procedures at the shady grove yard. >>> john paul stevens, john gwen and more were all in the same room yesterday from all walks of life. they received the medal of freedom from president obama yesterday. one celebrity after another came up to be presented with their prestigious medal. 13 people in all got it at yesterday's ceremony. >> just on a personal note, i had a chance to see everybody in the back. what's wonderful about these events for me is so many of these people are my heroes individually. i know how they impacted my life. >> the medal is given to those who make extraordinary contributions to world peace, national interests, security and culture. >>> defense secretary leon panetta delivered the commencement speech at the u.s. naval academy on tuesday. he said the navy and marine corps will play a crucial role in confronting aggression and defeating opponents. he also said the focus for the next generation will be on

a train pulled into the bay at the shady grove bay where cars are washed.ehow, it struck a 28-metro veteran that worked as a mechanic. it took them one hour to free the employee who lost part of his leg. employees were clearly shaken by the incident. >> metro is definitely not save. if not say for the employees imagine the customers. >> new leadership is working to improve the safety culture at the transit giant in the wake of embarrassing accidents and of the incidents in recent years that claimed the lives of employees and writers alike. >> metro needs to get their act together. >> they have the worst record of anybody in the entire country. and we have to pay more to write it. >> the exact cause remains under investigation. metro officials are investigating. jay korff abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. many of you watched tonight's special with katie couric. she got some rare access to members of the royal family. >> it is the one time since she died a said to myself, it would be fantastic if she was here. and how sad for her not being able to see it. i

lining up out of germantown moving past 370 to shady grove road, all lanes open. back to you. >> thank you. it's wednesday. >> coming up, it has happened to all of us. the mess up your order at the drive-through. one angry driver [ female announcer ] introducing new all mighty pacs™. our most concentrated all ever! packed with all's active stainlifters... each pac has more cleaning power per ounce to help tackle tough dirt and stains the first time. new all mighty pacs™. powerful clean. mighty results. >> we can all get frustrated when our food order gets messed up. usually you'll drive off and. >> you don't usually do this. the guy got upset when the workers at taco bell forgot to give him a taco. he is his truck to get through the front door. he was arrested and charged with felony vandalism during nobody inside was hurt. that is extreme. >> that is one of those moments when you are like, really? >> much more to come in the next hour. >> coming up on this wednesday a culpeper police officer breaking up in jail, charged with murdering an unarmed woman. the latest

it was right next to shady grove road. most of the smoke is coming from the trash in the back catching fire. the exit to shady grove is still blocked but traffic is moving again in the area. 11 people were taken to the hospital after a car and a metro bus collided this morning. police say the car pulled out in front of the boss and the bus driver slammed on his brakes and could not stop in time. most received minor injuries. >> what a picture-perfect day all around the area. >> did you find anything to complain about today? >> no. >> let's challenge doug hill to see if he can. >> all across the area of bright sunshine. outside of the weather center, 72 degrees. let's go to the time lapse at the naval academy in annapolis. it demonstrates it is not fun being a key macleod in a dry area. these exist for about seven minutes and dissipate. a noticeable warm-up as you head into the weekend. 73 in washington. 72 in annapolis. sunshine and mild temperatures will drop to the 60's. overnight clear skies and cool temperatures 44-53.

after being hit by a train and he was at the shady grove rail yard when the accident happened. the federal safety investigators are called in and sherri ly is live with more. >> reporter: investigators have been here throughout the afternoon and look over the accident scene. this happened at the rail yard here by the shady grove metro rail station and this is a four- car train that hit that worker. these trains can weigh up to 8,000 pounds and that worker was inside when he was hit by a train and this happened before 1:00 this afternoon. the building where the worker was hit is known as the train wash. according to emergency officials, the train was going into that building when it hit the worker and took an hour for fire and rescue to get him out. these are doctors and nursees to perform surgical procedures like an amputation if needed and that is not done here. the worker was medevaced with serious and potentially life- threatening injuries and during the entire time, that man was conscious and rescuers were doing what they could to keep him calm. >> other than extricate the

over to i-270 at shady grove. very wet pavement f. you're about to head out on the road, please give yourself extra time. it is slick. accidents on i-270 and volume is very light. and over to the dulles toll road, you're driving at 56 miles an hour, just a six-minute ride right now. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you. >>> a college student who has already lost her leg because of a rare bacterial infection is expected to need more amputations. the father of 24-year-old aimee copeland says doctors expect to amputate her fingers in the next few days. she was kayaking with friends about 50 miles west of atlanta. she fell from a zip line and got a serious cut on her leg. she eventually had to go to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection. her family was on the "today" show and talked about how they're dealing with this devastating situation. >> we have just taken each day at a time. my daughter is strong. she really is. and i think it's through that shared family strength that we have th

it happened this afternoon at the shady grove yard in gaithersburg and sherri ly is live with the latest. sherry, what do you know? >> reporter: the injuries are potentially life threatening and this happened at the rail yard outside of the shady grove metro station and this is inside a building when the worker was hit by the train. the subject -- >> the subject was underneath the wheel assembly of the train. it was an extensive extrication, which took fire rescue personnel approximately 60 minutes to complete. >> reporter: during that entire time, the man was conscious speaking to his rescuers. montgomery county fire and rescue teams tried to keep him calm and he was inside what is called the train wash at the shady grove rail yard before 1:00 this afternoon and this was a train not in service. fire and rescue officials say it appears the train was entering the building when it hit the worker pitching him beneath. he was taken out on a stretcher and medevaced. it appears he had extensive injuries to his leg, a special go team of doctors and nurses were called in and to perform surgical

the shady grove exit was still closed last check. >>> a metro bus accident in d.c. market left nearly a dozen passengers with minor injuries this morning. a car cut the bus off in the 400 block of eighth street southeast. the bus driver slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the car. 11 riders taken to the hospital to be evaluated. nobody was seriously hurt. >>> new charges just filed against the man who is accused of trying to assassinate president obama. oscar ortega hernandez was indicted on firearms charges and injury to a dwelling. ortega shot at the white house last november with an assault rifle. the president and his family were not home at the time. ortega has pleaded not guilty to the charges. he faces life in prison if convicted on the assassination attempt charge. >>> john edwards' trial will go on in greensboro, north carolina, lawyers for the former presidential candidate arcing that the prosecution had failed to prove edwards intentionally violated the law. edwards accused of using campaign money to cover up an affair with his pregnant mistress. he is

this happened at a rail yard in shady grove. the worker was trapped under the train for about an hour. he was conscious and talking to rescuers while they tried to keep him calm and get him out. the train was coming no a station for maintenance when this happened. metro has not rehe is hood the man's name. >>> police say the man you see here on the left side of your screen is a person of interest in a stabbing investigation. the murder victim was found inside a crashed car on florida avenue on may 1st a little after 2:00 in the morning. investigators believe he had been stabbed in the 400 block. he was identified as duane brisbane. if you know the man in the video or know anything about the murder, please call d.c. police. >>> mitt romney surpassed the magic number needed to officially win the nomination with his win in the texas primary last night. he said he is honored and humbled to become the presidential nominee and that, quote, we will set follow nothing less than getting america back on the path to full employment and pro

getting pinned under a train at the shady grove rail yard. pat collins has more on what weapon wrong with the latest on this mechanics condition. >> reporter: i get goose bumps just thinking about what happened here. a near death experience for a metro worker here at shady grove. it was so bad, they choppered in the team from the maryland shock trauma. just in case they had to anes they ties the victim. just in case they had to perform an amputation to set him free. high anxiety at the shady grove metro maintenance facility. a worker. a work he with 25 years on the job trapped beneath the wheel assembly of a four-car train. montgomery county fire and rescue brought in the big stuff as they moved to free that worker. >> we had to use extensive lifting equipment to get the train up off of him and to get him to a position where we could move him out from under it. >> reporter: was he conscious through the whole thing? >> yes, he was. he was conscious throughout the whole and triindication. our paramedics were there administering life support to

schemes and shady sales pips for security systems -- pitches for security systems to feel safe and the age is usually a factor. >> service members are, you know, generally in their 20s, so they are not really experienced. they might have young family members when they are deployed. >> reporter: but returning soldiers and veterans are also preyed upon especially by scamers asking for donations to charities that claim to have military ties. or at least sound like they do. >> they will try to draw on something that sounds familiar. you need to check it out. >> reporter: so before you donate, google the charity, check where they stand with the bbb and make sure they are registered with the state. and don't make hasty decisions. the scamers know you may have a soft spot for patriotic causespulling on the heart springs which is part of the game. joce sterman, pa. bc2 news -- abc2 news. >>> the business bureau has an outreach program to he had skate soldiers and families about scams calling military line and they visit bases in our area including aberdeen and fort meade. to check out more on

that man worked at the shady grove maintenance yard. somehow hit the worker and trapped him beneath it. rescuers used large equipment to lift the train and free the man. the process took about an hour. that worker went to the hospital with life threatening injuries. we're told he's worked with metro for 25 years. >>> a bicyclist in critical condition after being hit by an suv. witnesses say the cyclist fell off his bike at 17th and m streets in northwest right before a range rover hit him. the driver of the suv did stay on the scene. that area does not have designated bike lanes. police have not said if the driver will face charges. >>> students in the philadelphia area are heading back to class this morning after getting a day off because of the heat. temperatures reached the 90s yesterday. many buildings do not have air conditioning. so school administrators were concerned the heat and humidity may make students or staff members sick. the camden, new jersey, school system also sent students home early. >>> kind of weird to be talking

a live look at shady grove southbound as you head to rockville.gh rockville connecting to the beltway no issues there. i'll show you what the beltway looks like, a travel speed, traveling on the beltway from i-270 to i-95, 59 miles per hour. not bad at all. >>> well if you failed to pay a parking ticket in the district, the city may soon find a new way to get your money. the city's tentative budget includes a plan to allow the department of motor vehicles to collect outstanding bills by garnishing tax refunds. officials think they could collect $2.5 million a year doing that. the plan would not affect motorists who aren't d.c. taxpayers. >>> three, two, one, zero -- and launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> and with that, the company's spacex became the first commercial venture to head to the international space station. its rocket, falcon 9 is carrying a capsule called dragon, packed with supplies. until last summer, nasa shuttles handled the supply missions and ca

very carefully get your friends to you know tell everybody get these videos taken because the type of shady this that was portrayed in the in the in the video i think everybody can relate to that a lot of people have experienced shady things in the war on drugs but until you start documenting them it's hard to get traction that more and more people now have the power to document them without you know the video cameras we all have on our cellphones now appreciate you come on the show than fight journalist and occupy wall street activist thank you. all right well that's going to do it for the news person nice to stick around the big picture is coming up at the top of the hour yesterday was a mother's day here in the u.s. and for many that's a happy holiday but for the grieving mother of seventeen year old trayvon martin they're going to another reminder of the loss of her. family is facing after her son was shot and killed by community watch member swordswoman sabrina fulton has now released a public service announcement pleading for an end to the so-called stand your ground law and she's cer

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very carefully get your friends to you know tell everybody get these videos taken because the type of shady this that was portrayed in the in the in the video i think everybody can relate to that a lot of people have experienced shady things in the war on drugs but until you start documenting them it's hard to get traction and more and more people now have the power to document them without you know the video cameras we all have on our cellphones now appreciate you come on this out and fight journalist and occupy wall street activist thank you. well there are still about three and a half months in till the republican national convention and it's becoming clear there are still plenty of people who have not accepted mitt romney as the presumptive nominee for republicans we have seen plenty of surprises at state republican conventions in terms of ron paul winning the majority of delegates in states that originally went to romney this past weekend we also saw violence break out between romney and paul supporters not to mention one of mitt romney's sons josh romney getting booed off the stage at

outer loop -- i'm sorry, 270 southbound before shady grove road in the local lanes.cene in the rain and moving everybody on the right shoulder. thank you,3 officer,70 near the city grove metro, a separate crash. on the west side, southbound 95 virginia, two separate accidents. -- 370 near shady grove road, a crash. northbound 95 in virginia near the marine base there's a crash. a tow truck is with that now. several roads remain under water in prince william county because of all the rain they have had. let's see if i can pull up a picture for you. that's not going to work for me. let me go back to the news desk. >> that's all right. it's a busy morning. >> thank you to the officer. we have 64 degrees on this tuesday. >> things got a little ugly during the rangers' game. you don't do " it's a penalty is coming up. >> that's not good. a heated moment during the eastern conference finals between the rangers and the doubles. there is again. a sucker punch by a former teammate. the coaches then screamed at each other from across the ice. the rangers blew their cool as the

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and he was hit near the shady grove metro station. it happened before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. the train pulled into the yard where cars are washed and hit the employee who works as a mechanic. it to crews and our to free the man who lost part of a leg. firefighters have been shaken. >> my heart goes out to their family. metro is not safe. if it does not say for the employees, imagine the customers. >> i feel like you take your life in your hand every time. >> leadership is looking to improve the safety culture. >> the deadly crash of of virginia now in the hands of the transportation safety board of canada. the pilot of one plane works for the faa. he survived the crash after guiding his plane into a field. the passenger and the pilots of the other plane were killed. police are not releasing their identities. >> fans wanted to pay their respects to check brown. they had to deal with long lines and mother nature. the storms forced them to end the viewing early by nearly two hours. >> mourners got upset that led to protests. they led their -- they later relented and reopen the v

here we are in shady grove road. no problems coming out of frederick in montgomery county. the beltway books pretty decent between the wilson bridge and the american legion bridge. this should be gone by of these 5:00. more to come on the traffic side. >> new this morning a humanitarian and worker being held hostage by al qaeda says he will be killed unless president obama agrees to the did band appeared likes warren wind steen was kidnapped in august. -- agrees to the deal. warraen weinstienein kidnapped in august. >> a man accused of killing his own son will be in court. match the price was shot to death saturday night. -- matthew price was shot to death saturday night. prosecutors say he shot his son. there is no reason why he killed him. >> the search will continue for the driver behind a fatal hit and won. shelinda arrington was hit after getting out of her own car on friday. officers are looking into what of this tragedy was fueled by road rage. -- into whether this tragedy was fuelled by road rage. like she was sitting criminology. curb violent -- >> she was studying

reporter: the bbb said they're vulnerable to things like online housing scams, investment schemes and shady investment systems for things like security systems and their age is usually a factor. >> service members are generally in their 20s. so they're not real experienced, might have young family members when they're deployed. >> reporter: but returning soldiers and veterans are also preyed upon, especially asking for donations to charities with military ties -- or at least sounds like. >> they will draw on something that sounds familiar. >> reporter: before you donate, google the charity. check where they stand with the bbb and make sure they're registered with the state. the scammers may know you have a soft spot for patriotic causes. pulling on your heart strings is part of the game. >> the better business bureau also as an outreach -- has an outreach program. they call it the military line and they visit base in our area including aberdeen and fort meade. click on the money tab and to scam alert. >>> all right. not the best day to be on the road. heat advisory up for baltimore county,

. >> the accident happened this afternoon at the shady grove railyard. metro had been criticized for its lack of safety culture following the red line crash in 2009 but it had made improving safety a priority. how the accident happened today is unclear. the worker was inside what's known as the wash building at the rail yard just outside the shady grove station. according to emergency officials, the train was going into the building when it hit the worker pinning him beneath the wheel assembly. >> it was an extensive extrication which took approximately 60 minutes. >> reporter: getting him out was complicated. the trains can weigh up to 80,000 pounds and sometimes just lifting the train can cause other problems. >> if we lift the train in a certain way, is that going to cause an adverse reaction? there's many factors we have to look into. when we put our folks underneath the train, they evaluate that. it's kind of like a blink. it just happens one after another. >> reporter: a special team of doctors and nurses was brought in because of the severity of t

this happened earlier this morning at the shady grove rail yard. how do you think this accident happened, kristen? >> well, i tell you what. this is an absolutely brutal accident. the metro worker, an employee for 25 years was pinned under this train for over an hour and they had to call in a surgical shock trauma team to get him out. this accident did not happen right here at the actual station. it happened right over here over at the shady grove rail yard and that's where they keep the trains overnight and when they are brought in for maintenance. it's important it happened there because it means the train was not going fast. just a few miles an hour. it was enough to take the worker down and pin him underneath. i want to show you a picture of what it looks like as the rescuers tried to free him. they had to fly in a special shock trauma team from john hopkins. it's a team that included ems personnel and surgeons. reporting that the man has lost a hand and one leg below the knee. but so far, metro will not confirm this. all they will say is the m

look at us live here at 270, shady grove road. here we are in the belt way at new hampshire avenue. everything is open. that long-term construction pulled out of your way past university boulevard. more on the traffic side, information about branch avenue and an intent northbound at the belt way but now we'll go to news. >> we'll check back in this a few minutes. the the c.i.a. has aparently foiled a plot to bring down an airplane from al qaeda. it was similar to the one the called underwear bomber used to try to blow up a flight to detroit on christmas day, 2009. this had a better detonation system and had no metal which means it could have passed through metal detectors and body scanners. >> if this happened before 9/11, it definitely would have succeeded. you would have had large numbers of americans killed. >> officials say the attack was to take place around the first anniversary of the raid that took out osama bin laden. >> it is 4:32 now. we're following a break in a fatal hit-and-run case in fairfax county. late last night police made an arrest. >> fairfax county police have

this happened at the shady grove at 1:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m. rescuers got him out and he was flown out to a hospital for treatment. the injured worker is a veteran employee with more than 25 years of service. the federal government is asking transportation safety board to investigate yesterday's's made year -- mid- air collision. both have ties to the faa and the ntsb. a pilot of the single engine piper survived. the pilot and passenger were killed. >> an emotional sendoff for brown. the ceremony is continuing into the evening. there was an all day doing. some big names in d.c. politics and music lovers. the theater has been filled with fans of the late entertainer. >> for many of his fans, chuck brown was such a source of pride and so they are here in droves to remember him at the howard theatre. they started lining up at 6:00 a.m. to pay their respects to an icon. michael berry said he was first in line. >> the picture i wanted to do prior to his passing but once he passed i was moved to jump on it right away. >> chuck brown created his music

january they discovered a fractured rib part on a 3000 series real car during an inspection at the shady grove road art. and a similar part fell off a 2000 series real car on an orange line train in january. traffic alert for drivers using the southeast and southwest freeway. 8th street ramp from the westbound freeway will be closed permanently around 10:00 this morning. electronic signs will guide the drivers to detour if. it's part of the 11th street bridge project. new onramp is planning to open in july. four-o'clock 42 on this thursday, 54 degrees. more on a disturbing case in fairfax county. the latest on the search for a man wjho >> the man convicted of killing maryland state trooper wesley brown nearly two years ago will be sentenced today. cyril williams faces up to life in prison without parole for killing ground outside enforced bill applebee's restaurant for. another man pleaded guilty in connection with the murder and got five years. president obama made history yesterday by becoming the first u.s. president to come out in favor of same-sex marriage. the declared his support

are so many holes in the law not just for invest houses for jpmorgan for them to invest in all these shady bail them out. but we need laws that say if you take your clients' money and you do things that you wouldn't do with your own money and for your own 401k, you invest it, hedge it and bet against yourself, that should an crime and should involve jail time. there should not be a double standard for some poor schmuck who couldn't pay his fines, and we have bankers who are taking millions from people and ruining their retirement. people are basically stolen from. we have a problem in politics. they all say it should be the president or member of congress or the agency head. why aren't the heads of these banks being held accountable for committing this fraud on the american people? >> cenk: eric griego not talking the talking but walking the walk. it's a big no, no in the rest of washington, you're not supposed to do that. i'm very interested to see how your congressional race ends up in the first district. >> we're going to win. thanks a lot. >> cenk: i like that attitude too. when we com

expect tea lays out towards shady grove. -- expect delays out towards shady grove.d 210, accident activity report in the center of the highway. eastbound 50 at the loudoun county parkway, accident activity reported involving an overturned vehicle. the crash has cleared. this is the trip inbound on route 50 as you work your way past 202. it looks hick state highway is finally pulling away from the scene. we still have activity here on the shoulder. expect delays as you work your way past the scene. north slow traffic as you continue inbound on -- more slow traffic as you continue inbound on 50. better shape out of newington. 66 is on the brakes and manassas leaving 50 to 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> so maybe you are stuck in a rut at work. you are thinking about starting your own business or becoming a millionaire. it can happen but have you to have a plan in place. ahead on fox 5 morning news, we are bringing in the experts from kiplinger's personal finance. their june issue is on news stands today and it is all about simple ways

shady groivgrove, clear to the beltway.e camden south line, slowing due to an earlier disabled train. a 45-minute delay and a 19-minute delay on train number 843. back to you. >> that's not a good way to start monday morning. i feel bad for those people on 29. >> thanks. >>> we're going to remember the life of a tv legend. >>> also, the controversial topic making headlines again as the presidential race heats up. 6:23. >>> brush security officials on high alert after a worker smuggled a fake bomb into the london olympic stadium. the worker said he smuggled the bomb inside to expose flaws its anti-terror defenses. the incident comes as british forces conduct multiple training exercises around london to prepare for the 2012 games. olympic organizers spent $1.5 billion on security for the games including more than 35,000 troops and security guards. >>> it's a sad day in may better berry on the "andy griffith show" because george lindsay passed away yesterday. good morninger pyle, goal -- goober pyle, the attendant from the sho

shady side 72. i will tell you about the next best chance for thunderstorms. i think there is new developments on the jfx. >>> you will have an easier commute. emergency repair was needed because of pipes un deer underneath the roadway. you are lacking at an 11-minute ride to east fayette in downtown baltimore. fort mc henry will be clear. 95, white marsh, here is what it looks like north of route 43. 4-minute ride from this vicinity to 695. here is a live look in parkville, harford road. an easy ride up towards 83. that's a look at the abc 2 time saver traffic. >>> breaking news this morning out of italy, a 6.0 earthquake struck the northern part of the country in the town of parma killing a person and leaving four injured. a tremor struck the region killing 7 people and destroying or damaging hundreds of buildings in the area. >>> we are getting new reaction in to the death of a towson university student who police say was hit and killed by a drunk driver monday morning in ocean city. this morning, students and faculty at towson university are mourning the l

it happened just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon at the shady grove rail yard. the worker was trapped under the train for about an hour able to talk crews though as they tried to get them out. he was airlifted to the hospital. >>> thousands of fans said their final good-byes to go-go legend chuck brown. his familiar hi held a public viewing at the howard theater yesterday where brown was scheduled to play his next gig before he died on may 16th. huge crowds turned out throughout the day to pay their respects to the d.c. musician. severe rain though forced officials to end the viewing earlier than scheduled. the fans got kind of angry so d.c. police reopened the door. >>> we know of performers and speakers who ill be part of tomorrow's public memorial service tomorrow at the convention center. they include donnie similar ton, ladivi. big g. dougie fresh, mike epps and raheem devon and a special performance by the chuck brown band. >>> today, kenyan mcduffie will be sworn into his ward five seat. he won a special election earlier this month to replace harry thomas

this was yesterday afternoon at the metrorail yard near the shady grove station. a surgical trauma team was brought in to help to get him out from under the train. metro is now investigating how this happened. meantime it is reviewing safety procedures at the shady grove rail yard. >>> aviation officials from canada will be brought in to investigate monday's deadly mid air collision in fauquier county, virginia. that's because the surviving pilot who landed his plane in a field works for the federal aviation administration and the second plane that plummeted into a wooded area is owned by an employee of the national transportation safety board. the two people on board that plane both died. bringing in canadian investigators will help prevent any interagency conflict. >>> thousands of d.c. music fans lined up yesterday to pay their respects to the late chuck brown. the viewing for the godfather of go go took place yesterday inside the howard theater while a block party of sorts went on outside to celebrate his life. while he was in prison in lorton, virginia, brown

find a shady area with trees overhead. there is mid 40s to mid-50s so a cool start like this morning. then, tomorrow afternoon there is a beautiful sunny day and there is napa, 79 degrees, 72 in oakland. fairfield concord is 83 and there are 79 degrees in san jose and around the bay. there is a lovely day as well. 68 salinas. there is graduations going on, too. there is perfect weather. low 60s to mid-80s saturday. there is that range sunday, cooler monday. you notice around the middle of the week wednesday, thursday, turning windy. cooler thursday, friday. mid-50s to low 70s. don't want to scare you or anything but computer models perhaps suggesting could be some rain drops maybe, next following saturday. >> really? >> so far out. keep an eye on it. >> yes. yes. >> everybody wants to hang out on the weekend. >> this will be a following saturday. >> thank you very much. >> coming up next don't go away. finney's friday free stuff taking you to wine country. >> silicon valley goes old school. at 6:00 there is a start upturni

here we are at shady grove road. looks good on the beltway to and from the american legion bridge. looks good in tysons. a good run on the beltway in prince george's county, at colesville road, and this picture at new hampshire avenue at the beltway. the bottom line, we are in pretty good shape right now. now to news. >> thanks. investigators are looking into a shooting and stabbing in chantilly. police believe they took place last night at sully's. a man was taken by car to fairfax after being shot, where 911 call was made outside the courthouse. a short time later a man who had been stabbed turned up at fair oaks hospital for treatment. no word on his condition. >> an elderly man fighting for his life after an apartment fire in mclean on old meadow road last night. the blaze started in the kitchen and caused minimal damage to the apartment if. and 91-year-old man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. the cause is under investigation. >> major developments in a 33- year-old murder case. a former convenience store worker is charged with killing six-year-old etan pat

happened at the shady grove maintenance yard.omehow hit the worker and pinned him underneath it. rescuers used large equipment to lift the train and free him. we're told the man was conscious the entire time. metro is investigating and notified the national transportation safety board about the incident. >>> the white house says the president misspoke when honoring a world war ii hero. >> before one trip across enemy lines, resistance fighters told him the jews were being murdered on a massive scale. and smuggled him into the warsaw ghetto in a polish death camp to see for himself. >> that comment angered many polish people who say the president should have referred to the camps as a german death camp in occupied -- nazi-occupied pole ant. poland's foreign minister even called the remark a matter of ignorance and incompetence. the president made that comment while awarding the medal of freedom to jan karski, a former georgetown professor and resistance fighter against the nazis in world war ii. he died in 2000. the obama administ

was not around but neighbors say they only see male clients and they are convinced that something shady is going on >> i believe it is prostitution. i believe many sexual acts are being advertised on the web sites and they get quite explicit >> many neighboring cities are cracking down on the businesses >> our goal is to not stop massage therapy and actually want legitimate practices to flourish in lafayette. it is a way to ensure that they will all have the necessary training >> if all goes as planned at the new ordinance will take effect in lafayette in july, the same time the one will take effect in pleasanton. >> california's budget problems are worse than previously thought. in january the deficit was predicted at more than $9 billion but now the government says it stands at nearly $16 billion >> this is a type of dead reckoning and we need to take the medicine >> phil is live on how the governor plans to close the growing deficit >> he issued a 92 page report on the deficit and the revised spending plan but it all came down to the sentences he spoke earlier today. >> it is a diffi

when shady government forces kidnapped a general and stripped him of his role, he is left to fend for himself in the melting pot of america. the dictator is rated r. the navy catches something it probably should have thrown back in battleship. a u.s. destroyer comes under fire after finding an alien at sea. rihanna and the crew must lead the battle to save the earth before extraterrestrials with firepower destroy all of us. rated pg-13. >> want alex ready? >> reluctant husband gets cooled by an dads. he is married to jennifer lopez, who wants to adopt a baby. he is not so sure, if so she sends him to hang out with a fraternity of fathers who other own stories. what to expect when you are expecting is rated pg-13. that is the box office preview. marylandso>> next, your lottery numbers and another tech of the forecast with john as we take a live picture over pimlico. the countdown to preakness iso >> one day away from preakness 2012. we will have live coverage tonight. campaigns are launching a barrage of new ads. we find out which candidate is telling the truth. tonight and tomorrow, t

270 coming from frederick to clarksburg and down to the point where the lanes divide, a live look at shady grove road. the roads are a bit wet. it may slow you down just a bit. now to southern maryland on route 5, route 4, route 301. no problems to report coming in from this point up to the beltway andrews air force base and we'll take a live look outside. here's what it looks like southbound. coming up in my next report we'll go over to 66 at 4:55. andrea and mike. >>> it looks like all system go for an unmanned private rocket. but a technical problem scrubbed the launch at the last moment. >> randall pinkston has more from the kennedy space center. >> reporter: the countdown for lift off went all the way down. but the falcon 9 rocket never launched. >> lift off. we have had a doubt off. -- a cut off. lift off did not occur. >> reporter: a last second technical problem shut down nine engines, scrubbing the launch. >> it did what it was supposed to do. this is not failure. we aborted with purpose. >> reporter: space x engineers will try to figure out what we want wrong. >> reporter: the sh

. >> the state attorney general says the state of maryland is sending a clear message about shady political conduct by ordering julius henson to pay $1 million fine for his election day roh calls. >> everyone is up for a fight in politics, and that is fine. but you cannot cross the line into illegal conduct, and that was the message sent by the judge in this case. >> he was ordered to pay a fine for what they called the telephone consumer protection act. missing from the message to voters was the authority which says a who authorized a call. the attorney general said that of violated the telephone consumer protection act. baltimore county officials plan to blunt the effect of the steel plant closing next month, announcing a new initiative creating jobs and the surrounding areas. 16 businesses and private sector leaders would form the partnership that will let the best ways to generate job growth in the peninsula. they will look at how to take advantage of the unused portion of the plant and major steelmaking remains part of the area. >> burglars had a string of businesses last night and ear

. >>> monitoring metro, a very serious accident in a railyard in shady grove, a metro employee hit by a train trapped underneath it about an hour. the worker was conscious. the train was coming into a building used for maintenance. the worker was flown to shock trauma in baltimore with what appeared to be serious leg injuries. >> been a storm any night in parts of the area. quiet now but the storm rolled through here about 7:15 or so. sue palka in the weather center. we in the clear yet? >> most of the storms are weakening and are east of the city, but we're still left with areas of light rain. good news, flash flood warnings have been discontinued, but keep in mind the waters in waters in streams in creeks will be running high. we definitely have brighter somes lingering and beginning to move -- storms lingering and beginning to move across the bay. they will come in your direction as well. they have heavy rain, some occasional lightning but for the most part we're seeing this wind down and a drier pattern on the way. over to sentinel radar and we'll put this in motion for the last s

very humid out there and the temperatures in upper 50s in reisterstown, shady side 61 and more the samen sitesville. >>> time to take a look at traffic. this is a live picture of 695 and harford road. it's beginning to pick up but things are still smoothly but in owings mill, stop-and-go traffic in reisterstown. it's closed on the conowingo road over the susquehanna river. there's an accident and they're working on cleaning item. you're looking at a live picture of 295 near downtown baltimore. things are moving along well there. if you want more traffic information, go to abc2news.com. >>> it's a big day in annapolis. governor o'malley will be busy today doing some bill signing. sherrie johnson is here with a look at some of the top bills that will make their way to the governor's desk. >> reporter: a lot going on today in annapolis. governor o'malley will sign 300 bills passed in the legislation. the governor will sign a be in of environmental bills today, including one to double the flush tax on septic systems from 30 to $60 to pay for improvements. and the governor will also sign phy

even though the door's are supposed to stay closed, twice they flew open on a redline train going shadyvicinity of the station. they alerted someone and took everyone off and locked the doors and the train continued onward. they checked the doors in every car to see if there were other problems. he concluded there weren't and got off at cleveland park. a pair of doors on the adjoining car flew open. the au graduate student snapped this photo quickly with the doors open on a moving train and passengers nearby. luckily, again, no one was injured. this time, metro took the whole train out of service. after days of tinkerring, metro engineers concluded the problem is not with the pair of cars whose doors open but the coupling on the pair of cars on the front of the train. the couplers not only pull the cars, but also transmit information and command. metro thinks the coupler may have been damaged earlier by a, quote, hard coupling, which caused the contact to later short circuit the door open command. the couplers are being independent for similar damage. the inspection should take about tw

>>> shady deals. u.n. experts say many countries are still trading with north korea, violating u.n. resolutions. welcome to nhk world "newsline." the united nations security council is trying to get all its member states to enforce the rules when it comes to north korea. a new report says goods that are subject to a trade embargo are managing to make their way into the reclusive nation. the security council met behind closed doors to review the work of a panel of experts. they monitored the implementation of u.n. sanctions. sources say their report reveals some countries are exporting materials that could be converted for use in missiles. and some are sending out luxury items, too. european nations and japan are included in the list of those breaking u.n. sanctions. the report suggests much of the trade is passing through the chinese port of dalian. delegates of western nations are asking the u.n. to release the findings as soon as possible. they want member countries to strengthen their checks on exports to north korea. japan's ambassador to the united nations wants member states t

need but nonetheless fairly empty showers pushing through frederick county earlier and now between shadyross the chesapeake through the bay, some showers coming down here: onon the hall again, light scattered showers and you will continue to see rain. the total so far is pretty impressive almost an inch and a half only howard county getting the highest totals as well as carroll county with 1.2 inches, just under 2/3 of an inch, you can see the shoreless than half an inch so the higher totals have been west and north so far. but where there's rain lined up, it could be completely different. stay tune, boy a wet looking city tonight. look at that, 65 degrees now. winds are east southeast and we continue to see humid, with wet conditions through the day. it was rain heavy and steady at times in baltimore and not just in the city but all across the area. we had heavy rain on the east side too. we finished out a wet night and rain was definitely in dc as well. continuing to pepper the camera lens down here. all right. high temperatures today, mid- 60s and we are in the 50s. we were in the low

>>> shady deals. u.n. experts say many countries are still trading with north korea violating u.n. resolutions. the united nations security council has taken a closer look at what's crossing north korean borders. it made it uncomfortable for some of the representatives in the room. a new report found many member nations are violating u.n. resolutions and exporting goods to the country. the council met behind closed doors to review the work of panel of experts. they monitored the implementation of u.n. sanctions. sources say their report reveals some countries are exporting materials that could be converted for use in missiles and some were exporting luxury goods, too. european nations and japan are included in the list of those breaking u.n. sanctions. the report suggests much of the trade is passing through the port of dalian, china. delegates of western nations are asking the u.n. to release the report as soon as possible. they want member countries to strengthen their checks on exports to north korea. japan's ambassador to the u.n. said that all u.n. member states should comply

neighbors say there had been shady business been going on for about a year. they were mott surprised about the -- not surprised about the bust. police say there was about $200,000 of an operation here. the owner will face charges. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. as that pot warehouse fire was underway, a young man was gunned down. witnesses say a 27-year-old man was sitting in his car when several african-american men walked up and opened fire. the victim's sister who did not want to be identified told our news crew she saw the shooting. >> they got the wrong person. my brother sits in his car and listens to his music every day like clock work and doesn't bother no one. >> the victim is married and the father of four stepchildren. police say he's in critical condition at the hospital but is expected to survive. the shooting could be linked to a recent spike of gang violence in richmond. >>> a six-hour standoff in richmond led to s.w.a.t. police sour rounding an apartment at l street and gately avenue. 26-year-old todd gillard eventuall

no issues to report. 270 southbound at shady grove road.eport an update on those closures at 4:49. >>> a new era in space travel blasted off in florida. an unmanned privately owned rocket is headed on a practice run to the international space station. >> the u.s. company spacex is the first company to launch a spacecraft with supplies to the international space station. >> reporter: this is america's newest venture into space, a low-cost rocket designed and build not -- built not by nasa but by spacex, a private corporation. >> we're using a commercial model. >> this program represent as new way of doing business for nasa. >> reporter: spacex is attempting to become the first private space vessel to reach the enter advance space station. this is the second launch attempt for spacex. >> lift-off. we've had a cutoff. lift-off did not occur. >> reporter: the first ended suddenly this past saturday when a faulty check valve caused high chamber pressure in one of the engines. computers sensed the pressure builtup and shut down the engine. spacex