we have a live shot and will take you crystal city now. s and dust from leftover construction in the tunnel that looks to be improving and they have air ventilation systems running and causing hazy conditions in pentagon city as well as crystal city however keep in mind stations are still on and trains running and we have no delays now. break from safe track work surge five starts tomorrow allison and steve. >> here we go again. ocean city maryland are thanking social media app snap chat for helping them solve a crime. 24-year-old brian engelman from new york posted a video on saturday night of himself stealing a jeep and driving erratically to a bar. offirs down to the popular spot. it was secrets in case you want to know. needless to say his night ended early he was placed in cuffs and taken to jail. >> take a look at this this is another big trend right now group of kids tourist from chicago jumping into baltimore inner hash for for a swim. there were four and then a dozen jump in and much to the shock of locals who took out they are cel

free shuttles will be available from braddock road to crystal city and pentagon. tles will run between braddock road and pentagon city and fairfax country is umin residents to telework or use flexible work schedules. >> the surge three repairs impacted blue and yellow lines and shut down service between national airport and braddock roads. many people used shuttle buses to get around and met low told us 70% of riders use other openings to get to work during the maintenance work >> 5:35 time to talk a little weather. tell us about a terrific tuesday i hope, gary. >> i think it's good. more humid today and for the most part okay. temperatures probably won't drop more than that in the cit city. whip chester 66 and martinsburg 64 and annapolis 74 and fredericksburg is 6. that's where we start off this morning. look where we go today. looking at the planner. show you by 11:00 or so mostly sunny. warm though. temperatures already up to 82. a few clouds around at 2:00. temperature of 86. we're going to top it out today in upper 0s. couple of thunderstorms out there late t

the other from pentagon city to crystal city to the airport and back.re will be a shuttle directly to the pentagon. >> i'm glad they are fixing things, and i hope it actually gets fixed. >> reporter: well, those free shuttles will pick people up here at the usual metro bus stop, and that is near the entrance to the crystal city metro station at 18th street and bell street. i'm mola lenghi. >> fortunately just for another week. thank you. if you have not already, make sure to download the wusa 9 app. you will get the best way around the shutdowns 24/7. >>> police have been canvassing the bloomingdale neighborhood in the northwest. 27-year-old seth rich was shot to death early yesterday while walking home. police are look possibility his murder is connected to recent robberies in the neighborhood. >> this quarter right here, all the way around flagler, two or three blocks, and that's where the crime has been concentrated. in the last few months we have had carjacking and robberies. >> neighbors say broken street lights add to the problem. >>> u.s. park po

we ton of dust in the tunnels downw in the crystal city and pentagon city metro stops.ard talked to metroro official. they say with all the safetrackt word for surge four when thehen first train went by it created a loud billowing cloud of dust. it's causing air quality issues. station are still open. o earlier problem track workork outside farragut west normal nor service resumed on the orange, g silver and blue lines much alsos keeping in mind today is breaksk of safetrack work surge fivefi kicks in tomorrow withw w continuous single tracking between east falls church andal ballston. we have all the latest on that t and we'll have help you get get around that.ound t back to you.back >> still to come favorite fave pastime getting more and more expensive.expens how much a movie ticket costs these days and why it keeps oneo going up and up. >> up and up all the way up.p. speaking of movies we'reies we'e checking in with kevin mccarthyy he's in sin city this morningor and he's got a special intervier with a legendary robert redfordd ♪ ♪ >> ocean city maryland on a c tuesd

shuttle buses those spots replacing real service and shuttle bus available braddock road, crystal city, pentagon city for airport customers and any questions reach out to me on twitter@airport fox d.c. and they will run every 12 minute between national largo and national town center and every 12 huntington and braddock road and national airport and green bell. aside that from that that closes slow downs as other stops. we'll look athat and other openings to get around crowded platforms as we continue. any questions@erin fox d.c. on twitter. >> the fallout from the breakfast boat reaches out. >> a man decides to change his employer and make new money and move to >> imagine people getting mad about that. >> live look outside across the dmv. 4:37, coming up on 4:38 now is the time. 75 degrees. back >> time now 4:40 let's look at stories we're engaging with in social xwleed with realtime and news tracker and fallout from the breakfast vote falls out posting balkin leaders from sum knit paris is found members and new members and candidate and markets worldwide are bracing for another rough

the crystal city station is shutting down along with rails near reagan national airport and of course it will have a big impact on travelers and the commuters. jeff goldberg is live with what you need to know about this tonight. jeff? jeff: if you are traveling to the airport using metro, leave more time. advised to the commuters and the travelers over last week and this week. definitely what is going on with surge three and four. now, the commuter buses have been very busy over the past week with surge three. getting people to and from pentagon city and the braddock road metro station. surge four meanwhile starts tomorrow and is set to impact more than 85,000 trips a day. safetrack has affected tens of thousands of riders. for the next week metro is closing the blue and the yellow lines between pentagon city and the airport. >> i knew it would was going to affect everybody. i knew eventually i would be one of those people that it affected. it is what it is. you have to deal with it. >> so metro is to find another way into town. this metro video shows that surge three resulted in the

metro's latest safetrack surge shut down trains between reagan national and crystal city. at manes bus bridges for the next week. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is covering metro. how are travelers navigating the delays and challenges? jeff: well, it's going okay metro at pentagon city. coming from d.c., rosslyn and points north and headed to a shuttle buses. commuters are headed to the shuttle bus to get to the braock avenue. the braddock metro station to head south. shuttle buses like to get to reagan airport. how rough of a ride is this depends who you ask. >> we meet the johnson family inside the pentagon city metro station. >> it's frustrating to find our way to the airport. >> up expected detour on the trip from downtown d.c. to reagan airport and eventually home to portland, oregon. >> some way we will manage through this but we have to figure out the west way to do it. jeff: help come quickly. pretty soon the johnsons like many others are out of the station and on the shuttle bus moving again. >> it's not terrible but it's not my preference. at the beg

shuttle service is available isl keep in mind between braddockk road crystal city pentagony pena citys well as braddock roadoc to national airport.lport if you are planning to head toea the airport keep in mind taxi tx lines will most-likely be much longer, uber will be busy potentially with surge pricey wr pentagon. this is what you can expect for the rest of the blue andwh l yellow line commute. it will be running in twon different segments per line. every 15 minutes betweenwe franconia-springfield and braddock road. every 12 minutes. mut 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 franc

it's a complete shutdown between reagan national airport and pentagon city, which means the crystal city station will be closed. >> just take the bus from my location instead of stopping here, we're going to get off at pentagon city. so it's not going to be much of an inconvenience. >> reporter: shuttle buses are an alternative. the work is expected to last seven days, wrapping up on the 18th. closure means people coming from d.c. or rosland won't be able to get to the airport by rail, they'll have to hop a bus. the ongoing work has presented some challenges, but riders seem pretty understanding. >> a lot of the regulars i see no longer riding, but i think they have done a pretty good job handling it so far. of course there's a lot left to go, but we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: now, if you're heading into d.c. from the south, the folks at metro would like you to offload at the braddock road station and take a shuttle bus from there. passengers riding the rails all the way to reagan national. again, that is if you're coming from the south. back to you all in the studio. >> megan, tha

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 there since the work was completed. metro says four of the eight switches there along the track were worked on. we do know that maintenance continue to work on the section will continue in off-peak hours. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. a lot of you have done this already. we are encouraging you to sign up for the metro text alerts. do that by logging

can see the dusty haze withe the arrival of each yellow and blue line train entering metro's crystal line city station. whatever it is is coming from the tunnels just reopened fromom pentagon city to the north and reagan national airport to the south. i see that.i the dirty dust is in the air filling this and the pentagonagn city station leaving a layer of dirt on every surface. that's just dragging my fingers along the rail. is she concerned?ncer > sure. i don't know what it is, though. but it's very heavy. and thick. look at this. if you go like this.s. you're breathing that in. >> yes, not a good thing. not a good thing at all.l. > met st is a direct, if inadvertentdr result of the just completed search four of the transit$ system's year long infrastructure over haulctur program. things are supposed to be a bit safer and on the first day thatt the rails are back on track wetc got smoke.ke. metro officials say with no trains running for nearly a week all this dust that was leftft behind by the rail replacement and concrete work was left on the track beds so that when thee trains started run

. >> let's talk about roar commutm this morning text at theathe pentagon city and crystal city metrotions saying what in the world is it.is it some type of dusty haze thate t filled the stations earlier thii morning.ing. >> metro officials say it's jusi that, it's did you have.d yo but riders say is it somethinghi fox5's bob barnard live at thee crystal city metro station.tati what is it exactl exactly? bobg morning. >> reporter: it is dust.ter: good morning, guys. it is not smoke.moke. it doesn't even smell likemellie smoke. but some people were confusedon this morning. morning if you take look down here there is haze to the air inside thee crystal city metro station and i think i see some head lightsd lg coming when the trains come, it's very obvious that they're coming from reagan airport airrt heading toward us here and bringing in each time a train comes they are refilling this ti station with a little bit ofe b this dust.this dust. we've got video tape we can show from you earlier we've been here 3.5 hours it's been on going goi since the first train started st rolling. what me

crystal city. reagan national, braddock road all of these different stations will have crowded platforms and any specific questions reach out to me twitter want to help you plan your alternate. fairfax corrector, vre. arlington rapid transit and extra time to get to the airport. and if you have friends flying in longer taxi lines as people opt for uber or lift to get around. this is first morning russia infected by safe track 3 with metro and we have everything you need to know. back to you wisdom and holly. >> relief could be coming for drivers on i-95. >> governor mc callive said they will received $165 million to address one of the worst bottle necks in northern virginia and the state will add grant to private and public investments to give them $1.4 billion total to take okay of the express lanes they'll add new rail track and commuter parking among other changes. >> coming up on "fox" news morning. the fight against isis. >> and attack outside two new york teenagers outside a monthsing is not

it's a complete shutdown between reagan national airport and pentagon city, which means the crystal citye closed. just take the bus from my location. we're going to get off the pentagon city and it's not going to be much of an inconvenience. >> reporter: shuttle buses are an alternative. work will last seven days wrapping up on the 18th the closure means people won't be able to get to the airport by rail. they'll have to hop a bus. the ongoing work has presented some challenges but riders seem pretty understanding. >> a lot of the regulars i see no longer riding but i think they've done a pretty good job handling it so far. we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: now, the folks at metro would like you to offload at the braddock road station and take a shuttle bus from there. they only want airline passengers to ride the rails all the way to reagan national. in crystal city, megan mcgrath, news4. >>> now at 5:00, a murder hits home. >>> a swatting hoax. how a man is accused of sending s.w.a.t. teams to the homes of some of washington's most powerful people. who he dallas. surgeons are still s

the stations will be open but the crystal city stop will be closed, over one mile of track being worked on, three different shuttles to get people around, one going back and forth to pentagon city the other going from pentagon city to crystal city to the airport and back and there were also be shuttle service from springfield to the pentagon. this will be the last time metro completely shuts down a section of track until october. check out the metro page on our wusa9 app. >>> a rough primary season the democrats appear ready to mend fences, sanders set to appear at a clinton rally tomorrow in new hampshire. on thursday clinton will bring her campaign to annandale. senator jim kane will join her at the community college. donald trump campaigning in virginia beach. >> it will be america first from now on america first. >> chris christie joined trump in virginia beach. we are told he will make up his mind on a running mate in the next three or four days. check montgomery county 911 system back online after going down for a couple of hours last night into this morning. >> county executive c

crystal city station is stati is closed.clos as we look at your morning mni commute traffic on the wayo bwi baltimore-washingtonim parkway 95 in the cleorar. clear same story out titules andesnd over to reagan national thingshg also looking good.oo no problems 395. 395 light volume picking up fromp fr the bottom of the beltway toof the 14th street bridge.treet brg but nothing slowing us down.s d plenty of green on the map.he as you head out in princein george's county we're problemy p free on branch avenue inbound.nu no issues up inner marlboro asos you make your way out on o pennsylvania avenue foure towards the district as wells wl and in hyattsville traffic is i moving along just fine. not seeing knishes throughhe rockville or gaithersburg on o 270 southbound and 66 still s flowing freely fromee fro centreville inbound.ll inbound. 95 still quiet in dale city.ity. i'll let you know if anything ah else pops up you need to be b aware of and any questions atnst erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. twier back to you wisdom and holly. h. >> coming up on fox5 news morning one company shells outco mo

service is eliminated entirely, including the crystal city station. there will be the same situation on the yellow line between huntington and reagan national and pentagon and greenbelt. commuters are doing their best to manage this impact on their daily commute. >> hopefully, we will not have issues after this. anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour added to my commute afte >> many commuters were relying on shuttle buses. shuttle buses will replace trains between pentagon city and reagan national airport. at reagan national airport, suzanne kennedy, abc seven eyewitness news. a reminder, you can get commuter updates on your phone. sign up for metro alerts at wjla .com/text. or text the word metro 243817. least 20 people have been killed in a train crash. look at these pictures, unbelievable. crashed head-on. one was forced off the tracks at a sharp angle. rescue workers are still at the scene pulling victims from the rubble. on the hill general loretta lynch appearing before a house judiciary committee for accepting the fbi recommendation to not press c

as you mentioned, the crystal city station is shut down. all of this, bags trying to get around. it's a tough day for commuters. get off your plane, take a shuttle because because the rail is down, get to the next rail station and then this. you have to drag your luggage down a nonworking metro escalator. metro says the escalator stopped working because people were hitting it with their luggage many getting caught up in this is air travelers. they had no idea this was coming. >> we live in a town of 150,000. we don't even have a bus system that runs very well. >> reporter: welcome to washington. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: all of this part of a safe track surge and the name of the game this time is communication. >> crystal city shuttle. >> reporter: there were signs and there were extra employees on hand to direct. there were still many who didn't know which way to go. packed shuttle at times, to carry what a train could easily carry. meanwhile, metro continues to fix and repair the tracks and today in the heat as many try to get

the crystal city station is it completely shut down.that's made a tricky situation for a lot of riders. transportation reporter adam tuss is live from pentagon city with an update. adam? >> reporter: that's right. it's tough out here. let me set the scene for you. all of these shuttle buses are trying to make their way. meanwhile, everyone coming off the shuttle buses coming from the metro station, you can see the long line of people waiting to get on and there are multiple shuttles taking you to the airport, crystal city, braddock road. you have to know the right bus to get on. it's tricky. the name of the game is communication. metro posted signs and there were still many who didn't know which way to go. packed shuttle buses. did you know which was the right one to get on? >> after i asked. >> reporter: many getting caught in the surge are air travelers carrying big bags. they had no idea what was coming. >> this is our first time in washington, d.c., and we don't even have a bus system that runs very well. >> welcome to washington. >

crystal city station is closed. passengers arriving at reagan national must hop on a shuttle bus to board a train. day one had passengers crammed into shuttle buses and confused about where to go. >> our first time in washington, d.c. >> about 150,000, so we don't have a bus system that runs very well. >> you know which shuttle bus is the right one to get on? >> after i asked. >> metro says it has extra employees at stations and has posted signs telling people where to go. search four will last until next monday. >> keeping you and your family safe from the zika virus. a meeting about to get under way that hopes to do just that. >> don't be alarmed if you pass what looks like a plane crash today. we'll tell what you is behind that scene. >> it looks okay out there right now. a little hazy. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein says we could have storms tod. when thaye fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. whicmeans that in the time it takes mr. wagner to p

and crystal city, station is closed.re you plan ahead as you head out as you adjust to this new pattern for metro. any questions@erin "fox5" d.c.it tweter and things pig up past alabama and closer look at roads around the dmv next. back to you steve and. >> cleanup march way a tornado touched down lynch field yesterday. several homes and buildings damaged and officials say it's worst destruction from apparent tornado the city has ever seen. they're also reports of other twist nertz area. >>> and in colorado, raging wildfires are blazing through part of the state. officials say two wildfires are burning there and one was started by lightning and the other fire was started by two men who had been camping they now face criminal charges. and tire failure. may have caused fire truck to crash in nevada. police say two firefighters were killed if and a third hurt after they returned from search for wildfiresner the oregon line. sad story there. scientists in hawaii mad a big discovery dwarch plan net our solar tim. >> it takes

stage iii fies cutoffs include the crystal city metro station the shutdown will last from seven days ending on july 18, shuttle buses will take passengers between all three stages.>>> montgomery county 911 system up after going down for about two hours last night into this morning. ring the outage fire and rescue units responded to two medical emergency calls involving fatalities. the executive has ordered an investigation into what caused the outage. >>> the presidential candidates look to unify the parties ahead of the democratic convention. >>> a judge dismisses a charge against the latest officer on trial for the death of the freddie gray. >>> high temperatures tomorrow, one more day below 90 degrees, 88 downtown, 87 elsewhere, we will talk about when the >>> judge dropped an assault charge against a lieutenant who is on trial for the death of the freddie gray. involving the involvement during the arrest. >>> adc federal judge sentenced a new york man to a year in prison for sending a swat team barging into the home of in annandale cyber security expert and other crimes. the teen

no trains were run between reagan national airport in pentagon city and the crystal city station is closedas usual, shuttle buses will replace trains. but riders traveling from the south should get off at braddock road to take the shuttle bus. only people needing to go to reagan national should ride all the way to that stop. phase 4 ends july 18th. >>> it is summer. it is construction season. and that means slower commutes around our area. this year there are three projects you need to watch out for. transportation reporter adam tuss shows you what areas to avoid. >> reporter: when this tangled web of roadw your car sit. >> it's a little bit of a mess, yes. >> reporter: one problem spot, river road between goldsboro road and the d.c. line. repaving project happening now. it comes on the heels of massive utility work here. >> i don't know whether it's been utilities, water, or electricity or cable down below, but obviously something they had to do. >> reporter: and this new repaving project won't finish up until next year. 31,000 vehicles a day impacted by the work, which is often happening

shutting down the blue and yellow lines, which also includes the crystal city station.here will be no rail service through those stations through next monday. shuttle buses will be available though. metro is strongly considering officials to use alternate travel options. further down the line, surge three ends tonight. metro tweeted this video today of crews repairing the rails along that stretch. >>> check your mega million tickets if you haven't already. somebody in maryland has won $1 million. the ticket was sold for last friday's liquors at greenbelt. it missed it's jackpot because of the one yellow ball. that same store is the lucky one. it also sold another mega millions winner last year. friday's jackpot reached $549 million. only one player in indiana hit all the numbers. still don't know who it was. >>> just ahead on wusa news at 7:00, the prosecution rests in the latest in the freddie gray trial in baltimore. >> still below 90. 88 downtown. 87 andrews. maybe 89 in fredericksburg. we'll come back and talk about when the heat and humidity return. a couple of day

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