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Too late last night if you are a little sleepy like we are we'll get you started today appreciate you being with us here on Fox 5 and streaming on Fox local. I had a bit of Monday misery to tuck you in huh? Well they fought harder than a lot expected. Took it to the end. Yeah I gotta give them that. Good morning Taylor, good morning Annie Mae. Good morning. Good morning. I mean the weather's been boring it's been fantastic to to get outside and enjoy it but to actually forecast it it's been a little bit boring but I'll keep it going because it's uh much better than uh being busy this time of year october is certainly showing off for this week it's going to be a nice stretch of weather seasonal conditions chilly out there this morning we'll get back to near 70 by the afternoon anyway all right thanks taylor taking a look here at six o'clock at your tuesday morning commute overview wise this is what it looks like a couple of slow spots we'll focus here in on one of them in silver spring outer loop of the beltway there's a crash after us 29 this moved over to the right shoulder but not without delays that kind of have you sitting there from about 23 minutes from 95 back to you we begin our six o'clock hour here in fairfax county where today officials will take another look at the license plate reader program last month the board of supervisors voted not to add any more controversial flock cameras until some questions could be answered let's get to Mel in Fairfax with today's Flock camera story of the day good morning Mel good morning and you know Flock did respond to the board of supervisors in a letter that they will go over today saying for one that its systems take still pictures of license plates and vehicles only. They don't record videos, they don't record people, and they don't use any facial recognition technology. So that's some of what the Board of Supervisors wanted to hear, but they do want to hear a little bit more, especially from the Fairfax County Police Department, which has been using the flock cameras along with other license plate readers for some time now. As we know, there's concerns about privacy and data security. Currently, Fairfax County reports that the police department operates 84 flock cameras and 714 Axon vehicle mounted systems. There are more than 120 privately owned cameras in the county. The police department notes some major successes such as the arrest of armed robbery suspects and recovery of stolen goods, 573 stolen vehicles, 67 guns recovered, 60 missing people located, 161 cases with narcotics and more. Now the police department says it's already made some changes with the program, reducing data retention to 21 days. The number of people allowed to access the system has been cut from 821 to 286. The department is now considering three options for the program going forward. One, maintain the current program while evaluating vendors and data sharing practices. Two, maintain the current program and test out some alternatives. Or three, create a closed Fairfax County only network and data sharing outside of Fairfax County and re-evaluate in a year the Fairfax County police department cautions this would reduce its ability to solve crimes across jurisdictions and regardless of changes the police department would still maintain voluntary access to privately owned cameras and one other thing Virginia law does prohibit information sharing outside of the commonwealth and with other federal agencies ICE being one of those that many people had concerns with so the safety committee meets on this this afternoon they'll hear more of this presentation from the police department but for any permanent changes it would take a full vote by the board of supervisors Stephen Mercer all right in the meantime let's keep it in northern virginia in prince william county a teacher charged with assault and battery this allegedly happened inside a classroom at prince william academy october 13th just before 1 p.m shannon burrell accused of leaving the seven-year-old with minor injuries. The boy went home and told his parents who contacted the school. The Northern Virginia school then called police. It's very concerning to us, and we always take these sort of reports seriously. Thankfully, our officers conducted a thorough investigation. Like I said, the school notified us very quickly when they heard what had happened, and we were able to bring this case to a quick and successful resolution. Burrell has since been terminated from Prince William Academy. Police say he's been released on his own recognizance. Fox 5 has made an attempt to get a comment from him. We're still waiting to hear back. A popular restaurant in Georgetown is picking up the pieces this morning after a devastating fire left it in ruins over the weekend. These are images showing the extent of the damage at Laban Bosh. Investigators believe the fire started in an electrical panel on the first floor. just as employees were closing for the evening. They're just the sweetest, nicest people and the food is good and it just it's really sad. I heard that everyone was safe so which is a good thing. It's always packed we always waited around like 20 minutes in line if not more. The second it opened everyone was just so excited and yeah it was a place that we we thought we'd come back to many times. Fortunately no one was hurt in that fire but we're told two people who lived in an apartment above the restaurant have been displaced. Meantime the restaurant's owners say they do plan to rebuild. All right. In the meantime, five minutes past the hour. And good morning to everybody as we take a peek at the nation's capital. Tucker is off leaf peeping today. So he will join us a little bit later on. Hopefully he'll find some colorful leaves out there. He told me that's the good kind of peeping that we want to see him do. He told me that the other day. Yeah. You can ask him about him when we see him. Oh, I can't wait. We'll see him in a little bit. Oh my goodness. I wasn't expecting that. Yes. And hopefully he does see some leaves out there. I I think this week is really going to send the leaves starting to change here locally a lot. So, yes, can't wait to see what he sees out there. Going to be a chilly start to the morning this morning, but a nice afternoon. If you want to head outside for any kind of outdoor activities, we're going to start out in the 40s, some 30s coming in with our temperatures. We've dropped to 35 degrees in Frederick. We're at 34 in Martinsburg, 36 in Manassas, and 47 degrees right now in D.C. at Reagan Airport. Live look at radar. Again, things are looking dry for today. We're going to get a beautiful sunrise here. We do have that storm system off the Carolina coast. It's going to sit there for the next 24 hours, but stay off the shoreline far enough away as it lifts northward. It's not going to impact us here locally, but we could see some rough surf at area beaches and some higher wind there. Back here, it looks like sunshine. Going to be a nice day, mid-60s as we warm up into around noon, 5 p.m., mostly sunny with temperatures in the lower 70s. All right, Annie Mae. All right, thank you. Take a look here, 606, as you're headed out the door once again through Silver Spring on the outer loop of the Beltway. Crash after US-29 moved over to the right shoulder, but not without those delays. It's still going to remain in the area. About 26 minutes we're looking at right now from around 95. You're also slow through Brandywine, a little bit better than the one we were looking at on the Beltway. This is Branch Avenue headed northbound. Crash reported before Birch Hill Road. To use caution there, for five miles, it's going to take you about 12 minutes to get through those delays, being back from around Shortcut Road. Elsewhere, you'll see eight minutes in delays in Fallmouth 95 northbound main lanes and multi-vehicle crash there before Centerport Parkway. Left lane and both shoulders are going to be blocked again for four miles around eight minutes that you're going to see from U.S. 17. Keep that in mind. Elsewhere, looking pretty normal. Back to you. A 15-year-old Loudoun County, Loudoun Valley high school student has died shooting himself while following a traumatic encounter with law enforcement Monday. The teen had been reported missing and endangered after his father noticed several guns had been taken from their home in Purcellville. Deputies located the teen walking on East Loudoun Street. Investigators say the boy turned a gun on himself at the exact same moment and approaching deputy fired a shot. The sheriff's office believes the fatal shot, though, was self-inflicted. One of our deputies spotted him walking westbound here on this particular roadway here and stopped, got out of his car, went to approach him. And as he did, the individual in question displayed a gun and from all indications, took his own life. Our deputy also fired a shot, but we don't believe that had anything to do with the cause of death in this. Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent sending out a statement, writing in part, while details are still emerging, we know that a young person has died and we recognize the pain and sadness this brings to so many in our community. A reminder, if you or a loved one needs mental health support, there is help out there. The 24-Hour Suicide and Crisis Hotline is available now if you dial 988. D.C. police are looking for a suspect. They say he committed two burglaries in Northwest. A homeowner's surveillance camera captured his partially covered face. This is video here. Police say he broke into a house on 29th Street last Wednesday night and stole a Kia key fob and house keys, but he did not take the car after spotting the camera. Then police say Thursday night he broke into another home, this time on 27th Street, but got spooked off by the homeowner, then ran away. Residents hope police make an arrest. I'm very concerned, and so are all the other people on 29th Street, as well as 28th and 27th and Jennifer. We've been encountering a problem with surveillance and break-ins. Police are now offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and a conviction. Fox 5 News alert. Now three people dead, six others hurt after an overnight strike at a warehouse in Kyiv. The latest strike by Russia just a day after Ukrainian officials announced a Russian drone strike at a park that killed two children, including a baby in a stroller. Four other adults were killed in that strike, 15 others hurt. The latest display of violence comes as President Trump defends easing U.S. sanctions on Moscow. Over to the unrest in France, where a nightly curfew is in effect following a violent weekend of riots. New video shows officers patrolling the streets of Paris, checking IDs. Officials blaming bad actors for hijacking the student-led protests, which first started over poor school conditions, but have since turned into a focus on the rising costs of living. There are legitimate complaints here, and we have to take them seriously. And if it inconveniences people, it's a shame, but that's what has to happen. What's happening in France has to do with immigration, not schools, not anything. It's immigration, and they've ruined their country. It's going to be hard to get it back, but hopefully France will come back. More than 2,500 people were arrested during this weekend's riots, and more than 3,000 businesses have been damaged with losses estimated to be hundreds of millions of dollars. Many popular tourist attractions in Paris have also been forced to close. Voters in Alberta, Canada, rejected a push toward independence. 77% voted to remain in Canada, delivering a major political victory for Canada's prime minister, who's been fighting for national unity as Canada faces severe trade wars and annexation threats from President Trump. Despite the defeat, separatist leaders assert the movement has transformed into a lasting political force. It is now six o'clock.