o tenleytown. one rird described his experience. >> i turned around to see flashing lights, flames, reflections oof the tunnel walls. and a loud noise a smoke. >> the train was eventually reversed into the tenleytown station and passengers were able to get off. that rider tells us metro didn't say what was going on for 20 to 30 minutes. no one was hurt there. and metro is still investigating what caused the incident. >>> go caps go! they're about to take on the penguins in the playoffs. second round now. you can attend an open practice today. the doors at the kettler capital ice plex open at 10:30. a great little secret there, sometimes they will come out and sign autographs, too. we're waiting to find out when the second round begins. even though we don't have the schedule yet, you can still buy tickets right now. in fact you can pick one up at the ice plex in you're going today. the caps are also selling tickets, you can call them and check online. and we checked and there are some seats still av

otu passengers will to beenge evacuated from the tenleytown tt motor together after smoke was reportedide the red linee tunnel and also on the train.ra >> the wild scene unfolded ondeo parts of the red line in northwest d.c. on saturday satur night. >> fox5's melanie alnwicks meni d.c. this morning with thehis details about the ongoing investigation. mel, what can you tell us?tell u >> well, i can tell you thatl yt the federal transitthe fede administration is looking intotn this but remember, fta has hadad safety oversight of metro he h since last fall so not unusual u that fta would be getting on geg top of this right away. fortunately no one was injuredar but as you said you can just j kind of hear from that celltel phone video that people are are very nervous and frightened whenever anything now goes any wrong on metro. met that is the reaction after thena lights went off and one rider rd tells us she heard an heard an explosion. it was 7:15 saturday eveningtu after a red line train leaving friendship heights encounteredei heavghy smoke in the tunnel.then the train did reverseain d

. >> melanie alnwick is live oniv the red line at tenleytown with what we can expect.ood morning. >> reporter: that repair r blitz actually startedtart yesterday just as the metro m board meeting was gettinget under way some decisive action t here by metro's general manager paul wiedefeld and a this is happening after justg ar really a month of majorf m troubles on that red line, finally getting some intensiveei care.. during this maintenance blitz this is the kind of stuff that's going to be going on.e n. workers will be cleaning tunnels inexpecting power p cables and boots and removing debris and mud all of thisth because of water infiltrationiln causing problems. metro's gm says the underground stations were not w sealed when they were built.hen now the water they are taking their toll and metro's gm says it will get wilg worse if it's not addressed. >> looking at all the cables,ab orange boots and cakes in cakes general track, anything with the third rail itself, leaks basically if we patch the leaks but as you know it's aw is losing battle out there.tlout it's lik

firefighters worked ventilate smoke between the tenleytown and friendship heights station. a train operator actually reported the problem and the train was stopped and everyone for the off. metro closed all stations between van ness and. so far is doesn't look like service is affected this morning. >>> this morning 19-year-old volunteer firefighter kevin swain is back home with his family. he spent more than a week in the hospital after he and another firefighter were shot on the job. his fellow firefighters were by his side as he left the hospital on saturday. darcy spencer has more on how he's doing. eight days after being shot on an emergency call. he was smiling and shaking hands as he made his way to a fire engine for the ride home. surrounded by his fellow morning side firefighters. >> got to be the brightest point at the end of a trying week for us as a fire department. >> reporter: firefighters were called to a home in temple hills to check on a man believed to be in medical distress. the homeowner opened fire when firefighters forced their way in. apparently believ

. >> melanie alnwick is live outside the tenleytown stationoo to let us know how this is how i going to affect you today andt o into the week, right, mel?ht, >> reporter: that's right, guys. remember when general managerag paul wiedefeld first came on c board metro he back inmetro ban november. he said that it was no longert going to bewa business as usual. we've seen him take decisive t action before and this is yetis another example of that. the announcement that this repair blitz was happening really at the same time that t he was addressing the metro board: it began yesterday atte 10:00 a.m. and continued toed 3:00 p.m. and that is what is w we're going to see throughout the weekend.nd. really having a lot of troublei and now it is finally getting gi some much needed intensive care.re during this maintenance blitzai workers are going to cleannt tunnels expect power cables powb and remove debris and mud all aa of this because of water infiltration corroding thedi t electrical lines on the trackscs and causing other problems. the gm says when the underground stations wereun built t

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american university happened as a result of the recent crime wave we've seen in and around the tenleytownrea. the most recent and concerning incident involves a wilson high school student that was stabbed in the leg. this happened on monday when that student was headed to and the dc police department said that was an attempted robbery. the ward 3 council member and the mayor as well as other city officials. >> just last week another student was robbed at knife point in the same area. now people from the community also expressed concerns about crimes in and around area metro stations. they also q response to certain recent incidents. >> for most parents where your kids, your child is 12 going on 13 or 13 going on 14, you want to make sure that they can become more independent and that means they have the right judgment. so you're assuming that they know how to take care of themselves. but if the neighborhood is actually unsafe, if people are accosting them or robbing them even before it occurs, it makes me feel like are we making sure that doesn't happen. >> i think we heard a lot of good

message for riders is to give yourself extra time especially those of you using friendship heights, tenleytown and the bethesda station. you need to listen out for announcements to board the trains on the proper platforms. the red line single tracking is going to start this morning at 10:00, it will last until 3:00 this afternoon. and then start up again at 8:00 tonight through closing. passengers are blaming metro for years of neglect. >> when you don't take care of something for so long, now you're playing catchup. but hopefully it will get better. >> reporter: now, this is intense maintenance work that will try to get a handle on the arcing insulator problems that we have seen in as many days. looking at water infiltration, hud removal, drainage, all of the things that can cause arcing problems or power troubles. so expect service adjustments going into the weekend as well, on other lines, as well. and that's a big heads up for the caps fans coming out on saturday for the big game at e verizon center. back to you. >>> the transportation second is putting pressure on metro to improve safety.

. >> out here in tenleytown, when you can see your breath this april, you know it is cold. here comes the wind again. it's gusting to around 30 miles per hour. the sky's cleared out, i can see jupiter and saturn and mars in the southern sky. school day forecast at the bus stop, we'll stay in the low to mid-30s with windchills just near 20. recess, cold. temperatures in the low 40s by early to midafternoon. and by mid to late afternoon in the upper 40s. so dress accordingly. you'll need a winter coat, scarf tuesday morning. dress for winter in april. now melissa, how are the roads? >>> right now overall things looking pretty good here. you can see 295 north at benning, we have all lanes open there. so that is no problem now. red line though single tracking good farragut north and gathering place because of a disabled work unit. roads looking pretty good like i said. as far as travel times, 270 south from germantown to the spur, 11 minutes. taking a look at 66 and 95, both there on time. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm. >>> it is a case that grabbed the nation's attention

the train was between the tenleytown and friendship heights stations just before 7:30. no one was hurt. >>> meanwhile, there's now a shakeup taking place within metro. news 4's adam tuss obtained internal memos detailing staffing change in departments including rail control center. one memo shows the rail director of transportation is on leave. the e-mail dated from before the smoke incident. >>> tonight we could see the first real debate heat up over a piece of prime real estate in d.c. the fbi's j. edgar hoover building will soon come down leaving a coveted portion of pennsylvania avenue up for grabs. cities in maryland and virginia are fighting over the fbi's plan to build a new headquarters and all the jobs and money that come along with it. tonight's meeting begins at 6:00 at the national capital planning commission in northwest washington. >>> new fallout after a group of young singers is asked to stop singing the national anthem. we'll explain. >>> plus, we have some new information about the different crime scenes where eight members of the same ohio family were

there was a saturday night incident in the tunnel back here betweenen friendship heights andip tenleytownshow you what it lookedoua and sounded like from some ofm e the riders that night.ight >> please, please, police. (screaming).ea >> reporter: this wasep saturday night aroundor 7:30.:3 a train filled with smoke ass it left friendship heightsp heht headed to tenleytown. metro is staying it was a possible arcing insulator, onene of those issues they've had here.he they backed the train and back b to friendship heights and evacuated the train.evacuate one of the ongoing issues heress in the h metro system and it and struck again over the weekend. e as you mentioned holly it shutts down the red line for a time tim on saturday evening for awhilewh there metro was saying we saying didn't have reports of smoke ofo in the tunnel or on any of our f trains but it did happen. hap it was captured on video.. we're not sure if thisf morning's track work isack wo i related in any way but againut a some issues even this morningor here on the red line, guys,uys, headed into the city. city. >> and just

reporter: we can tell you just after 9:00 this morning a student walked into the doors here near tenleytown suffering from a stab wound. police were called, fire and ambulance have responded. he's now at a local hospital stable. but we can tell you police are now in this neighborhood searching for the suspect. they say the student had parked his car a few blocks away from school and was walking here. they believe the motive was robbery. this is not the first time a student going to wilson high school has been robbed at knife point. the same thing happened just last week to an 11th grade girl who was walking home after school and almost the exact same location. she was also robbed at knife point, but she was not hurt. again, this student a senior here. we're told he's an athlete who was recently accepted to the university of north carolina. again, he is in the hospital. he's in stable condition suffering with a knife wound. that's the very latest. we'll keep you updated on this developing story. reporting live from wilson high, mark segraves, news 4. >>> here at the live desk with another de

on the red line between tenleytown and friendship height metroip stations. smoke was reported inside the te red line tunnel on the train.ran >>> metro says it may haveys i been caused by an electricalctra arcing and the root cause isau i still unknown. >> in the race for the whiter te house the presidentialntia candidates gearing up for a u fr busy day on the campaign trailtn ahead of tomorrow's primaries in five states.in it's being called a mini superip tuesday and big news on thes te republican side.blicide. we've learned senator ted cruz z and ohio governor john kasich ks they've joined forces to makeinr sure donald trump doesn't getoen the delegates he needs to wineen the party's nomination.ination. trump took to twitter tott respond to the move as youto tov and kasich are mathematicallytil dead and desperate. >>> after a rally sunday in i hagerstown maryland todayylan trump is headed to road rd islands and pennsylvania.ylvani recent polls show he has double digit leads in three of the five states voting tomorrow. >>> today montgomery countynt john kasi

. >> melanie alnwick checkingie things out for us this morning a outside the tenleytown stationna withore on what you shouldt y expect this weekend and froms wn metro in the near future.ea f good morning, mel.ng, mel. >> reporter: hey, goodepor morning and so i know that we've been seems like coveringg metro every single day.ine day there have been at least 15 lst problems along the red line. ren we're talking about track issues, signal issues, power outages, arcing insulators, 15ur just in the month of april alone on the red line.ed l now certain portions of theons f needed intensive care and there could be more to come. c let's talk about what is going on with the maintenance blitz m this weekend. workers are going to cailear tunnels, inspect power cablesere remove debris and mud all ofud this because of persistenten water infiltration that'sioth corroding the electrical linesrl on the tracks. metro's gm says when these the underground stations wereund stt built these tunnels weren'tioelr seen. now as we've seen the water w leaks have taken their tollaken and metro's gm says it is gm