a metro bus. we hear from a man who said he had no choice but to chase down that suspect. autria: and fighting night at the ballpark. bryce harper's hard-hitting brault and what comes next. wl and what comes next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] larry: first, problems on the red line. ryan: a lot of people taken by surprise, lots of upset passengers. you can see that crowds are building of the fort totten metro station. we are getting word that service has been suspended between noma gallaudet and fort totten. metro telling passengers to expect delays this morning. these passengers just got off a train heading here. they are now waiting for a some people telling us that they have been waiting for 15, 20 minutes. some uppers of half an hour, trying to get a -- get to work off of that holiday weekend. metro telling passengers to consider using the green line as an alternate. but they are telling

and dedicated funding for metro buses and rails. now, abc 711:00, on your side. kimberly: right now, rattled nerves in rosslyn, police searching for a man who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman this latest on the investigation. know how he got into the elevator? jeff: the thought right now, kimberly, is he was following a resident inside the condo complex. arlington police have canvassed the area all day in and around the complex. still no suspect in custody, but they are following up on leads. the attack has left the victim with serious injuries and left the neighborhood in shock. the surveillance photos show the man trying to enter the building from the garage and front door, making no effort tconceal his identity. once inside, the police say he committed a brutal sexual assault. >> really scared. lived atse people have the condo for a year. >> especially this building, no problems in the past. jeff: at about 9:30 this morning, the man was on a floor of the atrium, knocking on doors, claimed to be a maintenance worker. many residents who were suspicious di

metro says leaking pipes are the problem.his is just a temporary fix though because crews will have to dig up part of connecticut avenue to get to the real problem. there's no time line for a permanent solution. >> reporter: safetrack surge 15 has shut down five area stations. we'll tell you how to get around for the next 31 days. >>> and accused of sharing secrets with the russians. president trump is at the center of a new firestorm. what's the next step for the white house and how lawmakers are responding now. >>> a local man trusted to help keep students safe is now charged with taking advantage of a girl in middle school. two school communities are n wewe got the keys!ys to our new house! ahhh! wooo! this is exciting we've got our own house! yeah! i'm sorry do you like it here maddie? i love you. me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons ca

but it's just very light in the metro area.m 4 radar showing the bulk of this rain is passing off to the north and east of us. quickly and pulling out here on this saturday morning, jus the panhandle of west virginia and the northern neck of virginia and areas east of the 95 corridor from annapolis up to baltimore where it is still raining moderately. it will be pulling away from there. by 10:00 this morning, just a few lingering sprinkles to the north by 11:00. we stay cloudy into the afternoon. might have a few sprinkles north of the metro area during the afternoon hours, but overall we'll be gradually drying out. then the clouds break up this evening and we go partly cloudy. we are in the mid-50s for the shenandoah valley. the upper 40s to near 50 in washington. low 50s around the bay. hour-by-hour temperatures in the low 50s by 10:00 a.m., upper 50s during the afternoon as we dry out. then by dawn on sunday for mother's day, near 50 degrees and a partly cloudy sky. temperatures into the mid-70s during the af have the wind p

more of the breaking news on metro.s justin finch live this morning with a look at what you need to do to get around the problems on the red line. justin? >> reporter: aaron, riders showing up to fourth totten making the short walk here to the first bus stop here. that is a shuttle bus waiting in place to carry riders beyond this stop to the rest of their stops this morning. as we have told you today, there is unscheduled track repair going on here on the red line affecting service between noma gallaudet and fort totten. they are advising riders take the green line between fort totten and gallery place. so far we have seen two shuttle buses leave with passengers, very full here at about 6:00 a.m. close to 6:33. if your video stop and the red line and you take shuttle buses, expect delays up to four to five minutes or perhaps earlier. we're hearing that a test train could go on that. >> justin, thank you. >>> 6:34. here is a look at our other top stories this morning. 20-year-old rubin ortiz and 19-year-old shawnee copp.

metro is currently investigating. meanwhile, a board meeting just wrapped up a short time ago as new numbers so ridership in decline. more on how the transit agency intends to address the situation. >> this is it. this is a copy of the newly released report that t over today. i had a seat in the meeting here at the metro headquarters in northwest. one of the main talking points, ridership. it's down across the board. here's what we found out. the average week day rail ridership is down 9%. that's about 13 million trips in the first three months of this year compared to last. bus ridership is down 4%. so overall that's a 7% decline in ridership systemwide. metro now forecasts a $38 million operating deficit for this year. and they plame the drop in ridership and revenue in most parts on stage fright. other things dropping the crime rate and on-time performance. that's also down. some other things they spoke about here today are the reston town center station, safety, and customer satisfaction which has not changed sinc

of steady rain in the metro area.o the west, that's where we're gonna get the rain andlements of maybe tonight and overnight, as low pressure will slowly make its coast.the when it gets to the coast tomorrow, midday, and starts pulling away, that's when our rain will end. you can see in your futurecast, going through late tonight, plenty of rain. yellow.r the areas of those indicate heavier downpours through the overnight and early morning. around noon tomorrow, we think is when we'll take a break, with the heaviest rain 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. after that, we'll see lingering maybe atill noon and touch of clearing later. >> thank you, doug. for theg now, a manhunt driver who killed five people in this horrifying crash. two and a half years ago. kenneth kelley was supposed to be sentenced today, but he never showed up. bureau chief brad bell joins us live from the prince george's county courthouse. be a this was supposed to day of closure for the victims' families. reporter: oh, yeah. not get it. this was hi

there's for the totten we have a problem on the metro. reds line on the left metro riders having to wait for shuttle buses because of some of the problems out there. we'll check with erin in three minutes to get you details. >> mt meantime up to news tomorrow nasa planning to release details bay mission to the sun. and solar probe plus will launch summer of 2018 first time nasa flies into sun's atmosphere they're hoping data collected will improve selecting of weather event which tucker we saw the sun yesterday. >> we did right? >> indeed. >> that was a good transition there. >> i hope satellite and prepared for hot conditions. >> yeah, exactly. this is tough time of year. you have to go back to work and school a summer vacation. sorry about that. hit and i miss this afternoon thunderstorms back and cloud early this morning report as drizzle going to go after school we should be in the 70s and 'cold front moves in north and west. 63 in washington and 61 leonardtown and there's 50s there to the north. gaithersburg 59. westminster 9. genera

metro has responded with a so-called high enforcement program.espite this new effort by police, i i-team cameras caught several passengers dodging paying. on the bus earlier this month we saw it happen many times. >> was it something you were worried about when you were driving the bus? >> all day long. my main goal was to get home to my family. >> so what are the top ten bus routes for fare evasion? the i-team found out, to see if the stations or routes are in your area, go to our nbc washington app and search for investigations. scott mcfarland, news4 i-team. >>> when you sign up to be a sheriff's deputy, you know there's a possibility your life could be in danger. for one deputy, his life was put in danger while he was off the job. fortunately, some of his colleagues came to the rescue. >>> this week we learn when the next shipment of new train cars will go on metro. out the new cars next month. the new trains are all eight cars long, have more space and are supposed to be more reliable. the new trains are expected to start running on june 25t

plus metro found a new use for one of its own railcars. we'll show you the shopping spot that may the be the first of its kinds. >> 16 years after firefighters still don't vay permanent place to call home at the pentagon. >> i'm chris lawrence. we start with the growing effort to bring better retail stores to prince george's county. it's become one of the county executives top priorities in our bureau chief tracee wilkins looks into why so many venues failed while others are succeeding and what developments are on the horizon. >> we had landsover mall at one point. >> i remember landover mall. i remember going there as a kid. >> reporter: for decades landover mall is the example of thriving retail but in the late '90s that changed when enthusiasm stores in the county were doomed to fail. >> crime started ridesing. we had challenges in the county overall and with not putting investment back into it, watching retail chains but not doing anything about it. >> reporter: residents hoped that the opening would turn things around but years later,

i work for metro government. >> so i got to pay the government for them to lock me up? >> yeah, 'cause the government has to pay for your housing. it has to pay for these bills. >> no, i'm not going to bull county. >> you got to pay $25 a day to be incarcerated. >> that's bull[bleep] though is what i'm saying. you're charging me to be locked up. i didn't ask to be locked up. >> we're not charging you. >> i didn't say, "come lock me up." >> taxpayers voted that, all right? >> i didn't say, "come lock me up. here comes some money. here, i want to be in jail. i got bills on the street to pay. [bleep] i don't like paying the government to lock me up. >> step back in. >> he got kind of mad, but, you know, he's got to deal with the consequences. like lieutenant collins told him, put money on the books illegally. you know, that's his fault. he lost everything he's got. so, you know, i was fair with him. i do the same to every inmate when they first get in a fight. they get 10 days. he's just not happy right now. >>> coming up -- >> say a-b-c-d-e-f-g. >> brian voltz puts his to

the metro newest rail cars, the 7000 series. this is a big deal for everyone using the line especially here in north virginia. people are wondering since the rail line came online, whether we going to see the new rail cars. that is something that people thought would have happened from the get-go. but now for the first time as you take a look at those shiny 7000 series rail cars, riders will be seeing those rail cars. and this has an impact on reliability and safety. because from a reliability standpoint, the 7000 series railcars are longer, meaning they can hold more people. they're eight cars long, seven been running here on the silver line since it opened in 2014. and the 7000 series railcars are also supposed to be more durable. more crash-worthy. they're supposed to be stronger and supposed to be more reliable that they don't break down as often. so, this is a big deal for anyone who rides along the silver line. metro general manager paul wiedefeld expected to make this announcement later today. he's going to make that anno

. >> at louisville metro, officers frequently visit the housing units. but they are not design to have had an around the clock-staff presence. >> this is more of an indirect, remote type of inmate supervision. architecture here. but what we can do is we can traverse the jail and get in and out of those housing units and really develop that community policing model in the jail. >> unlock door, door, door. >> so when a fight breaks out, response times are slower than those in direct supervision facilities. because officers are not already inside the housing units. officers have just broken up a fight between two inmates. to do so, they had to deploy oc gas, also known as pepper spray. >> let's go! >> one of the inmates is william mitchell. he's in jail awaiting trial for burglary and has pled not guilty. the other is demoney beavers who's charged with cocaine possession. he too has pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. >> just like any facility we have fights. there are going to be arguments. whether it's over just one tv, three bathrooms. could be beef f

for metro rail and metro bus. >> for metro rail riders, most fares will increase from 10 to 25 cents. metro bus goes up to express bus will increase to $4.25. if they raise fares and reduce service? >> then i'm going to have to drive. it's just that simple. >> i would love to see a regional sales tax in lieu of increasing fares. >> will you continue taking metro? >> well, for now, i don't have a choice, because i can't get parking when i go to work. so i will have to keep on taking it until i can get parking. >> reporter: metro expects the changes will increase revenue in time for maintenance, resulting in a more reliable and safer public transit system. this is chris gordon, news4. >> thank you, chris. >>> it's not the top headline out of the white house today, but there is big news about a new crackdown on drug offenders. the shift in policy that the department of justice is embracing. >>> d.c. is a no drone zone as you know. so why was this one flying around the capitol building today? >>> i'm carol maloney at the verizon center. who turned the lights off? wizards need to light it

metro as well. go to julie wright for an update as well. >> a lot of folks are carrying the jerseys in hand. it's still warm out there. watch which parking garage you park in. some close at 11:00. some close later. metro closing at midnight. the penn-caps happening tonight. puck drop at 7:30. move to the wazers. we show what is it looks like from gaithersburg downtown. pull up the traffic watch 7 waze map. show you the delays for those continuing from gaithersburg. headed to northwest washington. if you want an alternate from 270 to connecticut and travel through the northwest there. that will save you time. but an hour compute to travel at 26 miles. all right. put me in coach, we will play ball. northbound 95 from the lorton area. a 43 minute ride from the typical ride northbound 95 to southeast frewive. if you want to try an alternate route to hook up to commute driving 22 miles. we have given you alternates but leave now. you want to get there and you don't want to miss any of the pre-game festiv

. >> i'm eun about if you're using metro. we'll get to those as well as your commute. >> first though, let's check in with chuck and sheena. >> we've already had our first 90 degree day. we haven't had any 90ed here in the month of may. that is about to take an ugly term. >> near record highs in the forecast. that starts tomorrow. today the warmup does start with temperatures warmer than yesterday. currently you're about to walk outside it is cool enough for a light jacket. once the sun comes up shortly after you're not going to need the jacket for very long. 46 dulles, 44 manassas. 56 degrees in the district. as you head out for your commute, sun glare by 7:00 a.m. by noon, dry roads. temperatures in the low 80s. looking good. how does the traffic really look? >> well, right now actually we're not so bad here this morning. let me kind of show you what's going on as far as the beltway goes. so we did have this avenue with the right lane blocked and, sheena, that is now out of the way. the rest of the beltway is looking good.

. >> on any given day, the louisville metro department of corrections jail holds about 2,300 men andomen whose lives have reached a significant crossroads and whose futures are anything but certain. though angela griffin says they're all crystal clear to her. >> put this right here, put it in your heart, you know, like really concentrate. i mean, if not, you've got to focus, really believe in what you want to hear about. take that in your heart and shuffle these three times. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> you know that's how i get my hustle on, it's how i eat. >> griffin, who was recently sentenced to five years for theft and promoting contraband, uses old playing cards to read inmates' fortunes. >> all right, this is a travel card or something, but this is ten weeks, ten months, ten days, ten years, or it could represent the tenth month, which is october. usually, the girls that have commissary, they know that i don't get a whole lot, so they'll offer me chips, crackers, pops, sometimes for soap, sometimes for shampoo, whatever i need at the time. but basically, this is my hustle. i lo

that is the new metro mayor for merseyside, steve rotheram. it's a newly created post.t me fill you in with a bit of detail. they are being interdeuced as part of the government's devolution agenda, allowing authorities to take on more functions over and above those taken on in previous lenning slags and in orderfor a combined on in previous lenning slags and in order for a combined authority to on in previous lenning slags and in orderfor a combined authority to be given those powers a metro mayor must be located for the area. —— elected for the area. it's a position of significant power. in terms of voter engagement, it's interesting to look at turnout. the turnout in the merseyside contest we we re turnout in the merseyside contest we were just seeing the winner of, turnout was 26%. that's the second of the metro mayors to be declared. so labour taking the position on merseyside. more of those posts still to be declared throughout the day. the conservatives have made big gains in the council elections in england and wales, recording their best results since 2008. man

it is the high cost of calls in hospitals that is highlighted on the front of the metro.are so complex that tax payers may end up overpaying. there is also the meeting between to reason me and jean—claude juncker. the prime minister is claiming that the account was just gossip. the daily mail says that fertility clinics exploit couples who are desperate for a baby by persuading them to donate eggs in return for free treatment. the claims warns of a financing crisis around new cars. they say that buyers are not always made aware of the terms of the loa ns. made aware of the terms of the loans. the guardian says that the prime minister is having to battle getting brexit talks back on track after what it calls a humiliating start to the negotiations. those are the front pages, now it is the weather. the last of the showers will soon clear away so for most of us it is looking dry. some cloud and clear spells and it will cool down a little in rural areas. some parts of scotla nd little in rural areas. some parts of scotland that were so warm today could end up close to freezin

free parking at the metro garages. red line wraps up this evening tonight when metro closes.ting right now the red line in two segments between shady grove and noma-gallaudet as well as brookland and glenmont. rhode island station closed. shuttle service is available. safe track work until in five stations closed but we have shuttle service available to keep you moving. metrobus on a sunday schedule. metro access all subscription trips canceled. metro customer information call service closed. if you have any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we'll take a look at all the memorial day parade closures in the district next. allison and maureen. >> 7:09. thanks erin. >>> let's head to a developing story out of montgomery county. police there searching for the suspects who assaulted a man at a hotel who'll later died from his injuries. the 24-year-old had been staying in a room at the days inn in silver spring when for unknown reasons went outside to the parking lot around 2:30 on sunday morning. witnesses told meals the man was assaulted by a group of people then. he managed

. >> a man brutally attacked outside the gallery place metro station during the day. before police arrived a fellow passenger dime aid. tonight the men are reunited fox news at 10 starts right now. >> first tonight at 10:00, we begin with breaking news out of the district. >> a boy was killed at a hit and run. lauren demarco is on the scene. lauren, what do you know so far? >> reporter: just heartbreaking, shawn, tony, we're here as you said livingston in southeast. this is active scene. we're told about 8:30 this evening there was boy struck by a vehicle. police were initially calling this a hit and run. we know that that boy was taken to the hospital. we're unfortunately he has been unpro -- pronounced dead. solemn here as you speak to the officers. they say a few minutes after the accident the driver actually contacted police h himself. he is now being interviewed by police and also told the young boy's parents have been here talking to police as well. we've been asking exactly what may have led to this. was the boy walking a cross the street with his parents. what

the metro achievement center.been achieving great results in the lives of girls growing up in the tough inner city neighborhoods of chicago. metro serves as an oasis of hope, an ark of safety and learning for young girls. >> many of our families know people who have been killed due to gang violence, and many of them who are involved in family members, friends involved in drugs, gangs. and so we do our best to help them see the good and to stay on positive paths. kelly: this girl is now completing her master's degree in sociology. she grew up in an immigrant family that didn't know the language. metro helped her overcome the language barrier which helped her excel. >> my mom, i remember, was telling me that she wanted me to continue metro not just because of the academic, but because they had the same values that she was trying to instill in me. kelly: the programs provide mentoring, tutoring, character development, friendship and fun. it also provides valuable support to parents who only want the best for their ch

>> and, get ready for chaos on metro in the morning. wusa9 at 11:00 starts now. >>> breaking news from the white house. start us off tonight, our news partners at the washington post report that president trump disclosed classified information about isis to russia's foreign minister and ambassador. now this apparently happened when the two were visiting the white house last week. a source told the post that the president told the russian diplomats more than the u.s. shares with its own allies. the national security adviser says that is not true. >> at no time, intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials who were present, including the secretary of state, remember the meeting the same way and said so. they are on the record that will outweigh those of anonymous sources. thanks, everybody. >> mcmaster walked away, didn't take any questions tonight. journalists aren't alone, though. lawmakers have questions of their own

covering metro.. some employees of the transit agency say metro is in desperate need of more funding. they voiced their concerns yesterday at a rally at mount carmel baptist church in northwest d.c. they said a lack of for them to do their jobs properly. metro board chairman jack evans is calling for a one-percent sales tax in maryland and virginia.. to fund metro. he says the system will be in serious trouble if the sales tax isn't added soon. happening today. drivers must now pay to park in front of those red-top meters around d-c. the fine if you don't -- 250-dollars! the meters are reserved for people with disability parking tags or license plates. the red-top meters are located around the capitol, the mall, the white house and as far away as dupont circle and foggy bottom. a lot of people stopped at the movie theater over the weekend. and that lead to a spectacular blastoff for "guardians of the galaxy volume 2." a marvel sequel dominated the weekend box office, pulling in 145-million dollars. wo

if you're a metro rider, head's up. there's a new stop at the metro station. it may stick around if all goes well. stephanie ramirez hops on a train to check it out. >> i'm eating. and drinking on the metro train. >> it's okay, i promise. i'm in a shop. behind it, another local stop called grandma vera's a bakery. it's part of a retail plaza located just outside of the grove near metro station. >> i think it's fantastic. this is just what they need. they have 10,000 people a day coming through here and you can't buy anything either coming or going. >> a partnership between the retired car. five squares development. that's the company that is building the use mix delo >> they have already torn down it. and they have huge plans up there. it's a great way to introduce the community into some of the things that are coming on. let the locals get their beak a little. let them have part of this. >> the popup shop will be in this area monday through friday from 3:30 to 7:30. it's an evening you'll partially avoid. stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. >>> gets all the cool assig

and i've worked the prison system and i've worked for metro corrections.r what anyone says, those that are incarcerated for a long period of time, they do die a little bit every day. they don't get to do the same things that we in the free world do. it's not going to bring my brother back. it's not going to repair the damage that was done. i don't want anybody to say that they're sorry. because i know the only reason that they're sorry is they were sorry for getting caught. it's a military thing. i bought some victory cigars not long ago. i'll be smoking one this evening. and i have a very special one that cost me $22 that i'm saving for the day when i get the phone call from one of the institutions and they tell me that he's finally dead. well, our family is going to be getting together that very evening, and i'm not kidding. and we're going to be throwing a dennis-hall-is-dead-and-he's-in- hell party. and that's going to be a day of celebration for the family bishop. so i'd like to thank you for your time. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> i was actually h

metro realized what the problem is.ue now, it's a long term project to dig up connecticut avenue. in the meantime, this summer they plan to bring in big chiller units, basically going to put several inside both stations. they're asking dc government and other agencies to help out with this. of but they're not sure exactly when those units will be in place. the hope is by early june. in northwest, matt ackland, fox 5 local news. >> it will be a hot mess in more ways than one >> especially around rush hour. kind of like the days when you get off the road you get on the metro get in car and it's nice and co. usually here in our building it's too cool today i'm loving it. we talked yesterday that we may break records. these were the records to beat. did we do it? here are the high temperatures. we tied it at bwi. did not give or take at remaining our high was 91, we did not break the record at dulles. of it was 92. record was 93. we miss that day one by one degree as well. guess what? we have another chance at getting the r

metro says it happened wednesday morning at the elevated track. it happened while the train was stopped. >> one in a million it's too many. brianne: metro officials say when the doors open on the wrong side the train operator is supposed to report the incident, walk around the train and then take the train out of service. metro officials say the operator didn't follow the procedures, adding the train continued on the trip. while the incident is under investigation, metro officials said the doors opened because of operator error. metro's general manager says the agency is looking at technology to prevent it from happening in the future. >> there is always the human element so as much as the technology to prevent it is where we want to go. >> as part of the human element, the question remains tonight exactly how did the doors open? what buttons may or may not have been pushed? that is part of the investigation. something that metro officials say will be separately. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. nancy: the first lady

and the metro prices go up 25 cents. that's not the only change, metro hours are also going to be different. trains are going to stop running at 11:30 at night monday through thursday. on friday and saturday, you can take metro up until 1:00 in the morning. and on sunday, metro will open later and shut down at 11:00 at night. a lot to go through there with all that found on the nbc washington app. >>> so if you have ever started a home project repair, you know it turns out a lot of times to be more expensive than you originally thought. you can probably identify with this next story at a local nonprofit finding a solution. >> they are the only group in fairfax county that specifically works with homeless women veterans and their children. and this morning they find themselves short of a lot of money that they need to assist final salute discovered unexpected problems while renovating their home in the alexandria area. the project was a lot bigger than thank their plans and budget called for. and the home was sup suddenly

. >>> a man accused of a brutal murder on a metro train. jasper spires is charged with stabbing this man more than 30 times. it was a random attack that happened on a red line train. south they are land had just graduated from american university. >>> prince george's county council member heads to court on dui charges. mel franklin crashed into another car on route 4 in marlboro last december. police say he fled the was found hiding in the woods. he was in his county owned car at the time of the accident. news 4 learned this was the third time crashing a county vehicle. you can follow tracie wilkins on twitter. >>> 5:07. an fbi raid in annapolis. this happened at a firm. this is connected to a lawsuit filed after the race for the virginia governor in 2013. ken cuccinelli sued the firm after he lost the race to terry mccullough. they raised more than $2 million in donors but only gave his campaign 10,000. the lawsuit was sed ld. >>> coming up on 8 minutes after the hour now as we turn to president trump's revealing interview with nbc's d rus

carol thomas drove a metro bus for 17 years. the drivers are, at times, powerless to stop the crime. >> you can either hold that bus up or just go. >> reporter: why this in spike in violation? there's been a crackdown by police and brace zzen riders do car care. there was a team of officers deployed and in daylight hours we quickly saw a string of passengers going by without paying. >> do you think it's pay fare? >> the same thing in the rail system. >> reporter: bus drivers are frustrated by how often it happens. >> she says she's experiencing them up and down the lines. >> reporter: but we didn't see what metro says happens when some passengers try to stop it. some are spit on and punched. this case was in court earlier this year. a 64-year-old passenger was seen arguing with the driver. the passenger pulled a 3-inch knife and slashed the driver on his face. emergency medics treated the driver and police arrested the passenger who was charged with assault but deemed mentally unfit for trial. at least four drivers are on medica

metro received a 74% in a new satisfaction survey on bus riders. for those who ride the rails it's 69%. the transit agency wants to get that up to 85%. safe track has put a strain on the system and fewer people are using the trains or buses. all this week we're trying to make your commute a little bit more bearable with our gridlock game changer. >> today we're focused on how you can make your metro ride better. adam tuss has some pro tips you should try. >> reporter: catch a ride on metro, sure, that can be tough. there may be some tips you haven't thought of. metro tip one, if you see a train with space heading in your direction, take it. even if it's not your exact color. for example, a lot of downtown orange line riders will see a silver line space and let it go by but a pro tip silver line train to a transfer point, step off and then catch the orange line train there. spend about the same amount of time on the platform but you'll have a more comfortable line. metro has another tip that you may not have thought of. >> there are more and more a

coming over the metro area. here is a live view from the storm team 4 prince george's county area overlooking the gray waters of the potomac. you can see the rain getting closer to us, only a few miles away from downtown washington. advancing from the south and west. it will be with us here off and on into the afternoon. all this yar in the green is that rain that's going to be with us. it's going to be breaking up, though, around 3:00 or 4:00. we will still see a little bit but after 5:00 we will dry out, actually see a little sun before sunset and we will see the pollen also continuing to get washed out. that's good news for all the allergy sufferers. all this area in green we still have a little bit of flooding due to the rain we had yesterday, some of the rivers or creeks or streams are out of their banks. d.c. funk parade and music festival today. have a poncho or umbrella with you starting noon through 3:00 p.m. after that we dry out just in time for all the musical perfores mid 50s. a blustery wind. near

on friday evening in a crowded metro station. as i said, i'll be person who isn't quite as lucky as i was. there may not be a good samaritan gw law school student next time. >> he's hoping he thanking thank him personally for what he says saved his live. we've reached out to metro to get a better exactly took place. the victim says he's yet to hear back from metro. we don't know if there have been any arrests in this case. we, too, are waiting to hear back from metro. live tonight in rockville. >> we're learning tonight about another violent event every incident on metro. three men were involved. one of the men suffered a cut to his face. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. the two other people involved were arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. the incident caused some minor delays on the redline while police investigated. a civil school, but in response the community is trying to turn it all into messages of hope. this happened across anne arrundel and they're doing something called chalk the walk.

meade. >>> temporary release for riders sweating it out on metro. why a permanent fix to the chiller system could be a lot more complicated. >>> and new details about barron ump's newtr be in for another hot summer. there's no permanent fix in sight for the cooling system for the dupont circle and farragut north metro stations. the system went down years ago. today transportation reporter adam tuss got rare access to see the root of the problem. >> reporter: anyone who's used the dupont circle or farragut north metro stations when it's hot outside knows it gets stuffy. the cooling system for the stations has been broken for years. specifically the huge pipes that carry water to chill the stations are in shambles. to get to those pipes in the cooling system, you gotta come down here, about 30 feet down, underneath connecticut avenue, that's where the pipes are and the cooling system. it's such an issue that metro has simply turned off the cooling system. >> ever since then, it went down, we couldn't cool the station. so unless we replace all of the p

metro service doesn't pick up until 11:00 a.m.e'll have the latest on that. >> on this memorial day we honor our nation's military members. >> there are several events planned across the d.c. region today. fox5's kristen leone live at arlington national cemetery way closer look. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maureen and holly. yes, happy memorial day. today is a great way obviously to pay tribute to those fallen military heroes and in a couple of hours, hundreds of volunteers will be coming here with thousands of roses and placing them on the headstones, again, of our fallen military a-beautiful tradition going on since 2011. so that will be taking place between the hours of 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. this morning. so, if you don't have any plans when you wake up and again, you want to pay all right respects to those who have made that ultimate sacrifice for our is a great way to do so right here at arlington national cemetery. of course, so many roses to hand out here, so that first come first serve on that note. and also the

first metro said they single tracked. then they decided to shut down five stations for a month. >> so, this all starts next tuesday, may 15. those five stations are on the orange here they are. minnesota avenue up to new carolton. that's a popular park and ride stop. this is a tough break for riders from maryland and northeast d.c. minnesota avenue metro where 2,000 riders rely on this stop every day. they work delayed shifts. they go further into the city. they tell me they are just realizing the impact of this shut down and to them, it shows that metro is being just ignorant. the anc commissioner here contacted me. he says this is the majority, minority population. the orange line means opportunity here. five miles of track will be shut down, but here the impact feels much bigger. >> to use a tried and true line, if they had done this in the red line, they haven't done it with less than 30 days notice. >> public schools will be in session during this shutdown. this ward has a lot of them. the second most district wide.

metro is running on a holiday schedule.ng is free at all metro lots. >> and there is a lot happening and we have a complete roundup of all the events inside the nbc walking app. >>> people coming together to protest messages of hate. a small group of people held a protest this weekend outside the offices of white nationalist rich are arrested spencer. they protest there every other week, but this time they were responding to discriminatory messages on flyers. protesters want their children to know how to stand up against hate. >> i would like to believe that someexplicit and implicit racism will be a thing of the past in their generation but it not, we need to teach them to stand up. >> after the flighter ehe flyer the mayor says the city deannounces discrimination in all forms. >>> police are working to find who hung a noose in a tree. a smithsonian police officer found it friday night on the grounds near the hirsch glt horn museum. if you have any information, d.c. police want to you call them. >>> we're waiting to learn

through the evening, the heaviest clusters are likely to be south of the metro. anybody is subject to individual storm. i have a feeling there will be more severe thunderstorms issued. we will stay on top of it all afternoon long in the stormwatch7 weather center. [sirens] jonathan: what you are looking at is not a police escort of an ambulance. this is a chase. nancy: the ambulance was leading officers across maryland. alison: wow! this was something else. it was stolen right from the prince george's county hospital center. abc7 was there when the bus went flying by. jonathan: now we are learning how it was stolen. nancy: and how they stopped the man inside. alison: maryland bureau chief brad bell takes us along on the wild ride. brad: this looks like a crime of opportunity. i started here at the ambulance bay. the policy is the ambulances are supposed to be parked and turned off and locked. but it doesn't always happen as a practical matter. this morning a patient being discharged found one of them running, unlooked and jumped in. the pursuit went this way. the

shuttle service other than metro rail, metro bus on time and erin fox d.c. i'll keep you updated throughout the morning holly and wisdom. >> sounds good, thanks, airport, a5:26. coming up. ry searchers claim to be one step closer to finding a cure for hiv and aids. >> law makers in expected to find a budget through september. >> a live look across the d.c. region wednesday morning. come on, dance into wednesday. a good way to look at the day. you can do. it get moving. "fox news morning" back after this this for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. z2c5qz z16fz y2c5qy y16fy . today on "fox news morning" hundred of prince george county school empl

park, mentor is canceling maintenance plans. -- metro is canceling maintenance plans. alison: how about $60 per day to go 60 miles per hour? jonathan: rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. alison: 7 on your side is looking into skyrocketing prices on the 495 hot lanes in virginia. we have seen prices from $20 up to $30 for a one-way trip. trends urban which operates the express lanes says that is getting heavier and that is why prices are going up, and fewer people are taking metro, pushing drivers into the express lanes, but some commuters say they have had enough. a day just to try to beat traffic does not make sense. >> more people are coming back to the express lanes because t

today metro finalized some major changes. adam tuss is breaking it all down for us. >> reporter: just a couple of weeks, things are about to change dramatically on metro. you're about to see longer wait times for trains, depending upon what time of the day that you ride. you're about to see fares go up and you should really start paying the system is going to be open changes. we're talking about closing at 11:30 on weeknights. that's what's going to happen here for the metro system as they go into a whole new maintenance plan. on sunday morning, the system won't open will 8:00 in the morning. huge changes for riders. also, you have to pay a little more to ride. we talked to metro's media relations about it today. >> the main issue here, we need the time to get the work done that the system needs. we want to bring reliable and safe service to our customers and that's what this is all about. >> reporter: we' >>> parents and students who feel rushed in the morning got good news in loudoun county. the board is allowing school to

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

and metro bus prices go up 25 cents. it's not the only change for metro.ly. the trains will stop running at 11:30 at night monday through thursday. and on friday and saturday, you can take metro until 1:00 in the morning. and on sunday, metro will open later and shut down at 11:00 at night. a lot of changes, you can find them on the nbc washington app. we'll check in with tom kierein now for the weekees right aerhi >>> tom kierein, i was just looking out the window, it looks like around here the rain has stopped. >> it has. and the sky remains gray with a low overcast, but it is still raining here in the area in green, the northern neck as well as the shenandoah valley, the northern panhandle of west virginia. that's all tracng up to pennsylvania. most of the rain is over now for the metro area. just might get a lingering sprinkle later on this afternoon. then tomorrow, beautiful day for mother's day, near 50 in the morning. afternoon highs in the mid-70s. then getting off to work and school on monday, a beautiful day into the mid-70s. a bit of a blustery

metro tells us it is canceling repairs just for the night. caps and nats both have home games tomorrow. >>> you have to play to win. if you play the lottery you are always looking for a wayne to improve your chances. is there such a thing as lottery luck? we crunch the numbers to find the luckiest lottery retailers in virginia. >> reporter: win big. >> that's a $3 million smile. >> reporter: scratch it off. draw some numbers. either way we all want to be winners. some have seen more jackpot winners than others. we dug through five years of data only looking at people winning $100,000 or more. 711s had the most repeat winners of any chain in virginia. it is also the biggest seller of lottery tickets. the biggest prize, 217 million from powerball. 30 stores across the state sold three or mour big ticket winners since june of 2011. a dozen stores are in northern virginia and this grocery store had four big prize winners each. lottery spokesperson. any stores can be lucky. >> reporter: says the stores that cash the most winning tickets often just

. >>> and a group of teenagers attack a man riding metro. today the victim reunited with the good samaritan that helped save him. >> the word hero is thrown around casually. sports heroes, all sorts of heroes >> sauna like conditions at certain met row stations and lawsuit stemming from a bad date at the movies. your news starts right now. >> we begin with breaking news southeast d.c. a 6-year-old boy is dead following a hit and run crash. >> police say they have the suspectsed driver in custody. "fox5" lauren demarco is liver at the scene lauren tell us what happened. >> tony, shawn, it was 8:30 this evening you can see it's an active scene livingston and southeast. they have been walking a cross the street trying to piece together exactly how this happened. and it is just heartbreaking here this 6-year-old boy did not survive. take a listen to some of the neighors here. >> that's somebody's son taken away from them. it's not right. that could be my son. her son, anybody anybody brother. cuz up, anybody. did it's sad, >> sick, sick to my st

tonight he s we, too, have reached out to metro, but are waiting to hear back. in northwest d.c., marina maracco, fox5 local news. >> and fox5 is in anne arrundel after a hate crime at a middle school there. community members joined forces to respond with love. earlier this h week police arrested two men who they say hung a nooz at the middle l cool. today dozens of people showed up to write kind messages to students when they head back to school tomorrow. this is what students will see when they arrive at school tomorrow, messages like love never fails and always be happy. these stretch all around the building i've lived in krof ton for 11 years. the fact that all of you came out together to spread the message and to make it loud and clear that hate will not be tolerated and that kindness always wins is so a sea of people at crofton middle l school, chalk in hand. the goal was to bring some beauty here. after the ugly act earlier this week. i saw it when i was walking to the bathroom. a lot a winter is in six grade. at first i thought it was just a rope hanging