he is patrick lavin whorick l started on monday but held his first news briefing today.oday lavin said in his briefingri that the metro system is notms as bad as what he found as new york city transit system whenyse he start there had in the mid 1980's.19 he says metro has good people po in place to do this work but it simply has never given them t the time on the track to stopp running passenger trains and get in there and do all off this work. wk. the bottom line, we asked and ad passengers want to know cannow you fix this? both wiedefeld and lavin say they can.he c >> i think it's really goinging to start to change dramatically. his style is fantastic bute is more importantly hisis experience and both in termsner of, you know, the function heun career of 30 years, you know, ko he's seen a lot and it doesn't n give you any value to place -- to have a blame game and whate w you need to do is identify the resources you need, commit toom getting those resources, implement effective programs and that's how you turn the the tide. tide. >> reporter: he is blunderr: and he is from brooklyn

. [ applause ] >> national medal of science to simon asher lavin, princeton university, new jersey forernational leadership in environmental science straddling ecology and applied mathematics for conservation. for his impact on a generation of environmental scientists and contributions to ecology, epidemiology, applied mathematics and evolution. [ applause ] >> geraldine richmond. [ applause ] >> national medal of science to geraldine richmond, university of oregon, oregon for her landmark discoveries of the molecular characteristics of water surfaces and how her findings affect environmental, chemical and technological processes around the united states and the globe to promote women in science. [ applause ] >> national medal of technology and innovation. joseph desimon. [ applause ] . national medal of technology and innovation to joseph desimon university of north carolina at chapel hill north carolina state university and carbon 3-d california for materials science that led to developmental technology from manufacturing to medicine and innovative and inclusive higher education and

lavine case was the first time the scc were able to nail down. a million dollars salary was not apparently enough. >> inside trading could become wall street's water gate. >> authorities maybe able to develop a list of new suspects. >> we start the investigation and once his lawyer advised him of the interest to corporate, he would give you the information. >> i think the judge made clear that he would have given lavine a heavier sense. >> he was one guy doing inside trading. what levin did was lead to ivan boesky. >> he was fined of the largest from inside stalking and he has been barred now. >> using inside information to find blocks of stocks. >> handing bags of cash to people who would give him inside information. >> if we had capitol punishment, i would say he would be a prime candidate. >> ivan boesky appeared in court. no doubt the man had become a symbol of what's wrong of wall street. >> what did we call greed of the day before? >> i am afraid recently we called it success that some of the people who have now turned out to engage in crim

about getting the troubled transit agency backgena on track.on t >> after four days on the job patrick lavin says he knows what to do because he's done d it before having helped rebuild new york city's subwaysy after 9/11.11 fox5's tom fitzgerald a livee at metro headquarters tonight tg with more.ore fitz.fi >> reporter: we're learningr: w the impact of all thishi activity the last 48 hours.ou that big threat from thehreat fr secretary of transportation isni leading now to some big changes in metro's safe track program. consider this. they had only planned to shuthut down the section from easternte market to minnesota avenue in august. after that sta directiveirti yesterday it appears that that is not only going to be moved b up but it will be moved up a lot faster to next month, 16ont6 days that line could be shut down after the fta ordered o emergency urgent repairs onntai that section and two others. now, onto this metro meetingee today. the general manager of metro, paul wiedefeld, today saidday s that he made a mistake by noty being closer in contact with the federal transit administrat

. >> chief safety officer patrick lavin who was formally introduced today said they had the same goals but different ways to get there. they say workers need 16 hours a week on the track. >> a glaring problem. brianne: four days in the job tonight he is outlining immediate priorities. >> wmata is good at telling you what happened. we need to work on the why. we need to delve into yes, there is a burning and yes there was an event. we mixed it and resumed service. but we need to get into more detail. brianne: this comes as there was a discussion about why the general manager did not include the f.t.a. in the original draft before it was unveiled. he said after listening to the ntsb last week, and the litany of the problems facing metro he just wanted to get this draft plan out there to get going. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: all right. metro is already facing, making significant safety changes to show lessons they learned from this. the arcing incidents at the federal center last week that prompted a stern letter from the f.t.a. because the station was allowed to reo

but theta transit agency's new chief safety officer says he's upic for the challenge.er >> patrick lavinfew days butut he's confident he can fixnt he i metro's issues.s he played a central role in rol fixing new york city's metro system after september 11th.h. he spoke out about some of thee biggest problems.ro >> when i started the job in 1983 we were in such a stateh aa of disrepair we were derailinger a main line train every 28 days so you can imagine whatne w it would take to turn a system s like that around which we d-wmata is very good atgood a telling you what happened. hpe we need to work on the why. and it doesn't give you anyou value to place -- to have a blame game and what you need nd to to is dent fight resourcesrc you need, commit to gettinget those resources, implementmpme effective programs and that'sndt how you turn the tide. t >> the tide patrick lavin is swimming against at metro isins revenue is down 6 percent andnt ridership is down 5 percent. pct >> district leaders continueictd to work to become the 51st state.ate. the new state hood commission cs held its first me

joey lavin in blue bell shot this around 4:30 ace into the and.ld we see any more of that this evening. >> chief meteorologist scott williams the man with the answ answer. >> we still have that threat of some small pea sized hail like in that video around the blue bell area, lucy. right now looking at showers and thunderstorms racing south out of the philadelphia area into delaware county, back into chester county then eventually moving into new castle county. so we'll take a tour around ultimate doppler and show you what's been happening across the area. where you see the blue circles that's where we have seen some of that pea sized hail moving through sections of montgomery county but look at all of the heavy rainfall right now moving out of center city into west deptford, paulsboro, ridley also around media, drexel hill looking at some downpours as you move into chester county around the west goshen area. you're looking at some torrential rain as well. so here's 322. i-95 the airport looking at very heavy rainfall right now but once again aroun

lavine on page 37 of the matrix has sponsored abx124 and introduced in special session late in 2015. essentially. and it would convert the mtc from the current appointed body. to an elected body of and transition over a period of time. and it is already on the sync with the reality of the time and dates, because it has a date of 2016, for the current law with a new structure to go in place in 2017 and he has not been able to move his measure because it is in special session, and the special session has not convened for him to have the bill referred to in a committee at this point in time. and nonetheless the recommendation of opposed would give us the ability to jump in in case in the waning days of the legislative session, the special session comes back into play, at his bill is referred. and his bill is one of 25. that will most likely and not the center of interest, of the special session. so it is not like we have the legislator would refer them, but you never know what it might bring by way of surprises and so this will put you in position to be prepared to act to oppose. >> and

we should tell that you todayy me officer pat lavin will meetee with the willia wmata board and hopefully we'll get a betteret idea for the time line for thehe safe track plan which we know wo is going to be pushed back a bit because of this new safety direct. >> reporter: live in ballston, melanie alnwick, fox5 news.fo n >> family and friends sayy anied goodbye to one of the people pee killed in the deadly shopping sp center shooting spree. wynnefield was trying to helpo l a woman that police say was also shot by tordil.ordil. >> the family of the first victim that of shooting spree is having difficulty sending sen gladys tordil's body back to the philippines. set up a donation account onatio eieir web site. they're asking for your helpaskp to raise the nearly $10,000 that they need. nee >> mets fans who went to thefans pa l history. >> nats ace max scherzer didace it against his former teammates the detroit tigers. scherzer made sure they struggle all night long.on struck out 20 batters. scherzer joins the likes of roger clemens terry woods and randy johnson. >>> we knew this was coming

we got a chance to talk to patri patrick lavin from brooklyn. also talked a lot about the culture at metro and what heas seen in the past week. he has been here for about four days. metro's problems are not so great that they can't be fixed. he talked about his time in the new york city transit arena. we'll much more coming up next hour at 5:00. >> thank you, adam. >>> look, it is no secret that donald trump and i have had differences. we've talked about the differences today. that's common knowledge. i do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences. >> house speaker paul ryan says he is very encouraged after his highly anticipated meeting today with donald trump. as you just heard there, ryan admits he still has differences with the presumptive nominee and stopped short of endorsing trump. the political world has been closely watching today's sit down at rnc headquarters here in dc, and promising this is just the first of several talks to come. rnc chair reince priebus says the meeting

. >> lavin said i'll give you my best efforts. what about the new chief safety officer making changes. that. jim, i'll tell you about it next hour at 6:00. >> adam tuss, out in front of the metro story once against. thank you. >>> right now in baltimore, witnesses taking the stand against the trial with one police officer charged in freddie gray's death. edward nero's bench trial began today. he loaded gray into the van where he suffered a fatal neck injury. outside the courthouse covering it all for us, chris. >> reporter: officer nero had the right to a trial by jury, like so many other defendants, but he chose instead to have a nonjury trial. legal experts disagree whether or not it was a good choice. officer edward nero decided to waive his right to a jury trial, and let judge barry williams decide the case himself. nero is charged with assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct for belt freddie gray to load him facedown into a police transport wagon. gray sustained a broke en neck, and later died, tryingeriiggeri riots. mo

. >> reporter: this man is who metro will be counting on, patrick lavin. after spending more than 30 years ith he's not only dealing with stuck trains but also quite literally exploding infrastructure. federal investigators now putting more pressure on metro than ever. >> that's where we have to wrap our arms around this whole thing. >> reporter: metro gm, should people be afraid to ride? >> in terms of safety yes it's safe. if i find anything that isn't i will shut it down. >> reporter: for some metro isn't an alternative it's her only way to get around. for her shutting it down is not an option. >> metro all you have you have to grin and bear it. what else can you do? >> you can hope. >> for the best. always. >> hoping for at least a smooth commute. >> reporter: the commute isn't anything but smooth in this area. you're taking a live look at a metro strain between stadium armory and benning road. this is about the speed that trains are moving. another reported track issue all of this is going on that's leading to a lot of frustration. coming up next hour

his name is patrick lavin. he has 30 years experience in the new york city transit area. hopefully he can take what he learned there and apply it here. >> thank you, adam. >>> after these recent safety issues as well as the service disruptions we want to know if you are taking fewer trips on metro. our flash survey this afternoon call or text the number on your screen or helped on over to the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages to cast your vote. >>> i feel like we could have just stayed doug at home and run your tape from any day last week. >> how does that sound? >> i agree 100%. where was that in the morning meeting? >> i should have called it in. i appreciate everything you do for me. let's take a look and show you what we're dealing with. we saw more rain and yes we saw another very cool day. at least we had a pretty nice weekend. rain early saturday. by afternoon, evening it was very nice. mother's day was very good. we got a lot of cloud cover again. starting to see a few breaks in the clouds. temperatures, temperature now 63 degrees. we had some light rain b

meanwhile, today, for the first time, we heard from metro's safety officer, patrick lavin, he spent more than 30 years in the new york transit arena. >> when i started the job in 1983, we were in such a state of d disrepair, we were derailing a main line train every 28 darys. can imagine what it would take to turn that system around. >> reporter: and metro's problems are not insurmountable, meanwhile, will he be looking for strap changes. >> the perception is that you should get rid of the employees because look at the state of the system. however, you need to get beyond that, because if you're not getting -- giving your employees the chance to have track access, to get on the track, and make those repairs, then is it really that employee's faults? >> reporter: he believes changing the hours and track plan to unlock huge metro tells us they should have finalized safe track ready for everybody to take a look at next week, doreen. >> adam, thank you. >>> we have posted the federal transit administration's letter on the washington app, including an explanation why they choose three areas fo

t also want to let you know thatnw today metro's new chief safety officer, pat lavin, will, w addressetro's board for theoad first time and perhaps we'll wel get a little bit betteritet picture of the time line ofe lin these new emergency repairs. back to you. >> thanks, mel. >>> the man accused of a deadly july 4th stabbing atin the noma-gallaudet metroga station has been indicted. jasper spires was indicted inwad the death of kevin sutherland sl and spires is set to be i arraigned on friday.ra he faces life in prison if if convicted.ic >> two men in jail chargedha with first degree murder inste the death of a transgender woman. arbra bethea and christopherhrth renier are accused of stabbing keonna blakely to death lastdea month at the red roof inn in rockville.ro both men are awaitingiting extradition from d.c. montgomery county.gomerycount >> nats fans went to the park tr last night witnessed mlb history. max scherzer struck out wentt batters. that ties major league record for strikeouts in a single game. scherzer joins the life of roger clemens wood and randy johnson. >> ♪ >> hey,

"fox5" bob barnard and lavine untraveled to her virginia home to unlock her story. . >> i see in theand as a timid and when i see the star i said you did it and you earned it. nothing. >> i'm general julia j. kekly army united states army retired. ways in women's army corps and weekend warrior part time soldier and i'm proud 28 year veteran serving this country i was raised in the south not raised in the south but important in the south and my brother raised five of us and my father abandoned us she struggled to keep us fed and i know i got my strength and perseverance from woching my mother. with my dreams i wanted to graduate from high school. i wanted to go to college. i could not go to college we didn't have fund. hi to find that vehicle to go to college. and so it entered up being the vehicle to go to college the military. once i went in i set my goals to get to the highest rank coye get to. i worked hard at every job but never lost that fight of that dream to get accomplished. >> general kekly's success came with a share of heartache. her husband s age 41 leaving julia a single

lavine on page 37 of the matrix has sponsored abx124 and introduced in special session late in 2015. essentially. and it would convert the mtc from the current appointed body. to an elected body of and transition over a period of time. and it is already on the sync with the reality of the time and dates, because it has a date of 2016, for the current law with a new structure to go in place in 2017 and he has not been able to move his measure because it is in special session, and the special session has not convened for him to have the bill referred to in a committee at this point in time. and nonetheless the recommendation of opposed would give us the ability to jump in in case in the waning days of the legislative session, the special session comes back into play, at his bill is referred. and his bill is one of 25. that will most likely and not the center of interest, of the special session. so it is not like we have the legislator would refer them, but you never know what it might bring by way of surprises and so this will put you in position to be prepared to act to oppose. >> and

lavin was killed in this special forces arrayed in pakistan. cia is marking a new is marking the anniversary to beetle could just get updates as it was happening. the cia did tell the compound where they found the terror leader talked out how they discovered it and also president, spoke of the media partners and was asked if the u.s. raid was the right thing to do any said this was. if you would with any longer he would slip away. >>: after discussions it is clear to me this was going to be our best chance to get ban-lon. if in fact we did not advantage of this he might slip away. that might be years before he resurfaced. >> james: hit another run for 10 years of suppression was high winds that had been telling him. the law and orchestrated the 911 tariff tax. what area >> darya: elephants have given their final performance at the barnum and bailey circus. they took their fight about improv and tritone last night. they've been performing in american circuses more than 200 years. ringling has decided to stop using it after complaints from animal

like everybody doese come to you rightfully so you'ru the general manager, but whatt does patrick lavinrtrs dag i think today is his first f day on the job.he job. >> sure.>> s. >> with this salary of his, whaw is he going to be doing?oi >> what he brings -- fir and for most if he brings 30 years of experience, 20 years basically l as an operations person win thet brings that and 10 years as thee safety manager.maner so what he's going to bring isrg both in terms of, you know, we don't want to be in the the safety business shouldn't bedn doing investigations of whatstig wept wrong. it should be in the business off preventing things from goings fi wrong. and that's basically what he wt will will be doing and that'sha his focus.his >> want to get to melanie alnwick out will the in thethint field. i know you have concerns some on the riders have shared as wellhl that you wanted to bring to mr. wiedefeld this morning. morg >> reporter: yes, thank you soo much. so, again, you know, rightnow, g behind me is another example ofe the problems that metro riders d feel like they're experiencingnn

lavine on page 37 of the matrix has sponsored abx124 and introduced in special session late in 2015. essentially. and it would convert the mtc from the current appointed body. to an elected body of and transition over a period of time. and it is already on the sync with the reality of the time and dates, because it has a date of 2016, for the current law with a new structure to go in place in 2017 and he has not been able to move his measure because it is in special session, and the special session has not convened for him to have the bill referred to in a committee at this point in time. and nonetheless the recommendation of opposed would give us the ability to jump in in case in the waning days of the legislative session, the special session comes back into play, at his bill is referred. and his bill is one of 25. that will most likely and not the center of interest, of the special session. so it is not like we have the legislator would refer them, but you never know what it might bring by way of surprises and so this will put you in position to be prepared to act to oppose. >> and

patrick lavin the new chiefhe nf safety officer says when heff worked for the new yorick city transittem for 33 years or o whatever, it was worse therehe in the 1980's than it is hereith now but riders we spoke toe spoe this morning say no, no, no, here it's pretty bad. b >> always leave early.le >> reporter: that's the key. k >> i don't have to be to work hv until 8:30.:3 you're smart. s >> always leave early.lways >> reporter: what do youepor think of all the problems. trobl >> what can you do? i could c drive up here but traffic is a mess, too. so either way. w >> reporter: you can't win. w >> nope. >> reporter: also you would w be on a train thouat might filll with smoke because of one of these things.th >> scary. very scary because you don't know whether you going to lose your life or not so you just take a chance.ha >> reporter: many other many otr metro riders echoing whatchoi w wanda louis says. there's really no betterally nbr option but you are at least l they f chances when you hop on metro, guys. >> all right.>> a lot of folks feeling theol same way bob.same way thank you.

lavine on page 37 of the matrix has sponsored abx124 and introduced in special session late in 2015.tially. and it would convert the mtc from the current appointed body. to an elected body of and transition over a period of time. and it is already on the sync with the reality of the time and dates, because it has a date of 2016, for the current law with a new structure to go in place in 2017 and he has not been able to move his measure because it is in special session, and the special session has not convened for him to have the bill referred to in a committee at this point in time. and nonetheless the recommendation of opposed would give us the ability to jump in in case in the waning days of the legislative session, the special session comes back into play, at his bill is referred. and his bill is one of 25. that will most likely and not the center of interest, of the special session. so it is not like we have the legislator would refer them, but you never know what it might bring by way of surprises and so this will put you in position to be prepared to act to oppose. >> and i jus

lavine on page 37 of the matrix has sponsored abx124 and introduced in special session late in 2015. essentially. and it would convert the mtc from the current appointed body. to an elected body of and transition over a period of time. and it is already on the sync with the reality of the time and dates, because it has a date of 2016, for the current law with a new structure to go in place in 2017 and he has not been able to move his measure because it is in special session, and the special session has not convened for him to have the bill referred to in a committee at this point in time. and nonetheless the recommendation of opposed would give us the ability to jump in in case in the waning days of the legislative session, the special session comes back into play, at his bill is referred. and his bill is one of 25. that will most likely and not the center of interest, of the special session. so it is not like we have the legislator would refer them, but you never know what it might bring by way of surprises and so this will put you in position to be prepared to act to oppose. >> and