airport. >> desperation. horace: she and her 2-month-old daughter traveling home from a family funeral in alabama. flight 3913 pensacola to reagan nationaln american airline scheduled to leave at 3:30. but didn't take off then. >> initially it was delayed by an hour. then the delays got longer and longer. >> seven hours she claims waiting in the airport with her infant. >> we were down to one bottle of formula. >> finally some good news. the plane is at the gate and being prepped to leave they are told. >> but a few minute later another announcement. there is a mechanical problem that could take at least 45 minutes to fix. >> t the pilot and the crew would have timed out. horace: timed out? in a statement to "7 on your side," american aligns told us under f.a.a. regulations crews can only work a certain number of hours each day. the pilot and crew were approaching their limit. all the passengers were then directed to go to the main american ticket counter to book new flights. but then another announcement. 3913 is ready to leave. immediately. >> now i'm sprinting through the airport with the infant carry in the front of me. little suppli

it's 83 at reagan national airport. it feels great out there. show you satellite and radar. not a lot going on. this could be a good travel weather. upper 60's to around 70. we head to 70's. monday is probably not the prettiest beach days. the upper 60's. clouds and showers. pool day opening on saturday for many communities. temperatures will make it in the middle take you out for the next seven days. moving in the day on monday, added showers and a rumble of thunder with the highs in the middle 70's. >> a few things to let you know about. jamie: this issue is because of a tractor trailer fire. you can see right here. it burnt up. a lot are on the scene. you can get around this using ardmore road to 92nd street and that will help you loop around the area that is blocked. we are seeing heavy traffic in montgomery county. as you ge virginia. taking a little while. the big picture that you can see. there is a lot of slowing in d.c. get there from springfield is a slow go. as soon as you get to wilson bridge we will clear out closer to branch avenue. i want to talk about travel.

go, looking over at the torpedo factory toward oxon hill, national harbor. 76 degrees at reagan national airport. winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. dodging raindrops inside the beltway. we will talk about that in a moment. and west of us. we have had hardly any rain. the showers are likely to3 contain downpour and rumble of thunder. a lot of moisture. what is left of bonnie will continue to spin and spin over here. that will move off toward the north and east. moving through the next 24 to 48 hours. that will help bring unsettled weather to beaches and southern maryland. heading in closer, chesapeake branch estates to st. george island. this is where we have the heaviest rain at this time. a lot of rain has not stopped all day long. you don't have to head too much to the north and west where we have had a few showers. a few thunderstorms beginning to pop up around pawpaw moving south and east. the good news with this, this is moving to drier air. by the time it reaches the immediate metro a lot of this will start to fizzle out. a few showers do remain inside the capital beltway. arou

. >> next reagan national airport is perfect for picnics and pictures. >> we sent grandma home so we'reatching her take off. >> were arriving along the mt. vernon trail. >> just rest for a little bit before i go back. >> rainy day. i want to stay in the shade. you can look just like me and i fly here. perfect for both of those things and the skydiving. >> they gave you through training some reassurance and up the wind tunnel. >> the perfect family spot. who doesn't love laughing at your screaming parents. >> you'll never see your parents do anything remotely close to this so to see them laughing, their hair is going crazy, it's awesome for little kids. >> wow. >> all of these virginia spots are definitely worth the trip. >> if you know some place that's worth the trip i want you to tweet your pictures and ideas to @first 4 traffic and check out more day trips in our nbc washington app. just search worth the trip. this one is for the coffee lovers. imagine a cup of joe coming to you. it's happening in arlington as long as you like your brew on ice. and it's going to be the now we know ex

reagan national. 78 is the average high. this hour, 6:00. the number in the lower to the middle 80's. 86 right now in fredericksburg. 85 at hagerstown. 85 at reagan national airportnot much for cloudiness. high pressure overhead. this high pressure center will move offshore. that will turn the winds to southwest. we will draw more moisture and cloudines rain. thunderstorms tomorrow everything. bert chance of showers friday afternoon with the thunderstorms. it will feel like summertime. this is the player. this system that is trying to develop now in the caribbean northwest of the caribbean in the bahamas an area we are watching. the computer models are trying to develop it to low pressure and push it northward. sunday, monday, tuesday. if it happens it will have a significant impact on the coastal areas. however, even without it happening. high is offshore. this low pressure is re-signing to the south. it will force the winds out of the southeast. and bring cooler temperatures. the air is coming off the atlantic ocean. 72 for saturday. a lot of sunshine. 71 on sunday. the increasing clouds. chance of cloudy with a better chance of showers monday and the highs nea

right now, reagan national airport, 75 degrees, the wind out of the south that seven.t will probably falling about 5, 10 degrees. 77 leesburg, 70 degrees southernr, luray 72, maryland 76 degrees. overnight lows ranging from 60 to 68, partly cloudy skies. were we had showers this evening, those areas are likely to see patchy fog. i don't see any travel delays in the morning or into the afternoon hours. satellite and radar, the showers earlier mainly to the west, cumberland and hagerstown. those have just about fizzled out. they never made it to the d.c. metro, but the clouds are still here. the tropics, an area of low pressure beginning to form. if this becomes a tropical storm, the name will be bonnie. it appears that it will have an impact on the south carolina/north carolina coastline as early as sunday into monday. projected tracks. a lot can change between now and then. right now it looks like it will be of the carolina coast with a tropical storm, rain for north carolina, showers for us, the delmarva beaches and d.c. metro, but not a washout. at least that is what

at reagan national airport, adam tuss, news4. >>> big changes are coming to the way we get around locally. this week 20 officials at metro were fired, including seven senior managers. gm paul wedefeld made the announcement in a memo, part of an effort to streamline management to improve eervgt effectiveness and accountability. a third of those managers terminated work in rail operations. >>> now we've got an inspiring story in maryland. a teenager met the first life. tyreke johnson collapsed on the basketball court in prince george's county after his heart suddenly stopped beating. an off-duty northern virginia emt revived him with an automatic external defib rater or aed that was at the school. medics from the fire station across the street continued to work on him on his way to the hospital, and he has since made a full recovery. >> thank you. you know, i'm indebted to you all. y'all saved my life. >> doctors say the 17-year-old has an enlarged heart and has to quit competitive sports. but the teenager says he plans to study radiology. the news4 i-team found a lot of aeds in the region

with sunshine we are able to pull out of the low at reagan national airport. if you are headed out this everything, no weather worries. delightful. the wind are light. jackets are needed. the sunset will call in the 60's. the air is nice and dry. watch for patch of fog overnight. the winds are light to calm. the skies are clear. the temperatures are cool. that is a setup for the patches of fog here and there. the skies will clear quickly. high pressure moves in overhead. later in the afternoon the clouds will increase. not from this area of rain but from this area that will intensify and organize and move northeast. probability of rain saturday here. the afternoon and the everything the clouds roll in. heavy overcast by 9:00 tomorrow night. then through the overnight and the early morning hurs the rain will get closer. the orange and the yellow shows the heavier rain as the storm system passes well south. that is where most of the heavy rain will stay. by mid-afternoon, the heaviest rain in this model should be east of town. still plenty of rain to go. that me

reagan national airport at 59 degrees, the wind has settled down. a lot of moisture to the west. this will move our way overnight into the day tomorrow, and a wet rush-hour commute tomorrow morning through the midday. the showers diminish a little bit for the evening rush. no problems right now. if you have late night plans, just mostly cloudy skies, middle 40's, lower 50's, the wind out of the southwest at five. this is what it looks like as we move through the day tomorrow, a wet morning rush-hour commute, so grab the umbrella and grab something warm to wear. only in the 40's starting the day, eventually in the middle to upper 50's. the heavier rain moves through midd. outdoor recess for the kids, don't like it will happen. afterschool activities may be better. 6:00, pockets of rain across southern maryland. early wednesday morning, this model wants to bring most of the moisture out of here, then the skies begin to clear. we may have a little sunset wednesday evening. thursday and friday, brader skies. the rain totals come anywhere from a half inch to one inch of rain through t

well, today marks 150 straight days of measurable rain at the reagan national airport. will the streak continue? chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the answer to that. we have the record. enough is enough. okay? we will see what happens. we are looking at now the doppler radar. metro area is in good shape with the rain in baltimore. further south and west. harrisonburg, i-81 corridor. showers there. that is it. zoom in and good news for the nats tonight. good news if you are traveling outside. we can't rule out isolated showers later. but it's generally over four now. look at the nats forecast. first pitch at 7:05. cloudy around the area tonight. the temperatures in the 60's. tomorrow, we will see if we hit day 16. i know friday will bring showers and storms. a lot to share in a few minutes. back to you. maureen: thank you, doug. new video tonight. d.c. police want you to see. this is it. four people all wearing masks, dash out the front door of the been elementary school. they swipe computer and run out the door. the big box is a photo copier. "7 on your side"

correspondent mark albert is at reagan national airport outside of washington, d.c. with a look at the problem. >> airport managers told congress this morning, that lines at security checkpoints are long, and the problem is only getting worse. >> passenger wait times were consistently 06 minute or more. airline passengers have reported wait times as high as one hundred 20 minutes, with thousands of passengers missing their flights. >> many americans say they're planning to skip those long lines this weekend. a new pole shows more than 20% of people planning to fly before labor day have changed or canceled their plans, because of concerns about long lines in airports. >> the problem stems from a frustrated mixture of more people choosing to fly, combined with fewer people to screen them at these checkpoints. for the first five months of this year, the tsa has screened 449 million travelers, that's up 12%, or 57 million passengers, compared to last year, with 58 hundred fewer tsa screeners, than 2011. >> it appears tsa did not adjust its staffing model after screening p

peter doocy live at reagan national airport just outside washington.e more concerned about keeping travellers safe than they are about wait times. how is this going to work? >> well, the secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson was clear. they are not concerned from a security standpoint about these waits. he came here to reagan national airport earlier this afternoon and said, yes, a three hour wait in a security line, not ideal if your flight is going to be 90 minutes long. they have no interest at dhs in sacrificing security to speed things up. part of the reason for that is because they've seen what terrorists try to do at airports abroad. >> local authorities, private security and the like are also looking at airport security. that's something we've been focused on since the recent events, brussels, others, and so with local law enforcement we've been partnering to focus on airport security as well. >> and believe it or not the 2016 race is partially to blame for the problems with the tsa right now. something we've noticed some of the very larg

airports across the country. correspondent chris van cleve reports from reagan national outside washington d.c. >> step on over, step on over. >> reporter: first real test of the summer travel season, it is underway for tsa. airports are bracing for record crowds, as more than 231 million passengers fly from june through august. that is 95,500 more flyers a day then last year. >> we're going to keep passengers moving this weekend. overall we will also keep them safe. that is our principal responsibility. >> reporter: seasonal surge comes as the shorthanded tsa struggles to keep the security lines moving. >> year to date more than 70,000 american airlines customers have missed flights due to excessive wait times. >> reporter: on thursday american airlines senior vice-president carrie philipovitch said more than 40,000 checked bags have missed flights because of screening delays. >> it appears tsa does not adjust staffing model after screening protocols were changed. >> this is unreal. >> reporter: as we saw last week at chicago's midway airport patients is already running thin as wait times have surpassed two hours.

cloudy skies that direction and every other direction you look at this hour. 65 at reagan national airportwinds from the south. that the first time in the past, you know, week and a half and maybe more we have had a prevailing southerly winds. the winds are coming off the ocean. now that the winds are out of the south it will come out of the influence and approaching the cold front. it will break the log jam and the atmosphere. 66 and 58 is the high and the low. 74 is the average high. that sounds tropical compared to recent weeks. 55 is the average morning low. at this hour we are holding in the 60's in most area. 65 in washington. north and west is lower 70's. hagerstown and frederick. 64 in fredericksburg. 65 in annapolis. 65 reported in baltimore. we have had the showers. even thun afternoon. harrisburg area. diminish as they drift east. we have had showers that come out of the areas of western maryland. as soon as they cross the mountain and the blue ridge, they encounter this cold, very cool damp low level air mass and boom. it reraces the shower and knocks them out. they can't survi

still in the lower 50's reagan national airport. 52 leesburg, same in hagerstown and winchester, luray. lower 50's through the overnight. we eventually fall into the upper 40's to the north and west. widen the view, if you are looking for milder air, chicago is 72. we will get a taste of the milder air next week with daytime highs in the middle to upper 70's, along with a chance of thunderstorms. the low pressure is what has been spinning and spinning for the past 24 to 36 hours, eventually moving off to the north and east. the shower activity continues across the metro area, but the back edge eventually moves in later on tonight and then we will just have a few lingering showers tomorrow morning. wet inside most of the beltway at this time, from college park to silver spring. tysons corner, potomac, wet weather. old town alexandria, oxon hill also looking at moderate rain. that will last another half hour, 45 minutes. nighttime lows, 48 to 53, scattered showers will slowly ease and the wind will be out of the northwest at five. the race for the cure is tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., may

frederick at 69. 64 t reagan national airport. it's interesting to watch the rain in the day. in the past couple of days in the rain the elements are moving west to east. now during the day the rain moving from southwest to northeast. getting through the evening, isolated shower. maybe a few showers late tonight or overnight. general through chances of the showers demin niche through the next 12 to 18 -- diminish through the next 12 to 18 hours. patches of rain will move out of southwestern virginia to northeast. once we get through 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow the weather portions will improve a bit with the skies starting to clear. this is a computer model but it is on target for tomorrow. 9:30 the rain is out. breaks in overcast. this suggests sprinkle tomorrow night. not sure about that. before that happens there could be sunshine mixed in. take over. we will be fine. sunny and pleasant. low to mid-70's. but by friday late afternoon and evening the clouds will roll back in the area. ahead of a developing storm is center that will approach. to give us rain throughout the day o

kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. >>> coming up, thousands of car owners told not to drive. the flaw could lead them to lose control of their vehicles. >> and getting up close and personal with basketball history. when fans can get a look and maybe even a selfie with steph curry's mvp trophy. >> wow, how cool is th? hi, everybody! good afternoon from the kpix 5 weather center, where we do have a combination of clouds and sun and now we're talking rain for your weekend. we'll tell you exactly which day to expect it as the news continues. we'll be right back. engage, meaning drivers cou >>> subaru is recalling 52,000 cars due to a steering glitch. some of the steering columns fail to engage meaning drivers could lose control of the car. the company has stopped selling its 2016 and 2017 subaru legacies until the problem is fixed. owners should not drive them until they get their cars checked out. the recall also applies to 2016 and 2017 out back models. >>> shares of j.c. penney tumbled today after the retailer reported a surprise drop in its first quarter sa

at reagan national airport, suzanne kennedy. at noon, aaa mid-atlantic predicting nearly 966,000 washingtonians will hit the road this memorial day weekend, the highest travel volume in 11 years, they expect drivers to drive 50 miles or 165,000 areland, expected to drive, that is combined with the number of drivers expected to hit the roads nationwide. >> with more than 30 million americans projected travel miles or more this holiday weekend, the highest memorial day travel body tense 2005. marylanders are expected to travel by train or bus. jamie sullivan is checking on the roads. noticing the volume increasing because of travelers heading out? jamie: we are not, the busiest time of the day, it should be between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., people getting out of work, leaving early and getting out on the roads to start the weekend early. currently, 20's in down, northbound on 395. we do have the nationals game this afternoon, increased volume on the freeway. heading southbound, great shape. our northbound traffic slow as you contin

. >> for more on that let's check in with annis ee yu lie t reagan national airport. good morning, annie.good mornin. >> reporter: good morning,r: allison and steve.liso yeah, congress is stepping inten and after this intense hearingea yesterday with the house senate committee they're the demanding answers, the focusrstf being longer security lines att area airports across the country and the current practices within t.s.a.ithin t. now, the head of t.s.a. pete t. neffinger was grilled and willrw to answer tough questions fromns members of congresss of cs specifically about longerally ar security lines an report thateph t.s.a. gave one of its employees $90,000 in bonusesnon after overseeing failedeein faid screenings for banned weapons.ea also almost 18,000 complaints fromlan frustrated travelers travelers complaining of longer security lines, fewer staff members andbd a good number of those t complaints allege thatege that homeland security personnel sec engaged in misconduct so these o are all the reasons whyns lawmakers are stepping in and demanding answers.nswers >

there you see it at reagan national airport. donald trump making his way back.he plane actually just left. this is a little bit of tape. so the plane has taken off as far as i'm told. i'm sorry, this is live. so we're waiting for it to take off. as you can see it's a fluid day here. he'll be making his way back to new york after the series of meetings this morning. we also had another box up there you may have seen. that's where we're awaiting word from senate democrats, there you see it in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. a 2:00 eastern time press conference was scheduled. we'll let you know as soon as that happens. paul ryan and donald trump both describe their meeting as a positive step towards unifying the party. it did not end with an endorsement from the speaker for the presumptive nominee. but paul ryan seemed more open to the possibility of backing donald trump in the near future. take a listen. >> are you endorsing donald trump, and do you really have a choice? >> the process of unifying the republican party, which just finished a primary abo

memorial day weekend, 12:-6:00 and during the sum >>> live look outside this morning, reagan national airport for you. a lot of you headed out of town for the memorial day weekend, but if you're staying here, you could see some rain. amelia draper back with a closer look at that. >>> shocking video just in of the shooting of the new york concert that we first told you about yesterday. what police have to say now about the man accused of firing off several shots. >>> and what one of the men who stopped a man from attempting suicide on the bay bridge says about the tense monts.me nowwhich means it's the perfect time to create the perfect home. now through may 30th, take an extra hundred dollars off every thousand dollars you spend. plus, enjoy 36-month, no-interest financing. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. sfx:nocking. we're early! the memorial day sale. from classic to contemporary. havertys. >>> a man was killed at a t.i. concert and this morning we have video from insid

we waited all day long to pick up this rain at reagan national airport and today is day number 14 days in a row with wet weather, and more rain on the way overnight. heading and closer, from tysons corner to walker mill, showers inside the capital beltway, old town alexandria and oxon hill. tomorrow, grab the umbrella. total washout.a i believe the only rush-hour commute -- the early morning rush-hour commute will be dry with some peaks of sunshine during the day. chance of stronger storms. the timing of that coming up. leon: this just coming into the newsroom tonight, cdc labs accused of safety violations while working with bio-terror pathogens. that labs havets been section six times because of serious issues handling the serious viruses and toxins. said that the public was never in danger. alison: donald trump came away with victory in west virginia and nebraska. mewhile, a new controversy surrounding the trial camp. the head of a white nationalist political party was slated to cast a ballot as a delegate for donald trump at the rnc convention this summer. the campaign said it was j

. >>> near the airport, reagan national airport, airport access road there right off of 1, the eastbound will be closed. from crystal city, gw parkway, plan ahead. don't freak out and be late for a flight or anything like that. have a great weekend. see you monday morning for news h today. >> involving the zika virus, for the first time a fetus in puerto rico tested positive for zika. the cdc said it did lab tests on the fetal, and it had aggressive microcephaly. all cases were linked to travel abroad. >>> here in washington, health next week it fight zika. it includes additional funding for research and treatment. and for efforts to reduce the mosquito population that can spread the dizaegs. one seasonory lawmaker says there is hope for quick approval. the senate introducedity zika funding plan yesterday. >> who says lightning never strikes twice? in honor of this friday 13th, a man is giving you a taste of what it is like to be really unlucky. >> plus, why it could soon be more expensive to book a >>> a new event kicks off tomorrow in falls church. it is called play streets. it is happ

the florida congressman john mica sat on the floor of washington's reagan national airport to hear the secretary's briefing and cbs news reporter chris van cleve talked to him after that. >> and i am focused on making ur -- making sure we go forward and we focus on this d attention of myself and the tsa administrator. >> and i asked the secretary if he felt they did a good enough job preparing the american public for the lines. >> no, no. >> the situation that is created. >> i don't think so at all. the way it's brought to the attention is the media and thousands being left behind and in almost every airport. >> and so, it looks like the #i hate the wait is not going away any time soon. >>> and new tonight, we got a break from the last two straight weeks of gray and gray and -- . >> for a few glorious hours, almost all of the region was bathed in sun. remember sun? and that weather was different from the last few weeks and so striking that we pulled garrett hague off of the politics beat and asked him to investigate this unusual phenomenon in the sky. why i if there traditional signs l

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> when we come back, it was double elimination on "ng with the stars." >> and what mariah carey says you will never see her without. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> okay. so if it's tuesday, it means topping our "skinny" headlines, the big night on dancing with the stars. double elimination. >> it was a big night. >> with one week left there are now three couples left standing after a night of high scores across the board. perhaps the most dramatic was nyle dimarco's performance. as if it's not impressive enough that he's made it this far despite being deaf, an he danced last night the ann argentine tango being blindfolded. so he can't see or hear anything that's going on. yet, somehow he was able to master this choreography. needless to say, crowd was impressed. the judges were, too. they gave him a perfect score. a perfect 10, 30 across the board. >> it was absolutely beautiful. >> what a moment. >> also scoring a perfect 30, wan yea morris and l

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> as investigators look into the possibility of terrorism, the crash has put travelers around the world on edge. >> abc's molly hunter has more on the investigation and the families who are hoping for answers this morning. she joins us now from cairo where the flight was heading. molly, after so much criticism last fall after the metrojet, are you getting the sense the egyptian authorities now how to handle this case. >> not at all. >> we covered the metrojet disaster last fall. the investigation was nothing short of a disaster. different officials speaking out of turn. press statements leaked. messaging not coordinated. that's exactly what's happening again. yesterday there was an announcement that the greeks had found wreckage, then an announcement from the egyptians that wreckage from the plane had indeed been found. late last night an executive from egyptair came out to say we're wrong, there is no wreckage. yet the original statement was still on their website. the information war is on. we are trying to get as many facts as possible. w

national security issue that we're all invested in. >> reporter: the t.s.a. would like to add hundreds of more detection canines to airports in the coming years. kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. >> quijano: addiction to oip yods including painkillers and heroin takes 29,000 american lives each year. a new treatment for addicks using implants should be available by the end of next month. anna werner takes a look. >> i woke up every day and my focus on life was to find a way to get osca 0xycontin to functin throughout the day. >> 49-year-old chris borgeone got hooked on painkillers after breaking his hip in 2003. he battled addiction for five years before hitting rock bottom. >> i knew if i continued on the path i was on i would eventually die. >> quijano: he checked into a clinic where they gave him suboxone to wean him off opiates but would forgot take the medication and relapse. his docks enrolled borgeone into a clinical trial for buprenorphine, . it is implanted into is it upper arm in rods which slowly release the drug into the bloodstream and travels to the brain. it latches on to receptors that are usually triggered by prescription pain pills

kris van cleave is at washington's reagan national airport. kris? >> reporter: charlie, it was another day of frustration on capitol hill. this time from airports and airlines. airports big and small said they are seeing flyer frustration turn to anger and worry the passengers could be reaching their breaking point. american airlines said more than 70,000 of their passengers have missed flights so far this year because of the long t.s.a. lines. the airline also pushed back on the argument that bag fees were the blame for the delays, saying more than 40,000 checked bags on american have missed flights because of screening delays with checked bags. because we've gotten into this busy summer travel season, there are fewer available seats on airplane, so if people miss flights today because of the long line, they may not be able to rebooked on to a flight until saturday. >> rose: thanks, kris. at atlanta's hartsville airport, they're testing an automated system to move passengers through security more quickly. david begnaud is there. >> reporter: charlie