the first thing people need to know is that the franconia-springfield station will be closed this weekendnext weekend and the one that follows. also happening next weekend, the van dorn station will also be closed. now, part of the track work that's happening this weekend will include fixing a crumbling crossover here at the franconia-springfield station. now, you may remember metro's gm said that that same issue was partially to blame for a train that derailed near the east falls church station just a few weeks ago. now, this weekend will be followed by singlen thee between franconia-springfield and the van dorn station. now, one of the options that is being offered by metro for commuters is free shuttle buses to get around that. now, surge eight of safe track will continue to impact people through september 11th and meanwhile, officials here in fairfax county are warning people and reminding you that this could all mean additional crowding here at the station. also on the trains and additionally, on the roads. so, what they're asking is that if you can, perhaps consider car pooling inst

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and king street during the week singleur tracking will takeing placelace between franconia-springfield and van dorn street.vadorn trains will not run as oftensft so passengers of course can expect delays. d >> new information now on the on high lead levels found in d.c. schools.schools. district officials tell us they finished putditing friiltel on all of the school'sool' drinking sources just beforeinkg classes started but they' sreou' still working to get those tho filters in place in d.c. rec.cre centers. that should be done by the endee of september. fox5 the first to report on plans to install those filters.filter the move came after major criticism from parents that t proper steps weren't taken when unsafe lead levels weree al initially detected. >> ♪ >> 6:05.05 mr. barnes in the house on a monday.nd >> hot weekend. heeke >> yeah, warm. w >> both saturday sunday.aturday. starting off today withstartingf temperatures in the 70's. afternoon.s th afternoo should be dry,n. though. tug big changes by the end of thendo week.we. >> really. >> might be the last super hot week we have.>>i

buses will replace trains between franconia, springfield and van dorn street. leon: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert and an urgent message for the iphone users. update your device. apple is out with a security update after researchers found mallware out there that -- malware out there that lets the hackers see evening on your phone. it's a legitimate link in a text message. so reminder to only click on links you trust. click carefully. >> this is august. way of a good story. but the averages are the mid-80's. 85 is the average high. not uncommon for 90's. doug: we'll settle down and get in the mid-80's. maureen: december. doug: i hope it's before that. this is time lapse from the elementary school in the district. beautiful day. all day long. a few fair weather clouds. humidity levels got up there. the air temperatures in the mid-90's today. look at the numbers. 95 at reagan national airport. two degrees shy of the old record in 1948. but it hit 95 at washington dulles. that tied a record high for the date in 1988. the morning low was 77. the average low

train single tracking weekdays between franconia, springfield, and van dorn street. franconia springfield and van dorn street station will be closed this saturday, sunday, and monday, labor day weekend. now for a check on what else is going on on the roadways this weekend. we have got our hands full this weekend. sky track seven, you can see the cleanup from this morning's crash on the outer loop. affecting vehicles on the express lane, with all being diverted into the mainline as you travel south towards gallows road. moving you back to the map we can show you what's happening here. open withne is what's all of the traffic coming out of the express lane. inner loop, you can see what's happening. a 16 minute ride in the next hour, a traffic watch seven forecast, a 20 minute ride on the inner loop. slow traffic you're on the map headed inside the beltway off of 267. traffic is moving a bit better right now as you stay to the from with delays coming in 495. strip -- save track surge number eight is in full effect. , bluen today's forecast and yellow lines, they will be

franconia-springfield station will be closed.s on metro by checking and texting "metro" to 43817. and youto wjla.com/text can customize the alerts that are sent to your phone. a crime alert, new information about a double homicide in northeast. the police identifying the victims a few hours ago. investigators say that a 37-year-old were shot and killed and 300 block of 34th street last night. we know that one man died at the scene, a second is at the hospital. the police are searching for a motive and suspects today. a brooklyn coffee shop is robbed of thousands. till to come, serving up. plus, dealing with the heat area coming up next, the forecast i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it

right now the franconia springfield stations and vaor closed. they will remain c weekend and f september 10 next weekend metro will close all between fran frankonia and old town and single tracking during the week franconia springfield and vandoren street and trains will not run as often and remember, passengers should expect delays. >> whether you're waiting for metro or just enjoying the weekend outdoors, it's a hot weekend out there and we're not looking at much relief in the workweek forecast. gwen will have so much more on that and more as your saturday night news at 11 continues. the family favorite. yoplait. well at least he's wearing shoes. well done champ. get gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me s

parkw safe track surge eight today affecting the blue line between franconia-springfield and van dornetro delay e next.a metronext. back to you wisdom and holly. hy >> all right. 5:49. 5:4s let's take a look at the the stores you're engaging withoue a the most this morning on social media.al >> first up colin kaepernick the san francisco 49ers 4rs quarterback says he'll continue to sit down during dowg the playing of the national anthem. when he did that friday night it caused nation ride uproarideo with widespread condemnationmn and scenes of people burning b kaepernick's burning. burni the anthem flag represent a country that still allows racial oppression he says.n the 49ers had a team meeting m yesterday where players said s they were unified but sticking with their individual individual believes. >> let's talk about a much better sports related story toeo talk about this morning.orni a u.s. team has won the littleie league world series for the first time in five years. y now the team is from end wellndw in new york. new yk. they beat out south koreaouth sunday two to one. su >> a

single tracking will take place between franconia springfield and vandoren street and trains will not as often and passenger can expect delays. >> and developing tonight help site is a outbreak in virginia is growing. health officials say 35 people contracted hepatitis a after visiting tropical smoothie cafes across north virginia. on friday we learned that includes a worker in the chain's gains virginia health department says froze strawberries from egypt likely cause the the kout break of hepatitis a. ceo of the company learned of the contamination august 5 but the health department did not issue alert until the 19th. some customers say, though, they feel safe eating there. >> on august 5 the virginia department of health contacted us about a potential link between hepatitis a cases and frozen strawberry from egypt we voluntary and immediately removed all of those strawberry from all the cafes. >> they've got to stay in business. it's a temporary thichblingt we figured they met those safety requirements and so, it today is the first day going back in three or four weeks. >> tonight,

next weekend metro closes all stations between franconia springfield and king street. during the week, single tracking will take place between franconia springfield and vandoren street. trains will not run as often and if you're marriages we'll tell you now, expect delays. also happening today if you were in southwest d.c. or northern virginia you see a large emergency response involving an metro train. but do not be alarmed. this is only a drill. >> that's right, metro runing a full-scale emergencytgt and, while this is only an erc know very well this can actually happen. in fact, it did just happen near the east falls church plains station about a month ago. let me show you what is going on here. you can see this group of people, they're volunteers, emergency responders, metro employees, they're gathered here just getting ready, because the exercise has not actually started yet. but, once it does it will involve metro transit police, metro operations, u.s. park police, arlington county, alexandria and d.c. fire department. it will be a very large drill. and what they

next weekend, metro will close all stations between franconia, springfield and king street. during the week single tracking will take place between franconia springfield and van door end street. trains won't run as often and passengers can expect delays. >> let's take to you developing story out of chicago tonight, police say two brothers are now in custody, charged in the murder of cousin due aid wayne. say the brothers were opened fire and shot and killed wade this garnered major response on campaign trail. here's brian yanis. >> reporter: two brothers behind bars, arrested in the shooting death of basketball star dwyane wade's cousin, darren and darwin sore he will, each facing first degree murder charges, both documented gang members, and on parole for previous gun charges. >> this reprehensible act of violence example of why we need to change the way we treat habitual offenders in the city of chicago. when will enough be enough? >> thirty-two year old nikia aldridge killed friday afternoon in chicago pushing her newborn in a stroller near an elementary school. >> she wa

betweenplacing trains franconia, springfield, and van dorn street.ed.ry make sure that you join us as you move over to news channel 8 this morning. continues -- bellamy young continues hillary clinton this morning. don't miss it as removed to news channel 8. veronica: good practice. life imitating art, imitating life. today is national dog day. say hi to joey. we are so envious. he's our hero. doesn't want to get out of bed. send us your picks to burst.com/wjla and we may show some of your pictures online. veronica: must be a teenager. autria: real party animal. [laughter] the puppy out this morning before things get really hot? even going up before a run or a walk, these of the temperatures we're talking about. if you can't put the back of your hand on the pavement for more than five seconds, triple digit readings for today. thingsees, once again warming up quickly. going from d-weather to see minus weather -- going from been minus -- b minus weateh rto c minus weather. your drivingfor impact from mid 70 pasta mid 90 plus. across.0's to mid 90's bre

busses will replace trains between franconia-springfield and van dorn street today and tomorrow.ted to end until september 11th. hang in there, folks. >>> let's turn to decision 2016. new signs this morning that virginia may not be a battleground state this year. sources telling nbc news the super pac supporting hillary clinton has no plans to air more tv ads in the commonwealth. they believe clinton doesn't need them to win. a poll released earlier this week showed 16-point lead over donald trump in virginia. the margin of error in the poll was plus or minus 3.5%. >>> we are learning the government will not releasing hillary clinton's state department schedules until after the election. a report shows clinton met with many donors to the clinton foundation while secretary of state. clinton and her team have pushed back on the report. both candidates are trying to turn the race for the white house into a referendum on race. each releasing campaign ads questioning each other's commitment to african-american voters. >> your schools are no good. you have no jobs. look at my african-a

we're single tracking between franconia springfield and van dorn because of that. top of the belt, looking quite good. 66 inbound and 95 northbound, everybody there behaving themselves as well. more information on that crash on 50. >>> in the weather and traffic office. >> in the weather and traffic penthouse. tropical depression in the florida straits expected to dump rain on the southern half of the peninsula and the florida keys. i know we talk about august being that time where thing seem to get busier in the tropics and that is the case. >> the statistic peak of hurricane season is september 4th. that's going to be the case again this year. things have really gotten warmed up here in the tropics the last couple of days. tropical depression 9. this is the same tropical wave which we've been following since it was way out in the middle of the atlantic last week and has made slow but steady progress. we're not showing any signs of organization at this point. this southern part of the gulf of mexico out here, the water temperatures are in the upper much warmth in

trains are single tracking all of the time between franconia, springfield and ben dorr street. that means fewer blue line trains and bigger crowds on yellow line trains. be prepared. this phase of work will wrap up in about two weeks. >>> trash collection was cut in half in one local county a few months ago. residents are upset but the county says it is saving millions of dollars. we have more on this story. >> i have a freezer full of chicken parts because we don't want them to stay outside for a week.>> reporter: kevin has tried everything to prevent a weeks worth of garbage from smelling up his home and attracting animals in the woods that surrounded. >> we have freezers full of plastic bags full of wateon don't want that rotting in the sun. >> reporter: most of the trash was gone when we stop by. family uses these trash cans and the blue recycling bin to keep the mounds of trash low. >> there are people who have trash cans that are overflowing. it is not their fault.>> reporter: the counties department of environment to kuwait one of two trash days. adam ortiz, the director

free shuttle buses will replace the rail service between franconia springfield and varn dorn. >>> and turning now to decision 2016. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today, but she did receive her first intelligence briefing as nominee saturday in new york. while clinton doesn't have any public events for today, her running mate, senator tim kaine yesterday, slamming donald mp >> there is a sharp distinction between a hillary clinton who understands the value of alliances and donald trump who seems to think that tearing up alliances is a path to strength. >> he went on to criticize trump's outreach to african-american voters. saying he is out of touch. >>> donald trump's running mate mike pence spent part of his saturday in loudon county. he spoke to percent sillville and pushed trump's plan to improve the economy. he says it starts with lowering taxes. >> we're going to simplify taxes for everyone. streamline deductions and lower taxes across the board for every american. we're going to end death taxes once and for all. we're going to lower taxes on businesses large and small

over the weekend, there will be no rail service between franconia-springfield and van dorn street. buses will replace trains on saturday and sunday. during the week, trains will single track between those two stations. >>> new details this morning in search for a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run nar circle. these are surveillance photos of the car they are looking for. it hit a man last friday at 42:40 in the morning. the car may have a yellow rear license plate. >>> donations are pouring in for the victims of the silver spring apartment explosion. the montgomery county housing partnership is working to distribute that money. seven people died and 30 were injured after a natural gas explosion at the flower branch apartments. >>> new information about a deadly plane crash in fredericksburg, the ntsb put out its preliminary rport overnight, six people died when the plane crashed just beyond the runway at shannon airport a few weeks ago. surveillance shows it briefly touching down and bounced several time. in the plane was coming in high and fast before landing in the trees. it

it'll impact riders between franconia-springfield and the van dorn station. >>> welcome back on this saturday, august 27th. i'm david culver with megan fitzgerald in for angie. you ready for the heat? >> i'll take the heat over the cold. >> you said it on facebook live. >> i like the weather heat versus weather of cold. >> it is a heat wave so you have a lot to endure. let's get to tom kierein in the weather center with the latest. >> summer lovers are loving this, as the summer is extending here as we get into early september. hot days here over the next several days. humidity isn't too bad. a nice, blue sky. little haze in the low levels. little bit of humidity this morning. humidity levels have dropped a bit. that's the live view from the tower camera. by noon, it'll be hot, around 90 degrees. heading to the beach or the pool or maybe getting out and getting yard work done, make sure you take plenty of90 by 3:00. the feels like temperatre may be around 100 mid to late afternoon. warm evening coming up. mid 80s. a look at the next chance for storms and when the heat wave will end i

buses will replace trains between franconia-springfield and van dorn street. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, a man trapped in a burning vehicle. we will tell you when an officer heroically went in to save him as cameras were rolling the whole time. reporter: a woman who saw a drone going on to actor robert bean balls property shoots it down. we will talk to her coming up. jummy: later, are you addicted to coffee newsu are watching abc 7 at noon, on your side. jummy: at this dramatic video coming out of georgia. unbelievable. an officer's body camera shows him saving the life of a man trapped in a burning vehicle. the officer found the suv engulfed in flames with the passenger trapped inside. the officer was prevented from opening the door. the officer pulled the men out, and explosion knocks off his hat and his body camera. police say the suv's driver died in the fire. , police in nebraska are trying to figure out exactly what caused a man to run onto the airport tarmac before jumping in an airline pickup truck and then ramming it into a plane. it happened la

we do still have safetrack surge number eight, with the blue line signal tracking at franconia-springfield and van dorn. jummy: dozens of people rushed to save a driver's life after a fallen tree. the tree crushed his car. he was taken by d.c. fire and ems personnel. the massive tree came crashing down on a passenger car. according to police, dozens of people helped lifted off the vehicle so that -- helped lift it off the vehicle so that first responders c enlist that tree up and slide the car backwards from underneath the tree where they were able to after kick the man stuck inside. he was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries now. jummy: the driver's name has not been released. but he is now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. school just started, but for kids in frederick, they get an unscheduled day off. monotonous he valley -- monotonou-- we are your source for back-to-school coverage all across the region, and we want kids' firstf those day of school photos. if you are sent this picture in of margo on second-rate preach even has the matching american girl

blue line trains will not operate between franconia springfield and van dorn stations. there's a free shuttle bus service instead. starting monday the blue trains will continuously single tra on weekdays. surge number 8 is expected to last through sunday, september 11th. before you ride metro, check out our free wusa 9 app and know what's in store before you head out the door. >>> stunning video tonight out of hartford where a train caught fire. three rail cars carrying construction debris and wood went up in smoke. the train was headed to massachusetts last night when this incident happened. still no word on how that fire broke out. >>> also a dramatic scene on a highway overseas where a truck struck an overpass collapsing a pedestrian bridge on one of england's busiest motorways. fortunately only one person was injured. that was the motorcyclist who came off his bike as the bridge started to collapse in front of him. the accident did cause massive traffic jams. >>> the presidential campaign makes a stop in virginia this saturday. we're going to take you there when we

blue line trains will continuously singletrack between the franconia springfield and van doren freed -- street stations. no trains will run out of tomorrow through sunday. >>> heads up for yellow line riders, metro rail is conducting a full scale response drill sunday, this will allow emergency personnel to act as evacuation of a train during a simulated derailment. service will be stomped between the plaza and pentagon statio 2 in the afternoon. all of this information is on our mobile app. >>> coming up on the news at noon, a big speech from fed chair janet yellen provides a big hint at the direction of interest rates. >>> and, james corden takes a ride with britney spears in the latest installment of " carpool karaoke." fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord

between'scking franconia, springfield, and van dorn street. that is our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes, we will update the right out of cheverly. the word of the day is hot but not too humid. much like yesterday, we will deal with temperatures topping out around 90 degrees. a little muggy for your morning commute. giving you the green light. it gets sticky by the mid part of the day, so by lunchtime we are cautionary. as you are heading to the grocery store, getting to the doctor, know that it will be a little bit of humidity for us to deal with. mostly a sunnys, start to the by the afternoon. 76 -- we do not have any high humidity currently. it is not going to be too high later today. we have another 90-degree day coming our way tomorrow. one reason we got relief from the humidity is the weather front moving through. another one will move through late wednesday, early thursday. all that while we track the tropics. i will show you how it can impact labor day weekend. we are following breaking news overseas. a suicide bomber attacking the chinese embassy in t

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this is going to impact riders between franconia-springfield and the van dorn stations. >>> thank you for joining us. i'm david culver. >> megan fitzgerald. day two of the latest heat wave. tom kierein is standing by to let us know when the heat is going to stop. >> summer does not want to release its grip on us. we are going to continue with another hot day today. fairly pleasant now. we've got a mostly clear sky. there is the view from our storm team 4 city camera, showing a sunrise underway. sun will be coming up at 6:33. wispy, high clouds drifting over the metro area. it is a quiet and tranquil saturday morning. the temperatures are mild and muggy. we're hovering in the 70s about everywhere. by 10:00, it'll be getting hot. we'll be in the mid 80s and have lots of sunshine. by 2:00, you're going to notice, it'll be rather humid. not the humidity we've seen the last several days. low 90s by then. mid 90s around 4:00. the upper 80s by 6:00 and sunshine. 10:00, low 80s and a clear sky. next chance for storms is coming up this half hour. >> thank you, tom. little heat for the first da

free shuttle buses will replace the rail service between franconia springfield and varn dorn. >>> and now to decision 2016. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today, but she did receive her first intelligence briefing as nominee saturday in new york. while clinton doesn't have any public events for today, her running mate, senator tim kaine

with the franconia springfield station closed >>> i'm scott mcfarlane at the live desk. amtrak will get 28 new sets of trains, trains with 40% more seating and there will be track upgrades, including between new carollton and baltimore. vice president joe biden announced the loan, the largest in the history of the department, late this afternoon. >> you have to improve the safety mechanism and the track and the whole array of things that are necessary. >> the vice president says that will create 750 new jobs. agency records we reviewed showed 5 million passengers will depart each year in back to you. >> thank you, scott. >>> still ahead, rescue operations are being called off in italy after a devastating earthquake. as the death toll rises, hope is now fading. we'll take you there next. >>> and the race for the white house, both sides resorting to name calling and accusing each other of racial bias. >> what you need to watch out for on the roads and new fines i am banking assistance and registration technology. hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td ban

town center because of earlier train malfunction in addition to safe track surge 8 between franconia springfieldet and trains running twelve rights now the beltway quiet. 395 looking good. 270 southbound by the truck skilled at ooets fox5dc. back to you. >> 5:50 is the time. happening today remains of once missing marine will finally be laid to rest at arlington. 22-year-old private first class anthonyie brisania wept missing during world war ii. his remains were found and he will receive a. >> metro is not opening early for any reason. today at 1 marathon officials will unveil a transportation plan. now marathon is set to be run on sunday >>> all right. this afternoon in ocean city maryland governor larry hogan and state comptrollers are scheduled to discuss school start dates. he wants to mandate they not go back into session until after labor day goal to boost tourism and saying start date are local issue. kalamazoo kalamazoo may brand new license played for marylan marylanders. >> for other stories you're being clicking on let's to to mawrn mawrn. >> first up this morning. colin kaepernick a

there will be no rail service between franconia springfield and varn dorn street. buses will replace trains during the weekend. during the week, trains will single track between those two stations. >>> another warning, avoid the yellow line on more than 100 emergency responders will be practicing emergency procedures. >>> the heat and humidity are back. chuck will tell us how to dress the kids for the bus stop. >>> a police checkpoint attack in turkey. several officers dead. dozens injured. what we're finding out when we head to the live desk next. >>> police on patrol to keep joggers safe. why one community is on high alert followintwo separate g >>> 11 minutes after 5:00 right now. can you send kids to tank tops? is that allowed? they might need it today. >> we're not sending days sci zi -- daisy duke to school. >> temperatures in the mid 70s. near 80 by 8:00 and highs today low to mid 90s across the area with heat indexes over 100. what to wear, shorts if you can get away with it. shorts, t-shirt, lightweight and light colors, sunglasses, spf for sure and maybe

there will be no rail service between franconia springfield and van dorn street. buses will replace trains. the work runs through september 11th. >>> state of virginia is dealing with a shortfall of more than $1.5 billion. governor mcauliffe is expected to address possible solutions when he goes before state lawmakers this morning. he says the biggest problem is withholding income and that holder people are retiring at higher wages than they are being repraised. the governor says he will protect education from seeing cuts. >>> donations are pouring in for the victims of the silver spring apartment explosion. the montgomery county housing partnership is working to distribute that money. that money will dpo to families who lost everything in the natural gas explosion. yesterday, a 6th victim was identified. one more person has yet to be identified. >>> an off duty state trooper is being credited for saving a woman this burning wreck of a house. it exploded and caught fire in rural western maryland, washington county yesterday. the trooper lives in the neighborhood a

and blue line, safe track surge, number 8, single tracking between franconia springfield to van dorn street. wrafle times coming up. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. getting in new video of a suicide bombing in stra asia. this happened at the chinese embassy in the capital of kirgyzstan. someone drove through the front entrance of the embassy a three employees of the embassy were hurt in this attack. some government officials there in kyrgyzstan are calling this a terrorist attack. >>> d.c. police looking for three men involved in a deadly shooting in southeast. a man was shot killed yesterday afternoon near 30th street. police believe the gunmen may be in a gold 2001 chevy impala. >>> we now know what caused d.c.'s 911 system to fail over the week. the ounl lasted about two hours early sunday morning. an engineer investigating a water leak hit the emergency all stop button because he feared the leak was threatening sensitive equipment. >> we're very concerned. it was in the overnight hours. we know about the typical call volume that comes in during that time. >> 911 dispatch

single track between franconia springfield and van dorn street. there will be no rush plus service on the yellow line. that means no additional trains into downtown during peak periods. the work should wrap up september 11th. >>> metro says an emergency drill on the yellow line bridge was a success. more than 100 first responders and volunteers took part in yesterday's drill. the practice evacuating trains during a simulated derailment. >>> we're getting more details now this morning on that incident involving a man in front of the white house fence. this happened around 7:00 last night. the secret service questioned the man after he was taken into custody. police did not say what that object was, but they did say it wasn't hazardous. officials have not released the man's name or anything else about him. >> reporter: public for help after a woman was struck by a vehicle that kept going. coming up some critical information we're learning about the suspect. >> more and more parents trying to put off vaccinating their children but not for the reasons

phase 8 of the maintenance plan a blue line trains are single tracking between van dorn and franconia springfield and no yellow brush boss in virginia. though stations will be closed next weekend as phase 8 runs through september 11. >>> two united airlines pilots believed of duties after being pulled from a flight for allegedly being drunk. the flight from the glasgow airport was delayed 10 hours while the airline scramble to find replacements. unclear how authorities became aware of the pilots intoxication but concerns before the flight took off.>> we have heard on occasion and it's again very rare where maybe one of the pilots might have been potentially over the limit but to have both of the cockpit crew, this is extraordinary.>> police won't comment on what the pilots were doing before their morning flight. their arrests, a month after two canadian pilots were arrested with trying to fly under the influence. >> a long awaited new rules about commercial use of drones took affected in the open the sky to those who want to use unmanned aircraft for business. >>> i can actually make 100% living

blue line trains will single track between franconia springfield and van dorn streets. on the yellow line there is not any additional trains into downtown during peak periods. the work should all wrap up by september 11th. >>> new today, mylan says it will start selling a generic version of the epipen. they said the list price will be $300 for a two-pack, half the current price. mylan has been criticized for the price more than $600 over the past ten years. the generic is supposed to be available in the next several weeks. >>> donald trump announces a major immigration speech. up next, new questions about what he'll say. >>> plus, caught on camera, the actions of a hero. a man is pulled off the tracks seconds before a train arrives. the story behind the video. >>> and chaos at los angeles international airport. seat sent pas >>> just in the nick of time an officer pulls a man off the subway tracks. tamron hall has more now on the heroic rescue. >> reporter: an act of heroism just in the nick of time. new jersey transit cop victor ortiz putting his life on the line, savi

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gets underway on wednesday trains on weekdays that is blue line train single track between franconia springfielde buses replacing trains along the impacted area. search eight runs through september 11. >> guess what bellamy young in our area something for hillary clinton today. before she the campaign trail stopping by with us right here in arlington to a good morning washington studios. you can watch that if you live at 9:30 on our sister station news news channel 8 for more traffic weather and news updates airing live right now i ♪ >>> welcome back to "gma." a great crowd here at in the city at the citi parks foundation um isser stage. all for country star jason aldean. >> they're ready. this crowd is ready. we have social media superstars here helping us celebrate 6 million likes on facebook. way to go, "gma," we want to say thank you to disney's hottest new boy band, forever if your minds. chloe kardogian. the puppies. >> puppies. i'm going to end up taking one home. >>> and there's jason aldean. take a look. >> guys, new york city. bring it to the world. let's go. >> here's jason with his n

because of delays on the orange and silver line, single tracking on the blue line between franconia, springfieldstill a lot of delays into the district though as you make your way out, use caution, pennsylvania avenue at 12th street. that crash cleared, but look at the freeway. a lot of stop and go traffic near third street tunnel. stop and go traffic 395 on the northbound side from the belt way to the 14th street bridge. and also, crowded 295 southbound, new york blade ensberg remains heavy. take wide view of the commute. see all of the red and yellow, bw parkway sounds bound to the key bridge jammed. heavy rosalynn into george down, secondaries in georgetown heavy. a lot of traffic bw parkway and 95 southbound. any questions, erin at fox5dc on twitterment back to you, allison and steve. >> we want to show a picture, getting images from north carolinas they brace for the tropical depression, i think it is nine. >> outer banks looks great. great day to be out on the beach in a pair of shorts, cell phone in hands, maybe take a few pictures, but tropical depression may be headed that way. getting

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surge 8 is impacting franconia springfield and that has now been pushed back to august 27th through september 11th. the domino effect continues. that's the latest in rockville. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> coming up details on what is a downright couple murdered in flared >> it's what the suspect is accused of doing more disturbing. we'll have that coming up at 7:20. the latest on the police chief stepping down in dc coming up next. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. . >>> white house looks pretty this morning. >> light breezing moving the american flag on the >> humidity at only 88 >> some people look

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