accident with several injuries. >> here's a live look from the scene unfolding in silver spring. our scott macfarlane has the up to the minute details. >> it's a major interchange, east-west highway and grub road. it is closed down because of that metro bus accident. up to 15 injuries, none said to be life threatening. the bus truly did collide with a tree and the injuries were reported shortly thereafter. we've been on the scene for 30 minutes, maybe 45 minutes. you get a close look at the impact between the bus and the tree. up to 15 injuries. none seem to be life threatening. we have a news4 crew on the ground. back to you. >> thank you. we are in the midst now of the second rush hour of metro's

>> and we obtained coverage on the crowd from trains to confusion on the platform and the ripple effect from the rails to the roads. >> we begin with adam tuss. he is at the foggy bottom station where metro's leaders wrapped up a news conference. >> reporter: that's right. this is where a lot of people are getting on trains to get back into the virginia where the safetrack surge is taking place right now. by all accounts, this first day of safetrack during the rush hour is being called a success. safetrack day one in the books and metro's leaders are feeling confident about the way the day has gone. >> so i want to urge everyone whatever you did today do tomorrow, do wednesday, do for the duration of this surge because it worked okay today. >> reporter: some did report more congestion on the roads as people at the affected stations did find alternatives to get around. metro's general

riders they'll only have to deal with maintenance during the time it's been slotted, nothing more. >> we have scheduled this to get in and do the core of what we needed to do in those windows. >> reporter: perhaps nowhere has the commute today been trickier than at the boston station where both platforms are open, but the train that you think is coming isn't always coming or going in the directions that you're used to. we watched as amy from arlington got caught off guard racing two and from platforms. >> are they communicating this effectively or not? >> no. >> reporter: it happened to bruce burns also. is it confusing? >> yes, sir. very confusing. i don't know where to go right now. >> reporter: do you think they have enough communication out here? >> i don't see anybody here telling me. all i see are passengers. >> reporter: they'll have more

station tomorrow. now remember, this is just one of 15 metro surges that are going to be coming up over the next year. coming up at 6:00, we'll take a closer look at how people shiftshift ed away from metro today. send it over to shomari stone at the boston station. >> reporter: i'm here at the boston station. there is much more personnel in comparison to earlier this morning, at least that's what riders are telling me right now. some riders told me they have a headache due to their commute whereas others say it wasn't too bad and it is going rather smoothly in comparison to this morning. let's roll some video. the boston station is moving smoother. look at these people standing on the platform. metro employees and transit police answered questions and explained why there is single tracking. one woman told me she was tired of the t

metro officials warn again the orange and silver line trains may be crowded, especially during rush hour. riders should expect significant longer wait times at multiple stations in northern virginia. we're now going to hear from a rider. let's hear what he has to say. what was it like in comparison to other days? >> it was about 15-minute extra delay. it was a little more packed than usual. i get home in another hour. >> reporter: now the employees are also going to be passing out fliers throughout the evening. again, more personnel right now in comparison to earlier today. that's what riders are telling me. i'm going to go check again for the 6:00 newscast. that's when i'll bring you a live report. live here in arlington, i'm shomari stone. news4. we're also keeping watch on the roads out there. what's happening on metro is also effecting traffic on

highway. this is lee highway in arlington county. doesn't look too bad at this moment. the plan's impact is expected to ripple across the entire d.c. area over the next year, but the first big test is this commute today. we will continue to monitor the afternoon traffic throughout this hour. >> we've been asked this question on social media. if you didn't take metro today, was your commute effeaffected b safetrack? we'll share the results with you in our second half hour. a teenager is recovering this evening after she got shot at a house party in virginia. the 19-year-old female got shot standing on the porch of a home in culpeper county over the weekend. it happened along edward shop road. we're told a group of people got into an argument when they weren't allowed into a house party of about 100 people. shots rang out between the group and the people in the house. the u.s. attorney general was in a d.c. courtroom today to launch a new program designed to keep repeat

prison. loretta lynch says seeking justice includes helping felons get a second chance. mark segraves is live now with more details. he was at u.s. district in northwest d.c. hi, mark. >> reporter: hey, good evening, doreen. yes, the attorney general came to this federal courthouse today to a packed courtroom. it was filled with federal judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and five convicted felons and their families. the attorney general told them all that having a good justice system means more than just convicting the guilty. >> a fundamental part of our commitment to justice is helping to make sure that once you've paid your debt to society you are truly able to rejoin society. >> reporter: attorney general loretta lynch helped to cut the ribbon on the new re-entry court for the u.s. district court for the district of columbia today. the program will begin with five men. >> by volunteering to participate in re-entry court, each of you is

responsibility for your past, but more importantly you are taking control of your future. >> reporter: dozens of federal, state, and local courts across the country have similar programs that allow those convicted of crimes like drug offenses to avoid long prison terms and supervised release by successfully completing the program that includes weekly drug testing, job counseling, and regular face-to-face meetings with the judge. >> i know that change can occur, but we're going to fight through this. >> reporter: these drug courts and re-entry courts have been successful in keeping convicted felons from committing more crimes when they're released from prison, and it helps prepare them to lead productive lives back in their communities. >> to ensure individuals that have been incarcerated have a meaningful second

let me say that again. a meaningful second chance at life. >> reporter: now, for the next 52 weeks, those five men will meet face to face each week with a judge who will hold them responsible for their failures and for their success. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. dramatic moments in a loudoun county courtroom today. the son of an accused killer identified his father as the suspicious man seen in the security camera video. braulio castillo is charged with murdering his estranged wife michelle. the security camera shows a man whose face cannot be seen approaching the house the night michelle was found dead. on the witness stand, the oldest son nicholas identified the man as his father. why the son is so sure the man in the video is his dad. to a mysterious dropoff at an

george's county. more than two dozen cats abandoned in boxes and left out in bad weather without letting shelter workers know they were even out there. >> reporter: whoever did this, whoever did this, at least they had the decency to punch some air holes into the boxes. 28 cats. 28 cats including some mama cats still nursing their babies, abandoned in these crates in the rain in greenbelt over the weekend. what's going on here? they're okay now, these little kittens and this mama cat still nursing her babies, but this could have had a whole different ending. >> luckily none of the animals were injured, but it could have been a tragic

>> reporter: you see these cats, 28 of them, left abandoned in the rain in these crates outside the greenbelt animal shelter last weekend. you can see one of the paws sticking out of one of the air holes. it was animal control officer howard stanback who made the discovery. >> my heart dropped. i was terrified. i didn't know how long they had been out there. it was raining friday evening. i didn't know the conditions of them. i didn't know how many of them. >> reporter: the greenbelt animal shelter is for greenbelt residents. it's a no kill shelter, which means -- >> we don't euthanize for space at all. we make every effort to adopt the animal out. >> reporter: what's going to happen to these cats now? more about that coming up at 6:00. live in greenbelt, pat collins. news4. i'm darcy spencer. the 16-year-old who died in that bike accident last

here at this restaurant alongside his father. now the employees and the community are coming together to raise money. i'll tell you why these funds are so desperately needed coming up on news4. plus, a northern virginia teenager just 14 years old is dead and prosecutors believe someone plotted to have him killed. find out what they believe was the motive for the murder. and it's not an olympic sport, but it is for the summer games in rio. we go to samba city. we're talking some beautiful weather the next couple of days. could we see some of the tropical storm's effects?

trying to make a difference while in mourning. the coworkers of a teenager struck and killed on his bike in gaithersburg last week are raising money to help his family. santos came to the u.s. less than a year ago to join his father. his loved ones are now hoping to send his body back to

salvador. >> reporter: at sardi's restaurant, they're preparing for a busy lunch crowd, but they're missing two of their employees today. one a grieving father. the other his 16-year-old son who was struck and killed while riding his bike not far from the restaurant last week. >> it took a toll on me because his father is the senior chicken cutter in company. his son was the best dishwasher that i had. >> reporter: he was riding his bike home from gaithersburg high school when he hit a commercial sign that may have been illegally placed on the sidewalk. he ended up in the street where he was hit by an suv. >> everybody comes here with a dream and for new experiences. i think he was getting there. he was just a young guy and his future just got cut short. >> reporter: the district manager says he remembers the teen's dad asking him to hire his son when he brought him to the u.s. from el salvador less than a year ago. >> he

after that he learned quickly and mastered everything we gave him. >> reporter: the restaurant has been collecting money to help the family send santos' body back to el salvador where his mom and most of his family live. already they have collected $2500 in cash. much of that money come fing fr the employees themselves who are donating their tips. >> he was just a great kid. he was quiet. the best dishwasher that we had here at sardi's in gaithersburg. it's a sad loss. we miss him. we miss him very much. search crews were back out on the potomac river today looking for two maryland men who disappear after their boat overturned near point

yesterday. witnesses saw two men in the water and later saw a guy clinging to a branch. officers located the boat that capsized. jim handly is in the newsroom now with a look at the democratic race. >> california is the largest prize with 475 pledged delegates available, but with the current delegate math we could have a presumptive nominee before the polls close in the golden state. both candidates have both been up and down the california coast. earlier today, hillary clinton said she's excited about the possibility of becoming the first female nominee of a major party, but she's not losing focus on tomorrow. >> well, tomorrow is a really big day, everybody. yeah, well, that's

it is. i would be deeply honored for it to be hillary day. that depends on you and your family and your friends and your colleagues. >> hillary clinton has a concert with john legend and others scheduled to appear. at a press conference today, bernie sanders touted polls that show him doing better in a hypothetical matchup against donald trump. sanders says he believes a high turnout tomorrow could lead to a win. he says he will work hard to get sup superdelegates to change their allegiance to him. >> we are in private conversations. we have seen a little bit of momentum. i think there are four superdelegates in three or four states who have come over to us. >> four who already have? >> four who are uncom

there's no question we're going to get more. no question. >> we've been talking about the delegate math. here's where it stands. hillary clinton only needs 19 more delegates to hit that magic number 2383 to be the presumptive nominee. with the polls in jersey closing before california, there is a strong possibility it could be an early evening. i'll be back at 6:00. some local students who helped plant vegetables at the white house garden returned today to harvest them. first lady michelle obama hosted students from bancroft and harriet tubman elementary schools. joining the first lady was food star rachel ray. the group picked the fruits of what they planted earlier this year and got to make a meal right there on the white house lawn. ms.

crown eed miss usa last night. the 26-year-old is an army reserve logistics commander for the unit at ft. meade. she'll go on to compete in the miss universe contest. this is only the third time in pageant history that a contestant from d.c. was crowned. >> congratulations to her. the nbc universal foundation is launching its fifth annual 21st century solutions grant challenge. >> eligible local nonprofits can receive up to $50,000. we have complete information about how you can apply for the grants and a link to the application on the nbc washington app. >> open it up and just search 21st century solutions to find out more. just about anyone can be

victim of cyber hacking these days. that includes mark zuckerberg of facebook fame. how hackers got the password of the billionaire owner of facebook. a new book reveals that the girl may have not been th intende

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a lot of people have been saying where did spring go. we had a very rainy month of may. normally during that time we see temperatures in the 70s with sunshine. not much going on. that's kind of what we got this week. if you were waiting for that spring-like weather, i think the next couple of days looking good. right now 85 degrees. this is kind of spring like. it is warm at 85, but the dew point at 57. 85 over towards annapolis. everybody on the mild side. going to be a very nice night tonight. no rain to talk about. no rain anywhere in our area. we're not expecting much rain. right now tracking a few clouds moving up. these clouds are actually coming from two separate systems. here's a front to our north. that one's trying to come down. it has a

weather back to the north and west. not going to effect us with the exception of what it's going to to do to tropical storm collin. look at the clouds coming in from tropical storm collin. here's collin right here making its way on shore tonight as a tropical storm. the latest advisory just in. this is mostly just a rain event. this is not a very powerful storm, but they're seeing a lot of flooding in florida. winds at 50 miles per hour. pressure still over 1,000 millibars. 50 miles an hour around the charleston region. then it goes post-tropical right off the carolina coastline, but it could still have winds over 50 miles per hour. it does move just south. that front that's moving down actually helps to take it and steer it away from our region. what kind of an impact does that mean for us today and tomorrow?

but that's it. we see that front try to move through. a couple of light showers, but most of us will stay on the dry side on tuesday and wednesday. after tomorrow, you'll notice some much cooler numbers and a breeze too. 72 tomorrow morning at the bus stop. 84 degrees by tomorrow afternoon. a nice day on your tuesday. check this out. how about wednesday? if you're looking for those 70s, 75. 78 on thursday. the pool might be a little bit cool. amelia will talk about that at 5:45. coming up on friday, we're at 80 degrees with pretty good humidity. i think we'll take a couple of these days any time. now at 5:00, the officer who was driving that police van that transported freddie gray before his death is going on trial soon. >> he's made an important decision about his trial regarding who will hear the evidence against him. what he means to the ca

fueled so much anger across baltimore last year. how the metro safetrack shutdown is affecting the hourly workers of a major restaurant train. i'll have the story coming up. i'm julie carey in manassas where we know the motive that

we continue to follow breaking news out of montgomery county. several commuters have been hurt after a metro bus accident in silver spring. >> this as jackie bensen is live on the scene. >> reporter: take a look behind me. you can see the path the bus took right into a tree there. we are told that the driver has been taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. that is new information. as many as 15 passengers on board had lesser injuries. i can tell you that i just saw metro general manager paul wiedefeld. he is talking to the various metro staff and personnel. we're going to show you what it looks like right now here on east-west highway. this road is very aptly named. it is a very popular commute to go from the west montgomery county into the east, into prince george's county. many people use it as a back door to get to

rather than sitting through wisconsin avenue and connecticut avenue exits. this is a popular road that people use as a shortcut. again, we don't know how much extra people were on this bus because of the metro safetrack work going on. we know at least 15 were on there and at least 15 were injured. right now, metro is trying to figure out how to get that bus out of here. if you're familiar with this area, traffic is very heavily impacted. i suspect that is going to have a ripple effect on a number of other beltway exits. people trying to get out of northwest d.c., it is going to effect connecticut avenue and wisconsin avenue. be aware of that. news4. first on 4. we're learning new details about the brutal attack last month that left a 14-year-old prince william county boy dead. >> the motive for murder could be revealed. the 17-year-old charged appeared

hearing. julie carey was there. >> did you have anything to say on behalf of your son? >> reporter: the accused killer's mother refusing comment just after a judge found ample evidence to send her son's case to a grand jury. she wiped away tears after hearing the detective detail how her son brutally attacked a 14-year-old boy with a hammer. >> it is a very unusual case. it is very tragic and horrible results. >> reporter: the prince william county detective who investigated the murder testified today it was the victim's sister who called 911 after she discovered her little brother dead in his bedroom on may 12th. the detective says the 17-year-old quickly became a suspect. his family rented the lower level of the townhouse. he told me the reason he'd been planning the killing for a while because he, referring to

boy, told on him. law enforcement sources say the older teen asked the younger teen to smoke marijuana and turned him down and told on him. he told the detective he attacked the boy with a hammer, hitting him four to five times, then tying his arms and legs with cord. in his confusion, the accused told the detective after the first blow the boy begged for his life saying, i don't want to die, bro, don't kill me. the 17-year-old will be tried as an adult. >> he was certified by the court today as an adult. this offense carries an adult disposition. >> reporter: i'm julie carey. news4. steps are being taken to deal with growing gun violence in d.c.'s petworth community.

residents telling them fourth district police are increasing patrols and response times in the neighborhood. police have made multiple arrests and recovered several firear firearms. in the coming weeks, todd will conduct a walk-through in the neighborhood. thousands of hotel, restaurant, and hospital workers are scrambling to find a new way to get to work because of metro's safetrack program. >> reporter: from georgetown to downtown to the suburbs. >> hourly employees working shifts from early in the morning until very late at night. >> reporter: cfo jeff owens says metro trains and buses are critical. he says there's an urgent need for employers to help their workers commute during the metro

safetrack. >> so many of our employees rely on the metro. >> reporter: with arepairs unde way, they're shifting schedules and handing out an app to follow. >> it is called d.c. metro hero. you can bring up realtime information about where trains are. >> reporter: clyde's and many restaurants stay open past midnight on weekends. >> you were late to work today. >> i was late to work today. >> reporter: she is a clyde's host in georgetown. she lives in northeast. >> a lot of my friends all live in the same neighborhood. we'll metro at night late going home. we're ubering. we're walking. >> reporter: many lower paid hospitality workers can't afford such alternatives and want metro to provide late night bus service in place of trains.

was affected if you did not take metro today. most of you said it was either worse or the same. it's still not clear how it happened, but the billionaire founder of facebook was victimized by hackers. mark zuckerberg's twitter, facebook, and linkedin accounts were compromised over the weekend. facebook said none of the companies systems or accounts were accessed either. hollywood stars and washington dignitaries are expected to be part of the memorial services honoring muhammad ali this week. we're monitoring tropical storm colin. the governor has already declared a state of emergency down in florida. te'll take a look at wha could ahh... yeah! ahh...

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the greatest in his prime. that's what you'll see occupying a memorial space. and thousands will get the opportunity to say good-bye to the boxing legend later this week. a muslim funeral of prayer will be held thursday in freedom hall in louisville, kenty

ali won his first professional fight back in 1960. then on friday an interfaith memorial will be held with eulogies from bill clinton, billy crystal, and bryant gumabgu gumble. >> the fact that he wanted everyone to be able to attend, he wanted -- he was the people's champ. he wanted that memorial service to reflect that. >> organizers say ali wanted a variety of religions represented during the memorial service. turkey's president and jordan's king will also be in attendance. lester holt was a big fan of muhammad ali. this afternoon he shared his thoughts on the legend's passing. >> i was just a year old when muhammad ali won olympic gold, so i truly came of age during the height

i have vivid memories of listening with my father to his fights on the radio. he was beyond celebrity. everybody on the planet it seemed knew who muhammad ali. i meet a lot of famous people on this job, but when i met him in 2002 i was a bit giddy. we're going to show you some of that meeting i had with him and truly incredible photos that might have been the last photos taken in his life when we see you on "nightly news." >> that comes up at 7:00 right after "news4 at 6:00." today muslims around the world are marking the start of the holy month of ramadan. many markets in iraq were busy today as people stocked up on supplies to break their fast tonight. ramadan

verses of the koran to the prophet mohammad. brazil is known for its late nights, beautiful women, and dancing. on the road to rio, our wendy rieger takes us to samba city. a new book reveals new information in the unsolved murder case of a teenage girl in prince george's county. i'm tracee wilkins. we speak with the author. and we'll have another warm day tomorrow. lunchtime temperatures already around 80 degrees, but after that cooler air moves in.

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more breaking news now from the live desk. chopper 4 just over a deadly atv crash outside frederick. police say two people were on the atv when it ran head on into a kia on michaels mill road in buckeystown. one person is dead. the other person is in shock trau trauma. the driver of the kia and her son were taken to the hospital, but are expected to be okay. michael mills road there is closed right now. that's it from the live desk. i'll see you in just a few. a new book out tomorrow reveals new information about one of prince george's county's uninvol unsolved

of amber stanley. the book also shows what happens inside the department's homicide unit as it works to solve multiple cases. >> reporter: the murder of honor student amber stanley in august of 2012 would kick off one of the deadliest years for high school students in prince george's history. there would be several unrelated murders culminating in february of 2013. >> february of 2013 was the month where the high school student was slain in that school year. >> reporter: author and former "washington post" reporter was there as police tried to solve the cases. >> i wanted to see like how it was really done. >> reporter: for six months, he was embedded with the prince george's police homicide unit. >> i got to be there right when they questioned people. i got to be there at homicide scenes. >> a lot of breaks and cas

such took place when he was there. he was there when we got the new information about the dna evidence in this case. >> reporter: he was there when police changed directions in murder of amber stanley. dna evidence pointed them in a new direction connected to her foster sister. >> she has a foster sister that was assaulted a couple days prior to amber's murder. we know this person was involved in that assault. it is just somebody we're looking at to see where he was at the time of the murder and if he has any involvement. >> reporter: the man who hasn't been charged in the stanley case has pled guilty to two other rapes. >> rape, five days later he silenced her so he doesn't get in trouble and kills amber by mistake. >> reporter: what it was like for police to have an author following their every move as they worked this and other major cases at 6:00. news4. >> and she spoke with amber

stanley's mother. she said she is interested in reading and the book and is anticipating an arrest in her daughter's case. a state of emergency in florida tonight in advance of tropical storm colin. governor rick scott's declaration covers 34 counties mainly in the northern and central parts of the state. the florida panhandle will see a drenching rain and flooding tonight. any wedding day can be a whirlwind. >> but a couple literally had a tropical storm bearing down on them over the weekend. they had planned for a sun-drenched disney themed wedding in clearwater branch, florida, but tropical storm colin had different plans. the ceremony on the beach was just wiped out. despite the nasty weather, the couple had a positive outlook. >> i was going to get married today regardless of the weather.

the good news is we have the beach to ourself. >> the couple is actually from birmingham, england where it was sunny and in the 70s over the weekend. >> and who doesn't want to wear mickey mouse ears on their wedding day, right? is that what you were wedding when you got married? >> that was my most difficult decision, to wear or not wear those mickey mouse. >> the ears or the veil, what's it going to be? >> i went with nothing. as we look to our weather and tropical storm colin, it is going to bring us some cloudiness overnight tonight. that's about it for our area. this storm system is moving quickly. tomorrow morning parts of florida, georgia, already drying out. back here the humidity today was nice and low. that's going to remain the case for the rest of the workweek. wednesday out of all the days on the seven-day will be the coolest, breezy, refreshing. really nice. but no matter what your outdoor plans for the upcoming week, the weather for the most part cooperating. it is the weekend w w

watching rain chances. it's not looking like a washout, but there's a chance for some rain in the forecast right now on saturday. tomorrow the weather is going to have a low impact on your day. we will have more cloud cover today. partly to mostly sunny skies. by the afternoon it will be a little bit breezy. temperatures in the 80s for highs. right now we're at 85 degrees. perfect weather this evening. 9:00 still around 78. very comfortable, very mild. 11:00 p.m., 75 at that point. maybe an isolated afternoon shower tomorrow, but for most of us, at least 90% of us, it's looking like a complete willy d day. whether you have boot camp or you just want to get outside and take the dog for a walk, looking really nice again tomorrow morning. have the lunch outdoors tomorrow if you didn't do so today. 82 for a temperature at noon. our high tomorrowl

we'll hit that at about 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. 8:00 still around 77. the pool forecast. tomorrow more clouds, still a great pool day. not the best pool day on wednesday. it will be breezy and cool. i would consider going tomorrow, thursday, or friday. still a bit breezy on thursday, but it won't be as cool. the winds on wednesday at times are looking kind of strong. high of 75 on wednesday. on saturday, a high temperature of 86 degrees. it's going to be warm and a little bit humid. it's not going to be muggy, but after a week of no humidity we'll notice a little bit of that on saturday. there is a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms, but plenty of dry time on saturday. right now it looks like the best chance of rain will be later in the day on saturday. sunday looking dry with a mix of clouds and sun. 84 for a high. coming d

latest on tropical storm colin. we're on the road to rio. just 60 days now until the olympics begin. are you ready to samba? it's the sizzling dance that celebrate's brazil's african history. it is a feature of carnival. as wendy rieger discovered, tourists can join the party at samba city every thursday year round. >> reporter: it is the heart beat of rio. a bubbling gumbo of percussion, song, gyrating bodies, and happy feet. samba city comes to life in one corner of rio every thursday night, bringing this power to an abandoned street where locals celebrate the african beats and storytelling of this remarkably joyful dance. this is the home of the samba schools that compete during rio's famed carnival, but it's also a social club for the working classes and the poor

year round it is the roots music of a people who enjoy another kind of wealth, the richness of family and community. in fact, they say some people are so poor all they have is money. here you witness the history that speaks of brazil. this is the music of africa, rhythms the slaves kept in their souls, released on these shores so they could dance and sing their way back home in onf only the night. all are welcome. come prepared to let your senses run wild. from the sweet smoke to the waft of botanicals, and just as the percussion session chases away the last of your inhibitions, the samba queens arrive and show you why brazilian women tend to haunt a man's dream. it is

fits all and only costs about 13 bucks. you'll be the richer for it. wendy rieger, news4, rio. >> i'm ready to go. we invite you to make nbc 4 your home for all things olympics and rio. he's the police officer who was behind the wheel during that deadly van ride for freddie gray. now that officer will have his day in court. up next, we'll explainhy he's w

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in three days another baltimore police officer will be on trial in the death of freddie gray, but decide he decided to put his fate in the hands of a judge rather than a jury. >> reporter: officer caesar goodson wants to put his fate in the hand of a judge rather than a jury. >> it is always surprising whenever an accused person opts to be tried by a judge and not by a 12-person jury. in the relatively rare instances where a police officer is on trial, choosing a judge has been a successful strategy throughout the country. >> reporter: at 47, goodson is the oldest of the six officers originally charged in the police in

back in april of 2015. he is the van driver and faces the most serious charged of depraved heart murder. legal experts believe this adds significance to the fact that a judge granted a defense motion to block a recorded statement over the phone that freddie gray said i can't breathe. >> they put great emphasis on the belief that goodson's error was not taking freddie gray to the hospital after being told that he said he can't breathe. that's the basis. the winds are out of their sails significantly. >> officer goodson's trial begins on thursday. news4 at 6:00 begins right now. it's the first critical test for metro's safetrack program. >> this is an essential component of fixingur

our system was broken and the plan we have in place as difficult as it is, as inconvenient as it is, is absolutely crucial to get metro back to where we need it to be. this is the third day of almost 300 days coming. we have a long way to go. there's going to be ups and downs. there's no doubt about it. >> tonight we're on the rails and the roads to show you how the system overhaul is impacting tens of thousands of you as the agency works to make major improvements. first to breaking news. the timing couldn't be much worse. traffic is snarling along a busy roadway at the height of the evening commute after a metro bus crashed into a tree in silver spring. chopper 4 was over the area a short time ago near east-west highway and grub road. more than a dozen people have been hurt. as you can imagine, it's creating big traffic backups. let's go right to

she is at the scene with the latest. jackie? >> reporter: well, we have some updated information for you. we are now told that this is likely the result of a collision between two vehicles that drove this metro bus into a tree. take a look here. you can see they are getting ready to put chains on that bus and pull it out of there. this was a violent collision. people tell us it made a noise they could hear for blocks. pete, i understand that there was some initial efforts to get in that bus. >> well, we had dozens of fire rescue crews here of course. the doors were forced closed. the driver of the bus was trapped for about 15 minutes. there's not much of a front of a bus. hit the tree. pretty violent collision. all the people that were on the bus, which were about 15, were not injured