richard sorelles has squeezed us in to a very busy morning schedule.e know metro was warned by the i have been suspect tors in 2007 and again in 2010. you just created this fire marshal position. why did it take so long? i don't the newspaper went through reports from 2009, 2010, and found some areas where they were concerns about things at the fire exits. mud, burned out light bulbs, one door that was locked. that had been done for security concerns apparently many years ago. i did create a fire marshal position because i want to cut through the red tape. we have embarked on a major safety initiative, dealing with things like derailments, so this is all part of trying to bring the organization back to where it should be. >> reporter: we know it has taken some time to get back to where you need to be. you have a long laundry list of concerns to address. was it just part of setting priorities? >> well for some of these things. a locked door should have been taken care of as soon as it was discovered. it was apparently made for security reasons. those ar

we have already reached out to the spokesperson with metro, hoping to talk to richard sorelles when he does get here. we are told it could be in the 6:00 hour or so. back to you. >> >>> she is lucky to be alive. a riverdale woman nearly died when a car crashed into her bedroom. michelle solis awoke to find one of the car's tires rolling over her head and a strong smell of gasoline. paramedics wheeled her out of her home. she suffered only minor injuries. prince george's county police are investigating and so far they have not filed any charges. of five tornadoes, three were in montgomery county, one was in prince george's county and carol county. another tornado in carol and have been classified far there were a couple of ef-1 twisters in howard and hartford county. thousands of homeowners have lots of damage to deal with this coming week. >> cutting up all the downpoured trees, insurance adjusters were everywhere, scoping out the damage from the weekend. those estimates expect to be in the millions of dollars. >>> the two tornadoes confirmed in virginia were both well south of the met

. >> reporter: general manager richard sorelles hired a fire marshal to address the problem. but that person started one month ago, two years after inspectors warned the rail system for the second time. >> reporter: do you feel safe? >> at times. because of the stops in the dark tunnels, because of the breakdowns. >> just have to assess the risk, i guess. >> knowing there are ongoing problems, it sort of makes me want to reconsider until they resolve some of their issues. >> i would say one or the other. >> reporter: you are never going to get a perfect system. but metro says they are trying with a laundry list of safety improvements to overhaul some things unfortunately get caught up in red tape. at the springfield station, 9news now. >>> metro workers were at the station handing out information this morning on the new rush plus program. in two weeks, 21 stations will get six more trains every hour during the rush hour to ease the commute of 110,000 riders. hazardous material crews were called to the navy research laboratory in southeast washington today. one of the building