mayor right now, the d.c. and metro officials getting ready to discuss preparations plan.tro's safe track the final countdown is on. where 36 hours away from the delays and closures on the rails that could impact your commute. sam sweeney is in southeast d.c. with what you need to know for the days ahead. sam: goodafternoon -- afternoon. the mayor

any minute. a lot of her staff has already shown up, waiting to hear what she has to say. you can see one of the posters here. she will be surrounded hereby the department of transportation and the district and also the d.c. cap commission, expected to lay out plans such as modifying signals for traffic lights, easing parking restrictions, and also creating temporary bike lanes here in the district. safe track, expected to begin, in under 36 hours on the orange in northernines virginia. they will be single tracking from boston to east falls church, but that will make trains run only every 18 minutes, even during the rush hour commute. we caught up with some of the writers who use metro daily.

can do to work at home more days out of the week. federal government does a lot of that lately, so she is going to take it vantage of that. >> i'm going. it is what it is. have to get it fixed. it will just add more time to my commute. >> i plan to drive. sam: metro is on a media blitz about safetrack. they are giving out these templates and also making announcements in the station. the system are answering questions to help you find alternative ways to get to work or wherever you are going. again, this will last over the next year. first surge starts tomorrow at midnight. thank you. right sharing company

lyft willring company be offering discounts during the safetrack program. discount will be offered from june 6 through june 17 during peak commuting hours. is expanding its service to the region. make sure you stick with abc 7 for the latest on the safetrack repairs. will have a list of the affected lines and all the information you need on our website. just head to to wjla.com. obama gives the graduation address at

force academy every four years -- the president gives the graduation address the air force academy every four years. that's happening now. we're keeping an eye on possible showers and thunderstorms. the cloud cover keeping temperatures down a little bit. looking live at our weatherbug .amar -- camera cloudy skies, gentle breeze out of the east/southeast. we are tracking showers and a few thunderstorms starting to pop approaching the corridor. not a lot of support to drive these things eastward, but that is the trend, moving slowly. as we get through the late afternoon, especially this evening and tonight, could be a isolated showers and thunderstorms. again, slow movement is the key here. meanwhile, want to tell you bonnie has been upgraded to a tropical depression. never lost its circulation. now that it's closer to the coast of the banks, picking up more pressure. that is expected to get

the picture here. otherwise, things are very quiet. looks like we will see sunshine breaking out across the area. lower 80's this afternoon and again, especially later this evening and west of the metro area, chances for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. sullivan joins us with traffic watch. jamie: the nice thing is delays are not because of an accident. it is that construction work. closer to seminary and duke street, that is where our lane is being taken out over to the right-hand hand side. those three left lanes you get guy, and you immediately pick continuing toward the 4th street bridge. south, takeraveling a look -- not bad at all as you get through morton continuing south

dale city. we know there is a lot coming up with the safetrack plan and the next couple of days, but right now, blue and orange lines scheduled track works. and on the silver line, currently only running to boston because of the scheduled track work. police are investigating the death of a special needs men killed in a shooting yesterday after a confrontation over a basketball. john gonzalez is an landover hills with what we have learned about the victim and the urge that is ill on right now for the shooter. john: the police chief in prince george's county calling this a senseless murder. neighbors cannot wrap their heads around this, that it was all over a basketball. it was around 1:00 in the afternoon. we understand a young man in his early 20's was walking over to play basketball with some friends, perhaps even caregivers

, because he had special-needs and lived in a group home just up the street. police say the basketball he was carrying brushed up against a car, and the driver of the car got out, pulled out a gun, and man.d this young >> it's a great park. i'm out here with my kids and dog every day. it's shocking to me. like i say, i heard about it this morning. of kids that play. everybody gets along. john: police say they have reason to believe that another man who is either inside the inside shooter's car or talking to him saw the entire thing and actually try to help the young man who was shot multiple times, but witnesses say when he heard the police sirens, he took off. police obviously want to talk to that man and anyone who may have a description of the shooter and car. also in prince george's county, police say criminal charges are pending against

atv driver caught on camera taunting police. have you seen this video? driver doing wheelies and other dangerous stunts in the middle-of-the-road way. the officer did not try to pull him over because it is against the department pursuit policy. police say they have identified the driver and he faces several criminal charges. we want to get to some breaking news just in regarding the death of prince. the associated press reporting the star died from an opioid overdose. prince was found dead at his paisley park compound one day before he was supposed to meet with a doctor to help him with his a legend painkiller addiction. we will follow this story and have more information coming up starting at 4:00. meantime, a standoff in california between police and alleged gunman has just ended. police they a man who shot and during awo officers traffic stop is

police cruiser and shot an officer. the other officer was shot in pursuit of the suspect. down. tracked the suspect >> we had telephone conversations and dialogue back and forth. at that point, negotiations reached a point where we had to take action. we introduced gas into the house of it -- in the hopes flushing him out. he refused to come out. the update there, of course, the suspect now dead. the suspect remained inside. one of the officers injured listed in critical condition, the other in serious condition this noon. los angeles police have identified the gunman in a ucla murder suicide. nak sarkar gunned down and engineering professor before taking his own life

found nearby along with a kill list found at sarkar's home. a woman on that list was found dead in minnesota. classes will resume today except for the engineering department which will reopen next week. a man accused of war crimes in somalia is working in security at dulles international airport. a newing to investigation, he has been living in alexandria about 20 years. he's accused of committing atrocities while serving as a duringy commander somalia plus civil war back in the 1980's. he has been placed on administrative leave while the company refutes the case. the defensearned department official arrested accused of taking criminal action in a neighborhood parking dispute, bryan whitman, is a civilian leader in the pentagon public affairs office. he was charged with stealing

belonging to a neighbor's and leaving a threatening note. charges will be dropped if whitman does community service. the pentagon says whitman is still working in his current job. mother's desperate 911 calls after her three-year-old son fell into a rrilla enclosure. the latest on the incident sparking national outrage and the changes the zoo is making. on a waternformation rescue involving first-graders in maryland. and doug will be back with the

jummy: we're back with the 20 16.on the vote hillary clinton is expected to deliver a foreign-policy speech in california, outlining why she believes donald trump is unfit to be president. this comes as trump continues to rally support in the golden state. there are three lawsuits against the former real estate education program, trump university. clinton: trump and his employees took advantage of vulnerable americans, encouraging them to max out their credit cards. qualified, soot here are seven points that i have marked down. a new poll shows a dead heat between clinton and bernie sanders in california. that primary less than a week away. we want to get to those newly from the911 calls cincinnati zoo. for the first time, we are hearing how the boy's mother and tourists

panicked moments after the boy fell into the guerrilla's pen -- the gorrilla's pen. >> there's a baby in the zoo that fell in the guerrilla mode. hurry. >> oh, god. it has his pants. he's taking the baby into the cave. oh, my god. >> for the first time this morning, we are hearing the desperate calls to 911 as the three-year-old boy was being by the 450-pound gorilla . >> it has him by the shirt going back and forth. >> among the cries for help, the boy's frantic mother. son is at visit and fell in with the gorilla. >> the boy's mother desperately trying to comfort him.

dragging my son. i cannot watch this. >> the zoo emergency response team shooting and killing the endangered silverback to save the boy, a move the zoo keepers say was necessary. >> i would bet my life if i had to that that child would not be here today. >> officials are investigating the boy's family and parents leading up to the incident. son is's mother says her recovering and doing well. she's asking those who wish to donate to her to instead donate to the zoo in harambe's memory. prosecutor reviewing evidence could have an update on possible charges by friday. jummy: it mayor and metro officials are detailing preparation for metro's safe track plan, which gets under way in about 36 hours. the news conference just got started. let's

no parking restrictions around eight core doors to improve traffic flow. we will talk a little bit more about how we will accomplish that. we will expand no parking rush-hour zones at terminals for local and limited bus stops with enhanced service. we will put more traffic control officers on the street at bus bridges in critical intersections to facilitate the additional amount of service between stations that will be closed. we are also declaring a moratorium on public space construction work along certain to easers -- corridors construction. we are also exploring the option of extending weekend service hours on the d.c. circulator to 3:00 a.m. is airculator district-only bus that we control. we will also

some of the routes. from the recent shutdown on march 16 when the entire metro rail system was shut down, and during that time, and a lot of people decided to try bike share, so as a result, a two dollarsg per trip option for users, and we will expand capacity in affected areas around the surge areas in particular. throughout this process, we will coordinate -- hear the mayoru speaking about the safetrack plan for the district. you can watch the entire conference right now on our sister station if you want to continue listening. meantime, to maryland, where a school field trip turns scary after a boat carrying students cap sizes. look at these sisters. maryland natural resources police say last night.

a field trip when it hit something in the water. a good samaritan nearby pulling all 22 people to safety. to boat captain and lifted the hospital. two others also injured. time now, though, for a check of the forecast. doug doug: is here. another pretty cool day. we will have a chance of showers and storms. fairly quiet, then we get to sunday. sunday could be a very active weather day around here. let's start you off with a time lapse from the riverbend golf and country club. ca little fog on the fairway? that was why we had patchy fog in the forecast. it was a little more dense and other spots, but through the morning hours, skies have brightened considerably. temperature 76 degrees. other temperatures as of midday range from 81 in leeward, 79 in manchester. lower 70's, baltimore along the chesapeake bay, and we will see those numbers slowly climb.

s andes of areas of shower isolated thunderstorms continuing to develop today, tonight, into early tomorrow. they are moving slowly. i think the action will continue to push to the northeast, so the individual cells are moving to the ease, but the whole line is moving northeast. our western suburbs will have the highest chance of a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon, and the metro area later this evening or tonight might have a chance as well. bonnie.tropical storm it was tropical depression, then tropical storm, then tropical depression, then extra tropical depression. now it has a little strength. we will track that for you in a minute, show you where it is heading. in the meantime, a look at some of the unsettled weather in the west. futurecast shows late this afternoon, the best chance for showers and storms, they tend to shift to the north. later tonight, the heaviest ones, some could come through the metro area about

it will be very muggy. by the afternoon hours, showers and thunderstorms could pop up with an afternoon system. it will head out to sea, maintaining top wind about 30 miles an hour. probably will not regain tropical storm status. might marginally. notice the probabilities. 30% chance today of showers and storms. 50% tomorrow. saturday should be a pretty nice day, highs of 84. sunday, computer models are very consistent, lighting up conditions that are consistent withoducing thunderstorms the possibility of hail and damaging winds sunday afternoon or early evening here, clearer and cooler next week. as you make your sunday plans, keep that in mind, wherever you will be, that that could be an issue that of rex the whole metro area and beyond. affects the whole metro area and beyond. jummy:

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