really in a very desperate kind of a situation right now. >> reporter: the blood supply was running low and the fourth of july holiday would not help. they had gotten people's attention though. >> locally, we were starting t

. >> paul wagner has more on in nationwide review. >> reporter: i'm joined by jim who has extensive knowledge in reviewing cold cases and has worked very closely with the f.b.i. over the years. jim, what kind of an undertaking is this going to be to review all of these cases nationwide? >> this is huge. this is fraught with problems as well because so often, emily with the older case -- especially with the older cases, the files are either missing or been destroyed. the evidence is no longer there. and you really need all of that stuff to come together in order to come to some sort of definite conclusion one way or the other. >> reporter: in the last three years, we've seen three d.c. men, donald gates and two others all exonerated by d.n.a. after they were sent to prison in part with hair analysis. anecdoteally, if you're just looking at three men in the district who were exonerated with hair analysis, what kind of exxon raiptions could there -- exonerations could there be out there nationwide? >> probably hundreds of thousands. that's just the hair right there. i mean, we have all these oth

>> paul wagner tonight. >> montgomery county executive ike leggett surveyed the damage in silver spring this afternoon visiting one of the county's hardest hit areas. crews have been working around the clock to remove downed trees, wind and to restore the power. >>> in the district, downed trees litter neighborhoods as well. one family evacuated their family on foot after the car is trapped by electrical wires. beth parker has that story. >> reporter: we're at 36th and macomb streets. can you see there is a huge tree that snapped and about 11 trucks trying to get that stuff going. crews are coming in to help with that cleanup. check out the driveway. it's blocked by wires. all weekend long, folks have been able to get their cars out but the neighbors tell us that they have packed up and have gone to visit relatives, most likely relatives with air conditioning. i'm beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> a dominion virginia employee told us this is the worst non-hurricane storm he's seen. look at the damage we found in arlington. one woman said a tree that fell on her shed knocked the whole thing o

paul wagner joins us for a preview of a story you will see tonight at 10. >> reporter: dna evidence is routinely identifying predators in the district after years of dysfunction. three men who likely would still be walking the streets were either convicted or arrested for rapes that took place years ago. their dna matched in the national dna data bank with dna recovered from crime scenes what changed is what we cover in tonight's story. why are these men only being caught now? >> it never seemed to be a priority, until after the council got involved after the media, began to push it and then suddenly, my god now we have to do something about it. >> reporter: police and prosecutors call these matches cold hits and when they identify a suspect in a particularly vicious crime emotions from victims and investigators can be overwhelming you will see that tonight. >> thanks. >>> dozens of workers gathered in silver spring to protest minimum beige poor benefits, they held -- minimum wage and poor benefits, several of the minimum wage workers from toys r us, and other area bane owned businesse

wagner on monday that he was detained by a d.c. police officer while taking these pictures of a traffic stop in georgetown. >> did you know that you were within your rights at that point? >> knew i was in the full scope of the law. >> reporter: this is why we filed this lawsuit and this is why we needed this order is because here in d.c. and around the country, we've seen so many instans of police being camera shy and worse because they don't want people to see what they're doing. when they're in public performing our business, we have a right to know what they're doing. >> reporter: earl, who is 26 and work if i private nonprofit mental health agency in the district, says when he got his phone back later this night, the memory card was missing including hundreds of pictures of his daughter katherine. >> i know it had to be a illegal. it hurts mow alet because that is a lot of picture. >> we reached out to d.c. police officials for comment. they september a brief statement saying they were aware of earl steale's allegation and they

paul? >> reporter: with the community in forest glen park off of the beltway, this is a community without power the last six days and we're going give you some news as it happens. this man in the truck is about to tell the man down the street they can energize the light and the folks here are about to get power. the crews came in here at couple of hours ago and had to wait for the

paul wagner is here with theith story. paul? >> reporter: the 12 used redred ribbon to tie dollar bills and condoms and prescriptionpr medication to the fence,fenc circling the white house. whi a symbolic action that caught the attention of the police the protestors converged on the par from five different directions today, in hopes of bringing attention to a multitude of issues involving aids.aids >> it's no longer a pipe dream,. >> reporter: after listening tor speakers with an assortment of message, hundreds left the park and headed for the white house. >> some began tieing ribbons to the fence, before u.s. faculties called in the horses and forced as many as they could backback across the street.ac ones who stayed behind were the ones willing to be arrested, and police left them alone before the warnings began.ni within a few minutes, with all warnings exhausted. park police began star make arrests. activists who organized the demonstration the civilcivi disobedience was to drawbe attention to what dithey call aa finding, th

paul wagner has the latest. paul. >> reporter: the latest is that family members stepped outside of the house here on seagrave court and told us that jeff and janice wills are going to be just fine. in fact, janice wills is expected to be home tomorrow and that may have been more than what they expected this morning when they saw them on the street bleeding profusely. just after 5:00 this morning, the woman living inside this house called 911 to say her son was arguing with the husband and deputies should come right away. as the call ended, investigators say 33-year-old shae proctor opened fire, wounding his mother and stepfather. the couple, who neighbors have identified as jeff and janice wills, then ran out of the house, each running in different directions where arriving deputies found them and provided first aid. after declaring a barricade and calling in a negotiator, the deputies found the man dead in an upstairs bedroom. a gun beside him. jeff wills recently mentioned having trouble with his stepson. >>

fox 5s paul wagner is in the newsroom working the story for us. paul. >> reporter: we have been working the story the last hour or so and that this is what we have learned, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation. a motorcycle officer with 17 years on the force allegedly made threatening remarks about the first lady after he was asked why he was late for a motorcade assignment yesterday morning. and the source said the officer was supposed to relieve another officer. when he was asked why he was late, he replied, quote, i

paul wagner is live in northwest d.c. paul. >> anyone going out to see the dark knight rises. theaters may see a uniformed officer at one of those theaters, but likely be working offduty. the most any police department is promised about protection around these theaters is simply stepped up patrols. this officer walking outside the uptown theater this afternoon was not under any orders to keep an eye on the place. instead, he just stopped by and scanned the crowd. police in the district as well as in surrounding counties understand theater goers might be nervous. they will keep an eye on places showing the latest in this batman series. >> our federal and mpd staff will be monitoring information that is developed to make sure we are prepared if any specific threat is directed to the national capital region. >> outside the lowe's in georgetown this afternoon, we talked with a number of people arriving to see the dark knight rises. some said they had second thoughts about coming to the theater, but most did not. >> did you have second thoughts about coming to see this movie today?

. >> paul wagner has more on the nationwide review. >> i'm by former homicide detective, who has extensive knowledge in reviewing cold cases and worked very closely with the fbi over the years. jim, what kind of an undertaking is this going to be to review all of these cases nationwide? >> this is huge. so often, especially with older cases, the files are either missing or destroyed. the evidence is no longer there. you really need all of that stuff to come together in order to come to some sort of definite conclusion one way or the other. >> in the last three years, we have seen three d.c. men, donald gates, and kirk all exonerated by dna after they were sent to prison in part with hair analysis. if you are just looking at three men in the district who were exonerated, what kind of exonerations could there be out there nationwide? >> probably hundreds of thousands, if not more. because you are only looking at one small component. that's just the hair right there. i mean, we have all these other factors that contribute for a cause, wrongful convictions. in his case, he would have been conv

thank you very much, paul wagner. >> sure. >>> the heat is back and we're starting the week off with temperatures in the 90s. guess what, it's going to get worse. gain, how hot are we talking? >> reporter: i don't think we're going to go and challenge a bunch of records. it doesn't look like that but it looks like it's warmer. humidity is staying with us. i guess the best way to say this is uncomfortable the next few days and to the graphics, i want to show you the heat is to the northwest and this is not crazy or extreme heat like a couple of weeks ago and that is hot for chicago, everyone in degrees and have heat index approaching 100 they in place and we don't have any heat advisories for us now or have been issued tomorrow. this big area of heat is going to continue to the west of us and thatting shift a bit. today we're in the upper 90s and the next few days we'll be in the 90s. we'll get relief in the week. we'll look at the forecast and when it's cooler coming up in just a few minutes. >> see you then. thank you, gary. >>> and a remindder, can you check the forecast any time y

. >> all right, paul wagner, thank you. >> sure. >>> still no new answers from d.c. mayor vincent gray when it comes to criminal activity his since federal prosecutors revealed a $653,000 shadow campaign, $35,300 shadow campaign, three council members have called on him to resign and the media has followed the mayor just about everywhere. gray said he's staying focused on the work he was elected to do. fox 5s matt ackland caught up with the mayor today. matt? >> reporter: whether the mayor likes it or not, the investigation into his campaign is what many people in the district are talking about. he would like to focus on other important issues, and he would like us in the media to focus on the issues as well. for now, he is the story. >> mr. mayor, cameras seem to be following you a lot lately. >> really? you noticed that, man? >> well, if you think this distraction is keeping you from doing your job? >> i'm doing my job today. >> yes. >> i kept -- listen. i kept to my schedule and i continue to keep to my schedule, and i will continue to do that. >> reporter: the ma

. >> thank you, paul wagner. >>> redskins fans may see something new this fall. advertising and "the washington post" reports -- that they allowed the names on parking lot signs. the businesses are not allowed to do so but the county voted unanimously in favor. all of the money will go to the skill skins and nothing will go to the county. >>> and the wait is almost over for redskins fans. training camp begins tomorrow with the much anticipated era in redskins history. lindsay murphy is live with more from redskins park. bring on rg3. >> reporter: i'm bringing him as quick as i can. yes, you see all of the tents are up, the grass is cut and that can mean one thing, we're ready for redskins training camp and we'll feel ready at 5:30 this evening, when robert griffin 3 will speak with the media and he's scheduled to meet with us six times and this is going to be number one and make sure you stay here. we going to carry his press conference live at 5:30. the good thing about rg-3, he's signed, sealed and delivered and seened that contract last week, a four-year deal