i'm sam sweeney in georgetown. i will explain, coming up. jummy: and eileen will be back to tell us if you need one of those jummy: this just into our newsroom, verdict that survivors from nazi death camps say is far overdue. the 94-year-old formerfe ss sergeant was found guilty of counsel of excess 32 murder for his role as an auschwitz guard during the holocaust. he was sentenced to five years in prison for helping to kill 1.1 million people, most of them jewish. his attorney says he plans to appeal and that he won't have to serve any prison time until the appeal is exhausted. we will keep you updated as we learn more. we want to get to that health matters report and an update on zi. five new cases reported in the last week in our area, one of those in virginia, bringing the total number 226. --ere confirmed in maryland ringing the total number 226. 4 were confirmed in maryland. president obama will spend father's day weekend in a new mexico as well as you 70 national park. it is part of the birthday -- as well as yosemite national park. i

reporting in district heights, i'm sam sweeney, back to you. jummy: this right here has to be an unsettling sight for an airline passenger, come over to your tv and look at this. the wing of a singapore airlines jet bursting into flames. two hours into the flight, the pilot got an engine warning message and turned the plane back for an emergency landing. when the plane arrived in singapore the right wing burst into plane and it was quickly put out and all 250 onboard were safely evacuated. as if firefighters obstacles dealing with the wildfires, can you add one more. drones. the u.s. forest service had to shut down air operations for a while in the drone got in the airspace of the planes and helicopters fighting the fire. the drone got close enough so one helicopter had to change its route. flying a drone in this airspace is illegal. if you have a drone at home, remember that. look who is back. feels like i haven't seen new a month. doug: been a couple weeks. good to be back. the weather was not quite summertime when -- see what happens? doug:

sam sweeney is at the east falls church metro station with last-minute details. sam: less than 12 hours now, the countdown is on for the safe track program to go into effect tonight at midnight. it is all about educating right now. we are handing out -- they are handing out these hand fluids and have signs here. one says prepare for major service disruptions. they have live information boards here. into the station, people are going up the escalator right now. this is perhaps their last day of normalcy on the orange and silver lines, at least for the next couple of weeks. surge one begins here admin midnight. trains will only be running every 18 minutes until june 16. it is not just affecting riders here but all across our area. in d.c., leaders are taking extending parking restrictions, and metro will be adding buses. ridersw -- metro telling to please find an alternate means of transportation. >> i will be taking a couple different buses to work. >> delay here, delay there, always something going on with metro. sam: metro says they are ready for this to begin to

sam sweeney is there were hundreds are without power because of all of this. sam: certainly a mess, much the fire department activity has pulled back in the last half hour. the office of emergency management on scene. the video speaks for itself. huge, black flames coming out of this popular shopping center in clarendon. this is a transformer that was under the ground, a power transformer, the size of a delivery truck. this an electrical fire so arlington fire brought in a phone truck -- foam truck to get the fire under control and it took an hour. nearby businesses and apartments evacuated as they lost power. we caught up with some people who were being evacuated. let's listen to how they discovered frames. >> and tents, the fire hot. -- intense, the fire hot, strong. you could feel it from a distance. i was 100 feet away from it and i could feel the heat. is that good news nobody has been reported injured. at this hour, clarendon boulevard remains closed. i am sam sweeney, back to you. .ummy: thank you the developments in friday's dramatic double car crash in

sam sweeney with the photo you need to see this afternoon. happened police say it at 6:45 in the mni the woman walks from the new carrollton metro station down the street past the parking lot and up garden city drive to the 4000 block to a business. she says a man was following behind her and when she got to the business, he sexually assaulted her. before all of this happened, police say he was captured on surveillance video inside the metro station. take a close look at your screen. he is described as a black male, approximately 5'11". take a close look at his jacket. that is where police want you to focus. a red coat with what appears to be a cross or plus sign. we brought this picture to the new carrollton metro station and this is how women are responding. >> this location is not secure. we have had lights out before. the police need to step up their presence if that is an issue. metro needs to do more for safety. there are a lot of different options available i think. reporter: that picture one more time of the suspect, i just tweeted it

sam sweeney talked to people on base to get their reaction. we begin with brad bell from we got an donation joint base andrews a little while -- an explanation from joint base andrews a little while ago. we will show you what really happened as we talk about what they thought what -- was happening. it all started around 9:00 this morning. andrews was scheduled to have noticeey call a "no active shooter drill." they were going to do an exercise on the other side of the base. they were all set up and ready all of a sudden, they got a call of a potential real-life active shooter situation. the person at the medical center saw a member of the base's security team doing an inspection of the facility. they thought that represented a danger. the base responded as though it was a real danger and ordered a lockdown of the entire facility. place was the order. they went room by room clearing the malcolm grove center. we saw people coming out of the building with their hands in the air, being greeted by heavily armed and men with police dogs -- armed air

reporting in prince george's county, sam sweeney. jummy: we have everything you need to know that say track on our special metro page on wjla.com, for updates texted to 817. phone, text metro to 43 turning now to the war on terror, in alexandria man back in the u.s. this afternoon to face charges after he left the country to join isis. they say the terrorists, he surrendered himself in northern iraq back in march claiming he was no longer interested in the islamic state life. minister, the prime and lawmakers responded swiftly to yesterday shooting spree in tel aviv that killed four people and wounded 16. the israeli military moved into the hometown of the two gunmen who are cousins and field it off no one -- shielded it off, no one in and no one out and re-freezing work permits for relatives of the suspects and 83,000 travel permits that were issued for ramadan. crime, -- a's average this is a savage crime, murder in the heart of tel aviv, we will take the necessary steps to attack the attackers. jummy: the israeli military on high

i'm sam sweeney. back to you inside. scott: looking good there, sam.ichelle: no counting the number o sam is the only one. scott: would you use that? alison: i would try it. michelle: it looks fun. steve: hard to carry with all the shopping bags. >> i would be okay without one. alison: you're very tough, though. so it sounds like it is not that hot this weekend. steve: it's not. low humidity and a lot of sunshine. don't forget the sun screen or the parasol. is that how you say it? michelle: parasol. steve: potato/potato. only in georgetown. look outside now. hyatt regency. tysons corner. the clouds moved out and it will be a beautiful evening for any outdoor activities. whether you're swimming or barbecuing or walking around georgetown with your umbrella. lower 80's north and east of d.c. further south and only in the 70's. that is because it has taken extra time for the clouds to clear out. they are moving out of here quickly. before the evening, sunshine around 7:00. 76 degrees. 10:00 as you may head out the door to go a bar or restaurant or late nig

we want to go to my colleague, sam sweeney, who's been sampling opinion for those who did come to the courthouse today. sam? sam: brad, of all of the trials and the motions in the cases that we have heard dealing with the six police officers, this actually has been the comment. as you mentioned, there's more members of the media than protesters. take a live look up this sidewalk. it's very calm out here. typically there's marches, there's demonstrators that line the streets. sometimes they actually have closed this road here in front of the courthouse. but really, nothing like that has happened here, but that still hasn't stopped the disappointment from some of the people in the community, especially those who live in west baltimore. that's freddie gray's neighborhood. one of them is right here. he's an elder -- you are here. you're here every time, you work and live in the community. how upset were you when you found out the verdict? >> we were completely devastated, quite frankly. we feel that the local criminal justice system has failed us, just as the im system is failing black an

sam sweeney went to metro for answers. ds strangle the barricade fence outside of the construction site. stand still, and nobody ever seems to be working here. it is the same situation at the vienna metro station, another unfinished, halted construction site. >> this construction site has been going on since last year, and it's ultimately stupid. sam: this person rides metro daily. this is not first time she has wondered what's going on here. >> they could build the whole building in the time that it has taken to do this. sam: last spring, metro ripped up this site. some of it has been finished, promisedarea, metro's dormant. we did our own experiment. we came out several times over the last couple weeks. today, thursday morning, 9:00 a.m., the sun is shining -- a prime opportunity to be working. nothing once again. how often do you see construction workers here? >> i've seen them twice in the last six months. >> not very often. >> never. sam: we asked to metro. they said the contractor has had issues with the performance

sam sweeney is in southeast d.c. with what you need to know for the days ahead. sam: goodafternoon -- afternoon. the mayor any minute. a lot of her staff has already shown up, waiting to hear what she has to say. you can see one of the posters here. she will be surrounded hereby the department of transportation and the district and also the d.c. cap commission, expected to lay out plans such as modifying signals for traffic lights, easing parking restrictions, and also creating temporary bike lanes here in the district. safe track, expected to begin, in under 36 hours on the orange in northernines virginia. they will be single tracking from boston to east falls church, but that will make trains run only every 18 minutes, even during the rush hour commute. we caught up with some of the writers who use metro daily. can do to work at home more days out of the week. federal government does a lot of that lately, so she is going to take it vantage of that. >> i'm going. it is what it is. have to get it fixed. it will just add more time to my commute. >> i plan to drive.

jonathan: they got the full attention of sam sweeney.e was one of the guys that decided to go off the side of the building and it happened on "good morning washington." the cameras were rolling. sam: i'm going to do this. oh, my gosh. this is all to raise awareness about addiction. the first step to fighting addiction they say is the -- oh, my gosh. something came loose. i am going to reset this, because i pulled too hard. okay. it's not going. there we go. oh, boy. guys, i'm getting the hang of this. here i go. i am walking down -- oh, there is someone in the window. hello! the man who started this non-profit shatter proof, he lost his son to addiction. and he wants to -- oh, my god -- get people aware of the stigma around it. so here i am. i'm scared to death of heights but somehow i got, no pun intended, roped into this. i'm climbing down the building. this is awful. how could you say no, i guess? guys, we are in the shadow of the white house now. this is no mission take we have it in the -- this is no mistake they have it in the morn

sam sweeney has sam: right now prince george's county on deck to feel the pain of safetrack as the northern virginia drive deal with the he can thick commute. the local leader here in p.g. county want to minimize the headache of the looming shutdown. outside the new carrollton metro station they reminded the public this is not single tracking like in northern virginia but a complete shut down from eastern market to benning road. the blue, orange, silver line from june 18 to july 3. some of the alternatives that will be made available, additional marc trains, shufflal buses, additional weekday rush hour buses. the leaders stress that prince george's county has a high number of federal workers and if you had the ability to telework, they want you to do just that. the fewer the people, the fewer the problems. for >> for too long we have had to deal with issues dealing with the metro system. it's high time we fix it. that is in order for that to happen safely and for folks to get back it means we have to have a temporary sacrifice. sam: your safetrack alternative differ depending where you live

reporting live, sam sweeney. back to you. jummy: also affected, the blue and yellow lines through northern virginia. trains are not running between arlington cemetery and the rosslyn station. riders seem b problems reported. what's metro doing? how are other agencies picking up the slack? save yourself a google. go to wjla.com/safetrack. we keep you ahead of any problems that pop up on the metro. get your alerts right earphone b -- right to your phone. angela foster has our traffic watch. angela: thank you. good afternoon. we are seeing volume delays in place on the anacostia freeway, traveling southbound 295 from the bw parkway into the district, we are still seeing brake lights. the other culprit for the mixed day -- the midday, work zones. 355, rockville pike. the works zone c delays on this stretch. folks traveling on interstate 66, a bit of sluggish traffic for you. the bigger works own on 66 out in gainesville -- work zone on 66 out in gainesville, stacked solid with delays, only one lane getting by. folks heading throu

in east falls church i'm sam sweeney, abc7 news. alison: so be it safetrack or anything else with metro you can get text alerts about the transit system on your smartphone. text the word "metro" to 43817. you can sign up for those on the website at wjla.com. leon: new developments in the flint water crisis now. city leaders say they doubt the city can meet a friday deadline to install new water filtration equipment. the mayor says it's a work in progress the city doesn't want to rush things and risk making a bad situation worse. >> we do not want to be an experiment by feeding additional level of chemicals that have not been explored in our system. >> the e.p.a. has been pushing for new equipment there since january saying it will let the city boost chlorine level to fight bacteria. but they fear too much chlorine will damage wh pipe there. the coating is helping to reduce the lead levels in the city's water. alison: philadelphia again taking a shot on becoming the first major u.s. city with a tax on cigarry -- sugary drink. they ar

sam sweeney with how much it will cost you.ore than 14,000 parking meters and machines like this around the city being programmed today to take more of your money. starting today, one hour of parking will cost about the same as a small cup of coffee at starbucks, $2.30 an hour, that is more than 200% increase in some neighborhoods. it is a bargain compared to some garages like this, which will cost you $12 an hour. inse increases will bring between $3 million and $3.5 million each year. we caught up with drivers to see how it feels to dig deeper and never pockets for parking. >> is that that is too much. the meter is always broken. there is never enough spots. sam: over the coming year, the city predicts it will take in more than $90 million in parking fees alone. that is a lot of quarters. back inside you. away are three days from when the metro safe track program begins. there will be 13 straight days of continuous single tracking from boston on the orange and silver lines. orange linenal train is doing the morning and evenin

as sam sweeney explains, both sides agree something has to be done but going about it in different waysadvocates froml across the country are pleading with members of congress and asking them for what they call common sense gun control. on capitol hill at going that message, they won't required background checks on all gun sales and been a fire rims on a terror watch list. others want more focused on stopping radical islam, as paul ryan said, stopping homegrown terror, a big issue and we want to know what you think so we went out across washington to find out. l i might lose the we regulates things, why cannot we regulate this one. >> the second amendment, some reasonable limits, when will they do something, i now race they have not acted. >> people -- and outrage they have not active. >> people who want to shoot will get guns. sam: it remains unclear if these proposals would have made a difference in orlando, he had not been on a terror watch list since 2014. jummy: tonight, the group sandy hook promise will hold a gun violence prevention event here in washington, d.c., it will be held

sam sweeney was one of them and it all happened live this morning on good morning washington. reporter: i'm going to do this. guys, this is all to raise awareness about addiction. the first step to fighting addiction they say -- oh my gosh. i'm going to reset because i pulled too hard. ok. there we go. oh boy. i'm getting the hang of this. i am walking down. there is someone in the window, hello. the man who started this nonprofit, shatterproof, lost his son to addiction. oh my gosh. he was to get people aware of the stigma around it. here i am. i am scared to death of heights. somehow i got roped into this. i am climbing down the building and it is awful. habit he say no? we are in the shadow of the white house right now. this was no mistake that they have it in this building. good morning. a business meeting right here in front of me. hello. here we go. oh my gosh. what is that? >> [indiscernible] reporter: i'm about 10 feet from the bottom. i am sweating. here he go. >> all the way down. sam: of course i messed up at the end. jummy: i can't believe you did that. it was the

sam sweeney has the story. 3 me -- fairly on time this morning. were they of it all? absolutely. were people frustrated question mark sure. but for the most part they were not angry. >> everyone tries to stand up and pushed together. >> doors opening. could the troubled transit agency stay on track for the busy tuesday morning commute? it appeared that it did it. >> it's going good. >> i'm not a regular writer. i will give them a b. sam: the fear that more commuters would pack cars after learning there were no major hiccups on monday. with 70% fewer trains, the simply is not enough room for everyone. >> i usually get a >> i have never seen people standing, and the amount of just heavier than it usually is. >> we still have several days of tracking in virginia. blue, orange, and silver lines are close between eastern market and minnesota avenue. back to you. jummy: now we move to the 2016 presidential race. 's biggestonald trump endorser distancing himself from the likely candidate. "textbook definition of a " andt comment "indefensible" is what house speaker paul ryan called trum

sam sweeney is in the dupont circle neighborhood with more. sam: in northwest d.c., specifically dupont circle, it is the home to the d.c. gay community. you can see behind me the lgbt colors fly proudly here on 17th street over the weekend. thousands of people filled the streets for the pride festival, but now there is a different feeling. many of these bars and clubs have safety on their minds. it is not clear they are soft targets. we went out and spoke with several gay bar managers to see if things are changing. base rate no more be allowed inside. some will have me security staff and others will require pat downs, at least for the time being. the police chief is also weighing in, saying the department nightlife units will be on a heightened state of alert, but the big question -- will any of this actually make a difference? we set out to speak with people about their thoughts on the extra nightlife security, and everyone we spoke with was on the same page. >> gun control is the only way we're going to get around this. you cannot fight guns

sam: i'm sam sweeney, back to you. alison: many of you have already done this. don't get caught by surprise on metro. text the word "metro" to 43817 to automatically sign up for the metro alerts. any service changes or disruptions and you will be the first to know. jonathan: why we talk about getting around is the memorial bridge finally or really facing a shut down? seriously? millions of dollars in repairs are needed. but there is a funding crunch. there is just not the money to do it now unless a grant is approved. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg went on a tour of the crumbling bridge. you have video that shows the bridge is in horrible shape. jeff: that is true. you don't really have to go on a tour. you can walk along the bridge. this is the south side of the bridge near the virginia side. this concrete barrier under repairs here, clearly showing that the bridge is in need of fixes. but according to virginia two much worse down below. >> you close down the memorial bridge for a an extend period of time and you have total gridlock. >> we know ho