inbound benning road at 34th street, stay left to get by the fire department activity.t sounds like that is mostly out of the way now. that's where molette green was live for us here a short time ago. 95 south after 100, all lanes now opened. no problems there. and 395 after duke and seminary, left lanes getting by the work zone there. >>> it's something a lot of kids like to do. climb on top of the furniture. but it can turn deadly in an instant. how to keep your child from getting hurt or worse. >>> north carolina's controversial bathroom bill is back in the national spotlight. the critical deadline just urs away.ho we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, weathertech. proudly made in america. well, this is the time. and your ford dealer is the place to get into a new ford escape. escape leads the way with the convenience

m traffic once again moving onovig benning road.g road benning road has been reopened west of 395. 3 edrily l because of the firee ofhe f investigation. if you're heading out on theadin roads this morning crash activity 270 north.ty 2th it's just before 124.e 124 and notice the southbound sided none that of typical morningicar congestion as you come downs yoe from frederick through gaithersburg.gaithe we have crash activity as wellas in manass 234 northbound closed atnd csed sudley manor drive. caution there. typical morning rush picking up 95 northboundorn in stafford. we'll take a closer look thereke next. back to you. you >> coming up on fox5 news monday, apparently the only way to prevent a jailbreak inree this country is to constantlysty move felons from one jail to jai the other. >> and this should be on yourhi to do list this summer. s we're talking about this. about. what you're watching righting rt now. the largest fastest longest l rollercoaster in the world.r in. we'll let you know where it is i when we return. urn. >> and as we head to break as this morning, a live look ac

he is wanted for a deadly shooting b benning road. right off of i-295 in northeast d.c. 29-year-old darnell richardson of cheverly died in the shooting. there is now an arrest warrant out for stewart in this case. leon: starting now at vote 2016. made a stop in virginia as him hillary clinton met with families in what she calls breaking down barriers tour. three candidates left now heading to the november election. but that race is far from over. virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in stone ridge tonight with a look at what clinton is trying to do to connect to voters here. jeff? jeff: the expected nominee for the democratic party, hillary clinton has her sights set on november and the critical swing county of loudoun in the state of virginia, which barack obama won in 2008 and 2012. here today the mug and the muffin in stoneridge clinton primarily speaking with female voters which this event wrapped up before 4:00 this afternoon. then at 15 minutes after that, she walks out of the back door of the mug and muffin to greet some

a problem on the roads, 295 south between benning road and east capitol street, we have the crash theren the left lane slowing things down headed into the district. 41st at military road, a tree down blocking the road there. 66 through manassas, no problems, just a lot of volume. 95 northbound, outer loop near ritchey haie-marlbor ritchie-marlboro, that is old. prince george's county overall looking pretty good. inbound 210 a little slow. fwl >>> today the map died helping a woman in a shooting will be laid the and derrick ward joining us now with more on how the familiar is remembering malcolm winffel. >> reporter: in a few hour, folks will come here to say good-bye to the 45-year-old malcolm winffel. he was a father of two who came to the aid of a woman who was being carjacked. now, folks came here to the wake yesterday and we spoke to his brother who says for the only is the world losing such a selfless person, this family and friends are losing someone who is just a good person to be around. >> yes, he was a lover of sports. he was a fanatic fan of the dallas cowboys, a prankster, a

chopper 4 still over this problem on southbound d.c. 295 before benning road. they had the earlier problem off to the right side of the roadway. right now we have a two-mile backup. two major problems. they will be pushing this out on the nbc washington app. make sure you have it if you have not downloaded it yet. >>> good morning, melissa. what a great looking sky. hardly a cloud to be found. the sun came up at 5:48 this morning. loving the early sunrises. sun's up before 6:00 a.m. between now and all the way up until the third week of august. so a long time to go here with the long days. 100% sunshine today. going to be well above average today. downtown temperatures could be as much as 87 or 88 degrees today. most of the outlying suburbs in the low 80s. not much of a humidity issue, simply delightful for today. not too bad tomorrow either, but e timeframe. more humid and temperatures equally as warm. maybe a degree or two warmer means our chances for afternoon thunderstorms are going up for friday afternoon, in particular. right now it's only 60 in rockville

on the scene over there on benning road i talked to vincent gray. he is the former mayor. this is what he had to say. >> this is an outrage that this kind of thing would happen, period, but then happen in broad daylight. we're in the middle of a well trafficked intersection where pedestrians are going back and forth. when are we going to see somebody get killed just innocently walking down the street? it is time for this to be over with. >> reporter: again, police are working five shooting scenes in our city in recent hours. okay, four in southeast, one in northwest. it's unclear as to whether any of these are another. police are looking into that possibility. they're trying to get evidence and figure it all out. we're on top of it here. we're gathering information. i'll be back later with more. now back to you. >> pat, thank you. >>> quickly, breaking right now, police are investigating a shooting near the petworth georgia avenue metro station. the shots were fired about a block away from the station. a man who was grazed by a bullet walked into the metro station looking

. >>> i'm molette green live on benning road. just this morning, emergency crews came to this area for report of a near the metro train tracks. there you can see the workers all over that train that is parked right there. using their flashlights, they have been going over all of this. we have calls into metro to get confirmation on exactly what happened here. workers are combing this area, but we can tell you that there are trains moving on the other tracks along the benning avenue area. that is the latest live from the scene here in northeast. back to you. >>> good morning. i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of prince george's county. that is where police right now are on the scene here investigating a homicide. you're looking at the 500 block of harry s. truman drive in largo. police responded to reports of gunshots and then they found a man who had been shot and he died at the scene. anyone with information on this case, you're asked to call police. >>> 5:01 our time. good morning. we want to check our fore

starting june 18, metro will shut down the origin was over, and blue lines to minnesota avenue and benning road's-- roads. the track will be shut down for 16 days. the work will begin after d.c. public schools's final day of class. the fda demanded metro focus its repair work on the sections first. metro is general manager has -- modify the original draft. we understand they are expected to accompany metro and contract workers during the extended work that will last nearly a year. the safetrack plan calls for a single tracking starting at 8:00 p.m. and reduce weekend service with trains ending at midnight starting june 3. for a complete schedule of the shutdowns and how it can impact your commute, we have with the complete list of on our website. just go to wjla.com. more homes hit with bullets in prince william county this week. that brings the total to 15 so far this year.the most recent happening in manassas . a bullet flying into a bedroom. as suzanne kennedy explains, the homeowner says this could have been much worse. the drivewayre in of one of the homes impacted by the latest .rince willi

. >> reporter: the murder scene near the intersection of benning road and east capitol street. the victim a man about 21 years old shot and killed in an alley behind this valero gas station. they say there was an argument and then gunshots, and the man fell dead to the ground. seven this year. compared to six murders during the same time last year. on the scene today, former mayor vincent gray. he's a candidate for the ward seven council seat. >> people ought to be able to go out their door and feel like they can be safe going about their business every day. i'm sure that people don't feel safe when they see these kinds of things happen with good reason. >> reporter: crime dogs used to hunt down evidence and track trails of possible suspects. some men searched and brought in for questioning. fingerprints gathered. photos taken. there was a big crime camera here. maybe that will provide the key clue in this case. these broad daylight murders are troubling, are they not? >> all murders are troubling. >> but in broad daylight, that's i would agree with you. >> reporter: five shoot

this is 4500 block of benning road near a busy intersection and near the benning road metro stop. she was forced into a van with tinted windows. police say she was driven to the 1100 block where they sexual assaulted abused her. it's unclear how she got away or if they left her on the street. she was able to somehow get to police and call for help. we talked with people who live on 46th place who are concerned about crime in the area and others who can't believe it. >> this area is crazy right now. you know, it's just a lot of things going on around here that i don't like around here. i wish someone >> it's mind boggling, we don't have those issues here. quiet the kids plays on the sidewalk. everybody knows everybody. everybody walks around. for something like this happen. it's an eye opener. >> reporter: we want to show you the description of the suspect because it is fairly detailed. we're hoping police are hoping that people out there will be able to possibly pick up on clues. maybe they saw something, a 6'6" medium complexion, blue jeans, timberland boots, black ski mask and a

this crash 295 south of 295th benning road moved over to thert shoulder.p for that yourtu maryland commute into thend c district. 95 south red zone 200icc toc to the beltway. btw southbound side of 27085 to5 the truck scales and thennd t again father hurley to theley tt spur. ur 58ist 410 to 201 slows down as well. same story in virginia. virgi in stafford you're jammed.or jammed through dale city andough you're also jammed on theja on eastbound side of 66 as you as make your way out past 234ast 23 coupling from manassas to fro centreville you slow again bygab west falls church and then in fredericks burg t c keep it here to fox5 for the 7 o'clock hour on our beach party day. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning.oxe >> right now at 7 o'clock thisci morning the second trial in tri the freddie gray case getsase g under way today and it will bell much different than the first f one. we are live in baltimore.alti >> plus, metro in crisis. the feds ordering emergency repairs at three tracke t locations and it must be done d before metro can move forwardwa with its

this is a complete shutdown on the blue, orange, and silver lines between eastern market and benning road and eastern market and minnesota avenue. and you are talking about a total shutdown with no rail service between those stations for about 16 straight days. this is the kind of impact that we're talking about with this safetrack plan. the general manager has said it is going to be a bumpy ride. now we're all about to experience obvious, but did the gm talk about some other ways that people can get around? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. what's going to happen is as this project goes forward, you'll be able to check the progress of what alternate forms of transportation there are available to you. we talked to the general manager about it. take a listen. >> those first two are very tough. in one case, we're single tracking in a very -- of course, this section has a lot of traffic. the next two weeks after that we shut down a portion of the system between stations. it is tough one. they'll be on the higher end of the seven and the lower end of the seven. >> reporter: what he was talking a

yesterday in an alley off of benning road. less than three hours later aate woman was kill as she walkedwa toward her front door on 49th street just a few blocks away. a murder some think was carried out to send a message. fox5's paul wagner joins us life from the scene tonight with the story. >>reporter: when tracey cooper walked up the front stepsro yesterday afternoon she likelye had no idea what was coming. as many as six bullets fired in what may have been revenge for the murder of trayvon cummingsui just a few hours earlier. a few can d.c. police believe it may also be connected to a double murder that occurred oncu this block just a year ago. the flowers being taken to the front door of tracey cooper's home are being delivered by aby long time friend, a man who didd not want his face shown or name used, but told us he thinks thik wass a murder with a message carried out to punish someone else. whoever went in there, if theyif couldn't get him they would gett somebody else. she's collateral damage in an ongoing fight som

market and benning road, between eastern market and minnesota avenue, and all of this would be completely disruptive to a lot of people. metro putting the final pieces of the puzzle together and expected to announce its finalized safe track plan next week. but this is expected to lead that safe track plan. back to you. >>> federal transit administration went into detail about what it says is wrong. if you want to read it for yourself, we put the whole thing on the nbc washington app. we also included an explanation about why they chose three areas for immediate action. just search "fta." >>> it's friday and you can expect plenty of delays in metro weekend track work. starting tonight, there will be single tracking on the red, green, blue and orange lines. crews are repairing the tracks around due pobt circle, petworth and mcpherson square p there are also restrigss on tctions on th gather to honor the nation's fallen officers. the 28th annual candlelight vigil honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty will a place at the national law. 252 fallen officers will be remembe

right now a brand new crash d.c. 295 southbound before benning road. we have a crash in the right lane. we'll send the chopper that way. we'll see what we can see as we zoom in to that area. braddock road west of 12 near george mason we have a crash reported there as well. southbound georgia avenue at eastern, debris in the center of the roadway is being reported there. and then remember, 70 east if you're headed out of frederick this morning after 40, we do have emergency road work blocking a lane. i'll be back in ten minutes. >>> we'll see you today a teacher at a newtown, connecticut, school will appear in court on gun charges. prosecutors say jason adams was carrying a loaded pistol inside newtown middle school and pleads not guilty. adams had a valid gun permit when arrested. school policy strictly forbids guns on school property. the middle school is in the same town as sandy hook elementary. 20 first graders and 6 educators were killed in a mass shooting inside that school in 2012. >>> a family from potomac could be the latest victim in a string

the meeting point for tonight's walk is at 18th and benning road in northeast at 7:00. >>> we now know the identity of the man who was shot and killed this broad daylight on wednesday in southeast. thomas miridi was found on the street near lawrence road. he later died at the hospital. his murder was the third killing in broad daylight in the district this week. so far made. >>> prince george's county police say one of the drivers involved in a crash in clinton earlier this week has died. police say 30-year-old brandon snead lost control of his car, crossed the center line, hit one car head-on an grazed a third car. snead died at the hospital on tuesday. four others were hurt, one person still has critical injuries. >>> it could mikocould mean thee between life and death. the u.s. department of transportation requires all motorcycle helmets sold to meet federal motor vehicle standards. approved helmets are labeled d.o.t. certified. the government warns a group of helmets known as novelty helmets are often for sale but not approved and poorly constructed. the helmet on the left is can d

it's been stuck on the rails near benning road for hours thousand. >> it's one of the stories we're workingou up to the minute the minute you're up. first your weather and traffic. >>> breaking news on the roads and rails. right now outer loop at ritchie-marlboro, a four mile backup . we're jammed there. and again all of these metro problems causing delays on the red line, single tracking orange and blue, and also glas on t dee silver line. >>> a little sunshine out there honest morning starting out pretty and chilly and dry. temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 40s right now under increase inning clouds. that means increasing rain chances, as well p. we'll give you the whole seven day forecast coming right >>> a typical morning turned into hours of terror as police search for the man behind the deadly shopping center shooting. the suspect eulalio tordil will go before a judge today. kristin wright joining us with a closer look at the details in court documents. she's live in bethesda at a growing memorial for one of the victims. >> reporter: yeah, those new charging documents we got in

a train halted in the air along benning road in northeast d.c. after a fire. other trains forced to single track slowly around it. another rush hour brewing. >> last couple of weeks have been rough. >> reporter: this metro rider said unfortunately delays are hand-in-hand with the transit agency. >> what's a day like for a regular metro rider. are you constantly seeing if there's a delay or a breakdown. >> yeah and before you go home. >> reporter: this man is who metro will be counting on, patrick lavin. after spending more than 30 years ith he's not only dealing with stuck trains but also quite literally exploding infrastructure. federal investigators now putting more pressure on metro than ever. >> that's where we have to wrap our arms around this whole thing. >> reporter: metro gm, should people be afraid to ride? >> in terms of safety yes it's safe. if i find anything that isn't i will shut it down. >> reporter: for some metro isn't an alternative it's her only way to get around. for her shutting it down is not an option. >> metro all you have you have to g

along with portions of the blue, orange, and silver lines, from eastern market to benning road, minnesota avenue. they say that needs to be fixed. metro is responding, saying they are working to take care of the problem. in the meantime, metro riders are saying frustration levels are at an all-time high. >> i was just stuck in the tunnel last week. >> this is an ongoing mess every day to commute to work or anywhere else. metro has reiterated that they are cooperating with the fta. we are up with a plan to make the changes and for the revised program to be released in a couple of days. in the meantime, it is simply a waiting game. that's the latest from northwest washington. i'm sam sweeney. jummy: ramada board chairman jack evans talked about safety troubles on news channel 8, our sister station. >> i don't know what people were doing for 15 years. that is an outrage. today, you have a 11 out of 16 board members, a new general manager, a new chair. there is a whole different approach to fixing metro. says the agency is finally getting back on the right track. right now, we switch to the f

the other homicide victim was at texas avenue in benning road southeast. so bad for my girlfriend who lost her son today. tom: this woman was already shocked that she knew the first homicide victim when she learned about the one with the groceries. >> i'm praying that they stop this violence. tom: at the press conference, said that heref department is investigating the strong possibility both homicides today were connected. tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: ok, tom, thank you. d.c. police chief cathy lanier will discuss the crime scene tomorrow morning, live on "good morning washington" at 9 a.m.. the violence spread outside of the district, to prince george's where there is a ho homicide investigation in temple hills. he was shot to death on temple hill road. victim has not been identified to. the police said there is a reward for anyone who offers information that could lead to an arrest. from princeng news george's county -- five people hurt in a crash along old alexander ferry road. over theper 7 flew scene. of the victims have life-threatening injuries

brianne: the first of five shut down happens from benning road to minnesota avenue. perhaps a greater impact will come in the fall when a section of the red line will be closed for 23 days. impacting more than 100,000 trips. >> if it says i have to do brianne: even if your station is impacted there could still be fewer trains throughout the system. reduced by 70% at some time. >> that is the extreme. if you manage to use the bus, you will not be a real problem. brianne: metro's general manager knows it will be difficult for commuters. he says this is the schedule. the days it take to complete the work would be impacted. >> there are a lot of things that could happen between now and when we finish this. brianne: it's complicated work. weather could be a factor. once they get on the track they could find more things than they plan for. but they believe they did the homework and they scheduled it out in a timely manner. for the full list to check out how this could impact your commute starting june 4, head to wjla.com. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. maureen:

it moved from the tracks above benning road behind me. it is a great site for all of those people in this area. this train has caused delays for the orange, blue, and silver lines all morning since the metro opened at 5:00 this morning. some people telling us they got to work more than an hour late today. metro saying it has been causing delays of to 30 to 35 minutes. it all started when a small fire happened under the train. clearing weekend track work. they brought in a test train to go over the area and they say a small fire started. they were able to put it out with a fire extinction. asy left that train in place they worked on it throughout the night into the early morning and trains sat waiting to go by. this was not the only problem. a partial power outage at farragut north station causing signals and single tracking on the red line. we caught up with metro travelers and just like many other days in recent weeks they are frustrated. >> i was at landover 30 minutes. expected to be here at a certain time and we are not. we have reach

this time it's a test train that broke down near benning road. you can see here. the fire got so hot it burned through a metal tube. maureen: for the latest on that and the latest problems we go to transportation reporter brianne carter. brianne: i just spoke to metro and they say the two incidents are not related. crews just clearing a seen focusing on the track. take a look. this is just down the way on crews were working for more than seven hours earlier today. take a look at video as we showed up here in the last half hour for what metro is calling a track problem that happened that forced single trackk. and -- tracking and continues to delay the evening rush hour. we know this is a track problem according to metro. not related to the incident that happened earlier this morning. now we do also know that there was a train on this same stretch of track what was offloaded earlier today. riders tell us the lights started to flash and they were asked to get off the train at stadium armory down the way from where we stand. this all comes after the major commuting me

on the orange line and on the silver blue lines between roslyn and benning roads. >>> the engineer was they say that's what the national transportation safety board will announce tomorrow was the cause of that deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia a year ago. it was going more than double the speed limit when it rounded a curve and careened off the tracks this week last may. they will present their final report tomorrow in d.c. eight people were killed, more than 200 injured in the derailment. >>> the summer travel season fast approaching and nightmare wait times continue at the understaffed tsa checkpoints. >> on sunday, nearly 450 passengers missed their flights with american at o'hare airport in chicago because they were stuck in lines that were longer than two hours. tsa's problems have caused tens of thousands of travelers to miss their flights across the country. one tsa whistle-blower says morale among screeners is at rock bottom. >> poor accountability. lack of a plan b for this summer and lack of trust. >> the tsa union says 600 new officers are needed as soon as possible.

the wke road closure due to police tpole activity southern avenue at benning road.is in the district.s in the we'll have an update on metro m for the weekend coming up at 7:05. 7:05 stay with us. fox5 news morning will be right back after this. >> ♪ what are you doing? sara, i love you, and... [phone rings] ah, it's my brother. keep going... sara, will you marry... [phone rings again] what do you want, todd???? [crowd cheering] keep it going!!!! if you sit on your phone, you butt-dial people. it's what you do. todd! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. i know we just met like, two months ago... yes! [crowd cheering] [crowd cheering over phone] >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. fm >> right now at 7 o'clock, historic visit as the president speaks at the shrine in japan honoring those killed by a u.s. atomic bomb in world waror ii and meets withee w hiroshima survivors.urvo some hoped for an apology but just how far did the president go? >> an

a metro train stuck on the tracks on benning road nearde the stadium-armory metro station.single tracking in thisin t area. please be aware.are. erin will have an update on uat the situation and some otheromeo issues on met in just a few minutes. nu first though metro is now now under a federal order to get tot its act together essentially. el over the weekend the federal transit administration issued i emergency directives to metro tt over safety training and track t maintenance. the fta threatened to shut metro down if the orders are >>> happening this afternoon, 62-year-old eulalio tordileui will be in court to face charges. he's charged with killing his w wife and two others during a twoit day shooting spree s spanning three different crimeee scenes in prince george's in county and montgomery county.co. >>> meantime it's national police week in the nation's capitol. and today a memorial serviceice will be held for law enforcement officers in thes in district killed in the line ofit duty. it's being held at the congressional auditorium yum at the u.s. capitols visitor'sv

you know the trainings are running again here along benning road near the minnesota avenueve station. we can tell you they sh runningy slower as we have scene here h throughout the last couple of hours. want to show you video of whatio happened earlier this this all began with delays the orange, blue and silver line between minnesota and stadium-armory station. a fire occurred with a train that, a test train. that became stuck. now, a test was being done on a portion of that track that had weekend repairs. that fire was quickly extinguished no one was injured. while that was going on theree was a switch problem outside friendship high school. there was single track segment of the blue line, service on the silver line only went over to market. metro was appearing in the fox 5 studio. metro riders told us they arehey not happy with the ongoing problems gave the gm high marks. >> he was the best thing that's happened since he got to metro. i enjoyed that segment. i know they are doing the best >> do you know we were fair orkw to tough. >> i think you were fair.nk >> i y think you are dam

within hours of each other are someone shot and killed trayvon cummings yesterday in an alley off benning road less than three blocks later someone killed tracey cooper as she walked towards her front door. neighbors speculate she was killed in rel tool craig for killing cummings. if they couldn't get him, they would get somebody else. she's collateral damage in an ongoing fight somewhere. >> yeah. she and it seen it coming. > police also believed the murders may be connected to a shootout in that same area last summer that left two men dead. > tragedy on the tracks in burke, virginia. police are trying to figure out what an 18 year old woman was doing when she was hit and killed by a train. this happened last night on burke road. police say ericka dun of springfield was walking along the tracks when she was hit. mow one else was police are still investigating what led up to that accident can. disturbing new details about the deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia last year. distracted driving is to blame. the amtrak engineer driving the train was distracted by radio chatter about an e

the meeting point for tonight's walk is at 18th street and benning road in northeast at 7:00 p.m. >>> police have identified the man who was shot and killed this broad daylight on wednesday in southeast. thomas was found on the street on mount view place near morris road. he later tied at the hospital. his murder was the third killing this broad daylight in the district this week. so far no one has been arrested for any of those killings. >>> an update now on that head-on crash? clinton earlier this week. prince george's county police say one of the drivers involved has died. police say 30-year-old brandon snead lost control, hit a car head-on and grazed a third car. snead tineesnead died at the ho. four ours were hurt. >>> and donald trump releases his list of potential supreme court nominees. despite the fact that he is not the gop's official presidential thom knee. now, remember donald trump could make the nomination to phfill scalia's eat seat in november i he's elected. the democratic voters seem to be split. bernie sanders keeps winning primaries despite hillary clinton's large

the orange between rosslyn and minnesota avenue, and silver and blue lines between rosslyn and benning road>>> bus access to national harbor is limited, but now they want to create a new bus route. the goal is to provide access before the new mgm casino is open for business. metro tells the "washington post" there are no formal plans yet. >>> decades old farm tradition in fredericksburg is coming to an end this week. the fredericksburg livestock exchange is closing because of declining sales and attendance. the exchange served as a cattle and other livestock. they say it's a loss for the community. >> i almost started crying because it was that emotional. someplace that we have been coming so long. >> freelance star reports that the exchange will hold its final auction on thursday. >>> forecast about 20 seconds away. first in less than two hours, there is a horse race champion that may take the track in baltimore. we're talking about nyquist. he won the kentucky derby a few weeks ago and now he's hoping to win the preakness this weekend. you see him right there. nyquist and his trainer work

kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman walking downai the street.the thevi drove up to her 10 am benning road southeast. they forced her into the car drove er to the 11 hundred block of 46th place and that's where they sexually assaulted her. investigator have a vague description of the suspect. they were believed to be drivind an older model white minin minivan. into smew police are trying toee find this man. wanted in the session assault and a burglary in northwest. he's accused of breaking intonto the victim's home after midnight tuesday. the victim says the man sexuallx assault ted her and then took off. he is described as beg fiveive eight, wearing a jacket over a red sweatshirt. >> also, more surveillance video for you take a look at. a this is an armed robbery. very hard to see right here. you can see there's a person inn a blue hoodie attack king a person on the grounds. the person was armed with a knife. happened last friday and the 1600 block of 21st streetee southeast. if you have any information cali dc police. >> developing tonight, fairfax i county in a controversial lawsuit ove

there was a fire near the tracks at the benning road metro station. we have called metro.back. but we can guarantee we will stay on top of it. also molette green is headed to the scene. >>> chuck has our first look at the forecast. chuck. >> thanks, and good morning. welcome back to a monday and back to work and school chances. and oh, my goodness, seriously, another soggy week of rain chances. today likely to be the 14th kof consecutive day with measured rainfall. rain chances remain fairly high through much of the week and courtesy of the clouds and return of the rain chances likely to be cooler than average. just ground clutter early this morning, but there are likely to be showers coming our way, so you'll need the umbrellas. 40s in the suburbs to near 50 in town. get your jackets on, temperatures will be back up into the 60s today. we'll time out the rain chances coming up. for now it is a monday >>> good morning. of course we're keeping an eye on the situation on metro and we'll keep you updated from the live desk and here once we know a little bit more about the pro

and a complete shutdown on the blue, orange and between eastern market and benning road and that will be from june 18th till july 3rd, 61,000 weekday trips impacted there. in total there are 15 of these major projects that are going to roll out one after the other over about the next year. if you want to see the complete list, i just tweeted out the information or go to nbcwashington.com. >> thank you, adam. right now there's an increased police presence at a burnsville high school. montgomery county police say someone tweeted a direct threat from students at the high school. police say several people called 911 to report that tweet. we spoke with the principal this morning about the nature of the >> i think it's a poor decision by a child. i know that it's a threat to the safety of our community and we take the safety and security of everyone extremely important. >> police are investigating where that threat came from. the principal says testing will go on as planned today. >> here's the latest, not tracking any rain across the area. today and tomorrow looking like two dry days. not

see that this ti train is still disabled on theln tracks here.ks now, we are right alonght ang benning road, so this is ins in between the stadium-armory-a station and the benning roadoa station and occasionally you'll see the other train, it n looks like one is coming i through here pretty soon.here p. you'll see the train on the the other track single trackingraing through here.ug h it was early in the morningheor before revenue service began,, apparently metro was doing some rail and track a tra maintenance over the weekend.e t then they run test trackses tra through the area to -- let me--l just stand by while these go go by so you can hear me. >> (sirens). >> reporter: what they do is w after they do that trackhat t maintenance work they have to run test trains over there to te make sure that everything isth i good to go and this was a test t train and as here, it somehow became disabled and then there was a small fire.sm where we saw most of the work w the inspectors were looking at, if you can kind of see you where there's a red fire heirhe can ting wishers on the trackthk and there'

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. >>> brand new problem southern avenue at benning road southeast. so right on the d.c. line. ad closure because of told. chopper 4 showing volume inbound 66 there at 50. looking pretty normal here for this time of day. otherwise looking good as far as travel times. 270 is betwegood, top of the be typical or maybe a little bit light. 66 and 95 north going to take you 26 minutes. that is on time as well. southbound out of town on 95, no issues right now. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop p in your car. >>> traffic at the toll booth looks good. what about the bay bridge itself? we'll give you a live look coming up. >>> and making a splash in the district. as the city kicks off the outdoor pool season. >>> a historic moment overnight as president obama becomes the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima. >>> plus the thing a number amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. save $500 on the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. plus 36-month financing. know better sleep. only

mike: across the street at benning road you can see the wmata crews trying to figure out what caused a power problem. monday there was an incident at the same location. our own brianne carter covered another delay for riders. again today we are seeing the riders impacted by this single tracking on the orange and the blue lines. a train right here on the overpass waiting to get through the area. silver line trains impacted with the trains operating between wheelly, resten east and ballston. we're told that riledders should expect delays of 30 minutes. the riders we spoke to said they didn't know it was single tracking. metro expecting this to impact many riders as we get closer to the rush hour this evening. officially metro said this was an arcing insulator incident but now it's a power source probl. resolved. michael, abc7 news. >> thank you. stop me if you have heard this one. rinse and repeat. this is the 15th day in a row we have since rain around here. so what can we expect tonight? doug: d.c. metro, west south, and southwest look good. we can't rule out isolated shower. the pat

of the blue, orange and silver lines, closed for over two weeks, between eastern marquette and benning road an eastern market and benning avenue. >> sooner we get out of the game. >> stressing nothing has been set in stone, but this plan may have to mo because federal inspectors have called for urgent immediate repairs in the section of track. meanwhile, today, for the first time, we heard from metro's safety officer, patrick lavin, he spent more than 30 years in the new york transit arena. >> when i started the job in 1983, we were in such a state of d disrepair, we were derailing a main line train every 28 darys. can imagine what it would take to turn that system around. >> reporter: and metro's problems are not insurmountable, meanwhile, will he be looking for strap changes. >> the perception is that you should get rid of the employees because look at the state of the system. however, you need to get beyond that, because if you're not getting -- giving your employees the chance to have track access, to get on the track, and make those repairs, then is it really that employee's faults? >>

starting june 18, trains will not run between eastern market and benning road or minnesota avenue for 16 conseciv days. the first two safety urges will be done on part of the system identified by federal investigators for needing immediate repair. >> there are options. i would like, i really would like to see the system fixed. >> general manager paul wiedefeld knows this will be tough for commuters. but he is advising riders to come one a plan before the nearly year-long work begins. >> what we are trying to do, there is a snowstorm coming in august, i can tell you the dates. start to think about it. >> this plan is modified after the f.t.a. responded about the original draft plan first out on may 6. coming up tonight at 6:00, we talk to the general manager about could the plans possibly change or last longer? we have that answer. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: thank you. take a look at this, folks. an survivor that burst into flames on capitol hill this morning. this happened behind the hyatt on first street in northwest. not far from the capitol building. there and

a few hours ago around 12:30 over on texas avenue near the intersection of benning road and east capitoltreet, another murder. a 21-year-old man shot and killed after an altercation there behind a gas station. police were all over the place. they brought in search dogs. they brought in evidence technicians. they're trying to get clues and

silver and the blue lines between rosslyn and benning road. this follows a directive by the f.t.a. to try to reduce electrical power drawn by the trains. metro says the restrictions should about have significant impact on service. all of this comes ahead of the general manager's safe track plan expected to be finalized this week. in arlington, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: millions of people are buying into a fitness tracking trend. you strap a band on your wrist and count a step toward a healthier you. allegedly. but what you might not realize is that data that is collected could one day show up in court. "7 on your side" fighting back reporter jennifer donelan here now with a preview of the special report. "who's tracking keep you honest about your steps. did you think the police could use it to see if you are being honest about what you were doing at a particular time? move, walk, run. all while the band around your wrist counts. >> definitely using it to be sure i stay active. jennifer: prince george's county resident hits the sidewalk every day. >> i just recently graduated

complete closure between the eastern market and minnesota avenue stations and the eastern market and benning roadtations. and that is going to last for 16 straight days. total shutdown. no trains in that section. you'll have to use buses to get around there. it is going to be incredibly disruptive. these are just two of 15 major problg projects that are coming. >> what are any, for alternatives, like buses? >> reporter: a lot of buses are being called in right now. what metro is telling riders is as they projects get closer and closer, you want to familiarize yourself with them. they will list in detail where you can find those bus plans and alternate ways to get around. we asked the general manager to rate this whole maintenance plan on a scale of 1 to 10. how disruptive would it be? he said it is about a 7. now that these new plans have been moved to the front it is a little bit greater than that. take a listen. >> those first two are very tough. in one case we're single tracking in a very -- a portion of the system that has a lot of traffic. then we shut down another portion of the system betw

talking about a shut down from eastern marquette to benning road and to minnesota avenue.hrough that area, you should start thinking about it right now. >> while metro's major minute nan -- maintenance plan is being finaliz finalized, it will start with a huge project. closed for over two weeks between eastern marquette and benning and minnesota avenue. >> we're pushing, you know, i think the sooner we get out there, the sooner we get ahead of the game. >> this plan may have to move to the front, because federal inspectors have called for urgent, immediate repairs in the section of track. with a host of safety issues a

that's not far from benning road just after about 2:00 this morning. no word if police have a or a suspect. >>> first at 4, we'll show you how it is bringing veterans together for a new mission. >>> before you fire up the grill, you need to see this. >> most definitely. why doctors are sounding the alarm about what could be on your grill on potentially in your stomach because of how you >>> good news if you still need to catch a fligh checkpoints are not the nightmare waits we have seen in recent weeks. more than 2 million have already traveled today. most have seen waits under 30 minutes through the holiday weekend. the agency says 95% of passengers waited less than 15 minutes. that is good news. >>> incredible video of a car barrelling into a store in upstate new york practically sending one man flying there. you can see three people scramble away from this. after the car pushes into the two eagles smoke shop outside of buffalo. a 20-year-old was behind the wheel, lost control during a turn before slam noming into th store. she was charged with dwi.

someone shot untilled trayvon williams on benning road.unless than a few blocks away someone killed tracey cooper ass she walked through her front fro door. they speculate she was killed as retaliation for cummings' murder. i believe that whoever went in there and got if they couldn't u get him they'd get somebody else. she's collateral damage in an ongoing fight somewhere. so >> she and it know she and it seen it coming. > police believe the murdersth may also be connected to a shootout in that same area last summer that left two men dead. > coming up at 10, fox news anchor meaghan kelly's sit down interview with republican presidential front runner donald trump. this is the first you and i hav discussed what happened over the past nine months.ont > the big interview right herew on fox5 a. what trump had to say about the nasty words he had to say about kelly that had the whole world buzzing. a car fire in chevy chase, maryland. we'll tell you how this life th wire emergency ended. shawn and tony, once again weg had a dayai that featured m

reporter: after that a complete shutdown on the blue, orange, and silver lines on eastern market and benning road and eastern market and minnesota avenue. safetrack would be a 7 on a scale of 1 disruption. these first two projects pushing things a little greater than a 7. >> they'll be on a higher end of the 7 and other ones will be on the lower end of the 7. >> reporter: a lot of people want to know what exactly will metro be fixing. this is related to rebuilding the tracks and focusing on the tracks. he is working on appointing a point person to oversee the whole thing. he is conducting internal and external interviews over the next week. now, we are talking about 15 major projects all rolling out one after the next over the next year. even if you don't take metro, you're going to want to familiarize yourself with all of those plans. you can check it out on nbcwashington.com. >>> we have a developing story tonight. a donald trump tedelegate from maryland is facing possible prison time. caleb bailey has been indicted on charges of child illegal transport of explosives, and illegal possession of

it would be between eastern market and benning road, between eastern market and minnesota avenue, and all of this would be completely disruptive to a lot of people. metro putting the final pieces of the puzzle together and expected to announce a finalized safe track plan next week. but this is expected to lead that safe track plan. back to you. >>> today a man charged with the deadly stabbing of a metro rider heads back to court. 1-year-old jasper spires will be arraigned today in the murder of kevin zsutherland. spires tried to rob him last july. zut e sutherland was stabbed 30 times. >>> this man a person of interest at the renaissance hotel last week. a man appeared to be videotaping someone from inside a bathroom stall. again the man in the video is a person of interest. if you recognize him, d.c. police would like to hear from you. >>> a developing story this morning. public schools may risk losing federal funding if they don't allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their identity. that directive was issued by the obama administration yesterday. leaders at both th

talking about a shut down from eastern marquette to benning road and to minnesota avenue. if you go through that area, you should start thinking about it right now. >> while metro's major minute nan -- maintenance plan is being finaliz finalized, it will start with a huge project. closed for over two weeks between eastern marquette and benning and minnesota avenue. >> we're pushing, you know, i think the sooner we get out there, the sooner we get ahead of the game. >> this plan may have to move to the front, because federal inspectors have called for urgent, immediate repairs in the section of track. with a host of safety issues a agencies. gm says no time to waste on any of the repairs. >> when i sat there at the ntsb hearing the other day and just heard through the litany of the decades here it, just reenforced to me, i just are to go. >> meanwhile, we heard from the first time, metro's safety officer, he spent more than 30 years in the new york city transit arena. >> when owe started the job in 1983, we were in such a state of disrepair that we were derailing a main lin

silver and blue lines they will totally shutdown between eastere market and minnesota avenue ande benning roadhat's shutdown willing for 16 days. after that back over to virginia on july fifth the yellow and blue line they will be totally shutting down between reagan airport and brad dick road for seven days, july 12th yellow and blue lines reagan to pentagon pn city they will shutdown for seven days. these trackings they are scheduled too go throughout the system until march 19th of 2017. metro's general manage paul wiedefeld is urging passengers study the "safetrack" scheduletc learn it and change your commute accordingly into next year hehe says. this cannot be put off any longer. >> i understand the frustration they are going to have the individual time, but the timehe that they really get impacted they can work around that, other we just have to go. tom to fitzgerald fox 5 local news.ews. >> one the biggest check points will be on the red line in november. metro plans to add buses. you can see the smart track plaa yourself we pit on our web night fox5dc.com. >>> coming up anti semitic fly

to would like to now take the train -- the streetcar not justj from union station here to benning road uniou station west to georgetown along k street and so that's whyt'hy they're having this communityom meeting to night that's at thest carnegie library on the mountheu vernon square at 6:00 o'clock0 l night like an open forum to let the public weigh in on that to expand d.c. streetcar west foror now it's going east and west ana that was because it's heading out of o town. there was a young girl namedlam taylor on her way to school andl mick on his way to work. w we'll hop on another train tra heading back in, streetcar and a see how that's going.. but there's plenty of room, security quiet but it's just j getting started, guys., g we'll see how the idea goes oncc people get used to it. >> bob, where are we in this six month grace period i've got to'o ride it at least, you know, at least once. >> reporter: i think you got about four months to go still.ll >> okay.>> >> reporter: you have some you time. we just hopped on and got on way back there like eighth and h and here it is we're al