all aboard. right now at 6:00, the moment finally arrives for metro's much anticipated silver line. our cameras there for the big reaction, even the first delay on the newine this is it. after billions of dollars and years of construction, the weight is over. metro silver line is open for business. and good evening. chris lawrence is off tonight. it's a historic day for metro and for our region. hundreds of people wanted to see it in person. we begin our coverage with

transportation reporter adam who was there for the big moment. >> reporter: before you n ke a ride u veo t ri. and after that, the silver line officially opens for n huge crowds waiting to hop on board. the silver line pennant the keepsake of the day the. imagine beating train operator of the day. he is getting ready for it all. >> at first i said this is real serious. yes, i will do it. that's when the nerves set in. >> reporter: a whose who of dignitaries shipped in. we caught up with the head of metro. rich, we're walking in. did you think this was into happen? >> ably it has led us here. we knew we were going to get here. we're here today. we have hundreds of customers waiting to get out of the first train. it's just a wonderf d words are hard to express to get

this moving. >> reporter: and the cro d come out orc this is the first silver line train. we are on our way to tysons corner. i think everyone is excited, right? >> yeah! >> reporter: got trartioli. >> the most holistic thing ever. the silver line. the first train. >> reporter: it was one of the first to go through the fair gates and get on the train. she lives within walking distance of the train right now. >> we have been waiting for so long. my goodness. finally. >> reporter: a smooth ride. there were hiccups. one trainover shot by four car lengths. it had to reverse and was delayed for about 10 minutes. for others, just the thought that they can now let someone else do the driving is what matters the most. >> for me just to have the convenience and have all of this

around us. that's what i love about living here with my family. >> reporter: no more waiting. the trains are here. this afternoon metro said on twitter that within just three hours almost 10,000 people used one of the new silver line stations. based on some of those crowds, it's no surprise that metro expects the silver line to bring thousands of new riders every day. until now, metro has handled 750,000 riders on the average day. that's about to change. over the course of the next year, it could shoot up to 800,000 trips a day. that means a lot of people to protest. >> we have a great line. we're ready for it. >> the chief says that the biggest challenges are the silver line's elevated tracks. he said metro will continue to hold drills and training exercises to help law enforcement get used to the new terrain.

we have team coverage of today's big grand opening. darcy spencer is live in tysons corner. does it take riders straight to the local hot spot where they can spend a lot of money shopping. >> reporter: that't. l give you a layout of the land. this is the pedestrian bridge over 123. people walk to and from the station. right across the st the station. the platform, people waiting for the next train to arrive. as you said, this is a big deal. everyone we spoke to came out here for one reason, and that is to go to tysons for shopng. the day is finally here. trains are running along the silver line in northern virginia. they are flooding into t tysons co stao this man brought his 4-year-old tristan from d.c. >> he wanted to catch the train. he was really excited t i we decided to get on a train and

spend a day out together. >> reporter: the new stop is golden for tysons corner mall. many passengers came from the district in montgomery and prince george's county to go shopping. this group of friends met at tysons. some rode from prince george's county just to go to the mall. do you think this is going to bring you out to tysons corner? >> yeah. every day. i love it out here. >> we just came to visit the whole line. metro made a big improvement in the silver line. now we're waiting for the second phase to come through >> reporter: they hopped on the traoepb in rockville. destination, tyson. without the silver line they would not have come to virginia today. >> i think it's great that the silver line opened. >> i really enjoyed the trip. it was a lot of fun.

we don't usually come out, no. >> reporter: she and her son parked at white flynn and traveled to tysons. let's just say she's very excited to be riding the silver line on the first day of service. >> this is great. come on, everybody. come here. itun >> all right. this is definitely going to be a boom for tysons corner. just like that woman said, come on out. people are here on the platform. there's people walking to and from the pedestrian bridge. still a lot of activity the. many coming to the wall. many just coming out to ride the silver line. darcy spencer, news 4. and we get to repeat all of this excitement in another four years when phase 2 of the silver line opens. it will extend the subway all the way to dulles. until then, take a shuttle from the wheelie ruston station. the final 11-mile stretch will have six new stations.

it will extend the silver line from reston and herndon from the airport into eastern loudon county. construction has re begun. crews laying the groundwork for the aerial guideway that will go through the airport. our coverage doesn't stop here. we have everything y need to know on our website. search silver line on nbcwashington.com. if you do go for a ride, let us know how it goes. tweet @nbcwashington. first ride sz. it sees its first morning commute. monday morning on news 4 today. it starts at 4:26 in the morning. let's get over to our storm team 4 right now. for the most part, it's been nothing but sunshine and humidity. we are in for some dramatic changes come tonight, into sunday. chuck? >> you bet you, wendy. enjoy the sunshine while it's out. rain chances will be here before

you wake up tomorrow morning. it's still an increasing threat for severe weather late tomorrow. for now, this is the way it looks. nothing but blue skies over loudon county, fairfax. bright sunshine all over the region. temperatures warmed into the 80s. rockville at 92 degrees. 85 in fort belmar. blue skies. nothing to worry about here. the rain is coming overnight tonight. the cluster of thunderstorms in eastern ohio is eight hours away. most of that will go to the southwest sides of the d.c. metro, i wouldn't be surprised to hear rumbles of thunder between 3:00 and 6:00 in the morning tomorrow morning. so your evening and tomorrow planner, warm and dry. so pleasant weather for your saturday night on the town. for tomorrow, chance of rain and thunderstorms early in the morning. and severe storms looking more and more likely late tomorrow. tomorrow's temperature near 89 degrees. i'll break down the timing and

the specifics in a few more minutes. >> all right. thanks, chuck. americans forced out. forcing the u.s. embassy overseas to clear out >> police move in on a group of protesters. the situation handed more than 20 people in handcuffs at a local store. p

this was a drill in prince george's county. a training exercise at the courthouse to see how law enforcement would react in the case of an active shooter. 150 officers and civilians took part in this event. quite a difference outside the rei today. things got loud as police broke up a protest against overseas sweat shops. this group calls themselves united students against sweat shops. police arrested 21 people charging them with disorderly conduct. the students say the north face company runs sweat shops in their stores in bangladesh. they want rei to stop doing business with north face and its parent company. for the first time, two senate hopefuls scaring off on

the issues, including bringing border children to virginia. and keeping a close eye on the storm brewing out there in the ohio valley. rain and even bad storms could be headed our way. chuck bell is timing it out to see who will see the wor oit and when.

developing toepbl, heavy violence in libya led to the

evacuation of u.s. employees in tripoli. operations tprb suspended and they have left for neighboring tunisia until the situation improves. it has intensified in the past few weeks. it is the worst violence there since the fall of gadhafi in 2011. coming up on nbc nightly news at 6:30. in gaza, a truce has ended after militants fired rockets during a humanitarian cease-fire. both sides agreed to hold fire for 12 hours. but when israel said it would extend the truce for another four hours, hamas rejected the extension by firing three rockets. the temporary cease-fire was meant to allow palestinians to move medical supplies into gaza and to recover the dead from the piles of rubble. since the conflict starte more than 1,000 palestinians have

been killed. in decision 2014, two of virginia's candidate for the u.s. senate faced each other in their first debate. mark warner and ed gillespie sparred for 90 minutes responding to more than a dozen questions. one concern, the pg issue of thousands of undocumented migrant children moving across the u.s. border and seeking refugee status. the moderator asked specifically how the candidates would handle the two dozen the children being housed in stanton, virni >> it is going to require more pressure on the governments to stop the flow and more judges of these children can be processed. many of them will be sent back. >> let me be clear. the most compassionate thing we can do is once they have been afforded the process and we have expedited the process is for them to return to their parents. >> warner, who was formerly

governor of virginia, is seeking a second term. the libertarian candidate the sarvas was not included in this debate. beautiful saturday. a little hot compared to the last couple of days. but what's coming tomorrow? storms coming in? >> tw chances for rain tomorrow. one will come before you even get out of bed first thing tomorrow morning. thunderstorms may roll in in the predawn hours tomorrow morning. and be leaving here before lunchtime. fairly nice afternoon. tomorrow, late afternoon, evening, sunday night, big time severe weather is looking more and more likely. be very weather aware if you make plans to be outside, especially later in the day tomorrow and tomorrow evening. outside for now, it is simply beautiful out there. that's the only way to describe it. sunshine aplenty. it's a toasty warm day. most neighborhoods made it well into the upper 80s.

some spots touched 90 degrees. we're officially 87 at national airport. humidity, 44%. a little bit of heat but not too bad. 10 miles per hour. areawide temperatures, 90 in cumberland, maryland. that's the warm spot. 80 in st. mary's county. that's the cool spot. things are flipped over. mid-80s shenandoah. hour-by-hour planner for your saturday evening, nothing to worry about. sunny, warm, light breeze. continued dry weather through 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. mid and upper 70s by later this evening. but here's where the severe weather threat starts to kick in. tonight the severe weather threat is back out to our west. tomorrow that severe weather threat comes right in here. this area of red is a moderate risk for severe weather. that time that moderate risk will shift east of thbl ridge. that may not be until late tomorrow and tomorrow night. so the weather impact on your

sunday will be moderate. a chance of rain, rumbles of thunder. severe storms become more and more likely after 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. here's where they are on radar right now. these will be our late night, early morning rumbles here. they are still six to eight hours away. we'll keep a close eye on that. this area in illinois, that is our chance for rain as we get into tomorrow night. here's our future weather forecast for this evening. here's the early morning rumblers for tomorrow. tomorrow the afternoon, all the severe weather parameters quite high. be on the lookout for that. the timing is, again, 1:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the morning on monday. quick peek of your sevenay forecast. it's indeed a stormy one for tomorrow and tomorrow night. rain ends monday. tuesday, wednesday, thursday look amazing around here. good-bye, humidity. still ahead, day 3 of redskins training camp and things starting to heat up. in richmond, the tempo, the

competition, the intensity all on the rise. sights and sounds of the first

redskins training camp they had the pads out. >> this is what it's all about. this is real football for the redskins. today the it began after sending the first two days in training camp in helmet and shorts for the players. today they strapped on the pads. more from richmond, here is diana rusini. >> reporter: fans champing at the bit to get a glimpsef this. day 3 of training camp. >> i was a little nerv after months of training in shorts, the redskins strapped on the pads. >> football is a physical game.

we have physical stuff on. >> reporter: did it feel good to get the first hit in? >> absolutely. shake the dust the off, get back out there. it is always good to get the first hit out of the way. >> reporter: the intensity, the tempo, the competition on the rise. >> what we were doing is basketball on on grass. it's a game for the fast guys. nor the non-tough guys. when you put the pads on, that's when it becomes football. >> head coach gruden plans on keeping guys in pads for the next two days. come monday, that's when the exhaustion, the fatigue sets in, according to the players. if they are trying to make the 53-man roster, that's not something they can woou >> all right. thanks, diana. one week from today is fan appreciation day down at

richmond. let's move on to baseball now. no team around the majors is slumping as bad as cincinnati. the reds, they have lost seven straight games. winless since the all-star break. the nationals sure did pick the right time to visit the ee city. trying to snap the losing streak of theirs. bottom of the fourth. jay bruce, with eight strikeouts through seven innings of work. anthony, the run scores easily. pena first with an rbi single. the reds take a 1-0 lead. one run might be all it takes when you have johnny cueto on the mound. adam laroche. struck out the side in the sixth. nine strikeouts through seven shutout innings. reds getting help from the

nationals miscues. ramos with bryce harper. ramos grounds to third. the buffalo actually beat that to throw it first. but brice gets a little greedy here. second time harper getsaut on the sead they are up in the eighth inning, 1-0. orioles out visiting seattle. bottom of the third. bases loaded. cruz misplays the ball. cruz throws and has two runners at third. morales is tagged. heads-up play by mcshadow. bottom of the fifth. $240 million man. robinson canoe coming through for his ball club. that drives in a run. rbi double.

mariners lead this one 4-0 in the eighth inning. good baseball being played. >> in case you are just tuning in, wild weather tomorrow in the morning. >> one chance for nonsevere thunderstorms early tomorrow and much better chance of severe weather starting about sundown tomorrow, into late tomorrow night. after that, showers tapering off monday. if you liked the polar vortex a couple weeks ago, this is

on this saturday night, americans evacuated. the u.s. abruptly closes its embassy in libya. tonight, details of a dramatic evacuation of americans under heavy military cover and what's behind the move. cease-fire. israel extends a temporary truce in gaza as a staggering number of dead are pulled from the rubble and the world braces for what's next. manhunt, the desperate all-out search and big reward for the carjackers who killed three young children as their mother fights for her life. and, not so sweet home, a downside for a wildly popular vacation home rental site. what happens when the