>> think we'll have delays and people will have to get off earlier. >> reporter: at the minnesota avenue stationses, not trains, are rolling points west to the eastern market station. >> this is where uber comes in handy. uber and anything else. >> reporter: the second surge means no trains between eastern market and the minnesota avenue and benning road stations, orange, blue and silver lines will be affected. the stadium armory and potomac avenue stations will be closed for 16 days. >> basically, i asked them, you know, i can get into the city? they said, no, you have to take a shuttle to eastern market. >> reporter: virginia will also be affected. no blue line or bus service from rosslynn to arlington national cemetery. for many, this is just a dry run for a monday morning commute. endless people right here, right there, right there, way up on the buses. >> reporter: deanna pittman is working the early shift on monday in a downtown d.c. hotel. >> i think it's going to be really hectic for the buses and everything because you have people that have evening shifts, so there's going to be a lot o

phase two begins today and we'll have stations between eastern market, minnesota avenue and bening road completely closed. the work will last about 16 days. as you can tell from that map, phase 2 will impact prince george's county for those on the orange, silver and blue lines. bureau chief tracee wilkins has more. >> the orange line and the blue line and silver line are going to be shut down for prince george units. >> reporter: 60 to 70% of prince george's county residents need to find another way to get to work next week. they are making it clear that the stations won't carry the estimated 25,000 people who use metro in the county. >> if you have a bus bridge with 20, 30, even 40 buses, the numbers don't add up. >> reporter: jack evans visited to explain, among other things, the upcoming impact of the second surge of metro's safe track initiative. >> around the region, people are really trying to step up and figure out how to make this work. >> reporter: originally, prince george's told metro the company lacks the money necessary to move commuters around closed metro stations on the

. >> reporter: at minnesota avenue station, shuttle buses, not trains, are rolling point west to the eastern market station. >> this is where uber comes in handy. uber and anything else. >> reporter: the second surge means no trains between eastern market and the minnesota avenue and benning road stations. orange, blue and silver lines will be affected. the stadium armory and potomac avenue stations will be closed for 16 days. >> basically, i asked them, you know, can i get into the city? they said, no, you have to take a shuttle to eastern market. >> reporter: virginia will also be affected. no blue line or bus service from roslyn to arlington national cemetery. for many, this is just a dry run for a monday morning commute. >> it's going to be a lot of people right here, right there, right there, way up on buses. working the morning shift on monday in a downtown hotel. >> it'll be very hectic for the buses and everything. you have people that have evening shifts. it'll be a lot of traffic. >> reporter: metro is warning the shuttles could only accommodate three out of every 10 metro r

stations that are affected. eastern market, benning road and minnesota avenue. you also need to know that the stadium armory and potomac avenue stations are closed. there will be buses provided like we're seeing here. buses provided to get people around the closed stations. they will run every five and ten minutes. they will serve eastern market, benning road and minnesota avenue. folks will tell you what you need to do. this is going to be a test, sort of. because this is a weekend when travel is lighter. we talked to one rider who says, you know what, she feels necessary. >>za%z so we got to understand got to be safe. wherever we're traveling. >> reporter: back with you live here. you know, this is the ideal place to do this. you got a plaza and metro says that there are going to be lines, especially during the weekdays when people start to ride and try to get to their points of destination. they're urging people to take alternate transportation if they can and if they can't, be prepared for lines. you know, come early. one thing with being here, we're talking

we find stephanie live at the minnesota avenue station. what are you hearing?>> reporter: if you didn't take the train and today, metro is asking you to do the same thing tomorrow. i'm told there are no more plans to add shuttles tuesday even though they are anticipating commuters and more delays. this commuter says he left at 6 pm, the trip that normally takes 15 minutes took over an hour. >> a connecting bust -- bus was really packed. there was a lot of stress. not enough buses to take people around.>> reporter: he and many others stood in dl us they only had about half the ridership today. tuesday, the wait is expected to get worse when people come back from telecommuting and their long weekend. it's phase 2 of metro's plan, some of the busiest stations connecting dc to st. george's county. if you go to the armory, it is closed. shuttles are taking people from minnesota avenue to eastern market.>> we have to wait at least 20 minutes for a shuttle. there were a lot of people.>> reporter: by the time he got home there were shuttles galore.>> it wasn't that bad

avenue. they have halted service from the eastern market to benning road station. orange line is stopped between eastern market and the minnesota avenue station. this search started saturday and runs through sunday july 3. that is 16 days in total. a typical six-car train in rush hour has 800 people on board. that means wmata need 18 two and a half minutes to keep up with the service. that is impossible. delays are a guarantee. most people we talk to said monday commute was no worse than expected. >> it's not bad until getting out of eastern market. >> i work in alexandria and i live in maryland. i have a nice commute going on. this is my first time going back home. coming here wasn't that bad this morning but we'll see what happens after that. kevin: good luck to you. >> thank you. i appreciate that. i think we are all going to need that. kevin: we did speak with one woman today who took uber to work. her tab was $30. she cannot afford to pay it twice a day for the next ten days. a lot of people are in the same financial situation. live in southeast, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: all right. se thanks. every stem of the way

metro will shut down the minnesota avenue stations for two weeks.ers getting on the orange line will get off and take a bus. >> i think that we need to communicate that as a shutdown. that really people need to find alternate routes and they are really not going to be able to use the metro during closing in d.c. but board members say the largest impact they believe will be felt in prince george's county. >>> the d.c. parking war is heating up on capitol hill. residents say that car break- ins are on the rise and thieves are stealing temporary parking passes. >> they are resold for hundreds on the black market. delia? >> reporter: here's part of the problem. there is nothing on this visitor's parking pass to link it to this particular car. there's no name. there's no license plate number. so anyone could use it. >> tracey mcguire owns tracey and company on barrettes row. so she has two visitors parking passes. well, she has to. >> every time i put on in my car, the car's been broken into one time with a big stone. >> reporter: she caught the crooks t

according to metro, ridership today at station's east of minnesota avenue and benning redirect examination is down 65%. ridership overall today is down 4.5%. >> folks try to switch to different lines to avoid the headaches. ridership at the greenbelt station is up 23%. how is it looking at eastern market right now, adam? >> reporter: the numbers you just talked about, pat, paint a picture of what's happening today. people are shifting the way of this closure. you have a lot of people getting off the train and getting on these buses here at eastern market. this is where the closure point starts. you can't go from eastern market to minnesota avenue or eastern market to benning road. that is meaning a lot of people simply have to get on the bus here. as you head home tonight, you want to remember there is no blue line service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn in northern virginia. there certainly has been a lot of change today, but most seem to just take what's happening today in stride. do you think this is a good thing that metro is doing? >> it's a necessary thing, so i don't believe

on the orange line nothing is moving between own market and minnesota avenue station. this 16-day outage started saturday. it will continue through sunday july 3. metro has warned people to take altna transportation. evidently, some people listen. this morning the ridership was down 65% on the orange, blue, silver line trains operating east of this closure. metro did, however, record a big surge on the green line today as the people use unobstructed line to access d.c. from prince george's county. >> today is a relatively slower day. relatively slower day. as it peaks we can't have people just swarm back in the system. we are down 70%. so we only handle less than a third of what we normally handle. just can't handle it. >> you can see some of the shuttle buses behind me now. if you use the shuttle buses you have to tap out one station. you will be charged twice but there will be lesser charges. in other words it will work out to be the same cost. we're live in southeast, kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you. with the safetrack by getting texts from abc7 n

station here and potomac avenue metro stations will both be closed during surge two. and up here, there is a reminder here, telling people that no trains will be running, between eastern market, minnesota avenue, and benning road. inside these stadium armory metro station, we ran into several people who had similar plans to get around, once the station shuts down for two weeks. >> do you have a backup plan? >> ride my bike. >> dean has the same idea. >> it is cheap. reliable. i think. >> that plan wone be as simple for those trying to get in or out of prince george's county. when surge two takes effect, there will be no service between eastern market or minnesota avenue. free shuttles will help people get to the same deal for the blue and silver lines which will have no service between eastern market and benning road. we spoke to rider at the cheverly metro station in prince george's county. >> i don't have a plan at this moment. >> but gregory mann, who works in dc and relies on metro to get him there says he will come up with one fast and started brain storming when speaking with us. >> tele-commute a couple days, i have a flexible liberal workplace. >> and there was an action plan p

metro has so many personnel interest forming that kawnt lent through the minnesota avenue station. everyone knows where they need to government you asked a question about the progress being made last night. metro says that it completed installing new ceiling sleeves on all the power cable connectors in underground station. jim and important because it was improper fielding sleeves ntsb said led toe electrical arching at the la front flaws aand some say they should just close to down. i don't think that will haep. they're doing the best they can minnesota sfaition back to you guys. >> metro shutting it down that would not be smart. >> thank you, mem. >> a neighborhood in arlington on edge after police try to track done a man that sexually assaulted" woman at knifepoint inside her home. police think the suspect crawled into the ground floor apartment through on window and victim was able to escape into bathroom and suspect took off. >> in the district appeals hearing for d.c. rabbi. georgetown rabbi bernard friend dell was sentenced to 6 1/2 years for secretly recording 150 women rit

they're making it clear the bus bridge metro will offer around benning road and minnesota avenue stations estimated 25,000 people who use metro in the county. >> if you've got a bus bridge with 20 buses, even 40 buses, the numbers simply don't add up. >> reporter: the general manager and the board chair visited the prince george's county council to explain among other things the upcoming impact of the second surge. >> around the region, people are trying to step up and figure out how to make this work. >> reporter: a transportation spokesperson told metro the county lacked the money necessary to supplement metro's efforts to move commuters around closed metro stations on the orange, blue, and silver lines. >> our neighbors to the east and west are running surpluses right now and we're not. we have to be very vigilant about how we operate. >> reporter: the county is planning to offer a free shuttle for residents from new carrollton metro station to the green line, helping to avoid the shut down at benning rd this makes the second surge more complicated than the first that involved single t

with the crowd that proved a little tricky, for some >> asking where the bus minnesota avenue station >> eastern market we're trying to go back#c there too. >> reporter: once on board mostly smooth commute despite we made it there and back about an hour or so, roughly 20 to 30 minuthai4 longer than it woul take on eastern rail. the geni,hÑ manager warning the tricky. >> if people can spread out their trip, if there's some way they can car pool home for instance, that would be great. >> david culver reporting. ride sharing apps instead of metro, you saw some big just before 7:00 a.m. in northwest washington. the surcharge was 2.3 times the normal amount. that meant you had to sña at least -$ñ$10.55 on a ride. and to get you through phase 2 of metro's safetrack program, we've set up a section on the nbc washington app of commuting alternatives, just search safetrack. >>> take a look at this mess. this is a broken water main on swan creek road in ft. washington this morning. it's a geyser out there. water crews are on the scene and water has been shut off)(f but before causing major pr

phase 2 starts tomorrow between eastern market and minnesota avenue. two stations in the district will close, stadium-armory and potomac who use the blue, orange or silver lines are being urged to consider alternate ways of getting around. >> it will double the length of my commute, probably, ÷yeasily. it has to be done and it should have been done a long time ago. >> the closures for phase 2 are set to last for 16 days. >> also track work on metro, and blue line trains will only operate between francona and springfield and arlington cemetery and pentagon. red, yellow and green-line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule. check out the nbc washington app for a list of stations impacted by the changes. >>> redskins sweat shirts and everything with the logo or name on it is banned at a well-known school here in the district. the student the dress code, and the mascot is offensive to the values of the community is what was said. >> if you are making plans to see the skins at training camp, you have changes to expect this year. and there's a brand-new video

the area between eastern market and the minnesota avenue and benning road stations. of single tracking which is what we saw during phase one, this time around, we're going to have station closures. the potomac avenue and stadium-armory stations are going to close. they wil between june 18th and july 3rd. also during this phase, no rail or bus service during peak hours between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. so folks will want to use the yellow line via l'enfant plaza instead. spoke to it a woman this morning, she is going to be impacted. she takes this station. she said she has a plan. what are you going to do? >> i'm going to catch this bus from my home down it union station. >> it's going to take longer. >> it will be longer, but it's safer. so i'm getting tired of getting pushed back inside the train trying to get off. >> reporter: so folks should expect major delays at all orange and silver line stations. there will be a press briefing at 10:30 this morning. we'll hear from metro about how things are going with the program and maybe get some ideas on what folks sh

station. clergy members greeted young metro riders as you can see here, they were at the minnesota avenue metro station, this afternoon, and they say they are hoping their presence makes a dif >> people should be able to walk in peace, and in love, and harmony. a kid should not have to go to school and worry about whether or not he's going to make it home that day. that is not the america that we have come to know and enjoy, and that's not the community we want. and this is where we serve as faith-based leaders, and show in a tangible way that pastors do came. >> grass roots campaign to stop the rye lens is sponsored by the business clergy partnership, and the national baptist convention dc and vicinity. they also plan to sponsor weekly peace walks in high crime areas, throughout the summer. >>> coming up: we are following news after shooting on campus at ucla. >> two people confirmed dead tonight. we'll have the he is on that story coming up. >> chevy chase high school held graduation today among the student walking across the stage to get their diplomas, recently banned from the ceremony afte

it's between minnesota avenue and benning road stations. it can last 16 days. o stations in the district will close. stadium armory and potomac avenue. >>> three people are recovering from this serious crash on the beltway. maryland state police say a tractor-trailer crashed on the inner loop near parkway. the lanes are all clear and all open now. >>> you're going to like this weekend when it comes to the weather. get used to the 80s. we're talking all weekend. good morning. welcome back to "news4 today." i'm david. >> i'm angie goff. >> if you need to clean out your garage, this is the day to do it. the guy do it is meteorologist tom kierein. >> everybody's garage? >> that's right. you make house calls. >> you'll help, right? as we get going on this saturday morning, off to a rather cool start. in fact, it's only around 60 degrees in the nearby suburbs. prince george's, montgomery and fairfax counties. all around the region, we'll have the temperatures that are in 50s and low 60s quickly jump into the 70s another couple of hours. then by noontime, up around 80

stations. now, take a look at the area where the work is being done. it's between eastern market and the minnesota avenueand benning road stations. now, the potomac avenue and stadium armory stations, those are the ones that are going to be closed completely. they'll be shutdown on saturday. the work lasts 16 days. they won't reopen until july 3rd. now, there are going to be buses. a shuttle bus will go between here and new carrollton station but buses can't handle the ridership. they don't carry as many people as trains and so it's really going to be a tough go for a lot of folks. i talked to a rider this morning. he says he's going to ride the rails despite the work. he does expect it to take him a lot longer. >> double the length of my commute probably. easily. it has to be done. should have been done a long time ago. officials are hoping that they can see a reduction in ridership out of prince george's county by about 60% to 70% so that buses can keep up and move people around. that's a lot of folks. 60% to 70% reduction in ridership from this county. a lot of people who would have to find another wa

no rail service between eastern market, bening road, minnesota oaf, potomac avenue, stadium armory station they have shuttle puss there. helping you plan the route to work and get there on time. back to you holly and maureen. >> fox news morning house leaders providing a bill to help maryland firms on fronts line of growing war. >> and free tickets waiting on you if you ever bought on this one particular web site. >> and as we head to break a live look across the z.c. region. hey today is national selfie day. yeah it's a thing. we want to she yourselfy of you watching "fox5". post them online using #"fox5" selfy. keep it clean. talking to you that one person. time now 4:49 fax news morning back after this ♪ ♪ the best way to get together, is with the treat you make together. ♪ ♪ ♪ caress presents... the world's first bodywash with fragrance release pearls. touch your skin to release fragrance up to 12 hours. now in 4 unforgettable fragrances >> the 47-year-old illinois rep must turn himself in wednesday afternoon. >> auto maker fiat chrysler may be on the death for "star trek" antoine yell

minnesota avenue and benning road. potomac avenue and stadium armory stations are closed all together.e no service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. our team coverage continues now from rails to roads to issues coming into our live desk. >> we'll start with news4's david culver live at the eastern market system with metro's general manager. david? ep general manager paul wiedefeld with husband live this morning. good to see you. thanks for being with us. i want to look at what this phase 2 is in particular and why is it 16 days of shutdown that you anticipate? >> remember, this part of the line is aerial and a number of inner lockings where trains switch between two tracks and we have to work on those stitches so you can't do it. >> reporter: i've seen folks coming in today. obviously they made adjustments to their morning commute but are really concerned about going back home. what do you think? >> i think it's same type of issues. we'll learn things as we go along with this. it will be hotter today as the evening rush hits us. we need patience. and again if people can either sp

we're talking about between eastern market and minnesota avenue and benning road stations. stead of single tracking leik we saw in taphase one, this tim station closures. potomac avenue and stadium-armory will be closed for 16 days june 18 through july 3. so completely closed. also, no rail service or bus service during peak hours between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. so folks will want to use the yellow line via l'enfant plaza instead. so major disruptions of course are expected, major delays on all orange and sl ilver line stations. shuttle buss that will be running people around the closed stations are expected to be re, very crowded. so you may want to something different if you travel through the affected areas during this next phase two of the project. on this morning, we'll hear from metro about things people can do to try and make things go a bit smoother during this second phase. back to you in the studio. >>> today a mass and memorial service for a little boy who died in an alligator attack. crews recovered lane graves' body yesterday after he disappeareded in th

station greeted with this surge message. no trains running. >> i think is going to be chaotic. richard: safe track phase two officially begins saturday. new trains to eastern market, minnesota avenue, and benning road. the stations close for 16 days. >> it is also where we have three interlocking's, which are complex areas where trains go back and forth between different lines. richard: metro needed a complete shutdown of both stations to get repairs done. shuttle buses. >> i hope they can keep rush-hour traffic moving along. richard: four rail commuters, it is crunch time. the weekend is a dry run. a secretary at the >> it is crazy because the delays are affecting everybody. either way, i am late every day. >> is going to be hectic. i may consider driving. richard: then there is kim jackson. partly paralyzed after she was shot in 1985. she hopes to use metro access. >> not to have all of the mishaps that they have been having. it will be worth it. richard: they even have a mobile command here. they are getting ready for this search. virginia also affected. no blue line or bus service and arlingtonn national cemetery. some people are ready to go to work one-two hours early. michel

now, phase two work starts saturday between the eastern market and minnesota avenue and benning road stations. it will last 16 days and will impact orange, blue and silver lines. that means two stations will actually close all together. stadium-armory and potomac avenue. prince george's county commuters will notice a major impact with all of this and also those traveling on the blue, orange and silver lines should probably consider alternate travel during that work period. you can find all the details about phase two of the surge on the nbc washington app, just search safetrack. and we'll live stream the press conference at morning. >>> it is a sad morning for the family of the toddler who died in disney world. 2-year-old lane graves was found dead in the water near a disney world resort. an gaet attacked and krag dragged him off. >>> also the orange county medical examiner will perform an autopsy to find out whether he drowned or whether the gaet killed him. they caught and examined five different alligators all without evidence of any attack. at disney there, are signs that say no swim will

no service between minnesota avenue and benning road stations, rosslyn, and arlington national cemetery you can get updates sent to your phone by texting the word "metro." still to come, trash piled outside of a home, and neighbors say that it's thanks. how would got there, who is responsible, and what the county is doing about it. wnd ner or hearty steak. with crumbled feta and cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. try our mediterranean collection today. subway. fresh is what we do. leon: a neighborhood in montgomery county is dealing with an eyesore and a nose sore. bank recently f a home and dumped everything that was inside the home on the front lawn. the neighbor say that it started to smell and makes the area look bad. an inspector left a notice behind, but the messes still there. >> ultimately affects property values. it contributes to the decline of the quality of life in our neighborhood and montgomery county." reached outour side to montgomery county for an answer and we were told of the problem was not solved by monday, they would find deutsche bank $500. about: new information the de

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eastern sunday letting riders know that under surge two, no this will operate between station and minnesota avenue and benning road. trains also won't run between arlington cemetery and >> some people told me the signs throughout helped the process. know, e sure, you everybody is safe and to let updatedy know and get an on.hat's going >>reporter: riders are hoping shuttle service and head's up information will help with the crowd. they have enough trains. heading into monday morning, commuters say they're sticking leaving utines and extra time to get to the office. >>> you can try to stay on track track with ing safe text alerts. ust text the word metro to 43817 or click on wjla.com to sign up. firefighters tysons corner this morning. this was not a real emergency. fairfax olice and county authorities held a training drill, a very important one. faced conditions imilar to last year's deadly laenfant ident at plaza. >> as a region, first responders, that's what it's communication, not just externally but internally. >> this was the fifth drill a woman died and dozens the hurt and smoke filled yello

phase two work starts saturday between eastern market and minnesota avenue and benning road stations.t for 16 day and impact your commute on the orange, blue and silver lines. you will find details on our nbc washington app. just search safetrack. >>> if you drive anywhere near the third street tunnel, it's hard to miss the capital crossing project taking shape there. the project is creating city blocks in the air, above the tunnel. the developer says this is the first large tunnel in an urban area since 9/11. the construction has caused fits for drivers of the estimated 60,000 cars who roll through that tunnel every day. traffifl improve when the project wraps up in, wait for it, wait for it, 2020. >>> tomorrow morning, a judge will take up a defense motion to acquit officer goodson who is facing the most serious charges among the baltimore police officers charged in freddie gray's death. the prosecution rested the case today calling 22 witnesses but no one definitely made the case that van driver goodson took freddie gray on a rough ride. if the judge doesn't grant the motion to acq

there's no orange, blue or silver line service between eastern market and the minnesota avenue and benning road stationsmorning washington. today: partly sunny, hot, and humid. isolated showers early. pm thunderstorms. some could be strong to severe. highs: 85-90 winds: w 5-15 mph tonight: stray shower early. becoming mainly clear and less humid. lows: 63-69 winds: w 5 mph wednesday: mostly sunny and less humid. highs: 85-90 winds: w 5-15 mph breaking right now-- hospitalized after a shooting in northeast washington overnight. police responded to the 42-hundred block of benning road, just before midnight. one man was found shot, but doctors do not believe his injuries are life threatening. police have not made any arrests. the fate of a baltimore police office charged in the death of freddie gray, is now in the hands of a judge. closing arguments concluded monday for officer ceasar goodson. he is the officer who drove the police van freddie gray was inside when he was injured. that injury ulimately lead to his death. prosecutors say that officer caesar goodson intentionally took gray on a so-called "rou

everything between eastern market, minnesota avenue and benning road stations impacted. xt 16 days. >>> also right now, working to learn more about a homicide in hillcrest heights. prince george's county police say someone shot and killed a man on southern avenue. happened around 2:00 this morning. they haven't said if they've arrested anyone. >>> more of the massive cleanup under way right now in middleburg, virginia. strong, severe storms windows, damaged roofs and banged up cars. at least four of the police cruisers were nearly totaled after being crushed by hail. >>> we're going to check in with tom kierein after this for a look at your forecast for today and tomorrow. father's day. >>> let's check this with tom kierein wita weekend forecast. tom, a lot of folks wanting to do outdoor things, especially tomorrow, father's day. >> it is magnificent now. get your exercise in today, hiking, biking, kayaking, running. we'll have it up near 80 by noontime. low 80s by 1:00. mid-80s between 3:00 and 5:00. bright sun. respect the sun. it's at the highest angles of the year so

rail service on the orange, blue, and silver lines between eastern market and minnesota avenue and the benning road stations as well as between rosslyn and arlington cemetery. that's not all. the stadium, armory, and potomac avenue stations will be closed for 16 days. riders admit it will take time to get used to. >> there's obviously going to be delays. people have to get up earlier. >> it's going to be hectic for the buses and everything, because you have people -- there's going to be a lot of traffic. >> i will have to catch three buses to get to work. kimberly: three buses. metro warns that the s of every 10 metro riders, so metro admits that on monday morning things will be ugly. many commuters say they are going to head out one to two hours early just in case. stay ahead of safetrack with alerts sent to your phone. text metro to 43817, four sign up at wjla.com, where you will find everything you need to know about safetrack. new developments in orlando tonight, where an estimated 20,000 people are expected to attend a sunset service for the victims of last weekend's deadly rampage. attorney general lo

minnesota avenue. the potomac avenue stations are closed as well. erika gonzalez is live at the greenbelt with how commuters are coping with the closures. >> reporter: good morning. here is the greenbelt station. you are going to have buses coming and free express buses from new carrollton to greenbelt in this area. this is phase two. it looks nothing like phase one. this is disruptive for a huge portion of people. you have metro rail that is completely shut off for several days in a stretch of the blue, orange and silver lines you mentioned. this is really difficult for folks in prince george's county. about bringing riders to and from busy new carrollton station. we know the buses cannot handle the volume of people that really need to get to and from work, home, et cetera. it is an extreme situation. that's how county executive put it. so, obviously talking about employees having the discussions with employers to have the possibility to telework the next couple days. this is only day three of this phase. this is more than two weeks worth of work h

shuttle buses will be in fact replacing trains between here at the station at eastern market to benning road and also minnesota avenue. both of those metro stations. meanwhile, the potomac avenue and station armory stadium will be shut down so track work can be done on that stretch of track. this is in addition to arlington. there will be a closure between arlington national cemetery and rosslyn. there will not be was shuttle service happening between there. the best option according to metro is take the yellow line to get in the city. what if you are just trying to get from one stretch of city seven additional stops to get around that closure and back to the other side. for orange line riders who have been dealing with the safetrack surge one and single tracking, many say they are feeling weary. >> it's affected my trip. my trip has gone up in the last two weeks. went up from 30 minutes to an hour and a half sometimes. then today they said safetrack ended but this was the longest trip i have had since. brianne: now coming up tonight at 6:00, we are only hours away from the 16-day shut down. the most surprising thing

. >> potomac avenue stations will shut down and riders this way will get off at minnesota avenue or bending road and those coming this way will get off at eastern market going around the shut down by taking a bus. >> talking thousands of people being able to be transported and versus hundreds by bus. >> metro hopes regular riders will telecom mute and the retest will come on monday. >> discombobulate 60,000 people but if it saves lives it is it is good. >> it is complicated work. july 3rd. near stadium armory. pete muntean. >>> a mammoth task and we will get through this together. on the blue line shut down between armory and rosslin and it will force the commuters to use the yellow line to get in and out of dc. we have the list of closure our wusa9 app. >>> he wasn't campaigning but donald trump in washington today to testify in the ten million dollar breach of contract lawsuit, presumptive presidential candidate was met by latino activities. trump is suing over the restaurant and stemming from denigrating remarks and people urged donald trump. >> after doing with donald trump, that means

here we are at the eastern market station all of the way until benning road and minnesota avenue on both the silver and orange lines. think of it as this chunk being removed from the rail. that's not able to be ridden on through the tracks so essentially you have to then take a shuttle bus to minnesota or benning. you can take the bikes. they have capital bikes out here, too. that's the option for you. i talked to one rider a short time ago. he said he tried it out this weekend for the first time and he said for him it was a little frustrating. >> caught me off guard yesterday when i started my day father's day it was real hectic for me. i'm frustrated. today i know what's going on so i can deal with it just a little bit. >> reporter: metro is pretty heavily staffed out here this morning handing out pamphlets and tang just that and noticed gm paul wiedefeld is on site. we'll talk to him in our 6:00 hour. >> thank you. it's 5:33. later today prince george's county officials will decide how to honor the memory of wayne curry. the former county executive died of lung cancer in 2014. at a pu

it's happening between eastern market and minnesota avenue and benning road stations.now that means that the two stations in between those points potomac avenue and stadium armory, they will close down entirely until the work is done. we're talking about a 16-day period here from june 18th through july 3rd. this is phase two of the surge. the hope here is that the work that will be done will make the system more reliable, safer, and certainly we'll see a lot of headaches as work goes forward. we're also going to see some disruptions in virginia starting on saturday. no trains will run between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. we're her at the new carrollton station run from here to greenfield. folks need to think ahead and come up with other plans and some people should just take some other way or figure out some other way to get to work. return to metro when this part of the project is done because it will be rough going here for a while. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath. thank you. on top of safetrack there will be track work on metro. blue line trains will

minnesota avenue. the silver line resumes at being road. for now, buses stop at every station in between. >> they have to fix the tracks. what more can you do? i'd rather be inconvenienced for a little bit. >> anthony jones is he was lucky to get a seat on this shuttle. a large bus like this is smaller than one rail car. >> right now, yeah, there's no other way to get around it. shuttle buses are the thing. >> the ride between eastern market and minnesota avenue took us 25 minutes, twice the time anthony jones hoped. metro says veer slowdowns will be felt by 61,000 riders. >> what other choices do we have. they could say find your own transportation. right now we're having to just bite the bullet and keep going for right now. >> looking live down pennsylvania avenue here. two stations on the orange and silver line are closed down. stadium arctic armory -- stadium armory squeezes on until july. >> thank you for that report we should tell people on the virginiaid will be shut down between arlington cemetery and ross land. that's going to force virginia commuters to use the line

sidelines will not run from eastern market to minnesota avenue and benning road. potomac avenue and armory stationsre will not be any trains or bus service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn on the blue line. we have crews positioned in the affected areas to track conditions and report them back to you. >> some riders say they are not happy about this. >> it's going to put maybe an hour and a half to two-hour, you know, additional time on my commute with my son. i'm very unsatisfied with metro. >> metro's general manager says people should find another way around town since system cannot handle its usual number perform riders. rush hour. phase 2 ends on july 3rd. >> metro gm plans to talk live to us this morning. we'll go one-on-one with the man in charge of all these changes ahead at 6:15. >>> metro&t:Ñ station back open after a stabbing. officers believe that attacker may be a whçqwoman. they say the victim is expected to recover. metro closed that station for (9pabout 45 minutes. >>> it's now 4:30. right now firefighters are still trying to get a handle on

avenue stations will remained closed. metro says riders on the blue, orange, and silver lines, they'll be impacted the most. trains will not operate between eastern market and minnesota avenue. eastern market and benning road, and arlington national cemetery in roslyn. metro will have a shuttle bus between those stations but they say those buses will likely be congested. >>> could we have ordered a more picture-perfect day? let's see if we can get a repeat for tomorrow, father's day. what do you say, first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. >> i think it's going to be pretty close tomorrow but it's going to be a little but not humid. tonight tracking high clouds coming across the region. you see the moon, nearly full moon with a little bit of those high clouds in front of it. a little tough to see but some good viewing for that. temperatures still very comfortable. they're falling in to the 50s, little jacket weather toward ocean city. we've got 60s and low 70s out there. it's going to be a spectacular father's day. plenty of sunshine. 60s to the 70s in the morning. by lunchtime, low 80s. we're going to be near 90 tomorrow but not humid. looks really hot on monday

which is basically closed -- service betweenween eastern market and those two the station benning road and minnesota avenueyou can go furtherur west in the city and joining general manager of metro. m >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning.te thanks for being here. it's kind of early to tell. t what are you most concerned cond about this morning in terms ofo the impact of surge two on o people's commute?? >> sure, that people didn't heed the advice that i thinkdvit that both -- that we have beenee doing and the local government t lab doing which is to have anywc alternative please use it. it. clearly, people that don'te th t have an alternative we want we w them to be able to use transitrs still but if you cann telecommute, if you can carpool, if you can start later, you know, reduce theou from, sure that way, anythingnyh you do in that vein will help. >> reporter: and what do youha y expect the worst is going to ii be? where are people going topn find the big of the trouble big today in going forward. >> sure. i think if they're coming inhey' and they're coming in on then orange and or the silver blue

minnesota avenue. the silver line resumes at being road. these buses now stop at every station in between. >> what can you do except wait till they get done with what they have to do. >> the ride took us 25 minutes, twice the time anthony jones hoped. he's trying to make it to new carrollton. >> what other choices have? they can't say find the own transportation by yourself. right now we have to bite the bullet and keep going for now. >> almost constant waiting here at the market. metro says there's a big discrepancy between the size of train and size of these buses. one of these large buses is two thirds the size of just one rail car. live in eastern market, wusa 9. >> got it. thank you. the blue line will be shut down between arlington cemetery and ross land forcing more to use the yellow line and out of d.c. >>> download our free wusa 9 app. >>> after a picture perfect weekend, we could bp in for stormy -- could be in for stormy weather tomorrow. >> sounds like a song. we have our yellowea alert. >> yeah. time is 4:00 p.m. more south of town and not as widespread as last thu

minnesota avenue. tonight in southeast, more of with thousands of riders. >> already busy here at this metro station. a line of shuttle buses we were talking about. over here, metro employees helping to navigate the system, so to speak. a dresshis is basically rehearsal in what is expected to be a very rough monday morning commute. him, can iy, i asked get into the city. they said, no you have to take a shuttle. a dry run for the monday morning commute. >> right here, right there. reporter: the second surge needs no trains station. the stadium armory station will be closed for 16 days. she says she is lucky that she works the early shift at a downtown d.c. hotel. but other commuters, she says, will be scrambling. >> you have people that have evening ships. there is going to be a lot of traffic. affectr: it could 290,000 commuters regionwide. some will have to choose between teleworking, shuttles, driving, other transportation. that shuttlesed can only accommodate three of every 10 metro riders. >> even though i have just three buses to get to work. reporter: pretty much everyone agrees that monday wi

stations will remain closed till july 3rd. metro says riders on the blue, orange, and silver lines will experience the biggest impacts. trains will not operate between eastern market and minnesota avenue. eastern market and benning road or arlington and roslyn. metro is going to have shuttle buses between the stations but they tell riders those buses will likely be congested. >>> it's a nearly perfect saturday. can we keep it going for father's day. let's find out from howard bernstein. >> as we look at the satellite and radar, not much going on. we've got my pressure near philadelphia right now. so close to us, just ensuring it's going to be a beautiful evening and really very nice night around here. look at these temperatures. right on the ocean. in the low to mid 70s but inland now, low 80s here. mid to upper 80s in western ohio. there's heat out west. we'll talk about the big weather in a few minutes. locally we're all in the low 80s. 85 degrees. north beach, 79. we're looking for generally clear skies. temperatures will be dropping in to the upper 70s to n 8:00, and 70s this evening and 60s tonight. we'll come back. i'll talk about what's going on in the night sky with saturn, ma

stations. >>> right now, we're still in the middle of phase two of safetrack, so trains are not running from eastern market to minnesota avenue and benning road and both the potomac avenue and stadium arm ory stations ar completely shut down. there's no service between arlington cemetery and rosslyn. >>> the tribute to late music legend prince. >>> messy streets and no running water. the update we just got about a mess in one local need to do to fix when you have type 2 diabetes, like me, hi, i'm dominique wilkins. there's a moment of truth. and with victoza®, a better moment of proof. better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal. victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in three ways-- in the stomach, the liver and the pancreas. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. non-insulin victoza® comes in a pen and is taken once a day. (announcer) victoza® is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take victoza® if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroi

looking live at the eastern market metro station where some of the most significant changes are infect this morning. the trains are not running to the minnesota avenueuse metro bus shuttles to take advantage of capital bikes or take advantage of capital bike share. >>> other changes you should know about stadium armory stations are closed. no service on the blue line between arlington cemetery and metro another way around town. >> let's check in with dave dildine. >> we are checking delays on the roads. near alabama avenue, it's a broken down car blocking the right lane. that's also an inbound option avoiding that track work. we've got more coming up back here. >> thanks, dave pup. >>> we'll have a look at your forecast, next. >>> nice one to be outside today. get your run in as early as you can. temperatures in the 60s to near 70s in most neighborhoods. 63 in restin and 64 in annapolis and edgewater. forecasted high today 92 degrees. plenty of sunshine, poor air quality today. be careful for that. then tomorrow slight chance for next best chance for rain shows up on thursday. back to you. >> chuck, thank you. >>> another news update coming your way

station. a reminder, this is the first of 15 projects. next up, june 18, when they shut down the blue, orange, and silver line from eastern market to minnesota avenue. sam sweeney -- back inside to you. autria: the metro general manager will hold a news conference on the final preparations in less than an hour, and you can watch it live on our sister station, news channel 8 we will have all the information on wjla.com. you could sign up for text alerts to be sent straight to your phone by texting the word metro, number 43817. let's check the roads. jamie sullivan has the traffic watch. jamie: we are starting with metro. the big buildup to what is going to be happening with safe track, but right now, scheduled track work on the red line am a orange line, and blue line. expect delays. silver line running only right now in this area. looks great, a lot of green. a quiet drive in virginia outbound 395. 66 looking great. inbound crossing the beltway, 12 miles per hour with construction work. no delays on 95 north towards maryland. baltimore-washington one thing different into this week and is they bridge traffic. that will be building in. so far, so goo