maureen: barely a week after metro released its extensive repair plan called "safe track," plan is getting a major revision. leon: that could move up the plan to shut down the section of rail for two weeks. abc7 transportation reporter brianne carter is covering metro for us. you spoke at length today with metro g.m. and the new safety officer. how did they explain it to you? brianne: well, they both had to say that the f.t.a. and metro are on the same page when it comes to the goal. but they had different ways to get there. now tonight, metro telling us they are working on revising the big maintenance overhaul for metro. tonight a possible shift in timeline for weeks-long metro station shutdowns for a maintenance overhaul. wednesday the f.t.a. pointed to portion of the rail system. they say can't wait. demanding metro make immediate repairs. >> the three sections include

potomac avenue to east of stadium-armory. ballston to east falls church. medical center to van ness. the first stretch impacting the blue, orange, silver lines is already slated to be shut down for 16 days in august, as part of paul wiedefeld's safe track plan. the question tonight is with the f.t.a.'s demands. could it come much sooner? >> we will be coming out shortly with a revised plan. >> chief safety officer patrick lavin who was formally introduced today said they had the same goals but different ways to get there. they say workers need 16 hours a week on the track. >> a glaring problem. brianne: four days in the job tonight he is outlining immediate priorities. >> wmata is good at telling you what happened. we need to work on the why. we need to delve into yes, there is a burning

and yes there was an event. we mixed it and resumed service. but we need to get into more detail. brianne: this comes as there was a discussion about why the general manager did not include the f.t.a. in the original draft before it was unveiled. he said after listening to the ntsb last week, and the litany of the problems facing metro he just wanted to get this draft plan out there to get going. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: all right. metro is already facing, making significant safety changes to show lessons they learned from this. the arcing incidents at the federal center last week that prompted a stern letter from the f.t.a. because the station was allowed to reopen without significant repairs. >> one of the things we are putting forward basically is anyone, if someone sees something; they get to make the stop. g.m. paul wiedefeld said that the scope of the incident wasn't clear until they reviewed the security video which is not a standard practice. he said he wants all employees

stop the trains in the name of safety from now on. our focus on metro safety continues tomorrow on news talk with bruce. his guest is wmata board chairman jack evans. that is your way tomorrow at 11:00 on newschannel8. maureen: we are following a developing story in district heights, maryland, where the mayor has died. he was found in his home this afternoon and there are no signs of foul play. but they are investigating. in 2006, mayor walls was the youngest mayor in history. and vice mayor eddie martin will act until there is a res placement. testimony concluded in the day in the trial of edward nero. he is one of six baltimore police officers charged with the in-custody death of freddie gray. in the opening statements the prosecutors argued nero broke protocol while arresting gray. defense countered saying nero followed his training. nero is the first officer to stand trial since

porter did last year and that case ended in a mistrial. leon: the final goodbye today to a man who gave his life to help others in friday's shooting spree outside of westfield montgomery mall. >> he stood and laid his life down for her. that is no greater love than that. >> he was a giving person. he died doing what he loved to do, which was help others. >> malcolm winffel was there at the mall for lunch friday when he saw an attempted carjacking underway. he ran to help. but he ended up being shot to death. winffel's wife gave his eulogy calling him her pillar of strength. the man accused in the shooting spree, eulalio tordil is held without bond. maureen: applause and tears today at the law enforcement memorial in the district. that is where hundreds completed a bicycle trek to honor officers killed in the line of duty. stephen tschida joins us from the memorial where family of fallen officers have been gathering all day. stephen

wrapped up a couple of hours ago. you can see a lot of people here at the memorial. they have come to remember the fallen loved ones and fallen officers who they didn't even know. they were here to cheer on the cyclists as they completed the police unity tour. [cheering] they arrivedded to a jubilant welcome. show of support for law enforcement personnel who cycled hundreds of miles to remember fallen colleagues. >> a great ride. a great experience. emotional. >> almost every cyclist had someone specific in mind. >> i'm honoring my best friend. stephen: some of the spectators spent time at the memorial seeking out the name of the loved one lost in duty. >> we want to remember them always. he was great guy. >> they came to remember their son. >> david was first class young man. went out of his way to help everyone. >> david kelly killed while responding to a call a year ago. >> my

montgomery, alabama. i miss him dearly. >> while it's is an annual event which stirs pain it's a time to connect with those who share grief. >> i knew coming today when i came here keith would be here waiting for us. >> sandy's sister was gunned down outside fairfax county police sully station in 2006. >> i worked that day that her sister was killed. i worked the crime scene. >> a time of pain but for some it brings comfort. >> it's heart-wrenching. it's fun. you get to see everybody. share your experiences together. the people here have come from all across the country. many of them will be back here at the memorial tomorrow night for candlelight vigil. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. still ahead at 6:00, to where some drivers in the district will soon pay $1.55 more an hour for a

>> a disturbing case that troubled the loudoun county sheriff investigators for three decades. tonight they are getting high-tech help to try to solve it. i'm roz plater in leesburg. i have that story ahead. leon: coming up next, finally coming home. the story of a maryland sailor killed in the attack at pearl harbor. how he is finally being laid to rest. doug: yet another cloudy day in the nation's capital. no rain yet. but any chance we see showers? the fo

leon: breaking news we are getting word of. the main gate at joint base andrews we understand is currently on lockdown because of a type of security incident. we don't know exactly what that is. but the main gate is on lockdown. there may be a claim that a woman claims to have a bomb on her. you can see the live pictures from news chopper 7 heading to joint base andrews. we will get confirmation of what the report is saying about a woman there claiming to have a bomb. maureen? maureen: almost 75 years after the day that will live in infamy, maryland sailor killed in the attack on pearl harbor is finally returns home. jonathan e

jonathan: chief petty officer albert haden on board the uss oklahoma on december 7, 1941, when seven japanese torpedoes ripped in the hull of the ship. the ship began lifting and in 30 minutes it tap-sized trapping 400 -- capsized trapping 4020 men in -- 400 men inside. despite heroics to cut through the hull, 32 of those trapped were able to get out. the rest perished. most of the bodies recovered were unidentifiable and burned in a mass grave. last year the process began to exhume and identify sailors. among them was chief petty officer haden and he will be buried next week near his hometown. his name and those of the 428 other lives lost are permanently memorialized at the uss oklahoma memorial in pearl harbor. leon: hope to give his family peace. thank you, jonathan. president obama will sign a bill restoring burial right at the arlington national

pilots. the women air force service pilots known as "wasps" flew transport missions so male pilots would be available for combat. they revoked their eligible last year. maureen: up next at 6:00, they are calling it a genetic eyewitness. the new technology in control suspect in a case that went colded a long time ago. >> the rainy day streak snapped tonight? doug hill has a word on that and word on timing of the possible storms and when rain could affect the weekend plans. maureen: "7 on your side" is helping you ask the attorney. the help center is open to talk to attorneys who are experts in fighting discrimination of all sorts including in employment, gender discrimination and race discrimination. call 703-236-9220. they will take calls until 6:30.

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leon: for decades police used these sketches in the investigation. we have seen them and we showed you this man accused

apartment complex. this sketch led to arrest in centreville sexual assault case. these men here are believed to have lured a child in the car. they were made from a description of a victim. imagine a victim in a case who can't give a clear description. roz plater reports we can now get sketches like this from d.n.a. >> we call it a genetic eyewitness. it's a description of someone who matches the d.n.a. >> scientists at labs in reston have a new forensic tool designed to help law enforcement agencies find suspects. the technology is called snapshot d.n.a. phenotyping. by running d.n.a. through database they have suspect description. >> we do the shape of the

hoping that the new d.n.a. technology can help the investigators crack a nearly three decade old cold case. >> this is the test case. >> this has happened on east poplar road in sterling june 26, 1987, 4:00 in the morning. the young girl said a man broke in her home and sexual assaulted her. she was just 9 years old. >> we want to go back and we don't forget any of the victims in the horrendous cases like this. >> d.n.a. doesn't record age so the fee -- the sketch is standardized at age 25. it's age progressed until 50. they hope someone will recognize him. >> we have a predator out there that did a serious crime. we want him behind bars. roz: i'm roz plater, abc7 news. maureen: we want to get you back to the breaking news at joint base andrews. news chopper 7 just arrived near the main gate whc

security incident. abc7 reporting a woman claiming to have a bomb is at that gate. that has prompted the lockdown. we are working the contacts and we have a reporter headed that way. of course we will bring you more information as soon as we get it. leon: all right. folks will have to pay more to park on the street in d.c. starting next month. on june 1, metered parking will jump to $2.30 an hour. which is a 30-cent increase in some parking zone. it will be $1.55 hike in other areas. ddot says despite this, the street parking is cheaper in new york, philadelphia and other major cities. so maybe it will make you feel better about it. maureen: right. leon: maybe not. maureen: what can we say? doug: we haven't had rain yet today. the streak of 15 consecutive days with measurable rain may come to an end tonight. leon: you just jinxed it. doug: it may come to an end.

to go. doug: plenty of clouds. that is the story all day. looking live from a newer h.d. camera on top of the hyatt tysons corner, west, northwest. cloudy skies that direction and every other direction you look at this hour. 65 at reagan national airport. winds from the south. that the first time in the past, you know, week and a half and maybe more we have had a prevailing southerly winds. the winds are coming off the ocean. now that the winds are out of the south it will come out of the influence and approaching the cold front. it will break the log jam and the atmosphere. 66 and 58 is the high and the low. 74 is the average high. that sounds tropical compared to recent weeks. 55 is the average morning low. at this hour we are holding in the 60's in most area. 65 in washington. north and west is lower 70's. hagerstown and frederick. 64 in fredericksburg. 65 in annapolis. 65 reported in baltimore. we have had the showers. even thun

afternoon. harrisburg area. diminish as they drift east. we have had showers that come out of the areas of western maryland. as soon as they cross the mountain and the blue ridge, they encounter this cold, very cool damp low level air mass and boom. it reraces the shower and knocks them out. they can't survive in the air mass. no warmth or lifting. i think the chances are pretty slim of a shower tonight. but who knows? we have a southerly wind. we have a frontal system playing more of a role in the weather. the showers we'll watch because they will move in every >> night. after midnight. the streak may be broken. through late morning and the mid-day tomorrow. the moisture converge ahead of a cold front. we could have thunderstorms tomorrow. it will be breezy and warmer. well in the 70's tomorrow. the best news is the timing. looks like it will come through mid-to-late morning through early afternoon. the rush tomorrow should be fine in the late afternoon and the everything. sunny and breezy and warm. that is good. saturday we have a strge

cold front approach with more chances of the showers and the storms than clearing in the day on saturday. sunday looks bright and sunny and breezy. but very cool. bus stop forecast. cloudy in the morning. showers and the thunderstorms. recess time. clearing for drop off time. 75 degrees. the next seven days shows drier sunday, chilly monday, sunday and cool. warmer for wednesday and thursday. the shower chance return on tuesday and wednesday. back to you. leon: all right. still talking caps. bury that whole thing? robert: they are still upset. as they should be. not holding back. caps players aren't sugarcoating anything. but what williams said today may surprise you. the frank admission when w

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robert: hard to believe it's all over for the caps after being the best team in hockey in the regular season. they fall to pens in the second round 4-2. it seemed like this was the year that the curse was broken. not so fast. the pain is still there. guys like justin williams are feeling it. >> listen, it was a failure. i'm not going to beat around the bush. i came here to help the team win and we didn't do

people will be upset about that. calling it a failure only one team finishes with a win and we weren't it. robert: in baseball the mlb posted this on twitter today. the ball. last night was a crazy night at nats park. max thursdayer striking out 20 batters tieing the all-time major league record. still no tiger but who needs tyinger if you have jason day? the number one showing why he is just that. he leads by two strokes. money. we caught up with the washington mystics as they get ready for saturday season opener to host the liberty. mccray was b

aanalysis -- she is an assistant coach for south carolina. we talk to her about the gold ol days tonight at newschannel8 at 10:00. united hosting the red bulls tomorrow. leon: want to get back to breaking news at joint base andrews. the main gate is locked down due to security incident. abc news reporting a woman claiming to have a bomb on her walked in the visitor's center. police responding to the scene right now. newschannel8 will continue to follow the story and we'll post updates on wjla.com. maureen: let's get an update on the weather. doug: looks better tomorrow. warmer. little sunshine. the afternoon thunderstorms, the same deal for saturday, cooler on sunday. steve will have the latest at 11:00. maureen: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up n

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. tonight, the high stakes meeting. who's the boss? donald trump or paul ryan? new details coming in from inside their face to mace meeting. what both said afterward. plus trump tonight, and what he's now saying about his proposed muslim ban. late today, the two officers now suspended after this moment. a chase, the driver crawling out of the car. and what happened next. was it excessive force? outrage tonight. george zimmerman now selling the gun he used to kill trayvon martin. just a short time ago, putting it back on the auction block. breaking developments about the two boys lost at sea and that iphone found on their boat. and the new statement just in tonight from joan rivers' daughter about her mother's death.