i didn't know how many of them. >> reporter: the greenbelt animal shelter is for greenbelt residents. it's a no kill shelter, which means -- >> we don't euthanize for space at all. we make every effort to adopt the animal out. >> reporter: what's going to happen to these cats now? more about that coming up at 6:00. live in greenbelt, pat collins. news4. >>> i'm darcy spencer. the 16-year-old who died in that bike accident last here at this restaurant alongside his father. now the employees and the community are coming together to raise money. i'll tell you why these funds are so desperately needed coming up on news4. >>> plus, a northern virginia teenager just 14 years old is dead and prosecutors believe someone plotted to have him killed. find out what they believe was the motive for the murder. >>> and it's not an olympic sport, but it is for the summer games in rio. we go to samba city. we're talking some beautiful weather the next couple of days. could we see some of the tropical storm's effects? >>> trying to make a difference while in mourning. the coworkers of a teenager struck

metro's parking lot of the greenbelt station is just about full. ridership is up 34%. many typically take the orange line. >> i've had to park farther and farther away each day since last saturday and it's a little bit more of a walk but i'm just still trying has to wait 15 minutes to get out of the parking lot. she plans to go back on the orange line when the shutdown ends july 3rd. >> i'm really looking forward to the safetrack to be over. >> reporter: other green line options are facing a similar problem. suitland has seen a 40% spike in ridership this week. in greenbelt, pete muntean, wusa9. >> the district department of transportation is trying to take off some of the parking pressure so it's opened up lot 3 outside rsd stadium. parking costs $7 a day and the price does go up to $15 during events at the stadium. >>> remember, the wusa9 app has your complete guide to navigating metro's closures and changes throughout the safety surge. >>> metro's leadership team has a new addition. joseph leader is the next chief operating officer. he has 30 years in the transporta

and fox5's melanie alnwicke alnk live at that school inchl greenbelt maryland with all the details and mel, very frightening details here.etai >> reporter: absolutely.bsol and when you read the search tha warrant and the affidavit you can see why they were able to get a night judge to give them e

here is the greenbelt station. you are going to have buses coming and free express buses from new carrollton to greenbelt in this area. this is phase two. it looks nothing like phase one. this is disruptive for a huge portion of people. you have metro rail that is completely shut off for several days in a stretch of the blue, orange and silver lines you mentioned. this is really difficult for folks in prince george's county. about bringing riders to and from busy new carrollton station. we know the buses cannot handle the volume of people that really need to get to and from work, home, et cetera. it is an extreme situation. that's how county executive put it. so, obviously talking about employees having the discussions with employers to have the possibility to telework the next couple days. this is only day three of this phase. this is more than two weeks worth of work happening. it's going to be a huge inconvenience for folks. we'll see the riders coming to the greenbelt station to get through the bottleneck area

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick isicki live at the school in schl greenbelt with the disturbing details. what a story, mel., >> reporter: that's right, yeah, so roosevelt high school h here in greenbelt, one of thelt locations that was threatenedeae with mass violence as 17-year-old according to a search warrant had threatened tr not only to kill his his girlfriend here at the schoolch but also threatened to go too the girl's mother's workplace wa to kill the mother as well and according to d.c. police, pic based on what they confiscated, it looks like they had the fire power there to back up those threats as t well. we're talking about an assault rifle, rounds of ammunition and spent shell casingsl ca removed from a house on 45th street in northeast d.c.st d.c d.c. police say the teenaged t owner planned to use them to uso commit those acts of mass violence. the plot was revealed duringas an mpd press conferenceonre calling for moury instructionstr on these kind of weapons. wea chief cathy lanier says herni sy officers worked quickly aftericr the teen girl and her motherr reported the t

the greenbelt animal shelter, jim, what about you? >> wonder how many you're going to be taking home, pat collins. looks like you're doing some bonding there. >>> the decision only set social media on fire today. the mother will not be charged in the case of a 3-year-old boy who fell into the cincinnati zoo's gorilla exhibit last week. >> i've gotten dozens, if not hundre hundre hundreds, of e-mails about this case. if anybody doesn't believe a 3-year-old can scamper off very quickly, they've never had kids. >> a zoo team had to shoot and kill the gorilla to protect the little boy last month. the old barrier at the enclosure has been replaced with a taller fence and the gorilla exhibit will reopen tomorrow. >>> a special honor for a boxing legend at the national portrait this picture of muhammad ali is on display now in the in memo memoriam space. >> reporter: a vigil continues outside the muhammad ali center. >> he's very special. >> reporter: to honor the man who so famously shook up the world. >> he was a fighter in every sense of

early crash on the baltimore washing parkway northbound just beyond the beltway headed up toward greenbelt road. traffic literally zigzagging through. a couple more tow trucks have been requested. work zone northbound up near 198, single line to the left. also paving project between lucketts and leesburg on 15. traffic causes a minor delay through the overnight hours. back into you. >>> right now crews are still pumping water from a massive water main break in alexandria. >> the 12 inch water main broke and began shooting out water beginning yesterday afternoon. hundreds living near edsall road and south van dorn street are still without water this morning as many tried to make their way home yesterday, they had to stop and just watch the water rush down the street. >> i was just kind of worried and scared because i have no idea what is even going on. we were trying to get that way and a then there was so much traffic, so we had to make a u turn. >> megan mcgrath is on the scene, she will join us in just a few minutes for an update on how things are looking for your morning commute. >>> an

a lot was full at the greenbelt station. they saw a 34% spike in riders. many are trying to bypass stretches of the orange line. commuters tell us if you are going to greenbelt prepare to walk. >>> a man has come forward saying he was once orlando shooter omar mateen's lover. in the interview he said he believes mateen's shooting rampage was an act of revenge not terror. latino night after being with a latino man that he learned later was hiv positive. >>> he was one second in line for the presidency but dennis hastert is behind bars. he arrived at a minnesota prison in a wheelchair to begin his 15 month sentence. he pled guilty to violating banking laws for paying hush money to a boy that he sexually abused. >>> power companies are still working to bring electricity back to parts of howard county. residents are cleaning up. a confirmed tornado with 80 miles per hour winds touched down during the storms. it was on the ground for 12 miles and at one point was as wide as five not ball fields. one pham -- football fields. >> my biggest fear tree, my favorite,

greenbelt police have been investigating threats they say a 17-year-old made to his ex-girlfriend. through text messages the teen said he'd kill the girl, her family, and shoot up roosevelt high school. >> we partnered with prince geor george's county police department and school security. >> reporter: but greenbelt police say the prince george's county school district didn't notify parents of the threat because the suspect wasn't in custody and they didn't want to compromise the investigation. meanwhile metropolitan police officers obtained a search warrant on the teenager's southeast residence and recovered a loaded ak-47 with several rounds of ammunition. police also say the teen posted video online of his ex-girlfriend performing sexual acts. several neighbors who didn't want to go on camera say they know the suspect and were shocked to hear about the allegations because they believe he's a quiet guy. but last night the 17-year-old was arrested in d.c. now greenbelt police are hoping this case sends a message to the community about the importance of taking all threats seriously

making a loop from greenbelt to new carrollton. folks we talked to are pleased with it.ber, this is now phase two and phase two looks nothing like phase one. now you have metro rail that is completely shut down for several days. the blue, orange and silver lines. hardest hit is prince george's county completely shut off. the shuttle bus bringing riders here. folks said it is a hidden gem, a blessing that people do not know about this morning. >> ten minutes ago. which means if green line here, i'll be able to get to my stop, which is chinatown and probably be in my office earlier than when all the metro system is functioning without all the shuttle buses. >> reporter: how do you like that? he didn't know about it until another colleague told him about the free shuttle bus that is are going back and forth making that big continuous loop this morning. this is an area you need to get to. that may be an option for you. the bus is running every six minutes here. this is day three of what is about two weeks worth of work on the phase two of the plan. in green belt, i'm erika g

. >> jackie bensen is live in roosevelt high school in greenbelt, maryland police found. >> reporter:s school was just one intended target of this very angry and very well armed teenager. search warrant documents revealed the school search warrant officer was notified of a threat of mass violence on june 15th by a former boyfriend of the student. the 17-year-old had texted her saying he was going to come to the school and "shoot it up." the student described weapons owned by her former boyfriend, some seen in a video he posted on instagram. with the help of d.c. police, investigators located the 17-year-old's home on 45th street in northwest washington. there, according to court documents, they located an assault rifle and ammunition as well as marijuana and what appeared to be a fake i.d. d.c. police chief cathy l. lanier revealed the investigation after a press conference highlighting the department's gun recovery efforts. with that young woman and found an on-call emergency judge and interrupted his day. got an emergency search warrant and went and recovered an ak-47 from the indiv

melanie alnwick is liveise outside of that school in schl greenbelt maryland with the details. mel. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys and veryand ve frightening and stark wordskds from the search warrant thatt was executed last week. w d.c. police saying thatha 17-year-old suspect plannedd sua not only to kill his kill ex-girlfriend, he also plannedln to shoot up roosevelt high up ol school then go find the girl'sir mother at her workplace and and kill her as well. d.c. police say they confiscated the fire power too back up those threats. an assault rifle, rounds ofds ammunition and spent shellpe s casings removed from a house hou on 45th street in northeastortht d.c. d.c. police say the flopped use those to commitommit "acts of mass violence"quote.te chief cathy lanier says her s officers worked quickly afterckr the teen and her mother reported the threat.he >> the gun recovery unitovery u worked with that young woman through the night, found an onn call emergency judge and interrupted his day, got an emergency search warrant was able to go and recover an ak-47 from the ind

we're also watching the situation at the new carrollton metro station where people are greenbelt metroto avoid the bottleneck. we'll check in with news4's derrick ward with more on how riders are coping with changes from there. >>> massive wildfires out west continue to grow as firefighters try desperately to get them under control. take a look. in new mexico, the 28 square mile fire destroyed two dozen homes and it's still largely uncontained. and many california neighbors in potrero are forced to evacuate as fire threatens dozens of homes there. >> we're working to find the motive of a murder in washington. they say a man shot and killed stephanie goodloe. she worked in the youth ministry division of mount gilead baptist church. church members say she was taken too soon. >> we're horrified. we have to realize we have to keepoi step at a time. >> d.c. police made an arrest in this case and they pressed charges in goodloe's murder. >>> a deadly shooting is one of many violent incidents in the city this weekend. someone shot two men on f street early yesterday morning in northeast. 20 m

green line residual grace to greenbelt. earlier train malfunction atalfu branch.ionalvedition delays possible in bothsible bh directions. a signal problem outside w metro letting us know bluelinelu delays possible in bothoth directions because of the safetrack between east fallsk church and ballston.ch and give yourself extra time foror metro this morning. mni a live look at your area roads a as we continue. 301 at five cruising along. alog >> 5:37 is the time.:37 ise. coming up on fox news morning fs a man claims he was choked out by police because he wasause hes smiling in his mug shot.ug >> and after dozens ofoz complaints a popular rental rena agency used by tourists isourist vowing to do something about aut claims of racism. >> as we led to break rightwe ld now, live look outside acrosssia the region.region 5:37 is the time. 65 degrees is the temperature.ea we're back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪ vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill

now it's causing other problems at greenbelt. >> that's how bad it's getting. >> reporter: she knew safe track would change the commute but did not expect this would be part of it. >> i had to park farther and farther away each day since last saturday. it's a little bit more of a walk but i'm still trying to manage. >> reporter: metro's parking lot at the greenbelt station is just about full. metro says ridership at the start of the green line is up 34%. many typically take the orange line. >> a little more of a trek from my home, 15 minutes out of my way but i got to do what i got to do to get >> reporter: he made the switch and is trying to beat rush hour in the parking lot. >> in the morning it's fine. it got more crowded here. >> reporter: colleen has to wait 15 minutes to get out of the parking lot. she plans to go back to the orange line when the shut down ends july 3rd. >> i'm looking forward to safe track being over. >> reporter: other green line stations are facing a similar problem. suitland saw a 40% spike in ridership this week. >> check out our wusa 9 news app for breaking i

. >>> 28 cats are safe this morning after they were abandoned in greenbelt.nimal roll officer says someone left 19 cats in crates outside of the greenbelt animal shelter in the rain friday night. nine more were found in boxes in the heat on saturday. >> my heart dropped. i didn't know how long they had been out there. it was raining friday evening. i didn't know the conditions of them, i didn't know how many of them. so my first thing was to get them inside. >> after they get shots and neutered, the kittens will all be put up for adoption next week. >>> today fairfax county's board of supervisors will decide if voters should weigh in on a proposed meal tax. if approved, county would vote on a referendum that calls for up to 4% tax on prepared foods at restaurants and grocery stores. a 4% tax would mean an extra 20 cents on top of a $5 meal. it would bring in almost $100 million a year for the county. >>> it is now 5:35. today prince george's county school officials will celebrate a new opportunity for students. they will cut the ribbon for a new hub school at

we talked to greenbelt police. they tell us the prince george's county school district didn't notice parents of the threat. according to greenbelt police and court documents, a 17-year-old made threats to kill his ex-girlfriend and her entire family. he also said he would shoot up roosevelt high school. the ex-girlfriend called police last wednesday and that's when the investigation began. court documents say metropolitan police oai search warrant on the suspect's southeast home where they recovered an ak-47 and several rounds of ammunition. >> we partnered with prince george's county police department and the school security and we heightened security and awareness at the high school. >> reporter: the prince george's county school district did not tell pasrents about the threat. it is likely because pleaolice e still trying to find the suspect. the suspect was arrested in d.c. and appeared in court this morning. police say in addition to making violent threats the 17-year-old will also face child pornography charg

. >> reporter: the county is pushing people to take the bus from new carrollton to greenbelt and that wraps up monday. in prince george's county pete muntean wusa nine. >> phase 2 ends july 3 and a major impact to 61,000 weekday trips. >> hang on and that will be interesting. weather good today but interesting the rest of the week . >>> we slowly go downhill starting tomorrow. closer to town thursday and everywhere friday. li look outside and spectacular. still 80 degrees humidity 32%. win some at seven. perfect for the nationals game and very nice for bus top 10 pitchers. some kids are still in school. what about wednesday? most dorms west of town. inside the beltway nothing. no yellow weather alert. thunderstorms possible thursday and wetter friday. that's the day with the yellow weather alert. 10:00 tonight clouds to the west and southwest temperatures low 70s. overnight clouds roll in and temperatures comfortable at 66 and maybe even 65 and bowie. 64 manassas and fairfax. 9:00 low 70s. lunchtime upper 70s. most hours west of i-280 one -- i-81. this time tomorrow showers and thunde

cus live in greenbelt, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. n >> nell knee good for the girlfriend and the mom foriend speaking up and saying something. >> reporter: yeah, for sure sure and that was on the night ofht o the 16th.6t d.c. police took action and made sure that nothing sur happened the next day. >> amazing and scary all at scay the same time. mel, thank you. >> ♪ >> all right, time new is 7:07:0 and with that music we're mic w going head back to our friendo n out in vienna virginia thisginih morning allison wisdom and tucker >> it is a bright sunny day.ay >> we're not trying to beg superstars. we just will burn our iris.ur i >> but if we are beingwe are b superstars it's okay.kay. >> we're in a superstar town.st good morning from vienna virginia. >> i've been here for over anvea hour a city totally coming toly life, beautiful morning. >> gorgeous. >> gorgeous community yeah. >> we've got a lot to do today in addition to youour manyan activity that tucker barnes iseb going to do. we'll do some t'ai chi, we gothe that music.ic we'll

dc and greenbelt worked together on the case. >> threats are always something that you can never take nor granted even before the weapon was located. there was nothing, no resource, we weren't going to use in order to find this individual. >> investigators arrested the teenager last night in the district in addition to possible weapons and threat charges he may face pornography charges he posted a sex affect involving his ex-girlfriend on the internet. >>> the death toll from heavy flooding continues to rise in west virginia f officials now say at leave 20 people have been killed. the tiny town in the southeastern part of the state took the brunt of the devastation. arrest rescue teams are working around the clock to help rescue the damage. the governor declared a state of emergency for 44 counts. that allows the state acutes access to resources needed to deal with the storm. parts of howard county are still recovering after a tornado ripped there was the area earlier ener in the week. we are seeing video the video came from a security camera at a local business you can see the funnel

my son is out of school, so i have more bus service taking folks to new carrollton metro and the greenbelt this enough -- plan ahead, give yourself plenty of time, and telecommute if you can. roz plater, abc 7 news. you.n: thank a lot of you have done this, but we don't view caught by surprise on metro, so text "metro" to 43187, or log on to wjla.com /text to receive instant updates on metro service changes and disruptions. up, nba finals coverage continues. the party in cleveland is well underway. robert burton will be back in a few minutes with the postgame reaction from oakland. alison: and preparing for the republican national convention in cleveland. we will tell you about the red flags being waived by the police and how much time has been lost to get and one week after the orlando nightclub terror attack, the investigation continues. along with support. it's a great day for an adventure. surprises are hiding around each corner. come chase thrills that lead in every direction. yet somehow bring us all back together. busch gardens williamsburg and water country usa. vacation packages s

the county will operate a shuttle bus between new carrollton and greenbelt. you can open our app to see how each phase is going to affect you. search safetrack. >>> temperatures in the 90s, even close to 100 on saturday. the heat was here, and now that heat is relaxing and moving down to the south. what's moving in behind it? much cooler weather, and a pattern change. that cool weather's just off to the north and east. i'll show you what it brings for us and we'll talk about an unsettled weather pattern as we head towards the end of the week. >>> whether you talked about it with friends our family or saw it on social media, you know people are aching for those killed over the weekend. next, prayers for compassion in virginia. how one group is dealing with what happened. >>> plus, how this hillary clinton and donald trump more clear as the candidates get their general election campaigns in order. >>> and democrats were rough during a moment of silence on the house floor, demanding to know why the nation's gun the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection.v

adding extra buses from new carrollton, to greenbelt. maryland, adding to the schedule. >>> so far, gorgeous to cool at night. we are in pretty good shape tomorrow. clouds coming in. staying dry inside the beltway in most of the metro area. let's talk first about the 3 degrees guarantee. worried it would not get warm enough. crazy how topsy-turvy it has been the spring. eighty-two, for the high. the average high is 84. eighty-one yesterday. so this 3 degrees seemed reasonable. a look outside. looking at the weather camera. humidity, 35%. wind out of the southeast at three. this is the time of year to run your dehumidifier in your basement. 35% humidity. walpole much out of the air. that is okay. it will later in the summer. seventy-five to 80 later. busstop temperatures, 80s. a cool start. a mild finished. wednesday, some storms. west of town. west of that, -- i-81. th even a better chance of more widespread activity friday. that will be the yellow weather alert day friday. 10:00 tonight, clear skies. clouds to the south and west. sevent

the county plans to shuttle commuters from new carrollton to greenbelt station on the county's bus systeme know this is a disruption. we know this is not going to be easy. and we know that it will be timely. it will be a length of time that we'll be dealing with this. we'll make the adjustments we need to make is it to make people's chute as easy as possible. >> the shuttle will be free for county residents and metro plans to add buses, as well. and we're working for you during this commuting disruption. we have your best alternative to metrorail in the nbc washington app. be sure to search "safetrack". >>> reston is about to be dwarfed. a new building will go up on the site of the town center office building and it will rise 23 stories. that's 115 feet higher than anybody else at the reston town center. current tallest building is only 14 stories. fairfax county board of supervisors had to sign off on changing the skyscraper's design. it may also include shopping and restaurants. >> it was huge gift from one of the world's biggest stars. earlier this week oprah winfrey recognized the m s

in greenbelt, larry miller, wusa9. >>> what do you think the chances are we get to keep this weathernext. >> and cookies, kids, food, fun. what's not to love? we'll woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. ♪ stand by me. >>> all i can say is, yes, please. may i have another? >> i like days like today. >> it's good to be you today. no one will be yelling at you about the forecast. >> humidity way down here for another day and a half. summer officially begins monday evening. let's see the temperatures right now. if you've got any evening plans, you've hit the jackpot. 86 at least. that thermometer seems to run a little bit on the warm side. you get the picture. we're mostly in the low 80s. low 70s in the mountains. near

fox5's melanie alnwick iswick live outside of the girl'sf the high school in greenbelt maryland withe.e mel. >> reporter: good morning.orni and, yeah, a very serious threat here to eleanor ruesleans volt high school and it didn'tso appear that it was an empty threat. that is why d.c. police moved in quickly as soon as they learned of the plot and as you mentioned they said this teenager, 17 years old threatened to kill hisill girlfriend, to "shoot up her u h school high school and go to herer mother's workplace shoot it uphu and can killer mother as well"s" and again, based on what they w were able to get from that search warrant, it appeared app that this teen did have theav fire power to carry out that threat. we are talking about an assault rifle, several roundseru of ammunition and spendernd s shell casings all recovered recd from a louse on 45th street intt northeast days. d.c. police say the teenaged t owner planned to use them to commit "acts of mass violence."ol the plot was revealed during an mpd press conferenceonre calling for moury instructionstr on these kind of weapons.

ballston, i can tell you that ya things are back to normal onorma the green line, no more delays d to greenbelt should be getting back to normal there. bluelind e watch for residual delays because of the safetrack work and single tracking on thele trt orange and silver.il that is possible this morning. g trains are running on an oan average of every 18 minutes. additional trains ballston to new carol tone. you know the drill. dri leave earl physical you'reea taking the orange orrl silverile lines out of northern virginia. steve and annie. >> thanks erin.s in. >>> google just unveiled a newnv phone and it uses 3-dse 3-d technology. techno we'll head to fox businessad tob network in new york for moreiney details on that.ha >> also penguins fans waking w up a little disappointed.appote shouldn't affect caps fans. morning line coming up. it is 6:19. >> ♪ >> 6:21 right now. t.s.a.'s precheck backed up this morning. first we'll check the market.ar we played to it friday lauren iy simonetti.simo good morning. >> reporter: whoo-hoo! long week. good morning. two days off. looking forward.orrd >> big cel

up eleanor roosevelt high school.h they removed and ak47 rifle and ammunition from his home the greenbelt police worked together to solve this case. >> never take for granted even before the weapon was located there was nothing no resource in order to find this individual. d >> investigators arrested the teen late last night in the i district in addition to possible weapon and threat charges the dean wager may face child porn fog free charges because he c posed a sexha act involving his gilf 82 join virginia fairfax vir employees the cafeteria manager accused of stealing money fromrm self students lunch accounts. the thefts happened over several years. investigators say she many we mn see sold what they are calling c large sum of money. they began investigating her after a food services manager m noted sister something was wronr with the accounting record. >>> children swept away by flood waters and stranded residents weighing to be rescued.escu >>> there's been more flooding we've had all kind of rain moving across west virginia as s well as our area the weekend is looking much better. >

ridership at the greenbelt station is up 23%. how is it looking at eastern market right now, adam? >> reporter: the numbers you just talked about, pat, paint a picture of what's happening today. people are shifting the way of this closure. you have a lot of people getting off the train and getting on these buses here at eastern market. this is where the closure point starts. you can't go from eastern market to minnesota avenue or eastern market to benning road. that is meaning a lot of people simply have to get on the bus here. as you head home tonight, you want to remember there is no blue line service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn in northern virginia. there certainly has been a lot of change today, but most seem to just take what's happening today in stride. do you think this is a good thing that metro is doing? >> it's a necessary thing, so i don't believe we have a choice. i'm just hoping that we have a safety culture in place by the people who are doing the repairs. that's why we need repairs. >> reporter: again, so maybe the most important thing that we're hear i sh

someone left them in crates in the rain for several hours without alerting staff at the greenbelt shelter here on friday. then the next day we were told somebody dumped nine more cats, leaving them in boxes out in the heat. that shelter is a no kill facility, but it doesn't have the resources to care for all the animals. a number of the cats have been placed now in foster homes. >>> a large chunk of florida is getting ready for a big dose of wet weather. tropical storm collin is swirling along the gulf coast right now. it's already brought heavy rain to parts of florida and more is expected this afternoon. this is a live radar picture. preparation for the storm florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency counties. schools closed early. beachgoers are being told stay out of the water because of the rip currents. here at home, our chief meteorologist is keeping an eye on things too. doug, is it coming our way? >> it's trying to come our way. we have another system to our north that's going to keep it offshore. we're going to see clouds and maybe a shower or two. satellite and

stations will shut down for 16 days of prince george's county adding extra buses from new carrollton to greenbelt and more trains will be online but metro board members are still concerned it will not be enough. >>> good news from the national zoo. a 19-year-old female orangutan is pregnant. that's a lot of interesting words to pronounce and she is 22 weeks pregnant and expected to deliver in september. so excited about the baby on the way. >> with bated breath. >> they tweeted there would be a pregnancy announcement causing a lot of people to take guesses what animal it would be. >> we should get together and get a joint gift. >> what do you get an orangutan? you to know about flag day. >> some of us remember flag day from 1989. hard to believe it's 27 years. if you want to hear more about that go to our website or blog. some folks in northwest dc and chevy chase were without power for 3 weeks. a big storm. >>> i thought we would at least make it to 79 today which is pretty reasonable wonderful sunshine and looking at low humidity and average high 84. a live look outside weather cam and dew poin

jackson, president jackson, stay on the 20, but that's not sitting well with kendra from greenbelt. says he, too, is not making the right decision. >> the fact that donald trump made a suggestion she should be on the $2 bill is completely disre potentially run our country. it's disrespectful to the black community and also to women. >> obviously because i think you end up running across three to four $2 bills over the course of 10, 20 years. >> it's a denomination not being printed right now. eleanor roosevelt going to perhaps be on a bill as well as dr. king. >> right. >> those are on the way. >> thanks, troy. >>> our city is home to one of the most popular museums in the world, but there are big concerns about how to revitalize it. why you could be footing the bill. >>> storm is a storm team 4 weather alert day. the latest timing coming up in my updated forecast. >>> we have some breaking news from here at the live desk. part of washington boulevard in police have called in a bomb squad to inspect a car near the intersection of 2nd street. an officer approached the car and heard t

. >> reporter: here at the federal courthouse in greenbelt this afternoon, steve baker pleaded guiltyo a federal charge of sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography. he admitted having 50,000 images of child pornography and 1,000 videos of it both on his work computers here at home computers. it's in that home state records show where baker's family once ran a day care operation up through 2012. prosecutors didn't go into the details about the victims, but said a lot of those videos were downloaded by baker onto his comput computers. in an affidavit, it showed what the fbi found when they went knocking on the door of baker's business. they questioned baker if he knew why they were there. he said identify child porn on my computer. i've been waiting for somebody to come. he said i'm actually downloading a file right now. do you want to see it? he's facing between 15 and 30 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on his charges in october. >>> the loudoun cty and then staging it to look like a suicide took the stand in his own defense. braulio castillo told jurors he

right now on the green line, residual delays to greenbelt from an earlier train malfunction. also orange and directions from a signal problem at west falls church. building volume now south out of frederick on 270. a live look near 109. still traffic moving pretty well headed down toward 121. back into you. >>> 5,000 and he ccres scorched yarnell, arizona. this is the wildfire situation that we have been watching grow and grow. several hundred people evacuated from their homes.tenderfoot fire as either and it's being called only 10% contained. fema has already okayed disaster funding for this area struggling to try to get this under control. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >>> he put his car in park and took his seat belt off and ran around to my driver's side and he >> that is how a d.c. woman says a trip to buy her son shoes turned into a violent road rage incident. markeater holyroyd was driving down south 15th street in pentagon city when a man drove up wibehind her, threw somethin at her car and cursed at her. police say that was timothy due b dubois. he hit her se

not only having the buses to take people from new carrollton to greenbelt, but taking them to largo asell. >> they're asking everyone to car pool if they can. go to our safetrack page in our nbc washington app for the program's full maintenance schedule. >>> in the meantime, if you're making your fourth of july plans, metro will likely be the best way to get around if you're headed downtown. the transit agency has no track work planned for the holiday itself. today is also the last day to buy a special ticket from vre to get into the district on the fourth. vre is selling non-refundable tickets for $10. that's roundtrip, folks. that will leave time to make your way to the fireworks. >>> there are new concerns about levels of lead in the district's water system. today worried parents and community leaders told the d.c. council that more needs to be done. it is not just the schools that the people are worried about. >> reporter: city leaders say they know there's a problem and they say they're stepping up inspections and fixes. drinking water mostly taken from granted, but for samantha d

then in the fall, greenbelt and college park will experience 25 days of single tracking. >> we want folkslook at telecommuting options and getting alternative work schedules. >> reporter: starting next week, you'll be hearing more about their plan to deal with safetrack. >> you'll be hearing more from our county executive. we're going to communicate with our folks in the streets. we have a very robust and well coordinated plan for safetrack. >> reporter: to get the county's website. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> is it going to rain on all those riders who are not going to be taking metro saturday night? >> it is looking like we'll have some rain around on saturday night. maybe some pockets of heavy rain. a high likelihood that we're dealing with stronger storms and severe storms on sunday. this isn't going to be a tornado outbreak on sunday, but we'll be dealing with some heavy rain because of the heat and the humidity. it's looking like we could have some strong gusty winds that produce isolated wind damage and maybe hail. tomorrow the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day

. >>> baltimore-washington parkway we had big delays northbound leaving greenbelt.he crash was up midway between 197 and 198 and it was blocking the left lane. we had activity that showed up on scene. everything in the median, as well. so southbound, slow downs near 198. 15 through lucketts, now we have traffic alternating by on scene under police direction. back to you. >>> it is 6:32. clubs in our area are reevaluating security due to the attack. a number of owners say they have security plans in place but prefer to keep them secret. measures they're putting in to effect include not allowing backpacks inside their establishments. owners want people to be vigilant, but they say they will continue to live their lives. >> ultimately you have to go on living your life. this bar has been here for 30 years in this neighborhood. and it will always be here. >> cathy lanier says police meet once a quarter with bar and club owners to discuss security protocols. >>> and one of the more emotional tributes yet comes from a man who is used to making you laugh. >> what if my kid

, trains twiebl huntington and braddock road running between 12 minutes and national airport and greenbelt 12 minutes. free shuttle buses will be provided to take you among those close the stations. national airport, crystal city, and pentagon city. it's also worth noting if you were riding one of those interrupted train trips your card will be accounted for that. that's one of the advantages they can manipulate and adjust this. we'll hear from official here about what you are going to do to get around. one thing is you are going to have to plan for more time. there will be airport service from d.c. to national airport. so that is good to know for a lot of folks trying to get out of town after the 4th. we're live in pentagon city. derrick ward. >>> no problems so far this morning at the gallery place metro station. metro says a bolt caught fire on the tracks there filling the station with smoke during yesterday's evening commute. riders evacuated that station. d.c. fire turned off the power as a safety precaution and put out the flames. metro closed the station for a while as fire crews cl

a wrecking ball will drop into enterprise building right neert greenbelt metro station.will happen around 9:30 this morning. in its place, developers are planning to build what they are calling the boro. it will include shops, offices, park spaces and flagship whole foods. >>> good morning.. i'm landon dowdy. apple kicks off its annual developers conference today with a key note speech by ceo tim cook and the company is widely expected to unveil a new operating system of its software upgrades and new hardware for the apple watch and mac. and most are expected to improvements for siri. >>> team coverage of the orlando shooting continues. >> the latest there orlando as well as what people in our region are doing to help. >> but first some of the sights and sounds stretching from orlando to washington of a it whatever is now the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. ♪ we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace ♪ >> you will not break us. we are better people than this. >> people were screaming help me, help me, i'm trapped. >> people start screaming and the sound doe

. >>> 28 cats are now safe after they were abandoned over the weekend left outside of the greenbelt animal on friday in some rough weather. 19 cats were left in crates were 9 were found thin boxes on saturday. >> my heart dropped. i was terrified. i didn't know how long they had been out there. it was raining friday evening. i didn't know the conditions of them. i didn't know how many of them. so my first thing was to get them inside. >> the kittens will be cared for, neutered and put up for adoption. >>> new this morning, a government report has alarming numbers about how many students miss school every day. education department found 6.5 million students were chronically absent in the 2013/2014 school year. that is more than one out of every ten students missing at least three pull wefull school. >>> pay a little extra when you dine out, the decision in the day ahead that could move a new feels tax in fairfax county. >>> and good morning. it's 70 degrees out the on the national mal rigl right now. it will be really nice weather. we just have to get past a little shower chance today. when

be every 12 minutes between huntington and braddock and 12 minutes between national airport and greenbeltere will be no yellow line rush service. shuttle buses will be available. free shultzs -- shuttles that most adversely affected. again, just got to plan ahead and add some extra time for your usual commute. later today, we'll hear from metro's general manager and some other local officials how these jurisdictions are going to help ease the pain what seems to be a necessary evil here. we're live in pentagon city. derrick ward, back to you. [ sirens ] >>> the gallery place metro station is back open this morning after a smoke emergency during the evening rush. metro says a bolt caught fire on the track filling the station with smoke. d.c. fire put out the flames and turned off the power as a safety precaution. metro closed the station for some time as well. riders say the scene was chaotic. >> very much not organized. this is not the s work. >> metro is investigating why the bolt caught fire. >>> for the second time this week in utah, a child had to be saved from inside a hot car. the tw

it happened wednesday as two group home residents were walk to greenbelt partly cloudy with a their aided a parked car with two people inside. police say words were exchanged and someone inside the car shot one of the residents of the group home. witnesses say the other person in the car tried to help the victim. >> i'm reaching out to that person directly. i'm asking you, and if this person has reached on you to you and told you this story, reach out to us. you're not for this, but you know what happened. >> police have not released any information about the car in question or the people inside. >>> new charges nearly one month after a terrifying scene in tysons. fairfax county police say samuel abutoh intentionally rammed her hummer in to the silver diner restaurant back in the beginning of may. that man that he hit died of his injuries a few weeks later. this morning abutoh faces murder, arson and destruction of property charges. he was a cook at the diner at the time. >>> arlington county police want to know how many students may have bought marijuana from a teaching assistant. zacha

the county will shuttle commuters from new carrollton to the greenbelt station on the county bus system>> we know this is a disruption, we know this is not going to be easy and we know that it will being timely. it will be a length of time they will be dealing with this. we'll make the adjustments we need to make to make people's commutes as easy as possible. >> the shuttles will be free for county residents and head the tr metro plans to add buses, as well. we have your best alternatives to metrorail in the nbc washington app. search "safetrack." >>> a new building going up that will rise 23 stories, that's 115 feet higher than anything at the reston town center. it may also include shopping, restaurants and private rooftop terrace. >>> a huge gift from one of the world's biggest street village shelter at their annual empowerment luncheon. she not only gave the key note speech, she gave the center $1 million. the d.c. shelter supports women in crisis situations. no one is turned away. the agency provides shelter, medical and employment help and serves 1400 women a year. what an incredi

sure we'll keep up what our commitment is, not only having busing people from new carrollton to greenbeltbut also suitland. >> county leaders are asking people to car pool if you can. they're also urging businesses to allow their employees to telework. >>> imagine no water for the first two days of summer. this was the case for 15 families in southeast. it was shut off because the condo association for the complex on good hope road owes more than $20,000 thin back wat bills. majority of the residents rent and the owners have not been paying monthly fees, so the water bill could not be paid. the property manager made a partial pavement wednesday, but another $5,000 is due next month. tenants could be facing the same problem when the money is due. >>> and happening today, the group called recruit military is holding a job fair. it is a free hiring event for veteran, military spouses, guards men and reservists. it is taking place at fedex field from 11:00 to he's not quite out of elementary school yet, but already fighting crime on the streets of arlington. innathaniel abraham got to be chie

vigils continue around here for those victims in orlando and in maryland there will be a service in greenbeltonight and a candlelight vigil is planned in frederick with the united church of christ. in virginia the city of manassas will have a community vigil at the river of grace on dunnfries road. you'll find them on the nbc washington app and you'll just have to search vigils. >> justne day after the attacks in orlando. the man who pledged allegiance to isis killed two french police officers. it happened last night. the first officer the attacker went inside and killed the officer's partner. after a standoff, the couple's 3-year-old child was rescued and the suspect himself was killed. prosecutors say that killer was known to french intelligence services. they're trying to establish whether he was inspired by the attack in orlando or whether the attack was directed from overseas. >>> the alexandria man accused of joining and then quitting isis will remain in prison until his trial. mohammed khweis traveled to syria and became disillusioned and he surrendered to kurdish forces. at a detentio

i think the greenbelt is very attractive but you have got to remember and i learned an earlier hearing that that center median was it was years ago brt it wasn't in my time but the last new thing that i remember is in the fifth grade and now we have it below and the only ones we get from above are the ones we get from milwaukee and other places. i am sorry to see that the trees are going. i really am but this has been a very, very, lengthy process and every time we delay, it ends up costing us more and that's why we have this big budget that we are facing now and next year it will only go up again if we delay. so, that is my thought. >>does anyone want to make a motion? >>i want to make a motion? >>yes. >>i want to make a motion to uphold the appeal in light of the brt. >>if the board is passing that motion we have to adopt environmental findings and we have to put this on the overhead so commissioner lazarus if i can ask you to deny the appeal and uphold this in light of the br and the environmental findings and with that one that motion rt >>[roll call vote] >> >>and we have one abse

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tt look at that long line ofe of yellow on our map from the beltway as you head towards tow greenbelt. you hit a lot of stop-and-go traffic. you may want to keep to it 95ket northbound if you're head're hed towards baltimore thiss morning. we have a vehicle firea blocking two lanes. it's on the outbound side of 50 at collingston road. rd. heading inbound you hit that usual delay through cheverly. tu taking a look at our maryland mn commute quiet on 29 rider now but 270 does jam. j you're slow 70's to 121.o 121 some heavier rain coming downomo in frederick and then once youne get through montgomery county cu light rain and congestion. like i mentioned 50 westboundtbu 410 to 201 that's our slowestl area maryland right now. ino virginia big delays 28elays8 north manassas drive to new braddock speeds under 10 milesee an hour. same story 95 northboundthbo through dale city to 289 and9 ad then south that of point fredericksburg very slow moving traffic.mong t rain and congestion.ongestion. let's take a live look outside on 66.on 6 you can get an idea as to whatsa you're up against.p against

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