>> from abc 7 news, a breaking news alert. >> the national zoo, the trail is closed because of a chemical exposure, no injuries and the animals are ok. traffic, one eastbound and westbound lanes of connecticut avenue are closed as firefighters investigate. noon, the railat system is back open. yesterday, the entire system was closed for 29 hours as inspectors checked cables and connections. generally is spoke with commuters. >> metro

let out a sigh of relief after it reopened and everything seems to be going smoothly. after crews spent 24 hours checking 600 jumper cables, every line is up and running this morning. >> i have no complaints. >> my personal opinion is that safety comes first. >> today was moving fast. a.m., folks were not completely out of the woods. the general manager said 26 jumper cables needed to be fixed and crews were cutting it close. if not fixed by the deadline, the blue, orange, and silver lines would be single tracking. they made it at the nick of time. a historic shutdown impacted many of the 700,000 writers. -- riders. >> it made me miss out on money. >>

inspection history to find out what procedures were not followed. we will follow the latest developing on metro service after the shutdown, stay with and follow us on social media. look of the irish as the white green.yes the fountain doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: mild temperatures, 66. as we look at bethesda. 67 at reagan national and cooler north and west. a lot of sunshine and tracking a chance of a couple of showers. a high of 68 with in and out clouds and sunshine. abuse -- do not be surprised if you see a

shower. clearing skies after that. 5:00, showers still a possibility and later tonight things clear out. towards the weekend, down south, computer models continue to make the case for a developing storm that will move up the coast bringing cold rain and maybe some snow. we will talk about that with more detail coming up in a couple of minutes. let's get a traffic update. >> starting with traffic not terrible but a few problems. 395 northbound, before you cross the 14th street bridge. blocking our right lane, just before you merge is some activity, not sure what they are doing, i do not think it is an accident, possibly just work they are getting ready to set up . 395 northbound before the 14th street bridge. causing a delay.

per hour from the pentagon north. a minor delay. you can see mostly in the green everywhere. capital beltway looks good, up to speed to 95. no delays on 66 inbound or outbound but midday pothole repair. that is on 270 southbound from montrose closer to the capital beltway. near democracyr boulevard. noon, police say a person found shot along a busy highway in d.c. has died. we brought this is breaking news. a man was shot before 10:00, they say he was able to drive himself a short distance until stopping onto 95 north near pennsylvania avenue and east capitol street in northeast. when police arrived, he had died. police are investigating this as a

possible suspects or a motive. montgomery county, police investigating a serious crash that has left one man fighting for his life and to others with serious injuries. that happened after the car took off from in a typical -- attempted traffic stop. around 11:30 last night, montgomery county police tried to pull over a toyota camry near georgia avenue. the car took off. it turned north on georgia avenue and onto every. police decided to pull back and slow down. they know that emory road has twists and turns. when the car came over the overpass, police lost sight of it. shortly after, it went into this turn, lost control, slammed into . tree and burst into flames officers were on the scene seconds later and despite the flames, they ran over to the car and try to pull the three people out.

driver was critically injured in the two passengers were seriously injured and all three had serious burns. it remains unclear why police originally try to pull the car over. as soon as we have that information, we will pass along. >> on the hill, michigan governor rick snyder apologizing for his handling of the flint water crisis, he and the epa administrator jackson five before a house committee this morning. despite his apology, he placed blame for the contamination on bureaucrats. the defense did not sit well with lawmakers who called on him to resign. >> plausible deniability only works when it is plausible. i am not buying that you did not know about any of this until october 2015. you were not in a medically in those coma -- medically induced coma for a year. >> t

the river and they failed to keep lead from the city's old pipe from contaminating the water. president obama's pick for the supreme court has to capitol hill today. he meets with senate minority leader harry reid and senator patrick leahy. republicans have vowed to block the nomination, although some gop senators say they will meet with him. the chief judge in the federal appeals court in washington was nominated to fill the seat of the late justice antonin scalia. democratic and republican primaries in missouri remain too close to call after two days. hillary clinton maintains a to tens of a person's lead over bernie sanders, the same is true for donald trump and ted cruz on the gop side. the markets are closed for the losing candidate in either race to request a recount. the next primaries are tuesday in utah and arizona. coming up at noon, more changes coming to see world. we will tell you what's ahead

alert about the alarming rise of accidental overdoses in children. i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver.

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tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about ? any kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. xarelto® is the number one prescribed blood thinner in its class. well that calls for a round of kevin nealons. make mine an arnold palmer. same here. with xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. treatment with xarelto® was the right move for us. ask your doctor about xarelto®. >> breaking news out of d.c., a small chemical exposure and caused intense moments at the national zoo. do we know what caused this? >> they believe it was some sort of explosion with a chlorine gas, and incident that took

equipment for the water filtration system. you can see the yellow tape is marking off the area on the american trail that has been closed down since 10:55 this morning. scene. fire and ems on authorities are saying that around 10:55, a contractor smelled something and a small explosion. after that, they determine that it was a chlorine incident. something that happened in a small shed. not a large building. as a result, they have closed down this entire area where beavers and the otters are housed. there were no injuries to any visitors to the zoo or employees but one contractor was impacted, he was looked at by emt from these he fire and ems and taken to the nurses office at the zoo. not a major incident

there is a significant number of people at the zoo. a lot of people wanting to see what happened. where we are, you can smell the chlorine. almost like you are and in desk almost like you are in an indoor pool. -- the fire detectors are going off and they are checking it out . hoping everything will be fine so they can reopen this area to visitors very soon. >> the obama administration's labeling the actions of isis in iraq and syria as genocide. the state department declared a genocide in darfur for more than a decade ago. the house unanimously passed a resolution labeling isis attacks as genocide.

was killed while responding to a domestic violence call in woodbridge. fans mourning the loss of frank sinatra junior. the son of the legendary entertainer died yesterday of cardiac arrest at a hospital in daytona beach, florida while on to her, he was 72. he carried on his father's legacy, having two dozen tv and movie credits as an actor. this generation of wales at -- whales at seaworld will be its last comment ending his breeding program, they say the current killer whale's will remain for many years, inspiring guests in new and natural ways. they will receive the highest quality care. alert, automatic emergency brakes will soon become a standard feature in most cars. the department of transportation, the

than 10 major auto manufacturers have agreed to equip most cars by the year 2022, a move they hope will save lives. >> 94% of the time, humans are a problem, the technology could save their life and the people around them. >> research shows this technology could prevent some 700,000 crashes and 300,000 injuries. there are some concerns about tickets to the upcoming tapings of jeopardy, a number of tickets popping up on secondary sales websites like stub hub and even -- ebay. legitimate tickets are only available on ticketmaster. jeopardy does not charge for tickets. unless you get your tickets through ticketmaster, beware because it could be a fake . a new report says accidental medicine overdoses

gives to the emergency room every day. in 2013, must 60,000 young children are seen in emergency room's from vitamins, pain relievers or prescription drugs that adults leave within reach. even child resistant packaging does not always work. mayor is signing a bill to ban toxic flame or garden chemicals in household products. we have the details on the impact of this change. >> the city council already voted unanimously and this afternoon, the mayor's signature is making this official, joining states such as maryland, new york, and minnesota banning a handful of carcinogenic fire retardant products. the announcement made here at the engine nine fire house in northwest d.c. the mayor joined by the police chief and fire chief, making this important announcement for products in many of our homes. the

are especially found in products such as furniture, children's products, used in foam padded sleeping materials. the firefighters with a that even though fire retardants are a critical component to fire arety, the products suspected of causing cancer. chief, whye fire haven't these been dan before and everywhere -- band before and everywhere? >> every state has the opportunity to look at these. manufactures have found different ways to do it. some of these are more toxic than others and we want to remove those from everyday use. >> certain products are exempt from the ban, including some car parts and housing installation,

look, new york, st. patrick's day parade. celebrating the 17th of march. the religious icon, saint patrick. we heard on good morning washington, we do a bigger celebration here than they do in ireland. if you are among those fighting a go and celebrate, maybe little overboard, the regional sober ride program offering free cap writes starting this afternoon. $30 fare cover up to a and start at 4:00 p.m. today and end at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. call this number to book your right. -- book your ride. >> good advice. >> gorgeous day. >>

rain and maybe some snow. still wintertime officially until sunday morning. let's check the sky conditions earlier this morning. through the day, we enjoyed sunshine but late morning, the clouds came in. some showers not far south of the campus. some of the showers going by. you see the possibility through the afternoon of scattered showers. pollen levels up. any hiring for a while. wintry parlin -- high range for a while. 63 in leesburg. 67 at andrews and fredericksburg. 66 in baltimore. doppler radar shows a cute little showers around the area. south of gaithersburg. western pennsylvania.

isolated showers across parts of the area this afternoon and temperatures pretty comfortable, well into the 60's. upper-safeties in most spots. all part of this frontal system to the south of it and west of it, skies are clearing quickly. this is fairweather cloudiness and later this afternoon, that is what we will do it. , showers moving through this afternoon and clearing skies late afternoon and overnight. through new tomorrow, lots of sunshine. -- noon tomorrow, lots of sunshine. saturday evening, a storm developing along the coast bringing rain to the area and may be mixed with some wet snowflakes. mountain areas could get all snow. , wearly sunday morning could see enough cold air to give us snow maybe on grassy areas. other areas rain appeared above free

march 20, you are thinking snow, again. we will warm it up. through the middle and end of next week, we warm it up and by next week and, back in the dachshund weekend, back in the 70's -- weekend, back in the 70's. . we have had measurable snow. this sunday will be a. -- will be it. up, as march madness gets underway, we will show you a little voice incredible basketball shot going viral. boy'stle kathleen matthews: if we want to be heard, we need women in congress.

contraceptive coverage in the affordable care act. in congress, i'll fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. and, as an environmentalist, i'll work combat climate change. i know as a journalist and as a senior executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message.

>> a live look at the d.c. eagle cam. one step of two eggs closer to having. last night it began to break through. hours forake 12 to 48 it to fully emerge from its shell. desk ine any debating keeping -- thousands of people watching. a second great superstar issuing jumpers. even steph curry would not shoot it.

? jefferies sunday shot to send the game into overtime. he took another shot from half-court. nothing but net. dad did not think i would do it. amazing. >> what makes it even sweeter was that it was the championship game. jack says he wants to be an nba player. that is back with a look at the final forecast when we return.

it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us. as a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. she'll be our voice. tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. democrat donna edwards, maryland's next senator.

>> take a look at satellite and radar. showers ahead of a frontal system. the afternoon, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy with passing showers. today, 69,dy skies partly cloudy, 46 tonight. morrow, 62 in turning colder over the weekend. into rain late saturday sunday, could be mixed with snowflakes. >> thank you for joining us. watch abc seven news at 4:00.

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