that is the latest live from pentagon city station. molette green, news 4. >>> the area conversation getting under way today that hopes to open -- to be hop and honest. >> it scenes we come to air with a new tragedy coming around the world. with that mind, 200 plus youths from northern virginia headed off to europe for world youth today. we talk to parents about concerns ahead of their travel. >>> a live look across the district this morning. we're off to a nice start here and an even better start here with the beach. a closer look at what you can expect when you are heading to the shore w >>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is standing by with more on this hot weather. chuck, no break in sight! >> a littlest little break in sight coming our way later today into tomorrow. there's way more heat and humidity coming our way for the week. first thing this morning, still tracking a couple of showers ong i-i8 is through the virginia. i couldn't rule out a quick little morning rain shower here, especially across parts of frederick , lou

the nearby pentagon station was also affected by the dust. crews had to protect themselves from the dust while crews worked to clear the air. neighbors are taking an unusual step to get someone to pay attention to their problem. they posted a huge action from the lack of city lead others what they call a dangerous property. the sign has an arrow that points next door. it says the property along kansas avenue has been a problem because it fell into disrepair after the owners passed aseven years ago. it calls out muriel bowser and council member todd. we reached out to say hey, look, the roof is falling apart. we've got squatters running in and out. we reached out to everybody in the city that we could think of that would be able to give us some relief on this matter. the department of consumer and regulatory affairs says they have responded to complaints in the past. they also crews fixed the roof at the property last week. i hope you have a good roof right now. i hope we that's debatable. we've heard quite a about it of this. the brunt of the

customer going downtown to -- urging any customer going downtown to use the shuttle going to pentagon stationnot the one for the airport. reserve that for the airport customers only. the shuttle that goes around all of the work here for safetrack 3 will be m >> try to avoid it as much as possible. however i can get there is i'll take anything i can. brianne: some riders we spoke to today still hadn't heard about safetrack, others mapped out the route to avoid the trains altogether until this surge wraps up july 11. isin alexandria, brianne carter, abc7 news. maureen: wjla.com has a complete guide to safetrack. and remember you can get alerted to unscheduled delays on metro, too. just text the word "metro" to 43817. leon? leon: pbs is defending the decision to use file video of the broadcast "a capitol fourth." it was drizzly, and gray skies and low-hanging clouds and overcast conditions. that is what it looked like. here is what pbs aired. [music] that is not much of a difference, huh? very quickly, you notice there are no clouds blocking the view. you also may notice if you are among the eag

shortly after the pentagon city station, the system opened here.roe again telling us that it was construction dust. this was thick. filled the air. three fire trucks came to the scene to check it all out. for about 20 minutes or so, it was a confusing scene here for some passenger and it even scared one rider off the rails. >> i just decided i'm going to take an uber, but the >> and with all of this happening, tomorrow comes a new day of safety surge. a 12-day long one between the east falls church station and ballston on the orange and silver riens. continue single tracking during that time. back to you. >>> tonight, there will be a town hall meeting in fairfax county to discuss the zika virus. health official will let you know how to protect your family with that potential health threat. they will talk about preventing breeding sites and how to dress if you are going to a high mosquito area. the director of hemth in fairfax coin says zika may be closer than you think. >> in the asian-type mosquito is down here in northern virginia has the potenti

morning crowds swelled at the metro stop with commuters trying to head north taking roaders to pentagon metro station to continue their commute. it was standing room only . it is hard when you're used to getting on one vehicle and getting to where you're going. >>> probably add 15 to 25 minutes. >> a different story heading south plenty of seats and few riders, metro still encouraging riders to avoid the rails and seek other wusa9. >>> if they are avoiding the rails then it is causing a surge in traffic on the roads let's get right to larry it is effecting traffic. >>> we certainly saw additional traffic along i395 on parts of route 1 and closer to wilson bridge, currently things are doing a lot better but you might see increased volume heading toward the 14 street bridge. traveling working your way over the 14th street bridge to second street northwest you're looking at a 14 minute commute you can see traffic is flowing freely, getting over the 14th street bridge you're good to go. looking at the current conditions apart of prince george's county, along 295 slight volume as your work yo quite well,

during phase 4, a section of track from reagan national airport to the pentagon city station was shut down. phase five of safetrack begins july 20th and will effect those riding the orange and silver lines with continuous single tracking from ballston to east falls church. turning to the 20-16 presidential race. new national polls out are giving hillary clinton reason to smile this morning. she is leading donald trump in all three of them. clinton has a four point lead over donald trump in the latest a-b-c news, washington post national poll. she leads by seven points in a new c-n-n poll, and by five points in another. clinton's lead overall is down slightly from polls taken before the conclusion of an f-b-i investigation into her email use as secretary of state. the nationals cap off a three game homestand against the pirates with a game that seemed like it would never end. here's how it all got started. daniel murphy ties the game at one run a piece with and if you thought runs weren't already hard to come by, think again. neither team would score for another 9 innings, thats litera

pentagon city. coming from d.c., rosslyn and points north and headed to a shuttle buses. commuters are headed to the shuttle bus to get to the braock avenue. the braddock metro stationo head south. shuttle buses like to get to reagan airport. how rough of a ride is this depends who you ask. >> we meet the johnson family inside the pentagon city metro station. >> it's frustrating to find our way to the airport. >> up expected detour on the trip from downtown d.c. to reagan airport and eventually home to portland, oregon. >> some way we will manage through this but we have to figure out the west way to do it. jeff: help come quickly. pretty soon the johnsons like many others are out of the station and on the shuttle bus moving again. >> it's not terrible but it's not my preference. at the beginning it was fun. >> safetrack surge four means the closure of the blue and pentagon city and reagan airport. it's tough for the airport travelers and the tourists. many of whom don't know metro well. >> wait for the airport. jeff: didn't know safetrack was happening at all. >> it's because we have big backpacks but otherwise it's not a big deal. jeff we had a pretty easy time de

it's like a dust cloud filte filtering through the metro station earlier this morning affecting crystal and pentagony station and some sfokz left those stations earlier they said it was touch to breathe. bob barnard is on the story. trains are running. folks are getting on and off trains it's a little hazy inside the metro stations. some of dust in there as opposed to haze outside tucker that we're dealing with from all the humidity. >> we'll go with residue. we'll go with residue. >> okay. >> and yeah beautiful moon did you see the moon this morning. >> i did. >> it was beautiful. >> like a moon set beautiful. >> really pretty. >> going to be an absolutely beautiful day as far as temperatures only about 0 that's nice relief after 5 yesterday and little less humidity 7 in washington and 70 leonard up to and still 60s out there. culpeper 69. 68 in frederick and these temperatures not bad with rain of course we had yesterday temperatures really went down in hurry late yesterday afternoon. all right. leftover shower this is a front coming through. now light showers around 270. there was i thunderstorm

rail service will be shut down between reagan and pentagon city metro stations. >>> our heat wave continues with the temperatures once again soaring into the 90s this afternoon. it will continue through the end of the week and the start of the weekend. up to 89 right now in d.c. feels like 94 because the dew points are incredibly high right now. look at the temps across the region. pushing 90 in manhattan. the factor in -- in manassas. factor in the humidity and it is hot. we will continue with the heat and high humidity. with a weak disturbance to the west, a couple of thunderstorms south of the metro area. most of us are dry but the humidity and heat ll to escape today. day planner, we continue to see temperatures climbing through the low to mid-90s with high humidity. we will talk about when the humidity and heat wave will end in a few minutes. you can catch the latest forecast by downloading our wusa9 app. >>> straight ahead on the news at noon, comey on capitol hill. lawmakers call the fbi director on the carpet. they want to know why charges were not filed. >> a d.c. woman accused of

metro is providing buses to bridge the station and services on blue and yellow lines shut down between reagan national and crystal city and pentagonity stations until this is phase four buses will be running between three stations to get you around closed metro station warnings continues for riders and crowding on buses and long lines expect to head out and different way to head to work and wherever headed urnled to do so. yesterday and i think i saw tweets online that commutes were extended 10, 15 minute or linear retire mp, sergeants, detectives and expand number of programs raising age limit 21 to 25 for cadets. >> and let's get you to the morning line. american league takes w. that means home field advantage. >> royals led the american lead charge. teammate perez added solo home run. that looks like daniel murphy. hey, murph. and most valuable player matt scherzer. both had good games as well. dream ton green. speaking out about recent arrest and assault charges arrested falling an altercation in michigan. green is confident his legal team will resolve the situation. as a public figure i can not put myself in certain situation

. >>> construction dust is to blame for the pentagon city station.t filled the tunnel as some of you were starting your commute this morning and some people thought it was smoke. service was not impacted, though. we did see some people find alternate ways to get to the office. the station had just reopened after closing for several days of safetrack work. >>> first at 4:00, news4 has learned about a number of issues along another section of the rail system that has already undergone repairs as part of that safetrack program. >> that's right. adam tuss has that story from northeast. >> reporter: by now, you're plenty familiar with metro safetrack program but here in an area where a lot of work was done, in fact, a complete line shutdown, there continue to be problems with the signaling and switch system. this is known as the d & g junction outside of the stadium up here, eight signal and switch problems and a whole day of unscheduled track work, riders have noticed that there have been issues in this area and they are not happy about it. >> it should

clap, ding >>> metro says construction dust is to blame for an incident this morning at the pentagon city stationdust filled the tunnel as blue and yellow line riders were beginning their commute. the station had just reopened after closing for several days of safetrack work. service was not affected. >>> metro riders have been promised a safer system because of all of the safetrack repairs. but one section of track that was supposedly just fixed is getting metro fixed. the problems are popping up outside of the armory station and it's having an impact on the blue, orange and silver lines. transportation reporter adam tuss has been looking into this. >> reporter: this elevated structure has been such a spot for metro that the metro station turns out there are still more concerns. track signals and switches here are malfunctioning regularly leading to regular delays even after safetrack rolled through here. >> sometimes it does make me late. so, yeah, they need to figure something out. >> reporter: riders getting fed up and metro is not quite sure why it's happening. eight track and switch issues

for the pentagon city metro station. one man from new york said it is hard to imagine the subway they are doing this. >> i would imagine this is a big deal. >> i cannot understand this. tom: colomibia used to live in d.c. they found out about safe track before arriving. easy. theend, it was one manthe story aired, walked by and said it was a mess. another man was confused. this is affecting a lot of people. metro estimates as this goes on, safe track phase four through monday, 86,000 passenger trips per day will be affected. live at reagan national airport, tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: get alerts about your commute sent right to your phone. sign up for our text alert service at wjla.com/text, or text the word "metro" to 43817. alison: still ahead -- a safety alert for all of you suv drivers. rating for headlights. what is behind the new concern and what you can do about it. been the site has notorious for adultery, but now ashley madison says they do not want you to cheat. alison: and they were out catching pokÉmon and

station but the impact is larger. no trains will make it from the city to the national airport. jeff goldberg is at the pentagon is definitely hav huge impact. jeff: huge impact. because you have so many more passengers going to the airport from the north than the south. here at pentagon city we'll see commonly, the last week in stage three as people get off the metro and going to express shuttles to get them to braddock road that was critical in surge three. it will be critical in stage four starting tomorrow. surge four, rather. it will last for seven days. metro will close the blue and yellow line between pentagon city and reagan airport. it will impact 85,000 trips a day. phase three wrapping up today. closing the yellow and the blue lines between airport and braddock road. but it's more of an inconvenience for travelers. metro says six times more customers access the airport from the north than they do from the south. we spoke from the local commuters. not necessarily travelers preparing to adjust for the week ahead. >> yeah, it i had to pay for parking today and friday i had to pay for a taxi. >> getting

problem we've beene've telling you about the hazy dustd conditions in crystal city and d pentagon city stationscause u of that track work that createde that air quality issue.ss in addition to that right nowht orange, silver, blue line l residual delays to largo new n carrollton due to track t obstruction at farragut west.. delays surge four wrappedurge fw yesterday for safetrack work surge five kicks in tomorrow. to that will cause single tracking between east malls church andmah boston. we'll keep you in the know howwh to get around that. branch of a southbound closed ae m street southeast. southeast. you'll need to detour around aun that. inbound suitland parkway delaysy from branch avenue to stantonon road. ro pennsylvania inbound very backei up as well and 295 and 50 and 5 inbound backing up as you try tt get in that area of the distri district. back to you guys.cko yo >> coming up, voting rights take center stage in virginia.. while have the details.et >> local restaurant wants tourat help pay your traffic tickets. >> where is this?>> >> we'll find out next.e'll f o it's 7:37. i get out o

you can take the shuttle bus to the pentagon city station. take a bus here to braddock street to get to crystal city, metro way. the new bus rapid transit in the area is free to riders to get you there to crystal city. metro riders have mixed reaction on the first full day of surge three. some say they had to wait a long time to get on a bus at pentagon city or crystal city. others say it wasn't as bad as they expected. now today we got new information on the work done in surge two. the 16-day shut down. we have now learned that crews worked to repair track defects that impact speed and ride quality. 235 insulators. 12 signals replaced. four switches there on the track to replace. some riders complaining that there have been issues there since the work was completed. metro says four of the eight switches there along the track were worked on. we do know that maintenance continue to work on the section will continue in off-peak hours. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. a lot of you have done this already. we are enc

the train tracks are now shut down between reagan national airport and pentagon city, those metro stations normally 55,000 people a day ride that section of the blue and yellow line. most passengers, though, say the shuttle buses are working. >>> not a logistics person, this works people getting on the bus they are getting to work. >>> i think it's gone pretty well. it's taken longer, however, but i think they are very organized. >> i also see a lot of people that are still going on there thinking the trains will be there and they are not. >>> many of these same commuters were affected by last week's phase three, which was just south of the airport metro station this phase four made its work now through tuesday. >>> and of course you can keep tabs on the current and up coming metro project anytime download the free app it is all right there for you. >>> if you see plumes of smoke like this one here on your screen and you near the airport, the crews are shooting a fake plane crash for part of the movie, the shoot is expected to last a few days. >>> gone but not forgetten as the funerals of

pentagon city. the crystal city station will complete the shutdown. straight for two weeks, anyone who uses this section of metrorail to get into d.c. or back will be affected a lot. >> i had no idea this was happening. tom: she'd rub in alexandria but lives near richmond. in town for a conference, she was stunned to learn about safe track now she will rely on her parents. >> they will drop me off at pentagon city. they are so sweet. line train just left. there has been some confusion tonight as safe track has begun. acyclic him if you want to get between here and braddock road -- basically, if you want to get between here and braddock road station, you w after monday, the trains will not head north for a week. live at reagan national airport, tom roussey, abc 7 news. we are also following an active investigation at the wheaton manner of station -- wheaton metro station. the red line train ran past a signal with two people on board. into the tunnel they had walked back to the platform. the tro is trying to figure out why the train missed the signal. n

no trains were run between reagan national airport in pentagon city and the crystal city station is closedas usual, shuttle buses will replace trains. but riders traveling from the south should get off at braddock road to take the shuttle bus. only people needing to go to reagan national should ride all the way to that stop. phase 4 ends july 18th. >>> it is summer. it is construction season. and that means slower commutes around our area. this year there are three projects you need to watch out for. transportation reporter adam tuss shows you what areas to avoid. >> reporter: when this tangled web of roadw your car sit. >> it's a little bit of a mess, yes. >> reporter: one problem spot, river road between goldsboro road and the d.c. line. repaving project happening now. it comes on the heels of massive utility work here. >> i don't know whether it's been utilities, water, or electricity or cable down below, but obviously something they had to do. >> reporter: and this new repaving project won't finish up until next year. 31,000 vehicles a day impacted by the work, which is often happening

buses to sort bridge gap between station throughout the three closed stations until july 18 and reagan national and crystal city and pentagon city station and so you know again no major disruptions or delays this morning but a bit of headache yesterday and this morning seems to be running somewhat okay so far. let's not sdwrix back to you in the studio. >> i'm crossing fingers in here for you annie thanks. >> three people in custody this morning in other news after firing at police officers with a small machine gun during a chase near the third street tunnel two suspect were arrested at the scene and third suspect plead the area causing 35 minute lockdown at the u.s. capitol d.c. police were fired on yesterday alone and earlier in morning armed robbery suspect was charged after a gun battle standoff with police on alabama avenue in south east sgleing funeral services mean time for three officers killed last thursday in dallas as will happen later today. yesterday president what in dallas honoring those kimd and joined by biden own jrj w. bush they all spoke. americans must bridge differences and stand united as one country

jeff: it's felt like grand central station all afternoon here at pentagon city.we have these folks going down the escalator now. likely just got off a shuttle from braddock road or from national airport. this gentleman here giving information to folks. those folks going downstairs washington, d.c. these folks coming up the escalator right now just got off of a metro. from d.c. very likely. they will be headed to one of two shuttle buses. either this one going to reagan national airport or another one going to the braddock road metro station. that for commuters. it's really busy and it has been all afternoon. now down below it was crowded. not surprisingly on the platform at pentagon city metro with people going in so many different directions. surge four will last for a week or so and it means the closure of the blue and yellow line between pentagon city and the reagan airport. it will impact 86,000 trips a day. surge four creates a particular challenge for a lot of travelers. a lot of tourists in d.c. this time of year. metro says six times more customers access

station. impact the it will train and the surrounding area. pentagon, largo, blue line trains operating every 12 minutes, as will the yellow line trains between huntington station and the airport. remember, buses will replace trains between pentagon city and the air art where i am this morning. the latest surge will last until the 18th of the month. reporting live, suzanne kennedy, "good morning washington." autria: remember, you can get computer updates right to your -- commuter updates right to your cell phone. developing now, police are investigating after a hor people were attending a candlelight vigil for homicide victims when a government approached and opened fire. five people were shot. their injuries are not life-threatening. arrests's.ugh, no the man being remembered at the vigil was the father of of six-year-old boy and five-year-old girl. autria: the nation still reeling, two more law inorcement officers killed michigan. an inmate being moved grabbed a deputy's gun and began firing. two bailiffs were killed. family members of alton sterling

getting people to and from pentagon city and the braddock road metro station. surge four meanwhile starts tomorrow and is set to impact more than 85,000 trips a day. safetrack has affected tens of thousands of riders. for the next week metro is closing the blue and the yellow lines between pentagon city and the airport. >> i knew it would was going to affect everybody. i knew eventually i would be one of those people that it affected. it is what it is. you have to deal with it. >> so metro is to find another way into town. this metro video shows that surge three resulted in the closure of the yellow and the blue line between the airport and the braddock work. >> they are doing work they couldn't do without having a shutdown. >> according to the metro spokesperson, six time more customers access from the north than the south. that is why commuters should use shuttle buses between pentagon city and braddock road. not the localized buses between crystal city and the airport. >> we need the shuttle buses for the airport to be for the people who are going to the air

the blue and yellow lines will be shut down between reagan airport, crystal city and pentagon city stationsbviousls keep that in mind.ep but if you normally take thellyt blue and yellow lines certainlyn you want to sort of reconsidersi maybe taking an alternate routee but if you drive, you know, i i mean, as we just mentioned theot congressman stuck in traffic.int a lot of people on the roadwayss more congestion.. but, again, overall sent manyenn out here, guys, people do notoot seem to mind the minor delays o disruption in their morning mor commute. back to you in the studio. >> unless they're route 1 between where you areyo and the airport.. annie, thank you very much. >> to the congressman'sha point the area of metro is to get carc off the roadway to give you alternative.te if you're taking them off metro putting them back on the roads. metro can provide the buses buts they can't control the traffic between the stops.ps >> driving message home two hom likely nominees have spent thet last few weeks lee fussing theit rhetoric for the generalhe gener election season but are theyhe connectin

they will take you to braddock road, crystal city and pentagon city from this station here. essentially, what you need to know it is if you're riding a blue or yellow line, anywhere west of the plaza, expect crowds and delays for the next six days. live at braddock road, derrick ward, news 4. >> thank you, derrick. people are getting creative. these are bike trains, cycling advocates and volunteers will lead groups every day from the braddock road stations. for more ideas routes, open up our nbc washington app. >>> we're following development in yemen where at least ten people are dead after a suicide bombing. soldiers and militants are fighting in that area, we understand. it's not clear who is behind this attack. so far, no one has claimed responsibility. >>> there are more details into the arrest of a former national guardsman who staged a ft. hood style attack. mohamed jalloh made an appearance on tuesday. he's accused of trying to buy a gun without proper i.d. as a chantilly store. when he returned the next day, the store sold him a disabled gun after talking with the f

during phase 4 a section of traumatic from reagan national airport to the pentagon city station was shut affecting the orange and silver line from boston to east falls curb. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. [ fly buzzing ] did you know people can save over $500 when they switch to progressive? i got your nose! i got your nose right here. i know that's your thumb, grandpa. talent! learn about it! life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event. life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. deadly attack in baton rouge. three police officers killed. three more injured in a fatal ambush. >> deputy down. deputy down. >> growing concerns about a larger plot. live from louisiana. >>> cleveland on high alert. the republican convention kicks off. donald trump, his family and his new running mate all about to take

no trains are running between pentagon city and reagan airport. crystal city station is closed. passengers arriving at reagan national must hop on a shuttle bus to board a train. day one had passengers crammed into shuttle buses and confused about where to go. >> our first time in washington, d.c. >> about 150,000, so we don't have a bus system that runs very well. >> you know which shuttle bus is the right one to get on? >> after i asked. >> metro says it has extra employees at stations and has posted signs telling people where to go. search four will last until next monday. >> keeping you and your family safe from the zika virus. a meeting about to get under way that hopes to do just that. >> don't be alarmed if you pass what looks like a plane crash today. we'll tell what you is behind that scene. >> it looks okay out there right now. a little hazy. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein says we could have storms tod. when thaye fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. whicmeans that in the time it takes mr. wagner to p

it's a complete shutdown between reagan national airport and pentagon city, which means the crystal city station. just take the bus from my location. we're going to get off the pentagon city and it's not going to be much of an inconvenience. >> reporter: shuttle buses are an alternative. work will last seven days wrapping up on the 18th the closure means people won't be able to get to the airport by rail. they'll have to hop a bus. the ongoing work has presented some challenges but riders seem pretty understanding. >> a lot of the regulars i see no longer riding but i think they've done a pretty good job handling it so far. we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: now, the folks at metro would like you to offload at the braddock road station and take a shuttle bus from there. they only want airline passengers to ride the rails all the way to reagan national. in crystal city, megan mcgrath, news4. >>> now at 5:00, a murder hits home. >>> a swatting hoax. how a man is accused of sending s.w.a.t. teams to the homes of some of washington's most powerful people. who he dallas. surgeons are still shaken by

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