commuters find another deadly metro accident disturbing. >> my father, he actually works for metro.at if it's him one day? i don't know. so it is troubling. >> reporter: seven metro workers were killed in an array of incidents between 2005 and 2010. penny anderson already was annoyed about the weekend closure of the red line for track work. and now, she is concerned. >> that does seem like a shockingly high number. and i hope that they investigate and they find out what happened. >> we do understand the national transportation safety board will not be investigating this accident because of the government shutdown. meanwhile, metro does expect to have the red line back in business by tomorrow morning's commute. steven chiadda, abc 7 news. >> investigators are looking into a deadly freeon leak in northwest d.c. two employees were fixing the air conditioning near the auditorium, the east building, when they became overcome with fumes and were taken to the emergency room. that is where melvin lewis died. the other worker is expected to be okay. an internal review is now underway. >> an

the metro workers suffered a serious injury. the contractor was killed. >> it is an everyday occurrence. someone put out the fire with interesting sure. >> it makes me feel scared to get on the metro. seven metro workers were killed in an array of incidents between 2005 and 2010. anderson already annoyed about the line. now she is concerned. >> i hope they investigate and find out what happened. >> the safety board will not be investigating the accident at this time because of the government shutdown. metro expects to have the red line back in operation by the morning commute. reporting live, abc 7 news. >> house speaker john boehner said he wants the democrats to meet with the gop to talk about the spending bill. >> the president cannot sit there and say he will not negotiate. >> congress is running out of time to raise the nation posses that limit. --nation posses that limit debtn posses -- nation's limit. whole foods market. a list of businesses trying to help for low the workers this evening. they offer three spaghetti dinne

so the metro. some of those storms could be strong possibly severe, and produce some heavy downpours as well. here's the risk area for the weather threat that includes maryland. we will see heavy downpours and thunder in northern virginia as well. there's your express forecast showing you the wet weather. especially wet by noon. storms continuing until 5:00 but winding down this evening. the high today 78°. more details on the cooldown. for the latest on traffic this morning, we have that bad accident amanda. >> that's right. we've got a fatal accident working on the inner loop. and we're now starting to see serious delays. this is a shot from news chopper 7. you can see that traffic is just crawling. it looks like they may have opened some of those lanes back up. but a lot of police activity right there in the middle of the road. as you get detoured around that either to the left or to the right, the right side is getting into those park and ride lanes to work your way around that. but this is the

. >>> metro is making changes as the shutdown continues. the transit agency has seen a 22% drop in the number of passengers since yesterday. six car trains will run now instead of eight car trains until ridership is back up. the trains will run on the regular schedule. commuter buses will also run on schedule through friday but transit officials may change that come monday. >>> there are more than 800,000 federal workers out of work because of this government shutdown. some of them took to the streets today voicing their displeasure outside the smithsonian museum of natural history. frustration boiled over at the national zoo. republican representative randy criticized a park ranger for not allowing people in. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> this woman is doing her job just like me. i'm a 30-year federal veteran. i'm out of work. >> the reason you are is mr. reid is -- >> no, it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> for a second day now veterans were let in

this past me fire erupted at the silver spring metro station. metro has seen several derailments on the line, including this one in august near the rhode island avenue station. and many can't forget the deadliest in the transit system history back in 2009. >> we know we are undergoing major track work on the line and that is why we have the weekend closures. it is dangerous work and these workers are going into the system. all over the system so we can get it in the state of repair the customers deserve. >> one of the injured metro workers has been released from the hospital. metro says the work and the investigation will be completed in time for this morning's rush. >>> three days of mourning have been declared in chihuahua, mexico where an out of control monster truck rammed into spectators this weekend. eight people, including four children were killed, and 7 others were injured. video taken from the stands shows the truck making an initial pass over two cars and then makes a second pass at a higher speed, bouncing violently before powering s

metro says a fluid leak or mechanical problems caused a loud noise or explosion.ystem is looking to see if that caused a 40-foot rail to move and hit the workers. d.c. councilwoman muriel bowser is also a wmata board member. >> we know that a lot of hard working men and women are putting their lives on the line every day to make the system safe and i'm just very sorry to have learned about this incident, but we'll work with my colleagues on the board and all the staff at metro who i know are heartbroken as well to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: the tunnel explosion and fire happened near the union station platform. a portion of the red line had already been shut down this weekend for track work. three shuttle buses helped passengers get around the district. the tragic accident happened on the red line, the busiest and oldest in the entire transit system and some would argue the most troublesome. the crew was working as part of the transit's $5 billion capital improvement program. in 2010 two workers were killed by a piece of rail equipment near the rockvi

metro says one employee was treated and released from the hospital. >>> today metro is holding a grandning ceremony for the new entrance at the rosslyn metro station. it includes three new high-speed elevators, a new station manager kiosk and pay stations. it includes a new walkway to help with passenger flow. the project was completed on time and within budget. the ceremony will happen at 9:30 this morning. >>> the u.s. military is holding one of al qaeda's top operatives. u.s. special ops forces captured anas al libi in tripoli. he is now at a secure location outside libya. al libi helped plan the bombing in tan zania and kenya 15 years ago. secretary of state john kerry is defending al libi's capture. libya called it a kidnapping but kerry says he was a legal and appropriate target for the u.s. military. kerry also says al libi will receive a fair trial. >>> this morning we're getting a look at the damage caused by record rainfall in kentucky. in louisville about 7 inches of rain fell in just 3 hours. emergency crews rescued 12 people from the floodwaters. more than 80 people had ha

he was taken to the hospital. >>> a new survey from metro points to the brookland metro station as the most dangerous in the system. that station saw the most crime in the first eight months of this year and it is followed by the deanwood, minnesota avenue, gallery place and rhode island avenue stations. metro says the crime rates are consistent with the neighborhoods those stations are in. >>> more allegations of bribery concerning the d.c. city council tonight. right now, though, we're not quite sure who is involved in those allegations or if that person is even still on the council. today at his sentencing on embezzlement charges keelly thompson implicated a male member of the council claiming whoever that person is took 50 grand in bribes. however, the former boxing gym operator did not elaborate, so it's unclear tonight if the prosecutors are going to pursue that bribery claim. we do know that thompson was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for wire fraud and misusing more than $200,000 in city grants for his own personal use. >>> leaders in d.c., prince george's and montgomery co

hiv is an epidemic in the metro area. of communities of color and gay and bi-sexual men remain at high risk. volunteers are encouraging people to sign up for the aids walk happening saturday, october 26, at freedom plaza. my co-host here, eun yang, will be hosting that event. >>> today is national walk to school day and we'll see special events to mark the occasion. in prince george's county, dominique dawes will be at a school. veronica johnson will be there as well. at least 300 students between the ages of 4 and 12 are expected to walk to school today. i went to school there. so there you go. >> did you walk? >> i did walk. >> a good walk? >> it was a nice, brisk walk. back in the day they made you walk. they didn't care. no shoes, all that good stuff. >>> 4:41 is the time. a walk to school might be okay. later on today, not so much. >> you need a jacket, too. right now in the 50s around the metro area. we'll stay in the 50s much of the region until about 10:00 this morning and then by noon the mid-60s and then rain. a

important news from metro riders.'ll take a look at a new list of the most dangerous metro okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza with premium meats. and saucde from ly real tomatoes. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >> live from the abc7 broadcast center, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> straight ahead, some welcome news for thousands of working families in our area. everything you need to know about the bill now on the table that could raise the minnesota mum wage. good morning, washington. i'm scott thuman. >> i'm jummy olabanji. jacqui, midweek and this weather is going to be what we're seeing for the rest of the week. >> yeah, unfortunately things aren't looking all that great in the weather department so we have to focus on how good last week was, right? remember that, keep that in mind as you're miserable tomorrow and

at the union station metro stop today, some up to date on metro's checkered past with safety issues. >> i am aware that a lot of metro workers and contractors have been injured. >> reporter: ralph wonders about the overall state of safety. >> i travel all over the world and i never encountered metro system that has as many mechanical issues as this one. >> reporter: the accident happened beyond the platform here at union station. at the time the red line was shut down in this area but about a dozen huge pieces of equipment known as prime movers were operating. metro crews and contractors were welding big pieces of rail together. just after midnight sunday morning a fire and a loud noise, then a section of rail shifts, perhaps violently. two metro workers hurt, one contractor, harold ingram left dead. the company has sent its own team of investigators here with thoughts of the episode fresh in their minds, other riders think about their own personal stories with the metro system. >> me and my friend the other week like it like stopped in the middle of one of these things and we're bot

this is a new parking garage opening at the twin brook metro station. >> the metro west parking garage20 spaces. officials say it provides better lighting and weather protection and replaces an existing lot that will now be turned into retail and residential as well as office space. and as you've been seeing this morning, that parking garage will come in handy. some people will be trying to get out of the rain today. >> i'm guessing at least 400 of the 420 spots will be used up today, especially with the rain expected in the afternoon. let's go right to eileen for a check on that forecast. >> i think the heaviest rain is going to arrive in the d.c. metro area probably around the lunch time. the rain is moving west to east. and some heavy rain, take a look at our storm scan. the rain is falling at a pretty good clip. we'll see the rain chances increasing through the day. and some of these showers could be heavy at times. in fact, there's also the potential for some strong severe thunderstorms. the storm prediction center has d.c. and parts of northeastern maryland and the eastern shore

>>reporter: a 41 year old metro contractor was killed and two metro employees were seriously injured after they were hit by a 40 foot section of track that shifted. the contractor and the two employees were replacing sections of rail when the accident happened. there was a fire and what's being described as a loud noise when this happened. it's still upclear what caused that section of rail to violently shift. the contractor who died was working for the holland company, he's identified as harold ingram from new jersey. >> they are going all over the system to get it in the state of repair that customers deserve. >> reporter: it was a fire that was extinguished by metro employees. a spokesperson tells us that the injured were not burned. the contractor who was killed was working for the holland company. an investigation has already begun. the section of track was already closed for weekend track work. >> it's going to take all of us across the whole region to make the i have substantial investments to make the the the repairs that the system needs to be safe and grow. >> metro tells u

that metro did not have adequate safeguards in place. tell anybody that is it was duringn the time of the june 22 accident. >> i trust the metro. i take it has turned a new leaf over the last few years. the tristate oversight committee. they will monitor the investigation. casino tooks four in more than $64 million in revenue. that is $19 million increase from september of last year. the bulk of the money was collected at the maryland leftists in our at a run phil mills.- arundel >> researchers found if you look at too many pictures of you getends' meals, tired oft the taste. curb yourelp you cravings. >> a cold front came through. let's get started. fromis a live shot frostburg. will continue from west to east and a lot cooler temperatures. 60 degrees in leesburg and germantown. and arlington. 61 in laurel. national, 1.13 inches of rain since midnight. the most rain we have had in a single day and two and a half months. an average high of 71. we are down in the low 60's across the board. 64 at reagan. -- lexingtonand in park. the number

metro released a list of the top ten metro stations where crimes have been reported.okland station tops the list with 44 crimes. overall crime in and around metro stations is up this year. most of those are snatch and grab robberies involving smart phones and tablets. >> i'm kind of worried. i have a house in the area here. this is my way of getting to work. so it makes me nervous walking every morning to the subway. >> unlike last year, no rapes or murders in or around any of the stations. >>> molette green is has break ing news from the live desk. >>> we have just learned when deposed egyptian president mohamed morsi will stand trial. november 4 is the date set by that kcountry's court for the ousted leader to face charges of incitement to murder pr for the killings of opponents for those rallying outside his presidential palace. morsi and his muslim brotherhood group including top aides will be tried before a criminal court. morsi has been kept in a secret mace since the military coup. i'm molette green, back to you. >>> molette, thank you. it is 6:47 right now and

and around metro? >> top metro stations with the most crimes reported the month of january to october. >> i usually going to brookland instead of rhode island. it's safer. >> reporter: the next five dangerous are also in d.c. the number seven spot goes to capitol heights in maryland with 33 crimes and i have mean rounds out the number ten spot with 28 crimes. >> i think it's to be expected with any public transportation system in my metropolitan area so it doesn't really surprise me. >> reporter: according to the report the hot commodity these days, cellphone snatches. >> i saw a girl's phone got snatched right over there. >> reporter: in fact, nearly 60% of metro crime is cellphone and bike theft. >> i avoid west heights because of the bike theft problem there. that's very significant. my roommate just had his brand new bicycle after four days stolen. >> reporter: out here at the brookland metro station a lot of riders tell us because it's so close to catholic university there's a lot of students, a l

he rides the metro here every day. he did say that with catholic university nearby, there are a lot of students that use this station and often they have eir electronic devices 0 out in the open making them easy targets. reporting live, angie goff, news 4. >>> angie, thank you. 5:35 right now. later this morning volunteers will hand out information about aids and hiv at more than a dozen metro stations. hiv is an epidemic in the washington area. communities of color and gay and bi-sexual men remain at risk -- at high risk for hiv. whitman walker health employees and volunteers are encouraging people to sign up for the 27th annual aids walk happening saturday, october 26 at freedom plaza hosted by our eun yang. >>> the neighborhood reporting more black bear sightings recently. >> oh, no. >> reporter: plus, a woman's terrifying story after she was carjacked in northwest washington. what she was doing just seconds before that attack. >>> and why your winter heating bill could soon be going up. 5:36. tom? >>> good morning.

you can buy them at any cvs location and metro stores.y hope the price drop will help people make the switch from paper to fare cards. >>> concern this morning that certain businesses along the proposed purple line are being given preferential treatment. last week it was announced that a deal was struck with the columbia country club in chevy chase to shift the purple line route 12 feet on club property. in return, the club is dropping their opposition to the project. in a letter to a montgomery county executive, two council members say the deal gives the impression powerful private groups are getting special attention. he says they are working with multiple groups to address concerns about the line but that the state does have the final say. >>> a public meeting today about the bi-county parkway project. it would link route 50 and 66. the new ten-mile highway would relocate route 34 out of the heart of manassas national battlefield park. it's part of a north-south corridor project linking loudoun and prince william counties. the meeting

metro is unveiling the new entrance to the ross len station.hrough elevators, a new station manager kiosk, new pay stations and an additionalona mez mezzanine. >> we all know how long and thorough airport security is, but apparent will you one o little boy figured out how to outsmart the system. >> plus a signed shaming, find the out what this young girl did that landed her on a street corner holding this[ l sign. the time is 4:52. back in a moment. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weig

metro says a fluid leak or mechanical problems caused a loud noise or explosion.stem is looking to see if that caused a 40-foot rail to move and hit the workers. >> we know that a lot of heard working men and women are putting their lives on the line every day to make the system safe and i'm just -- i'm very sorry to have learned about this incident but we'll work with my colleagues on the board and awful the staff at metro who -- all of the staff at metro to get to the bottom of this. >> the tunnel explosion and fire happened near the union station platform. a portion of the red line had been shut down this weekend for track work. free shuttle buses helped passengers get around the districts. in 2010 two workers were killed by a piece of rail equipment. this past may fire erupted underneath a rail car at the silver spring metro station. metro has seen several derailments on the red line including this one in august. many can't forget the deadliest in the transit system's history back in 2009. >> we are undergoing major track work and that's why we have the weeken

here are highs around the metro area. it will be a bit cooler in the suburbs and rural areas in prince george's county, in the generally low to mid-80s for highs as well as montgomery county. should be into the upper 80s across most of fakes county including arlington and alex a andrea and falls church. a look at the next seven days coming in ten minutes. how much longer will the heavyweight wave lasheat wave last? >> light volume. not a lot to worry about if you're waking up about to hit the roadways. we'll start in charles county. the commute here looks really good. 301 on the shoulder lanes near fauquier. making the commute between charles county and prince george's county clear, clear and more clear. here is a live look as you travel 301 connecting to branch avenue. >>> how the shutdown on capitol hill could impact a big college football game this weekend. >>> plus, how the president's agenda is now changinging due to the shutdown. the shutdown. february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. e

. >> and we begin with that developing story involving metro. a contractor has died and two metro employees are in serious condition after a welding

new this morning, metro just released a list of metro stations that see the most crime. they are brooklyn, deanwood actualery place and rhode island avenue. 56% of all crime is cell phone and bike theft. >> leaders from across the region meet today to discuss raising the minimum wage. john gonzalez is live in rockville this morning with this story. good morning john. >> good morning. this is an issue debated in the past couple months and now living wage takes center stage in montgomery. later today a proposal would be introduced that could affect businesses here. the out is to create a regional minimum wage of 11:50 an hour. it is a coordinated effort that includes prince george's county and d.c., as well. in fact, it would raise the city's minimum wage by more than $3 an hour. the counties in maryland would see increases over more than $4 an hour. now, the proposal includes a slight bump for those who receive tips those who work at restaurants. now, you will recall just over month ago the d.c. council passed a large retailer accountability act which would force big box

metro said no damage.irror on the truck and bus were crushed. >> nobody hits anything, nobody touches the floor or gets knocked off balance. >> that didn't stop several passengers from claiming they were hurt. years ago that might have led to a month's long investigation or trials. but to root out fraud, surveillance cameras have initially been installed to catch criminals and train staff but also now used to stop fraud. look at what we saw. one passenger in the gray shirt nearly a minute after the incident suddenly grabs his left leg. a fellow passenger carries him off the bus. but now he's using his left leg, avoiding standing on his right. that fellow passenger who carried him, minutes later he hits the ground, though he initially hustled off the bus. staffer is later seen with a clipboard taking his information. metro bus says it's using cameras to watch for fwoest riders, passengers who run toward or simply claim to have r ridden buses involved in accidents. how many are legit? the agency says only 10

other metro lines.ou can expect to see delays on the blue, yellow and green lines although those stations, all of them, will stay open this weekend. things will be back to normal by monday morning. >>> 5:55 now. twitter is anything but modest as it lays out its goals for its upcoming stock offerings. kayla tausche is live for your money. >>> good morning, eun. twitter took the wraps off its much anticipated ipo. the social media site is looking to raise a billion dollars. it won't say whether it will trade on the nyse or the nasdaq. it has 218 million monthly active users and gets the bulk of that revenue from mobile devices. while ref mew more than doubled the first half of the year, twitter is still in the red. the ipo is expected to take place some time next month. facebook is introducing ads to instagr instagram. for now users will only see ads occasionally. they'll be able to hide ads after they watch them and provide feedback on whether they didn't like a particular ad. we knew it was only a good

two metro employees were seriously hurt. the station was closed at the time, the ntsb not investigating because of the government shutdown. the tri-state oversight committee will do the investigation. >> workers at the pentagon can look forward to their regular paycheck. the if you are ro low is over for more than 300,000 at the pentagon. defense department lawyers determined that the civilians are exempt from the furlough because they provide support to military workers who are also on the job. >>> it is day seven of the government shutdown, there are new developments at this hour. president obama insists the shutdown could be over if the house would just vote on a bill that has no strings attached. today he openly challenged house speaker john boehner to call that vote. stiv handles man live on capitol hill with new developments. >> good evening. by the way, no house vote is scheduled despite what the president says. and the vote count that the president quoted is really accepted by a lot of people up here but no vote sche

. >>> overnight accident in a metro tunnel resulted in the death of one man about sent two others to the hospital. derrick ward is live outside the station now. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: you get a sense that something serious has happened here, it's on the faces of the metro workers still on the site here. it's a serious, forlorned look. a man died overnight. welding work going on in the tunnel between union station and judiciary square station ignited some hydraulic fluid that was leaking from a piece of equipment. three people injured. all three were transported to a hospital. we understand that the contractor died. the other two people were injured, metro employees, with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. there were no trains in the station at the time. metro is in the midst of track work on red line. that section of track was shut down in any case. the tri-state operating committee and the ntsb have been notified about this. of course, ntsb is in the midst of furlough. we don't know how that will affect the ensuing investigation here. we like to talk about the in

metro new york and metro detroit.if you go back in history metro new york metro detroit between 1930 to 1970 and that period were growth makers that grew faster than the natural to weaken national average people were flowing to live in new york and metro detroit there was a job growth and energy and so forth. those areas for example and others like him have grown scarcely tall between the four years between 19701019 -- 2010. people have gone places like florida, the south atlantic's states, texas and arizona to the and you can see it in the census data and compare 1970 to 2010, in 1970 new york had 18 million people and in 2010, 40 years later it had 19 million people. in 1970, texas had 11 million people and in 2010, texas had 25 million people. that's a significant change in america. obvious political ramifications as well. another form of volition will migration has been particularly among upscale americans to the congenial metro areas. people who choose the dallas-fort worth metroplex -- and they really do call it

. >> [música] , comenzamos con un accidente un accidente en la linea roja del metro deja un muerto elratoria comenzaron en todo el pais... comenzamos con un accidente que ocurrio ayer por la manana en el tunel de metro de la linea roja que esta entre las paradas de union station y judiciary square, un contratista que estaba soldando una parte de este tramo murio despues de ser golpeado por un pedazo de riel tras una explocion, dos trabajadores de metro resultaron heridos, el hecho no puede ser investigado debido a que el cierre del gobierno no permite enviar de la ntsb un accidente automovilÍstico en alexandria tubo como resultado la muerte de dos personas. el conductor devin austin de 21 anos y la pasajera aminata sesay de 23 anos quienes murieron en la escena. segun la policia del condado de alexandria el pasajero del asiento de atrÁs fue herido y se encuentra en el hospital con heridas de gravedad. este fin de semana comenzaron las movilizaciones a nivel nacional en apoyo a la reforma migratoria, en nuestra zona emilio orellana asistio a la zona de sterlin y nos cuenta a causa de l

but metro leaders tell us it's a critical piece of the rebuilding puzzle. transportation reporter adam tuss takes us on a one of a kind tour. >> >> reporter: the staff call it the pickle for obvious reasons, but the kidding around about metro's track geometry vehicles stops right there. you realize this is no ordinary ride on the rail. >> we find the cracks within the rail. >> normally when we're all sleeping a wall of kpeerts, gadgets and gizmos you and i can hardly comprehend glides across the metro system. metro cease second in command says you should be happen they are using the vehicles. >> we found one last night. we were able to replace the rail before it became a service disruption. >> this is a chance to take a unique look at the metro rail system. we don't have much platform. we are underneath the station. and metro will come out and turn on the bright lights and take a look at the rock and formation and see what is growing underneath. >> as news 4 first reported problem with water leaking into the tunnel along the red line have been spotted. this

metro area late this afternoon, 5:00. this area of low pressure will not be moving a whole heck of a lot. pressure moving toward us. that will work together and the difference between the two will be driving the stronger winds today, so it will be a little bit breezy. let's show you the rain showers. some of this could become a little bit heavy through the overnight hours and into we can expect gradual improvement after saturday. d.c. does kind of variable. 62 degrees at reagan national. there is your north east raise. there is that risk breeze. 23 miles per hour in quantico. gust inile an hour ocean city, maryland. easterly flow. it will be warmer today than in the midwest. as you look at the forecast, cloudy skies will persist with a mainly to the south and its of the metro insulator this evening. as we head into tonight, expecting cloudy guys, rain, heavy at times. 55 degrees. tomorrow, by the with rain and even cooler. optimistic.may be we will see a little bit of progress as we head into the weekend and our temperatu

metro says one employee was treated and released from the hospital. >>> in the day ahead, metro willebrate a grand opening ceremony for the new entrance at the rosslyn metro station. the facility includes three new high-speed elevators, a new station manager kiosk and pay stations that includes a new walkway to help with passenger flow. the project was completed on tame and within budget. the ceremony will happen at 9:30 this morning. we expect the herndon man who posted this video of of himself loading a shotgun on freedom plaza on youtube to be charged with carrying a weapon in d.c. he could get up to five years in president on for that. he has a status hearing today. his trial is supposed to start later this month. >>> a fire at a marine base could be contained by tomorrow. officials at camp penned l l l say despite the fire only being 20% contained, it has lost a lot of momentum. it was carried by the santa ana winds which spread the flames over 2,500 acres. now the winds have died down and firefighters are getting the upper hand. >>> this morning we're getting a look at the dama

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launched a new service giving metro riders another way to contact the metro police.ou can now use your cell phones to text information about suspicious activity, unattended bags, panhandling and other nonemergencies. if you have a smart phone, text information to my mtpd from a standard cell phone. if it's an emergency situation, again, call 911. >>> gas prices across our region are heading down. >> news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss is cruising the streets shopping around for you. >> reporter: well, have you noticed gas prices going down, down, down? you see it here. a gallon of regular going for $3.09. a lot of people stopping at gas stations like this. over the last month gas prices are down about 20 cents over the last month. >> i think it's always going to be more expensive than outside the beltway. that's how it works. >> it certainly does work that wa way. >> you have to have the gad bus di app. this is one of the cheapest. >> after the summer season the prices are dropping. the average for regular is $3.37. down five cents for a week ago and about 40

this particular one located in the dc metro area. it's going to be pushing through fast and furious to some of these locations you see here on our storm tracker within just the next couple of minutes. we're going to go out back now to marty. he has your latest watchings and warnings. >> reporter: thank you very much. i can tell you this, we're at 41st street and the jfx. i'm looking directly north and west. that is a threatening sky. there's a wall of water coming my way. it's just a matter of time before we get soaked out here. we're going to show you the watch, warnings and advisory graphic. you will notice after you take a look at that strong line of storms on radar in washington and allegany county. at this point frederick county is out of the mix. this weather has pressed off to your east. earlier this morning we had a tornado warnings just south of hagerstown. i need to point out that dorchester, somerset, wore chester and somerset county are no under the flood watch. water is going to start piling up on the eastern shore. ever

metro area still dry at that point.ust to the east of that 9 is corridor like frederick county, loudoun, even portions of prince william county, down through culpeper, start to see rain over spread the area. look at haguers town at 11:00 a.m. noon, this is when rain starts to enter the d.c. metro area. you need your umbrella at that point. we continue to see moderate to heavy rain at times moving through the area during the afternoon hours. future weather now at 3:00 p.m. you can see that heavy rain over the district making its way into prince george's county. tracking on into anne arundel county. i think by 7:00 p.m. we will be dry across the area. but that evening commute could be a slow go. look at what happens overnight. skies begin to clear out. so here's your planner for tomorrow. 6:00 a.m., dry. but there will be some patchy fog. keep that in mind as kids are getting on the bus tomorrow morning. 69 degrees at that point. 11:00 a.m., this is when showers start to move in. mving in from west to the east. temperatur

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>> reporter: mayor gray says payments to charter schools, metro and healthcare providers might not be made without the 6 billion local dollars tied up now in the stalemate between the president and democrats in congress and republicans. >> this piecemeal spending over legislation makes no sense. we hear appropriate anger from ants in d.c. >> reporter: democrats -- from people in d.c. >> reporter: the confrontation on the steps ended this way with california senator barbara boxer filling in reid. >> i just want you to know and my friend eleanor to know that we've got to open up this government for all the good people in d.c., maryland. >> we're not a department of the government. all we're asking is to spend our own money, our own money, not the federal money. >> why don't you support opening up the government? >> reporter: it appears at the end of day nine all three groups are backed into a corner, democrats, republicans and d.c. officials. mayor vincent gray says there's enough contingency fund money left to last until perhaps tuesday. bruce johnson reporting from the u.s. capitol fo

report outlining crimes at metro stations.is live with the break down. angie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron n. that crime report just released this station, the brooklyn red line station here in northeast d.c. tops the list. overall crime in and around metro stations is up this year. we'll get to why in a moment. first, let's break down the numbers. a look at the top ten for metro raiders now, this is information that's been analyzed by police between the months of january and august of this year. the red line number one with 44 crimes. deanwood bumped down to number two. and the top five, all of them are in d.c. taking a look at maryland, capitol heights, coming in seventh while the vienna station rounds out the top ten with 28 crim crimes. the bulk are snatch and go, police say, ibs dents involving stolen phones and tablets. the reports saying that more than h 6

ha superado el rÉcord establecido mundialmente, que era de 8 metros.o le correspondÍa >>tratar de igualar el rÉcord que acaba de establecer luis macÍas. ¡sÍ, seÑor! y en estos momentos estÁ igualando en forma sensacional. >>desgraciado. >>pero no estaba en programa esto, seÑoras y seÑores. ¿quÉ es lo que ocurre? >>comandante, ¿usted ordenÓ ese nÚmero fuera del programa? >>debe haber algÚn error, mi general. >>los errores pueden costar vidas. mucho cuidado. >>no volverÁ a ocurrir, mi general. >>chÁvez, ese nÚmero no le correspondÍa a usted. >>no, mi comandante. >>cinco dÍas de arresto. >>sÍ, mi comandante. narrador: amigos, hemos de ver a luis macÍas, ese sensacional mociclista, ejecutando la suerte paso de metal. es el Único que la lleva a cabo en la repÚblica. y ya lo tenemos saliendo al ruededcon una motocicleta en cada mano, es decir media tonelada que vibra de encanto. ¡quÉ bien, muchacho! ¡quÉ bravÍsimo! ¡quÉ valor! ¡quÉ audacia! ahora uno de los motociclistas se tiende al suelo y pasa, abriendo la maquinas, casi a punto de llevÁrselo. y ya lo vem

una jirafa macho en promedio mide 5 metros y medio de altura, y las hembras miden como 4 metros y mediortebras de la jirafa se unen igual como un brazo se conecta al hombro, con una articulación de bola y enchufe. piensen en todas las formas en que se mueven sus brazos por el hombro. es así como las jirafas mueven las vértebras en su cuello. ♪. >> ¡aventura animal! ♪. >> ¿pueden adivinar qué animal tiene los cuernos más grandes del mundo? es el alce, un par de cuernos de alce mide hasta un metro y medio de ancho. y nos lleva la siguiente pregunta. ¿es cierto o falso que los cuernos de un alce, son parte de su cráneo? una pista. los cuernos están hechos de hueso real, y el tamaño de los cuernos de un alce es un indicador de su salud. la respuesta es...cierto. los cuernos crecen al frente del cráneo del alce, son una señal de su madurez, y los usan para atraer hembras. cuando el alce envejece sus cuernos se encogen. los cuernos solo crecen en los machos, y los usan para pelear entre sí o para intimidarse entre ellos. se usa mucha energía para que crezcan cuernos, por eso empiezan a crecer

buses will replace trains on the metro red line between dupont circle and gallaudet. there will be track work on the blue and yellow line so expect delays and metro is investing ¥5.50 dollars to up date systems. >> coming up, how tropical storm karen is changing some plans during the government shutdown. >> caught on video, shootout between a police officer and a military veteran. we will let you know what started this confrontation and the shocking revelation about what was in the backseat. >> you know her voice but we will show you her face. an ♪ five ♪ $5 ♪ $5 footlong ♪ any any any ♪ five ♪ $5 ♪ $5 footlong [ male announcer ] footlong nation rejoice! right now at subway, any regular footlong is a $5 footlong, all subtember long! like the subway club, sweet onion chicken teriyaki and even the italian bmt. with tons of $5 footlongs, we need an entire month to celebrate. so hurry in! ♪ at subway >> i told you you are speeding. get back to the car, now. this is new -- cam video that shows a shootout between a police officer and a veteran. in august, and argan state tr

metro a new provides services to over 7 thousand families annually. we take a holistic integrated service delivery because we're dedicated to insuring that latino families get all the resources they need to be successful. the mission promise neighborhood is based on this philosophy of integrated approach to communities development the promise of the mission promise neighborhood is that all students and all families in the mission district will be successful both academicly and economically in the mission promise neighborhood we believe that economic success is that fundamental to academic extensive and the mission promise neighborhood we're working on both. it's my pleasure to introduce to you mayor lee. he and his office have long been instrumental in the success of the admission neighborhood. they've porl they're a true partner in the work. under his leadership because of certify environment in economic groebl growth san francisco has been spared the deficit of years past but has grown to protect the social security where poem need them the most and

metro today. in fact, all of our local airports broke rainfall records. here are the current flood alerts. we have flood warnings in effect in frederick county until 8 p.m. tommy and there's a flood warning in eight -- tomorrow and there's a flood warning in effect for the district in southern montgomery until 5 a.m. and also for prince george's county prince george's county. these are for the streams and creeks in those areas so streams like rock creek and along the branch of the pax river that feeds into that. that is also under a flood warning and we have those flood warnings in fairfax county and in the city of fairfax. a six hour loop of radar shows the heavy rainfall continuing and we do have more rain on the way. i'll tell you when it does finally all wrap up in that first alert seven-day forecast. >>> there's been some movement on the government shutdown front this evening and republican lawmakers are planning a meeting tomorrow to strategize the next step. scott broom keeping tabs on the situation on tonight's big story. >> reporter: a day of leg

the th is the irs and the walkway that leads to metro. it's 5:00 p.m. you can count on one hand the number of folks leaving. these are the essential employees brought in today. some people left after four hours of work. all of this has folks taking a look at what the shutdown will mean. it's not good. alexander of new carrollton is not looking forward to his walk home today and the news for his wife. >> i was hoping this wouldn't happen. it did. >> reporter: he's one of the thousands of federal workers sent home today due to the shut down. >> if they know something, they'll call us. get it to where maybe we can come back. we don't know what's going on. >> reporter: it's not the first time he lost pay unexpectedly. his patience is running thin. >> we were just furloughed in. six days, then they started this all over again, same process. >> i work for u.p.s. we already had furlough days, i worked 39 hours now this. >> reporter: she's in the same boat. >> i have two kids, two in college. it's going to put a dent in the household budget. i mean, there's no

. >> we are monitoring metro tonight after of deadly overnight accidents inside metro tunnel. happened on red line as crews were welding portion of the rail. fox has the latest. >> crews had been welding sessions of track together inside metro red line tunnel describe sudden loud noise. and then, fire. it not color whether high employed elect or another issue to blame but investigators says it caused 40 section foot of rail to move hitting metro track worker super skpraoeurz a con court ter all three were taken to hospital after midnight with serious injuries. contractor, 41-year-old harold ingram did not survive. in statement they said parks following incidents all red line track worm was sus safety stand down ordered brief red line crews on incident offer counselinger is is skpreurbgs reinstruct employees on safety procedures. work ingram were performing is part of of the five and half billion dollar project. it is all part of major rebuilding work. largest reconstruction effort since metro was built back in 1970s over the weekend it should down red line trains. welling acci

that will not be arriving into the metro area until later. right now temperatures are in the low to mid-70s, your predawn on october the 7th. by 8:00 still in the 70s. might have sun in and out. a lot of clouds around. upper 70s by late morning and by noontime a chance of some showers coming through and then later this afternoon could get some they haheavier downpours, severe storms. details on that coming up in about ten minutes. eun? >>> tom, thank you. we have breaking news right now. part of the beltway is shut down because of an accident. let's check in with megan grath. erpass looking down on the inner loop of the beltway here. you can see the accident off in the distance here just after the exit on the inner loop side to the park and ride. we have two vehicles involved, two passenger vehicles involved. a tow truck is here on the scene. right now they have all the lanes shut down on the inner lo loop. they're going to detour you. the work around is going through the park and ride. you go up and then go through the park and ride and back

we're seeing a couple of showers in the metro. you see them here on the west side in prince william county coming toward dulles right now, south of sterling moving in toward loudoun. some stuff from quantico towards stafford, king george. southern maryland and the eastern shore seeing all this rain moving in that direction. wet streets. we have leaves out there clogging up some drains and temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s. another kind of crappy looking morning. monika -- don't know how else to say it. >>> not good on the traffic front either. there is a fatal accident on the memorial bridge. it's an overturned vehicle, single vehicle involved. happened around 1:30 this morning. park police tell us that the memorial bridge, memorial circle and the entrance to the gw parkway, all of that is shut down at this time at least for another hour. and again that's at least for another hour. that entire area shut down with a fatal accident and investigation from overnight. roosevelt bridge to the north is open. 14th street bridge to th