georgia avenue petworth and glenmont stations down to just one entrance. deamwood will have a walking escalator. >>> outbound river road getting one lane by at goldsboro. 395 inbound big delays there because of a problem at shirlington circle. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. >>> good morning. snowy start to spring. millions across the northeast waking up to a messy, monday commute. a foot of snow expected in some areas. schools shut down in boston. al is tracking it all. >>> history in havana. president obama kicks off his ntroversial trip to cuba. the first by a u.s. president in nearly 90 years. >> this is a historic visit, and it's a historic opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people. >> the president set to meet raul castro later today. lester holt is there live. >>> mr. trump goes to washington. donald trump reportedly set to meet with republican party leaders today, ahead of a key speech on america's role in the

it includes the georgia avenue petworth, deanwood and glenmont stations.e's what you need to know. >> reporter we're at the glenmont station off georgia avenue and silver spring. as you can see, here on the east side of this station, there is an escalator that isn't working. but the challenge will be on the west side. that's where the escalators are going to be out for nine months for repairs. now, the challenge is not only going to be for metro riders, there is an opel v ep -- open e to get them down to the boardwalk, they will be tempted to jaywalk. >> it's not a safe thing to do. it's not bad in the morning when there's not many of us. but during the rush when there is a lot, i don't know what they expect people to do. >> reporter: once this work is finished here at the petworth and the deanwood station, these trains will be more reliable. when they do break down derrick ward, news4. >>> some breezy sunshine for us today. our temperatures will be going up to the 50s. i know, that's it, just around 50 degrees to 52. breezy and cool today with some of tho

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this is happening at the station's georgia avenue petworth, denwood and glenmont and last for months.k ward explains why you need to pay attention even if you don't use the train. >> reporter: we're at the glenmont station off georgia avenue in virtually spring. and as you can see here on the east side of this station there's an eal work. but the challenge will be on the west side. that's where the escalators will be out for nine months. for repairs. the challenge will not only be for metro riders, there's an open elevator but with an opening in the fence and elevators only hold so many people folks will attempt to jay walk and that means you have to be extra careful. that's six lanes of traffic not much of a median in between. >> it's not a safe thing to do. not so bad in the morning when there's not very many of us but during the rush when there's a lot, i don't know what they expect people to do. >> reporter: once this work is finished here at the petworth and deanwood station metro stays these escalateors will be more reliable and when they break down parts will be easier to come

set to begin installing new safer and hopefully more reliable escalators today at georgia avenue petworth and glenmark. each entrance where the escalator or placement work is taking place. at the new escalators are part of a $1 million project to replace more than 130 escalators by the year 2020. a miss at howard university hospital this morning. a pipe burst prompting several patients in critical care area to be moved to another part of the facility. jeannette: this afternoon a water main break inside of howard university hospital causing some significant problems. it only seems to beginning worse throughout the day. he high me this is where it happened. economic see much on the outside. the water main break was in the basement of the hospital causing significant flooding. a six inch main and it happened around 3:30 this morning possibly going unnoticed for some time. the surgical intensive care section of the hospital treat eight patients were moved to the upper floors. that will be the case while the messes cleaned up. the problem water service throughout the entire hospital. take a li

the georgia avenue petworth and glenmont stations will be down to one entrance. work is expected to take six months. the elevator will run during the project. >>> coming up on 4:36. to the campaign trail where today every presidential hopeful except for bernie sanders will be in washington. hillary to kasich, senator ted cruz and donald trump will all speak today at the and i pac policy conference. protestors are planning to demonstrate outside. a group of rabbis say it will avoid trump's address. >>> right now we're talking march madness and the next big match-up for the terrapins. they take on the kansas jayha jayhawks. players are looking ahead after a big win last night against hawaii. >> it's a good feeling, but we have a tough seed coming up. so we're not going to get too crazy. >> and the university of virginia also headed to the sweet 16. so want to give a big shout out to them. top seeded cavaliers take on iowa state cyclones in chicago friday night. this game against kansas will be bittersweet because coach went to kansas. >> see if there is any extra p

you will see escalator at the glenmont, georgia avenue petworth and deem wood stations. derrick ward is live at glenmont station with what we need to know.wood stations. derrick ward is live at glenmont station with what we need to know. >> reporter: we are indeed at the glenmont station on georgia avenue. and what you see behind me is the escalator on the east side of this station. this will be the only escalator in and out of here for quite some time now. why is that is this because of what is going on over here on the west side, on the other side of georgia avenue, that escalator will be repaired, going to be closed for 35 weeks. now, there will be elevator access to the trains from that side of the street. elevators c many people. and also at the deamwood, they will replace the escalators, have one going -- it will be stationery, essentially a big stairway, and the other under repair. and this is going to metro's effort to replace 20 escalators this year. this has been a problem that has dogged metro quite some time. these escalators haven't been dealt with for at le

the georgia avenue petworth and glenmont station will be down to one entrance.ed as stairs. work there is expected to take about six months. the elevator will run during the project. >>> an attorney for catherine hogal confirms he has attempted eight escapes from a hospital. she's a suspect in the disappearance of her they vanished in 2014. >>> melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the morning commute. >> good morning. brand-new accidents here outer loop of the beltway as you're approaching gw parkway. you can see the back ups building here. that's quite slow. 395 north, we're jammed headed am bound from an earlier crash that's now out of the way. inbound washington boulevard, you cannot get on to 110 a truck is stuck under the overpass. >>> we'll have a look at your forecast next. it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us. as a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. tightening regulations on the big banks and fi

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