center lane is blocked there in clarendon. let's go live now over to 95. 22-minute ride from dale city into newington. then you'll be ok into springfield here. let's go back out to the beltway. and this time, we're going to zoom into the other side of town. the beltway north of town is taking a live look here at new hampshire avenue. that is your slow traffic. trying to get into silver spring but the lanes are open until you get to connecticut avenue where i'm getting word of an accident. no lane information given on that as of yet. now, before i go, i have a commuter alert for everyone driving through d.c. a big step forward on the new 11th street bridge project. the new flyover ramp for southbound 295 will open this weekend. southbound 295 will open this weekend. that's the big gray ramp on the left side of this picture. expect some closures. you see that, andrea? the straight one there. you can expect some closures and delays this weekend as crews shift the lanes. the whole project should be done july 2013 that will include a new link from eastbound to

it started when a man was struck by a train at the clarendon station. that forced metro to temporarily shut down part of the orange line of the rocklin station. the domino effect continued with escalators malfunctioning and some passengers needing medical treatment. don gonzales has video and you will only see on abc 7. -- john gonzales. >>> i thought i was going to die. >> a chaotic and dangerous scene. thousands of passengers were forced out of the rosslyn station where all the escalator stop operating. >> thousands of people down there and try to get out. there's no air. people are screaming and vomiting and passing out. >> be intense het -- the intense heat inside proved too much for many, especially the elderly. some were treated with oxygen masks and others transported by ambulance. passengers were trapped inside hot cars. >> it was chaos and no one knowing which way to go. a lot of people were struggling. >> hundreds of commuters turned into thousands try to be diverted onto city buses. >> walking up the escalators was tiresome. >> the escalators

a man was struck by a train at that clarendon station forcing other orange line stations to shut down. that was just the beginning. brianne carter is light at the rosslyn station with what happened today. >> more travel troubles thanks to switch malfunction at the rosslyn station. less than 24 hours after all those problems >>> the crowds and chaos that caustic meaning it nightmare and concerns for thousands tuesday. >> the whole area is covered with people. >> it is on the minds of many at the rosslyn metro station this morning. >> maybe they could spread people out at different stations instead of dumping them all here. >> during rush hour last night service was suspended between rosslyn and fallston after a man was struck by a train in clarendon. adding insult to injury, the crowds because the very long escalators to shut down very long lines formed while people waited for buses while others it decided to walk. >> something needs to be done. >> still reeling from last night, some were delayed again this morning thanks to switch not function. >> i guess it in between stations, under

a man was struck by a train at the clarendon station. that investigation if led to the closure of five busy stops. >> pamela brown joins us from the rosslyn station this morning where many commuters were forced to wickes a backup plan. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. that plan includes four lot of people walking miles just to get home. for others they had to wait a long time to catch a bus. a lot of passengers still reeling this morning for what they went through last night. these pictures show the height of the madness during yesterday's evening rush. >> it is hot, walking up the escalators was tiresome. >> large crowds of passengers being forced out of stations all at once from rosslyn day ballston after the orange and blue lines came to a halt. >> a lot of pushing and shoving. escalators automatically shut down due to extreme crowding. >> people were screaming and vomiting and passing out. >> some chose to walk long distances and others waited a long time to take a bus. the gridlock was documented on twitter with pictures

. >>> a man was hit by a train in clarendon. this morning the victim is seriously injured. the incident made for a chaotic commute home on the orange line. just take a look at these cell phone pictures taken from the rosslyn metro station as hundreds of riders were trapped on the platform. because the man was hit in clarendon, that station was closed, and all the riders had to get off the train in rosslyn. >> some people were yelling. some people just didn't know where to go, so they're just standing in place. >> we pulled into the station, and there were bodies almost physically pressed up against the train on arrival, which is a safety risk in and of itself. so we're standing there trying to move in a space that wasn't there. >> when passengers tried to get to the exit, they said the escalators were out, making it tough to navigate out of the station. metro says the escalators did what they were supposed to do, automatically shut down when there's an overload of passengers and too much weight. >> the republican presidential hopefuls took center stage in new hampshire for

. >>> a person was hit by a train in clarendon. the incident made for a chaotic commute on the orange line. take a look at cell phone pictures taken from the rosslyn metro station as dozens of riders were trapped on the platform. the man was hit in clarendon, and that station was closed. peaks h passengers had to get off the train in rosslyn. the escalators were out, and that made things worse. >> everyone is checking on everybody else for health, but then you had people who were starting to be in respiratory distress. people were starting to feel their heart hurting, and then you had emts coming down. >> metro officials said the escalators did what they were supposed to do, which is automatically shut down when there's too many passengers and an overload on the escalators. look at that crowd. >> a tough way to get home. 4:31, our first look at the forecast and rain in the area already, tom. >>> it started a couple of hours ago, and it's picking up in intensity. let's take a look at the radar around the region. this rain surging up

one person confirmed dead hit by a train at the clarendon metro station. abc7 news. >> keep us posted. >>> hard work and dedication comes in many sizes. >> in this case, and 8-year-old cancer survivor. greta kreuz joins us. >> having a child is hard enough without worrying about paying for treatment. this family with one amazing 8- year-old son is doing something about it. ryan darby is a little boy with a big check to help families of kids with cancer. >> they can get the water come up could come and transportation they need. he was acute -- then nosed with acute leukemia. -- diagnosed with leukemia. >> seeing your child in pain and not being able to take it away is awful. >> for molly, ryan, and chris they decided to help other families just tryan it has raised $80,000. >> you can alleviate the burden of some families and let them focus on getting those kids better, that is what we are trying to do. >> this third grader raised $25,000 in five minutes of this year doing the dougie at the gala. that helped him beat the cancer. >> they said i was going to m

arlington, donde una persona que presuntamente se tiro a los rieles del metro en la estacion de clarendonr volumen de usuarios.. a consecuencia se experimentaron fuertes retrasos.. la persona sobrevivio y fue transportado a un hospital local... a pocas a pocas horas de cumplirse un anho del rescaste de los mineros chilenos, dos de ellos estan de visita en washington y tuvieron una actividad patrocinasda por el intituto smithsonian. alfredo miranda nos amplia la informacion. estas imagenes fueron vistas por mas de 1.300 millones de personas, esteban rojas agradecia a dios despues de su rescate. pensar que en ese momento estábamos abajo la mina y ahora estamos afuera, sentimos una alegría grande de estar acá con vida.asi se escribierons de 33 mineros entre ellas las de luis urzua. y para nosotros hoy estar vivos por segunda vez ya es otra cosa. a pocas horas de cumplirse un anho del milagro de sobrevivencia,estos mineros dicen que ahora ven la vida con otros ojos. para nosotros lo mas importante ahora es el compañerismo, tratar de estar unidos y buscar estar en conversación, siempre tenemos

not on the agenda, the chaos that ensued in roslyn after a man was hit by a train and clarendon. jennifer donelan asked about the problem. >> today was a full meeting of the board discussing everything from the realignment of the blue line to fares but they have not talked about the incident that has people fresh credit. 48 hours after this on the orange line, the full metro board convened for a committee meeting today. >> people are screaming throwing out passing out. >> this never came up. >> i thought it would have been brought up right away. >> if you missed it, tuesday evening, a man jumped on the tracks. >> we brought in 40 buses but you have trains with 800, 900 people in the station in the middle of rush hour. >> that was the metro general manager today, who has started an internal review. >> i like to see the board tried to figure brought what happened. >> when safety mechanisms kicked in, thousands had to walk out there largest escalators. >> we know what happens if those safeties' did not work. >> until the review is complete, the full board will be advised. >> i would

. >> president obama had dinner in clarendon with a few campaign supporters. they were selected out of a pool of candidates as part of a contest. the only qualification, each had donated $5. >> five books for dinner at the liberty tavern. >> and the wine glasses. >> total opportunity. >> they did not even get into the wind. >> i cannot believe this. i put on my facebook, i said that this might be a memorable of that coming. outside today, we had some slick spot. the temperatures have taken a tumble. in washington, 49 degrees, the last time we had measurable snow in october, 1979. october 10th. i don't think we will have that in washington but it will be close. look at the temperature right now in gaithersburg. 42 degrees. there could be some scattered frost well to the north. look at the cold air, that is one of the ingredients. hard to believe that this is still october. this is the calendar right now. we have this going to the north. this brought the rain. now, there is some cold air. there are some waves setting up as we get into the weekend. these will be

. >>> breaking news in clarendon where a person was struck by a metro train. >> john gonzales is live at the roslyn the station where there is quite the back up. what is going on? what the situation here has worsened and intensified. hundreds of people are now out here outside of the roslyn metro station and it is utter chaos. a lot of confusion with people trying to figure out where exactly they are going. the tracks were closed just before 5:00 p.m. and we understand matra officials have said one person was struck by a train. it had done now is they tried to set up shuttle buses at rosslyn to get people around the accident. there is not enough buses for the amount of people trying to get home during this rush hour commute. talking to one gentleman here, he was downstairs when all of this happened. what happened? >> i get to the train and there is this huge mass of people in the train station as well as getting on the train. there were people coming in the station as we try to come outside, there was no coordination. people were suffering trying to get air. there was a pretty signifi

will be providing smaller financial support to the japanese immersion programs and rosa parks and clarendon, and we will be continuing our fund raising in the coming years to expand into other schools going forward, so i want to thank you all for the opportunity to talk about this. foreign-language training is so important. we think that is an important thing we can do. thank you very much. >> any questions from the board? >> i just want to add that at the event superintendent garcia and i attended at herbert hoover middle school, he was so surprised when he got a call saying we want to come and see how we can help you. he does not often get appointments from people who want to help in a substantive way what we are doing in the middle school, and i want to express my appreciation to the japan society. >> i would like to thank you for your support of our students. it is wonderful, and foreign languages such an important goal for all of our students to be bilingual by the time they graduate, so thank you for that. it is wonderful. >> we are honored to be able to do something for the school. >

aidman was struck by a train at the clarendon station. subsequently the escalator stop moving making passengers climb up to 100 flights of stairs. here is a video that you will only see here on 7. >> metro officials say this 39- year-old man intentionally jump in front of a train just before 5:00 this evening. that was a decision that was obviously life-threatening but also shut down the orange and blue lines during one of the busiest times of the day. >> i thought of was going to die. >> minutes after a person was struck by a trend this evening the scene it turned chaotic and dangerous. thousands of riders were forced out of the station where all four escalators stop operating. >> thousands of people down there trying to get out. there is no air. people are screaming and throwing up. they are passing out. >> the intense heat and growing walk up the steps proved too much for many, especially for elderly commuters who were physically overcome and exhausted. some were treated at the scene others transported by ambulance. passengers were act

the president took them out to the liberty tavern in clarendon, virginia. they'd given at least $5 to the president's re-election bid. his guests included a retired teacher, a postal worker, a small business owner and an artist. they were flown in from arizona, min, colorado and indiana, states important to the president's re-election campaign. >> apparently pop culture is in, politics out this year for halloween. there's a new poll that found that people would rather dress as lady gaga and the geico caveman than the obamas or sarah palin. the poll found among women, lady gaga was most popular followed by sarah palin and then michelle obama. >>> for the guys, 46% said they'd like to dress up as the geico caveman, donald trump came in second. president obama came in third. >> i don't know. are we going to need to dress up in our snow suits for halloween? >> it was lady gaga for me but after seeing that, i'm not doing it. she's not going to happen. >> you've got a new plan? >> you mentioned snow suits. i think if you have a sled and if you are well to the wes

. >>> the clarendon metro station had to be shut down during the evening rush. metro says a man jumped on to the track around 5:00 last night and was stuck under a train for several hours. the incident caused major delays as you can imagine on the orange line. the station reopened several hours later. no word on the condition of the man hit by that train. >>> attacks on the frontrunners highlighted last night's republican debate in new hampshire. they squared off, sitting together around a large table. mitt romney and herman cain who were leading in most polls were the target of many jabs by candidates. john hunts man took aim at cain's 999 tax plan. >> i think it is a catchy phrase. i thought it was the price of a pizza when i first heard it. >> it didn't come off a pizza box. no, it was well studied and well developed. >> the republicans candidates debate next week in las vegas. >>> president barack obama meanwhile is criticizing republican senators in the wake of the failure of his jobs bill to survive a crucial test vote. all 46 republicans some the senate a

board members did not discuss the chaos created tuesday when a man was struck by a train in clarendon. the general manager says an internal review is underway. >>> looking to the weekend, huge crowds are expected in washington for the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. the ceremony was originally scheduled for the weekend that hurricane irene hit. it's finally begins a lamb o'clock a.m. on sunday. president obama, does the jackson, and aretha franklin are among those expected to attend. students from coretta scott king's young women's leadership academy starts arriving today. metro will open at 5:00 a.m. on sunday to accommodate extra traffic. >>> a big day for apple fans. two hours from now the much- anticipated iphone 4s will hit store shelves. shelves apple stores are expecting long lines and a long wait. pre order topped 1 million and quickly sold out. one of the first people in line for the new device is apple co- founder steve wozniak. he has been camping outside california stores since thursday >> with an ipad in hand. he is quite a celebrity out there. everyone

. >>> president obama treated some donors to dinner last night in clarendon.y ate at liberty tavern. the four were chosen as part of a contest. each had previously donated at least $5 to his campaign. none of the winners were from our area. >>>>> why pumpkins prices are higher than last halloween. >> and bankamerica customers could be all along with a big debit card fees. >> good morning. bank of of america all along. most other major banks are not imposing fees to make purchases will debit cards, which bank of america announced. the others said it was not a factor in their decision. apple is not the top smartphone maker. samsung is. its sales jumped 44% in the last quarter. samsung has almost 24% of the smartphone market. hewlett-packard is changing its mind. the ceo has decided not to sell off the personal computer business. the division contributed a third of the company's revenue last year. your jack blanton will cost more this year. due to bad weather. retail prices are up an average of 40%. your pumpkin will cost more this year. i am junji de nies. >>> w

a guy jumped in front of a train at clarendon.olice closed down the station meaning outbound orange line trains were terminating at rosslyn. blue line trains were delayed. the station couldn't handle the overflow rush hour crowds which led to the mayhem. >>> when you get off in rosslyn, it was a sea of people. >> you were also up against the moving train as it was trying to leave. >> anybody going to stafford? that's where my vehicle is at. >> the escalators at rosslyn shut down because of the overload of people and those are the really long ones so people were starting to get overheated. normal service resumed by about 8:00 last night. >>> the state department has issued a travel alert for americans overseas this morning. >> it is reminding them to be vigilant and it comes hours after the government says it stopped a plot by iran to kill the saudi arabian ambassador here in washington. >> kristin fisher is live outside the saudi embassy with this twisted tale. >> reporter: good morning. the plan was to kill the saudi arabian amba

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the president took them out to the liberty tavern in clarendon last night. the winners gave at least $5 to the president's re-election bid. the winners included a postal worker, a small business owner, and an artist. they were flown in from arizona, colorado, and indiana. all important in the president's re-election campaign. >>> a gorgeous sunrise under way this friday morning. let's revel in what we have now. we're drying out this morning. unfortunately, there is the potential for snow, accumulating snow beginning late tonight and tomorrow. already we have a winter storm watch issued late tonight and early saturday. five inches of snow on the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, as well as much of west virginia, western maryland, and northern maryland. that includes all these zones inside this red outline. parts of the shenandoah valley and here western maryland all the way across northern maryland. there is howard county, and here's montgomery county. various points north and west there could get maybe in some places as much as six inches of snow. i'll show you

it started when a man jumped on to the tracks at the clarendon station. he was struck and seriously injured by a train. now, that forced outbound orange line trains to unload all passengers at rosslyn and put them on buses but the rosslyn station became so overloaded, causing more panic when the escalator shut down. some passengers got overheated walking up to the street level. >>> the republican presidential hopefuls debated last night in new hampshire. this bloomberg "washington post" sponsored forum focused on the economy and jobs. >> can you name all 59 points in your 160-page plan? >> the american people in the kind of financial crisis they're in, they need someone who knows how to create jobs and i do. >> we've got to get our spending house in order. >> they want to really change things, the first person to fire is bernanke who is a disaster as chairman of the federal reserve. second person to fire is geithner. >> now, new hampshire holds the nation's first primary in january. former massachusetts governor mitt romney holds a wide lead in state poll

the incident in clarendon shut down the station for about an hour and a half, forcing all riders to gethe train in rosslyn. >>> will choosey moms still choose jiff if peanut butter prices continue to rise? peanut prices are sky rocketing after a hot dry summer killed peanut crops. according to "the wall street journal," the price for jm smuckers jif is going up 20% next month. >>> in the day ahead, members of congress will join nfl players against capitol police for a game of flag football. >> my condition for the game is pain. it's going to be a painful game. >> the congressional football game will take place tonight at 6:00 at rfk stadium. congresswoman donna edwards from maryland and congressman james moran from virginia will join in the fun. several players from the washington redskins and the dallas cowboys will also be there. the cost to watch the event is $10, and that money will go to military kids and to the capitol police memorial fund. >>> well, rick perry has come under criticism from political experts recently, and last night he provided fodder for a barrage of one-liners o

. >>> the clarendon metro station had to be shut down.man jumped on to the tracks last night and was stuck around a train for several hours still alive. the incident caused major delays on the orange line. no word on the condition of the man who was hit by that train. >>> an arrest is made and some frightening attacks near the suitland metro station. this morning, philip fleming is sitting in jail facing rape and robbery charges. he is accused of assaulting two women on two different owe indication last month as they walked to the suitland station early in the morning. >>> coming up next, gop presidential contenders facing off in another debate. >> the topic was the economy and one presidential hope. is making headlines for his defense of an unpopular move by the previous administration. ] today, your busy schedule demands doing more in less time. which is why we've developed innovative learning tools like our mobile application and phoenixconnect, a worldwide academic social network. it's part of our commitment to you and why last year w

metro stations along the orange line are jammed up after a person was hit at the clarendon station.the orange line. >>> prince william county animal shelter needs a home for an animal that they call temperamental. it's a pot-bellied pig. they call him wilbur. he was found wandering around a highway. as elaine reyes reports now, he looks cute to some. he's really ugly to others. wilbur is far from your average pet. >> reporter: if you want to add a furry friend to your family, chances are you'll find the one at the prince william county animal shelter. >> typically we have dogs, cats. occasionally birds. right now we've got five rats. we've got some chinchillas. then there's wilbur. >> reporter: you have to go out back to meet him. wilbur is 5 years old, 200-plus pounds, strong and a little on the stubborn side. oh, and he eats like a pig. >> he is an escape artist. most of them are. he was released to us because they couldn't contain him and take care of him the way they needed to. >> i grew up in southwest iowa. i grew up on farms. i've handle other pigs and other livestock. >> rep

the president took them out to liberty tavern in clarendon. four winners had given at least $5 to the president's re-election bid. his guests included a retired teacher, a postal worker, a small business owner, and an artist. they were flown in from arizona, minnesota, colorado, and indiana -- all states important to the president's re-election campaign. >>> just as hope was beginning to fade, crews are celebrating another miraculous rescue in turkey this morning. a 13-year-old boy was pulled from the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed more than 100 hours ago when the 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the country on sunday. the boy was conscious but injured. he was rushed to a waiting ambulance. at least 550 people are confirmed dead now, and another 2,300 others were wounded. >>> our time right now is 5:38. coming up, watch out for a big cat. the wild animal spotted roaming the city neighborhood. at th"well, we could sleep we hin the same bed,ime: but it just doesn't work." she would like a firmer mattress than i would. yeah, nine o

authorities say a man jumped in a train at the clarendon station. he is now in the hospital.h report. >>> the capital bike-sharing is expanding again. officials say six stations with bybicycles could be in place spring. another six stations could be 2013. by >>> now which up with lisa baden on the traffic. i'm hearing about a crash on westbound mountain road. that will make it difficult. 97 is open. good.ks normal delays throughout d.c.east we take you live to the pictures of the delays on 95. this is 95 in virginia. northbound delays out of spring off and on to the pentagon. notice the showers approaching richmond. some rain developing that will march northward. move up 95 and into the beltway. a few off and on showers. there is some rain in the shenandoah valley. in the 60's. the heaviest rain is west of d.c. >>> thank ♪ i love it when you put it right there ♪ ♪ my name is nicole i'm gonna make you ♪ ♪ feel good oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ put your hands in the air wherever you are ♪ ♪ keep it right there i love it when you ♪ ♪ put it right there yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh oh, oh,

the runners will start in arlington, head through rosslyn and clarendon.the key bridge through georgetown, down to the national mall, then back into arlington. all the roads are closed right now and are expected to reopen by 1:30 this afternoon. runners and spectators are advised to use the metro, which opened early today to accommodate everyone. >>> hundreds of college students forced out of their dorm rooms will be moving a little closer to school today. roughly 200 students at st. mary's college of maryland were forced to move out of two residence halls last week after mold had been discovered. they have been living in hotels since several miles from the campus. today they are moving out of hotels and onto a small cruise ship pictured coming up. it is now docked on the st. mary's river next to campus. >>> in snowy temperatures wasn't enough to keep people in the district from having a little weekend fun. >> no idea what they're saying. the nightmare on m street is the largest contest in d.c. with the snow giving way to cold temperatures this year was mo