to get to the station. senator mcmillan selected daniel barden to lead the efforts to restore the mall. he was an architect in chicago, probably the premier architect at the time. he had been the director of the chicago world's fair, so was only appropriate he be invited to prepare what was called the mcmillan plan at the time. this site was selected for a new railroad station and there were a couple of things needed to accomplish. first, he had to get the owners of the railroad to agree to combine and work out of one station. no small feat. then there were facilities and town houses and a thriving blue-collar community with the loons, a tavern, stores and a baseball field. fortunately, he was able to convince the owner of the railroads to conform -- to form a union station. there are many union stations throughout the country and it means the union of two or more railroads agreeing to operate out in a single building. this location a few blocks away from the u.s. capitol building is a great spot and one of

our screen in terms of that station and perhaps with other stations that were issues of perhaps concern or modification, so for myself as i did detur specifically paying attention to the exhaust issues of the members in the station who sleep and work and close pruximity of the plains taking off once the doors are up i can hardly hear myself think. you can smell the odor. i understand again that architects made a strong design of really strong air filter pumps so these issues are again not an issue. again, it is brands new so we will see. just as another point of information chief, hayes-white as well, i was interested in the layout of the dormitory. a concept of private rooms to dormitory style because we in the department had that dormitory style for a long time but also know with the infusion of women members of our department or even men members if there is a ability to a little more individual privacy so to speak, when one is resting or sleeping i only say that because again my visitationwise the president at station 38 you forget the old style so to speak unless you are up there lo

, station. and you referred to the station pledges. what they do is they go to the community. through their support, they say we really are benefiting from the content and services you are providing. and these communities tried to meet much more than the federal investment, in some cases, six times that amount. the problem is in the rural stations, they don't have this in-depth donor base pay they just do not have what some of the bigger stations have. they really depend upon the federal investment. pend upon the federal investments. so, what would happen if the federal government would start first with the rural stations. i don't know how much time i have to use but i grew up in brooklyn and i'm embarrassed to say i didn't know the states for a long time. we didn't leave or go anywhere. we went to the wonder bread factory and it was only when i got older and started traveling, the chairman mentioned i visited every single state, and at this point i had an opportunity to go to a vote of public m

union station opened in 1907. at the time, it was one of the largest train stations in the world. the facility to learn about its history. we also hear from historical architect john bowie about the original construction and recent restoration. beverley: hello. my name is beverley swaim-staley, and i would like to welcome you to washington union station. this is a magnificent building located here in washington, d.c., just a couple of blocks from the u.s. capitol building. my job as ceo and president of union station redevelopment corporation, nonprofit here in washington d c whose responsible , loyalty is stewardship of this building. this building was built in 1907. it was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. this station has undergone many changes throughout the year. -- throughout the years. it was completed in 1912, and entered into a busy, busy time, during world war i when the uso took over part of the building. of course, through the 1920's and through the depression, and we

all the other stations are open, embarcadero station or powell street station are just a couple of streets away from montgomery street, but the big impact obviously montgomery street station closed right now. we've got crews trying to get power back on for the lights with generators. just not there yet, but in the meantime we're advising our passengers to get off at one of the other stations or to use street level muni at this point. >> all right. now, jim, are you seeing a lot of customers who are trappeded there or does it seem like people are reacting smoothly. >> i think passengers have adjusted. most b.a.r.t. veterans know the drill of when one of the downtown san francisco stations is closed, that they can use another station and they are all along market street relatively close. >> right. as you mentioned, the power station still open but at this point it's a matter of getting adequate lighting. >> and if you don't have lights down there on the platform it's

station.look at those, i can talk to geoff edwards who joins me on the phone from near the scene. this is a station that you use every day? hi, yes, iwas this is a station that you use every day? hi, yes, i was on it two hours before the bomb went off. i commute to and from work on that metro station. so when were you aware that something had happened? station. so when were you aware that something had happened ?|j station. so when were you aware that something had happened? i had a message from my son asking where i was. he's away on holiday in cyprus and contacted me and then of course everything in the office, all my colleagues, all russians, they were all flocking around screens looking at the problems that are going on. people in st petersburg are not used to this type of problem. i've lived here for ten years and it's the first time i've ever seen anything, apart from, as your previous colleague mentioned, about the aeroplane. this metro system is the 19th busiest in the world, two milli

the bus, bart says trains are running through the walnut creek station but only on a single track and they are not stopping, disclosure as the minister can to jump from the walnut creek station disclosure is causing major delays, ali anna gomez is at the bart station to tell us more. >> we are here at the lafayette bart station i want to give you a look at the line from the ground this is the line, many people are just getting off of work they have arrived at the lafayette bart station to have been taken off the train now they are waiting to get on a bus bridge, they are picking up people and it is taking them to the pleasant hill station if they need to go past this area, if they need to get to walnut creek -- creek it is taking them there. as you mentioned, there is a man who is threatening to jump from the side of the tracks. he is on the sfo side of the track threatening to jump from the tracks to the ground this has been going on since 1:30 this afternoon so obviously causing delays. at last check i was told they were running 45 minute delay so if you're coming from the city resu

and that is the scene inside the affected station, one of the affected stations, a lot of smoke, we were, clearly making their way out through the smoke. and obviously we can see some of the wreckage. ten dead in this st petersburg metro blast. 50 injured. that has been reported. because of the blast, yet to be verified. but president putin has said that there are going to be keeping an open mind what has happened. much more on all of that, throughout the afternoon. but we can ta ke throughout the afternoon. but we can take a look at the weather. thank you. a lot of sunshine across the united kingdom, after a pretty misty morning. but we have also cloud and rain, crossing northwestern. central scotland, and northern ireland, largely sunny conditions across england and wales, then we have got the mist and fog, add some clouds bubbling. this is the scene, at three, four, across scotland, and most of the rain, at this stage will have gone through belfast. but across many areas of eastern and central england, a lot of sunshine and some scattered clouds. skies, cloudier and cloudier across wa

stations. muni announced their services were being affected as well. service has been affected across multiple lines so at this point, you know, from the back of the building, we do see that there's still what looks like a little bit of smoke coming out of this big opening in the back and san francisco firefighters are fire. we're hoping to get an update from them, too. a number of pg&e crews on scene as well, but, again, it's kind of hit and miss in terms of who has power and who doesn't because i'm looking right here at hyde street and the intersection is working just fine. the latest from here reporting live in san francisco. christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> some of the stoplights are working but a lot of other ones are not. this will clearly affect traffic on the roadways and in mass transit as well. kari hall is watching that part of the story for us. >> we've seen that going or for a couple of hours and that's causing major problems trying to get around in san francisco, so as we get

added station 38 and to the quarters of station 31, and mobile command unit to the borders of station 13 construction well construction began yesterday april 25th and it is scheduled to be complete later in the year in 2018 work on station 15 is in process and still about approximately 2 months behind the contractor is have begun working on saturdays the last report is that they're just completing the underpinning of the neighboring homes and reinforcing the foundation and against and confident the project will be complete by january of 2018 excuse me - >> dpw continues it reach out to the immediate neighborhood and greenwich and distributed a newsletter to keep people appraised of project all easter projects move forward and are on track and currently in residents to the ambulance deployment facility has been redesigned for another efficiency and to lower the construction costs as a new design is close to completion and at the time dpw has agreed to give a presentation to the commission on the status of the design and the cost over in distinction of training the new training process

walnut creek station or past that because the walnut creek station has been closed for several hours because of a distraught man. authorities not giving us any word when he will come down if he comes down. they're not updating us on the situation but just saying that stays is closed. bart is single tracking through wants creek and reportedly has commuters on that train but that train is not stopping on walnut creek. of course we'll follow this and keep you posted. >>> the other top story tonight, free speech or public safety. uc berkeley has been put in an uncomfortable spotlight after cancelling a speech. >> university officials feared that violent protesters would happen as before when the speech was cancelled before. >> disappointing for the campus republicans. what is their response? >> reporter: well, we're getting mixed messages from the school and students, because the event has been cancelled. but college republicans and ms. coulter herself say it is still on. in the wake of the violence that shut down the conservative speaker's visit to the campus in february and led to doze

station and trains are back in service. nbc bay area cheryl hurd has more on the rescue, do we know what his beef was? >> reporter: well, it got a little tense for a moment there, but the good news jessica is that the trains are back on track here at the walnut creek station for about the next four hours. the good news the man who caused all of this is now safe. the contra costa fire investigators did what they do best. somehow they were able to gain his confidence while putting up the ladder. he thought about jumping on the side of it. but he didn't. he was put into an ambulance and taken away. this is the end result of all of this. a huge commuter mess at the lafayette station. you can see from sky ranger. it took place for about four hours. it caused a lot of frustration for a lot of people but some people took it all in stride. >> we got an alert saying that there was an incident on bart. so we left work a little bit early, got on a train and now we were dropped off at lafayette, and now we're going to another bus to ta

the station is closed. some people got tripped up this weekend showing up here at the station not realizing that it's closed. if you rely on greenbelt or college bark, make sure you are prepared for tomorrow morning. how much extra time total do you think it's taking you with the shutdown? >> at least an hour, hour and a half. >> reporter: she says the greenbelt metro station shutdown is costing her time getting to her job in foggy bottom and back. >> i got four kids. 5:30? >> reporter: it's 8:00 now. >> very, very impacted. it's going to be crazy. >> reporter: the latest safe track surge closing the greenbelt and college park stations started saturday. monday will be the first rush hour test of how it will affect commuters. memphis vaughan says schedule. >> i work in china town. it's pretty big inconvenience to have to take extra 30 minutes to get to work when you know, normally i have a 25-minute commute. >> reporter: tonight you can see is the heavy equipment lined up at the station. the station used by

station. i talked to the station agent and they told me they are technically not single tracking which is relatively good news. all the trains behind the disabled train are moving slowly and we are trying to get that train to the hayward yard and they can clear up all the trains backed up here along the system, but he did say they are on 15 to 20-minute delays, and we are still seeing trains here and we have the daly city coming through, and this is going to warms springs. obviously the trains are moving but expect major delays. reporting live in fremont, matt keller, abc7 news. >> alexis, you have been tracking the problem for an hour now and where do we stand? >> things are looking better. we have the train in the clearing stages that was disabled at lake merritt station, and we are not single tracking anymore, which is good news and the backup is going to take a while to shake out and that's where the problems started and had a ripple affect. did just talk to the coworkers sitting quite som

at the lafayette station. people who are coming from san francisco and heading toward walnut creek, they are getting off the trains at lafayette, and how long is the wait before they can get on a bus and make the connection? >> the wait times are veering right now. we are looking at a 30 minute delay right now. through lafayette, as we try to get people to walnut creek and beyond. there will be delays, there is going to be crowding at lafayette as we try to move as many buses through to get people where they need to go.>> taylor you said this started around 1:30 pm this afternoon. has the man given any indication as to when he might come down, and also bart police just how long they plan to continue negotiating with him? >> i don't have any details on how long it might take. we want this to resolve as quickly as possible. we do not want this situation to and with any loss of life. i can't speculate on the reasoning for him to be up there, or how long it will take. were doing everything we can. we have experts

, station 3 and station 1. mta has that capability so there is technology where the lights can be changed if a emergency apparatus is coming. the challenge for us is safe station 1 on folsom you can try to make the lights green all you want but when the is grid lock with cars trying to get to the bridge it dozen help. >> i just that it was interesting. i saw it last night and fresh in my mind talking about response time but congratulations on response time. especially after-the torture and agony, all the department and the commissioners received and the mayor and to see that now have bragging rights to say thinks are looking good. you know, chief gonzalez the last few meetings you talk about ovhead power lines and made be aware of what a tangled mess. i am looking up now and say you get to intersection jz it is like holy mackerel, this is a web. also i see your concern with getting in the corner and there is no way you can be in the middle of the intersection and shoot in a corner of the 4 buildings that may be

bart says there's a power issue at the station so the el cerrito station is the closest accessible stationthe area. no word on bus bridges. as we take to the roads, because the bart station is closed some folks might be trying to find alternates. if you drive on the freeways there are no major problems for the speed sensors around the bay. let me take you to the waze system. you can either tyke the roads from the richmond station into the city or wherever else you're going along the bart line or someone might want to pick you up. so there's a nice easy 25 minute drive out of pinole and into the bay bridge. but if you jog over past the richmond station, use that green line, that adds 10 minutes, that's not much. you can help a friend out. you'll leave early, that's an option for you. you get your option with waze as well. they'll help you outline how long things take from wherever you're going to wherever you're going but make sure you're on our team. go to your profile and select the team called nbc bay area wazers. if you've been a member for years, you will not have been a member of our

added station 38 and to the quarters of station 31, and mobile command unit to the borders of station 13 construction well construction began yesterday april 25th and it is scheduled to be complete later in the year in 2018 work on station 15 is in process and still about approximately 2 months behind the contractor is have begun working on saturdays the last report is that they're just completing the underpinning of the neighboring homes and reinforcing the foundation and against and confident the project will be complete by january of 2018 excuse me - >> dpw continues it reach out to the immediate neighborhood and greenwich and distributed a newsletter to keep people appraised of project all easter projects move forward and are on track and currently in residents to the ambulance deployment facility has been redesigned for another efficiency and to lower the construction costs as a new design is close to completion and at the time dpw has agreed to give a presentation to the commission on the status of the design and the cost over in distinction of training the new training process

joining us aboard the international space station peggy has then they're setting records. i am here in the oval office along with my daughter and fellow astronaut to who recently turned from space together we are joined by thousands and thousands of students we are learning about space and they're watching this conversation we have astronauts 17,000 miles per hour. that is as fast as i have never heard. peggy and jack and america's students are thrilled to hear from you but first this is a very special day in a glorious history. today the commander you have broken the record for the most time spent in the space by american astronauts. 534 days and counting. that is an incredible record how does it feel to break such an important record? one. >> is an honor that make the space flight possible we're all very much looking forward with the mission to mars the recently have hardware on the ground that it is being built of course, that will be for the test flight. >> water we learning from you spending your time now there? would relearning being in space? >> the international sp

bart will upgrade crosswalks and bike routes on both sides of the station, making the station safer foromers. >> honestly i'm excited. it's going to create more jobs for this community that we desperately. it's going to be a safer environment. >>reporter: according to bart officials, it's set to cost $6.5 million. how is this all being paid for? well, in part measure j funds and also prop 1b. the groundbreaking ceremony will take place behind me starting at 10 a.m. reporting live, i'm jessica flores, kpix5. >>> tonight santa clara valley water officials will face the county on the coyote creek devastating flooding. the creek spilled its banks during february storms and 14,000 people had to evacuate. >>> the eve of the 111th anniversary of the great quake is tomorrow. it struck at 5:12 a.m. on april 18th, 1906, remaining the worst natural disaster in california history, killing roughly 3,000 people. >> show of hands of everybody on this set that has an earthquake kit ready? >> my daughter does. >> you have to go in and check it occasionally. things expire. >> including batteries. >> it's

, station 3 and station 1.ta has that capability so there is technology where the lights can be changed if a emergency apparatus is coming. the challenge for us is safe station 1 on folsom you can try to make the lights green all you want but when the is grid lock with cars trying to get to the bridge it dozen help. >> i just that it was interesting. i saw it last night and fresh in my mind talking about response time but congratulations on response time. especially after-the torture and agony, all the department and the commissioners received and the mayor and to see that now have bragging rights to say thinks are looking good. you know, chief gonzalez the last few meetings you talk about ovhead power lines and made be aware of what a tangled mess. i am looking up now and say you get to intersection jz it is like holy mackerel, this is a web. also i see your concern with getting in the corner and there is no way you can be in the middle of the intersection and shoot in a corner of the 4 buildings that may be t

, station 3 and station 1. mta has that capability so there is technology where the lights can be changed if a emergency apparatus is coming. the challenge for us is safe station 1 on folsom you can try to make the lights green all you want but when the is grid lock with cars trying to get to the bridge it dozen help. >> i just that it was interesting. i saw it last night and fresh in my mind talking about response time but congratulations on response time. especially after-the torture and agony, all the department and the commissioners received and the mayor and to see that now have bragging rights to say thinks are looking good. you know, chief gonzalez the last few meetings you talk about ovhead power lines and made be aware of what a tangled mess. i am looking up now and say you get to intersection jz it is like holy mackerel, this is a web. also i see your concern with getting in the corner and there is no way you can be in the middle of the intersection and shoot in a corner of the 4 buildings that may be

station went into service. >> bob redell live at the station in frethis morning to explain how the stationo far and what is next for the b.a.r.t. system. good morning, bob. >> good morning. b.a.r.t. was expecting roughly 4700 riders to exit through the fare gates here at the new warm springs b.a.r.t. station in fremont, but that number right is about half that. right at about 2,400. numbers b.a.r.t. does point out, look, warm springs has only been open a month. it's still early. they do expect thorship numbers to improve. it's just a matter of time as more people become aware of the new station and adjust their commutes. for some perspective, the b.a.r.t. fremont station last year saw over 9,000 rider exits per week day, we spoke with warm springs riders who tell us the new station is already saving them a significant amount of time in their morning commutes. >> what does that do for your level of stress? >> drastically reduced. it's a lot nicer station, too. >> more relaxing. a better commute. >> i can actually finish breakfast with my family in the morning. you know, and just kind of hav

bart station. jessica is live in concord with the details on what's taking shape. >>reporter: 6,000 riders use this station every day and as rent goes up across the bay area, more and more folks are moving out here. to keep up, bart officials are taking on a modernzation project. take a look. bart will start construction on a bart station project and upgrade the parking lot, including a direct connection between the bicycle station and the plaza in downtown concord, plus new benches, lighting and trees. they're upgrading crosswalks and bike routes on both sides of the station as well. of course your tax dollars is funding it, in part by the contra costa measure j fund and prop 1b. the groundbreaking kicks off at 10 a.m. >> how much will the project cost, jessica? >> about $6.5 million. back to you. >> thank you. >>> prosecutors in south korea indicted the country's former president to a criminal court. he is currently in jail as he deals with a high profile corruption scandal. he and a close adviso

station.people died in the blast. dozens more were injured. reporter: a day after the deadly attack, people remember the victims in front of the station. as a city begins three days of mourning, people here are anxious but trying to carry on. >> first, i was really scared. i did not want to go anywhere with the metro because i was afraid. reporter: yesterday, people work on their loved ones, checking on how to get home. the blast hit the metro train mid afternoon as a travel between busy stations in the city states are -- in the city center. the train carried on to the next stop. authorities say his decision probably helped save many lives by speeding up the rescue effort. however, the station descended into chaos. people try to help the wounded and cried out for assistance. along the station platform, passengers turned rescuers tended to the wounded. others wandered in a state of shock. the explosives went off when the train travel between the technological institute metro station and another

station in fremont. in a couple hours, the transit agency will unveil this parking lot which has been here since the station opened a number of weeks ago. b.a.r.t. is doing an unaofficial opening today in honor of earth day. this is the only bafrt station with charging stations that happen to be powered during the day. there are solar panels on top of that car port. that powers the stations during the day. as you mentioned, this is a pilot program. b.a.r.t. is trying to see how many commuters use the chargers and if there's a lot of demand, they could expand this to other stations in the system. the cost of using one of these is included ipyour $6 parking fee. bob redell, today in the bay. >> interesting concept there. thank you very much. 4:33, and travelers nightmare at san francisco international airport this weekend. sfo canceled and delayed almost 200 flights as crews there were repaving the airport's longest runway. officials say that fliers can still expect for more than two months, at least 40 fl

this city relies on this underground but earlier today, a metro station left the metro station behind entered the tunnel and was rocked by an explosion which rocked not only the city but also this country. a woman is shouting, are there any children? a train carriage torn to shreds and a desperate effort to pull people from the wreckage. from the safety of a passing train, a hint of the devastation it is leaving behind. at least ten passengers were killed today and dozens more wounded. the blast occurred in the tunnel but the wrecked train sped on and managed to reach the next station. this was the scene one stop behind, the platform are filled with thick, choking smoke and the stench of explosives. translation: there was a huge bang. it was deafening. i was sitting next toa it was deafening. i was sitting next to a metal railing and i think it saved my life. everyone was knocked in one direction by the blast. the emergency services were on the scene fast and from this underground hell, the wounded were helped to the surface and to safety. adding to their physical injuries was a deep

station. they have to tow that off the tracks there and the trains are having to single track around th that. when they say major, it's over 20 minutes. i will give you the latest coming up in just a few. on top of that a 10-minute delay in san bruno, so not a good start on this friday. here's a quick check of our emeryville camera, and no delays on westbound 80 or anywhere else. next traffic update coming up at 5:20. >>> and new details next about a spike in crime on b.a.r.t. nearly all types of crimes are up after three years of decreases. matt keller is live >> reporter: a 22% increase in crime compared to the same time period as last year, and this is even before that group of teenagers robbed several passengers on a train in oakland over the weekend. according to the media partner, the "mercury news," the increase is in every type of crime except bike and auto thefts. it's unclear what is behind the crime increase but smartphone thefts are still a major issue. and then they discuss about

seconds later, smoke fills one of the stations.hese pictures posted on social media show the immediate chaos unfolding. people fleeing for safety. emergency crews rushing to the scene. helping the injured, rescuing survivors. russia's president putin was in the city at the time of the blast. he vowed to work with authorities to determine whether or not the explosion was a terrorist attack. he offered his condolences to the families of those kimmed. russia's main antiterrorist group evacuated the targeted stations, and meanwhile in moscow, authorities step up safety checks and tightening all security on the subway in the russian capital. the russian antiterrorism committee is saying that another bomb was deactivated at another train station. the entire subway system is down in st. petersburg and the assumption is islamic extremis s extremists, but no claim of responsibility yet. molly hunter, abc news, london. >>> live to washington, d.c. we've been waiting all morning to see what would happen here with the supreme court nominee con

he is in —— he has also made his way to the polling station.be doing so in the forthcoming hours. 47 million french people eligible to vote today. the turnout is going to be very important ina turnout is going to be very important in a very tight race. this press reports from james reynolds. no one wants to miss a single seconds after the big moments. these people are running not for a votes but for a football match. on the eve of the election, paris st germain playdate home game. it was a final test of the capital's security before the polls opened. the supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. the campaign was very long and it was contaminated by all that has happened. for us, the people, we will never have anything. no banner who is the president, it doesn't matter, it will always be the same for us. the campaign has been necessary. we listen to each party's programme, now time to choose. to the relief of everyone here, the speeches are over. the arguments have been made. for this entire country, it is now decisi

all passengers evacuated, all stations closed and searched.ater it was revealed there was an explosive device discovered at another metro station in st petersburg. this one was made safe. a confirmation that today's explosion was deliberate. vladimir putin was in st petersburg today. his meeting of the president of belarus overshadowed by the tragedy across town. the police and special services would do all they could to find the cause of what happened, president putin said, and he promised support for the families of the victims. russia says this was an act of terror. so, who carried it out? russia has made enemies with its bombing campaign in syria. in recent years, the country has been targeted by islamist terrorists. in 2015, a plane carrying russian holidaymakers was blown up over sinai, killing 217 passengers and crew. so—called islamic state said it planted the bomb. the russian president vladimir putin visited the metro station where the bombed train had ended its journey and paid his respects. for the victims of this attack, st peters

petersburg in a metro station there. social media is filled with what you might expect horrific images of the aftermath of that explosion. it seems like the doors have been blown off a metro train, what we believe to be it was reported to be the sunia square metro square, which is in the middle of st. petersburg, right in the center of that big russian city. there are casualties on the platform, emergency services there, according to russian state media, the only source we've got at the moment apart from the social media postings, people are being evacuated from the subway station. we don't know whether it's affecting one or two stations. there seems to be some concern it could have been either taking place between two metro stations or at two metro stations, but obviously we're going to try and get some clarity in the hours ahead, chris. >> matthew, we know it's very early here. we're looking at cell phone video from there. they still haven't even put out information about whether or not this came from the actual train

station. as eric taylor huckabee said, the line eastbound from lafayette to walnut creek is being serviced right now by bus bridge of 1 is buses and the occasional train that runs a single track. that is leaving a lot of people sort of frustrated standing right here, hoping to get on one of those buses and get to walnut creek. now, they have b.a.r.t. employees with loudspeakers, with blow horns out here telling folks that we will take you to the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station on a bus. if you want to go further to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station, we are running trains from pleasant hill further east to pittsburgh bay point, but you have to get around the blockage first. we just saw a couple of lafayette police officers arrive on the scene to make sure order is kept. we haven't seen anybody unruly yet. as you can tell, a lot of frustrated people trying to get home, waiting here in line for a bus, that bus bridge to get them to the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station or even further. we are going to

a proposal the station agent would control the gate using a remote. they would her hire more fare inspectors and passengers gave it mixed reviews.>> they would have to someone policing it. high barriers may be the way to go.>> lower the prices and people want jump.>> the anti- cheating proposal is $3 million and if the board approves it could begin this summer.>> why are they focusing on the four stations in san francisco?>> they are the busiest. they are starting there and there is probably the most fair of aiding occurring. they were will it to other

have to get off at the next stop...and take a train heading back to the intended station. (maureen kelly)in oakland a victim of a different bart attack is coming forward...beca use she says bart pd dropped the ball in investigating her case.she has text messages from her witnesses....one whom a month later says she had not been contacted by police....another saying she was called by police on april 6th. today the acting deputy chief says he was made away of the delay in contacting the witnesses in this case two weeks ago. he calls it unacceptable and says he's put protocols in place to address it. pawlisch says she hopes bart pd has truly learned from this incident and is trying to improve...and isn't just saying that to deflect media scrutiny.maureen kelly kron4 news (justine waldman)in vallejo, a gruesome dicoevry off of columbus parkwayabout a dozen dead dogs in a trash bag.it does not appear they have micro chips or tags.the decomposing dogs looked to be yorkies, poodle and a golden reteriver.im justine waldman kron 4 news. (mark carpenter)"the oakland raiders make it

it happened in between two stations.rmath and the rescue operation underway as the metro station and the entire metro itself was shut down. we have been hearing from the national anti—terrorist committee. they have been saying the evacuation has been completed at the metro. the injured we re completed at the metro. the injured were receiving treatment and specialists from the fsb are working alongside bomb technicians at the scene together with investigators. he doesn't think it will be long before the establish what has happened. all necessary measures are being taken to ensure the security of citizens. ten dead, 50 injured after one explosion on a train on the st petersburg metro. as our main story and we will have more on that when we come back at three o'clock. now we will catch up with the weather. it isa it is a bit mixed across the country right now. we have a fear that some can have thrown in as well and some rain on the way. let's look at some of your pictures. this one is from leeds in west yorkshire, earlier o

because zimmerman avenue is the street where that station, the pennsauken station, on the river line,s locate. so if you are driving to the river line, you may want to pick an alternate station because getting to the parking lot is going to be a problem. there is also a water main break in that same area. and as we go south on 95, expect delays coming into center city today, as we mention the opening of the museum of american revolution, here is the time line. 8:00, big party on washington square, and then a 10:30 the ribbon cutting right around the corner from the tv station here at third and chestnut. lots of dignitaries, lot of police, lots of secret service, pack your smacks, and your patience, especially, for any of the school trips that are coming into center city today. maybe you got a class trip and you're coming downtown, you will be delayed, north on the new jersey turnpike, an accident at exit 7a. try to avoid this whole art museum parkway at all means for the next couple every days, newest closure into effect as steve mentioned the inner driver offer the parkway, add that

you can see one of the charge stations here at the frepresident springs w b.a.r.t. station. the stations are on a first come and first serve basis, $6 if you reserve ahead of time and that's subject to change based on the pilot program. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> sounds like a good deal to me. >>> new at 11:00 the death penalty could make a comeback here in california. the state has not executed anyone since 2006. corrections officials face a wednesday deadline to submit new lethal injection plans to lawmakers that if approved could resume executions. the supreme court is also expected to rule by august on reducing time allowed for appeals which could then speed up the process. >> some pretty rude awakenings for a family in walnut creek last flight. the family woke up to a crash when a driver plowed a car through the side of their home. can you see the video. this was just before midnight. firefighters say the driver failed to negotiate a turn and veered off the road and into the one room in the entire how is that did not have someone sleeping inside of it. nobody was

train that is still going on there at the lake merritt station. no trains going through now, but they hope the bull the train off the tracks to a service area. once they do, they'll be in recovery mode, but right now, still problems riding through the lake merritt station. can't get through there so there are major delays there. if you take to the roadways all over the bay, things are moving well. we'll show you waze to give you alternates. the waze app is not working now. if you travel from san leandro, waze reported going across the bay bridge or the san mateo bridge taking 580 or 880, they all were within two minutes of each other. about 40 minutes. you want to join our waze team as well. you go to your waze app, which will be functioning on your phone as well. you can go to your file, select your name and then select our team. our team name is nbc bay area wazers. we can help each other while we're on the roadway. >> come onboard. thank you, mike. >> 5:21. coming up, lights, camera, action. san jose going hollywood. helen mirren gearing up to

escalators are a common problem at other stations...officials say the warm springs issues are not part of any particular pattern. ( steve ) this might be something worth considering for the holiday weekend. it is going to be free to get into the national parks... that includes muir woods as well as yosemite. this is part of national park week. the free admission offer is good for this weekend and next weekend only. so that means you will have to pay if you reserving a camping spot or paying for a tour. there are four more free admission days planned for later this year. ( pam ) a live look outside... this is s-f-o .. travelers need not worry at this hour - it's a dry friday night around the bay area.. (steve) but it is not expected to stay that way... meterologist lawrence karnow has the forecast. lawrence karnow: we're getting ready for the holiday weekend. today has been a bit breezy but sunny and nice. and th3e good news is that we had a little break from the rain. more storms appear headed for the bay area though. tonight will be mo

. >> red line service suspended between several stations. fox5's mike thomas on the scene for us at the metro center much what's going on, mike? >> reporter: hey, allison. so far we just arrived here about ten minutes ago. we've been talking to firefighters and some witnesses. they have kind of evacuated the station. they've been pulling people off the trains. we tried to go down earlier. we got turned around pretty quickly visibility wise we're not seeing any sort of smoke talking to firefighters they say down around the tracks the only thing they see is maybe a light kind of smokey haze but nothing too kind of easy to see there. what we've been told by d.c. fire and ems is that what's happening on the tracks possibly a fire. and that's light likely closer to the farragut north station than here in -- at metro center but what we can tell you thanks to metro they've been tweeting out updates all service on the and gallery place has been suspended for the time being. they're encouraging you -- they have set up buses, shuttle buses starting at

there were also multiple working cameras at the coliseum station. bart says state law doesn't allow them to release the video because the suspects appear to be juveniles. former bart police chief gary gee says the fact that they aren't or are unable to release video or pictures is certainly out of the ordinary.gary geesot i know you don't release photos of minors of who you have identified and are in custody but if you have a crime in progressand you see this all the time where gangs of juveniles will attack a store in the mall and gang up on innocent customers and all thatthose videos become public and no faces are hidden there so i was surprised that bart would be hesitant to release those videos because minors might be involved.gee says the bart mob attack is the first of it's kind on a public transit system on the west coast. smith, who is now a private investigator after his fbi days, believes there is a sense of lawlessness out there and believes these crimes will continue to happen until prop 47 is thrown out and low level crime offenders are

mimi powe, bart station agent "this is mimi!"mimi powe has been a bart station agent for ten years."i'm not going anywhere girl i'm part of this village for life."she says there's a lot more to the work than meets the eye. "we're more than station agents we're therapists, we're aunties, we're uncles, we're social workers."but thanks to her giving spirit and vigilance an east bay family was reunited with their teenaged daughter who ran away from home. jesse manibusan, dad"it just touched my how much love and compassion is still in the world."mimi spotted the girl wednesday soaking wet and shivering at the fremont bart station just as she was leaving work. "and then she just came into my arms and starting crying and was like i ran away."she let the girl know it was best to call her parents. "when i called it was just the excitement and the emotion and his cry, i wanted to cry but i had to maintain my composure."but the 15-year- old was worried what they would think once they found her. janylin rayana- manibusan, home safe"i guess i was scared that when i go to them they would be disap

all metro stations there have been shut down.t's the case since we first broke the story about an hour ago. russian president vladimir putin was in st. petersburg. >> he's saying he's considering all causes, including terrorism. st. petersburg is russia's second largest city. of course, nbc news is working the story right now. we'll bring you any available updates as soon as more information comes in to our newsroom. >> also developing this morning, police in one east bay city asking for help after a series of tire slashes happened along three tf streets in concord. rick boone is live to show us what happened and why people should be concerned. >> they should be concerned, and the number one thing police want you to do here in this area is check out your surveillance video. if you have surveillance video, go back and look at that videotape as much as they can. they said they are certain that wheefrb did this to so many vehicles had to be captured on some type of cama. it's believed this happened between saturday april 1st at 9:00

station. >> hoping for the best. >> now a plane is now 48 hours overdue on a flight to petaluma. >>> plus we put the new starbucks uniform frappuccino to a taste test. >> never seen b.a.r.t. shut down like this, it's crazy. >> it's a dangerous situation at an east bay b.a.r.t. station disrupts thousands of commuters. >> it took hours for some people to get home from work this afternoon because of a man threatening suicide at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station. >> a man was threatening to jump from the ledge on the elevated platform level of the station. this is the walnut creek station which is back open as we speak. >> it was shut down to riders for the better part of several hours. investigators spoke to the man at that time convincing him to come down to safety. the man dangled over the station before police officers we s were to close the station. >> reporter: if you take a look right there behind me, those are the regular b.a.r.t. riders, with their regular frustrations, but before, at 5:0

the blast is said to have happened between two stations.ed people are now evacuated to the hospital. five people have appeared in court in south london, charged in connection with an attack on a 17—year—old asylum seeker who was left with a blood clot on the brain. us president donald trump has said the united states will "solve" the nuclear threat from north korea, with or without china's help. prime minister theresa may has laughed off journalists' questions about going to war with spain following the gibraltar brexit row. it is time for sport. 0lly foster has arrived. the football association is going to write to david moyes to ask for his observations about comments he made toa observations about comments he made to a bbc reporter last month. the sunderland manager apologised for telling vicky sparks that she might get a slap. he had taken exception to her line of questioning about feeling the pressure after their match at burnley. the remarks were made after their tv interview had fin irnd. —— finished. just getting a wie bit naughty a

there was another incident last night at the lake merritt station that caused a station agent to takegency action. >> reporter: the concern is that the existing fare gates are too low, it open and too easy for people to get through without paying. some bart board members have recommended changing them, making them nor difficult to hop over. fears about the incident on saturday night prompted a station agent here at the lake merritt station to take precautions last night. trains passing through the lake merritt bart station around 7:30 were told not to stop for a while according to the east bay times. the station agent noticed three to fourteens wearing hooded sweatshirts pass through the gates without paying and heading down to the platform. worried this could be another robbery, the station agent here at lake merritt alerted police and told the trains passing through not to stop as a precaution. this is according to the east bay times. the teens ran out of the station before police could stop them. but the security risks involved with people hopping the fare gates will be front and c

>> we have a full station closer due to a power outage there at the richmond station. it's totally dark right now so you will not be able to board b.a.r.t. at the richmond station and instead you have to head up a stop, el cerrito del norte, or whatever other stop you would like to use. we have not had any new information over the last half hour. we have a collision now in the pwur hreupbg game area in the soutou

was, found and defused at another station.resident donald trump called the explosion absolutely a terrible thing. russian president vladamire putin who had been in st. petersberg earlier in the day laid roses at a makeshift memorial with candles outside the bomb's metro station. >> we will do everything to identify the reasons for what happened, give a fully valuation what happened and city and federal authorities will do everything possible to support families that are killed and our injured citizens. >> russian officials still not have not revealed whether it was a suicide bombing or whether the bomber got away. >>> judge neil gorsuch moves closer to becoming the new supreme court justice as democrats continue their efforts to try to block that nomination. senate judiciary committee approved gorsuch's nomination yesterday, clearing the way for a full senate vote this week. democrats claimed that they have the required votes to sustain a filibuster with delaware senator chris coons becoming the forty-first senator to say he w