DMV Zone: November 13, 2026

to come here for the rest of the season. Let's get to it here on the DMV Zone. A lot to get to on this Friday. Welcome into the DMV Zone. I'm Marina Morocco. Let's get to it as new details are emerging tonight about that deadly shooting rampage at DC's Logan Circle yesterday. Investigators say the gunman, Dr. Matt Lambert, appeared to have planned the attack, lying in wait at that Vita Fitness Center for an hour before allegedly killing his building manager and then shooting people outside from his apartment balcony. Surveillance video capturing part of the ambush as police continue piecing together what led to the violence that killed one person and wounded five others. There is video from inside the gym. It does capture the shooting. It does show, you know, the suspect shooting the victim. It doesn't appear to be any sort of conversation. He walks up behind him, so I'm not even sure that the victim knew that he was behind him. 46-year-old James Stewart, the property manager who had worked for EGF Real Estate Services for 13 years. Colleagues describe him as respected and a beloved member of their team, saying his death was a senseless act of violence. Police believe Stewart was the intended target of the attack. We've got Vice President of Strategy Zero Eyes and former Air Force Intelligence Officer Mia Linka joining us here. And you hear the chief say it appears as though the victim here essentially executed with no chance to defend themselves. There's not much more you can do here. No, thank you for having me on. I think you really said it. You know, there's not a lot of chance to defend yourself in this type of situation. The best thing that you can do is respond quickly. The police arrived, first responders arrived in less than a minute, and you really can't ask for much more than that. We've learned that there was an additional victim who appears did not even know they were shot. Probably a graze wound is what afflicted them inside the gym. To your point, that response there, incredibly swift. By D.C. police and by all the metro partners, and to that point, we've been talking at large about having National Guard presence in D.C. at our metros. We're seeing FBI agents and other law enforcement stepping up and trying to handle some of the assessment there for who comes in through metro stations, etc. People who live in D.C., many of them don't want that presence, and yet in situations like yesterday's, it allows for such a swift response. Absolutely. So there, I think, are two factors there. One, you've got a lot of law enforcement presence in the area, which was one of the reasons they were able to get a response to that location so quickly. But good security doesn't always have to be in your face. Some of it can be invisible. There are a lot that business owners and property managers, other facilities can do without having armed personnel right outside their doors, which is not always It's always practical, especially for other places. It appears to have been a targeted attack, at least based on everything that we know at this point, given the fact that Dr. Lambert had sued his homeowners association and this person has worked for that building management company. The presence of the National Guard continues to be long disputed. How long will they remain in the District of Columbia? The Trump administration seems to believe indefinitely now. Does this give motive to continue to have their presence, or are these two separate things that should be talked about separately? I think these are two separate things. So the attack really shows that it can happen anywhere to anyone and that... You know, just it happened to be in D.C. They had a quick response. But again, you can't you can't have that type of law enforcement presence everywhere in the country. Gun violence happens very fast. Even having them around the corner isn't necessarily going to prevent an attack. But there are two things that need to be discussed separately. Yeah. And to that point, I mean, I think looking back, I suppose you could say there were some warning signs to some degree because of the dispute. It doesn't appear as though these guns were procured in D.C. At least there were not licenses for them in D.C. We spoke and heard from Dr. Lambert's attorney yesterday, and he said that he seemed to be in good spirits. He was starting a new job. He had been in a good place after filing this lawsuit. So even to call them red flags would maybe be a stretch at this point. Yeah, that's a good point. I mean, it's still a... Valid concern for people who are seeing people with grievances. You know, workplace violence is a very common, unfortunately, concern for a lot of businesses. So it's still important to look for red flags. And if you notice threats escalating, report them through appropriate channels. All right, Mia Link, we so appreciate the insight. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Fox News Alert at this hour. Fox 5 News Alert as a McLean homeowner speaking to Fox 5 after he and his wife were charged with hosting an out-of-control teen party. Fox 5's Homa Bash speaking with them in the last hour. The reality is this could happen to anyone because we had zero idea that 9th and 10th and 11th and 12th graders would come to an 8th grader party. But they did. And we're going to work this through. Back on November 6th, police say 45-year-old Lisa Vaughn and 55-year-old Aubrey Vaughn organized the gathering on Woodacre Drive. Police responding there say they found up to 300 teenagers, underage drinking and fireworks. An attorney for the couple says an invitation to a party for their 13-year-old son spread and older teens who were not invited showed up. Trial attorney Dimitri Pikrolidis is with us here to discuss this. What do you make about that statement that you just heard? Parent, Aubrey Vaughn make. Welcome to the world of social media, where 20 invitations can become 200 people in a matter of minutes. It's... Let's keep in mind this is an arrest. An arrest is an accusation. It's not a conviction. These people are presumed to be innocent. Yeah. It just got out of hand for them really quick. And it's sad that they got arrested, frankly. A lot of people saying in the neighborhood, listen, all the kids had spilled out of the home. They were in the cul-de-sac here. There was clearly alcohol. I imagine to some degree there's got to be, based on the charges, some probable cause here that maybe the alcohol was supplied by these parents. Well, it's not necessarily a problem of cause, but since it was alcohol, again, it's an accusation, and we need to let the evidence come out. But... The fact of the matter is this, it got out of hand quick, and any family in Northern Virginia, and frankly, in the surrounding area, could have been in this position. The question is, when should they have called the police? And I think they did. They just probably did it later than somebody would have preferred. But that's why we have trials and see what ends up happening. So what do you make, then, of them having to turn themselves in? Is this an overzealous prosecution? No, it's not a prosecution because the Commonwealth Attorney's Office wasn't involved in this. They were charged and they had to turn themselves in. That's just process, police process, if you will. I will. But, you know, yes, I mean, it's a wake-up call to every parent listening that when you host a party in this day and age, You know, people are going to party crash, especially if you put something on the internet. And perhaps, again, they should have stopped things a little sooner, but that's for the evidence to determine. It sounds to me, and I have every reason to believe their attorney, who I spoke to earlier in the day, that these folks were just having a party for their middle school kid. Okay, so they are going to try, I mean, what is the process now? Well, I mean, they're going to have a court date. I mean, ultimately, there'll be a trial date. So there will be a prosecution unless the charges are dropped. Yeah, I mean, Mr. Discano's office can drop the charges if they so choose, but I suspect that they'll go through the process and have a court date. I spoke to their attorney. He's a fine attorney, and he will negotiate on their behalf, explain, bring his evidence. Here's the invitation. Here's what happened. Here's what good. Provide a timeline, and reasonably-minded prosecutors might say, hey, we're not going to process this. And not move forward. That's a possibility here. But there is a process that has to take place. It just doesn't happen automatically. All right. We'll wait and see what comes of, of course, the process. And we'll check back in with more on that interview coming up here on Fox 5 at 4, 5 and 6. Thank you so much, Dimitri. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen launching his own bid to become Senate majority leader. The senator announcing today he is now no longer looking at a run for president in 2028. He's focused on congressional leadership. His plans contradict what he told us just last week. I've made clear that I'm not looking to be the next Democratic leader. Yes, I am planning to run for the Senate majority. Does this close the door on the 2028 bid that you've been saying? The announcement comes after some newly elected Democratic senators have declined to support Chuck Schumer's re-election bid. Joining us now, Congress accountability and enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, Alexi Kossoff with us here. Alexi, what is Congress, Capitol Hill saying right now? What's the talk, especially amongst Democrats, about what this looks like, Schumer versus Van Hollen? At least for now, there could be another person coming in soon. Yeah. I mean, this is a bit of an unexpected development. Obviously, Democrats are coming off a great election where they had victories beyond their wildest imaginations. And so for this to now enter the infighting stage just a week later is surprising. It's amazing. There was a lot of external pressure to get a progressive challenger to Chuck Schumer. And Chris Van Hollen is the one who's answered that call from activists and other people across the Internet. But... There's not been a huge amount of his colleagues who are running to support him today after he's made this announcement. So far, we've only seen three other senators who've endorsed his bid. And so if he's really going to be able to make this challenge to Chuck Schumer, he's going to need to start picking up more support very quickly. Right. I mean, the thought here being that Van Hollen would be, I suppose, more progressive than Chuck Schumer and therefore would be the better fit. Van Hollen seems to claim that he's got the support of at least 10 senators. And you say right now the count looks like at least publicly three. There would be some sort of like private ballot vote here to determine that. Is he really that much more progressive than Chuck Schumer, especially with this incoming House of Representatives and senators? I think ideology is just one way of looking at it. Part of what people who want a new Senate majority leader are looking for is someone who will be a fighter against Donald Trump. That's something that the activists who are out there calling for a new Senate majority leader have emphasized. And certainly Senator Van Hollen has gotten that reputation over the last few years, in particular when he flew down to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongly deported there last year. That made him sort of. of this champion on the left. And so regardless of the actual ideology of Chuck Schumer versus Chris Van Hollen, there is a certain image there that people are really responding to and part of why they drafted him into this fight. Is this a moment for the Republicans to seize on, given the fact that, to your point earlier on, there could be potential infighting here amongst Democrats to reveal what is a more more progressive wing of the party. I mean, certainly there is opportunity here, whatever the outcome is, for Republicans to pounce. If Chuck Schumer... holds on and remains Senate Majority Leader, his status is still slightly weakened by the fact that there are many people in his caucus who've said that they don't stand behind him. And if Chris Van Hollen pulls it out, you know, he's going to do so by very narrow margins and he's going to have to put a lot of work into unifying the caucus going forward. So it's definitely a difficult position to be in for both of these men. Right now. But there's also lots of time until the new session starts next year and time for Democrats to unify, come back together and get on the same page about their agenda. Let's see if they can make that happen. We so appreciate. Thank you, Alexi. Check out your reporting there with The Washington Post. We'll be right back here on the DMV. Fans rejoicing this Friday the 13th after the team got a much-needed victory last night over the New York Giants. Jaden Daniels threw three touchdowns at last night's game at MetLife Stadium, and although he threw a pair of fourth-quarter picks, he was able to pull it together for that W. On a short week, it's super tough, but the offensive coaching staff did a great job of not overloading us too much, especially on a short week, because we don't have a lot of time to go over there and try to get the perfect play. We just went out there and played ball. Final score there, 24-21. Next, the Commanders host the Cincinnati Bengals on November 23rd for a Monday night matchup. Joining us now, DMV sports journalist Adam Gutkin. Adam, we talked yesterday, and I asked you, Stephon Diggs or Neighbors, and you picked Neighbors, and thankfully for Neighbors, we got the pick. Yes, that was a big one. Yeah, tell me, walk me through the game. There are a lot of up and downs, but the whole game, it was neck and neck. Yeah, it was. I mean, from the start, this was a game that, you know, you just kind of got that feeling it would be a classic NFC East battle where it would go down to the wire. And you're exactly right. It ended up being Stephon Diggs making the play. Malik Neighbors not making the play. I mean, you see it right there, just the trust of Jayden Daniels to believe in his receiver, Stephon Diggs, to win that one-on-one matchup on the outside. You see the Giants bring pressure, they blitz. And so it's all on Diggs to beat his man, and he does that. And then the Giants get the ball back, and they throw it to their guy, Malik Nabers, and he can't make the play. And a lot of that is because J.J. McCarthy didn't make the best throw. You know, you saw the Commanders bring the pressure, and McCarthy just couldn't hold up to it. I mean, that was just one heck of a football game. You saw the two wide receiver stars battle it out. And I mean, you know, that's just what you come to expect when these NFC East teams play. We saw them, of course, tie when they first met. And then you almost. Got close to one again last night. Yeah, look, it seems as though Jaden Daniels redeemed himself because we were talking about a little bit of the lackluster showing up against the Rams on Sunday. That short turnaround here for Thursday Night Football, neck and neck all game. He's able to throw, I believe, three touchdowns, and he's got 249 passing yards. I mean, that is pretty good given the tight game it was. Oh, absolutely. I mean, Stephon Diggs called him, I think it was Baby Kobe, comparing him to Kobe Bryant and having that Mamba mentality. I mean, the resilience of Jayden Daniels to come back and get that touchdown drive after throwing those two interceptions was just incredible because, you know, he's a guy who has been probably too conservative to a fault this season. He gets aggressive in the fourth quarter and it doesn't work out. He throws those interceptions. But he continued to believe in himself, do what he does best, and that's create plays and come up in those big moments. You know, we saw in 2024 him come up with a couple of those game-winning drives. And, you know, he did it again, and he deserves a lot of credit. And so does this coaching staff for believing in him and continuing to be aggressive after those two picks, which, again, were the first two that he threw all season. Yeah. What were the other shining points for the Commanders outside of J.D. Five? Well, it's got to be the defense because the defense kept the Commanders in the game after those two interceptions. I mean, how about that play by Sonny Styles on third down out of the two-minute warning to recognize pre-snap? He said that he saw the way that they were lined up. They went to empty formation. He knew that was going to be a quarterback run, so he got past. The left tackle and blew it up and got J.J. McCarthy down behind the line. I mean, that is a veteran play from a rookie linebacker in Sonny Styles. He's a future superstar. Frankie Lou, who as well, had that forced fumble. Both those linebackers were great. The improvement in the linebacker room compared to last year, it's just it feels like two completely different teams. Yeah, and everybody seemed to be working on their P's and Q's, right? Like you had Luke McCaffrey when the touchback there And coming back onto the 40-yard line in a critical. It's a critical moment of the game. We talk about Jaden Daniels. And then, I mean, we got to talk about Jameis Winston. Who let the dogs out? I mean, that's Jameis. You know, that's what he does. We saw it during the World Cup when, during the summer, you know, he's an active NFL player. And he's that personality. That is the full Jameis Winston experience. He's fun. You know, I kind of needed that laugh. I mean, are we laughing at him or laughing with him? I think with him, I think you can't, you can't say who let the dogs out and be like, oh yeah, no, I was serious. I was trying to get him to jump off sides. I mean, I think he's, he knows he's funny. He knows what he's doing. I mean, is John Harbaugh laughing is a bigger question. Well, Harbaugh backed him up. You got to give, I mean, John Harbaugh backed up his player and he said, you know, that's the cadence. It is. I think what happened is usually if someone jumps, it happens earlier. And he tried, he tried, and then, you know, what is he going to do, walk off the field? No, you know, he tried, you know what? The who, who, who, maybe that would have gotten the guy to jump. Well, the commandos were on point. They did not do exactly what he wanted them to do. So there you go. In the end, they eked it out. Any predictions here for what's coming up at that big Monday night football game up against the Bengals? Yeah, that's going to be a really tough one. The Bengals have, I think you can make an argument, the top offense in the league right now, the way that they're humming. So it's going to be on the defense to continue to improve the way that they have. And I had said to you yesterday that we needed to see Jaden be Superman. He played another good game. I think we're still waiting on that special one from Jaden. And maybe it'll come next week because against that offense, the Bengals have, they might need it. They're going to need Superman. Adam Kotkin, we appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. This magical moment brought to you by your local McDonald's. A massive throw helping put Memphis on top against South Florida last night. Halfway through the fourth quarter, Tigers quarterback Marcus Stokes fires the ball deep down the field to the receiver there, Jamary Davis, who rushes the ball in for a 76-yard touchdown. And he still had energy for that. It was dramatic back and forth throughout the entire game. Memphis was up 21-0 after the first quarter. Then the Tigers were trailing 41-38 at the time of that touchdown. Memphis ultimately winning 52-41. Try the all-new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, only at participating McDonald's. The American Cancer Society out with the new screening guidelines for prostate cancer. The organization now recommends that men at the average risk get screened every two years starting at age 50. Those at higher risk, including black men, are now encouraged to get annual screening starting at 45. Prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death amongst men in the U.S. We've got family physician and medical director of Spoke primary care, Dr. Michael Richardson, to break down what we need to know and who needs to be getting screened. And obviously, there are new screening guidelines. Given the fact that it is the second leading cause of cancer death amongst men. So let's start with the basics here. Who should pay attention right now? Yes, this screening update is a big deal because previously it used to be a discussion. So each man would have their own discussion whether prostate cancer screening is worthwhile. But what the data shows is that everyone benefits from prostate cancer screening. So men or people who are assigned male at birth, it's a great idea to talk to your doctor, start screening at least at age 50 and in some groups even earlier. Okay, what are the signs of prostate cancer? Say, unfortunately, maybe you don't have access to the doctor, but what should you be looking for for the potential that you should seek care? Some of the early signs of prostate cancers is difficulty urinating, so difficulty getting the urine out or just at all. Now, this is very common among men as they get older and having a large prostate, but that's definitely a good time to talk to your doctor. But it's important to recognize that most prostate cancers have zero symptoms, which is why screening is so important. Why the change in screening guidelines now? That's a great question. So previously, the recommendation was it's a discussion. Before that, they actually recommended around 2008 to stop screening altogether. So why was that? We used to screen everyone, but when we looked at the data, the screening was causing more harm than good. A lot of prostate cancers are slow growing and actually don't cause much harm. But the testing that we were doing, the biopsies and the surgeries were causing a lot of harm. So what changed? What changed was how we approach those slow growing things. The prostate cancer is now being measured by prostate MRI, which allows us to identify the slower growing prostate cancers. And also, since we stopped screening as much, the rate of prostate cancer has increased, which is why it's now recommended to screen everyone. Yeah, and really quickly before we go, not that long ago, if you were a man and you wanted to get screened, it was a physical examination, which for a lot of men meant either not going, not wanting to go, or just not seeing the doctors frequently. And now things have changed, right? With blood work, you can get screened as well. Yes. The way that you screen for prostate cancer is with a blood test called a PSA. A lot of guys get worried about a digital rectal exam. You do not need that to get screened. It's a simple blood test. Oh, good to know. Dr. Richardson, thank you for that. We appreciate it. We'll be right back. We're here, but it seems like we're getting colder temps rolling in. I'm sure you've noticed a big change as we get you back outside and give you a live look of already. It seems like it's just getting dark. Yeah. Yeah. Looks pretty dark. Where are we? Winter is coming, that's for sure. Alaska? That's the problem with fall. Jennifer Delgado is here joining us. And, man, these temperatures, it was such a change, and you could feel the wind out there. Like, really, the cold wants to come in. The cold wants to come in, and it's going to stick around for the weekend. What we're looking at temperatures for today and for the rest of the weekend, that's typically what we experience when we go into the start of December. So this is way too cool for the season. It's not your imagination, Marina. As we look ahead for the weekend, we'll continue to see wind gusts going 20 to 25 miles per hour. And that's going to make it feel much cooler than the actual temperature. Here's the view outside right now. We check all three airports. Our temps are in the 40s and the 50s. But what we're looking at when we see the wind chill, it feels much more uncomfortable outside. We've got a few 40s already out there. We have 46 degrees in Frederick, 48 degrees out of Dulles, and then 52 degrees down in Fredericksburg. But what does it feel like? This is the wind chill. Why are we talking about wind chills right now? It seems too soon. It feels like 40 degrees right now in Hagerstown, 41 in Gettysburg. Gaithersburg and then 44 in Quantico. So for tonight, no surprise, we see those temperatures dropping down into the 30s. There's even a few freeze warnings that are going to be setting up for tomorrow morning as well. But the growing season has long ended. But look at that low in Hagerstown tonight, a low of 29 degrees. So we look at our satellite and our radar. Still looking at some rainfall pinwheeling in. Low pressure brought us the rain and the heavier rain across parts of New Jersey where we took home the win for the Commanders. But that is kind of hanging out there. We're still seeing some background moisture coming in. But what we will see is that flow coming in off the Great Lakes, kicking off a few more showers as well as some snow flurries and accumulations right along the Alleghenies. But for us, we are just going to be battling with the clouds as we go through tonight. Tomorrow morning, though, we're going to start off with the sunshine. But those clouds are going to come back, and then on Sunday, we'll get a little bit more sunshine out there once that low-pressure system pulls away. So all in all, at least it will be a dry weekend, but you're certainly going to need those winter clothes for sure. These are the highs for tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds as we go throughout the day. High 52 degrees in Fairfax, and then down towards the south and east for La Plata, 53 for you, and 55 for Leonardtown. And then we look to our northwestern communities. They're going to be stuck in the 40s and likely feeling like the 30s for areas like Winchester. As we look ahead for the wind chill, this is the critical graphic here. Tonight, 11 o'clock, we're getting ready for our newscast. It feels like the lower 30s. Then for tomorrow morning, feeling like the upper 20s for a lot of regions, like Frederick, Martinsburg, 23 degrees in Winchester, 26 for the windchill in Culpeper. Put away the shorts. You're not going to need those for a very long time. As we look ahead for your Saturday in the afternoon, feeling like the 40s and the 50s. And then we'll start off Sunday morning once again with those temperatures in the feel-like range of about 20 to 30 degrees. So the good news is we are going. We're going to see those temperatures warming up, but we just have to wait about five more days for that. Here's some bad news. Sunset tomorrow at 4.55, then next Saturday at 4.50, and then... It gets earlier and earlier. Here's your seven-day forecast. Now, the good news is we are dry with that seven-day breezy conditions around for Saturday. Winds starting to slack some early Sunday morning. Then we look at Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Look at those temperatures getting back up into the 60s, Marina. Okay. And finally, we get some more normalcy around here. But it's been kind of a very chilly and crisp start to the morning for sure. Yeah. But we brought home the wind. Well, yeah, you can't have it all, right? No. We'll take that one. We'll see what it looks like for Thanksgiving. That's the one I'm worried about, but we'll wait and see. Thank you, Jen. We'll see you back at 4 o'clock. Microsoft Outlook and other related Microsoft services gradually coming back after a massive outage. The disruptions affecting a wide range of Microsoft 365 offerings, including Outlook teams and AI Assistant Co-Pilot. The problems were first reported about 1 p.m. yesterday after Microsoft said unavailable servers were straining its systems. We've got CEO and tech leader of FinTech Consultants, Ian Marlowe. Marlowe with more. I mean, this was one of those things where it affected pretty much everybody. And I guess it shows just how much we rely on this technology. This was absolutely a global impact, and it was a cascading effect that occurred once there were some server failures, and it just grew out, not just initially from Outlook, but it affected Microsoft Teams, it affected SharePoint, it affected Copilot, pretty much all of the aspects that are part of the communication of the day-to-day. Yeah, from what we know right now, it doesn't seem as though it was a hack. It seems as though this was Microsoft's own servers. They're taking the blame for what happened. Yeah, you know, what most people don't realize is that, you know, approximately Tuesday of every week, Microsoft has a significant number of updates and patches that they do, not only to end user clients like your computers, but servers around the world. It became apparent by about two o'clock yesterday that Microsoft halted all of the updates that were being performed on various servers as a series of servers went down. Then they offloaded a lot of our own communications for the rest of us. Onto other machines, which then were overtaxed, and the snowball really began to happen. So this appears from all the reports from Microsoft communicating to everybody that this was an internal issue, that they were moving towards resolution. Some of the services, like Teams, started to come up by about 4 p.m. last night, and we started to see email at about 6 a.m. So we're just now past about that 26-hour mark now as we're seeing things come up in their entirety. All right, so Ian, what's the lesson here, one, for Microsoft, but two, for the customer that relies on all the Microsoft products? Well, for Microsoft, I am sure that they're, in the coming days, going to be reviewing both the combination of the protocols and the updates that they have and saying, you know, They're going to have to come up with a strategy so that obviously this does not happen in terms of business continuity. For everyone else, what we really saw with clients now as a company, we're prepared for something like this in terms of our ability to communicate with clients and other methods directly through mobile devices as well as their computers. For individuals, both companies and individuals that are affected. We saw everybody going to that next step. They're utilizing FaceTime. They're utilizing WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, all different other communication protocols, Zoom, et cetera, to be able to continue. And this leads to that idea, not of disaster recovery because it wasn't an issue of losing information, but business continuity and understanding that you can't rely on a single form of communication that will take you out. You definitely need to have workarounds, especially when you're talking about big companies with 50-plus employees or more. You've got to rely on more than just your email or teams, for sure, but certainly a lesson here for all of us. Ian, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Thanks. Have a great day. You too. And from the competing on world stage to inspiring young athletes right here in Northern Virginia, former Team USA gymnast Melissa Dussat bringing her passion for gymnastics to Ashburn. After placing fourth in the world in trampoline and tumbling, she's now opening the doors. Welcome to Ashburn Gymnastics Training Center where her mission is to help every child build confidence, develop new skills and discover their potential. Melissa is joining us here. Good to have you with us and talking about your new training facility that just opened last week. Congratulations. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to have this opportunity. The number one priority right now is safety in the sport and I feel at a low ratio. So many good things can come from it, so I started here in Ashburn Gymnastics Training Center. Yeah, tell us about that journey. Why did you think that this community deserved, needed this? Because I'm sure there's so many kids, right, both boys and girls who want to tumble, who want to start little and then end up like you with the ability to one day hopefully represent Team USA. Yeah, my experience with Team USA was amazing, and I look back on my journey and I'm like, at what cost? Can I look back and say, you know, I did everything that I wanted to do but at what cost and I think there's a place in the sport where you can be successful at any point but you have to enjoy the journey and I think right now a lot of other gyms, they have a really high, they have a lot of... Students at one time, and I think that the goal for me is to have a low, yeah, I just think there needs to be a lower ratio so they can have the correct fundamentals from the beginning. It is recreational gymnastics at Ashburn Gymnastics, but it needs to be correct from the beginning so that at the... If they grow up, they don't have those mental blocks, they don't have those injuries, and they can keep going and they can love the sport. I appreciate that because I think in every sport that's practiced, you kind of need that. And I think that a lot of people want to do so many things and there's only so many training facilities that open up that it becomes almost impossible to allow for smaller groups. But that individualized approach, to your point, is something if you can build a foundation, then you can build upon that. And later on, you won't have to correct as many things. Yes. Yep, I agree. So on Saturdays actually we have a boys program. I started a boys class and right now it's so amazing. It happened to me that these boys all do baseball so it's turning into a strength and conditioning and they're learning body awareness and body coordination with some gymnastics but it's become this strength and conditioning class and the parents love it and I just think it's so cool to see them come back and be like, you know, my baseball is getting so much better because we're in the gym doing conditioning on bars or, you know, What's amazing, the interdisciplinary aspect of it, right, where people are thinking, okay, baseball's just for boys or gymnastics is just for girls, and you see so many pro athletes now going to yoga and these things where you need so many other fundamentals than what you're learning. All right, tell the people where they can sign up, and if they want to come in and get a trial or families, how do they do that and how do they reach out to Ashburn Gymnastics? Yes, ashburngymnastics.com, of course. You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and if you have any questions, ashburngymnastics at gmail.com. We have an open house. Thank you so much, Melissa. Thank you for stopping by and much success. Thank you. Thank you so much. Ask questions. See the gym. It'll be fun. So much fun. Melissa, thank you for stopping by and much success. Thank you. Thank you so much. We'll be right back here on the DMV Zone. A new study offering insight into which antidepressants may be more effective at providing long-term relief from depression. We've got Dr. Amina Merholm with us, joining us in person here in the studio. And researchers are analyzing 115 studies involving more than 30,000 people compared to 21 different medications. The findings suggesting that some drugs may be better than others in not only improving symptoms, but keeping them from returning. Again, board-certified psychiatrist and professor at psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Amina Merholm. This is, you know, something that I'm sure you've dealt with and many patients will say People say, I have to change the drugs, we've got to find the right combination to make sure that it's not just something that works, but it's sustainable too. Exactly Marina, and the big question here, the drum roll is which one is the best? Of all the antidepressants, give me the number one doc, give me the one that's most effective. And this study actually compared some head to head, and there were some answers, which was Lexapro did a little bit better from long term being able to reduce symptoms, and folks tolerating a little bit better. What this does not mean is that it's the best antidepressant for everyone all the time. You really want to customize this. The takeaway, well, Bupropion was another one that was looked at that was a little bit less as far as someone staying on it for a long time. There are many reasons why people stop medications or start them, but it was interesting to see the head-to-head comparison. Is there, you know, a sign here like, okay, you get on it and potentially you wean yourself off? Or is this something that you want to get to a point where you're not taking too much of it, but there's continuity? That's a great point because folks sometimes will stay on a medication autopilot. I see someone that's been on medicine for 10 or 20 years without ever reevaluating it. The goal is not to only be on a medicine for the rest of your life. The goal is to see what do you need at this particular time, this particular season, and how do we get you to use the biological, psychological, all the elements of health to compound together Take you to the place where you need to be. It's not just a one-size-fits-all for everybody. So some people may not need antidepressants forever. It may just be an acute moment. Exactly right. That's why sometimes if what you need right now is a medication, that's a great thing for you. We encourage that. We want to make sure that you have the support that you need. But it shouldn't be a default of saying, well, now I've been on a medication. I'm going to stay on it forever. The goal is to say, in that acute moment, how do I now bring on more support? The psychological, the spiritual, the movement. But the big key in this study is saying that Different antidepressants affect us differently. So a big question is asking your doctor, what's right for me, based on my side effect profile, what I don't wanna see, what I need. Do I need a bit more energy in the morning? Do I need better sleep along with my depression? Because one in nine folks around the country are taking these medications, and there's so many different options that we have to be able to be aware of. All right, so we talk about obviously taking them, which one's the right one, making sure that it's right, the combination. Do they also, you know, maybe there's a thought or I don't know if it's true or not, but does it alter your brain chemistry? Like if you go off, is there something now that's been altered where you may need more medicine or you're dependent on it? Is that true? It is not true. So that's a very important thing for us to address. Antidepressants are not addictive. They don't alter your personality or your brain chemistry. They can be started slowly and stopped slowly. The key here is to be able to work with a doctor and a prescribing person who can give you that guidance. Because you don't want to stop suddenly. When you stop a medication suddenly, of any kind really, it can give you these side effects that are unpleasant. But when it's carefully done, you can be in a really good place to slowly wean off and incorporate other areas that will be helpful for you in your life. It's always interesting to see the research, right? The more research, the more we know, and knowledge is power, especially in this realm. Dr. Marhom, before we go, I know you've got some of the biggest names in sports coming to the D.C. region tomorrow for a very special celebration. Athletes for Hope marking its 20th anniversary with its annual Play for Good Gala. Tell us all about it. We're very excited about this. I've been working with Athletes for Hope for about two years now, and this was started by legends of the sports field, Muhammad Ali, Andre Agassi, Mia Hamm, that said, how can we bring our platform in sports for the good of the community? And what they realized was, this position that they have is a great opportunity to bring folks in and to really make an impact. And now, 20 years later, there are the Leadership Council of Athletes for Hope includes folks like Steve Bannon, who is the executive director of Athletes for Hope. Steve Bannon, who is the executive director of Athletes for Hope. Steve Bannon, who is the executive director of Athletes for Hope. Steve Bannon, who is the executive director of Athletes for Hope. Steve Bannon, who is the executive director of Athletes for Hope. Steve Bannon, who is the executive director of Athletes for Hope. for the good of the community and what they realized was this position that they have is a great opportunity to bring folks in and to really make an impact and now 20 years later there are the leadership council of athletes for hope includes folks like Steph Curry and Katie Ledecky, who will be in attendance tomorrow, along with someone who's going to be honored, a local legend, Santana Moss, who's been doing incredible work for the community, of course. And they all collectively realize that the power of sports and philanthropy is life-changing. Yeah, let's talk about Santana Moss and Katie Ledecky, because those are huge local figures here. They'll be honored tomorrow. So it's going to make that celebration extra special. It really will. I mean, Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female Olympian of all time, and she has been so passionate about working in the community. And Santana Moss has really taken on this idea. The idea of food insecurity and mentorship in the community. I'm saying, you know what, I don't want to do great work on the field as a player, but I want to continue that going forward, and that's why we honor them in this gala. 600 people will be in attendance. There will be opportunities for you to bid on really cool sports memorabilia, signs, things by legends, things that you really want to check out. So it's going to be a really exciting day tomorrow. Athletes for Hope tomorrow. Dr. Marhom, we always appreciate you stopping by here on the DMV Zone, especially when you're in town. Always a pleasure. Thank you for having me, Marie. Thank you so much. We've got some breaking news right now out of New Orleans, Louisiana. Let's get you a live look right now at what is an emergency scene here as crews work to rescue passengers. After a tanker crashed into a paddle wheel cruise boat while it appeared to dock, people were in the river in life jackets standing near the railing there as the other side of the ship listed farther into the water. And you can see that cruise ship on its side there has clearly flipped into the water. At the time of the collision, there were about 129 passengers in addition to crew members aboard the cruise ship there. This is, if it's New Orleans, it's got to be the Mississippi River where we know that The tourists take those boats. Boats up and down the river is a part of sightseeing tours, and obviously many locals could have been on board again. We will continue to follow this story. We'll bring you an update as soon as we get there, as this is now developing in New Orleans, Louisiana. We're taking a quick break here on Fox 5. We'll be right back. Okay, let's check in with producer Chris here. 7.30, do you like it or not? You know who's thrilled about Sam Hartman being the new Bachelor? My wife. I was going to say every woman. Yeah, them too. Count her among them. Look, this is brilliant. I mean, I was so excited when it was going to be Taylor, Frankie, Paul on The Bachelorette. I may be even more excited. For Sam Hartman. First person I texted, Antonio, the director on The Morning Show, because he and I share a mutual man crush on that guy. Oh, wow. No question about it. Yeah, I mean, I think most people, even if you don't have a crush on the guy, you're just like, you've got to see how this thing unfolds. You've got to see how this unfolds. Something about this is going to get all of us hooked. And I bet the locker room is just as excited to watch how this unfolds. I mean, he's the golden child right now. He's knocking it out of the park for sure. Most famous and most handsome third-string quarterback, fourth-string quarterback, practice squad quarterback, Right, he's not even like fourth string, he's down to the practice squad There are certain catchphrases, there are just certain taglines that kind of live rent-free in a lot of people's heads. If I say to you, Maybelline, do you know? Maybe it's Maybelline. Exactly, you know they changed it? Oh no. They changed it. To what? They changed the punctuation. Maybe it's Maybelline. Maybe. She's born with it. No, no, no. Listen, we're going to play. So they enlisted Miley Cyrus to kind of be the face, the new ambassador. She says it. I'm going to play it exactly the way she says it tonight at 7.30, and you tell me how you feel about it. I personally. Like, no. No. Some brand campaigns are never meant to be changed. Yeah, exactly. It's like, you know. Do you remember the Herbal Essence? Ooh, ah. Yeah, uh-huh. Like, that was like. Also, like, and listen, I think if you polled most people my age and asked them about it, like, the idea of, like, how else to make two months' salary last forever, that's what I grew up thinking an engagement ring cost, no matter what. So much so that I told multiple ex-girlfriends, oh, hold out until I get paid more. Because two months' salary right now, ooh. Yeah. Is that the way you were keeping them away? I mean, it may have been an excuse, but at the same time, yeah. So is that still like, that's not a thing anymore, is it? Well, I mean, that was like the beers or something like that. That was like their slogan. Like, how else do you buy a diamond? Yeah, so don't mess with success, Maybelline. All right, so do we have more time? Yeah, we sure do. All right, so yeah, I can keep going. There's a sports radio call-in show in the Philadelphia area, WIP, right? People love it. My brothers listen to it every day. They text about it. I love that. I'm on a group chat with them while they text about listening to it. Lots of characters, as you can imagine, in Philadelphia. Lots of passionate sports fans. One so passionate, he called from the delivery room. His wife had just given birth. The baby is crying in the background. The host is like, hold on a second. Where are you? Well, not only that, he's calling to comment on a Sixers game that the baby was born during. So he was watching it while the baby was being born and then calling because he was so angry about the way that team. He absolutely does. Maybe he needs to offer him some, I mean, I'm not going to say parenting advice, but, you know, maybe be there. Maybe be present. That's being a Philly fan. Yeah, it is. Good for him. There's something about you guys. You guys are just built differently. That guy is, I mean, Caleb from Germantown or whatever your name is. Oh, my goodness. Hats off. All right, Producer Chris, we'll see you at 7.30. 7.30, Bismarck will be here. We'll be We have arrived, y'all. right It's Friday. I have a TGIF. Hallelujah. Yes. I'll be back. See you soon, Marina. The news at 4 starts right now. back. Right now at four, tributes pouring in for the victims of the shooting in Logan Circle. What we're learning about the sixth victim at this hour. New charges being filed against the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. What prosecutors are now putting forth in the courtroom. That is why I'm running for the majority leader in the United States Senate.