and then braddock road and national ai customers only. rest of blue and yl owe running airport to largo town center approximately every 15 minutes springfield to braddock road and every 12 minute joel owe line. give yourself a lot of extra time if you stick to shuttle buses they may get crowded as more folks try head to work. you can take metro bus instead. increase service there vre. we have options for you. check with me on switer @erinfoxdc. aside from typical slow traffic 95 dale city to 123 four miles 7 minute jammed stafford and 610 and as you make your way 66 bit of congestion as well 234 to centerville and sxwramd mannasas to new braddock drive excuse me mannasas drive to braddock road. >> we'll get you covered this wednesday morning. allison and steve. >> campaign trail, trump attack on hillary clinton ramped up following fbi announcement not to file criminal charges oaf private emails as setting of state. i don't think voters will forget the rigged system that allowed crooked hillary to get away with murder. come november 8 she'

shut down between braddock road and national airplane. this is a headache especially if you're trying to get to the airport by way of the rails. >>> thank you, jack. >>> we should learn what kind of explosive materials seriously hurt a fairfax college student in central park in new york. the explosive materials are being analyzed in a lab. he stepped on a bag of homemade explosives on sunday and lost part of his leg. he is in serious condition. police don't believe it was left theto anyone. >>> police in fairfax county are looking for a man who robbed a bank on arlington boulevard in seven corn erps and triggered a bomb scare. the man robbed a td bank yesterday afternoon and then ran. police say as he fled, he took off his backpack and put it in front of the bank. officers evacuated several businesses in the area and called in the bomb squad. the backpack was disposed of safely, but the investigation caused huge traffic problems in the area for hours. >>> maryland wants to save the lives of police officers by outfitting them with new body

braddock road, city and pentagon shuttle service available.between braddock and for airport customers only. plan ahead and get early start if you keep to shuttle service. trains raining every twelve minute on the blue line. approximately every 15 minutes between franconia and braddock road and between hunting done and brakic for the yellow line commute also and crowded conditions and blue and yellow stations such as la front plaz plaza. pentagon city. all the way to vandoren street. if you look for alternate increase metro bus service fairfax corrector vre. pool service on uber and lift car pooling with friends or family to work. i would rather car pool with holly a commute and leave early on the shuttle bus. >> troubling new report highlights disparity and life expectancy in district between plaque men in d.c. have life expectancy 63 years. >> african americans in d.c. are twice as likey to die from heart disease and stroke and six times more likely. >> pepping sale of washington hole in north west d.c. facing a lawsuit. it's currently a nurs

we're at the braddock road station here. what is going on essentially is the blue and yellow lines are shut down between braddock road and national airport. now, if metro is providing -- metro is providing stt service. there's lots of people on hand to tell you where you need to go and how to get there. there is an limited shuttles that will take you directly to national airport. folks who are indeed going that way. the blue buses with metro insignia on them, they're inhanesing the service. what you need to know is essentially all of the blue and yellow line stations to points west, they'll have delays and crowds. how are people dealing with it? we spoke with one commuter whose experience was typical. he's just feeling his way around. >> are you leaving earlier to make -- >> well, this is the normal time i usually leave. i like to be ahead of the game especially when it comes to metro. this is nothing new for me. >> what do you think about it? >> i mean, it's way overdue. but it's an inconvenience but it's better for >> six

rail shut down between national airport and braddock road. you can catch shuttle buses at those station replace the rail service. you can get a shut service there and braddock road to national airport for airport customers. now because of that please and crowded companies and crowded trains at the following stations from fox plaza to penitentiary gop and pentagon city and crystal city and reagan national to vandoren street and franconia springfield. we expect closer to ruch to work we have increased pet row bus service and corrector bre and other options to get you around blue and yellow line if at all possible try to telecommute. th people. plan ahead and have patience. if headed to bethesda blocking a lean on river road green way drive takes massachusetts to get around that as well. other crashes in montgomery country as we continue. >>> happening now in northeast washington a police investigation of a police involved shooting. >> mip min avenue and coral street northeast a tape from 45 minutes ago. d.c. police investigating a sooting that

let's take look at braddock road station a train just arrived and you can see passengers exiting.longn and this is actually a little lt less busy than it was at thet t peak of the rush hour. you typically get 200 people or so coming off these trains maybn more. 300 or so and it's not not immediately apparent where tohee go. even though there are signs fors the shuttle buses to airports, pentagon city torque crystalue t city and there are wmata personnel out here helpingere hg people find their way.op many commuters i spoke to thiso morning said they were confusedn as to where to go waiting on on really long lines for very crowded shuttles.hu so rail capacity is pretty heavy this morning and remember metror has been telling commuters to t find alternatives to the rail ai the peak of the rush hour metro estimates 6,000 passengers passg from the braddock road stationda north there are not nearly enoughrl shuttle buses to accommodateccom that type of capacity.at typof c we don't have the ridership the numbers yet this morning.t thisg but it does seem that moreor people are using the r

you see the riders waiting for braddock road station. riders of the blue and the yellow line with the surge three and four happening this week can expect travel delays coming up on metro this week as well. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, jeff. reminder you can get metro rail updates to your telephone. sign up for our metro text alert by logging on to wjla.com/text. you can text the word "metro" to 43817. still ahead tonight -- a worker for the democratic party shot to death in a quiet northwest neighborhood. the clues that people are following up on. plus an update from the campaign trail including the building speculation about the possible vice presidential picks. doug: warm and comfortable weather conditions today. i will change over the next few days. heat and humidity on the rise. we will tell you what to expect coming up next at "abc7 maureen: we have new information about a car crash that killed two people over the weekend. a car was driving on ohio road saturday night off the potomac river when it

road pentagon city to crystal city and braddock airport.k to you. >> 36 is the time now coming up on "fox" news morning records set to be released today could reveal what joe paterno said about children and assistant coaches. >> nd headlines for what he posted on instagram account. >> as we look outside live look across the region. time 5:37. temperature 74 degrees. back after this a man was sitting with his back what looks like a group of teen and one walks up behind the man and slaps him. suspect threatened to attack the victim again when he turns to confront them. mets row transit police put out a wanted poster. . >> police say a suspicious note washington street and the building was evacuated as precaution. police have not refield content of the notes. >> chelsea manning was hospitalized last week due to suicide attempt and manning was convicted in 2013 ofes pea nanl and providing wikileaks with hundred of thousands of classified materials and manning is serving 35 year sentence 28-year-old transgender soldier will under supervision for

this next phase of the safetrack plan will close metro train service between braddock road and reagan national airport. ileana diaz is at braddock station with what you can expect. >> reporter: starting tuesday metro riders will have to take a shuttle from here, just 3 miles but it does mean more time and more effort. >> i have a concern about the tourists because they never know where they are going and that's going to cause some problems. >> reporter: the problem could happen here as part of the safetrack surge blue and yellow lines will shut down between the braddock road and airport stations forcing riders to go down and wait in line for shuttles to bus them back and forth. the shuttles will only carry 75 passengers. metro officials say prepare for long delays. >> i think it's better to avoid it because it's going to get pretty bad in terms of traffic, you know, for traffic and stuff like that and with certain places being closed, i think it's going to be pretty chaotic. >> the chaos has already started for some. >> at this point i'm thinking about getting a city bike and trying t

for seven days, the plan is the track between reagan airport and braddock road. then for the next seven days, the plan is to shut down the track between the airport and pentagon city. the crystal city station will complete the shutdown. straight for two weeks, anyone who uses this section of metrorail to get into d.c. or back will be affected a lot. >> i had no idea this was happening. tom: she'd rub in alexandria but lives near richmond. in town for a conference, she was stunned to learn about safe track now she will rely on her parents. >> they will drop me off at pentagon city. they are so sweet. line train just left. there has been some confusion tonight as safe track has begun. acyclic him if you want to get between here and braddock road -- basically, if you want to get between here and braddock road station, you w after monday, the trains will not head north for a week. live at reagan national airport, tom roussey, abc 7 news. we are also following an active investigation at the wheaton manner of station -- wheaton metro station. the red line train ran pas

free shuttle braddock to pentagon city. fairfax county is urging residents to telework or use flexible work schedules. >> impacting the blue and yellow lines and shut down service between national airport and braddock road many used shut buses to get around and 77% of riders used other options to get to work during the maintenance work. >>> all right. we're coming up on 4:35 let's get a khex of weather today. not a bad day yesterday, gary mcgrady, hopefully the same. we can push >> i think so. the only difference is there's a slightly better chance i mean slightly better we may end up with a little shower or thunderstorm late this afternoon into this evening. and most of us will stay dry okay. and maybe you see a little bit -- well you don't see it but you feel a little more humidity coming back into the picture today. certainly by tomorrow i think tomorrow that's when the humidity really starts to crank back up and it will stay with us for the most part through the weekend and we're expecting temperatures to climb up as we

road and crystal city and pentagon city and braddock road and national airport for airport customers just be prepared for a lot of chronic conditions on metro on the yellow and blue lines and we'll be running in two different semingt from blue and yellow between franconia and braddock road and national largo account center and braddock road as well as national airport in greenville and check ahead any questions erin fox to leave early if you take the yellow or blue line right now no current metro delays or issues and tomorrow morning maybe metro bus taking vre or car pooling better bet for you. currently take a look at crashes on i-95 northbound side in the express linz before dale city and 95 northbound prince william parkway two crashes den dale city and woodbridge causing major slow downs 95 northbound and wet commute as well and fallen tree limbs and traffic sharing outbound side on inbound side one lane getting by and then we have few standing water in bethesda river road green way day caution in both directions, press turn around don't drown expect listened aires and on the bel

every 15 minutes betweenwe franconia-springfield and braddock road. every 12 minutes.ut as for the yellow line twoine segments as line. 12 minutes between huntingtonetn and braddock h road and 12 a 1 minutes between national nio airport and greenbelt f you'red taking the blue orgr yellow linl keep that in mind as you head ya out.out. watch for crowded conditions coi on those shuttle buses anduses expect longer wait times andes crowded conditions at theat t following metro stops l'enfant n plaza pentagon, pentagon city pn as well as crystal city, c king street old town in alexandria.exania. eisenhower, huntington van dorn and onn franconia-springfield.co this will impact service for those virginia commuters. commu. you can use metrobus as much.uc fairfax sector vre also available to replace those metro trains. art, arlington rapid transit tns and dash in alexandria. you have options in addition adt to biking to work if possible and telecommuting the mosthe m desirable or taking car to go, zip car.zip car. i'm happy to help you planpp your alternates and if you plan on t

willu continue on, you reboard a train at braddock road. ride theof you live or blue lines and yellow lines in northern virginia headed toward d.c., the pentagon, or the airport, your trains will terminate at braddock road. that is where you will catch a shuttle bus and reboard the train. what are writers saying about the commute? >> i left earlier than i normally do, so i am exhausted, but it was otherwise usual. >> i took the metro to braddock road. >> a little busy, not too bad. >> easy commute? >> a few extra minutes. sam: while everything went smooth this morning, metro wants to remind the public they don't want you to get comfortable. find alternate needs of transportation because they simply don't have the capacity to accommodate all of their regular riders. this jummy: and by the way, wjla.com has a complete guide to safetrack, and you can get text alerts about delays on metro as well. just text the word metro to 43817 to sign up. more express lanes on i-95 in virginia are being planned. the state got a multimillion dollar plan to i

to pentagon and shuttles run braddock road and pentagon cit city. fairfax urging telework or flexible >> matt kack lynn interview with mayor bowser and chief linear that intire interview is on our web site. they talked about it more on fox5dc.com. >> more women are asking for what they wants on social media app tippeder. >> well how the dating app is used now to find men will be to do housework. >> shut up. >> really? >> okay. >> and pokey monday is back in a big way. we'll take a closer look at why adults and kids are fining the new pokemon go app addictive. >> crazy. >> first do you have any idea how many times a day you touch your cevl phone. new study says average person taps, clicks and twipz more than 2600 times a day. >> that's afternoon person wlaeb news people do. >> oh, my goodness. >> that amounts to total of 145 minutes daily on phone over 76 separate phone con study showed that most phone use take place at bedtime and as for overnight hours a whopping 87% of participants admitted to checking gadgets between midnight and 5 a.m.. >> if yo

others stuck it out while track work cut off rail service between braddock stations. >> reporter: some virginia commuters had to deal with lines to board shuttles but the good news is that the lines are moving, some say it's different from yesterday. >> it was not good. >> yesterday was a lot worse. it's because it is there first day. >> she gave the metro rail system another try one day after he experienced sluggish lines to get to pentagon city. >> more organized. >> reporter: he has to pick up the rail at the metro station since trains are not moving between braddock and reagan national. he says riding metro is the cheapest way for him to get to work. he is willing to cope. we caught up with brenda bonds. she didn't wait long but will be glad when it's over. >> took me two hours to get home last night. >> reporter: metro saw a drop in ridership wednesday morning. for some it was hard to tell when the crowds formed yesterday. for some riders, they decided for another option. >> a lot easier for me to have a friend take me from the braddock station into downtown rather than try and me

blue line trains are going to run every 15 minutes between franconia and braddock road. every 12 minutes between national airport and largo. and then the yellow line trains will run every 12 minutes between huntington to the braddock road stop and every 12 minutes between national airport and green belt. now, i spoke with metro riders tonight, one who is going to give the workarounds to try all the shuttle buses and one who actually took the shuttle buses for the first time tonight. here's what they had to say. i'm looking into the shuttle bus. i think it's a viable option. i'm probably going to increase the amount of time for my commute in the morning. but 15, 20 minutes is not terrible. it's just going to be hectic. i have to take a shuttle here, and then go there. i have to look into it more. it's a little inconvenient a little l earlier than posted on social media. i guess i'm just happy that it's being done because metro is like one of my only ways of getting around. so i'm glad that they're finding a way to really take care of things. now, the shuttle bus service t

the targeted area this time right here between the reagan airport and braddock road stations. there stretch of the blue and yellow lines is shutdown foror several days.da sarah simmons is life at reagan national airport with more. >>reporter: that's right. this work is going on until july 11. they really tried to make itit clear. we're still inside the airportap and they already have signs si inside the airport, pointing people in the direction of where the shuttle stop is before you e get inside metro. when you get i'm side there's additional, you know, pose terse there telling you which surgeono they're on and shuttle bus information showing you no raila service. they ride to make it veryit v obvious and then as i mentioned before, the shuttle l stop. so they still have additionalddt signs right through here that directs people.di for the most part seem to be getting to the areas that they need to.o. let's go over what they will be doing in order to get access around the airport. blue line trains are going tooig run every 15 minutes between franconia and braddock road.road e

once they got here to the braddock road station. there are a number of volunteers and employees directing riders. signs up over the station. riders found it difficult to determine which shuttle bus they needed to be on. if you need to get to the airport there is a direct shuttle bus to get you there. you can take the shuttle bus to the pentagon city station. take a bus here to braddock street to get to crystal city, metro way. the new bus rapid transit in the area is free to riders to get you there to crystal city. metro riders have mixed reaction on the first full day of surge three. some say they had to wait a long time to get on a bus at pentagon city or crystal city. others say it wasn't as bad as they expected. now today we got new information on the work done in surge two. the 16-day shut down. we have now learned that crews worked to repair track defects that impact speed and ride quality. 235 insulators. 12 signals replaced. four switches there on the track to replace. some riders complaining that there have been issues ther

volunteers will be leading groups every day from the braddock road station.r nbc washington app. >>> expect delays around the roosevelt bridge. v dot will be doing inspections through friday. they focus on the brings and the ramps leading to it. it should not start until after rush hour at 10:00 and should be done by 3:00 in the afternoon. >>> the senate returns from the july 4th recess later today. one of the things not on the agenda, gun control legislation. four gun control measures were introduced in the senate last month. it fell short of the votes. house democratic leaders will call for a vote on gun control today. this comes after dozens of local families march on capitol hill on tuesday. families of gun violence victims held a sit-in demanding congress take action on gun control legislation. six people were arrested house speaker paul ryan will allow a vote on the gun-related bill. the measure would allow the attorney general to delay the sale of a gun to a suspected terrorist for three days. some say it's not real gun control and will oppose it. >>>

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we're live at the braddock road station with adam tuss. adam?porter: as prepared as they can be. the next surge starts at 8:00 tonight, which is only about 3 1/2 hours from now. for the most part, people say they have heard about it and they are making alternative plans. the bus is going to be a big part of this next plan because rail service is going to be shut down between braddock road and reagan national airport. that means you want to get on the right bus. you have to pay attention to the signage on those buses. we talked about all the transportation and environmental services spoke with us for the city of alexandria. >> we will have people out on braddock road helping people get to the right place but with the weather warm, the trains are going to be very crowded and the bus bridge is going to be very crowded. >> reporter: think about the weather over the next couple of days. we're talking about 90s, high 90s and switching between a bus and a train and back and forth. it's going to take an extra level of patience over the next couple of da

shuttle service replacing that between braddock road crystal ct city pentagon city as well asls braddockoad and airport forirt airport customers.mers give yourself an extra hour if you're taking that shuttleinthat bus. otherwise keep in mind thend yellow and blue lines running in two different segments. d trains every 12 minutesif huntington to braddock fashion at a to airport.ato ai every 15 minutes franconia-springfield line. line. my my want to consider an alternate. we'll keepnt youup date. back to you on the testifying.u >> thanks erin. >>> the nationals are in new york for a four gameon series se with the mets with first placeet on the line.s l >> last night's game wass ga w dominated by the long ball, the mets hitting four home four runs. fifth inning wilmer floresr floe connects on a three run shot r to give the home team a seven-six lead. ld. nats also hit four home runs. r. daniel murphy getting back at bk his former team with a soloo home run to cut the deficit to eight-seven.ght-se his fifth homer this seasonn against the mets. top of the ninth nats down two murphy with a run

live at braddock road, derrick ward, news4.to you. >> that is right, it isn't just this week's surge that will affect the way you get around this summer. as we make our way around the third of 15 surges, metro is asking that you take thet9v bus often as possible. don't forget about vrep <÷u also consider a uber or lyft driver. how to get around the delays. we'll send you breaking news alerts to your phone if any significant problems creep up. >>> house democratic leader nancy pelosi wants republicans to bring!2l a vote on gun legislation. she held an event with families and supporters to call attention to this issue. house speaker paul ryan says he on a gun-related bill. the measure would allow the attorney general to delay the sale of a gun to a suspected terrorist for three days. some democrats say it's not real gun control and will oppose it. >>> a different controversy at doctors are looking to see whether elevated lead levels in the water are affecting anyone there. officials shut off the water in the cannon house office b

yellow train lines will run every 12 minutes between huntington and braddock road.i spoke with metro ridersid tonight, one who is going to use the free shuttle bus a try. another who used the shuttle for the first time tonight.me so let's take a listen and see what they have to say. i'm looking into the shuttlehutt bus. i think it's he a viable optiont it's going to increase my commute, 15, 20 minutes. it's not terrible. it's going to be hectic. i have to take a hut shuttle here, and then go there. it's a little inconvenience because ico guess they stopped t a little earlier than posted on social media. i'm just happy that it's beingig done. taking metro is one of my only what is of getting around. so i'm glad that they're finding a way to really take care of things. > now the shuttle bus service from what we have seen throughout the night seems to bo fairly organized. passengers tell me they have plenty warnings on the trains.ng they were telling them on thethm intercom system. sy there were also signs post a presented you even get to the te metro platform. but the

closing the yellow and the blue lines between airport and braddock road.n inconvenience for travelers. metro says six times more customers access the airport from the north than they do from the south. we spoke from the local commuters. not necessarily travelers preparing to adjust for the week ahead. >> yeah, it i had to pay for parking today and friday i had to pay for a taxi. >> getting up earlier and getting home later. >> the crews are out there working around the clock and doing work they couldn't do without having one of these shutdowns. jeff: here is this. metro wants the commuters to go from pentagon city to the airport and braddock road. they want the localized commuter buses between pentagon city, crystal city and the airport to be designated for travelers. they know the commuter buss to the airport will be busy and crowded. so if your commuter is going through pentagon city and braddock road, go on the commuter buses that bypass the airport entirely. let the shuttle buses through the airport. be for people using the airport. live in arlington,

tomorrow night, it will have a big impact on blue and yellow lines they will be closed between braddock regan national that cuts off the morning rush from alexandria, into dc a lot of people telling us they will hit the road instead of the rails. >> i just hope no body else has the same idea so we don't have like a big delay in traffic. >> yeah, 395, u.s. 1, dw parkway going to be bad news shuttle buses will be ferrying people between national airport and braddock road stops. metro is sending buses but they say there won't be enough of them for more information on the safe tracks plan and scheduled closings download free wusa 9 news app. >>> a pilot died when his small plane crashed outside corral springs florida the family called the faa last night when they couldn't reach him the plane's wreckage was found this morning he was the only person onboard and an investigation is under way into the cause. >>> an officer shot and killed a man who tried to run them over at a crowded festival downtown reno. police say they shot the man after he drove his minivan past a barricade, and toward tha

. >> reporter: here is what is happening part of the blue and yellow lines are closing, there is braddock road there is regan national for a week metro is cutting off the tracks in between. shut down metro is sending extra but there won't be enough >> they promise it will be very crowded so of course it is hard. >> reporter: shutting down tracks is the only way says metro, much of this 3-mile stretch is elevated. tough work making for tougher commutes. >> in the long run this is probably for the best but these two weeks will be not very fun. >> reporter: safe track surge three ends monday but after that a new shut down north of regan national airport in all virginians will feel the pain until the 18th. >>> the metro has advice for folks coming from springfield, franconia, points south of braddock come from virginia and take virginia railway express. >>> police in new york city are trying to figure out who put a home made explosive in central park that badly injured a young man from fairfax county 18-year- old connor golden and two other graduates of oakton high school were climbing centra

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transportation reporter adam tuss is at braddock road. adam? >> reporter: you are forced to make a change if this is part of your normal kmunt. let's look at the platform as another train is servicing the station. no rail service on the blue and yellow lines right here. with another safetrack surge here, many are looking for alternate ways to commute. >> i work from home, usually, which is great because i don't have to make the metro anymore. >> whole companies changing their approach. >> some people are looking for other stations or metro buses taking leave. >> reporter: so called bike trains will be used. volunteers will be leading groups every day from the braddock road metro station. >> they are leaving every half hour on the half hour starting at 6:30 in the morning. >> reporter: 60,000 riders per day expected to be impacted by this next stage on the blue and yellow line. metro is already getting the equipment into position. if you stick with metro, you'll have to jump between a train and bus to complete your trip. that means you better ge

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road to crystal city and pentagon and shuttles run between braddock road and pentagon sit yain fairfax county urging residents to fell he work or use flexible work schedules. you have been warned. >> you want to go to cuba. flights in u.s. to havana could start next fall and you have to depart for another city department of transportation is proposing to select 8 airlines to begin scheduled flights between 10 cities and havana and d.c. is not one of the cities on the schedule. transportation officials say restoring regular a holds tremendous potential to reunite cuban american families and foster education and opportunities for american business of all sizes. >> and an exclusive one-on-one interview with d.c. top leader and police chief kathy linear and muirial bowser together lay out a plan to fight violence in the nation's capitol. >> and using a robot bomb in last week's ambush, one local department has the same robot and we'll talk to one police chief about the use here. . >> and pokemon is back in uber popular new app. even more popular than tinder or twitter right now. hey, sue.

this craucsh in the process of getting cleared inner loop past braddock road.oa jam packed from thefrhe springfield interchange past this points. warm front another crash bysh chain bridge road.ind. that has us down to just onee lane of traffic are you jamc j packed from 50 all the way to wo chain bridge road so bigid problems on the inner loop this morning. morning. let's switch it over for aor different look at our man's ourn right now. this camera will get that worked out with vdot but we b w have emergency road work two wo right lanes blocked 50 east past collingtons road. roa give yourself extra time in bowie.e. 450 closure 450 both directions at saint stevens church road. if you are taking metro today a all raakil lines on time excepte for safe track surge four. no trains between nationalio airport and pentagon city.it this is causing big delays on the blue and yellow linines. lis there is shuttle service available between braddock b roadet pentagon allison and steve. >> northwest d.c. community grieving the loss of one of its resident. lde last flight a

metro this morning, surge number three: shut down between braddock road and national airport throughuly 11th. kmorng, silver and orange, single tracking. you can expect delays in both directions. back to you. >> jack taylorfvin for melissa. chuck talked about it. ) is here now. molette green is out in the thick of it this morning with tips for us. smiling through the heat, molette. >> oh, yeah. there are just a few joggers out. one guy didn't have on much clothing. i guess that's his way to beat the heat. the best time to exercise outdoors, early in the morning or later in the day. it's really muggy. kind of hard to breathe. i'm pretty much a healthy person, not exercising, so the duck paddle boats have having a better time than i am. here's what we can all do to beat the heat. it is number one. drink more water. that's what we need to do. before going to bed, gusle down an extra glass of water after you've been drinking water all day. try your best to avoid caffeinated drinks. it's hard for us to dovfyl on t morning shift and avoid the salty foods and don't forget to check on the el

metro employees wearing special yellow directed people to the buses that would take them to the braddockoad station to continue south. it's the third of 15 of what metro calls safe track surges and it is expected to affect about 60,000 drivers. >> it's fairly easy. the bus is right outside the station. >> i just got back from l.a., so i didn't know it would affect me right now. but it's easy to find and get to huntington station. so i'm fine with it. >> i live in d.c. i go all the way to alexandria, so i have to get up earlier. >> reporter: now, these changes which will last about a week until the 11th are so significant we're told some companies in the area have revamped their work from home and flex time jackie bensen. >>> the aging arlington bridge just got some help. a $90 million fast lane grant was approved to make some improvements. there is currently a ten-ton weight limit. buss are not allowed to cross memorial bridge. planning for phase one of the project will begin immediately. the full project is expected to cost $250 million. >>> virginia will be getting $165 million to make

the blue and yellow line service will be shut down between braddock road and national airport. a lot of information. keep track through the day and plan for alternates, alternates, all the nas. . >>> a community meeting on a homicide t killed 23-year-old jiuquan hall. the victim's mother told our bureau chief that she believes her son's death is related to a nearby murder from a few weeks ago. the meeting begins at 6:30 at the charles houston recreation center. >>> new video in this morning of a high-speed chase in north carolina. the suspect is a wanted man in our high yachtsville weaving through traffic at nearly 110 miles an hour. this is yesterday morning. police eventually stopped and arrested him. he's wanted for stabbing a police officer at a grocery store last month. lawrence is also wanted on strong arm robbery charges in prince george's county. >>> we're learning more about the former national guardsman accused of plotting to help isis and stage an attack. he made a first federal court appearance on tuesday. he is suspected of buying an ar-15 from blue ridge arsenal i

fairfax country parkway southbound between braddock road and fairfax. 66 quiet.een on the map as you make your way through fairfax this morning as you head to virginia. typical congestion across all the major. 9 a5 northbound passing through stafford and 66 eastbound past 234 and 28 slow to must braddock road and we have a break from safe track work today stage four wrapped up yesterday and back. you know what to expect as well now metro is on time. holly and wisdom. >> in wichita the goal was to on communications and build trust with police and the community. >> new questions were being asked about how the zika virus is spread. health officials say a man that died after inekt inked with the zika virus passioned it to his caregiver. they don't know how. they did not have exsl you'll contact when is how the virus is spread in adults. it is not found in the high altitude area they live. the man that died caught the virus traveling aid before and caregiver has fully recovered. >> time now is 5:50 let's take a look at stories you're engaging with most this morning on

likely just got off a shuttle from braddock road or from national airport.this gentleman here giving information to folks. those folks going downstairs washington, d.c. these folks coming up the escalator right now just got off of a metro. from d.c. very likely. they will be headed to one of two shuttle buses. either this one going to reagan national airport or another one going to the braddock road metro station. that for commuters. it's really busy and it has been all afternoon. now down below it was crowded. not surprisingly on the platform at pentagon city metro with people going in so many different directions. surge four will last for a week or so and it means the closure of the blue and yellow line between pentagon city and the reagan airport. it will impact 86,000 trips a day. surge four creates a particular challenge for a lot of travelers. a lot of tourists in d.c. this time of year. metro says six times more customers access the airport from the north than they do from the south. that impacts this particular surge. travelers aren't thrilled with t

the track work is happening between braddock road and the reagan national airport station. so the trains aren't moving between them. some riders decided to avoid those trains after going through the first round of change yesterday. searching for more possible victims in a bizarre case of alleged child sex abuse. investigators say 42-year-old laranna steel lured 12, 13 and 15-year-old boys to her apartment in northeast d.c. she promised them ice cream and popcorn. and then locked the door and forced them to have sex with her. bruce leshan is live on play place with new details of a pretty sordid case. bruce? >> yeah, lesli. the new details are really far too graphic. they even describe on tv. but i tell you, there are a lot of parents around here who are really worried about the long- term impact on these boys of this alleged abuse. >>> parents holding their children each closer. after word that a woman who was a fixture in this neighborhood allegedly abused three boys and maybe many, many more. >>ic i would always see children out. >> now, in hindsight, that must freak you

no rail service betweenl se national airport and braddock bd road on the blue and yellow line.line.huttle service will replace that rail service for braddock road crystal city pentagon forgn airport customers.. if you're headed to or from or r the airport shuttle servicele could be crowded and taxi tax lines anticipate to be much b m more crowded as well.s w plan ahead. give yourself an extra hour ifou you plan to keep it to metro m for the yellow and blue line blue line national airport to ar largo town center every 15 minutes. other than that the rest ofanha your metro service should bevicl on i'm going up at 5:00 a.m..m and our roads are quiet. qui i'll let you know when thathat changes. ch >> hillary clinton says she's cs ready to adopt some of bernie sanders' ideas as part of her platform. plat >> we may be at the end of a hall of fame nba career. >> 4:38 is the time.ime. 78 degrees is the temperature. we are back after this.r ts. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> 4:40. that means it's time to look at the stories you're engaging with most this morning on social media.t edia fox5's annie yu joins us

yellow and red to virginia 28 northbound virginia new braddock road speeds under 30 miles an hour and 66 eastbound biggest slow zone 234 to september areville and speeds under 10 miles an hour and stafford center citizens bank park way to 610 jammed across the occoquan. let's look at sky fox as you make your way to beltway at new hampshire. traffic slowing. i don't want to jixing us. outer loop looking nice 95 to georgia and upper loop also just as quiet and look right now back at our maps and we'll show you some other slow downs you need to be aware of 270 south and 50 west slowing and we got you covered with metro commute and on roads allison and steve. >> 6:09 as pokemon go craze continues a kind remind they are morning from national mall and memorial park they posted on facebook page asking people playing pokemon go on the mall to be respectful of fellow visit towards at the memorials and places of solemnly reflection and national mall is getting in on all th though they said to keep an eye out for ranger led pokemon hunts coming soon. it's sort of what are we -- you know don't do

tue this is a look at a crash inner loop past braddock road. left lane r blocked.ing by in the right lanes is extremely slowreo from the springfield the interchange past that point.. overflow on 95 northbound95 norh trying to get onto the inner loop as well.he let's move our cameras quickly.kl i want to show you a look. s you one lane getting by past chainah bridge road because of a hugefe crash scene there. traffic at a standstill froml 50. keep it to fox5 news morning. more news, weather and traffic in a few. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning.org >> right now at 7 o'clock, veep stakes time. te. the presidential candidates ramping up the guessing game over their vice presidentialid picks. newest clues for donald trump's choice to be announced tomorrow.tomo. >>> new law hillary clintonaw hl putting to the test today. tay >> powerful moment at last night's he is poo espy awards. d >> also a if you are guilty of o just flat out losing your cool l lined the wheel you're notou'rot alone. a new report says the majorityay of drivers are guilty of roadoa rage. and we're g

blue line running every 15 minutes betweensetween franconia-springfield andco braddock road.y 12 minutestes between national airport and and largo town center.o tow the yellow running every 12 minutes mut between huntington andgton and braddock road as well as national airport and greenbelt.grnb these are the stations that will be affected with crowdedwd conditions on the platforms and crowded conditions on thecod trains.trains. anticipate longer wait timest ts at l'enfant plaza pentagon penta pentagon city crystal city reagan national braddock roadocr king street old town t eisenhower avenue huntingtonng van dorn andvan dorn and franconia-springfield.co if that is your normal commutenc on the blue and yellow line give yourself a lot of extralo time. avoid the shuttle buses if bes possible.. if you're looking for a different mode of transportation for the nexton fx seven days that is increased metrobus service. you have the fairfax connector vre art dash in alexandria. obviously telecommuting the most desirable.st if that's not an option youu can also carpool use the shrug s

threefe that has t shuttle buses replacing rail service on the yellow and blue line between bee braddockoad and nationalna airport. as you make your way out one yow the inner loopay earlier crashea just past the dulles toll road o did clearly all lanes opened. oe delays starting to easeing to between seven and georgetownse pike.veke but we are still seeing stilleen heavier traffic in that area. a let's take a live look outsideut as you make your way fromm tysons through mclean this morning. we'll show you a look at one of those cameras.of again all lanes are opened andsd traffic is starting to move. me. just watch for some stop ande sa go conditions left over att that point.at point you can see much more openmore than what we were seeing about a 15 minutes ago.15 mines ago. a look back to our maps, wes, have some other issues you need to be aware of. of. delay building 295 southboundouo eastern to pennsylvania.ylni you need about i would sayould nine extra minutes and then 50 e inbound through cheverlyy toward 295 is show.s s we have a disabled vehiclea dibd blocking the fribbled at dowe

work that has the orange -- oe - excuse me the yellow and bluellu lines shut down between betwe braddockle busingusin single tracking for track repair. re orange and silver eastern ma m market to cheverly.rke big slowdowns for metro.et be prepared for that.ha an twitter.tw we'll check in with this tree t down in damascus next.t. beltway right now cruising.isg. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ f5 newsis fox5 news morning. >> straight ahead at 6:00 and:0a happening right now, a hit and run on the suitland parkway inui the district. the scene still very active. >> causing big traffic backups b in the area. alsoig a d.c. firefighterefightr suspended from his job undernder investigation by police now.io all has to do with a facebook ak post about the shooting death of a black man b ty police inn baton rouge.bato we'll hn ear from that firefighter ahead.fi >> first, though, live look outside on this thursdayhis ursy morning. it's july 7th. jul7t weather and traffic coming up cg on the 5s at 6:05. 6 good morning to you, i'm you, im allison seymour.ou >> and i'm steve chenevey. ste welcome to fox5 news morning. f

. >> we've got the long-term work zone, blue and yellow lines will be closed between braddock road and right now, orange and silver y÷cheverley. virginia, 95 northbound, in the scres lane, near lorton. it's not causing any kind of a delay. you are good to go. back to you. >>> thank you, it's not unusual for kids to be afraid of something come bedtime but this little girl has good reason. the bullet found in her mattress. >>> another development in the criminal case against bill cosby. what his lawyers are now asking for. >>> it's something a lot of you may use today, what if we designed a stain for your deck... that not only looked as handsome as charles stephens' barrel on his farewell voyage over niagara falls... but stood up to any kind of weather... ...no matter if the forecast is this... ...or this... ...or this. if a stain can make your deck beautiful and survive any amount of torture... ...is it still stain? arborcoat from benjamin moore owe

city as well ass braddock road to nationaload airport for airport customers.o.ro letting folks know no plaa for crowded platform, crowdedwdd trains. trains. the blue line and yellow lineyel will be running two different d secretaries every 15 minutes on the blue line between franconia and springfield and braddock road.road and then on the -- then on the yellow line every 12 minutes2es between huntington and braddockc road and national airport and green belt.el they're letting folks now if yo are taking the blue or yellowlo line you may encounter extra crowded conditions l'efantons plaza, pentagon, pentagon city,t crystal city, are you beganu bea national, braddock, king streetr old town, eisenhower avenue ave stops, huntington, van dorn and franconia springfield a lot of metro stations affected with wit crowded conditions from thismhi rail shut down on the yellow anw blue line kicking in tonight.. if you want to get around that t we do have increased metro bus service.rve. fairfax county connector is ansn option. vre, dash and in alexandrialexaa whatever your pl

there will be no yellow or blue line service between national airport and braddock starting tuesday, july 5. this surge is only scheduled to last a week. will that, surge four close service between pentagon city and national airport, lasting one week. urged to make alternate plans. and signed up to get breaking news about your commute right to your phone by texting the word "metro" to 43817. the d.c. streetcar started carrying passengers a month ago. how was it doing? chris papst found out. chris: the long-awaited d.c. streetcars. some love it. >> it's not crowded. >> a big space. chris: others do not. >> the timing is never good. chris: are you going to take it when it is no longer free? >> probably not. chris: in the first two months of service, ridership was consistent, about 68,000. last month, ridership fell by nearly 8%. is that a concern? >> not really. said the city projected 50,000 monthly riders. even with the drop in may, 63,000 is considered good. >> it is still a fledgli out ridership. the troubled streetcar project has spanned three d.c. mayors and cost taxpayers over $