in the studio, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >>> take it outside. if you were out you know it is nice and warm, 80 gary mcgrady, tell me this will continue. >> reporter: i was out there at 5:00 and wish i could go back. >> i thought you were still out there. >> how are you, shawn yancy. >> it's a great evening, it's going to turn into a pretty nice weekend. we still have a couple of bums before we get to saturday and sunday, look at this rain back to the west. coming out of illinois indiana. it looks like there's a chance some would move across, not necessarily that. we could get something reforming come across overnight and bring us a period of a few showers and a rumbles of thunder. it's not guaranteed but showing up on the models, and we'll be in such a way, it may happen, quantico is 78. annapolis gorgeous. what a night to be out by the the water. across the bay, stevensville, frederick is hot. regionally we're pretty nice over here, but to jump out to chicago and st. louis it's in the 50's, we're going to stay on the good side of the front this

fox 5 alexandra limon has a brand new look at the rescue tonight. >> reporter: that brand new look to go pro camera video, some of the members of the prince george's county fire tack ankle team that conducted the rescue were wearing cameras as people off of the roller coaster. if you're afraid of heights, this might make you cringe. take a look so you can see what i'm talking about. at one point, you can see one young man is taken off of the roller coaster and he gets up and throws his arms up in the air in celebration. these people were nearly 100 feet up in the air, and we know this isn't the first time people have been stuck stranded on the joker's jinks roller coaster here at six flags america. in 2014 it got stuck near until the same spot. also for hours. and the coaster was full of people. "washington post" reports that as a result, six flags america had to pay out tens of thousands of dollars in settlement money to people who were stuck. yesterday's rescue by the prince george's county fire department tack ankle team was pulled off without a hitch and this is a pretty challengi

. >> "fox5" alexandra limon spoke to employee of how it all happened. >> this is surveillance video from attempted armed robbery in northeast d.c. on april 13 it was all quick but frightening for jason king and wifeho avondale coffee shop that night. >> the guy tried to get into the store. my wife said she believed it was customer so she said are we close -- we're closed but she offered one more time -- and my wife feel like this is something wrong maybe it can be the robber. >> the reason she thought that is because it happened before and in february d.c. police released video this robbery in which the men made their way to secure area where the registers and proceeds from watery ticket scales are kept and king believes those thieves came back i believe so yeah it was same people and same amount of people and they look -- they -- >> this time ke it intoen closure.chiefs >> robbers they keep asking us opt door, on the door and and the gun man left and one of the men firtd gun and bullet chipped off piece of counter and hope is someone to the communicate toy identify the concepts and shie

reporting at the national cathedral, alexandra limon >> we saw you last hour, how long did it take you to get up to the top of that? . >> reporter: it's quick. there's an elevator >> i thought you were going to be climbing's stairs and stone ladders >> i should have had an elaborate story, i wasn't ready. >>> president trump was uncharacter lisscally quiet about a north korean missile launch, secretary jim mattis said the president and his military team are aware of what happened but had no comment. the attempted missile launch follows a military parade in north korea it celebrated the birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather who was the founder of the communist regime. it raises the question how much is blues to her and how much is bite >> he has been uscally quiet. but he did tweet sort of about north korea but really talking about china, why would i call china a currency manipulator when they're working with us on the north korea problem? we will see what happens. in some way, i guess acknowledging something is going on but not any insight to what these thinking. he keeps tweeting abou

alexandra limon reports. >> it hurts. i love my son. and only time i'll see him him now is a dream or 3eubg9. >> forever burned in his heart is his son. delaware state trooper corporal stephen ballard. forever burned in his memory is the moment he cot the got ul the call and law enforcement families fear and hope they never get. >> she said stephen was involved in a shooting and it doesn't look good and he's in grave condition. so i started crying you know and she put the phone she said here, you know, he can hear you. she put the phone next to his head and i was telling him how mumuch i loved him and i'm on my way and you cannot leave me, you're all i have you know? and i just told her i said i'm on my way. >> after talking to his son kevin ballard did everything he could do get from the his marcie kobriger home to delaware. despite escort from prince george skount jury police and helicopter provided by delaware state police he did not make it. and authorities in delaware said corporate ballard stopped suspicious car on wednesday for p

alexandra limon is live there this morning on what's going on. hi, alex. >> reporter: guys, good morning, we are actually now down on the platform of the navy yard, and take a look, this is the actual train that's going to be used in this drill, you can see they're filling it up now, it's going to be heading into the tunnel between the navy yard cost ia station. for people heading here it will be on the other side because the he green line tracks are single tracking around this incident. don't be alarmed. it is an emergency response drill. i do want to bring in metro transit police chief ron into the conversation, tell me a little bit this incident, what's different, what's going to be happening >> we're simulating a full-scale exercise with smoke aboard a green line train heading from navy yard to the anacostia metro station >> you're mentioning you're using different trains, i know this exercise happens quarterly, what trains and why does it matter >> this is a 7k series, they made up about a third of our fleet, we want to get used to working a

alexandra limon live there just down the street. happy easter to you, alex. >> reporter: good morning, we're here live at the nash cathedral, waiting for easter mass which starts about 8:00 a.m. something else very special happens and it is the playing of this instrument right here, take a look it is quite impressive, all of these bells absolutely beautiful, and unfortunately, the korean er who plays this isn't here just yet but i do have natalie long well. >> happy easter >> it's impressive >> there's nothing else like this in washington. it's a massive system of bells there's 53 bells in total and this is the only instrument and system of bells at the cathedral that can play music. so when you hear that wonderful easter music, this is what you are hearing. many people do not get to see the carolyner. he will be controlling this massive piano like struck. >> let's see if we can get a shot from the window. it looks like a piano but you said it has ledger >> it will control this massive systems of bells and play those wonderful easte

dim alexandra limon, "fox5 local news". >> metro general manager proposing major funding changes to keep the transit agency unrunning, paul wiedefeld say think need 15.5 billion over the next five years. he says labor cost need to be cut in order to avoid a budget crisis and metro should have the flexibility to out-source operations. and man wrist changes wiedefeld wants to make will be tough because they require aproox by state and local governments in the areas metro serves. and metros general manager will join us now to talk about the proposal tomorrow 8:30 "fox5 news morning". >> update on the cup who will made a controversial you tube video. >> the prank they pulled on their kids sparked out raiming. >> you have done this before. >> i didn't do that. >> you have done this before. >> you did this before. >> i didn't do that. >> couple denies abusing their kids and they have explanation for this video. and apology. >> and details on new bill signed into law by the president that aims to help vetians. >> bill o'reilly will not be returning to fox news channel. announcement comes after

. >> alexandra limon spoke with his father to learn more of the life of fallen officer. it hurts i love my son and the only time i'll see him is in a dream tore picture. he'll always be remembered. >> for burned in his heart is his son delaware state trooper stephen ballard. forever burned in his memory in the moment he got the call law enforcement families fear and hope they never get. >> she said that stephen was voovld in a shoting and doesn't look good he's in grave condition. so i started crying. and you know she put the phone and said here, you know, he can hear you. she put me on speaker and put the phone next to his head and i was telling him how much i love him and i'm on my way and you cannot leave me you're all i have you know and i just told her i said, i'm on my way. >> after talking his son kevin ballard did everything he could owe to get from his maryland home to delaware. despite an escort and he helicopter by state police he did not make. it authorities in delaware said corporate ballard stopped a us is miss us car for possible drug doxd. rather than ste

"fox5" alexandra limon. >> that. >> reporter: that brand new look is go pro video. some of the members of the prince george country fire tactical team that conducted this rescue were wearing cameras as they got people off of the roller coaster. now, if you're afraid of heights this video may make you craneth. take a look to see what i'm talking about. at one point you can see one young man is taken off of the roller coaster and gets up and throws his arms up in the air and in celebration. keep if mind these people were nearly 100 feet up in the air and we know this is not the first time stuck stranded on the joker's jinx roller coaster at six flags america. in 2014 it got stuck nearly in same spotless for hours and the coaster was full of people. now the "washington post" reports that as a result, six flags america had to payout tens of thousands in setment money to people stuck. yesterday's rescue by the prince george county fire department tactical team was pulled off without a hitch and this is a challenging job because keep in mind, in addition to the hight, the

live in alexandria, alexandra limon, fox 5 local news. >>> relief on the way for commuters in montgomery county. governor larry hogan unveiling a new plan to ease congestion and improve safety along 270. these enhancements will happen between 70 and 495, it's 100 million dollars plan. adding those variable speed limit sign that is adjust to traffic or weather conditions. >> we'll save commuters about 30 minutes just on their morning commute. just between i 270 and 495. that means an extra two and a half hours a week. that's 130 more hours each year. or more than three entire work weeks freed up from sitting in traffic. >> bring it on. the work on 270 expected to begin later this year. set to be finished up by 2019. >>> bill o'reilly is out at fox news channel >> we'll tell you who's taking over in prime time. >> former new england patriot aaron hernandez's family demanding an investigation into his death. after reports he committed suicide. >>> no shows, seven patriots including tom brady skipping the trip to the white house, we'll tell you how president trump responded after this. respo

fox5's alexandra limon reports. >>reporter: safetrack 14 is now underway and what it means for customers on the green way is that the greenbelt station will remain closed for the next month as the work goes on. you'll see also extra buses, shuttle buses that ill with be replacing trains. here's what else you need to know. originally the agency planned for this to be a longer period of continuous single tracking. metro now says instead search 14 will be a shutdown in order to reduce the amount of time repair work will impact customers and it's going to be split into two faces. surge one goes from april 15 through april 29. free shuttle between greenbelt and prince george's county and two stations will be closed, college park and greenbelt. trains will run with regular service between plaza and green avenue. yellow rush plus trains will not operate during h this time. now, for face two, it goes from april 30 through may 14. the work zone will be a little shorter only from greenbelt to college park. as a result, though

more from alexandra limon. >> it hurts. i love my son. and only time i see him now is a dream or picture. he'll always be rekd. >> forever burned if his heart is a his son delaware state trooper stephen ballard forever burned in the memory is the moment he got the call law enforcement families fear and hope they never get. >> she said that stephen was involved in an shooting. and it doesn't look g he's in grave condition. so i started crying you know and she put the phone she said here you know he can hear you. she put the phone next to his head and i was telling him how much i love him and i'm on my way you can't leave me you're all i have you know and i told her i said i'm on my way. >> after talking to his son, kevin ballard did everything he could to cigarette mar noor delaware despite escort from prince george county police and helicopter provided by delaware state police, he did not make it. and authorities in delaware sent corporate ballard stopped suspicious car on wednesday for possible drug involvement. but rather than stepping

alexandra limon takes a closer look. >> we all know sometimes construction projects can run behind schedule, but what if using a bar code could help you keep track of employees and keep projects on time? a dc company says there's an ap for that. >> that ap works hand-in-hand with technology that provides data and analytics about who is and isn't present at a job site. >> the reader activateses the antenna. >> i wouldn't want to wear a bar code if that were >> reporter: why >> i would like -- i like my employers to have trust in that i'm going to do my job and be wear i need to be and not have to track me a bar code >> do they have people sneaking out of work and that's why they're putting this in? is this the best way to deal with that >>. >> reporter: for some it may seem like big brother always watching >> the reality is the value of data quickly overwhelms any fear of the data being used improperly. >> reporter: but the company said it doesn't focus on tracking what each individual employee is doing every hour of the day >> they're not here for other reasons, it could be for a permit or

reporting in fort washington, alexandra limon, fox a five local news. news. george's county, a pedestrian in critical condition after being truck by a car in oxon hill. it happened around nine this h morning on oxon hill road. the man taken to the hospital for treatment. the driver stuck around and police are trying to investigate the situation. we don't know, though, if the driver will face any charges. tracking metro now, some of you may have seen a lot of police and firefighters gathered at the navy guard station this morning i was just a drill. metro often conductses these drills across the v. today's exercise was to disable a train and police would respond. it was on how well they coordinated their response. more than # hundred fiergtsz and volunteers participated. president trump has promised a big announcement on traction reform in just a few days we're going to say what they're saying with the much anticipated about the new tax plan. >> to make sure what a man with alzheimer's is doing to make sure his legacy moves on. the news at six coming right bac

alexandra limon is live at rfk stadium in northeast with the latest. good morning, alex, how is it going? >> reporter: good morning. and the local chapter of the ms society is expect to raise $400,000 just through this walk. about 2000 people are getting to be taking part and i have one of them here, jules williams >> i'm here with my sakia, who's the team captain and my grandson quintin and we're taking part because we have a family member recently diagnosed and we want to support him and his efforts to remain healthy in the society's efforts to find a cure >> the society really works to develop research and new treatments. you were telling me before that, your son-in-law is doing very well actually despite being diagnosed a couple of years ago. why and how's is possible. >> he's currently, he works at a high school as teacher and he's also an athletic coordinator but eats well, takes his medicine as indicated by his physician and he tries to stay healthy by exercising, and you know, i think being around the kids at the school actually helped a lot to

reporting live in fort washington, alexandra limon. >> mike thomas back with your seven day forecast. he'll tell us when we will see some sunshine again. spill alert. it might just be a couple days. stay with us. >> if you got up today, a little l cool. a lot of people running and biking. after i did the early shift here, i went up north and the sun was shining. mike was here this morning, six to eight. >> yes. >> and you played three lacrosse games. >> you played three lacrosse games. >> and now i'm back. >> i'm concerned about him driving home tonight. if you see h him on the road, make sure you stay away. that's the thing, it will be midnight and i'll have all five lanes to myself. >> i'll be calling you on the phone like a? a. month i had three cups of coffee today, i'm good. >> i'm like kevin mccarthy. if kevin mccarthy can go on no sleep at all i can do this. we got a quiet night so far, but rain is on our door step. it's unfortunately we have a soggy monday coming our way and while we're at it, soggy tuesday. headlines, showers moving back in later on this evening, most lie dur

alexandra limon. "fox5 local news". >> all right. we have big changes coming to the national ball in case you have not heard. new parking meters will be installed in the nextu weeks and it costs drivers $2. >> the national park service says the goal is for them to create more turnover and encourage the use of public transportation. >> and even though it's a holiday see a lot of people near the monuments of the mall. >> definitely it's a good weekend. in terms of it cooperating with tell me what you can expect tonight we're starting off with clouds rolling in and so it will be mostly cloudy tonight and right now, it's actually pretty comfortable out there today was great. and get out and enjoy this holiday weekend. >> you can see the clouds giving us a hard time. mostly cloudy skies as far as i'm concerned. cooler temperatures tonight into 50s and tomorrow 7s and i can't rule out a passenger shower as we get to murl dater in the day and we're talking normal than that as we immediate to -- today we were in upper 60s and 70s. some 3 to

. >>> there are no reports of injuries, fox 5 local news alexandra limon is live in takoma park, what's the situation like where you are? >> reporter: the storm was fast but furious. look at takoma park and we're seeing scenes like this all around the area, i have antonio who works nearby as rs automotive. he was here when the storm hit. what did you see? >> it happened real first startedraining, and then sleet started falling, and got real windy real fast. all we heard was loud explosion and a few like a flash. a real big flash then a few seconds later, another big pop. >> reporter: that was likely this big tree that from what we can tell from this vantage point came down on to those power lines and then the kind of impact of that pulled down the power pole as you can see and snapped it in half. we're told by the takoma park police department that these are actually live wires and the building that the tree fell on to is actually the spring mill bread company. i'm told that there were no injuries inside. however, there is a parking lot behind this building, tony, do you know where any

alexandra limon sat down for an exclusive interview with steven ballard's father. >> reporter: 32-year-old corporal ballard was an eight-year veteran. but grew up right here in maryland. he went to i sat down to speak to his grieving father. >> it hurts. he'll always be remembered. >> reporter: did delaware state trooper corporal steven ballard, forever burned in his memory is the moment he got the call law enforcement families always fear and hope they never get. >> she said that steven was involved in the shooting, and it doesn't look good, he's in grave condition. i started crying. she put the phone, she said here, he can hear you. she put me on the speaker and put the phone next to his head and i was telling him how much i loved him. i'm on my way. you can't leave me, you're all i have. and i just told him, i said, i'm on my way. >> reporter: after talking to his everything he could to get from his maryland home to delaware. despite an escort from prince george's county police and a helicopter provided by delaware state police he didn't make it. authorities in delaware sent corporal ba

isn't the first time targeted >> alexandra limon is live with us with more on this. >> reporter: i spoke to one employee held up at gunpoint. he says they're so worried about their safety they normally close at 8:00 p.m., for now, you can see they're closing at 3:00 ins instead. >> reporter: this is surveillance video from april 13th of an attempted robbery. it was quick but frightening for jason king and his wife. who were closing up the coffee shop that night. >> a guy my wife believed it was a customer. she said, we closed the store. but she -- one more time, and my wife feel like, this is something wrong. maybe he can be a robber. >> reporter: the reason is because this happened before. in february, dc police released video of this robbery in which into a secure area where the ay- registers and proceeds from lottery ticket sales are kept. king believes those thieves came back >> it was same amount of people. they treat family. >> reporter: this time his wife slammed the door shut before the thieves could make it into the enclosure. >> the robbers kept asking us open the door but i di

some escaped from the balconies of their third story apartments here's fox5's alexandra limon. cellphone video captured by neighbors shows the flames shooting out of the apartment windows and ripping out of the building, thick smoke filling the air. incredibly the family who lives in the apartment where the fire started got out safe limit neighbors witnessed the or deal as a woman and her kids outside my balcony and i ' her and the whole family out there. the next thing i see guys running up. she's taking her kids over the balcony, the third floor. people was catching her kids. other neighbors described similar thieves. ma keen was one of the people who captured video on his cellphone and says another woman was also trying to climb off her balcony on the back side of that building. she was crying. she was asking for help. the fire, the woman who lives in the apartment where the fire started tells fox5 she plugged in a lamp and when she came back it was on fire. her home was reduced to rubble and ash and she was too shocked to speak on camera. it's a bad thing that we had a fire