montgomery county is seeking $40 million in damages but general contractor follow jer pratt is counter claiming for $10 million saying montgomery county did a poor job of managing the construction contract and was unprepared to begin construction in 2008. its lawyer telling the jury in opening statements, follow jer pratt didn't find out until after it signed the contract that montgomery county didn't have building permits. of this trial. that's coming up at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. >> make sure you have some new batteries in that remote control because you are going to be flipping back and forth between several big sporting events tonight. >> all devices charged up too. we are calling it winsday folks and we are rocking the red. the caps, the wizards, the nats all looking for huge wins tonight. we have team coverage of the big games for you. >> let's start with leon harris he's at the verizon center talking to fans. hey leon. >> reporter: all those games you mentioned that are involving washington teams none of them is going to be any -- anywhere near as big and

the county and the washington metropolitan area transit authority are suing general contract foul jer prattnstruction design companies for $40 million. some of the concrete cracked during construction of the transit center, necessitying repairs that cost time and money. metro refused to take delivery of the transit center of the time and riders were frustrated. >> it's sad in terms of the entire buildings, built you want to believe that all that money that went in to it that it would have been done right the first time. >> reporter: the contractor is counter claiming for $10 million it says montgomery county owes it for the work it did. the companies told jurors that montgomery county awarded the contract for the transit center before the county got buig unprepared montgomery county was for this project. the trial's expected to last 30 days. reporting from the montgomery county courthouse, chris gordon, news4. >> and more breaking news. nbc news just learned the senate intelligence committee has issued a subpoena to former national security advisor michael flynn for documents related to the