wmata is not just the metro that serves the washington area. it is truly america's metro system. it's the second largest system in the nation, behind only new york city, it's 117 miles long, it has 91 stations and includes more than 12,000 employees. it's critical to the function og they have federal government because it moves more than 40% of the federal work force every day. to and from work. and also during the day for various missions that people go on during the normal work day. it is essential to national security. if we didn't have the metro system what is already one of the most traffic plagued and congested regions in the country would be absolutely paralyzed. it's also the mechanism that moves millions of americans who come from all over the united states. all of our constituent here's in congress, to visit us. and that's how people get to the white house and the capitol and to go to the pentagon and to go see n.i.h. and to visit the museums and the battlefields and so on. so the metro is critical, not just for the people who hi and work here every day and make the fed

kind of messy already on metro this morning. inner loop before we've been talking about, on the right side of the roadway. you can see the folks getting by in the left lane. going to be a big burden for a lot of people going through that area. right now the inner loop and outer loops not too impacted. it could develop into a problem later today. as you zoom out, you can see the rest of the roadways looking pretty good. >>> melissa, thank you. >>> sheena parveen is here to tell us about the return of warmer weather. >> so the weekend was fantastic. hopefully, you will get outside today. lower humidity. so it felt comfortable. this week, we're talking about it feeling close to 100 degrees one day. feel a little bit above 1700 with the humidity. it's going to be hot this week. if you're going to be out and about, the kids at the pool, just remember it's going to heat up. u have the spf. the heat and humidity both rising. the heat and humidity come back midweek. nearing 100 degrees by thursday. it's going to get hot around here. it'

no additional impact on the metro area. as far as around the capital beltway, it's still ra a lot lighter than it was an hour ago. the heaviest rain, gusty winds and the lightning is over with for the metro. look at the temperatures. what a drop. now 47 degrees at reagan national airport. earlier this afternoon we had a heat index value of 107. talk about the rest of the evening. and the weekend. the weekend is finally here. more on that coming up in a few minutes. jonathan: now to the northwest area of washington, firefighters are cleaning up after lightning started a fire on the roof of the seton place home. everything is under control now and no unwith was hurt. but -- no one was hurt >> we are joined by stephen tschida who is surveying the damage at a separate home in northwest d.c. where a huge tree fell there. what a mess. stephen: more than just one house, two houses and a vehicle. check this out over my shoulder. you can see a massive tree that came down at the height of the storm. it took ou vehicle. it crashed in

every day she drives here to the metro station. but, charging to park your on weekends could make metro billions. saturday parking is free right now, but could soon cost one dollar. it is part of a proposed trial run. metro wants to see how much it can make by charging for parking more often. parking rates already went up last month. >> they should give something back. >> reporter: this woman lives in chevrolet and also parks here, a total of six parking pilot plans are on the table. this idea could make metro about $8 million per year. but, that is just a small fraction of the almost $300 million it needs to fix its budget problems. metro board member malcolm augustine is on the committee that just >> this is an asset that we we times. we have to look everywhere for the opportunity. >> reporter: will it turn riders away and cost metro more money? the terms of the trial that could be approved later this month. >> i think we are losing a lot anyway because of the blackouts. >> reporter: in prince george's county, pete muntean, wusa9

so we reached out to metro for a statement. they sent us this. while we've not reviewed the proposed ledge lakes as stewards of taxpayer funds, from federal, state and local sources, metro believes it has an obligation to ensure that every rider pays his or her fare share. and, tony, sean, just a moment ago, i was looking on one of the board members of metro wrote this on twitter. this is corbett price. he said metro fare evasion cost the system $25 million a year in lost revenue. the taxpayers, and paying riders, are the victims. so obviously there is a lot of discussion there is now moves into a committee. there has to be public comment on all of this, we're still not close to this becoming law. but it has started the conversation with the proposal today. so there will be a lot of talk over the next couple every month. for now, liver in chinatown. fox5 local news. >> new tonight police in arlington county say their crackdown on atv, or on atv riders in general; working. they arrest add man seen driving recklessly down a busy road few months ago

metro is on time. i've gotten to say metro rails are on time all morning long. that one delay to tell you about, guys. >> we want to get breaking news coming out of alexandria, virginia, police are investigating an officer involved shooting. now, this happened a short time ago. alexandria police say the officer was assaulted near saint hey service and king street and fired his service weapon as you can see from the tweets 12 minutes ago. alexandria police said no one was injured by the shot that was fired and suspect is in custody hospital with what we are being told are non-life threatening injuries. we'll get you more details as soon as we get them. this happening within the last 15 minutes. >>> let's turn olympics right now. could the u.s. be hosting the olympics one day soon much there's really good chance of happening. formal kid bid has been made to host the olympics in 2028. paris could hold them four years earlier. >> reporter: international olympic committee solidified an unusual plan to award the 2024 and 2028 summer olympics at the same time in septem

delays on metro and travel times coming up. >>> heads up metro red line. service changes coming starting tonight. we'll show you why when and where coming up. >>> a beautiful start to the week. enjoy it because temperatures will heat up. we'll show you which day will be nearing 100 degrees. that is straight ahead. >>> a soda truck crash on the beltway causing problems on metro. >>> we have team coverage arriving over the scene add laner mollet with more on what's going on. a lot of probable lemts, melissa. >>> a couple of miles ahead of the other problems. a couple of minutes ago. inner loop at landover road. some sort of landscaping. >> looks like it went off to the right side of the roadway. we're getting real backups this morning. you hit this backup and then a real -- you're going to hit another one here. this one is that pepsi truck that burned out overnight. left side here is getting by for both of the crashes. you can see the two different impact here as i mapped out on the beltway. top of the beltway has your typical slowdowns. otherwise, you're lo

metro riders complained on twitter. it violated the policy which bans issue oriented and political yiannopoulos accused transit system of censorship. >>> affecting the drive on the parkway. they plan repair work on the concrete structure that hangs over the stretch of road. it will start monday through october between the hours 11:00 at night to 6:00 in the morning, monday through thursday. keep in mind during that time period, only one lane is going to be open to alternating traffic. standard rush hour traffic pattern we're told will not be affected. >>> new details concerning fairfax virginia murder investigation. detectives have identified a person of interest in the murder. the 77-year-old found dead inside his senior center apartment back in april. here is what's bizarre about this. is the detectives say the suspect flew to vietnam after the murder. they say that suspect who has not been named was later found dead and money may be the reason behind the murder. >>> a family finding the person who hit their loved one

metro closing at 11:30 because it's a weeknight.ot of fans left early. >>> now, as you would imagine, the nats got torched online. one fan tweeting in their the braves telling him and the other players they should go out and use it as slip and slide. we can't because it's dry. in a statement to the nats -- from the nats, they say they work with the league, player's union and posing teams and they wanted to be proactive. amelia, you're back with us now. you were here with us 24 hours ago. what do you think made the reason for this call. >> i want to show you what was going on on the radar when the nationals decided to delay the game. it was right when they said, okay, they're going to delay the game. it was extremely strong thunderstorm down around the fredericksburg area. potentially that thunderstorm produced a tornado back in madison county, 40 miles away and not headed towards washington at all. it was tracking back to the east. there was a pocket of heavy rain back around, it was plenty of sunshine. i'll take onerous of what i s

metro bus operating on metro sketch. free parking at metro fac facilities for you. if you try to get down to national mall smithsonian. from a federal try agole metro set ebt this morning. independence day parade start 11:45 down by national mall and starting point of parade is constitution avenue at 7th street parade runs to 17 street if you try to get a good spot. fireworks start tonight. just after 9:00 approximately 9:15 also keep in mind today in addition to the parade going on at national mall we have nats came that will be crowded getting to bat park as well. if you have any questions @erinfoxdc on twitter. folks will enjoy an adultly do not drive. and if you do need to get away home you can use sober ride. washington regional alcohol program is offering free lyft rides home with code sober july 4 offered tonight from 7 to 2 in the morning. >> if you live in northern virginia and head to d.c. for fireworks show keep this in mind. fire fax corrector is offing rail service and another note about fairfax connector today must bus routes will operate on saturday s

metro opens up in 45 minutes. it will close tonight at midnight to get you home from the festivities. off-peak fares. no large coolers and bikes are allowed on the trains because we are expecting heavier than usual volume. the yellow line will operate mountn huntington and vernon square so stick with the green line. get the running shoes on. the 5k at reston town center is taking place this morning. look for the street closures on rested parkway and baron cameron. roads, the fake story is that a train has struck a vehicle is beltsville. both directionthe best that is h i-95. duke's is the perfect companion for so many things. it makes a tomato taste more like a tomato. it makes bacon taste more like bacon. it's a unique flavor. the texture is incredible. duke's really adds integrity to our recipes. duke's is smooth and creamy. it has a lemony edge. it's not sweet. it tastes like real ingredients because it's made with real ingredients. i don't think there's another mayonnaise that compares to duke's. washington, o

metro center. navy yard and the l'enfant station. >> i don't think the money would matter. >> the plan will be presented to the metro board on thursday. there is one obstacle to overcome, though. right now the rules for bid the selling of naming rights so they have to make rule changes to adopt the plan. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> we will stay tuned. thank you. here is a teaser for you, harry potter fans. the series auditor revealing she has written unpublished political fairytale. but she says the story may not see a bookshelf. instead it's hanging in her closet. she explained this in an interview with cnn birthday which i held halloween, though that is not my birthday. was come as your own private night mare. i went as a lost manuscript. i wrote over a dress most of that book. i wrote it. so that book i don't know whether it will be ever be published but it's hanging in the wardrobe currently. >> this is a scoop! hidden book. >> cue people going into her house to find this. >>

metro is on time. that's your traffic holly and steve. >> fairfax county the fate of a school's name now i hands of the school board. >> the falls church high school is named after a confederate general and today is the final vote on whether to change that name t fox5's annie yu live outside that j.e.b. stuart high school with what both sides of the controversy are saying. good morning, annie. >> reporter: hey, holly. hi, steve. yeah, there are very strong feelings on both sides of this for and against a name change of j.e.b. stuart. and this is a conversation, a battle that's been going on for about a year now and as you mentioned, the school board is supposed to vote on it tonight. a final vote will be held tonight and, you know, this school in arlington, virginia, is a very diverse school and the movement really began with a handful of students who wanted the name changed and then after taking a closer look at the history and stuart's legacy it sort of brought to light to some of the board members a

. >> plus, metro responds to riders controversial billboard ad. the response from the alt-right figure. >> and a powerful day in washington is shared with news4. >>> here at the live desk with breaking news. a loud boom near nats park tonight. wasn't the roar of the crowd or the bat. people inside say they heard some kind of explosion. it turns out it was a generator that exploded just outside the park. if you're not familiar with the area, it happened near gate that takes you out of the park. there's a construction site there. d.c. fire made it to the scene in a matter of minutes and they say there's no hazard to anyone. mark posted this picture on facebook. they were saying telling fans not to exit the park through another way out to get back home. a rain delay last night, a generator exploding outside nats park. the good news is, no one was hurt. >>> we're working to find out how a child is doing after a serious crash in prince george's county this happened at naylor road toward the end of the evening rush hour. news4 has the latest from the sc

metro did some emergency repairs.ta inspector cited me that said that the new concrete pads under the tracks at rhode island avenue station had some defects that need to be repaired front owe, because over time water could infiltrate that concrete and cause some problems. we asked metro today for a response as to when they may get around to repairing that concrete, and we received no comment. also, water infiltration, all familiar waist going on on the western ends of the red lion, with leakage, tunnels, fda inspectors found over on the even side forest glenn, we have a photo of this from you from the fta water spilling down on to the tracks, caused the melt-down of insulator. these insulators are underneath the thirds rail. they contain the 750 volts, that go through the system. it is important because from the riders perspective, if metro doesn't keep up with the water, cleaning the mud, away from third rail power component, we have fires, and then of course that delays service. >> martin, how many phases of safe tr

metro area. bikers even going up on the sidewalk at national harbor and swarming hrks "h" street in dc. so the question is what's finally going to be done? >> it's an accident waiting to happen. i mean, i used to be a guy so i know what's going to happen convenient wally. >> chris continue wright, news four. >>> with metro owes year-long safe year wrapped up they're hoping for a safer commute but not all disasters are prevent able. in recent years we've had a number of incidents vofrling fire and smoke on the tracks. perhaps the most serious in 2015 when smoke filled the tunnel and each before trades trains rolled in loud den county first responders are gearing up for potential trouble. david culver explains. >> reporter: even with a harness on most of us would likely pass on jumping out of a window head first, it's just another day of tro training for these recruits. but their curriculum much like the region they'll serve rapidly expanding. >> everything from liquid propane gas fires, everything

meantime i did speak late with kathy hutchens, she's also on the metro board. she would neither confirm or deny that this is on the agenda for next week. >> we've been conducting a flash survey of the -- on the nbc washington facebook page. so far the majority ponding, say -- responding, say metro should do it because they need the money and they're offering some suggestions of their own like jimmy dean would, burger king street and tyson's chicken corner. >> i ain't getting off there. where are the beer names like corow na. >> i wonder if you can name it, this train has left the station. >> i think it's just beginning. some people like that idea. >> they've done it to football stadiums and baseball stadiums everywhere. >> so much potential, there are so many stations out there. maryland's first medical marijuana dispensary is taking orders nearly five years after the state voted to legalize it. for patients who have been waiting all that time for treatment, the wait will go on a bit longer. chris gordon explains from frederick. >> reporter: the frederick count

the first one is provided by metro.dvertising revenue is only a small piece of the pie dollars and passenger fares. still a hefty amount, $24 million, brought from advertising each year and some want to bring that up. that brings us to graphic 2 about how much money is really on the line. if we look at nearby systems we may get the answer. in new york city their transit leaders sold naming rights of one of the stations for $4 million over 20 years. philly made two deals, one where they turned it from patterson station to att for $5 million and another was to turn market e station to jefferson station for 4 philly the dollars. no doubt, we are talking about a lot of money. the question is will this work in dc? right now they're going to start by looking at four stations with i are gallery place, metro center, navy yard and land front plaza. the question is do riders want this? a survey a year ago half of you said no. i will end this with one last thing by showing you a picture. maybe i am getting too carried away. maybe

metro this morning. this is where we've had some problems, and this is due to reports of smoke in the tunnel over near medical center. i believe that situation has been resolved, but again, service suspended on the red line between grosvenor and friendship heights because of track problems outside of medical center. again, shuttle bus service has been requested, but the red line, the service suspended until further notice between grosvenor and friendship heights. also eastbound 66, as you make your way past the rest area coming out of manassas, the accident over to the shoulder, lanes are now open. but about a 27-minute ride headed in towards the capital beltway. still dealing with standing water along the rock creek parkway, shut down between virginia avenue and ohio drive. if you encounter standing water, don't drown, turn around. same for those along 450 between crownsville and 424, blocked off for standing aurt. stevens victims, there's a portion of 8, one of many areas blocked off between 50 and the

there is nothing around the metro area.if you have outdoor plans, maybe going to the pool, good news. but west of us is where the line of thunderstorms will exit from ohio to west virginia. now the track taking it toward south and east. the immediate metro area, we don't see much of a threat for us. however, we will watch it here. the good news, it looks like the storms are fizzling out bit. stronger storms are embedded there with the gusty winds and the heavier downpours and the cloud tops at 25 to 30,000 feet. the temperatures fall through the 80's and the 70's. we will see showers. there is no flash flooding is possible. we will update that. the temperatures will fall in the 70's. we move through the late night hours. early tomorrow morning. waking up, a nice start to your saturday. the temperatures around 71 in bethesda. lower 70's in the upper marlboro. same in woodbridge. manassas is upper 60's. tomorrow the highs on the warm side. upper 80's. however, the humidity level are going to begin to fall. the change in the s

covering metro.. the trump administration plans to replace two safety experts on metro's governing panel this week. "the washington post" reports, carol carmody and david strickland will be replaced. the obama administration appointed them last year, as the federal government's voting representatives on metro's board. it's unclear who will replace them. the 16-member board consists of eight voting and eight alternate directors. there are two votes each from d.c., maryland, virginia, and the federal government. an update this morning on the condition of senator john mccain who was dign week. mccain tweeted this picture sunday - out and about - spending time at a creek with a friend. and saturday mccain spent the day hiking with his daaughter. the senators doctors and family are now considering the next steps in treating his brain tumor which includin radiation and chemotherapy. an unusual rescue for d-c firefighters this weekend. fire officials say a man was throwing out the trash at his northwest apar

the smoke that calls delays was not metro's fault. beneath the dignity of the office press, or a joke? me.e was hopeful to kimberly: a story to steal your heart. a police officer goes way beyond the call of duty. news at 11:00, on your side. kimberly: smoke on the tracks. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kimberly suiters. red line inon the silver spring that led to a station closer was not caused by metro. q mccray is live with what montgomery county say was the actual cause. q? -- 7 "sports sunday q: well, we are in front of the metro station. red line was shut down for some time as a train the tracks. he called for help. the montgomery county rushed out as fast as they could -- as well as other first responders. they immediately shut down the red line as they investigated. we talked to crews on the tracks. the smoke was coming from the tracks. smoke was coming from fireworks ignited at the apartment complex , and the smoke from the , theorks was so thick smoke was covering the tracks and scared the conductor. we spoke with a numbe

really quiet in the metro. thunderstorms to the west we have seen them pushing to cumberland. they have weakened a little bit, we did have warnings earlier with heavy rain and a little bit of lightning with strong wind. i put on the watch there is a severe watch west of the divide. mo terms of this storm it will southeast. the nats should be able to play today if they play. a chance of a thunderstorm or shower at 8:00 and 9:00 probably not enough for the postponement a slight chance for a delay. we will come back to the weekend in a bit. >>> bizarre behavior we saw in court from the mother accused of stabbing and killing her four children and husband. the 33-year-old isabel martinez smiled and post for cameras giving a double thumbs- up to a photographer in the gwinnett county, georgia courtroom. a fifth child survive the attack but is hospitalized. martinez told the judge she wants to represent herself. >>> a strange ending to a murder in fairfax county. the 77-year-old man was killed in his home at the little river glenn senior retirement community in april. the suspect flew

metro is dealing with another potential problem. the "washington post" says they're looking at how harassment complaints were handled after a former metro p employee amari june. the employee claims she endured racial and sexual harassment before being fired from her job. metro denied the harassment jobs after an internal investigation could not find witness toss back up the story. >>> it's going to feel like christmas in july for amazon prime shoppers starting tonight. the deals start at 9:00. 30 hours of deals here with new deals coming every five minutes for most of the day. this year, prime members can also find exclusive deals with the help of amazon echo vices, fire tv or tablets. amazon plans to have deals on e-readers. a prime membership is $99 a year or $10.99 a month. >> can we ask alexa. find me the best deals. who has the time to go through all the things coming through? >> have you ever bought something on prime day? >> i have perused. >> i've looked. never bought anything. >> me either. if you know a deal, tweet me. let

it's located not far from shady grove metro station. no one was hurt and repairs to the building are underway. >> as most politicians president trump made a lot of prms there's tax reform to repealing and replacing affordable care act and many promises rely control over. >> as senate approaches august recess some are calling on senators to short ep or even cancel that break. knox 5 political reporter ronica cleary is looking at who is willing to work through the summer months. ronica. >> jim, srah, after today there are 14 working days left before the august recess. and because of that limited amount of times there's a lot of buzz on the hill about whether or not that august recess should be shortened or just cancelled altogether. now, president trump weighed in on it this morning via twitter. take a look at his tweet. he says i cannot imagine that kongs greing gress would dare to leave washington without a beautiful new healthcare bill fully approved and ready to go. ten senators in the gop already have gop on the record saying they're

also happening developments to keep you dry on metro. brianne: water leaking says a dangerous problem metro needs to fix now. autria: brianne carter is live with the work that gets underway today. bri? rianne: it's been described as ouray tunnel. water leaking on the stretch of a long stretch of the red line and work tonight to try and fix and mitigate a portion of that problem. here's what it means for riders, a service disruption kicking in at 9:00 tonight, single tracking between friendship heights and medical center on the week nights and that will last about a month. then starting this weekend, the first of four consecutive weekend shutdowns along the red line for this work to begin. what they'll begin doing is trying to mitigate the water and working on the tunnels. they'll have to drill holes tunnel and then put a water arrier in there in that place. they'll be working on this in a 3% area where the problem exists along the red line. crews start with what's known as curtain grouting, adding a rubberlike membrane on the outside of

now it's costing metro. fox5's bob barnard live at metro center with details. >> reporter: hey, holly, allison, good morning to you. yes, it costs metro more than a million dollar last year. you know, you tap in, you see there's a problem down used to, that was it, you were stuck paying but not anymore. joining us to talk about this is martin dee car yo' wamu transportation reporter and fox5 contribute. you got some numbers for us. how often does it happen and people are actually getting money back as opposed to letting it go. >> that's right. it's not just a free fare for metro, right. that was a major peeve for commuters prior to general manager paul wiedefeld's arrival. as you mentioned you had to pay even if you didn't use the system and the base fare during rush hour is $2.25. imagine paying that without using a train now you're getting credits for that. metro isn't calling them refunds. we have the first batch of numbers. over the past year 625,000 times did riders tap in and tap out bailing on the system. that came t a more than a million dollars in cred

we are trying to get to the metro station. a huge tree hit a metro car. we have pictures to get for you. of people trapped in the train. an amazing scene. the rain has stopped but aftermath is happening. back to you. alison: rich, thank you very much. keep us posted on the situation out there. we want to remind you, you can stay connected with the stormwatch7 team anytime at wjla.com or through the facebook and twitter feeds. you can download the app for your phone or tablet to track radar at any time. larry: breaking news now. the tractor trailer fire shut down eastbound side of i-66 to 495 south in fairfax county about a half an hour it's not clear what sparked the flames. expect delays in the area. alison: today on the westbound side of i-66 in the rosslyn tunnel, there has been an accident there as well. this is past 29. we don't know what caused the crash but one lane is blocked. president lane is getting by. we will update you on the situation. moving on to the other news. standing by for a verdict in case of a man accused of killing a caterer at a

stephen: metro is looking to make money. a possible way of doing so is selling the names of some >> met low is in a dire state. that would be a revenue generator. >> the stations in play, the gallery place, navy yard, metro center and l'enfant plaza. the names could take that of a product or the company because of the locations near the prominent venue and heavy traffic. >> i don't think it would be right at all. other pockets are wrap-around for the rail cards and blanketing the station with ads for a product. also in play is upping the marketing of the metro increasing number of the digital screens throughout the system. >> it's just going to be one more small irritant to make money for somebody. the rest will get used to stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: look at this. torrential rains turning stairs to waterfalls. three weeks' worth of rain fell in one hour. that shattered record from 1995. the summer storm brought down two inches of rain in two hours sunday night. alison: look at this. a massive water spout that was cau

, so much so, recently metro announced new program to try to fight it. >> now the dc council, measure would decriminalize it, making it a civil ticket, doing away with imprisonment if you evade those fares. mat at clinic live tonight one of the busiest stations, over at china towel -- chinatown, hey, (natural sounds). >> hi, jim, sarah, as it starts, if you evade paying fare here in d.c., virginia and maryland, you can be arrested and you -- cane put in jail overnight. but one council member, he has the support of many other, is basically

we have three metro delays.e clearing track work delays in both directions there. green line single tracking navy yard to l'enfant. delays in both directions. yellow line because of late clearing traffic work between pentagon city and mount vernon square. three out of six rail lines not looking so hot. you can always take metrobus. we have volume building in we'll keep you updated on that inner loop issue. more traffic in a few. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. thumbs up for teamwork. holly and maureen. >> thank you. check this out. the denver international airport unveiling a new coffee machine worth over a million dollars. >> the airport already has about 13 spots to get a cup of joe but this one stands out because of its sleek design and state of the art technology. it's called java bot and it cost over 1 million to design and hundreds of thousands to actually then build. coffee lovers can choose from nine different types of beans and it creates more than 6,000 combinations to drink. >> it tastes v

metro bus on schedule saturday. free parking at metro facilities.ve certain points of entrance make sure that you use twitter reach out to me the erin fox5. the latest on that. the parade kicks off at 11:45. constitution avenue at seventh street runs firework starting aftou too toy get there these are the best metro stops for you. back to you allison and wisdom. i have the parade on my mine. back to you. >> have a good time. we'll see you on the tv. >> all right. 8:39 is the time. still ahead fireworks displays set to dazzle the skies tonight. before you head to see them a warning from doctors op what you want to hear. >> plus, grossed out at the grocery store. researchers swabbed a bunch of supermarkets to see what kind of bacteria is lurking near your food. the results when we come back. c. >> time now is actually 8:42. that means it's time to look ahead to an explosive good day dc. we're all about red, white and blue as our fourth of july celebrations continue live in the loft. we'll be at the historic takoma park parade. now in its 128th year. e

essentially it's right across the street from that metro station. police tell me the woman in her 20s was walking on the path right here. she was headed to the metro station to take the train to work when the seemingly unthinkable happened. police tell me that a man came up from behind her and stabbed her in the neck. all of this went down this morning around 7:30 in the morning during rush hour. now detectives spent hours out here searching for the suspect, looking for clues, and interviewing potential witnesses. many people who walk this way to get to the metro say it's terrifying. >> that's crazy. that is insane because i'm 26 and to think i'm going into the metro now, it's crazy. >> i live in new york city, so it doesn't feel any safer than being in the city. >> it's kind of worrisome though because it doesn't happen too much around the times we live in, you know? that it's becoming more and more of a reality. but i definitely hope she is able to recover. >> reporter: thankfully police tell me the victim is going to be okay. >> so stephanie it s

metro wants to prove the system is running better now. ridership is way down because of service issues in the now finished state track maintenance program. metro also plans to hold a regional summit to come up with new ways to get riders to come back to the rails. if you have an e-zpass flex in your car, you could get a penalty if you don't ever use the hov option. >> adam tuss breaks down the confusion from the p p express lanes. >> that's right. you could face a penalty for not carpooling enough here in northern virginia. it the e-zpass flex which switches from hov mode to regular mode. if you aren't using it enough to carpool, the state says you could pay a $10 fine. this has to do with the fact that she is e-zpass flex transponders are more expensive to manufacture according to e-zpass. that's why if you're not using it enough, you're going to have to pay the $10 fine to make up the difference. now, there is a wa to avoid that penalty. you can simply take a carpool ride within a six-month period or trade in your flex for a traditional

i really think everything in the dc metro area. then you look at a different weather situation, thunderstorms slowly moving towards the southeast. so these kind of b lining for the baltimore metro area. if you're washington county shs parts of frederick, especially north, you want to plan for the potential for some areas of rain even through, unfortunately, fireworks tonight. 90 degrees, six consecutive days, longest stretch so far this year. 7:00 continuing to track the compact areas of rain and not thankfully no severe weather. only isolated showers, by 9:00, 82 and fireworks are underway. we're mild and mainly cloudy and mainly fine. so here is right now, just about 4:30, you can take future weather picking up light activity there. that's going to happen. the dc metro area, mainly dry, but north of town, the same areas i mention still has potential for rain. by 9:00, fireworks getting underway, most of the area is mainly dry. most active time right now until about 6:30. tomorrow, unfortunately, heading back to work and it's goin

another site that was considered, green belt metro. there are talks of that being another site that the fbi would like to relocate to and plan was to move and build just steps away from the metro center. so since prince georges county was very good, two locations considered finalist in this run for the new fbi headquarters. with news that that would not be happening. that's the u.s. government has decided there was not enough money for them to move forward this project. the rug has been pulled from under the people that live here as we talk to citizens about this. we could not find one person who was not only informed about it but felt it impacted the community dearly. >> disappointed for economic reasons and the fact that i'm sure that a lot of fbi employees and it willut travel time and give them more quality time with their family. >> it's been down in dc for quite some time, and i think the fbi deserves a new location. >> you expect something and you think something is going to happen and it doesn't. >> 25% of the dmv's federal wor

you will remember he is metro board chairman. we asked him about that today. he said he didn't sign on his support. but he needs some time to look at it. he also didn't say he wouldn't sign onto it. we wanted his views on it. so we asked him today. take a listen. >> i'll take a look at it and see where we go from there. the issue to get people not to jump the turnstiles, whatever the punishment may be. >> just to send the right message or wrong message by decriminalizing it? >> i don't think it matters one way or the other, i think security to stop people from jumping the turnstiles. i they they were going not so much jumping, but going through the gate, i believe weaver locked all of the gates. not as easily accessible to go through without paying. so my goal though is to get everybody to pay. >> reporter: we also reached out to metro for comment. the spokesperson there sent us a statement saying while we've not yet reviewed the proposed legislation, stewart of taxpayer funds from federal, state and local sources, metro believes it has an obligation to ensure

what i'm seeing, really heavy areas of rain and thunderstorms just exploding back to our west, but metro area, most of northern virginia, you're looking out the window and saying the sun is out, more weather heading into your area the evening and overnight hours so here is what i'm tracking right now culpepper areas, notice it's very heavy -- lots of bright colors here on the radar, it is coming down in buckets in parts, a lot of lightning, too. so i'm going to take you to this area right now. show you the latest. notice we're seeing a lot of red there. moving towards culpepper. heads up in these areas. culpepper under severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15, parts of madison county, including madison continued to be under tornado warning. the shape of the st, has lost the classic tornado look. i think there was a tornado there for a little bit on the weak side. but i want to show you the latest timing, as this continues to move toward our north and east, moving in to happy creek, right around 6:15. at about 6:58. the leesburg and gaitersburg right around 8:00 this evening. more rain afte

we found metros new claims -- trains are shaking homes. a woman came to us for help and she learned she's getting some results. she told transportation reporter it could be because we shared her story. >> it's a peculiar problem of northwest dc. hannah -- hannah's home rattles near by os get a nice shake and get a little moving. >> we first showed you this in february after each rumble we checked the metro station. every time it matched up with one of metro's new trains. they are called the 7000 series. the high-tech cars are heavier. >> metro elected hannah's house -- a contractor will run vibration test. this >> it just arrived in the mail. >> i feel good that they will get data from my house. it is definitely shaking. order mac the contractor is wilson -- it uses sensors like these two tests spots. so far hannah likes what she sees but the proof will be in what she feels >> i hope they find out my house is not at risk of foundation damage and i hope they figure out a way to stop the li >> reporter: it's no coincidence her home was selec

we're tracking metro. delays caused by water in the tunnel. >> until the project is all done your commute on the red line could be impacted. bob barnard live outside the bethesda station with details. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison and steve. yes, week nights and weekends impacts coming up. i want to show you the evidence what we're talking about plane for everyone to hear. we're here at the street level. you can see water stains on the walls here. the evidence is much worse down below in the tunnel basically starting tonight, metro is beginning a three-month waterproofing project. you know, the water intrusion is real the main cause of those sparking insulator incidents which fill the tunnels with smoke and lead to major disruptions. metro says they're finally going to attack this problem and basically this is from the friendship heights area up through bethesda through objection. they'll be late night single tracking starting at 9:00 p.m. during the week from friendship heights to

metro since 1985, michelle is skeptical.ossibility of selling the naming rights to the station, something metro is expected to consider at its meeting next week. >> what if it meant you'd be saving money and they wouldn't raise fares. >> i'd have to see that in black and white with names signed on the dotted line. >> dora takes two buses and metro to work each day. she's open to it. >> that sounds interesting but it will take some time for people to get used to the name. >> that would bother you. >> it would. >> william clarke tells me people should take from the character of the reenl. >> kiof the region. >> king street is history. changing the name of the station. >> if it mea would you ride. >> i definitely would. >> can't forget metro. >> can't do that. >> what if it was called dorito station? kimmy seemed to be on board with the idea, too. big red wrigley station had chemistry. >> big red station. no. >> doesn't bother you. >> until we get it these. >> m&ms, would that bother you. >> i wouldn't want to get on a bus that

off peak hours and keep in mind best metro stop smithsonian, foggy bottom, metro center and if you have questions of national mall to up joy the festivities reach out to me on twitter erin fox5dc and it starts intersection of 7th and constitution runs through 17th and fireworks should start after 9 when dusk hits again tweet me @erinfoxdc. a lot of information to get to. >> coming up on "fox news morning" venus williams breaks down when talking about an accident that left an elderly man dead. >> crayola choosing a name for new crayon color. >> a live break across the d dmv. time 5:08, 5 degrees, back in a moment. ♪ where others had a lunch break. one driver is in serious condition with broken legs and internal injuries. >> police in our region searching for a person that was shot and killed on the beltway. he was found shot to death in the driver's seat of his car saturday night. his white mercury grand marquise was blocking name outer loop near pennsylvania exit. his daughter said he called hi family saying he was 15 minutes away and never made. it police are offering a reward of up to

for the immediate metro.ants to put five inches of rain at reagan national, lesser amounts to the south and west. bwi-marshall, hardly anything at all. further to the south may not see much rain. the broadbrush view, one to three and just for the metro area with heavier localized amounts. andforecast tomorrow saturday, showers and storms pretty much all day, 75 degrees. sunday, areas of rain, 75. not thearva beaches, ideal beach weekend if you have travel plans. days0 day outlook, weather friday and saturday, 85 friday, 75 saturday. we dry out a bit sunday. and look at next week. the citi open begins monday. it will be a great week for tennyson northwest d.c., temperatures in the start, then upper 80's, near 90 by the end of the week. alison: steve, thank you. this is a happy little five-year-old, enjoying his day at the ymca. jonathan: and it's a pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. raspberries for john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! take a fresh look at giant's produce