that is how long the cooling system has been broken at the dupont and farragut station.brianne carter explains the short-term solution and why the long-term fix won't come soon or easily. >> deep under the stretch of connecticut avenue a key piece of the metro system to keep the dupont circle farragut north stations cool sits idle. leaving the riders to sweat it out. we got a rare first-hand look at the machines known as "the ill whichers." de -- "as the chillers." designed to cool the station. this is what a chiller looks like 30 feet under ground. it work just fine. so what is the problem? >> the piping issues that have to be >> we went to fix those. but we fixed one and then another breaks. >> the pipes have to be replaced. costly process. >> this isn't just a straight line of pipe. the pipe goes up, down, sideways. making 12 it 0-degree -- 12 90-degree turns. two large pipes. brianne: they have to carry water to the chillers 30 feet below ground. with no known timeline metro is working on a temporary fix to bypass the pipes and pump the cold air in the station. no ti

it begins at 2:00 in dupont circle. we are being told that tens of thousands of protesters will take part in a march from dupont circle to lafayette park to send a message to the white house, to let the white house know that they are tired of the deportations. they are here to stand in solidarity. there are several businesses in mount pleasant. they have shut down today in solidarity with migrant workers. we will be at every protest to let you know what is going on. in about 30 minutes, the new u.s. agriculture secretary is set to visit this and his planned visit is parking controversy, because he will use the occasion to announce regulatory flexibility for the school lunch program. >> that secretary is scheduled to be here in about 1.5 hours at katana element for school. -- areers are get concerned about the announcement he is making today. healthy lunches are lifesavers and healthy meals matter. may are concerned that he roll back some of the standards for the lunch program. you can see a big basket of healthy apples.

metro tests the water pressure regularly and said this one at dupont circle and farragut north is one of the originals and some say it's suffered catastrophic failure. in northwest, adam tuss, news4. >>>'m chr le at the live desk, reporting on this "washington post" report that president trump revealed classified information to russian officials. 15 minutes ago, we stood here, told you that we were waiting on a reaction from the white house itself. now it's coming in very quickly. the secretary of state, rex rn mister, they talked about counterterrorism, they talked about specific threats, sources, methods, or military operation. the deputy national security adviser isay the story is falthe common threats both countries t national security adviser, he goes on to say, at no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed. again, we are going to be updating this story all night on the nbc washington app. and of course we'll have more for you tonight on news4 at 11:00. back to you. >> thank you, chris. >>> president trump and the first lady melania has chosen a local school for t

back in to you. >> live in dupont circle.nk you. >>> working for you to make your commute easier. adam tuss will join us coming up in our 6:00 hour with a look at how leaving a few minutes earlier for work can make a difference. >> 5:47. you might want to be careful on the roads. montgomery county stepping up. >>> 5:47. former acting attorney general sally yates will be back in the spotlight. she's expected to tell congress what she knows before she was fired. news 4's tracie potts is live. is most of her testimony going to focus on michael flynn? >> yeah, likely. the issue here is what she told the white house about mike flynn, about his ties to russia, about what he told the vice president and didn't about that conversation. those untruths ended up leading to him getting fired, but sally yates said she warned the white house that he was possibly vulnerable to black mail by the wish shans because he wasn't fully disclosing. today she'll tell congress what she knows. >> the white house is putting pressure on >> reporter: they

the protesters came from all directions, from dupont circle to arlington. all of them wound their way to the trump administration's immigration policies. meagan fitzgerald looks at what they hope to accomplish. >> reporter: from large crowds in dupont circle -- ♪ >> reporter: -- to malcolm x park, mayday protesters made sure their messages were heard. they want the trump administration to stop deporting undocumented immigrants that don't have criminal records. >> to fight for humanity, fight for the injustice that they are going through. especially with the new presidential regime. >> reporter: there were rolling street closures as demonstrators made their way down 16th and on to u street as they marched towards lafayette park. ♪ >> reporter: once the crowd arrived, chants grew louder and they were met by notable speakers like tom perez and members of congress. >> i want to make sure gets the message that we don't support his politics or agenda. >> reporter: opponents say they are wasting their time and that they need to accept the fact that trump won the e

in hot days people at those station can experience sauna like conditions. dupont and fargat north are busy stations and metro sgxt m is well aware of cooling issues and says the big chiller used to keep the stations cool is fine but the pipes that chill the water no longer work. unfortunately it will take a long time to fix. in the meantime metro. >> a mini cicada invasion is happening they normally appear every 17 years. millions are expected in 2021. this year some arrived early. photo journalist spoke to the natural resources manager arlington county parks to find out why. >> it's been reported for 1800s for whatever reason especially four years earlier there are things early emergent and acceleration and tons of cicadas make a mistake and come out at the wrong time. >> i know they're harmless they don't bite or attack humans or anything like that. it doesn't bother us. >> some see a son some don't see any. when they're noticeable is when you call. you can hear a mile away these are some little insects with a big, big sound. >> i really don't enjoy cixt cadas on my door handle beca

police mark and measure the scene asking questions of revert rah the child's aunt returns from ai dupont hospital to tell concern family members lea is stable. >> she got ran over twice. and she's got a big gash on her head much she's going to have to have, um -- um, some surgery. >> reporter: family members who saw the child at ai dupont hospital say not only is the child stable, but doing remarkablely well considering what happened to her. in wilmington, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. ♪ >>> another bombshell report surrounding the trump administration tonight. the new york times is reporting the president called former fbi director james comey quote a nut job "when talking to russian officials. he also allegedly said that comey relieved great pressure on him. the senior democrat says the panel should request white house documents from trump's meeting with the russians op may tenth. also, today, the deputy attorney general met with lawmakers behind closed doors again to brief house members on the on on-going russia investigation. >> i have said it before, and i'll say it again. this is a a

brian: you said a couple of things, a salon and dupont circle. what is a salon? mr.nyder: it was a political gathering place. automobiles, no television, little bit of radio. people entertain themselves by having dinner parties. in 1912, some disgruntled members of the cast administration began inviting very prominent and not so prominent people over for dinner to discuss political ideas of the day. their main political idea was they thought that taft was a horrible president, and the way to save the country was to bring theodore roosevelt back to the white house. brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr. snyder: part of it was a cold personality, but also roosevelt saw the wisdom of their ideas about labor and minimum wage laws, the rights of labor unions. that was the principal issue around 1911, 1912, given the acts and unsafe working conditions and low wages that were plaguing men, women, and children at the time. brian: where were you when this became an idea for a book? mr. snyder: i was living in a house not far from the actual house of truth. street onng at 1920 s t

just off dupont circle. they are up for grabs. for free! you can have it.ou want one you have to move it. and soon. the land they are on is slated for the new development. they will knock it down. if you can move it, they are yours. >> raise it, put it on the blocks and move it. it's a very expensive and a time consuming process but it can be done and it has been done. jonathan: then you have to find a place to put it. the homes are free. you just have to pay and move it. the demolition will start this summer. if you is a plan, work quick. michelle: you never know. maybe you ask a realtor how to move an old d.c. row house. we have a team of realtors standing by until 6:30 tonight to answer your buying or selling questions or the movie questions. call the "7 on your side" help center at 703-236-9220. >> this was some day out, wasn't it? beautiful. michelle: like san diego weather. perfect. doug: you are right. it's gorgeous. quite some time before the 80's again. this is campus of the high school in laurel. gorgeous there. we will go for a forecast of clear

in fact, it's been broken for years at the busy dupont circle and farragut north stations.ss learned more today about a potential solution. he's live for us at the farragut north station. adam, what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right, jim. no permanent fix is coming. a temporary solution is on tap. but we have a couple of 90-degree days coming up this week. for riders here at these stations, it means it's going to be downright hot. deep down below connecticut avenue in northwest, something isn't right. the pipes buried beneath the road that help carry cool water to chill the dupont circle and farragut north stations are broken. they've been leaking water for years. and now because the pipes are in such bad shape, metro has turned off the cooling system. t' wt wpep wiel tinn t getemporaut i he r, re a pushid cat dha ld e.elfo ain,utsy battl well.t 6:00,ellow m is testin to sur of them are in good shape, ys. back to you. >> thanks, adam. >>> we want to make sure you're ready for the next round of safetrack repairs. starting tomorrow and for a whole month, the eastern

daylight smash and grabs in northwest -- we parked a decoy car between dupont and logan circles. and thieves took the bait.. on camera! scott taylor has more. an update on the 20-15 amtrak.. ..crash in killed eight people.. the engineer, brandon bostian, is now out on bond. he was arraigned last night on charges including causing a catastrophe.. and involuntary manslaughter. the train was going twice the speed limit around a curve. bostian was released on an 81-thousand dollar "sign-on" bond. that means he doesn't have to pay anything as long as he shows up for his court dates. if he doesn't, he'll have to pay the full amount. an update on the death of rock star chris cornell.. a michigan medical examiner's office says cornell hanged himself. he was found dead in his hotel wednesday night.. an hour after wrapping up a concert in detroit. cornell was a pioneer of the grunge movement in the 1990's. he was the lead singer of the grunge band, soundgarden. he later performed with the band, audio slave. chris cornell was 52-years-old. now- we're closely watching severe weather out west

we are live from dupont circle. >>> a traffic alert to warn you about.which becomes indiana avenue is going to be closed from third street to 4th street -- it started at 6:00 this morning until 3:00 this afternn. because of the around ul washington area law enforcement officer ceremony. >>> former president barack obama took center stage for an award last night. it's the courage award. while he steered clear of partisan attacks, he did urge congress to help the sick and vulnerable. >> it actually doesn't take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful, already of already comfortable and influential. it does require -- for the infirm and the sick. >> president obama is the first to sooef it since bush and gerald ford. >>> overhauling obamacare. it is the goal of gop lawmakers. take to make it happen. >>> and i think you'll need the jacket this morning. you might even want the long sleeves this afternoon. some areas off to the west in the 30s. the rest of the area in the 40s. a chilly start. coming up, i'll show you how much longer the cool wea

as you know, we share dupont pioneer. they've been a wonderful american company and we think it's critically important that the rights and i'm aware of the fact that they're doing some important business in china. we also have the world food prize in iowa, and one of the recipients of the world food prize is the chinese gentleman that was involved in rice. and there's opportunity for dupont pioneer and they're also going through a potential merger right now, there's opportunities for them to work together for the benefit of not only these great american companies, but also chinese business as well. and i want to do what i can from the background and experience i've had working especially in the agricultural area and, as you've heard, xi jinping's first visit to america was an ag delegation and they were there during spring planting time. they visited the farm of the president of the iowa corn growers and they visited a turkey farm and they visited others, and manufacturing company that makes bins, grain bins. but i hope t

i would recommend that you visit ofand see the evolution marion scott dupont's -- maybe it's marion dupontcott -- and anyways, a wealthy woman married to randolph scott for a while. andbought montpelier enlarged it and covered it with pink -- so the challenge of montpelier has been to get it back to what it might have looks like when the medicines were here. the effort has been remarkable. for being here. [applause] >> before we begin, i want to ignore jim think a former vice president of the united states, dick cheney for coming today. [applause] let me also again, acknowledge gay and david, molly, the entire team of society -- the four arts for hosting this magnificent five-part series. thank you. [applause]

dupont scott -- and anyways, a wealthy woman married to randolph scott for a while. she bought montpelier and enlarged it and covered it with pink stucco. so the challenge of montpelier has been to get it back to what it might have looked like when the madison's were here. the effort has been remarkable. so thank you montpelier and thank you for being here. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. week, american history visitserican artifacts museums, archives and historical places. the national museum of american history

they have a big show tonight for their members. 5,000 guests are coming because peer dupont's vision of the main fountain's gardens is back to life. take a look the fountains are back on now, they have got close to 30 particular water features, the jets you see straight ahead shoot up straight in the air nearly 175 feet and they have shows daily and they don't only go up in the air and it goes to music and there is fire and a lot to see here this evening. speaking of water we see a lot in the fountains. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows high pressure in the delaware and lehigh. and severe weather with numerous tornado watch boxes from the carolinas to virginia heading up the eastern seaboard. future tracker 6 at 6:00 in the morning the heavy rain is coming in especially the first part of the the commute and heavy stuff near pittsburgh and a very wet start for our thursday and rain starts to begin after the midnight hour and that wet mornings commute especially before 8:00 a.m. is it starts to trail off at 8:00 a.m., but a half inch to inch, and a thunderstorm in the morning, over

i do because it was me and i was at dupont circle. so, yes, i remember it very well. complaints about the rats, it's a big issue in the city and tonight city leaders are fighting back. and it comes at a time when rat complaints are on the rise because of a mild winter. the health department is reporting a huge number of rats throughout the district. matt ackland is live in adam morgan with more on this. matt? >> reporter: sarah, i feel you. there's a rat, i don't know, about 100 yards away from me here in this ally. this problem with rodents as you well know is really a problem they have all over the city. one place they're focusing on are these area, these are restaurants here behind me, and one thing i learned today is that rats are not only attracted to trash but also cooking agrees. cooking grease attracts them. the city is really asking business seal off this cooking grease, to seal off the trash cans and hopefully prevent the rats from coming close and maybe getting rid of them altogether. let's take you to video show you. there it is, a rat in the middle of an

that group included b.p., dupont, general mills, google, intel, microsoft, national grid, novartis, pg&e, shell, unit lever -- unilever and wal-mart. as michael bloomberg put it, washington won't determine the fate of our ability to meet our paris commitment. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter both of these letters into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: these companies know that climate change could disrupt their supply chains, make water or commodities more costly or royal their international markets so they are moving ahead whether the president and congressional republicans are with them or not. mars, the maker of m&m's and snicker bars has pledged to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities by 2040. when asked by "the new york times" if president trump's threats to leave the paris accord would affect mars' plans, global sustainability director kevin rebenovich replied this doesn't change our commitments. we're doing this because we see a real business risk. walmart which already has set a goal of deriving half its energ

. >>> well, the protesters came from dupont circle, malcolm x park, arlington, all finding their way to the white house today to rally against the trump administration's immigration policies. just one of a dozen may day marches. meagan fitzgerald is at the white house with details. >> reporter: wendy, they're calling for policy change. they want the trump administration to protect undocumented workers that don't have criminal histories, from being deported back to their native country. you can see just over my shoulder here, thousands of people are here at lafayette park, they are chanting, listening to speakers, being motivated, hoping that this white house hears their message. from large crowds in dupont circle -- ♪ ♪ >> reporter: -- to malcolm x park, may day protesters made sure their message was heard. they want the trump administration to stop deporting immigrants that don't have criminal records. >> to fight against the injustice that the groups are going through, especially with the new presidential regime. >> reporter: there were rolling closures as they marched toward lafay

protesters started this afternoon at noon at dupont circle and they made their way down here to the white house and to theage at the start of the march and and the main issue in today's and deportations and tell me what your name is and what brought you down here today. >> i'm down on behalf of working class working union local 23. >> are you committed to this issue being talked about reducing deportations or some other issue that brought you down here. >> absolutely, i'm committed to this issue. here working right from the working class and what at the see in the country is workers are under attack. and workers can no longer stand silent and workers can no longer we have to fight back. >> all right. josh, thank you so much. let's come here. we take you to a few of the people that have come down here today. obviously a lot of voices w wanting to heard. what's your name. >> my name is u. it says there is no job and eludes to the immigrants behind every job. >> and do you feel that -- are you calling for a stop to all deportation, certain deportations, what is you want to see change or that

, police mark and measure the scene asking question questions of rie child's aunt returns from ai dupontospital to tell concerned family members lea is stable. >> she got ran over twice, and, um, she's got a big gash on her head much she's going to have to have some surgery. >> reporter: family members who saw the child at ai dupont hospital say not only is the child stable, but doing remarkablely well considering what happened to her. >>> in wilmington, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> ♪ breaking news out of kensington where a one-year-old has been shot. police say the bullets hit a young boy four times he's in the hospital right now in critical condition. it all happened on the 3300 block of malta street about 9:15 tonight. 25-year-old man was also shot in the knee. he's in stable condition. so far police haven't made any arrests. we do have a crew on the way to the scene right now and we will have update as soon as we can. >>> investigation is underway into what started a fire at a fast food restaurant in the city's mayfair section. you can see lots of crews on the scene. employees the

not clear if that was an intentional act or accidental act and the 14-month-old was taken to the dupont hospital where she is evaluated at this time. according to witnesses who saw the child she had a gash to her forehead that was bleeding but she was bleeding and conscious at the time. although at this point au

dupont hospital. >>> this is the fiery crash that shut down i-78 in berks county yesterday. the collision involved four tractor trailers and a car. two of the tractor-trailers involved in the crash caught on fire. a man drivingone of the trucks described what happened. >> i seen him slam on his brakes, traffic was stopped. he ended rearending the other tg andother car on the side it p mtly injured was a truck driver with burns to his body. all are expected to survive. >>> president donald trumps in saudi arabia it is his first stis first overseas trip asnt. president trump and first lady milan iia were saudi king. a dra o the speech, the president call it is terrorism . it makes no mention of islamic terrorism a phrase the president criticized political opponents of avoiding. he will visit jerusalem and the vatican. >> former fbi director james comey as agreed to testify before the senate intelligence eom chairman richard burr said he hopes that he will answer questionpresiden trumpite e house this week. >>> a drug task force is helping to reduce overdose deaths in the city.

my guess is that at least dupont was pretty overcosted.ed that way to me at the time, and but i don't know enough about the transaction to know whether this is good, bad or inch different. >> wa other types of things are you working on right now? if you're looking for areas that it tough for people the first thing i'd say is ever since i became chairman of the philanthropy called endeafor, which supports fiphilanthropist all over the world, the way and we've now created over 75,000 jobs and our goal is 2 million jobs by 2020. what that thought pao not on can we do good would would be otherwise there as no economic con isn't to throw it. my thesis is they are necessary to work together. we do that in lots of ways, accolades being one but global thermostat being the first one to come in. >> tank. >> "squawk box" will be right back. the future isn't silver suits and houses on mars, it's right now. think about it. we can push buttons and make cars appear out of thin air. find love anywhere. he's cute. and buy things from, well, everywhere. how

>> well, actually, um, the rats are better in dupont circle believe it or not.s are going to be an issue going through the summer. >> so how -- >> in the city. >> how do you start to fight that. >> if it's nature, what do you fight that, what are you telling the businesses to do? >> so we take it block by block, and we go on different blocks and talk to businesses and evaluate their situation and make recommendations, you know, how to store their trash, how to store their greece, you know, and rodent control plan in pl place. >> mr. brown, hem ask you before you goat those businesses, because it takes long time sometimes to go block by block, if any businesses are watching right now listening to you, what is some advice that you have for them for way they may be able to do thing different toll cut down on the rat problem? >> well, the most important thing that business which is do is put waste in the proper place and by that i mean put trash in sealed containers. no clean around the grease containers. clean food waste from under the dumpsters outside and monitor

dupont, logan. all of this lifting toward the north. not fast, but it is lifting toward the north with more on the way. let's take a trip out to the west. if you are wat we have to get through all of this. a will see a little bit of low in the action followed by another round of what weather tonight. a lowit will come in handy for the day tomorrow especially if you plan on going to the nats game. we may see a few thunderstorms by the time the game comes to an end. better chances for those storms during the evening and rush-hour commute. way,we get that out of the look at better conditions for the day on friday. this is what it looks look on our futurecast. heavier rain overnight. most of the heavy stuff north and east of us. likely to see showers around the capital beltway. we finally begin to clear things out during the afternoon. just in time for the baseball showers andhe thunderstorms reappear for tomorrow evening. temperatures in the upper 70's on saturday, better chance for storms sunday and monday. it will not be a total washout.

this is dupont circle.ran wild all over this area they're fighting back against the row don't program. they want to force jobs from grease and right and keep track cans as well in order to keep the rats from going after the skood. >> this would take us up stot next levelet going all these establishmentsments and how trash cop takeners are stored up sear ornot external where the rats are and really get at greece trappings. i heard a lot of neighbor talk about it between trash and greece it's buffet for the rats. we're trying to get at that. sgle stawrt would be fine if they violated terms of the attorneytion. >> and cat shoveic really bad and mildly nush us fbi corrector james comey to describe his influence on 2016 residential election. today's hearing focuses on a letter comey road to out bam and pbi found new emails related to investigation of little little. comey stood by his decision owe to speak out on reopening the case saying if he had not it would later look like he was covering something up. >> con

the cooling system for the dupont circle failed years ago. leaking pipes is a problem. a permanent fix means ripping up a large part of connecticut avenue. >>> a man accused of keeping the school safe is now accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. mike lievano is charged with sex offenses with a minor. he worked part-time at rockville high school between september of 2015 and february of 2016. officers say any concerned parents should contact police. >>> 4:33. watch out for signs of whopping cough. a student at walt whitman high school has this whooping cough is highly contagious. symptoms can show up within five days to three weeks after someone has been exposed. >>> we are days away from pool season. today montgomery county will consider a plan to cut back on life guards. they're looking at plans to allow hotel pools to get rid of life guards. the county has 36 hotels with poo pools. new legislation would allow hotels to post safety signs, allow swimmers to swim at their own risks and install an alert system. hotels would be required to have a cpr and

the red-top meters are located around the capitol, the mall, the white house and as far away as dupont circle and foggy bottom. a lot of people stopped at the movie theater over the weekend. and that lead to a spectacular blastoff for "guardians of the galaxy volume 2." a marvel sequel dominated the weekend box office, pulling in 145-million dollars. worldwide-- it's even more gang have earned more than 428-million dollars. as for their competition. "the fate of the furious" fell to second with "boss baby" in third place. time now for weather - chilly start; more sun & cool afternoon - dry through midweek (chilly mornings!) - clouds and showers thursday through sunday - unseasonably cool through the weekend today: mostly sunny. unseasonably cool and breezy. highs: 60-64 winds: nw 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mainly clear. cold. lows: 38-45 winds: w 5 mph a touch milder. highs: 65-69 winds: nw 4-8 mph coming up-- president trump's court this morning in virginia. and this could impact millions of fliers. we'll have a live report, coming up. (man vo) it was may, when dad forgot how to brush hi

. >> down a steep set of the steps lies part of the complex system designed to cool the dupont circlefor the past three years the pipes connect into the system have been plagued with the leaks. so the system is idle. without the pipes there is no cold wear to the station. there is no cold air to push to riders waiting for the train. the pipes run underground on both sides of the median on 1100 block of connecticut snaking through utility lines. >> this pipe goes up, down, sideways to make 12 90-degree turns. two large pipes. >> metro is wo similar solution. similar to what is done at the verizon center for hockey games. they are looking to circumvent the pipes. it's a g.m. as the summer draws near. >> the issue also lands with something that is happening 11 stories above connecticut avenue. that is coming up tonight at 6:00. doug: there is nothing to complain about here. last year in may we didn't hit the 100-degree mark. it was cool. this week we have two opportunities to hit 90 or better and a third on friday. we had beautiful weather yesterday. that will move around. the heat and t

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