metro transit police have launched now an investigation into this. they sent us a statement saying patron "a adult male not involved in the original incident allegedly began the police with investigation. according to an officer'sh repot exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to fight the officer." we posted a much longer clip of the encounter. you'll find that in our nbc shington app. just watch it. you can arch "metro transit police." >>> let's switch gears now, take turn to our ather. want to give you a live look outside. come on. we can't ask f much better than this. storm team 4 meteorologist is standing by with your forecast. what's on tap for tonight. hi, samara. >> hi,as you can't for much better than that.'t i donhink it's going to get better than that unless you like hot weather, we have a nice heatwave on the why. for now, it's tranquil and beautiful out there. temperatures in the low 80s. 82 right now in the distric comfortable. 83 at dulles. 84 in moranton. 83 in manassas. tonight temperatures a dropping. i don't know about you. las

of town, nothing in your way. >>> a video circulating on social media of a man tasered by metro transit police is still parking outrage. >> this incidentwas recorded by a witness inside the u street metro station over the weekend. in finch is " ju live with details now on how this all unfolded. justin, good morning. ter: good morning. you know by now, maybe you've seen this video on twitter or instagram or facebook. it's getting a lot of eyes this morning and, right anw, metro trsit police say they are investigating. take a look at this vid here the u street metro at 6:00 p.m. on saturday. they are able to see a number of metro trsnsit police office called to the station to look for teens they say they had a report of them threatening riders here. two teen boys were taken into custody. you'll also see on your screen a man there intervening. metro transit police say he appeared to be interfering in their investigation with one ifficer saying he wasn a position to almost fight oneof their officers. we did have a chance to speak with those t twoen boys. a mother telling u w toch that video was he

wepo longer clip of thenb chingngton app just by se metro transit police. >>> d.c. police were a investigati shooting in the gallery place chinatown area this evening. they tell us there was an altercation on 8th and g streets before shots were fired. the person who was shot was conscious and breathing at the time. police are looking for the shooter. >>> new at 11:00, d.c. police are investigating an officer-involved shooting. somebody called them early this morning to report a suspicious car on alabama avenue in congress heights. officers stopped a car that fit the description. police say one office fired a gun, and the suspect ran off. he turned up at a hospital. t's unclear what his injuri were. police later arrested donald willis, charging him with o assaulting anfficer and running from cpoli the officer who fired the weapon is on administrative leave. a>>> let's take turn to your forecast. gorgeous weekend. but unfortunately storm team4 meteorologist somara theodore says a weather changeup is on tap for the start of your stols g i think this was a nicetoit thi m

metro transit tlice. they were calledthe u street metro close to six p.m. on saturday for reports teens thre threatening. two teens were arrested. a man and a number of metro transit policefficers, this video captured by a metro ridho cell pne. he is appearing to step in after officers have taken two teen boys into custody. there an exchange. you are seeing those from intense to intentionally physical. officers are using a taser to subdue him. the two boys were eventually released. no victim of this was ever found. we spoke with thoseo two bys after they were released andho went to their families. >> i was trying to tell him something and i ju got there and it was just getting off the train. >> it made me like mad, but it happened all the time. >> reporter: we do have a statement from metro transit police laying out their side it reside, in part. >>> it reads, in part. as we come back out here live the investigation is under way and metro saying the interest this videoo was garnered online has played a role in that investigation and they will take this clip, plus witness accounts, as well as all of the facts and begin to go into their investigation. live on u street,ti j

transit officers' actions. >>nd the danger a hurt the trust that people have in our police departments. >> councilman white says he reached out to metro transit police chief to ask what happened. he has seen incidents he thought young 'speople rights were being violated. ter in ed a longer enco our app to watch it.rc police. transit >>> overnight, we learned new details ainout a shoot that happened after 8:00 last night near eighth and g streets in northwest d.c. police say one was fighting when one of them pulled out a gun and firou a rd. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> nearly 60 people are trying to figure out what to do after a fire damaged their apartment complex. pictures fromin the george's county fire department show the damage on livingston terrace. a partial roof collapse and firefighters suffered damage but no residents were hurt. >>> trump'ser formational security adviser michael flynn will be back in court. his lawyer is expected to ask for a delay in his sentencing. a similar request was in december and at that time the judge told flynn he wanted him to further cooperate with federal rsinvestigato edynn has pled gl

. >>> now, to disturbing images this evening, a metro transit police officer under investigation in washington, d.c. the officer seen shoving and then using a stun gun on a man who was questioning police after officers had detained several juveniles. witnesses from the train platform were horrified by the scene. here's abc's linsey davis tonight. >> hold on, he's all right. hey, hey, hey, hey! >> reporter: tonight, anger and frustration reaching a boiling point over this video. >> chill! chill! chill! chill! >> reporter: this was the scene at a d.c. train station saturday. a man approaches police officers, intervening as they questioned several black juveniles who were suspected of threatening riders. bystanders on the platform recording it all on video, horrified as an officer shoves the man, then uses his stun gun. >> that is not necessary. he's not even resisting! he's not even resisting! he's not even resisting! >> reporter: according to an officer's statement, the man said, "go ahead, tase me" and took a combative stance by clenching his fists. what we see in the video is the man approach

the metro transit police who cover the public transportation system got reports of juveniles threatening people with sticks what occurred next is happening all across the country whether cameras are there to document it or not this time someone was there and the video tells a very different story than that of the official police report by the time the metro police arrived they took a group of teens in the custody which is one witness and black lives matter activity jones began filming it bystander then began and attempts to deescalate the situation for the sake of the juveniles and the other people on the train platform that were reasonably upset by the manner in which the issue was handled the police as you can see who claimed in their report that the bystander had quote exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to fight the officer who are in the video as you can see he has one hand on the shoulder of one of the boys to his handcuffs the other hand saying please stop which is when the metro police officer approached him and deployed his taser among neither the bystander and of the o

. >>> a former metro transit police officer convicted of helping isis will still serve 15 years in prisontossed out. he was charged with obstruction and providing materiel support ta terroristgroup. instead the appeals court dropped two of the convictions. today the judge reimposed the 15-year term saying his conduct remains troubling. >>> fairfax county schoo are changing the age in which they warn students about texting. sixth graders will now be taught the dangers. ninth graders will learn how pornography impacts healthy threlationships. instruction will touch on the emotional impact and the legal relationship of sharing among fiends and classmates. >>> it's similar to viagra, but now there's a new drug to help womenho need a pharmaceutical boost to the bedroom. it's an injectable drug and can be used to treat female high powe sexual disorder. it aferkted one third of the women in the u.s. >> it's gong be a busy weekend.w 'sll give you a taste and why for some it going to be downright dirty. >> go back to the barbecue. speaking of the weekend, we have to look at the weather with got to

new metro transit police say they are investigating the incident. that cop who fired the taser, well, he's stl on active duty. jim, back to you. >> quite an ordeal there. pat collins. pat, thank you. >>> fairfax county police are looking for witnesses in the death of a reston man tonight. 24-year-old jose lorenz gulen mejia was found yesterday in some woods near hunter woods edaza. now, police resafter a caller reported after hearing gunshots. the medical examiner is determining the exact cau of death. no one has been arrests in hi death. >> grease and anger for the family and friends as they say good-bye to the prince george's county womano died in the dominican republic. hundreds gathering for her memorial service at the first baptist churchn of gden today. cynthia day and her fiance nathaniel holmes passed away suddenly while on vacation last month. ews 4 derrick ward spoke with mourners today and he's going to explain why they have a lot of questions about the couple's death. his report is coming up at 6:30. >>>resident trump tonight is turning u

. >>> the chief of metro transit police is now asking the u.s. attorney's office to independentlyev riew that stun gun incident over the weekend. yesterday we told you charges d wereropped against the man who was stunnedy a transit officer over the weekend. now, the passenger says he was coming to the aid of teenagers he thought were being treated unfairly by police. metro originally said he was interfering with an investigation before dropping those charg yesterday. >>> an arrest tonight and an arson caught on video. lakeisha hazlewood of southeast d.c. is accused of fire there that damaged a building on pennsylvania avenue southea st wednesday. there were no injuries. more than a dozenwindows though were blown out, and there was smoke damage throughout the building. police tell us tips from the public helped bring them that arrest. >>> and for the first time since that dramatic fbi raid last week, .c. council member jack evans is talking. today he surprised his council colleagues demanding an opportunity to defend himself before they strip him

the chief of metro transit police is now asking the u.s. attorney's office to independently review this stun gun incident you see here. yesterday we told you about this. we told youar s were dropped against the man stunned by a transit overs over the weekess. the pager says that he was teens to the aid of some he thought were being treated unairly by the police. that man inally said had been -- was interfering with the investigation before they dropped those charges yesterdayn >>> and arrest this afternoon in an apartment building. arson caught on figure. lakeisha hazlewood of southwest d.c. is accused of setting a fire that danged a build o pennsylvania avenue southst last wednesday. there were no injuries, but some residents told news 4 there were flames and they were frightened. more than a dozen windows were blown out and there was smoke damage throughout building. police say tips from the public helped them make the arrest. >>> two big stafing changes with the trump administration to report today. first lady melania trump announced via

>> reporter: the metro transit police department says it's opened an internal investigation into thewe are committed to fostering the public's trust in us. that man is not expected to be charged. we've also heard from the mother of one of those juveniles and she is calling that man a hero saying had he not intervened, things likely would have been a lot worse. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> the video in the situations tend to help. >>> new video shows the plane in the hawaii skydiving tragedy nearly crashing three years ago. >> the ntsb says the pilot on this 2016 flight lost control and the plane began to spin. the video came out as the names of 7 of the 11 people killed in last week's crash were released. the ntsb has called on the faa to tighten parachuting regulations. >>> an exotic cat attack sent an illinois woman and her daughter to the hospital. bloomington police say a caracal escaped from a home and went after the child. her mom managed to get it away. both of them suffered puncture wounds and scratches. the animal was put down when it lunged at animal control officia

. >>> but first, new reaction to this video, a metro transit r police office uses a stun gun on a man, and what some in our com mu >>> a stun gun was used on an unarmed man. this video shows the transit officer repeatedly using the stun gun on a man that police say was interfering in an investigation at the time. charges against the man have since been dropped. metro is it also conductingwn i investigation. and area residents, hard to forget it. what are your listeners telling you? > we always know these are complicated issues. very subjective. but the short answer to your question, no. they are not realy satisfied with what they see. many of our listeners feel that what they see here is that police are too quick to default to an aggressive tactic in situations like this. though they like the faic that the p chief is calling for an investigation, he has said in a statement that he approves of the way thater his officealt with theatyoung man and th they arrested and actually tased. so that could be problematic. >> but here is the thing. your listeners raise the question that i think ev

metro's police chief is asking the u.s. attorney's office to review this stun gun caserom over the weekend. a man was tazed a transit wficer over the weekend. the man said has trying to help a group of teenagers he thought was being treated police. by metro originally said he was interfering with an inveatigation. ches have been dropped against the passenger and the en te >>> the national rifle association is pulling the plug on nra tv. >> according to "the new york times" many mra board members have ceenoncerned that the productiontrays far beyond gun rights. here is a look at nra tv's youtube page. the times reports the nra plans to send a letter to members today announcing this split. the decision also comes as the nra severs ties with its estranged advertising firm, which operates nra tv. o in its statement mcqueen says it's not surprised by the decision. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is making some big promises to 9/11 responders just weeks after he was publicly scolded on capitol hill. senate l committed to vote on a bill that would extend funding for those first responders. $7 billion were put in

metro station over the weekend. the man tasered was coming to the defense of two teen boys. transit police say they were responding to a report of kids with sticks threatening metro riders. the boys told news4 they did nothing wng and were eventually released with no charges. their mothers sa they're outraged. >> you can see how it feels. and it's not my tears just for these boys. it's my tears for all the youth that i know that are encountering this. >> as for the officers' actions, they say the man who was tasered ignored warnings to move back. they released a statement saying, adult male patron allegedly began interfering with the police investigation, and according to an officer's port, exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to officer. transit police are now reviewing the incident after concerns were raised on social media regarding the officers' actions and whether it was an appropriate use of force.> >> right now, employees at shoppers food stores demanding answers. they're beginning a week of demonstrations as the fate of many locations hangs in the flance. news4's justinch i

police responded by firing tear gas to disperse the crowds. public transit was also affected leaving people stranded at sao paolo metro stations. built on their own and my situation is such and i have no way to get to santa cuz a hospital public transport should run on the hour because shutting everything down without even buses going to santa casa is terrible how when i get them i want to be that at that point that the other method which i don't have a problem. in rio de janeiro banks were closed as part of the nationwide industrial action. as long as the government keeps the pension reform proposal that weakens workers and increases the number of poor people in our country at least date with the movement against pension reform that. critics say major reforms to pensions and areas such as education would hit the poor hardest protesters are adamant they want their voices heard. spiralling rents in big cities around the world are a growing source of conflict here in berlin a petition is calling for properties owned by housing companies to be taken over by the state a controversial process known as expropriation the city governme

police you know live in detroit. finally d.c. metro only rarely the center of an ebola outbreak. so what are the reasons that motivate a city to have a really great public transit system well it's not generally meant to make a lot of money right so that means it has to be maintained because the people and the elected officials want a great transit system they have to want to help create a positive living experience which is done by having things meant for the common good like oh i don't know ridges bridges are useful rights they get everybody over things they want to get over and they rarely ever discriminate between rich or poor dahmer old you know bridges don't care bridges like here's your destination. well we have 58000 u.s. bridges found to be structurally deficient across the u.s. our infrastructure is breaking down because common good doesn't matter anymore public restrooms hardly exist anymore public swimming pools were once a by. and it in america now there are mainly where people go to do math you know what about community centers community gardens libraries now all 3 are generally only used as a quiet place to poop in a corner because there are going

metro police you know live in detroit. and finally d.c. metro only rarely the center of an ebola outbreak. so what are the reasons that motivate a city to have a really great public transit system well it's not generally meant to make a lot of money right so that means it has to be maintained because the people and the elected officials want a great transit system they have to want to help create a positive living experience which is done by having things meant for the common good like oh i don't know ridge is bridges are useful right they get everybody over things they want to get over here and they rarely ever discriminate between rich or poor or dahmer old you know bridges don't care bridges like years or destination. well we have $58000.00 u.s. bridges found to be structurally deficient across the u.s. our infrastructure is breaking down because common good does it matter any more public restrooms hardly exist anymore public swimming pools were once abundant in america now they're mainly where people go to do math you know what about community centers community gardens libraries now all 3 are generally only used as a quiet place to poop in a corner because 6 they're