the rhode island avenue station is closed today. had infrastructure problems over the last couple of days. , andrkway accident gone back over to metro, just a reminder, including labor day, the weekend shutdown will include the franconia springfield station. that is our traffic watch. back in a next 10 minutes to roads and ride on the the rails. larry: taking a stand by taking a knee. colin >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. larry: 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick took the field last maintained his protest by not standing during the national anthem. o'er the land of the free ♪ >> in this morning's "gma" first look, colin kaepernick refusing to stand during the national anthem again. this time, he took a knee, right behind more than 240 service members being honored during the annual military appreciation night. as the crowd and players stand, you can see kaepernick kneeling on the sideline. his teammate, eric reed, joining him. now, the quarterback sparking a new controversy. these socks to practice, show

that's in rhode island. all moving off to the southeast so that means south kingston, rhode island, new port, possibly new bedford, fair haven, all affected by a pretty strong thunderstorm in the next half an her to 45 minutesful we'll continue to follow this and report back to you in a few. >> thank you. an accused cop killer from new arrest in rhode island. >> here's video of the confrontation. >> the suspect surrendered after police raided two places in rhode island. he wanted for the murder of a shelby county police officer. police tracked him to providence, where heavily armed officers raided the home. they found him 30 minutes away. he gave up. >> it's been a long period of time where the detectives and all cultivate information, pretty good police work tracking him here and they surrounded the house. he surrendered and came out peacefully. >> wounded in the exchange in north carolina. he was hospitalized after his arrest here. he'll be arraigned on the charge in his hospital room when he recovers enou

aside from that crash activity rhode island avenue stationasisd cl aveosed on the red line. ailablele between brookland and rhodend r island avenue. that station closed for that stion investigation. this is new for the orange line closed. f delays in bothoris i directionss speed restrictions near eastonse falls church and safe track ghtinglight single trackingh aei other blue line betweene bween franconia-springfield and vanrin dorn. so back to you guys.so bac >> thanks erin. e >>> we want to say hi to our facebook fan of the day.cebo fad today it is anthony the littlayt guy on the left there. that'shas anthony. he was nominated by his momth amanda.an >> amanda says anthony had ahona birthday on tuesday, so hey,dayy happy belated birthday.irthda turned seven years old. o >> wow that's a big >> melina and his cousin. c this is a classic picture they'll cherish forever. foreve. i love it. >> it's a great picture and i'm not going the lie great i'm looking at that cake. it looks good. >> see if they had a little if they character on there but iad a lil cannot tell. anthony is lo

that question is will the the rhode island avenue station stai open on time. t >> it closed after a piece ofa f metal and concrete fell onto the mezzanine area. melanie alnwick is live at thel station.liv melanie, what are youe at seeing this morning?ug th >> reporter: well, we'is mreornw seeing a little bit of bit activity still up on the upper platform. it's kind of hard to see here in the dark sometimites's and k earlier this morning we sawe s some folks up there with a ladder just kind of checkin the ceiling area so we don'tea d have an exact confirmation onat where this happened but we're b' guessing based on where we're seeing metro maintenance crewsas pay most of the attention. so, if you see where the sign is that basically tells you tls when the cars are coming and's sort of at the top of the escalator. metro says they'll make an one announcement by the 5:00 a.m..m. time to let people knowe k whether they'll be able to getr on trains here or shuttle shu buses instead.nstead. the first word of this problem p happened around 8:30 last night.nigh that is

western rhode island moving into eastern connecticut, between providence and cranston, rhode island. a few just north of foxborough. a little shower around bridgewater. rotating in. it's still the circulation of the weakening post tropical hermine. a little closer look at a few of the showers we just pointed out. i want you to be alert, if you'll be out tonight or tomorrow morning, even though most of the time it will be rain-free a couple of showers could swing in. clouds will come back. low clouds and fog for part of the area overnight into tomorrow but tomorrow afternoon, it looks like somewhat drier air comes in and it will punch more sunshine in here and the temperature will start to respond. especially inland. sea breeze. right now it's 72 in boston with the wind off the water but it's 83 in hartford, connecticut. as we check out the next 12 hours, only dropping into the upper 60s. >> we'll let you know when the big warm-up is moving in, in a few minutes. >> commitment 2016. donald trump says he'll come up with a plan 3w07b days of take office to defeat isis. janet reports in a

into southern rhode island severe thunderstorm warning for this one across southern rhode island as the bulk of this storm continues to press off to the south and to the east. the moisture working into southeastern mass. i expect the scattered showers 72 boston right now. 75 mild and muggy in norwood. 69 in bedford right now. high temperature this afternoon close to 80 with any peeks of sunshine that come on through. again we'll have an opportunity for scattered downpours. some towns have picked up 1-2 inch of rain. other towns won't see as much. beneficial rain scattered throughout the afternoon. more on that in the 7-day forecast ahead. >>> let's get to breaking news. this is man that police in new york city are src connection with a bombing over the weekend. manhattan. he is 28-year-old ahmed rahimy. >> earlier this morning the bomb squat detonated in a device in new jersey. security heightened in new york and new jersey. especially with world leaders in new york for the united nation general assembly. let's head out live to new york for the latest. here's dan hausle. investigation.

he couldn't get on the rhode island train. the station is closed, again. for the second time this week, the ceiling was falling. >> my god, wow. wow. >> reporter: pieces of concrete and metal near the escalator came down last night and on wednesday. he is worried about the next time. >> we don't know when the next accident will happen. it's a great concern. >> reporter: metro says they are doing full inspects and replacing the loose concrete. they will open next monday. >> it goes with the motto we have. we are placing safety first. we need to ensure that the structure is sound and we need to ensure that we are limiting all the hazards to customers traveling through those stations. >> reporter: he walks with a cane and says he doesn't feel safe. >> run that fast. can't get it's a difference. >> reporter: what we are seeing here today at the rhode island metro station, as a result of the closures and falling concrete is more people riding the bus. now the station, again, will be closed through sunday. it will reopen monday morning at 7:00. coming up at 6:00

crews are battling a huge fire at a home in narragansett, rhode island. you can see the heavy flames pouring out of this ocean-front home, and fire crews say strong winds complicated their efforts. they also reported some issues with water. no one was home at the time. now a check of the day's other top stories on this tuesday. some ferry service has been region still deals with what's left of hermine. there are also concerns that the storm can lead to erosion on the cape today. strong winds and heavy rain from what was left of hermine forced officials to close horseneck beach in westport and nauset beach in orleans on monday. no word yet on whether those beaches will reopen today. also, police are investigating after a dangerous device was found near an officer's home. this was on sunday morning when the officer said what he found cocktail-like device in his yard. the grass had been burned, but there was no damage to the officer's home. right now we're looking into whether the officer was specifically targeted. >> sarah: boston police are investigating a

stomach authorities arrested irving fenner junior in rhode island. >> rhode island authorities to 23 -year-old irving fenner junior in custody around 2:30 a.m. he was captured in coventry, rhode island. center, who is from grover, north carolina was taken to a nearby hospital according to our affiliate in providence.

it's not clear what happened when nathan carmen and his mom went on a fishing trip off rhode island. >> police in three states are >> christina? >> reporter: well, i spoke with police in rhode island, who have been investigating whether linda carmen's son nathan took her to a risky fishing spot in a boat that wasn't safe. they tell me federal investigators are now joining in as well as police from other states. the case that first brought out the yellow ribbon is now bringing together law enforcement from three different states and the federal government. the old linda carmen presumed dead, lost at sea during a fishing trip that left her son nathan carmen stranded in a raft for eight days after his boat capsized. he cold "good morning america" he thought the boat was sea worthy. >> i didn't know if she had been dragged down with the ship. neither of us had been wearing life vests. >> reporter: at the marine that where nathan kept his boat there is an empty slip. he and his mother are seen on overnight trip to block island. ten days later, nathan pulled into government boston on a coa

there are some downpours but most of them are in rhode island. you can see moving into western rhode island. another shower here that's just popped up. it looks like it's headed toward provce one between rainman and battle borrow. be aware. most of the time it hasn't been raining. this is the effect of what's left of hermine. still has low-level circulation spinning around and still throws a little lobs of moisture ever once in a while but the main effect is the high surf, particularly on the south coast. the high surf advisory until 6:00. we go forward in time. you still see a few spot showers overnight tonight on into the occasional breaks in the overcast. one other thing i want to point out is temperatures are up a little bit today compared to yesterday. that trend is going to continue. we'll let you know how warm it will get in a few minutes. heather? >> commitment 2016. hillary clinton and donald trump both focusing on national security. trump unveiling his defense policy today and both will address the issue at separate town halls later ton

moi rhode island avenue metro station is closed again. it's been having ome problems problems pretty much all week with debris falling from the t ceiling and that's where ouringe alexandria limon is live thisivs morning with more on how this willth me o impact our commute i morning. good morning, alex.ng >> reporter: hey, annie, ann good morning.gni well, take a look at this. a sign warning that this station is closed. now, this not unusual,nusu something we are unfortunatelyte used to seeing but usuallysually it's because of a train orin o track however, this station, thetatio rhode island metro station is now closed because of concretee and metal that were fallingere g from the ceiling now. that's a new oneei alind it not only happened once but twice twe this week and that is why you're seeing this out here, her shuttle buses that arebuses at a providing a workaround.karoun now metro has said that thed falls -- falling debris from the ceiling they don't believe it's due the a structuraltructul problem but just in case, to ca, be sure th

. >>> breaking right now at 4:30, tense moments as state police raid a home in rhode island and we are hearing the suspect and police officer. >> boston police chief on leave. what he is saying about being the set subject of a internal investigation. >> a man facing charges rage accused of threatening another driver with a machete and that's not all. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon wednesday september 14th. let's start with danielle niles. kind of hume night welcome back. >> -- humid out there. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> it's great to see you. chance of thunderstorms today. we are tracking those for later it's quiet start and it's a little humid. 65 in boston right now. same in manchester and lawrence. 55 in keene. not quite as cool as it was 24 hours ago. skies are clear right now. we are waiting on a front that's back across western new york right now and at that will bring a threat for thunderstorms not this morning or by midday. building clouds storms come

just south of rhode island avenue. he was pronounced dead at the scene. so far.. no arrests. this is the same neighborhood where a homicide occured monday night.. and a serious double shooting happened tuesday night. meanwhile, d.c. police are searching for suspects in a double shooting. around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, police were called to 16th street southeast, near "t" street. they found a teen with a gunshot wound. he was taken to a hospital, where he another shooting victim a block away. he remains in the hospital. a preliminary investigation reveals, both victims were shot during the same incident. covering metro this morning.. the rhode island metro station is closed for inspections after two incidents of debris falling from the ceiling. sam sweeney is live with more on how it will effect your commute this morning. sam? breaking news overnight.. overnight.. a six-car metro train derails in virginia ... this happened just after 9:30 last night at the alexandria rail yard ... not far from the eisenhower avenue station on the yellow line. metro says there were no injurie

that's because the rhode island avenue metro station is closed. closed it will remain closed untild unt the end of the day for additional inspections afteron two days inal i ans row debris l from the ceilingeili tractor-trailer at this station.aile most recent was aboutst recen 5::yesterday evening during the rush hour commute. te. metro says small pieces of concrete fell from the ceiling and officials say that hafrppened 20 feet awayom f y fro where concrete and a piece of metal fell from the ceilingheng the night before. this is allth on the mezzanineee tracks run above.un now no one was hurt in eitherit of the incidents but thishi obviously has inconveniencedonve some metro riders thiser morning. we he did speak to one to on gentleman who is being an w is pretty good sport about it.spori take a listen.is >> you can't stop it. it is there and we have toe h give them a chance to fix it. i. it's a sacrifice.acfi life is a sacrifice.acfice how could we get the goodhe thing if we don't sacrifice?acre >> reporter: okay we don'ton't know the exact tim

the rhode island station will remain closed for crews to inspect and repair a crumbling ceiling. concrete and metal broke away twice this week. we have more on what's causing the problem. >> reporter: we believe this is one of the oldest stations in the metro system, about 40 years. now we have a crumbling ceiling and a lot of frustrated riders. >> there's no train from here. send them up to brooklyn. >> reporter: they are checking out the rhode island station top to bottom. small pieces of concrete and metal fell from the ceiling on the ground floor twice this week. the station in nooegs northeast washington has been closed all day. it is the latest of metro's problems. >> it's horrible. that's most of d.c. >> reporter: trains are bypassing the station in both directions while they focus on the crumbling ceiling below. they think deteriorating is the problem. >> it would lead us to believe there's water that got behind or from years of freeze and thawing that takes place, the concrete will separate from the structural membrane and event l eventually will crack. >> reporter: othe

couple of showers across the eastern connecticut and rhode island. could have a couple of showers through midday down in that area into southeastern mass. otherwise i expect some breaks of sun in boston and southwestern suburbs here this afternoon. clouds to sunshine a little bit west you go. that's where temperature are the warmest this afternoon. lowering humidity for tomorrow. the keep the warmth around for the weekend. that forecast ahead. >> time now for fast "traffic." here's chris ander for danielle gersh. >>> there's some good news and some bad news. let's take a live look outside. this is expressway where traffic is moving slowly into the boston this morning. some good news the accidents that we're dealing with this morning have cleared. bad news is there's residuals as we head to maps you can see all we are dealing with. about 30 minutes from the split up to the tunnel and there's delays that stretch into the other southern routes. the 324, # 5 connecting with 128 all slow going there. turnpike backed up as well. slowdowns there. north of t

rain offshore, but onshore massachusetts and rhode island, 70 miles an hour winds, moving toward the west-northwest in the short term. tomorrow afternoon, down to 60 miles an hour, still a tropical storm warning here, it won't be hurricane strength but this thing, wednesday afternoon still south of providence, rhode island or so, slowly moving away. the problem is the winds, tropical storm force winds in yellow, 39 miles an hour or greater. but the orange area coming onshore later tonight ask overnight across eastern long island through england will have winds potentially over 60 miles an hour, like severe thunderstorm winds, they will have damage and power outages. the good news for us, it will go away and get hot again. summer is not over, back with the full 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> the news has gone from bad to better at the state park, yesterday came this photo with a lot of beach erosion, it came with a message "park closed to all traffic." tonight, a new one, the campground will reopen tomorrow and they will make a decision tomorrow if you can go to th

johnson crossed the threshold already, but i don't know why rhode island told them that, because rhodertarians are still short by 71 signatures. it's only 71 signatures. the libertarians may yet close that gap, but they appear to not be there yet. despite this announcement from the candidate tonight and despite what is apparently planned to be a full-page ad in the "new york times" tomorrow. we will see. we'll keep you posted. that does it for us tonight. >>> don't tell gary johnson, but we have a rhode island voter here in the building. there's signature they might be able to get. christina, would you sign gary johnson's -- okay. >> tell her she will need security. >>> there is an investigation into trump foundation. also tonightkellyanne conway said something today in an interview that a campaign

also the rail riders, unfortunately with rhode island avenue station is closed throughout the day. shuttle buses will run between rhode brookeland. back to you. >>> 6. . 13 right now. donald trump has been king the rounds to defend his immigration speech which fired up his base but disappointed many hispanic supporters this week. yesterday, he was asked about what he would do about undocumented immigrants who have not committed crimes. >> after it's all stabilized, everything is done, the hardened criminals and killers and drug dealers are gone, then we'll make a determination what we're going to do. >> trump also emphasized that mexico will pay for a border wall. after meeting with him earlier in the week, mexico's president said that will never happen. >>> hillary clinton's biggest backers, like vice president joe biden, are taking over on the campaign trail. it looks like the democratic nominee spent most of the past month fundraising. new totals showed that clinton raised a combined $143 million last no -- month for her campaign and the democratic party. it's the biggest >>> a m

red line service on metro reopening at the rhode island metro station. take a look at the images there. they had some problems there last night with falling concrete. metro tweeting out a short while ago, just minutes ago, that the station has reopened, will be open. our kristin wright and crew headed to the scene there and will bring us a live report in a short bit. back to you. > gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. the rain is coming our way. we're watching the models and our team of forecasters is keeping an eye on things for you. chuck bell. >> the brand-new advisory coming in from the national hurricane center as of the 5:00 hour here has an all new forecast track i'll show you coming up at 5:21. it's a little bit more favorable for our week plan. thursday rain drops this morning. late rain from haguerstown to winchester. we should dry out by later this afternoon. get a peek of two sunshine back. afternoon highs generally speaking should be up in the low 80s. labor day weekend, some potential anyway still exists for heavy rain and

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details are still coming in at this hour about fenner's arrest in rhode island. we'll keep you posted here on the eyeopener. in just hours the second sentencing trial is about to get under way for a man who committed deadly carjackings 15 years ago. multiple brutal murders. the eyeopener's antoinette antonio is at the u.s. district court in boston to set the is set to begin later this morning after gary lee sampson's initial death penalty sentence was thrown out. a federal judge tossed that sentence because of juror wrongdoing. the judge determined that juror lied about her background. sampson was sentenced to death in 2004, but that sentence was overturned seven years later. he was convicted for carjacking and killing 19-year-old jonathan rizzo of kingston and 69-year-old philip mccloskey of taunton. week-long crime spree in 2001. he confessed to police that he repeatedly stabbed those men and that same week he strangled a city councilor after breaking into a new hampshire cabin. he was convicted separately in that case. jury selection in this case is set to sta

so clouds, yes, and showers right now, some embedded thunderstorms through rhode island, connecticut, and these are shifting into southeastern massachusetts, so have an umbrella with you along and south of the pike here this morning. 67 in worcester. elsewhere in the 70s now, and we'll see that threat for showers linger through lunchtime in southeastern massactt coast of the cape, but during the afternoon, north and west of town, the sun pops out, temperatures in the lower 80s, and elsewhere it is in the 70s for high temperatures today. and more comfortable sleeping weather tonight, we're looking good on friday and into saturday before any possible impacts from hermine come our way so we're talking about, if you are headed to the cape on friday and saturday, having the best weather, and then sunday and monday potential rain and wind will keep you posted. farther north, it's not local like a big issue. impacts. all right, let's get you out to the roads, olessa. >> so far, not too bad. we are watching those delays. here's a look at the expressway, a check by the gas tank, and you can se

johnson crossed the threshold already, but i don't know why rhode island told them that, because rhodet, that the libertarians are still short by 71 signatures. it's only 71 signatures. the libertarians may yet close that gap, but they appear to not be there yet. despite this announcement from the candidate tonight and despite what is apparently planned to be a full-page ad in the "new york times" tomorrow. we will see. we'll keep you posted. >>> colin powell in the spotlight after leaked e-mails reveal he cal trump a national disgrace. >>> plus, hillary clinton is getting ready to return to the campaign trail, but there are still questions about her bout of pneumonia. >>> and ivanka trump joins her father on stage as he unveiled a childcare policy and female voters. >>> good morning, everybody, it's wednesday, september 14th, i'm betty nguyen along

moving toward rhode island and showers around marshfield. as we go forward in time today, things will slowly moved to our area -- a lot of clouds throughout the day and showers south of the pike -- that threat pushes to the south coast indicate through the afternoon and north and west of town we will see some brightening. upper 60's to around 70, holding in the 70's throughohe much more on that tropical storm coming up but right now let's get you out to the roads and see how we are what looking. olessa: no problems right now, by the south bay mall. the rest of your ride is so far, so good. if you are heading south you are fine, route 3 looks good, also last construction on 128 south in the final stages. transit buses on schedule. >> there will be no amnesty. randy: donald trump doubling down on his immigration overhaul. now voters will have to decide on his controversial plan. and the clock is ticking. emily: we have team coverage of the trump proposal and reaction. including the local couple playing a big role in the beginning with the eyeo

>> but rhode island police are investigating. there was no distress call and in a search warrant states nathan had made repairs to the boat that may have made it unsafe. nathan told the "boston globe" today, he thought the boat was seaworthy and didn't do anything wrong. >> emotionally i've been through a huge amount. allowed to mourn naturally. >> the mystery on land involves the 2013 still unsolved murder of nathan's grandfather in connecticut. nathan was the last person to see john chockolos alive. he left a $42 million fortune to his heirs, including nathan's mom. >> connecticut police describe naten as a person of interest in his grandfather's murder as the family mystery continues. >>> still ahead here togh planes have gotten so bad the airlines are calling for a crackdown. >>> and the man who risked his own life traveling to a war zone >>> we're back now with troubling news that concerns anyone who gets on an airplane. an alarming rise in the number of air rage cases, both in the sky and on the ground. now a global airline

moved into southwest rhode island and southeast connecticut at a few more may rotate up. more often than not it will not be raining but everyone -- once in a while a band will be some showers. probably not amounting to a whole lot of rain in any one given area. we will see a few breaks at times tomorrow. more breaks in the clouds coming thursday especially in the afternoon. that might be slightly brighter of the next two days. we will be starting to turn the feel of summer is coming back full-time. there is a high surf advisory tomorrow for the maine coast and parts of the south coast of massachusetts and rhode island as well as the island, the vineyard and nantucket, the risk of rep current is quite high and that is not anything you want to get involved in. rough surf is the real key and keep that in mind for beach and voting interests tomorrow. visibility has worcester. we have seen some low ceilings in boston. do expect some positive drizzle and the clouds in the fog overnight. the 14 mile per hour wind in boston off the water, we are in the 60's and 70's, it is gettin

iron investigators -- this oceanfront house in narragansett rhode island. the family of james getting to and is considered a total loss following monday night's fire. strong wind coupled with water problems hampered firefighters who were forced to attack flames from the outside. antoinette: a mural depicting maine's governor as a member of the ku klux klan is staying put for now. the mural in portland shows governor lepage dressed as a member of the kkk next to the -- a red line across it. city leaders say no mural has ever been taken down because of its content. a new admission from the obama administration over a payment it may to iran earlier this year. the treasury department admits it transferred $1.7 billion to iran and it was all in cash. that payment includes $400 million around the time iran released several american hostages in january. the remaining money represents interest on iranian cash that the u.s. has held since the 1970's. the grouemily: another failed ao approve more funding in congress for the zika virus. marci gonzalez explains why the

providence, rhode island, record lying 90 but this represents cool, dry air that's going to be flowing in. the dew points and humidity drop sharply tomorrow. very comfortable. cool by morning and it will stay cool tomorrow. with high temperatures only making it into the upper 60s in boston. maybe 70 or so over inland areas. this is tropical storm julia, with 40 mile per hour winds. just a minimal tropical storm, but since it's n not going to move much, the big risk is big rain producer. that's the thing with julia. there could be several inches of rain. maybe even three to circumstances or more over parts of the southeast u.s. coastline. there is our weather. lots of beautiful weather to look forward to thursday and friday. it warms up some on saturday. second half of the weekend, the chances of showers and thunderstorms will increase, especially in our western and northern areas. all of us may get some showers and thunderstorms sunday night very much. >> shaking up the same old workout routine. >> next, new classes to spike up your exercise plan. >> they were best friends at a china o

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cicilline of rhode island. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from rhode island and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, my amendment would exempt rules that reduce the cost of health care for americans over the age of 65 from the unnecessary requirements of this legislation. mr. speaker, our country's seniors face growing health care costs and any delays in rules that could reduce those costs would be a terrible burden to place on america's seniors. according to the latest retiree health care estimate from fidelity benefits consulting, a 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need an average of $260,000 in today's dollars to cover medical expenses throughout their retirement. that applies only to retirees with traditional medicare insurance coverage and does not include costs associated with nursing home care. fidelity estimates that a 65-year-old couple would need an additional

this is the scene actually in rhode island. we have a team of reporters and meteorologists covering all angles of the storm tonight. we begin with eric fisher keeping storm tonight. >> reporter: good evening, everybody. a different story here on the cape compared to areas around or inland from boston. a very sharp line between who is in the storm and who's not. behind me you see what we've been talking about over the past couple days. the biggest concern, the fact that it's moving very slowly whipping up out right now, some pretty big rollers going in. this will be with us as we head into tonight, tomorrow come into wednesday as well. the winds are rather incessant as we had through the course of the week. let's look at some of the latest staff and where we are headed. the system it self right now at 70 mile-per-hour winds that are tightest around the center. we are just on the outskirts here. strongest wind gusts closer to the storms. same story on martha's vineyard. here you see the track from the hurricane centerin as we hea

because of earlier malfunction twin brook delays glenmont and also from falling debris last week rhode islande station. we have sp safety tricks headed to roads island avenue station. atypical delays on red line in addition to the safe track work on blue line. slow down between franconia and springfield and vandoren and breakings news off the brips george county reports of a vehicle fire. 50 outbound by 17. sky fox on way to check that out and we'll let you know if it's slowing traffic down dramatically in that area. right now outbound quiet and getting by fine. we'll let you know one lane is blocked. as you take a look the area green on the map and starting to see traffic pick up 50 inbound. let's look live outside and show what you are you up against. 50 outside the beltway volume eastbound side increasing and that increased flow continuesed in the beltway 202 to 295 eye look at that and forward cameras and show what you else you're up against this morning and traffic 270 southboundic picking up towards spur. traffic is also slo past truck scales. we you have covered. leave early headed fre

it is sitting south of the massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut area here. it will make a very close brush with landfall herethrohout our day today and into tomorrow. something we will keep a close eye on before it starts to fizzle out ando longer becomes an issue for folks in 92 in fort bragg and fayetteville today. 92 raeford, 91 degrees in sanford, 91 also in smithfield and benson. 90 in wilson and rocky mount, moow we heat up to 92, a little bit warmer, we are still starting the morning off in the 60s. 94degrees on trsy,92 friday and saturday. a few re clouds by the start of the weekend. a chance of a few showers nday as our next cold front moves in. showers d storms a lingering as well. temperatures back in 80s. let'turn things over to ally who who has a look at your traffic. >>> traveled through the raleigh area looks good on 540, fayetteville all green on the traffic maps which means no delays if you are heading toward the fort bragg area. heading south into reigh o us one from 5402 owntow about 12 minutes. outside 440 at athens drive, not too many he

there will be trouble on the rhode island avenue red line again today. concrete fell again. shuttle buses will be available to take passengers from rhode island avenue to brookeland today. >>> metro is feeling the pressure to bring back late night service. george's and montgomery counties are making a call for change. 40 of them have asked for a return of some form of late night hours on weekend. they say service endeding at midnight prevents thousands of people to get where they are to go. thousands of people were trying to get home latz last night after bruce springsteen's concert. >>> it's standing form on providing no changes for special events. >>> almost two million people on the roads and that's just in maryland. labor day is going to cause some travel nightmares if you do not plan ahead. a few of the big things to remember, maryland state police say designated driver, even if you are thinking about drinking, and if you are in a crash, move your car off the road and i want to also give you the best times morning, before 10:00 a.m., that's going to be your best bet. af

. >> breaking news in rhode island, a huge six-alarm fire in woonsocket. the information just coming in from the scene. >> a campus police officer arrested. th the eye for this monday morning. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy, visit ncicap.org] >> we're in west port as hermine moves in on the holiday weekend. gusty winds, rip currents and beach erosion all expected for the southern cape and islands. >> beaches have been closed all up and down the east coast as a result of hermine and the stormy weather. once it moves in. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm randy price. >> and i'm emily riemer. cindy fitzgibbon tracking the storm right now. it looks like the morning just stays cloudy for the most part, right? >> yeah, but you're going to notice the winds kicking up early along the coastline and the next couple of days. the rain holds off until later this afternoon. your labor day plans, at least the next few hours, you're doing all right. the winds with hermine, 70

. >> crews battling a huge fire at home in narragansett, rhode island. you can see the heavy flames pouring out of the home. firefighter say strong winds complicated their efforts. they also reported water issues. no one was home at the time. the house reportedly belonged to the late owner of the pawtucket red sox. >>> also on 7 a dangerous device discovered on an officers front a mulotov cocktail was on the grass. no ones hurt in any of this. this device was tossed on to the lawn of boston police officer. it's unclear if the person who threw it knew that at the time. but boston police are taking it very seriously. >> reporter: boston police concerned about an explosive find at an officer's home. sunday morning an officer found what's described as cocktail like device in their yard. the bottle intact which a burnt rag attached inside. bd and bft fire are investigating tieing to determine if this was a ran dm act or someone try thing to send a message to this officer. it comes weeks after another investigation looking into whether city officers were possi

tense moments as state police raid a home in rhode island. the suspect in a police officer's murder now in custody. >> boston police chief on leave this morning what he is saying about being the subject of an internal investigation. >> and a man facing charges in a violent case of road rage. he is accused of threatening another driver with a machete but that's not it. >>> but first a check of the forecast on your wednesday danielle is tracking the possibility of storms. >> it's going to be later on

heather: the two disappeared during a fishing trip off rhode island last week. memory card, and a note he wrote. the search warrant says carman's boat had problems and repairs he made himself may have made the boat dangerous. no charges have been filed. harvey joins us now. did you enjoy the rain this morning? harvey: i did. heather: we sure need it. harvey: we won't get much more immediately but right now it has pushed south of the area. temperatures in the upper 60's and low 70's, i want you to keep a careful eye on the chilly air in northern maine because the wind will pick up tomorrow that will drag the cooler air down. as that northeasterly wind starts to pick up, the other thing is that the clouds will

you can detour around takerounde rhode island. see some police going by poi right now as well.ng westbound traffic is flowing but if you're heading towardsow od5 again rhode island avenuen h a better bet to get aroundund that. let's look at our maps.look a we'll keep yout our updated oneo that.that. it's a pedestrian struckriantr investigation. for your labor day commuteur lau we're quiet on the beltway.teiee looking really nice on 395, 3 295, no problems on 95 or 270 o7 in both directions.on we're looking good there.he want to hear from you.from you tweet us, let us know ifno labor day. os hearing from d.c. streetcaret they run today for holidayol hours 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. bwi marshall says conditions coi are normal and if you arere taking the bay bridge they sayhy the best time for travel forra travel this labor day istravel efore 10:00 a.m. and afterlabod midnight and just a side noteeot happy birthday tucker barnes. #good day d.c.ay d.c share your birthday wishesthda with us for him. we have something speciale sal planned

most are located in connecticut, massachusetts and rhode island. massachusetts has take inch in 145 refugees, despite initial hesitation by republican governor charlie baker. >> mark: new at 5:00 p.m., calls for a swift federal investigation into the police killing of a black man in sterling and dozens others made their voices heard outside baton rouge this comes as community leaders discussed police reforms in the community, following the shooting in july. angry relatives are accusing the justice department of dragging its feet. >> go to one of other state where police are police. that's what we need to do, just pack up and move. >> mark: two police officers shot and killed sterling after a scuffle outside a convenience store. the justice department hasn't said how long the investigation will take place. pulse night club shooting is asking for an audit of the one orlando fund. $29.5 million was raised to help victims, scheduled to be distributed today, but one victim is asking for a temporary hold on the money to make sure the money has been handl

there was a severe thunderstorm warning in rhode island at one point. some of the blues that show up amongst the radar. i'll get over here. in the first few frames there's blue showing up in here. those were hail tracks. that was a severe thunderstorm. fortunately, no damage from the storms that came through. in fact, no flooding even reported, and that's been a concern today because of some of look at this in the islands, still coming down hard in nantucket. we slide to cape cod. most of the heaviest has moved off through the outer cape. there's moderate to heavy rains coming through the outer cape with the heaviest off of cape cod now. this is the south shore and we showed you spots where it was coming down harder a little while ago. they have light to moderate route along route 3. into southern new hampshire you are still manchester is getting heavy rain as well. and the amount have been all over the board. some new reports. royalton is taking the top spot. 3.64 inches amongst the reports coming in. send them in. twitter is the best way to do it. law

so there's a high surf advisory in effect for southern rhode island, southern bristol and the islands there along the shoreline, getting kicked up with the rip currents and some rough surf. this area of low pressure wobbling its way off to the east. any shower or cloud cover we have tomorrow tends to break for some sunshine by this afternoon. and the warmth really starts to build on in. you'll notice the low to mid-80s for tomorrow afternoon. and winds start to push 90 degrees on friday, thinking mostly sunny skies and a mostly dry forecast across much of new england. 85 in worcester hills. should be about 90 or 91 in boston on friday afternoon. with in southern new england. 76 to 82 this afternoon. coolest at the coastline. get some spot showers once in a while out there. but also a couple breaks of sun into the mix, too. mild and muggy tonight. patchy fog, patchy drizzle. 64 to 68. a spot shower tomorrow morning tends to fade away. muggy day. humidity continuing into friday as we push 90 degrees. cooler along the coastline on saturday. best chance for any rain over the weekend would