it's also important as we know to everyone who lives in the national capital region and all the visitors of our nation's capital. clearly metro is an organization in crisis . it's significant deficiencies around safety, around reliability, around customer service and around financial management and if you diagnose the problems with metro you realize there are several causes. first ranking member noted norton discussed which is metro effectively reports 24 governing jurisdictions. dc, maryland, virginia and federal government. this poor headed monster makes it difficult for metro to get kind of funding and oversight that would be optimal for organization of its scale. secondly, as ranking member deposit talked about, by any measure that metro has been underfunded and it's lacking a reliable source of funding which has created greater uncertainty and maybe underfunded situation more pronounced. finally, it's clearly been mismanaged, perhaps for several decades when you look back at management decisions whether they be strategic or tactical, really poor decisions were made. i, like you, wan

i am chair of the transportation planning board for the national capital region. also serve as a member of the alexandria city council. the planning board is a federally designated planning organization for the national cap but oh -- capital organization. jurisdictions and over 5 million residents. i have submitted more detail customer -- testimony. how critical metro is to the region's mobility and prosperity . ,ts importance to this region and finally the effort underway to help metro improve its safety and be the world-class system the nations capital deserves. last year, metrorail provided 710,000 rail trips on an average workday. are locatedbs, within a half-mile radius of metrorail stations and bus stops. the 91 metrorail stations are in 59 regional activity centers. 86% of this region's new office construction is occurring within one quarter mile of metrorail stations. metro helps to tie our multistate region together. it will also shape future transportation packages. already one in five metro riders -- mentor also serves a role in helping the region accord

it's also important as we know to everyone who lives in the national capital region and to all of theors of the nation's capital. clearly metro is an organization in crisis with significant deficiencies around safety, around reliability, around customer service and around financial management. and if you diagnose the problems with metro, you realize there are several causes. the first ranking member norton discussed, which is metro effectively reports to four governing jurisdictions, d.c., maryland, virginia and the federal government. this four-headed monster makes it very difficult for metro to get the funding and oversight that would be optimal for an organization of its scale. secondly, as ranking member defazio talk and, by any measure metro has been underfunded and it's lacked a reliable source of funding which has created greater uncertainty. and finally it's clearly been mismanaged, perhaps for several decades. when you look back at management decision bs, clearly poor decisions were made. i like you want to exclude the current general manager from that criticism because i sha

so says a five-year traffic study by the national capital region transportation planning board. we have been going through the ud that people, in fact, are trying to get the early start tomorrow on thursday on the holiday weekend. in addition, it will be a heavier traffic day on thursday anyway. coming up at 6:00, we'll look specifically at the best time to head out the door for your holiday weekend. that's coming up. >> kristin, thank you. >>> 5:47. happening today, people in fa fairfax weigh in on the fire department getting body cameras. they recently received a grant to implement the program. the public outreach meeting will be held tonight at 7:00. >>> firefighters in prince george's county could be getting extra protection. this comes on the heels of last month's shooting of two firefighters. darcy spencer has details. >> reporter: the fire chief here in prince george's county is considering getting ballistic vests for firefighters. those are just like the vests that shootings of two firefighters last month. they were on a welfare check call at a home in temple hill. they b

the research by the national capital region sp there's a window that's the best time to hit the road. thursday night after 8:00 or friday morning before 11:00. gas prices are down, adding to the congestion. but no matter when you decide to head out this memorial day weekend, traffic here is just a given. >> i don't want to drive place tomorrow the traffic. >> it's always the bay bridge. backup. long backups coming in on sunday night. >> reporter: so the worst time to head out this memorial day weekend according to that study is friday between about 2:00 in the afternoon and 6:00. live intysons near busy 495, kristin right, news 4, back to you. >>> kristin, thank you. not too early to talk about travel and never too early to talk about the weather. tom, great outside right now. is it going to last though? >> it is absolutely perfect, aaron. there's a live view of the capitol camera. a few whispy high clouds floating over the nation's capitol but look at the sunshine i to soak it up and enjoy. we'll have terrific weather for the rest of the afternoon with low humidity already up around

the national park service from 1997 through 2001. he wasthat superintendent of national capital park in the d.c. area. and the virgin islands national park. he then served as regional director to the national capital region. then he made the mistake of retiring, which meant he was in even greater demand. senioras served as advisor to the secretary department of the interior, and then was appointed by president obama in 2014 for a four year term on the advisory council of historic preservation. --, who is supposed be here, is unfortunately home in bed. -- home in bed with the flu. she sends her regrets. this is no longer a legal session because it is all male, and that is prohibited by the constitution area i tried to remedy that. some of the best people in this national park service collaboration were sitting in the front row. they will go nameless for a few minutes. they turned me down. but we will proceed unconstitutionally. i will get to president cronin, -- decorated degrees from he served as a member of the executive board from 2008 through 2011. presidents of the american historical association since 2012. nearly everyone in this room has land, orchanges in t

the national park service from 1997 to 2001. before that he was superintendent of national capital park and the d.c. area and the virgin islands national park -- thank you. [laughter] he then served as regionalirector for the national capital region. then he made the mistake of retiring, which meant he would be an even greater demand. he has served as senior advisor to the secretary of the department of the interior, and was then appointed by president obama in 2014 for a four-year term on the advisory council honest work preservation. -- on historic relation. he is supposed to be here, unfortunately his home that he is home in bed in the d.c. area with flu. she sends her regrets and we will miss her. constitutionally this is no longer a legal session because it is all male and that is prohibited by the constitution. i tried to remain -- remedy that the best people and the national park service collaboration who are sitting in the front row. they will go nameless for a few minutes. they turned me down. we proceed unconstitutionally. bill clinton -- excuse me -- crumpton -- [laughter] >> we have the same initials. mr. nash: i will get to that he is decorated with degrees from wisconsin, oxfor

the national park service from 1997-2001. before that, he was superintendent of national capital park in the washington dc area. he then served as regional director for the national capital region. that he made the mistake of retiring which meant that he was even in greater demand. he s served as senior advisor to the secretary for the department of interior. then was appointed by president obama in 2014 for a four year term on the advisory council of historic preservation. unfortunately home in bed in the d.c. area with flu. she sends her regrets and we will miss her. constitutionally, this is no longer a legal session because it's all male and that's prohibited by the constitution. i tried to remedy that with several of the best people in this collaboration who are sitting in the front row. they will go nameless for a few minutes. we will proceed unconstitutionally. -- excuse me, cronin. >> we have the same initials. >> decorated with degrees from wisconsin, oxford where he was a rhodes scholar and at yell. -- and at yale. american of the historical association in 2012. nearly everyone in this room has read his changes in the land. chi

the national parks service from 1997 to 2001. before that, he was superintendent of national capital park in the d.c. area as a virginia islands national park. he then served as regional director for the national capital region. and then he made the mistake of retiring, which meant that he was even in greater demand. and so he has served as senior adviser to the secretary of the department of interior, and then was appointed by president obama in 2014 for a four-year term on the advisory council on historic preservation. joan jenson unfortunately is home in bed in the d.c. area with flu. so she sends her regrets, and we will miss her. and constitutionally, this is no longer a legal session, because it's all male and that's prohibited by the constitution of the organization of american historians. i tried to remedy that with several of the best people in this oah national parks service collaboration who are sitting in the front row, and they will go nameless for a few minutes. turned me down. but we will proceed unconstitutionally. bill clinton -- excuse me. cronon. we have the same initials. i will get to president cronon. who's decorated with degrees from wisconsin,

it may seem foreign to some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, but in the national capital region, the two states, d.c. and the regions a -- region's local governments, actually have a rich tradition of working together, including in public health. working through the council of government, which i used to chair, our local and state partners regularly come together. the district of columbia needs to be a full partner in those regional efforts, so that it cannot be placed in a position of having to come to congress to actually ask for permission before spending its own local dollars on zika prevention. and education. and i might add, it's not just the people of the district of columbia who will be at risk if we are not addressing zika in an -- zika. it's the 12 million constituents. the people my friend mr. meadows represents and the people i represent who come to this city every year to visit the nation's capital. will we protect them? or will we dither here in congress? and there's irony in that, isn't there? because we can't get our ow o'own budget together. we can't pass our ow

the national parks service from 1997 to 2001. before that, he was superintendent of national capital park in the d.c. area as a virginia islands national park. he then served as regional director for the national capital region. and then he made the mistake of retiring, which meant that he was even in greater demand. and so he has served as senior adviser to the secretary of the department of interior, and then was appointed by president obama in 2014 for a four-year term on the advisory council on historic preservation. joan jenson unfortunately is home in bed in the d.c. area with flu. so she sends her regrets, and we will miss her. and constitutionally, this is no longer a legal session, because it's all male and that's prohibited by the constitution of the organization of american historians. i tried to remedy that with several of the best people in this oah national parks service collaboration who are sitting in the front row, and they will go nameless for a few minutes. turned me down. but we will proceed unconstitutionally. bill clinton -- excuse me. cronon. we have the same initials. i will get to president cronon. who's decorated with degrees from wisconsin,

capital money is flowing in at its highest level since 2007. last year $1.28 billion was invested in san diego startups, according to the national venture capital association. the san diego regional chamber of commerce says there are 27 incubator in the city with about 400 startups launching in the metro annually. flash and melanie gordon relied on a local incubator the vine when launching their startup tap hunter in 2012. the industry tool builds on saying's world-class craft beer industry helping bar and restaurant owners automatically update their inventory on social, web menus, and displays. >> so what would you guys suggest? >> reporter: their app helps beer lovers find local businesses serving their favorite drinks. >> it's local and quality. so a lot of the movement around farm to table and quality ingredients, most americans live within walking distance of a craft brewer or distiller that are making great quality product and i think that resonates. >> reporter: and while san diego's craft brewing industry served as inspiration, tap hunter proves the power of a good idea can grow beyond its home base. the company now operates across the u.s. and around the world in 20 coun

the president, honors, and national anthem. command chaplain, joint head forces national capital region, and the united states army military districtker,eneral bradley a united states army military district of washington. mr. patrick k hallahan, executive director commentary rb national military program. chairman, joint chiefs of staff. carter,rable ashton secretary of defense. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] chief" plays] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, chaplain. >> i invite you to pray with me. god, by and ever living your mercy, the faithful departed find rest. kindly on theok servants we remember today who died in service to their country. these were sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, parents and patriots all, who lived in this world for too short a time, yet made it a better world by their sacrifice. , forlonged, as we all long a world of true justice and perpetual peace. they spent themselves in service to bring about that world as they understood it. lovedoved and they were and they are loved. we may not know the name of in at rest here or on distant fields, but you know every name

, please stand for the official introduction of the president, honors, invocation, and national anthem. chaplin, joint head forces national capital region, and the nited states army military district of washington, major united bradley a. baker, states army military district of washington. hallahan, executive irector commentary rb national military program. generaliosev f. dunburg, chairman, joint chiefs of staff. the honorable ashton carter, defense.y of music] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [cheering al music] and applause] ladies and gentlemen, the chaplin. with me.te you to pray ever-living god, by your mercy, the faithful find rest. e pray you look kindly on the servants we remember today, who died in service to our country. and daughters, sisters, parents, and patriots all, who lived in short of a or too time, yet made it a better world sacrifice. longed, ged as we all for a world of true justice and peace, and they spent themselves in service to bring they that world as understood it. they loved, and they were loved, and they are loved. name of t know the every soul who lay at rest here fields, but i

the national capital area. what we do, we try to get the word out the the regional nonprofits to join up. way to give them increased reach on this particular day and really allow them to show case the work they do in the community. >> 24 hour marathon of giving? >> absolutely. that is important because it builds momentum. it builds excitement and it really helps folks kind of galvanize around giving in a time of year that organizations don't give donations. >> so we're headed into the summer so this is your low season. >> it is. almost -- i won't say all, but most nonprofits have a june 30th budget year. so it's going to help this organization give an added boost. >> all right. we have a public service announcement that we'd like to show you, so take a look at this. ♪ >> do more 24. >> that sounds fun. ♪ >> on june 2, i have 24 hours to give to my favorite charity. sweet. >> visit do more 24.org, select your favorite nonprofit. >> donate and share. >> donate online. i can do that. >> so easy. >> i can do this on my phone. >> on june 2, power your community. >> join us and do more. >> unit

board a vessel served as the number of the alexandriaia city council the board is federally designated for theit national capital region responsible for continuing corporate cooperative process including 22 jurisdictions hour by to thank the ranking member to appear today from observations to have more detailed testimony but first how critical mattresses to our mobility and prosperity and its importance to the s largest employee and the efforts under way to help improve safety and service reliability to be the world class system that serves last year provided 710,000 rail trips to a million jobs were the half are located within 1/2 mile radius of the stations and stops 77 are in 59 regional activity centers 86% of the new office construction is occurring within one-quarter mile metro help host to tie the region together also shaping future patterns to accommodate an additional 1. 5 million people in jobs over the next 30 years. already one of five0 accommodate extraordinary special events like 1. 1 million rail trips re during 2009 and helps the government do business it represents 43% or 40 percent of the federal work

jon: new in the next hour, mother nature puts on a show in our nation's capital. before pounding the regionh heavy winds and rain. the latest on the storm damage there. plus, new developments in the trial of a young man linked to the death of his prom date. the defendant breaking down as crime scene photos are shown in court. >> the bacteria the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. . . . . jon: they still have empty frames on the goard enter museum. >> they still do john john hope they get them back. >> "outnumbered" starts right now. harris: this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, sandra smith, jedediah bila, democratic strategist, julie roginsky, today's #oneluckyguy, coanchor of "america's newsroom," all around this day on primary tuesday, bill hemmer. outnumbered and out and about. hello. >> how are you, lad

into our region but already battered the area around the nation's capital. take a look. this video comes from woodbridge, virginia. you can see and hear that hail. pounding away. it's not the kind of weather you want your car in. >> more hail in maryland. you can see people seeking cover at a shopping center. some people in the area reported hail that was 2 inches in diameter. meteorologist sheena parveen has our nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. sheena, could we see hail here? >> yeah, you know, jacqueline, jim, some areas in delaware already seeing hail similar to that. at least radar indicated. here's a live look at the radar. as we go through the rest of the overnight hours, we expect heavy rain, some thunderstorms. here's a look at some of the most thunderstorm activity down in delaware, up through parts of the philadelphia region. here is sussex county. also kent county. this is severe thunderstorm warning. the areas you see outlined in the yellow includes milford in delaware until 11:15. where you see the dark red, that's flash flood warning until 4:45. alr

would have constituents, then we want to make sure when they commit to see the nation's capital efficient able to move around the regionsafely and efficiently. the federal government is investing billions in the metro and get the system is unsafe and it's not reliable. metro has been played by long-standing well documented safety issues and the forcefully investigations in the 1980s to the 1990s and today have a common refrain and that's a lack of communication and safety procedures which would writers and workers at risk. the focus of today is have a system that's going to change. the metro's new general manager will talk of it is committed to improving safety in addressing the maintenance backlog. the committee will be watching to ensure that the talk turned into action. the federal transit administration, fta, is playing an important role as the metro's temporary direct safety oversight entity. the fta said today to share with us what is going to do to promote safety and reliability at the metro. congress can't legislate communication and it can't by a safety culture. they have to take action on the responsibility p

. >> it is national police week in the nations capital a memorial service was held for laweld enforcement officer in our o region killed in the line of duty. among those montgomery officer noah lee odde da he was struck and killed last year. no what's father was in attendance and spoke of the t importance of sacrifices police officers make into had men and d women are out there, making sure that, and protecting the public, giving everything they can and giving their last full measure of devotion as my son, noah did. >> noah lee odd da as name was added to the wall in front of dc police head quarter.d just ahead at six e-cig poisoning skyrocket ted among young kids what is being done ti prevent more children from being exposed to the liquid nick tinac sure never too old to look your best. a make up artists make over onr her grandmother. this is what grandma looked likl before her daughter worked her magic. drum roll. this is her after the images were posted on instagram they are taking social media by storm. she did it by using a contour technique used by kim kardashian. the grandmother is loving all the attentio

region. the other story today is going to be severe weather threat. at risk of severetoxtrely low. mostly wind damage. from maryland all the way down there the nation's capital, washington, d.c., to richard and roanoke into the upstate of south carolina. slight risk of severe storms. marginal risk of severe storms. let's time this out for you throughout the day. this morning, no severe weather. we will see obviously some low visibilities, a lot of gray, gloomy weather, especially from d.c. to new york. maybe minor airport delays. the roads should be just fine. by the time we get into the afternoon, the storms begin to percolate and bubble up, especially if we get a lot of sunshine throughout the carolinas and virginia. the storms will peak in intensity between about 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. there will be numerous lines of storms from atlanta to columbia. if we get any damage, that's when it will happen. that's your national weather. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, those showers and thunderstorms won't be with you all day long, as i mentioned. this morning it looks okay, but this afternoon and evening is when they'll be popping up georgia up

the nation's capital, nairobi expecting 150 millimeters of rain going forward. break it down month by month, march, april, and may, we get that spike in our rainfall because the storm systems move through that regionour precipitation forecast that is the forecast going forward. that we have the chance of more wet weather for nairobi, we're going to look out and monitor for severe weather but that is not great news for the rescue efforts that are still ongoing there, right now. >>> thank you, derek. we'll stay in touch with you. >>> also in kenya, another story we're following, a dozen ivory towers are burning in that nation's nairobi national park. right now, the flames are consuming more than $170 million worth of elephant tusks and rhino horns poeched from the wild. it's not the first blaze of its type, buzz it's the biggest. we have this report. >> reporter: the fire is crackling loudly and you can feel the warmth of it far away and the smoke is quickly filling the air. in some parts of the world it would be considered ludicrous. 150 tons of rhino horn going up in smoke, an estimated market value of $172 million. no more. kenya's message to the world, this ivory has no value unless it's on a wi

nation's capital. but it needs to work. so i'm not here to just tear things down. we need the system to work. i think the region needs to come up with a dedicated funding source for metro. we can't do anything here in congress about it but i think it's something the region needs to do. but there is a changing of the -- we need to change the way people act within the system, the whole culture and it's difficult do. i think you, mr. wiedefeld, for the things you have done so far. i want to ask -- i know the march 16 shutdown caused a significant inconvenience to many of the region's commuters. but they released a series of safety directives to metro. among them were things that appeared to be routine maintenance including removing debris, replacing insulators and rail cover boards so i'm concerned about metro's efficiency in conducting inspection and repair, especially given the safe track plan is about to begin. i want to be sure if metro causes serious disruption in people's daily lives that you will be using the time to accomplish all the required maintenance. so first, were f.t.a.'s findings in may a result o

region late last night lit up the skies in washington, d.c. before moving this way. take look at the lightning around the capital building. severe weather toppled trees in the nation'sapital. some people had to deal with moving those huge trees off their cars this morning. self roads throughout seat were also flooded causing some traffic problems. >>> a north carolina woman narrowly escapes death during nasty storms. >> all thanks to her daughter much this is where 87-year-old betty grant was sitting as a fierce storm passed through her greensboro neighborhood yesterday. grant's daughter martha had her mom move away from that spot after she saw small tree come down right outside. talk about timing just as she moved, her mom out of the room, a huge tree smashed right through. >> i literally was dragging her through the house and we heard this just tremendous noise and a tree fell right through -- right where she was sitting. it took out the whole area where she was. >> reporter: amazing. the family cannot stay in their home because of all the damage. they're now staying with a neighbor but they're grateful they escaped without a scratch. >>> great story of survival o

nation's capital. but it needs to work. so i'm not here to just tear things down. we need the system to work. i think the region needs to come up with a dedicated funding source for metro. we can't do anything here in congress about it but i think it's something the region needs to do. but there is a changing of the the way to change people act within the system, the whole culture and it's difficult do. i think you, mr. wiedefeld, for the things you have done so far. i want to ask -- i know the march 16 shutdown caused a significant inconvenience to any of the region's commuters. but they released a series of safety directives to metro. among them were things that appeared to be routine maintenance including removing debris, replacing insulators and rail cover boards so i'm concerned about metro's efficiency in conducting inspection and repair, especially given the safe track plan is about to begin. i want to be sure if metro causes serious disruption in people's daily lives that you will be using the time to accomplish all the required maintenance. so first, were f.t.a.'s findings in may a result of the march

national pride in a region which is unraveling. enormous human capital. but as we have seen elsewhere throughout theial but if you don't have the right leadership, that potential will be squandered. so i am skeptical that iran is really going to manage to take its economy off the ground and become an emerging market which attracts global capital. >> when i interviewed the head of the central bank, he told me that they are meeting with the financial action task force. this is an international body that looks at whether or not there is enough anti-money laundering laws in a country, whether or not a banking system is financing terrorism. and iran remains one of two countries on their black list. it's north korea and iran. the fact that they're meeting, does that give you hope that they're going to change, or is this just a show? >> i don't see any signs that kind of the long-standing principles of the iranian government, they're contemplating changing those, which is opposition to the existence of israel in support for groups like hezbollah and islamic jihad groups. the official slogan of the iranian