metro police say just before 8:30, man tried to enter gallery place metro without paying. after failing to follow officers' instructions. police say he became combative and officers used pepper spray to subdue him. but some riders tell fox 5 the pepper spray was deployed more than once filling the station like a thick fog causing passengers to struggling for air. >> i think there's definitely a better way to handle that. definitely not pepper spray. since the now that oath about it. >> one man e-mailed fox 5 quote, the gas, of course, everybody causing passes to cough and sneeze as a result of the contaminated air, crowds were waiting on the platform. while they were coughing, sneezing and eyes watering. at one point, the cell phone video even shows the police officers rubbing their eyes from the exposure. meanwhile, some metro riders think the situation could have been handled differently. to keep everyone safer. >> i'm sympathetic they're again unbelievable odds in the era of terrorism but i don't think with what you just described, jumping a turnstile, that doesn't warr

. >> metro safe track is over. >> does that mean metro is back to good or even close to good?att what's the deal here. >> reporter: good question and a lot of people have different answers. as we speak there's a protest, metro's union i behind me but all over the system, metro, its staff members, its management they're handing out thank you cards and coffee coupons. i'll explain why coming up in a live report. >> and it's definitely a warm one out there but not unbearably hot today. in fact these temperatures are pretty close to average for this time of year but it is day one of a heat wave and reagan national got up to 91 degrees before 4 o'clock, dulles 89, bwi 90 and going forward we expect another warm day tomorrow way little bit of an uptick in the humidity so it's going to feel a little bit hotter to you on friday. will there be any thunderstorms to damage as we head on into the weekend and how's that fourth of july outlook? all of that coming your way next. fox5 local news at 6:00 will be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> today 700 metro employees fanned out across the system th

nancy: covering metro now. the protesters piling in at the columbia heights metro station over the recent fare hikes and the service cuts on the same day that metro thanked the riders for getting through safetrack. transportation reporter brianne carter in the midst of it all. brianne? brianne: take a look behind me. this is the rally for transit. folks gather here outside the columbia heights metro station in the evening rush hour. as you said, protesting the fare hikes and the service cuts saying they would like to see others chip in to pay more for the system. suggesting that the developers and the big business should pay for it. as you mention it come the evening rush as well. today metro employees, hundreds of them fanned out across the 91 metro rail stations handing out thank you cards to metro riders. on the thank you card a free coffee from mcdonald's to all those riders thanking them for enduring safetrack. we know it is three years of work combined to one wrapped up sunday. so riders getting that and

larry: we're covering metro. the new delays that are right around the corner that is right veronica: today is a special day. system better seven states and it was one of the most instructive and deadly storms in north american history. the storm killed 22 people. it was a long-lived complex line of storms. millionsand left without power for days. we were just at the beginning of a heat wave where the temperature was at 104 degrees. on that day, five years ago, when those storms came through this area. the longest stretch of heat, 95 degrees or higher, that we have seen since the 1950's. today, quiet conditions. it will be hot. we have high pressure moving east out to sea. in to bring higher temperatures and humidity ahead of this front that has produced severe weather across areas of the midwest. my goodness, look at the high temperatures across the northeast country. 80's and 90's. d.c. is seeing one of the highest temperatures for anywhere up and down the east coast. 80 degrees in charleston, 87 in columbus, oh

metro police say just before 8:30, a man tried to enter gallery place metro without paying. after failing to follow officers' instructions, police say he became combative. and officers used pepper spray to subdue him. but some riders tell fox 5 the pepper spray was deployed more than once. filling the station like a thick fog. causing many passengers to struggle for air. >> i think there was definitely a better way to handle that. not pepper spray. since there's no circulation. >> reporter: one man e-mailed fox 5, quote, the gas, of course, went everybody causing as a result of the contaminated air. large clouds are waiting leading to longer exposure. they were coughing, sneezing and eyes watering. the cell phone video even shows the police officers rubbing their eyes from the exposure. meanwhile, some metro riders think the situation could have been handled differently to keep everyone safer >> they're unbelievable odds in the era of terrorism but what you just described, jumping a turnstile, that doesn't warrant pepper spray >> they got to do what they got to do. you don't

now metro says it has a plan to fix pesky water problems. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live at the grosvenor metro station with details. kevin? kevin: yesterday we told you paul wiedefeld had a plan to tackle the problems but today metro announced starting july 10 the crews will begin waterproof new ex -- technique to waterproof new exterior walls across the tunnel. it will happen on 2,000-foot section between the medical center and bethesda stations. this was announced hours after the metro employees said they would be at every station tomorrow. we will have to wait to see how patient the customers will turn out to be. life at the grosvenor metro station in bethesda. i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. michelle: thanks. first on 7, police say found on a sidewalk led to the arrest of a man accused of trying to sexually assault am woman. the victim was walking home when she noticed a man following her. pushed her to the ground but she was able to fight back and fight him off and run to safety. in the investigation they found blood and we

the were ton metro. if you are taking brunswick line that is not affected or impacted by that track khosh you're. amtrak is in serious disreasons and crash on outer loop moved to shoulder. back to you annie and maureen. >> tlavrpingz so much, erin, coming up. d.c. police immediate your help fining three people good public school put ravrkings in maryland and will look different next school year. >> surprise is up and looks beautiful out, there chilly, 62 is the temperature. fox news morning will be right back. ♪ ♪ pro-tip for making ribs: don't go it alone. get these great smoked ribs. thanks. sure. twenty minutes on the grill. and they're done. you think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours? what? what? he's asleep. finally. those powerful lungs have fallen silent. you lay there, with just the odd twitch or sniffle. and in this moment of bliss you think... oh, i should turn the lights off. and the tv. sweet dreams. enjoy the moment, wherever you are with the hive smart home plans from $9.99 a month. h

a metro rider detained.he reasons for this takedown and why witnesses say the punishment goes too far. >>> a swim instructor killed. a change in the investigation. noy this is >>> good morning at 6:40 on a tuesday morning. we're watching light rain move across southern maryland headed out on to the eastern shore now and a few sprinkles on the east side of the capitol beltway. rain chances drying up and temperatures heating up over the next couple of days. your ten-day forecast coming up. stay with us. >>> taking a look right now at the roads. chopper 4 over a brand new problem here. not really causing any major issue. northbound 270. local lanes there as you pass montrose road this morning. no big deal there. just a little bit of a slowdown. we'll look at that earlier problem in prince george's county and travel times coming up. >>> thank you, melissa. you already know wawa is opening as many as ten new stores in d.c. we now know where the second store will be. >> short answer, georgetown. intersection of wi

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yesterday the last dave metro safe track work. metro should be on time starting at 5:00.l let you know if anything changes. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >> thank you. >>> senator bernie sanders and his wife are set to be the subject of a federal probe. >> and you will never believe what every day item is now selling for $180 on a high end fashion web site. >> heading to break with a live look across the d.c. region, it is 4:37, 71 trees 71s your temperature. we are back with more fox5 news morning after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> stepped outside with his department issued weapon lookig to help. his attorney says that's had he was shot in the arm by a fellow cop who had mistaken him for one of the suspects. the two officers work together in the same department. >> senator bernie sanders and his wife jane are lawyering up. the two are under investigation for bank fraud. she was the president of the college from 2004 to 2011. senator sanders says the whole thing is politically located. the liberal arts college closed its doors last year. >> president trump breaking t

metro just got a delay on the red line. northbound side of brandy wine road, a crash there. 295 before malcolm x, that crash is now on the shoulder heading out to the west. eastbound 7 near east loudoun street, single lane is getting by. that accident and the beltway right now looking pretty good. we now know who will headline the first concert at a brand-new concert venue. who will open at the anthem? >>> remember to join us later today for the ellen degeneres show. it airs right >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> i had my son do chores pretty much every day. i think that it builds character. i think it teaches him responsibility. >> ky clears the table, washes up the table and stuff. they straighten their room but they also collect eggs from the chicken house and help weed the garden. >> my daughter's 6. she's washing dishes. >> that seems like a lot though. >> pull the weeds? >> this week we're talking about how to prepare kids to be financially fit. the talk of chores and allowances has gotten a lot of you talking o

annie and tom >>. >>> happening today, metro riders get ready to pay more to take metro >> there willled fares and changes to tell about and to make sense of all of this we brought in fox 5 of angelie hemphill this morning, to tell us what we need to know to make sense of all of this, there's a lot to keep track of angelie >> there's a lot everything from new service hours to reduced rush hour service as well as fare increases and i want to start with the new hours starting today, but we want to talk about rush hour because that's really when people will be most impacted during the week, monday through thursday, metro will now run from 5:00 a.m. until 11:30 at night closing one-half hour earlier. so that really is important to keep in mind. fridays, opening at 5:00 a.m. closing at 1:00 nam, saturday, 7:00 a.m. and closing at 1:00 a.m. sunday, today's hours starting today, metro will now open at 8:00 a.m., closing at 11:00 p.m. that will also be several fare hikes for both metro riders and bus riders, this will hit you in your wallet. during peak hours, fares willing going up by 10 cen

from a takedown in a metro train station. passenger pepper sprayed and held to the floor. now we're hearing from a witness who says the punishment didn't fit the crime. >>> good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >>> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. it's 6:00 and we're still seeing backups in the deadly crash that happened four or five hours ago. >> our whole team is working to get you out the door on time. we'll check on the forecast in a minute. but first, let's go to transportation reporter adam tuss who is live on the scene of that district heights crash. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. let's show you the aftermath of that crash there. unbelievable scene here as a huge telephone pole absolutely just snapped in half after this car hit that pole at a high rate of speed and

metro has dozens of train stations and thousands of bus stops. each one is about to see major changes. fares are increasing, hours are changing. >> increasing? people will be insane over it. tim: metro rail stations will close 30 minutes earlier during the week but stay open an hour later on the weekend. >> i think the later they stay open on the weekend, it helps people get home. tim: train and bus fares will increase roughly $.10 to $.25. >> it is not cheap for some people. it can be a big expense for people. tim: several bus lines are shutting down, such as the j5 silver spring, which hundreds of riders depend on to go to work. and metro officials say this is not about cost. this is about safety. tim barber, abc 7 news. horace: 7 on your side when you are riding rails. get alerts about metro on your phone by signing up at wjla.com /text. shaky support tonight for the senate republicans health care plan. five republicans have publicly come out against the proposal, and at least three more are said to be wavering. the congressional budget office

metro is cn that's months ahead of the original end ate, according to metro. every one thousandth rail car is set to be replaced. it results in less service and fewer delays. >>> the national museum of american history and culture. this week d.c. officers toured the museum, but it wasn't part of an investigation. they report it's part of their training. >> the first time that i went, i went with my daughter. the first thing she said to me when we left, she said, how come we've never heard this story before? and i truly believe -- i know when i was growing up, this story wasn't told to me, and i think there is a lot of people in this country who wasn't told : nuchim said that story is important to all americans, but in particular police officers. that's why he had his cadets take the tour. >> this is our recent past. i tell my police officers that, you know, there are people who live in our community and who grew up where police were involved in this type of behavior, where police were enforcing jim crow laws, and, you know, when they have an automatic distrust

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metro bus fairs will increase by a quarter. some bus routes with low ridership w , trains will run less frequently during rush hour and all stations will close at 11:3

metro fares going up on sunday as well. hourai include weekends and hom days, are 25 cents per trip. rush hour fares up ten cents. other fares increase by 25 cents. we got a lot going on for sure. >> that's right. get ready. >>> we've been following breaking news on the road all morning long. melissa mollet staying on top of it. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic. a huge problem for a lot of people headed into the district. new york avenue on the anacostia river bridge, all lanes are blocked causing a big slowdown all over the place. all of this green rain falling, adding to the pain. justin finch is close to the scene, really showing us what's going on as far as so many delays. hi, justin. >> reporter: hey there, melissa. traffic is creeping along inbound route 50 into the washington area. perhaps you can see just before it hits the anacostia river bridge, cars are being directed off forn there. we've been following this in the area of the anacostia river bridge. this was a fatal, fiery, four-car crash. three cars involve

metro says its big program has made a difference. some riders say they're still waiting for a better ride. >>> d.c. police get a serious history lesson. the chief says it's an integrity ral pa -- integral part of their training. >>> an issue that's been around since the days of 9/11. now the government finally taking action. >> announcer: welcome to news4 this week. >>> hi, everyone. i'm chris lawrence. we're going to begin with metro in a progress report on safetrack. this week news4 obtained a copy of a report that claims the objectives of the maintenance program have been met. they say it's a smoother ride on the system and delays are tiles, you could stack them up as high as the washington monument twice. transportation reporter adam tuss spoke with riders about whether they agree with that report. >> reporter: metro is ready to declare safetrack a success, but do riders believe things have gotten better on the system? >> i will call safetrack a success if we all can get around safer. >> reporter: kristen declair says she can't d

every week, there's a problem with metro. when we first got here, they say, go upstairs, there are shuttle buses waiting. for the past two hours, there has not been one bus and then after that, they tell people to go downstairs, the running. this is not acceptable. >> reporter: metro also telling me that those shuttles, some of them are still in place, even though service has been restored. another thing, guys, it is sweltering hot out here, so very uncomfortable for people who had to just wait this out. back to you. >> adam just said that, kristen wright, thank you. >>> we go to two deadly accidents that had a major impact on the morning commute starting on the fairfax county parkway. somebody was killed in a crash on the parkway just east of braddock road and there were multiple injuries in that crash as well. how seriously, still don't know. >>> the other accident was a four-car pile-up in d.c., and three of those cars caught on fire. this caused so many problems on new york avenue. the vw parkway and all the roads that we

metro fares, they're going up on sunday. all rail cents per trip. rush hour rise by 10 cents each way. regular and express bus fares take the biggest hit. those fares will increase by 25 cents. >>> there is a new food recall involving three popular brands of hummus. they are concerned some ingredients may be contaminated with -- including walmart and target. you'll find a list of the infected brand. search hummus. >> what are the top stories today that women need to here. heart disease, it kills more women than all cancers combined. study said that many ladies and their doctors don't understand the risks. >>> this woman made headlines once for being the first person to breast feed in the australian parliament. now, she's going a step further, first at 4:00. ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ inthe only bed smart enough toer change sleep as we know it. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to k

. >> and metro riders get ready to pay more for your commute. just how much fares are going up and big changes take effect tomorrow. >> and weather finally looking up. what's ahead for the rest of the weekend. "fox 5 news" at 10 starts right now. >> thank you for joining us tonight i'm lauren demarco. >> i'm matt ackland we'll begin way massive fire in d.c.. 200 people are out of their homes. >> firefighters say it was chaos as residents escaped the burning building. some jumping from windows. "fox5" lindsey watts is live on pea body street and it's inquestioned i believe nobody was seriously hurt. >> lauren, especially because this happened in the middle of the night and it was such a huge fire. firefighters are still here spots. fire started in the upper level of this apartment building. you can see area that is burned and the lower floors have water damage and tonight it's very unclear what is next for the people who were living here. >> flames engulfed the apartment building trapping some residents inside and d.c. fire wept to work helping t

tracking metro this morning it has been metro most aggressive rebuilding history.>> bob barnard joins it live outside the tacoma metro station in northwest with the details. bob? >> reporter: maureen and steve. good morning to you. yes, metro is giving itself an at at a boy as it gets ready to deliver its report on safetrack to the metro board later this week. wmau transportation reporter and our fox5 news contributor martin consider key row got advanced copy of that report. >> metro declaring safetrack a success. in so far that they promised to squeeze three years of track rebuilding into one they say they're accomplishing that railroad ties, rail if as fasteners, cables, running rail, 50,000 railroad advertise replaced enough to higher than the washington monument as metro will present to its board on thursday. or you can build two new monuments with that many railroad ties. metro says all of this work has taken place and it's producing positive results. delays are less frequent. we'll see whether riders believe that as fares go up and service is cut come june 25

. >> and a lot happening with metro. we are working for you this morning on this sunday to help you sort it all out. derick ward is live at the dupont station with everything you need to know. >> reporter: while you were sleeping metro was making more changes. now, there's a new paradigm of operation and costs with metro and a good way to think about this, this will cost you more or less in service. and today will be the first time metro riders will see these new hours or weekends. today metro opened at 8:00 a.m., and will close at 11:00 p.m. until 11:30. if you are going out for weekend plans for metro you have a little more time. they will close at about 1:00 a.m. in the morning. so that will get you back and forth to wherever it is you are going. now, since 2014 we have not seen a fare hike, and all that changes today. rush hour will cost 10 cents more starting monday and monday will be the first rush hour under the new pricing paradigm and you will pay $2.25 for a rush hour trip and at most 6 bucks for a rush hour tr

metro is your option.ailing out using the orange and green lines to continue into of his ongoing suspension of service, especially on amtrak. metro will honor your tickets. but even though this is happening on the rails, it's also impacting the commute. northeast washington, going back out live, we will show you what it looks like a new york avenue. for those continuing towards kendall street, that is causing a bit of a distraction and starting to slow the traffic from south dakota avenue leaving northeast northwest. rhode island avenue, benning road to h street, heavier than usual as you continue towards the third street tunnel. back to the map we want to update the right elsewhere. arerding to metro we dealing with a train the function outside largo town center. 66 into that bright sunshine, a 40 minute drive out of manassas into the beltway and a 95 in virginia it's a slow roll from the potomac mills. continuing 17 miles towards 495. i will be back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride and 270. for

there's the sky over the metro area now. live view from the storm team4. sunset today is 8:30 or later until all the way toward the end of july. so we have the longest days of the year here over the next month or so. for the commute tomorrow, dry roads, dry at the metro stop and for the bus stop tomorrow morning. and we'll have a little sunshine throughout the day, mid 70s, upper 70s by late afternoon. with a look now at the ten-day outlook, here comes the heat wave. >> yeah, after a couple of cool days wednesday into thursday. isolated shower can't be ruled out. but most of the day dry. sf 73 on your thursday. 80 on friday. saturday 84 degrees, but the humidity and the heat moving in. 92 on sunday, 95 monday and tuesday. we'll have much more on the heat wave back here at 6:00. >>> i'm tom sherwood in the district. nearly 40 years since he was first elected mayor of washington, marion barry is the subject of an oral history project. vo: delivering cleaner, reliable energy... creating jobs for our veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy

metro green and orange line, either of those c get to d tickets.estbound southeast freeway, some lanes blocked. 295 slow before pennsylvania avenue. and the outer loop northbound, bw parkway, some delays, car off onto a ditch area. hi, chuck and sheena. good morning. gl good morning, melissa. it is fantastic outside. if you leave soon for the commute, roll down the windows. >> i had somebody on twitter say they needed seat heaters. >> come on. >> i gave them a shoutout, come on now, toughen up. it is a lovely cool start to a summer morning in washington. sun is up, clear sky, low humidity. temperatures, how about 50 in lateensville, 53 in potomac, great falls. prince george's county, 58 in riverdale, 55 in upper marlborough. nice way to get your day started. 78 in gaithersburg, 82 in is. 80 by the bay. beach bound, friday, saturday, sunday, great beach weather this weekend. ten day forecast and fourth of july forecast still to come. >> thank you, chuck. >>> it is 6:32. we're following breaking news this morning. two people are dead after being hit

you've covered metro for a long time.ep when it comes to delays or service problems or preventative maintenance down the road? >> reporter: that's right. wiedefeld himself has admitted did he not know the scale or ooh nor p.m. the problems when he first got here and metro has been learning more more than as it's been tearing up the system. that's why after safetrack ended there would be surge like project that is would take ten commuting days each on small pieces of the system in the fall, in the winter and late neck spring. really remains to be seen that's why metro is trying to get the message out to riders that even though safetrack ended, there's going to be lot of work ahead. just give you anxa about. if this test works, and metro won't know if waterproofing membrane works until early next year, medical center only 3% of that 9-mile stretch that's be 19 the water table. it would cost many millions of dollars and many years to affect a permanent fix for that entire stretch. there's going to try along this part of the

keep in mind saturday june 24 metro rail will close midnight and first 1 a.m. closing will thb friday june 30. as far as addressing country about asking for money to be going towards metro system in this case asking state for more money we reached out to them today and as of right now we have not heard back at this time. of course we'll let you know when we learn more this this case. reporting live in montgomery country this evening, kristin leon, "fox5 local news". >> and as a sign of appreciate for dealing with metro fare hikes and svs cuts one of the transit agency was handing out free $10 smart trip cards. they passed out cards to 1,000 lucky riders at the dunn lauering marifield station in vienna and educated riders to fund it fair. >> taking a live look out outside. look at the beautiful sky near downtown d.c.. 82. low humidity. >> perfect. >> wind. >> perfect out there. >> no humidity which is best part. >> that is absolutely -- >> is it really almost july. >> lookty bright blue sky. that's how you know the humidity is low. the contrast. this is rare for

metro has responded with a so-called high enforcement program.espite this new effort by police, i i-team cameras caught several passengers dodging paying. on the bus earlier this month we saw it happen many times. >> was it something you were worried about when you were driving the bus? >> all day long. my main goal was to get home to my family. >> so what are the top ten bus routes for fare evasion? the i-team found out, to see if the stations or routes are in your area, go to our nbc washington app and search for investigations. scott mcfarland, news4 i-team. >>> when you sign up to be a sheriff's deputy, you know there's a possibility your life could be in danger. for one deputy, his life was put in danger while he was off the job. fortunately, some of his colleagues came to the rescue. introducing the italian collection from subway. head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spicy italian. loaded with salami and pepperoni. for a limited time, the spicy italian footlong is jus