metro safetrack surge number 14 underway starting today. the first phase will run until april 29th.enbelt and college park stations will be closed during maintenance work with shuttle buses replacing the trains. >>> organizers of the tax march on d.c. are urging president trump to release his tax returns. demonstrators will be marching on the national mall starting at noon today. supporters promoted the rally with an inflatable 13-foot tax march chicken. >>> and now to north korea with a massive parade being honored for the late founding father kim il-song. and they debuted several of their

this is happening alongside safetrack work, which is also happening on the green line, so if you're aeen line customer, we'll see quite a bit of impact. keep in mind. you see the train heading into the tunnel, now, the emergency response drill will get started in a little bit and what they're going to be practicing, one of the major components, of course, is going to be communications between first first responders, fire department and metro personnel, annie, tom, sending it back to you. >>> time is 7:36, if you're a parent of a child about to head off to college or one who's starting to college visits then you know we know it is a very stressful time >> it wasn't too long ago we were in college. >> as parents, you and i have a little bit in >> i thought forward what 15 years? >> we'll be there. we'll be there. you'll be there at some point too. coming up we're going to put those fears to rest for you. got a nationally known expert of easing college anxiety, stick with us. 7:36. >>> time is 7:40. if you know anybody who has a senior or junior in high school, you might know what it's l

metro this morning, safetrack surge 14, green belt to prince george's plaza.o take the trains. you can take the buses and that's impacting college park station as well. >>> arkansas executed a fourth inmate. kenneth williams was pronounced dead last night. witnesses say the lethal injection left him lunching and convulsing 20 times before he died: >>> a bomb threat on an american airlines flight that was flying from los angeles to phoenix was not credible. two people from the plane were taken off at phoenix sky harbor. no one was hurt. there were 153 passengers and 6 crew members on board. metro insists the trains and buses will be on time this morning. the agency is trying to block 500 in sick. congress is expected to vote on an emergency funding bill today. >>> what is it about the pittsburgh penguin, the caps tie the game, but nick peony know has the game winner for the pens. he is the same player that knocked the caps out of the playoffs last year. >>> and if the wizards want to avoid a do or die game 7 they need to win game 6 tonight in hot lanta. 3 games

. >> this has not undergone safetrack repairs. larry: our area isn't alone with the train troubles. amtrak announcing that it will replace signals at the penn station after the two derailments causing problems along the corridor. you can expect delays in the summer. >> if feels like summer today. >> the temperatures are climbing. it turns into delightful day. number wise is fine. we have plenty of sunshine. 79 for the average temperature. once we get past tomorrow morning there could be isolated showers that are developing ahead of the cold front. we will see the shower chances. most are displaced south we could see an isolated rumble of thunder. this is everyone warmer on saturday. a lot to share for the weekend and the next ten days in 13 minutes. larry: okay. thanks. new developments tonight in the murder of a delaware state trooper. the suspect was kill this would morning when he came running out of this house shooting. after 15 hours of the standoff with police, brad bell is live in bowie where the state trooper grew up. brad? brad: we saw this sad fact. he lives in delaware an

then we're just dealing with safetrack impacting the green line as well as yellow rush plus.time. turning out to be relatively calm friday. i'll let you changes. back to you holly and allison. >> erin, thank you. ♪ >>> all right. it is that time ten minutes before the hour for to us head out to the left coast. >> movie review friday. hey, kev. >> hey, guys. i think steve is out here, too, apparently. i want to find where he's staying and just like rush into his room at 4:00 in the morning and bother him way live shot. >> kev, kev, kev, three is not company. that's all i'm going to say. >> what do you mean? >> very private. i'm going to say three is not company. >> are you saying steve is not traveling alone. >> i might be saying that. i'm just saying. >> look at ya'll both of ya'll putting steve's business out there. [ laughter ] >> i'm just saying. >> steve texted me last night he was in la. i wasn't sure if he was here for work or not. i was going to bust in and bother him. i don't know where he's staying. >> good. >> meet him at in and out burger. >> what's happening at th

it's just safetrack surge 14 impacting the green line and yellow rush plus. week, guys. back t >> erin thanks. want to get to fox5 ex clues now. a mother calls 911 after her two-year-old son had an asthma attack. >> but the ambulance never shows up because of an address mix up. a mix up the boy's mother says she tried to correct. fox5's marina maracco spoke with that mom for more on what happened. >> they put in place instead of street. >> reporter: it's a seemingly minor mistake when you're looking at a map. but it was a geographical error that could have meant the difference between life and death. >> i said no, it's galveston street. she did say place to me. i said no galveston street. i corrected her. >> reporter: mistake made by d.c. 911 dispatcher. >> all day. >> reporter: two-year-old cody was in the middle of his worst asthma attack yet. >> bleep. >> saw his stomach getting in and out. get him out of here. gout to go. >> his saturday afternoon. she waited helplessly for the ambulance to arrive even asking for help from a neighbor who finally after mor

just safetracking impacting the green line between prince george's plaza and green belt.and green belt stations remain closed on the green line so again use that shuttle service factor in extra time but all of their metro rail lines on time. still tracking a deadly crash investigation closing prince william parkway at balls ford roadie tour around that. 66 very heavy. we'll take live look around the area as we connell with your next look at traffic. back to you. >> erin, thanks much 8:20. drivers might hate them but those speed cameras seem to be doing some good in college park, mary, for example. >> new report is out from aaa with very encouraging traffic news. fox5's bob barnard is live from college park with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison and steve. yes, we're along route 1 and triple a says this speed camera is saving lives, but they also call it outrageous in the negative and that's because, yes, it gets people to slow down as you see here they're crossing right between fraternity row and the campus and in the past three years, aaa says there's

safetrack surge 14 is still underway in phase one. so we're talking about the green line. this means college park and greenbelt stations will still be closed lasting through next weekend, so april 29th. they do have the shuttle buses running back and forth. as far as day service, regular weekend service during the day on orange, blue and saturday and sunday, we'll be single-tracking between macpherson square and reston. we'll see the silver line to close saturday to sunday here as well. yellow, closing near huntington square as well. and on the red line, trains running every 8 to 15 minutes. see you monday morning for "news4 today." >>> we are still working to get information about a shooting that happened outside a strip mall in lorton, virginia. there are a number of restaurants in this strip. police say one person shot into a crowd. this was just before 9:00. and then people scattered. we only know that one person was shot and they are expected to survive. >>> and staying in fairfax county, investigators are trying to figure out 77-year-old man. this happened at a senio

with the safetrack surge 14 in full effect, the green line offers shuttle bus from green belt to princee's plaza. that is the traffic watch for the weekend. i'm julie wright. nancy: this is keeping the weather team busy. michelle: we have severe weather moving in. this is a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. we have ponding on the road. let's get over to brian van de graaff with the latest. brian: from the other side at national harbor looking back. the woodrow wilson bridge in the district. rain chill is heavy and obstructing the view of the bridge. let's talk about what is happening. show you a picture. people are sharing the pictures. send us your hail pictures when it's safe, of course. the little girl holding the marble size hail. we have seen hail bigger in spots. there is a line of sh stafford. not severe. the pocket here was the last warning of the evening. the dunkirk. anne arundel there from shady side up 301. we will keep an eye on the showers. washing the track to the east/southeast and moving off the shore. we have had hail that is reported in a good chunk of the area

metro says if funds stay the way they are, it could reverse the safetrack project safety achievements. we will be speaking with the general manager later this morning. don't miss that live interview coming up at toria: new measures in place give the president safe while at the white house. it comes after a number of security breaches at the executive mansion this year. the sidewalk next to the south remainblack fans will closed. visitors will have to stay behind a barrier similar to the ones on the north side. it is to stop future fence jumpers. larry: a memorial event for the army specialist who was killed in that black hawk helicopter crash. the service for jeremy tomlin of tennessee is set for tomorrow at a chapel. the military is trying to figure out why the chopper crashed onto a golf course in leonardtown. autria: developing, police are looking for two suspects who tried to rob an armored truck driver in northwest d.c. may suspects were armed with ak-47's, but the driver had not picked up any cash of. the driver was in the procs business, but was told when to come -- told to com

. >>> and safetrack surge 14 is underway in phrase one. so we're talking about the green line. this means college park and greenbelt stations will still be closed. that lasts through next weekend. so april 29th. we do have the shuttle buses running back and forth. as far as day service, regular weekend service during the day on the orange, blue and silver lines here this weekend, but in the evening macpherson square and the smithsonian to close. sa here running every 15 minutes between wiehle ands reston. and the yellow line, regular schedule between huntington and mt. vernon square only. and taking a look at the red line, trains running every 8 to 15 minutes. have a great weekend. we'll see you monday morning for "news4 today." >>> and we are still working to get more information on a shooting that happened outside a strip mall in lorton, virginia. chopper 4 was over the scene along route 1 and lorton road last night. now we noticed there are a number of restaurants in that strip. police say one person was shot or one person shot into a crowd before 9:00 and people scattered.

major changes to the next safetrack surge. in the last 40 minutes m tracking on the orange and the red line parts of the lines will be closed. on the orange line, carrollton, landover, deanwood station are closed may 15 to june 15. red line, shady grove and rockville station will be closed and the work is scheduled to begin late june. this weekend, the trains will be tracking on the redline between the dupont circle. so the crews can do testing on the tracks where there was a problem with the fastener in thursday morning rush hour. today threatened sickout by employees never materialized. the union representing most metro employees is upset over a new policy requiring workers to 72 hours notice for excused absence. the union says the policy should have been a part of contract talks. alison: let's talk about the weather now. so far it looks like a good weekend to get outside. but it could be a taste of summer in the middle of spring. doug hill is in the weather center with a check on the happy friday! doug: the temperatures are

larry: also covering metro tonight is the result of the safetrack surge 13.rews replacing 5,600 cross-tie in the 40-day surge on the yellow and the blue line. they replace 12,000 linear feet of grout pan, 52,000 fasteners and 1800 insulators. alison: the numbers come one day after metro received an ultimatum from the federal transit administration. transportation reporter brianne carter has details. >> people are literally in close calls on a daily basis. we just can't allow it to happen. brianne: tonight the largest worker union is applauding the latest move to demand that metro must address the unsafe conditions and t on the track or risk losing money. the workers feel like they are taking an enormous risk. they feel like they are in a hope and a brayier because protections are not what they need to be. >> there are four incidents that led to workers on the tracks or train going through the work zone. earlier metro had to open an investigation after concerns that there were proper track procedures weren't followed on the green line. potentially putting the

. >> we have all the ways you can get around the safetrack stuff. >>> it's taking a few of your dollars at a time. gas prices are on the rise again. aaa says the summer blend is paf pay in d.c. $2.55 for a gallon. that's up 30 cent from last year. if you live in virginia, you're seeing the cheap cannest prices at $2.23. and in west virginia, you're paying $2.39. >> you may have seen this already. the horrific shooting was recorded and uploaded to facebook. >> police say the manhunt is expanding outside of cleveland. the latest in the search for the shooter when news fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. greement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and

in addition to safetrack work on the green line and scheduled weekend work, add single tracking now on the red line this weekend, too. this is going to happen near gallery place where smoke started to fill a tunnel. that was the third incident in the downtown stretch of track in five months. nancy: the traffic alert making the weekend plans. saturday night, the crews will shutdown southbound i-95 at the nobasco creek bridge. south of potomac mills. crews are repairing that bridge, the express lanes w stay pointing south. they normally switch northbound saturday afternoon. this is important because it could cause serious delays in both directions saturday and all day sunday. they will reopen monday at 6:00 a.m. jonathan: developing right now -- state run media in north korea released video that it says shows a live fire military exercise. and a big one. the video shows north korean leader kim jong un meeting with his generals. the exercise reportedly took place on the 85th anniversary of the founding of north korea's army. alison: amid simmering tensions in the area, south korea says it

also skipping the roads and taking the rails metro safetrack impacting the green and yellow rush plusve. >> 8:17 is the time right now. happening right now, monitoring me about metro monitoring you. >> more and more apparently the transit agency able to fight crime on the system in high resolution definitely we're seeing in aboard a red lion train. bob barnard life in northwest this morning with more on that. bob? >> reporter: hey, steve, wisdom, good morning to you. yes, cameras are every there. it seems like any time a crime is committed these days, whether you're out on the street, hallway of a building, there's a camera there. same with metro whether you're ride ago bus or train and the quality is getting very good. let's take you back to sunday evening this was 5:40 p.m. on a red line train heading toward wheaton when metro transit police say four men and you can see through the course of this video each of them fairly clearly are robbing a fellow passenger. apparently, they were punching him in the face and in the head after the first guy the first suspect sat down next to the v

whether it field says delays in his plans will delay the progs they made with the safetrack repairs. it's just recognition the 40 billion-dollar investment that we made, that we cannot let that deteriorate any further or you see what happens as we've seen over the last few years, are the slide we've been on, that will get steeper and also wants to make sure congress will continue give $150 million it already contributes like new railcars. >> a daring armored truck robbery in the district but there's a twies to this case. also ahead, they look like innocent pieces of candy, but thairts found drugs inside. find out why they let the man who had them walk free. we'll be right back. >> we're back now with the news of a drug bust at dulles international airport. us customs agents ceased more than one pound of heroin on friday from a man arriving on a flight from el salvador. officials say the heroin was concealed inside of lollipops. the man carrying the drugs requested entry to us as a courier on business. after questioning the man authorities determined he was an unaware ak \police\polic

work and where the money will come other issue he's doing some something. >> and we have survived safetrackight. we did survive it. >> exactly how many -- what are you going to do? good right. >> let us no he what you think about the metro situation as always. use the #gooddaydc. >> where you think the money would come from. >> #gooddaydc. >> we got all the questions. we got none of answers. >>> all right. after 20 years bill o'reilly will not be returning to fox news channe. the announce many comes after several recent reports of sexual harassment involving o'reilly and his female colleagues. dana perino who has been filling for o'reilly since he announced an extended break earlier miss announced he was no longer with the network. >> it is the end of era here at the fox news channel. as we mentioned earlier, bill o'reilly is leaving this chair and this network after more than 20 years. bill has been the undisputed king of cable news and for good reason. ♪ >> several companies had pulled their ads from the o'reilly's top rated of the o'reilly factor since fox news first began back in 1996.

. >> metro this weekend, safetrack surge 14 still under way, we're still in that phase one section. so we're talking about the green line, this means college park and greenbelt stations will still be closed that lasts through next weekend. so they do have shuttle buses running back and forth. as far as day weekend service during the day on orange, blue and silver lines here this weekend, but in the evening on the orange line, saturday and sunday, we'll be single track between with mcpherson square and smithson n smithsonian. and same thing trains every 15 minutes on wehle reston east and ballston only saturday and sunday 8:00 p.m. to clee ose as well. yellow, regular schedule between huntington and mt. vernon only. and red line trains running every 8 to 15 minutes. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday morning. >>> and now to the roads where starting this weekend, getting to virginia from downtown d.c. will be easier. after two years of construction and detours, the massachusetts avenue ramp to 395 south opens tomorrow. the new ramp allows traffic to go directly on to the highwa