transportation reporter adam tuss broke this story on twitter today.s live in downtown sill sprer spring with an inside look at this place. adam? >> reporter: one month from today, can you believe it the transit center should be ready to open. this should improve your commute. it connects metro, marc, bus and taxes. >> you look the beams don't quite go to the deck above, those are the strut beams we put in. >> reporter: inside tour of the transit center which transport lation leaders say is ready to go. the issue here had to do with structural integrity beams, column concrete, wasn't strong enough. fixes have been made and here we are. >> we are happy to present this back to the public at long last. >> reporter: the fact that metro is ready to accept the facility a huge step because remember montgomery county built this. metro will operate it. that means metro is satisfied with what it sees. now let's not forget what the whole point of this transit center was in the first place. you could use metro but also able to get around here with bus and taxis an

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i'm adam tuss. >> i'm kristin wright in for angie gosk. feels good, but it's about to get hot. >> we were talking, it felt like fall earlier. now, the summer is back. amelia? >> if you remember, adam, last week we were talking about a heat wave for this weekend. this is what looks to be a six-day heat wave. the humidity not too bad. parts of the area under a code orange alert. children, elderly, if you have heart or lung issues, take it ea easy outdoors today. the sun comes up around 6:20. temperatures in the suburb around 60 degrees. 56 in culpeper. 59 in frederick. here in the district, a balmy 68. here is the morning planner, plenty of sunshine, clouds around today. the sun wins out. look at how temperatures warm. 8:00 a.m., 72. my noon, mid-80s. what to expect this evening and if you have outdoor plans what to expect. >>> new this morning, prince george's county officer shot his gun during a struggle with a suspect. around 11:00 p.m., an officer heard a car crash and went to check it out. when he arrived, a man was running from the scen

in arlington, adam tuss, news 4. >>> we are going to have full team coverage on monday morning.s an exciting time, an important time. there are adjustment that is are going to be happening. we are going to be in d.c. for the first day of school, then we are going to have more on the back-to-school slowdown campaign as well. we have everything. >> you are both going to help people prepare to get back to school this week. >> on wednesday. >> in kingstown, in alexandria, pretty much. >> we are collecting backpacks. if it's one, two, five, whatever. bring it. we would love to meet you, too. >> amelia is going to be up there as well. >> so is good weather. >> yes. beautiful. it is going to be sunny out there and gorgeous. it is gorgeous out there this morning. let's dive into it so i can get you along for your day. you want to get outside. temperatures right now, 60s and 70s. we started in the 50s and 60s. itis a chilly start. we are warming nicely into the mid-70s right now. 74 is the temperature in d.c. for your midday, that sun came up. it's going to set earlier as it tends to do

adam tuss reports it can take months to fix because it requires digging up big sections of connecticut avenue. tuss as you saw there also measured temperatures in both stations and they were hovering around a comfortable, right, not, 90 degrees. >> boy. these days, what we're doing with outside, the humidity and the heat, now we have some storms coming into the mix maybe a little bit too. >> yeah. >> live look outside for you. lots of clouds. that is a sign of things to come. >> that's right. >> let's check in with on your on -- on your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> good morning. a lot of low clouds around the metro area, including this view from prince george's county overlooking national harbor. there's the capital wheel a great wheel reflected in the potomac. but good weather for the driving, just damp roads. and then the early afternoon into the evening hours that's when there's a caution, many roads will be wet from the downpours coming through. some roads are damp, and we'll be in the upper 70s. then hitting the upper 80s by this afternoon. wet roads north and west of the met

adam tuss found temperatures in both stations hovering around 90 degrees. get this. to fix the problem, metro will have to disrupt the commutes of thousands of you. >> connecticut avenue is going to have to be dug out in each direction. >> metro hopes to have a fix in place by next spring just in time for temperatures to rise again. >>> we are working to find out if a man who was taken into custody after a carjacking and a chase is going to face charges. news 4 has exclusive video of the suspect after his arrest in northwest d.c. this started with a carjacking this morning. police chasing the suspect from american university into bethes bethesda. that's where he ditched the suv. they caught up with him back in d.c. he was in the spring valley neighborhood. >>> tomorrow morning, former president jimmy carter is going to talk publicly for the first time about his cancer diagnosis. last week, carter announced he has cancer that is now in other parts of his body. the diagnosis came after some recent liver surgery. the 90-year-old said he will share more information when

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm kristin wright in for angie gosk.>> we were talking, it felt like fall earlier. now, the

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in northeast, adam tuss, news4. >> more about traffic. hundreds of thousands of us will hit the roads this weekend for the labor day holiday. the numbers are in and aaa says 850,000 people from our region will be traveling. nearly 90% of us will be on the roads. if you're one of those travelers, you should be able to fill up with inexpensive gas. the national average for gal-of regular unleaded, $2.47. we even found it being sold for less than $2 a gallon in fredericksburg. >>> you're going to start seeing some changes next week at the lincoln memorial. the national park service says it is going to drain water from a 30-foot section of the reflecting pool. they will remove and repair a damaged part of the pool basin. 95% of the reflecting pool will still have water. the work should be done by next summer. >>> next, a local teenager sentenced for his role in a deadly stunt. tonight, hear his message to others who think car surfing is harmless fun. >>> a police officer going above and beyond the call of cutduty help a victim of domestic vio

i'm adam tuss. >> good morning to you. i'm kristin wright, in for angie goff today.o of a heat wave is upon us. >> yeah, you know, it's hot, but the humidity is not there, right, amelia? >> exactly, adam. if you like yesterday, today is very similar.

adam tuss, he wants to know what can you do to get the confidence back?we didn't keep up with the maintenance that the system needs. so metro went operational in the mid '70s, it's mid age and it needs constant help and support. so we need to keep up with the investment of metro. let me be really clear. the metro system is important to how this region grows but also how our city grows, to accommodate the interest on the people moving here and businesses moving here. we have to have an operational metro. so it has had a really, really tough year. and we know it has to get its finances in order. that's why i have advocated that the new general manager has to have a focus on turning around metro finances -- >> a change agent? >> a change agent that going to lead and also be able to tackle the financial issues and build a team that includes the person that can focus on the safety culture of the metro system. and making the critical capital investments that the city needs. >> well, we have a lot of new people in the city, many of them don't have cars and they'

transportation reporter adam tuss joins us live from metro center with more on who may be asked to step aside. adam? >>> that's right, chris. the head of metro's board of directors is in the hot seat. when we contacted him about all, they said he is not surprised by the criticism. this is the chairman of metro's board of directors, mort downey, and directly in the center of metro's woes. multiple insiders tell news4 the recent revelation that metro knew about a section of misaligned rail yet still left it in service for about a month, all the while carrying trains with passengers, could force downey out as head of the board. insiders say he doesn't have a handle on things. downey recently testifying on capitol hill. >> i believe we have made real progress but we cannot claim we are where we need to be. >> reporter: metro has been facing criticism on every front from the federal government to local leaders and yes, from riders. >> i don't believe they have our safety in the forefront. >> reporter: jan chase rides every day as leadership an issue. >> i think it's top down, definitely, fro

i'm adam tuss.i will tell you why it's so hot in there coming up. >>> and not only are we hot tomorrow, but storms threaten the forecast along with plenty of includes. so, not a great pool day, but friday on into the weekend, looking good. i'm going to have the latest timing and impacts of tomorrow's >>> it is pretty hot inside a couple metro stations. the chiller system that cools the due pop the circle and farragut north stations badly damaged that means some riders are left to sweat it out. transportation reporter adam tuss live at the far gut north station to tell us just how hot it is. how hot is it, adam? >> reporter: pretty hot. metro says it likes to keep the temperature inside stations about six to eight degrees cooler than outside. right here, right now, it is about high 80s outside, inside the station, hotter than that. inside the farragut north station, 90.3 degrees. >> if i were infirm or elderly, this would be not only uncomfortable but hazardous. it unacceptable. >> reporter: inside d

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm kristin wright in for angie.his morning, another stretch of 90-degree weather. that's right, amelia? >> you got it, kristin. high temperatures in the low to mid 90s. here's the latest check of the satellite and the radar. mainly clear across the area. mostly sunny once again today. right now at 69 degrees at reagan national. showing you the dew point, below 65. humidity not an issue. humidity not going to be an issue today. another nice day showing you skycast 4. actually forecasting what the skies look like throughout the day today. plenty of sunshine by 9:00 a.m. temperatures in the district in the mid 70s. by noon, near 90 degrees. a few clouds around, but the sun does win out today. by 3:00, temperatures in low 90s. over ten minutes, i'll show you exactly what high temperature you can expect today in your neighborhood. >> thanks, amelia. >>> well, new this morning, we learned a teenager died in a crash near a prince george's county school. maryland national capital park police say a 17-year-old was riding a u

adam tuss found temperatures in both stations hovering right around 90 degrees.months away and could disrupt thousands of commuters. paul cram from metro explains. >> it has to be dug up 400 feet in each direction. the supply launch to the cooling tower underneath connecticut avenue. >> metro hopes to have the chillers fixed by spring. >>> the army is facing a $750 million wrongful death suit over claims that toxins from both ft. detrick have caused cancer. for years, they have faced criticism for the handling of chemical and biological agents. groundwater contamination along with anthrax and agent orange testing led to neighbors getting sick. family members of a woman who died in 2008 from brain cancer are leading the suit. it asks for compensation for others who have died or been sickened by living near ft. detrick. >>> in "news4 your health," it seems all work and no play may make you sick. working 55 or more hours per week may increase your chances of having a stroke or a heart attack. the research team followed more than half a million people over a nine-yea

insiders told our adam tuss that downey doesn't a handle on things, that an effective board chair could force change within metro. downey, who is on vacation responded to the criticism by e-mail, telling adam he believes the board needs to be more demanding, assuring that they get timely and correct answer, and that the board should consider having independent engineers work for them. >>> is some good news for metro riders tonight. the new 7,000 series railcars will start rolling on the green line on monday. the blue, red, and orange lines already have these new cars in service. all told, metro plans to buy 748 of them. but so far only 52 have been delivered. >>> it's been a busy night in presidential politics. hillary clinton just wrapped a speech defending herself in a couple of scandals, one involving private e-mail, the other about benghazi. she called them partisan games. but a recent slip in polls has a lot of democrats looking for a backup plan. nbc's kurt gregory has the latest. >> reporter: candidates for president are a big draw at the iowa fair. drawn here themselves to flip

i'm adam tuss. >> i'm kristin wright in for angie. we have been talking about how summer keeps hanging on. >> i will take it for as long as we can keep getting it. amelia segal is here to tell us what to expect for the day ahead. >> i love this weather. it's hot, not too humid, a live look outside. our camera looking at hazy sun. you can see the tower in the background. the latest check of the satellite and radar. dry conditions across the area. most of us stay dry this weekend. temperatures right now low to mid-70s. 75 in leesburg. 74 in washington. camp springs coming in at 76 degrees. here is how we will warm up into the afternoon hours. by noon, 84. we will hit the high at 90 to 91 degrees. today marks day one of a streak of temperatures hitting 90 degrees or higher. that continues until thursday. now, coming up in about ten minutes, the latest on storm chances, when you will be dealing with rain into the upcoming workweek. >>> details of a deadly shooting overnight are developing right now. d.c. police say someone shot a man thre

adam tuss found temperatures were hovering around 90 degrees and a fix is months away and that could affect the commuters. >> connecticut avenue will have to be dug up 400 feet in each direction. we have experienced catastrophic failures to the cooling tower underneath connecticut avenue. >> metro hopes to have the chillers fixed by spring. >>> the army is facing a wrongful death suit over claims that toxins from ft. detrick have caused cancer. for years they have faced criticism for the handling of chemical and biological agents. well, the lawsuit said groundwater contamination along with anthrax and agent orange led to neighbors getting sick. a woman who died from brain cancer her family is leading the suit. >>> in "news4 your health" at 5:49 it seems all work and no play may make you sick. researchers in the u.k. says working 55 or more hours may increase your chances of having a stroke or a heart attack. the research time followed more than half a million people over the nine-year period. that's a 13% chance of developing heart disease if you work long hours. >>> montgomery count

. >>> i'm adam tuss outside the farragut north metro station. it is a warm day out here. know what, inside the metro station, things aren't much better. that's because the chiller system that cools farragut north and the du pont circle stations is busted. water was leaking from it the cooling station has been shut down for the rest of the summer. for riders, of course, that means it is going to be a bit toasty inside those stations and there's going to be a big fix that's required to get rid of that problem. coming up on news4 at 5:00, going to tell you just how big of a problem this is and why digging will be involved. >>> prostitution, child porn, underaged sex with girls. prosecutors describe how jared ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there. >>> we want to w

news4's transportation reporter, adam tuss, join us from the bat silica of the shrine of the immaculateconception. >> any idea of the scale of these road closures? >> reporter: chris, i think it's safe to say that this is going to be a challenge for everybody involved. look, the pope lands september 22nd. it's a tuesday. lands in the afternoon. and he is going to be moving around the area for the next three days. so, the national parks service hasn't released an exact detail about full road closures but what we've seen with past events like this is full rolling closures as the motorcade moves around. we know the pope is going to be in places like here, the basilica, the national shrine of the emaccue late conception, the white house ant capitol building. it is going to be a challenge over those three days getting around. >> you have been talking about transportation issues when the pope is here. what about metro? how will the pope's visit impact them, the folks who ride? >> reporter: certainly, an increased focus and increased demand on the rail system. the brook land station here at ca

i'm adam tuss, i will have the details. >>> david culver here in havana, cuba. today, history was made. behind merck the american flag flying, first time in 54 years. coming up, going to take you to the crowd as they reacted to this historic site. >>> but right now, we begin with some new concern that the same man is attacking women in arlington >> the number of victims just went up. five women have been attacked in the past month and it's all happening in the same general area from clarendon to south arlington. the most recent attack on south frederick street meagan fitzgerald joins us live with the latest attempted sex assault. what are you hearing? >> reporter: police tell us that latest attack happened behind us here in the driveway of an apartment complex just after 10. now, police admit there are many similarities with all these five cases and they say it's possible they could be connected. if ask you folks who have been in arlington for years, most will say it was a nice place to live. >> people are very friendly in the neighborhoods. >> reporter: in spit

. >> adam tuss, thank you. >>> it is technology that could have prevented that deadly amtrak train derailment in may, but rail systems across the country aren't using positive train control. congress has ordered the technology to be install and used nationwide by the end of the year, but as scott macfarlane found, it now appears that vre and marc trains won't have positive train control another five years. scott? >> a series of new reports obtained in public records requests show marc and bre are nowhere close to having positive train control fully operational to better protect the thousands of local passengers any time soon there is progress on the locomotives themselves. 60 marc trains and 40 vre trains will have the necessary hardware, computers and wiring installed by december. but along the tracks, big delays. technology that must be installed by csx and other major rail companies is not yet fully installed. and federal officials said unlike many other regional railways nationwide, they have no estimate as to when they will be completed for vre and for marc. csx officials said they alrea

our transportation reporter, adam tuss, takes us inside for a tour of the facility designed to improve your commute. >>> now to chris lawrence live at fedex field. chris? >> reporter: jim, talking to fans, excitement is building out here. now just a few hours from kickoff, this is the first time the redskins have played here at fedex field in about eight months. the excite.has been building, even with last year's disappointing season, a lot of fans say they are very excited, just to be in the stadium again, get to see the team live. coming up in the next 10, 20 minutes, we are going to be dive nothing one of the issues that's been swirling around this team and it's only getting more and more hotter. that's the name, the redskins name. we have been talking to fans about not only how they feel about the name but what they would do if it ever changes. back to you. >> thanks, chris. >>> winds fanning the flames and the community in mourning. why residents in washington state are bracing for >>> we are getting our first look at david sweat since he was shot and captured three weeks after th