involved in that deadly ethiopian airlines crash days ago and another last fall. >> the planes weren grounded in the u.s. until this afternoon when the president says hemeot new information. chopper 4 captured planes getting moved away from the gate. >> our transportation reporter adam tuss joins us nowrom reagan national. he was there one one of these planes got turned back when passengers had boarded. d that plane was just about to hit the runway, right?er >> reporter: lly we hought it was going to take off, and that districtive came down from the president and you saw that plane turn right back around and head back to the gate. passengers onboard tha plane scrambling to rebook flights, figuring out what they're going to do next. and all of this coming after what was really one directive.ed safety turned around and headed back. passengers who thought they were leaving reagan national suddenly

rushed back to te gate. aru upset? >> i'd like to go home, but no, it's okay. i undstand it's going to be hard to get another flight. >> reporter: news 4 cameras rolling as this southwest 737 max 8 airplane had to taxi back to gate after it had already pushed back and was headed to orlando. >> the pilot gave usl a cal and said we weren't going tod orlano anere headed back to the gate. >> reporter: some kids who were headed to disney world were onboard. >> they were very upset and crying. but that's okay. >> reporter: there were kids crying on the flight. you have to think in terms of safety, right? >> of course. >> reporter: president trump making the decision to grounds all boeing 737 max 8 and 9 air crafts like this one, which landed at reaganeing nat fioeln immediately. someassengers had flights canceled suddenly. meanwhile some of the last who did happy to hear that the pl an>>es are i would say ah, jusn the side of precaution would

probably help. >> reporter: for now fleet of airplanes wheels on the ground. and you're taking a live look here at the flight aware map that shows just how many of these 737s a actually stin the sky. about ten of them by our count or just a handful. if you looked at this same map yesterday you would have seen dozens of these airplanes in the sky, a that is going to be something that the airline now has to deal with as weowon't ow long they're going to be on the ground. really it's just united, southwest and american airlines thatrate the max 8 and max are the airlines most affected. back to you. >> lost of challenges for the travelers right around spring break travel season. >> they're alive and here and well. >> indeed. disneyland can wait, disney world. today is another day that reminds us we're living through a significant chapter in american politicalhistory.

>> a stunning turn of events today. no sooner had forme trump campaign chairman paul manafort been sentenced to a total of 7 1/2 years in prison than the manhtan district attorney revealed new chargesgainst h him. >> some e it as a potential -- >> reporter: essentially state charges are not eligibleen for presal pardons so a clear sign that the legal troubles are not -- the end is not in sight for paul manafort. this is all a different tone from him than we saw last week. today he apologized and said he was sorry and he said this process has already taken everything h from. paul rtmanafo president trump's former campaign chairman sentenced to a total of 7 1/2 years in prison with credit for time hlready served on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice. j ge today tacking on more time to the relatively light

sentence manafort received last week today's sentence -- >> overall for a ten year max hepm, middle. >> reporter:efore that cision manafort seated in a wheelchair publicly apologized for the first time, telling the judge i am sorry for what i've done, that he's different person. and then noting his age, nearly 70 asking please let m and my wife be together. but judge amy berman jackson not entirely sympathetic. the defendant isn't publicly enemy one, but he's not, victim eithe says. adding it's hard to overstate the number of lies and the amount of fraud and that manafort had a chance to plea for a lighter sentenc but he squandered it. >> he defrauded the american public, she said by lying about the fact he was lobbying for a >>reign government in the united states. reporter: manafort's charges temming from special counsel mueller's investigation are not related to the campaign.

judge jackson says any talk of collusion is not revant because it's not part of the trial. today stillia repeating a fam line. >> no evidence of any collusion with the russians. >> reporter: today president trump sympathetic to manafdlt. >> i feel for him. >> reporter: and says a possible pardon is not somethi he's thought about. and a little bit more of those newly announced charges from new york. we do know if he is convicted on thosetate charges, guys, he could face anywhere from 8 to 25 years in prison. back to you. >> thank you, blayne. if paul manafort serves his entire prison term he will not be released during the trump administration. en if the president wins re-election in 2020. and theoverlap of the two sentences minus timeanerved manafort has 81 months in prison remaining. he wou be released in december 2025, maybe sooner for good

behavior. what that means the question of a manafor pardon is likely to linger for as long as presi rnt trumpains in the white house. esother reason some think today state cha out of new york as insurance against a presidential pardon. i'm erika gonzalez. wenge still wor this breaking news. a bald eagle rescue on the metro. let'sou take up to chopper 4 providing you of the best view of the situation. you can see the bald eagle there nestled up next to track and turning its head left and right. this is nrhe addison road pleasant metro stop. silver line trains are being rerouted to new carolton. metro tweeted a close up photo of the birds well. wildlife officials have been called to the scene to rescue eagle we're still waiting for them to arrive, and we don't know the condition of the bird yee. so it tuned right here to

news 4. back to you all at the studio. >> i'm hoping he stays way from that leelectrified third rl there. thieves using a truck to smash through the 7-eleven. tonight we've learned this may be a group of burglars who we've shone you before. news 4 pat collins live at police headquarters with the story. pat? >> reporter: leon, these guys just won't give up. i mean, they were like 0 for february when it came to atm thefts, b now in march three successful heists in a row. t remember tee guys who bungled that atm robbery last month at a 7-eleven montgomery county, the one where the get away driver left the suspects bind? the one where the atm fell on e of the suspects? well, police believe they're at

it again buthis time with more success. take a look at that botched february heist in hillendale. take note of the orange hand truck the bandits tried to use there. now look at the atm tft at this 7-eleven in atlanta check out the orange handcart. lookpoamiliar? ce say the bandits used a stolen pickup to smash through the glass at this 7-eleven this morning made off with the atm there. police say the suspectsre good for two more atm thefts at 7-elevens one in baltimore and another in d.c. no fumbling or bullblimbling th ptime. ram tkup into the store, get the atm and get out just like they may hede pla it. police say the suspects go out of their way to protect the

clerks and customers from harm. >> the first thing they do is announce to everybody and they pcorral them allnd go to a safe area. and it looks like they want one thing only. it's not to hurt anybody but to get an atm machine, and they wi w knock down al to get to that. >> reporter: so once theyas extract the from the atm, what do they do with all the old parts? well, they took it to the old lanover mall site and torched them, turning it into sort of an atm burial ground. doreen, back to you. >> do we know if they got t money out, pat? >> reporter:h, they got the money this time, doreen. that's for sure they got the money. how much iuton't know, there's some cold cash out there. >> t y never tell you how muc they got away with. pat collins, thank you. >> home surveillance cameras were rolling as a wild shootout unfolded in brookland over the weekend. the gunfire left people cowering

inside their own homes, and the neighborhood is still ondge because the gunmen haven't been caught. residents share their concerns today with news 4's megan fitzgerald. >> reporter: neighbors wer this happened saturday evening when the sun was still out. but take a look at this, one of those bullets hit a family's front door. >> i s actually feelething hit the house and then the lights flickered. >> reporter: this woman didn't want to go on camera but she says she's thankful a neighbor's surveiance video captured the entire zeen so she can understand what happened and hopefully police c make an arrest. you can see suspects with their heads covered opening and i returning fir the middle of the streets. this video captures the moment one of ttsse bultruck a power line likely causing lights in the areao flicker. >> my first reaction was to start like crying right away. i was just in shock. >> reporter: that's how a lot of neighbors feel around here.

>> i came from my garage returning from the store, walked through to the steps. >> reporter: cecilian is the neighbor whoseameras captured the gunfight. she says she was walking up her back steps as you can see here when seard gunfire. >> pow pow pow pow. come through the door. mom, mom, are are you all right, yeah, stay down, stay dor:. >> reporteome neighbors said it felt like a war zone. that's why ford says her cameras are always rolling. >> it's just fortu and the grace of gha that we not been hit yet. >> reporter: news 4. coming up word that more charges could be coming in a case that involves up to 800 kfamilies. >>ping students safe. i'm david colver on theof campu

eorge mason university where they're now using asi new von of an app to protect students and staff, but doeslt rev too much information? and i'm tracking that monster system in the middle part of the cntry that will ve a big influence on our weather. coming up over the next couple of days i'll let

we're learning a lot more massiveabout that college admissions scam. the scheme carried out by a involves businessman many wealthy and high profile families getting their children into somef the top colleges in the country. as jay gray reports now the ripple effects of this investigation is now being felt all the way to capitol hill. >> reporter: the scope of the

college admissions scandal is growing. unsealed court documents indicate william rick singer the mastermind col mcted ash as $25 million from as many as 800i fa. >> singer used that money to bribe college officials, division one coaches, college exam administrators all to secure admission for the children of his clients nout on theirimators but through fraud. >> reporter: investigators s his client list includes corporate ceos, money managers, lawyers and actresses felicity huffman, and lori loughlin. loughlin along with her husbandr allegedlyd to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for havin designates as recruits to the usc crew team despite the fact faey did not participate in crew. out from the investigation now stretches all the way to capitol hill. >>im ourg could not be better. >> reporter: lawmakers discussing the issue during a

previously scheduled committee on house education and labor. >> we can only imagine how many students and parents are anxiously awaiting those letters on admissions today and how in many ways powerless they must be feeling when they know they worked hard, played by the res and yet we have this scandal that we're all going to be rllowing. >>eporter: federal agents say more arrests are possible as the investigation dubbed operation varsity blues continues. jay gray, nbc news. also on the hill tomorrow a new round in the border battle. the senate is set to vote on the resolution to terminate president trump's national emergency declaration. the house has already approved pre resolution. the ident's emergency declaration essentially allows him to make an end run around congress and redirect billonsians of dollars i federal funding to pay for construction of a wall on he southern border. and now it appears there's enough republican support in the senate to pass this resolution tomorrowr, howe not enough to

override the president's expectedo. v some of you may not have gotten your social media fix today. around noon users of instagram, facebook and whatsapp reported problems loggingnto their account. facebook says the outages are notel rated to a cyber attack. breaking now, a desperate search for what could beldcores of cn trapped after their school building collapsed in nige sa. officials eight people now confirmed dead at this point. 37 others have been rescued so far. ey're all alive as we know right now. witnesses say as many as 100 children were there in that school. they were on the top floor of the building when it fell in. the building collapses, bwathe actually are common in nigeria because of the lack oco truction oversight in that nation. new legislation inspired by a news 4 i-team investigation has passed another hurdle at the

maryland statehouse. the bill'say sponsors it'll better protect children. >> reporter: jus unanimously approved a bill to beef up the hebackgrounds for public schoolteachers. the bill' sponsor references this news 4 i-team report last year about a teacher with historyal of sending se laced text messages to a student when he worked in florida. we found that teacher managed to later find work as a teacher in tw maryland school districts. both of those school systems acknowledged they didn't check with all prior employers before hiring the man. the chair of the senateio educatn committee tells the news 4 i-team strong background checks are vital. >> if we can have a bter system of reporting of people that are hired of past employment and situations where they're investigating and pven to have done harm orft maybe th

nder a cloud, we should know that so we can better higher people in the local school systems. >> reporter:f the association maryland boards of education and the state teachers union already the bill and passed unanimously in the maryland house. we'll keep you posted on what happens next. you can check outir our e slipping through the cracks investigation by visiting our nbc washington app. an you can send us any tips we should be looking into moving forward. scott mackferland, news 4 i-team t scott,nk you. some universities are embracing new technology geared towards the younger generation to keep students safe. at george mason university in northern virginia an app is replacing those blue light campus phones. t some of the app's features are raising privacy concerns tonight. david colver on the fairfax campus with details.

>> reporter: students like shea generally feel safe. they joined a third party company that helpsiz orgions and schools stay secure with communication. with recent updates to the a it goes a step further. >> it's basicallyor an e feeper so i will identify the contacts i want to be aware of my travel, set a timer. and if a i don'tnowledge a timer within that allotted time those contacts are notified i might be in danger. >>eporter: the executive director of safety and emergency management, he says you can allow thepp to track your phone's location. police can then get to your exact spot. >> we've been able to find some of our users quite easy with a map that's enabled on that feature. >> i can just push the button and call emergency. that's a good thing. but who tracks me.

>> reporter: who tracks you, that's the question. she's wil dng tonload it but she and other students want to know where that locatio data goes. >> what are you doing with the >> reporter: you'll still consider getting it. >> i'll consider getting it buta as far asing i want to know where that's going. that's private information. >> reporter: the features on this app are entirely opt i it's up to you whether or not you want to let others go, police in particular whe exactly yare. >> you can provide as little or as much information in the app as you want. location tracking makes sense. >> i would try it out. we're stayingn top o breaking news toonlts. the grounding of boeing 737 max 8 planes across the country. coming up how airlines are helping passengers that need to rebook. m andsive storm tonight affecting huge parts of country from denver to memphis, to the

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going to come our way? >> yeah, this storm is making its way our way. you look at the blizzard in colorado,na the t down in mexico, the wind in texas and you go oh, no, not here, right? at stuff is not coming our way. what is coming here ares 70 and sunshine tomorrow. it all depends on where you are in the count s. thrm is having a major impact country wide, but for us it'soing to bring us nice weather tomorrow and into friday as we are not going to see the worse from this storm as well. although it cold front from the storm will allow for some shower activity remember our average high is 54. winds out of the south at 13 miles an hour. that southerly wind allowinra those temres to warm a little above average today. and those stronr winds morrow really pumping temperatures up. only 49 along the potomac or rather along the chesapeake.

so heads up in that area. a little cool there. 70 degrees tomorrow, partly sunny, nice and warm on your oiursday. you're not even to realize there's a monster of the storm in the middle part of the country tomorrow it's so nice. lookhiow big storm is from canada to the gulf of mexico, strong thunderstorms now. and we're watching areas around st. louis and memphis this afternoon. and of course we've been watching the dllver area day. my brother right now ornd the colorado coloprings area. all-time strongest winds. all-time lowestis pressure. storm continuing to move to the north and east. that will be away from our area, and that means we just get in on thero cold behind it. look what it does ahead of it. 70tomorrow,p 1 on friday.

a 70% chance of showers, too, maybe a rumble of thunder. but most of just not a badtay at all j lilt bit on the cool side. >> all right, laddie. >> and we're getting for a change. next at 6:30 a last minute turn aroun for airlines passengers today after the grounding of those boeing jets. we'll have more on the rip fl effect in the skies. plus mother pleads guilty to poisoning her own son in the hospital. the hidden camera video thatlp convict her. and a man charged with animal cruelty over this video taken in florida. you'll

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right now at 6:30, travel plans influx and security concerns heightened boeing 737 max jets grounded. >> erika gonzalez joins us now at the live desk with the very latest. >> well, we're talking about the same kind of planes that were involved in two deadly crashes in just the last six months and thathe includes ethiopian airlines crash that happened just three days ago that killed more than 150 people. the president said after he g new information about that, he made his decision today. this order from the president happened so recently that some people a still on those planes in the air. you're looking at flights still

in the sky. we've seen planes grounded at both vwi and reagan national where people had to get off their flight and make new plans. this i video o a plane literally doing an about face on the runway. >> my mom actually got me a fight. i've got to go catch a plane, but there's a humongous line over at southwest. >> reporter: the faa says it made today's decision to ground flights in the united states as a result of the dataathering process and new evidence clengted at the recent crash site. and it says, quote, this evidence toorlgts with new satellite data available to the faa this morning led to this decision. the united states joined 40 othe countries in its decision today. southwest says that it is offering flexible repookibookin passengers w fly on the max 8s. and united says passengers don't have to do anything special in order to get on a new flight autonomy rebooking.

l's check now on breaking news from chopper 4. we're watching that bald eagle stuck on the metro tracks. this is on the blue and silver line in maryland near the end of the line. trains single track in this area right now to avoid this eagle. apparently the eagle is injured but we don't knowow that happened. metro says that power to the third rail was shuto t as soon bird was spotted down by the track. what you're seeing here a is animal resource team getting briefed right now before they try to moven and rescue this bird. and as soon as they get a chance to do that, we will keep our eye on that and let you know how t this whong plays out here. bey're going to use a train to actually take thek down the track where the eagle is stranded. when judge amy berman jackson sentenced paul manafort to an additional 3 1/2 years in prison today on t of the

nearly 4 years he's alreadyphasying she made some r pointedarks about his lack of candor throughout the process. she attacked what she called the defenseteam's no collusion mantra n judge jacksed collusion was not even a part of that this case, that t special counsel thae is not over, and manafort lied to investigators of issues at the heart o that investigation. minutes later manafort's lawyer returned to same mantra. >> judge jackson conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any russian collusion in this case. >> again, judgeackson had just reprimanded manafort's defense team before he made that statement. one analyst likened the situation to aaw lyer leaving a bank robbery trial and sayings prosecutever showed evidence of murder. a young motheed acc of harming her disabled son and setting off a medicalemergency.

>> tonight only on news 4 we're seeing some hidden cera video played in court today. the video that led to this woman's arrest. >> as our northern virginia bureau chief recounts even as she pleaded guilty today the young mother denied that she tried to hurt her child. >> reporter: this is hidden camera video of theoment that got this mom arrested for child abuse. elizabeth malone injecting her disabled son withloer own as he lay gravely ill at a fairfax hospital. these are some of the syringes she used to put blood into the tube line triggering a medical emergency as doctors and nurses soon come rushing in. ter in this police interview malone starts by denying she did anything to her y, only finally admitting it tearfully when detectives tell h they ve video. >> i know i did. punish me, but please let me see

my childrenagain. >> reporter: in court today the mother of three pleading guilty to one count of child abuse.ef herse attorney saying, quote, she denies any intention to harer child. she loves her child like any mother. telling the judge s didn' like how her son was being cared r so she injected him to get a better response. prosecutors say it left the child with infections and high fevers. doctors baffled by spontaneous bleeding from his nose and mouth. then durin a subsequent april hospitalization a nurse spotted a syringe hidden in malone's shirtsleeve and a bloody napkin in the bathroom. the decision was mle to inst a camera. this recording giving police the evidence they needed to arrest malone. in her purse they found syringes an a needle. and prosecutors told the judge that since male has been in jail her little boy's condition has improved so much he's even been able to attend school.

malone will be sentenced in d-july. in fairfax county, news 4. >> just stunning. just stunning. now we turn to a shocking inkoubter caught on camera. >> a maryland man jumping off a dock in florida and landing on pelican. see for yourself. the viral videosparking outrage and even charges for the man. but he's not the onl one getting backlash over this. >> that's right. as news 4's chris gordon reports a local business is now in the cross hairs because of this. reporter:te 31-year-old hun hardesty's facebook page says he works at crew electric. but they say he hasn't worked here in years. >> i don't even want to repeat because ey think we're sociated with this man. >> you're -- >> not. >> reporter: they've gotten a slew of unwarranted negative

reviews on social mead dwru which are now being taken down. >> we've donated to the wildlife foundation in key west, florida, to show we don't agree with this behavior. >> reporter: i spoke to sheriff rick ramsey i his office from monroe florida. he says the vid shows hunter jumping on top of the bird and grabbing the pelican. hardesty is charged with animal cruelty and molesting a protected species. the pelican then takes a nip at hardesty and apparently gets away unharmed.er there's ano post on his page that says i'm so huny i could t a pelican. and there's picture of him holding a baby deer and a bird. florida authorities say the re investigating to determine if there will be more charges against hardesty. >> this person has a tendency to show no remor for his actions on facebook, almost seem to be taunting and laughing. >> reporter: at his home his

father tells me he's receivi threatening phone calls since the video of his son was posted. >> i'm getting life >> reporter: his father says if there is a warrant in this case for his son,e will drive his son to florida to turn himself in. he says his son is a fisherman and would never do anything to hurt a pelican. reporting from davidson, maryland, chris gordon, news 4. > i'm erika gone lez here at the live desk with an update on ald eagle rescue situation that we first reported just a little while ago on metro. now we are seeing the update here is that wildlife officials this een placed -- put on trainto and brought here his location where the bald eagle is. we a seeing them through chopper 4's eyes to this location near the addison road

and seat pleasant metro sto s sover lines trains are being rerouted to new carolton. as chopper 4 kinds of pushes in here, can you give us ar bet picture of the bird if you still see him there at the location? we're not exactly se what type of injury maybe the bird might was that it wound up there. but, again, we are getting a better sense of rescuers -- excu me,ildlife officials being there on the scene. there's our shot of the eagle nowe haven't really seen him move a whole lot there. so we are hoping to get a better so we are hoping to get a better handle on [female voiceoveedith the penf car buying service from penfed credit union, you can get rates as low as 1.49% apr on new vehicles. and everyone is welcome to apply. visit penfed.org [music]

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thecene and metro, someone was there to test out the line a make sure that the power was off so that they could get closer to their and begin trying to rescue the bald eagle. so it seems like they've stopped there for some reason. we'll keep our eyes on this a y brin some updates as soon as we get them. back over to you all in the studio. our top story tonight, all boeing 737 max 8 and 9 jets are beingth grounded i u.s. now. that's after an order this afternoon from president trump. he says this decision was prompted by new information i lation to that deadly ethiopian airlines crash onnd . impacted airlines, united, eywog onrebooking sa customers at no fcost. >>eral judge amy berman jackson sentenced man administer to an additional 3 1/2 years today in addition to the almost

4 ye ehe could get time off for good behavior. by the way, president has not ruled out a pardon. but the state of new york just dropped a buzz saw into the mix here. >> yeah, the manhattan distric attorney unveiled a 16-count indictment accusing manafort of mortgage fraud and other felonies. nbc news justin correspondent pete williams on the manafort beat thiseek for nbc nightly news. what is this about and how does this change the overall picture? >> reporter: it's an insurance policy i think is the way think of it. currently authorities want some way to back stop in case manafort is pardoned by the president. the accusations filed today just less than half an hour after the judge announced her sentence here at the courthouse at 3rd and constitution. accuses manafort of falsely telling a bank how he wassi a condo he owns in sohoin

manhattan. he had been renting it out but heold the bank it was a seconds home. authoritiese reason have done this auglthehhoy' tre quite obvious. if manafort were t get a pardon the president can only pardon for federal offens. so paul manafort could get the president to pardon him, which would wipeout his 7 nf year prison sentence or the president could commute part of it, but the president is powerless to give any kind ofor clemency state charges. so paul manafort will be going to prison. atome point he'll have to report to new york in manhattan to face these state charges, and then he would be put in some kind of lock br in the area, ght to court every day by the marshal tuesday go through those state court pings and then go back to jail or prison at night. so he's fog to haveac to these new charges.

and if he's convicted the president couldn't pardon him for that. >> all right, pete williams a lot of complications with this case. he has more reporting on t story just ahead on nbc nightly news with lester holt right after this newscast. thank you, pete. let's get back to this huge storm that's swallowing up half the nation, and it seems like it's all four seasonsolled up into one. >> you're talking about temperatures right nowe 70s out ahead of this. tornados associated with this, blizzard conditions with this. 70s for temperatures and 70s for wind gusts. 97 miles an hour mile per hour winds today. my brother lives very close, anu 84 mile an wind gusts. snow was coming into the garage today. that storm system finally starting to move out, but they've got high wind through the afternoon and evening here. for us it's going to bring us much warmerre tempera i'm talking about 70s here as well. and that's the kind of temperatures we want to be

seeing this time of year. not the 30s and 40s, which we've seen all over the last week or so. right now sitting in the 50s for us. but here's the storm, back to the west. and once again look how expansive this is from denver to minneapolis to houston. chance of severe weather from st. louis right on down to parts of louisiana during the evening hours today. that's something to watch. the evolution of this storm as it comes across the rockies. a cup of storms came together t and once they ast the rocky mountains, this is an area where you really seere of low pressure intensify rapidly. goodland, kansas, is right here. we see this very often that these storms intensify. and that's exactly what this one did. the all-time lowestevressure recorded there in over 100 years of recording data arounde doity also in that same area.u so that tells st how impressive this storm is. stillin briblizzard

conditions and 70 mile per hour in parts of that area. look how the country is under some kind of watch or warnings here. lighter orange these are high windwarnings, wind advisories as far east as ohio and eastern kentucky. now, the good news forol us thi system moves farther enough north and west of our area that we only get in on the tail end. the tail end for us, by the way, is warmer weather. 74 in nashville. 80 degrees right now in new orleans. there's denver. 60 kans city, 28 degrees right now. let's go to live desk right now, guys. we've got those pictures of the eagle. thanks, doug. we are showing you these live chopper pictures coming in now. now we see theseilife officials just witwin a foot or of the injured bald eagle there. on the metro tracks near the

d ato track at addison r peak pleasant metro stop. you can see the wildlife officials. maybe they've got some sort of d they plan on somehow covering the animal up and bringing it in. we've been watching these pictures come in sinbout 5:00 this afternoon when we first heard about this situation. this has oomiously caused major issues on blue line single tracking between addison and morgan boulevard. this poor little thing injured clearly. because we just haven't seen a whole lot of movement from him. silver line tras being rerouted to new carlton. we also saw metro officials make sure that the power was off to the lines so that these rescue wildlife officials could be able toork safely. they are taking their time here. i'mar sure the probably making some adjustments on the other de of the camerat teeha jt ye,

they're so close. want to make sure they can get him safely, secure. leon, you were talking making sure that that line wasn't electrified. and so o metroicials made sure that these goes could work there without any fear o that. but it seems like something has held them up here in the >> they've got to be concerned about whether the eagle tries to get away from them as they try to rescue him and injures worse. even >> i was going to ask if anyone in the newsroom was watching to see how it moves from that one set of track w from tt side of the screen to the other and to the the injury was leg or something. did you happen to see how it moved? >> no,un we were le to catch that. f haven't seen a whole lot movement from the injured bald eagle there. buy as te -- wildlife officials about 2 feet of this bald eagle. u're not seeing a whole lot of movement from them, so hoping they are okay, b they are

ready there as you can see. got a couple of blankets with them, a they are just waiting for the signal, waiting for the word to move forward a take this animal to safety. have had our eyes on a few of them in our area. we are so lucky a so fortunate to have beautiful pictures of these majestic thiscenes, these majestic bald eagles in our area. and this is another case where up re getting to see them close, bebut rtunately this one is injured. so we're hoping for the best outcome here. >> and we know the bald eagle population has been growing and getting stronger in our area. for a w while thee no bald eagles to be found in this area, and our attention has been focused on several pairs of them that seem to be producing more bald eagles. so that is a good thing that we have ahi hea bald eagle

population here. >> things are looking up for the population. w hoping this ol be able to rejoin it. you can see the workers here a edging upvery, very easily so as not to spook it. they've got some d work to to get this animal together and in shape.ying we're going to keep our eye on this and keep live from the starlite lounge. ♪ one plus one equals too little too late ♪ ♪ a sock-a-bam-boom ♪ who's in the om? ♪ love is dangerous ♪ but driving safe ♪ switch and save ♪ yes, ma'am se me, miss. ♪ does this heart belong to you? ♪ ♪ would you like it anyway? [ scatting ]

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>> well, all is well. they have safely captured that jured bald eagle. he's in tt bin and on the way to whatever kind of medical treatment he or she may need after several hours of drama, good news. >> onen person town not complaining of metro service. not today. >> presumably they can get the metro linpe back very soon.

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