the victim was taken to the hospital but he did not make it. police have not said what the motive could be more this shooting. good morning. i'm kristin wright. >> and i'm molette green. >> we're going check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> plenty of clouds outside first thing this morning. that's for sure. even a bit of light rain and passing sprinkles to be coping with. here's the view outside over reston town center. louden and montgomery counties this morning. not a whole lot of rain inside the capital beltway, but lingering showers out northern parts of frederick county move for towards the north side. a few sprinkles here. that's really all we're dealing with is a light rain and sprinkle chance first thing this morning. outside temperaturow in the

low to mid-70s around the metro. so your planner here for the next couple of hours, sprinkles just back to a few drops in and hour or so. then sunshine breaking out. will be near 90 degrees today and an increasing chance for weather tomorrow. back to the news. >> thank you so much, chuck. metro's silver line will be officially open and ready for you to take a ride today. the grand opening ceremony is this morning at the new wiehle-reston station. that will begin at 10:00 a.m. everyone from the u.s. secretary of transportation to meth rowro generanalle t llunllheay om wiehle-reston east station in fairfax county to largo town center in prince george's county. this will add 11 miles to the metro system. in all the silver line will

serve 28 stations. adam tuss is live at the wiehle-reston east station with more on the grand opening. good morning, adam. big day. >> reporter: this is a huge day. as someone who has literally followed this project for a decade when it looked like this project might not happen, when it looked like should we build it above or below ground. pretty amazing we're here holding up a pennant that says it's opening today. this is the wiehle-reston east station. we've got people already out here getting a look at the station. we've got the bows on top of the station. this is what's going to be an important feature of the silver line. the pedestrian walk t bring y io t new stations. that is where the new train will pull out from just about three hours from now. and it's going to make its way down towards tysons corner towards the four stops in tysons corner. i want to bring in metro

spokesperson phil stewart. what can you tell me? this is a day a lot of us might not have seen coming. >> you summed it up. this is something the region has been talking about literally for a decade. when you think of the economic impact, the second largest economic hub in the region now linked to downtown d.c. with the silver line. it's huge for the region both economically and for people getting to places they couldn't get to before by rail. >> reporter: people should know there's another phase being opened that won't open until 2018. >> for now we go to wiehle-reston east he. a lot of the bus shifted over. they'll be operating out of here as well as some other virginia bus companies. >> reporter: how crowded do you expect it to be? there's still a lot of development. do you think there g to be a significant jump in ridership

and there's issues to wo out on the rails. >> we're expecting about 25,000 new people. some of those people will be new riders. some of those people will be people who already come to the orange line on buses, the buses being shifted other. so there's going to be a mix. >> reporter: all righ we've got a big day here. i'm ready. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> reporter: i think wre all ready for the silver line. it is opening today. the first train pulls out of here at noon. the stations at tysons corner open at 11:30. if you want to take a train to the mall today, you can do that. reporting live in reston, adam tuss, news4. >> i think that will make a lot of people happy. there has been so much anticipation, you'rright, that i think there is a certain sense of excitement this morning. any sense at all of how many people are going to ride today or how big of a weekend this

will be for the silre? >> reporter: ridership won't be what it would be during a normal weekday, but metro says they expect a significant jump in all 750,000 trips are taken. after it ramps up, after we get through the fall period into the winter period where everyone's here back from summer break, expected to reach 800,000 trips a day with the addition of this line nap is a staggering number for our transit system. when people were planning the system back in the '70s, i don't think they thought they would ever get to this point. but here we are talking about the possibility of 800,000 trips a day. it's going to get crowded in there, now it's time to talk about how we expand the system and make it comfortable. probably with longer trains. >> that is significant. thank you, adam. we'll see you in a bit. first 4's traffic melissa

mollet has how much it will cost you to take a ride. >> wondering how much your trip might cost? since school's out we decide candidate to do the work f you. we plugged in our starting stop point as the wiehle-reston east station. it will take 70 minutes to get to largo town center. that fare is going to run you $3.60 off-peak and $5.90 during peak times. let's check out another. let's say you're going between tysons corner and gallery place. that will take 36 minutes. that route will cost you $3.60 off-peak and $4.90 during peak hours. if you want to calculate your own route, look for the link on nbc washington by searching silver line. coming up, david culver rode along with one commuter this week to see how her trip will

change once the silver line opens. a traffic alert you should know about in northern virginia. if you were waiting until today to go shopping, you'll probably want to leave sooner rather than later. thanks to the crystal city twilighter 5k, police will be shutting down roads. this race begins at 6:30 this evening. the mall will still be open. expect a few delays. police are investigating a deadly crash in potomac yesterday morning. 83-year-old thomas brown crashed his car into this house on gainesboro road and did not survive. chopper 4 was over the scene soon after the crash. police say brown had some kind of medical emergency behind the wheel. no one inside the he hurt. today you have a chance to hear from two candidates running for virginia's u.s. senate seat. democratic senator mark warner and republican ed gillespie will square off. warner, the incumbent, is running for a second term. gillespie is a former chairman

of the republican national committee. the virginia bar association is hosting the debate. it starts at 11:00 this morning at the greenbriar resort which is over the state line in west virginia. right now there are a lot of police in upper marlboro. running an active shooter drill. derek ward is live there now to tell us what they're doing to keep all of us safe. good morning. >> reporter: good morng molette. this might look like your typical saturday in upper malboro when this would normally be closed, but what's going on now is anything but typical. in a few minutes they' be doing an active shooter drill. this area would be an armed assailant trying to get t courthou. there are many in there. all of that trying to make this as close to a typical day as possible and get their response

as close to a typical day as possible as well. you have law enforcent agencies from several jurisdictions in the country and state participating in this. it is usually up to the sheriff's department to secure this courthouse. and it's quite a unique job and duty as we hear from e sheriff. >> here in the complex every day, we have a number of people in custody. they're here for trials of one kind or another. and we have other things to present challenges for us. domestic violence, family matters, that kind of thing. in many of these cases, the emotions are very hh. >> reporter: and imagine putting into that mix more than 1 million people a year. they say this is one of the busiest if not the busiest courthouse in the state of maryland which makes this all the more important. you might notice i'm wearing a green arm band. this says i have been searched, i do not have a weapon. because this is still a

courthouse and secure facility. if you go in, you'll have to go through as usual. there are certain restrictions in place. but not too much they get in the way of participating th drill and going through these scenarios to make sure if something like this happens they would be ready. they're going to have to search the courthouse room by room as they would in an a that could be a tedious but meticulous process. people living here have been told what's going on so they don't get upset seeing all the flashing light and police presence. >> all right, derek. thank you so much. here's something you just don't want to happen at the happiest place on earth. your ride stops at the top of a roller coaster. we'll have more of the dramatic pictures. and what a flight. passengers diverted twice. find out what happened that had the s.w.a.t. tea

breaking new the state department has closed the u.s. embassy in libya and evacuated american staffers. intense fighting between rival militant groups in tripoli are making the situation very dangerous. staffers were evacuated last night and traveled to the neighboring country of tunisia. according to the state department, embassy activities will be suspended until this situation improves. in 2012 an attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. today secretary of state john kerry is in paris working to get israel and hamas to put down their weapons. the two sides have agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire today. yesterday kerry spent hours trying to negotiate a week-long truce in the fighting. but deal was reached there. israel says they want to shut down gaza's military tunnels and

rocket launching sites. hamas insists that iz u reel lift its blockade at the border. after more than 50 hours, lots of airplane passengers finally got where they were going. we told you how a plane flying from canada had to turn back partway when someone started making threats. you will see a s.w.a.t. team step in to subdue the man. well, on the second try, the plane changed course again because someone had a medical emergency. everyone made it back on the grounds safely. visitors at california's disney adventure, the california screaming ride stopped working while people were on i park officials say some kind of technical problem just shut the ride off. guests were escorted down a walk way on the side of the ride.

can you imagine? the roller coaster was tested once everyone was safely off and it did run normally. california screaming, by the way, is the park's fastest ride with a top speed of up to 55 miles an hour. >> yikes. >> yes. >> i still love roller coasters. that's not going to stop me. >> yeah. i used to. but i don't know. things are changing. >> it's still in me. well, we are staying on top of the grand opening of metro's silver line. >> we take a ride with one driver to see how her commute will change on monday. plus big changes are coming to one mall in northern virginia. we check out the propos to change part of the landmark ll change part of the landmark ll

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we're less than an hour away from the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new silver line. transportation report adam tuss is coming up to let you know what time you'll be ableo board thtrn. this new line will change how thousands of you commute around the area. especially getting to and from work. in some cas t silver line will save you some time and money. david culver rode around with one to see how her tr wl change. >> reporter: if only nadia's daily commute from d.c. to tysons was this easy. >> i made it.

>> reporter: but nadia's trek to tysons from her home in northwest took more than an hour. we timed it. her route brings her over the key bridge onto 66th and then route 7. nadia's used to seeing a lot of red. does this frustrate you or just part of what you're used to? >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: but that doesn't mean she's not eager for another way. >> the thing with the mote row is you can kind of sit down and relax. driving you can't really do that. >> reporter: i joined nadia on her drive. at first all looked pretty smooth. >> might be lucky today. there's almost no traffic. >> reporter: but that quickly changed. and we sat and sat. >> it gets frustrating when it's not really moving and you can stay at one spot for ten minutes. >> reporter: whi is why come monday nadia wants her view to change from this to this. it's a look from on board the new silver line. she's willing to test it out. she tells me her commute by metro will look like this. taking a bus to columbia heights. switching to the silver line at

lamont plaza then switching it out at tysons. but back to our road trip. after 30 minutes we made it onto route 7 getting closer to her work place. >> finally. >> reporter: alas, she makes it to work. does it feel good when you come to this point? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: only then you have to work for several more hours. >> exactly. >> reporter: david culver, news4. >> right now you can weigh in on a new plan to change the landmark mall in alexandria. this would be a big facelift. the corporation wants to revamp the mall center into a mix use living and shopping space. that means you could buy new clothes there, then walk them to your apartment just a few floors away. head to nbcwashington.com for a link where you can comment on the new plan. just search landmark mall. >> so much change in the area. >> growing, growing. >> and a lot to do outdoors,

but -- >> today's not going to be a lost cause. if you've got stuff outside today, don't be scared by the clouds thirst fing this morning. a couple of rain drops around to get your weekend started. but your weekend is looking pretty good. i'm optimistic for your plans later today. if you've got stuff to do late tomorrow, that's when we really need to keep a close weather eye on everything. strong to perhaps severe storms are looking more and more likely for late sunday afternoon into sunday evening and sunday night. so be ready for that. your weather headline, hit and miss rain drops today. could bubble up this afternoon. but i'm not worried much about it today. a stormy finish coming up tomorrow. the severe weather thre continues to increase for late tomorrow into tomorrow night. the timing of it, late sunday and sunday night. likely to have several lines of strong storms and damaging winds coming our way late tomorrow. so be very weather ready for your sunday afternoon and sunday

evening. go ahead and good reminder to download our weather app from the google play store and itunes store. it has the latest forecast. today the severe weather threat is to our west from the ohio valley westward. a slight and moderate risk of severe weather there today. tomorrow that whole chance moves due east and comes right in here. this is the moderate outlook for severe weather during the daylight hours tomorrow. that means this may be arriving here sunday night after the sun goes down into early monday morning. and it's a very strong cold front. so it's a very high threat for severe weather. damaging winds are looking more and more likely. hail, heavy rain, and a tornado threat as well. as this storm has a lot of energy to deal with. today right now 76 degrees and still mostly cloudy outside. temperatures are generally in the mid-70s in the area. the impact on your sard wl be relatily low. just a scattered shower.

currently we're in the mid-70s in town. still upper 60s in the panhandle of west virginia. we'll get back into the sunshine in the afternoon to put the temperature up to 90 degrees in many neighborhoods. if you're going to be outside for saturday night plans, isolated chance around 7:00. then dry. here's our future weather forecast. by noon today, skies clearing out. chance in southern maryland. dry for your saturday evening. then tomorrow morning, a chance for rain first thing in the morning. most of the day is dry until 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. then from there on out, chce for sever wesf ve atr coming our way up until 2:00 a.m. monday mog so this could be a prolonged period of bad weather for sunday night. so here's your seven-day forecast. today sunshine coming out later this afternoon. that will put temperatures near 90. hot, humid day today. enough sun to get to 90. then beautiful weather back for

tuesday on. >> thank you. washington redskins training camp underway for the day. we meet some loyal fans who made

right now practice is underway at day three of redskins training camp in richmond. >> lots of you are there including some fun fans. >> reporter: we ran into former redskins quarterback joe theismann standing on the si

sidelines and asked for his early evaluation of the team. >> i think this team has a chance to win the division. >> reporter: that sets the bar pretty high. now let's hear from some fans. >> i think we have at least an 11-win season. >> reporter: at least? after a three-win season last year, that's pretty optimistic. and what about the playoffs and beyond? >> i believe we mak the playoffs. i don't know abouthe super bowl, but definitely e playoffs. >> reporter: extrem expectations. how are the redskins going to do this year? >> we're going to be undefeated. >> reporter: how optimistic are you? >> we think we're goith super bo. >> reporter: okay. now for a reality check. let's see what reco joe theismann predicts. >> 10-6. i really believe that. i think the schedule's not an easy schedule, but we need to get off to a fast start. you can't get off to the start you had last year or else the fan base is going to go, here we go again. i will always be cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: heretho of caution.

in all the years of covering training camp, the fans always predict the redskins will win the super bowl. the last time they did was 1992. chris gordon, news4 today. we are counting down to the opening of metro's silver line. >> we're live from the ribbon cutting ceremony. plus dui checkpoints to help deadly accidents that have happened in a popular area. buyouts to families

here's a look at today's top stories. police are working to find out who killed a man in the district after midnight in the 200 block of savannah street in southeast. the victim was shot in the back. they haven't released his name. metro's silver line officially starts running in a few hours. the grand opening ceremony is at the wiehle-reston station. adam tuss will be there live from the ribbon ceremony. right now an active assailant drill is being held. more than 150 police and other law enforcement employees are there. it's happening at the courthouse on main street in upper marlboro where more than a million people go each year. good morning, everyone. we welcome you to news4 today. i'm molette green. >> and i'm kristin wright. >> all right. we're going to check in with

meteorologist chuck bell. he's outside on the storm team 4 weather deck. how's it feeling? >> it's cloudy and humid this morning. temperatures here on the front lawn are in the mid-70s already. the skies are trying to thin out just a bit. we will get enough sunshine today to produce a very hot and humid afternoon. there's the view from o tower looking southbound down over downtown. plenty of clouds across much of northern virginia and northern maryland as well. there's the view from prince george's county. cloudy skies aplenty. and i don't rule out random sprinkles late this morning. that's going to be over with around lunchtime. once that's gone, skies clear out and a quick warm-up. high temperatures today up near 91 degrees. only a 30% chance they're going to get a drop on today. but a 60% chance tomorrow and a severe weather threat tomorrow

evening into tomorrow night. for now back into the studio. >> thank you so much. the silver line will begin running in less than three hours. today's opening will -- adam tuss has followed this from the beginning. it's at the wiehle reston east station where everyone i excited a nvo awe >> reporter: we have followed this from the beginning. it's been years and years and years. sometimes seems like decades. but take a look. for the first time we've got the metro silver line smart trip card. let's give you a look at what's going on here. look off in the distance. you can see the trains are actually on the tracks. of course the training have been running here on the silver line this whole week. look beyond that. that is reston town center there. this is about a mile and a half from reston town center. people want to know where it is

in relation to the whole area. of course, you can walk that, but there are also buses that go from wiehle to reston town center. so you're able to get back and forth to some of the places that you know about. this is what the wiehle-reston station looks like. there are pedestrian connections up here that go above route 7. these are so important to the stations online here. this is the chief of police for metro transit police. ron, obviously you guys -- i've heard you have to police moving geography. now we've got even more geography to police. talk to me how you're paying attention to these lines. >> we have a great relationship with the police so we're looking forward to this grand opening event. >> reporter: what wod you say is the biggest challenge out here? these are new stations you have to learn, things you have to be aware of. you're obviously deeper into fairfax county now. eventually you'll go into

louden. that's different t k. some of these stations are way high in the air. how do you train for those? >> it is. each station brings a lot of challenges to us. we've had some drills to get up to this event. now we're just going to continue our training. table top exercises, full scale drill exercises. continued partnership with the local responders. >> reporter: any message for the bad guys that you're going to be paying attention. >> we have a great bunch of guys and gals out here ready to do police work. we're looking forward to this grand opening event. >> reporter: thank you,hief so just about two and a half hours now until the first silver line trains roll through the silver line. the first station's in tysons corner. they open at 11:30 this morning. and this adds 10% to the entire metro system. quite a change. >> this is such a big deal. you know the key to all of this working is getting people to use

it and get out of their cars, right? >> reporter: yeah. i think the most important thing that people need to know about these new silver line stations -- don't forget the silver line will go through largo town center through d.c. all the way out here. so it is this regional system. as far as these phi new systems in virginia, this one right here is the only one that has a true parking lot. one that you'll be able to take your car, park, and get on. the stations in tysons corner do not have that. you are being encouraged to walk, to bike, to take a bus. the bus systems will be so important to those stations. they don't want people driving to those stations because they want tysons to develop into this urban, livable, walkable downtown. i've heard some people dcri it as a mid-town manhattan kind of feel. by the way, the leaders here are not shy about how they think the new tysons will compete with washington, d.c. so we'll have to see how it all develops. >> thank you so much, adam. >> the silver line is bringing

changes in the just to metro. fairfax connector had to change several of its bus routes. you can calculate your trip on our website. just head to nbcwashington.com and search silver line. so we want to hear about your first ride on the silver line. so tweet us @nbcwashington. let us know how your first trip goes. police working to keep your kids safe in college park. they were doing a dui checkpoint on route one. earlier this month a drunk driver struck and killed a woman. police say they understand young people want to have fun, but you need to plan ahead. >> drink responsibly. if you feel you cannot dri, call a taxi. some prince george's county families want full compensation after their homes were

condemned. right now prince george's county is offering $11 million to cover damages to homes in ft. washington. six homes are considered uninhabitable after a landslide two months ago. that may sound like a lot of money, but people there say it isn't enough to cover everything. the families met with county execive earlier this week and will do it again. it will be a weekend of picking up the piece of virginia's eastern shore where a deadly tornado slammed into a campground thursday. forecasters say it was an ef-1 with winds up to 100 miles per hour. governor terry mcauliffe toured the campground yesterday where campers' tents and trees were still mangled and twisted. a couple from new jersey was killed when a tree fell on their tent. are you trying to figure out what to do with all those old expired medications? d.c. police department will take them off your hands.

these are two dropoff locations. you can take advantage today to get rid of unused prescription drugs. dropoff times between 10:30 this morning and 12:30. if you can't make that one, the second location is 25th and k street in northwest. that location will be open between 2:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. tonight is the last night for awhile you can enjoy a drink or two on the rooftop of the w hotel in downtown d.c. after today the rooftop terrace and lounge are closing there. crews are renovating the space. this is how it will look once the work is all done. you'll be able to go back to the roof there this september. you could be getting a health care refund check in the mail. we'll tell you who is eligible. plus developers are adding a new feature to their latest smartphone devices. how you can use a so-

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lots of you are going t a check in the mail this week thanks to the affordable care act. part of the act says insurers have to give you a refund if the company spends more than 20% of premiums on operating costs instead of medical care. 7 million people will ive some kind of compensation. the average family refund will be 80 bucks. google and microsoft have agreed to ad a kill switch to the next versions of their computers and smart phones. a kill switch enables a phone's owner to completely disable the device remotely if it is lost or stolen. iphone thefts dropped after apple added the feature. google is expected to show off the next version of the android smartphone next week. our time now 9:42. we are just a few hours away from the first passengers boarding metro's new silver line. >> we are covering every angle for you this morning. some companies he along the silver line eagerly awaiting the new metro. but others in our area, they're

putting up gates and signs to keep commuters out. we'll show you how folks here are bracing for the new silver line. and good morning, everybody. plenty of clouds inr satdamni sky. they're not going to me u your wholweenthg but storm chances are rising. your weekend forecast mi u

we're counting down to the

silver line. we're about 15 minutes away from the ribbon counting ceremony from the metro's new line. several companies are bracing for change the silver line will bring to their area. some eagerly welcoming the new metro. others are putting up signs to keep commuters out. david culver has that partf the sto f u >> reporter: this is what we found driving by offices near reston's wiehle avenue metro stop. new gates keeping would be riders out. the signs are clear. no commuter parking. last week we were the first to tour the reston station's new garage. it's five levels and just for those riding the metro. but the fear of it filling up inspired area companies to lock up. towing in force. some companies hoping their employees won't need to use their parking. instead they want them to ride the rails. >> you're going to take the escalator down there. in a few months they're going to

open up a sidewalk from right there to right where we are basically. and then you're in the building. so rain or shine, you're going to have only 50 feet to walk. >> reporter: this ceo so excited about the new metro, he's going to move 400 of his employees six blocks down the street. >> getting out of the subway -- sorry. that's my new yorkism coming in. >> reporter: you c see christina hill's a new yorker. just moved here in april. neither she or her husband own a car. a big reason she took this job? metro. right now she takes the bus. >> it's a little long. it takes about an hour and if i'm working late, it takes about an hour, fifteen minutes. so i'm eagerly awaiting the silver line. >> reporter: david culver, news4. >> you can take a virtual ride on the silver line before boarding later today. just go to nbcwashington.com.

we posted a link on our home page. >> really pleasant weather for that ribbon cutting. >> yes. cloudy skies, that's not going to bother anybody too much. anybody going out for their early morning jog or bike ride this morning, relatively cool. but the summer humi is already making a comeback. and it's going to be here all weekend long. get ready for a hot and humid weekend that will end with a very strong chance for severe weather late tomorrow, tomorrow night. you need to be weather ready for the second half of your sunday. right now it is a quiet start on your saturday morning. mostly cloudy skies hanging over washington first thing this morning. but there's not a whole lot on radar. i'll show you in a second. 76 degrees at national airport. but the humid this back up again. 74%. so you really are going to notice it on your way outside. it's nowhere as invigorating as it was yesterday m.

all in the upper 60s still. but it's mid-70s in town. low 70s just about everywhere else. maybe you're thinkibo making the drive down the chesapeake bay. going to be a nice morning. pretty good day to be out sailing around. severe storms late in the day. if you're going to have a plan to be on the bay tomorrow, be sure you are weather prepared. showers lingering into monday as well. but then much cooler air next week. another shot of true northern canada air is coming our way. hour-by-hour today, your hometown forecast, annandale, virginia. mostly cloudy skies by 1:00. temperatures in the low 80s. mid to upper 80s for highs today with a decent amount of sunshine this afternoon. fair skies through your saturday evening. 82 degrees at 8:30 tonight. bedtime temperatures back into the mid-70s. not much of a drop from there. and there are rain chances that begin as early as sunrise tomorrow. and will continue off and on

with rain chances through the day tomorrow. but the threat for weather com in later on in the day. after about 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow evening. here's where the severe weather is going to be impacting a lot of folks today. chicago to st. louis to cincinnati. this red zone here. that's a moderate risk here. tomorrow that whole system progresses farther and farther to the east. and that mes our severe weather chances climb with time during the day tomorrow. and it's a very strong cold front and it's a humid air mass it's bumping into. so damagie ing winds and hail w be a possibility. tomorrow night in particular. so for today clearly skies. can't rule out an isolated shower or thundershower today. not a big impact on your saturday. first thing in the morning, h t heating up in the afternoon. then into tomorrow night several waves of severe weather likely. again, just be weather ready for tomorrow night. that will linger into the predawn hours of monday morning.

the payoff pitch, though, it's not really a polar vortex, so to speak. loving it. >> looking forward to that. thank you. well, we take a look at how professional sports teams like the nationals are creating economic boom time for the

of the biggest eateries in the

country. sales increased 20% on a wizards night. 40% for a hockey game. an average game night for the wizards generates $64,000 in sales taxes on just tickets alone. not counting food and merchandise. at a recent d.c. chamber of commerce forum, the baseball team scored as a city and regional success. >> and if you look at your game attende attends,wh re na the majority of our attendees are the northern virginia area. >> reporter: it's still in limbo before a skeptical city unc that could decide the issue this fall. but business leaders insist it fits the city's long-term interest. >> they should have a life of their own that stretch out beyond one or two mayoral administrations. this is a chance to make a big move and change a section of our city. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4, washington.