WASHINGTON – A D.C. grandfather tells FOX 5 he’s still feeling shocked and upset after two men armed with a gun tried to carjack him in the Chevy Chase neighborhood Monday night. 

Malcolm Jordan, 51, says he was at a Marshall’s in the 5300 block of Wisconsin Avenue around 7 p.m. when a dark-colored Dodge Hellcat pulled up next to his Audi SUV, where his 7-year-old granddaughter and 8-year-old daughter were seated.  

He says one of the suspects got out of the Hellcat and confronted Jordan while the other remained in the car, pointing a gun at him.  

The man then jumped into Jordan’s car and attempted to steal it using a USB device, but according to Jordan, it didn’t work. The suspect got out of Jordan’s car and the two men drove off in the Hellcat, leaving the grandfather and young girls shaken.

“t’s an inconvenience because I had my daughter and granddaughter with me. It gives them nightmares. I don’t want them to have to go through that as well,” Jordan said.  

D.C. police are urging anyone with information to contact them.

The D.C. Department of Health confirmed a case of measles in the District on Tuesday morning.

The person who was diagnosed traveled through several places in D.C. while contagious, including an Amtrak train.

Health officials warn about potential exposure at these locations and times:

• Amtrak Northeast Regional 175 Train Southbound on March 19, 7:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.
• Amtrak Concourse, Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002 on March 19, 11 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
• MedStar Urgent Care Adams Morgan, 1805 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009 on March 22, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.

What the D.C. Department of Health says about possible exposure

In a press release, health officials are asking residents to contact the health department immediately to report any suspected cases and arrange for public health testing.

“If you have never received a measles containing vaccine (either the measles, mumps and rubella [MMR] vaccine or a measles only vaccine which is available in other countries), you may be at risk of developing measles.

Anyone who was exposed and is at risk of developing measles should watch for symptoms until 21 days following the date of their last exposure.

If you notice the symptoms of measles, immediately isolate yourself by staying home and away from others.

Contact your healthcare provider immediately. Call ahead before going to your healthcare provider’s office or the emergency room to notify them that you may have been exposed to measles and ask them to call the health department to help protect other patients and staff.“

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court in D.C. appears to be divided on President Donald Trump’s use of a 200-year-old wartime law to deport people allegedly tied to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. 

A D.C. judge has blocked him from using the law for now. A decision is expected soon as time is of the essence for both sides. 

Monday’s argument was about a procedural question, but the court’s decision will determine whether the Trump administration can immediately resume deporting people under a law from 1798 called the Alien Enemies Act. The law gives the president wartime power to detain and deport people in the country who are from an enemy nation. 

Judge Challenges Trump:

Judge Patty Millett, an Obama appointee, pressed the DOJ’s lawyer about using the law now when it was intended for wartime. She said it’s only been used three times in history — the War of 1812, World War I and World War II. 

Millett forcefully questioned whether people who have already been removed — or will be — under this law were given notice and a chance to challenge their association with Tren de Aragua. 

“Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than has happened here, when the proclamation required the promulgation of regulations and they had hearing boards before people were removed.” D.C. Circuit Judge Millett said. “I mean, y’all could have picked me up on Saturday and thrown me on a plane thinking I’m a member of Tren de Aragua and say somehow it’s a violation of presidential war powers for me to say, ‘excuse me, no I’m not. I’d like a hearing.’”

The other side:

DOJ lawyers argued that the judge’s order blocking deportations, including ordering planes on their way to El Salvador to turn around, represents an extraordinary intrusion on the president’s powers when it comes to foreign affairs and national security. Typically, the president is at the apex of his constitutional powers when dealing with foreign nations and matters of national security. 

The DOJ’s lawyer seemed to find an empathetic ear from Trump-appointed Judge Justin Walker.

“I’m wondering if you can point me to a district court TRO or injunction that survived an appeal and stopped an ongoing, partially overseas, national security operation in the way that this — at the time at least — did order planes to take foreigners from international waters to the United States,” Walker said.

What’s next:

Monday’s arguments were delivered in front of a three-judge panel made up of Millett, Walker and Judge Karen Lecraft Henderson, appointed by George H.W. Bush, who remained silent. 

Henderson was on the panel that unanimously held that Trump did not have broad presidential immunity before getting overturned by the Supreme Court. She will likely be the deciding vote.