reporting live at union station, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thank you, john. out there. >> a massive typhoon is making for a nightmare situation in southern china. we'll have the latest as that storm forces massive evacuations. that's still ahead. an when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the two-thousand-fourteen subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. lolove.. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> you got to take a look at this video coming in from china. just amazing images here. this is a typhoon slamming the southeastern coast of china. air and rail travel has been shut down. more than 750,000 people evacuated. big numbers there. so far, no reports of any injuries or deaths. >> wow. all right. see that video, people are getting a little too close it looked like there. i know you want to get that kind of stuff on

contract worker was welding two large pieces of rail together when he was killed in the tunnel near union station on sunday. a piece of rail shifted, striking the man. two metro employees were seriously hurt. the station was closed at the time, the ntsb not investigating because of the government shutdown. the tri-state oversight committee will do the investigation. >> workers at the pentagon can look forward to their regular paycheck. the if you are ro low is over for more than 300,000 at the pentagon. defense department lawyers determined that the civilians are exempt from the furlough because they provide support to military workers who are also on the job. >>> it is day seven of the government shutdown, there are new developments at this hour. president obama insists the shutdown could be over if the house would just vote on a bill that has no strings attached. today he openly challenged house speaker john boehner to call that vote. stiv handles man live on capitol hill with new developments. >> good evening. by the way, no house vote is scheduled despite what the president says. and the vote

reporting live at union station, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thank you, john. new parking garage is now open at the twin brook metro station. we'll have a live look here at the metro west parking garage. it's got more than 420 spaces and officials say it provides better lighting and weather protection. >> the government shutdown is in its 7th day with no end in sight. house speaker john boehner says he sees no way out unless president obama is willing to negotiate. the white house objects to republicans' demands to stall health care reform for a year before they vote to fund federal agencies. and lockheed martin plans to furlough up to 3,000 workers today. >>> and the supreme court beginning a new term today with several high profile cases for the justices to consider. those cases include campaign finance, affirmative action, and government sanctioned rares. they'll also hear arguments on whether a president can use recess appointments to fill key positions without the senate's approval. >> today, the population of the national aquarium in baltimore is expandin

capital, but union station, which is the transportation--key transportation point for people coming from new york and boston on trains. they would be coming from the metro. so this is a highly traveled area. now obviously there is still a lot to sort out here. the fact that the police are still responding, they, themselves, may actually know what they're dealing with. here is the other challenge that the u.s. capital police is having to deal with, and i can tell you thessalonians not the only police force responding right now. this area because it is so highly con traited in materials of ferrell jurisdiction there are no less than seven different police force around the capital and around union station, so there is going to be a number of coordination issues as these bliss rye tthese--thisthis is as challenge for police as they begin to respond to this, not only are they trying to figure out what it is that they're dealing with. they're trying to figure out how they deal with it in terms of geography which is particularly challenge. >> claire mccaskill saying on twitter shots fired outsi

here is union stations. along the senate side the chase continued all the way until you get to second street northeast which is over here. and you can't really travel in between the senate office buildings bought finding more barricades. right in between this area, second street northeast, near constitution, somewhere along in here is where this came to an end. the police say that shots were fired because the suspect either would not stop or could not stop her or because they had tried to ram her all the way back here up on constitution avenue. a very secure area. shots fired. you see the black sedan where it was disabled. and we see police activity in this area and to put it in perspective as to why so many people would have heard this. here are the capital buildings and the senate police station and this is where we think the exchange of gunfire came to the end. senators, back and forth between the capitol. >> appreciate it. i'll tee this up with a little bit of a tease. we're getting amazing still photogr

a special midday train will leave union station at 2:00 this afternoon. train 850 on the camden line is also canceled. a special train will leave union station at 2:15. penn line will run as scheduled. vre trains will run as scheduled. there may be other trains this afternoon. we'll post the changes on nbcwashington.com. >> let's get you up to speed with weather and traffic with tomorrow. >> good morning. we have a mostly clear sky around the metro area there's a live view of the washington monument from our storm team 4 city camera. looking off to west, a view from space showing a few clouds coming across the shenandoah valley. mostly cloudy farther west and partly cloudy farther east. mostly clear and we have a few clouds passing through the metro area heading to the east. right now it's a milder morning than we've seen the last several mornings. in fact, don't have any temperatures in the 40s. it's in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the atlantic seaboard. around the bay temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s. nearby suburbs are generally in

at the union station metro stop today, some up to date on metro's checkered past with safety issues. >> i am aware that a lot of metro workers and contractors have been injured. >> reporter: ralph wonders about the overall state of safety. >> i travel all over the world and i never encountered metro system that has as many mechanical issues as this one. >> reporter: the accident happened beyond the platform here at union station. at the time the red line was shut down in this area but about a dozen huge pieces of equipment known as prime movers were operating. metro crews and contractors were welding big pieces of rail together. just after midnight sunday morning a fire and a loud noise, then a section of rail shifts, perhaps violently. two metro workers hurt, one contractor, harold ingram left dead. the company has sent its own team of investigators here with thoughts of the episode fresh in their minds, other riders think about their own personal stories with the metro system. >> me and my friend the other week like it like stopped in the middle of one of these things and we're bot

killed and two metro employees injured during the explosion and fire in a tunnel overnight near union station. the men were working to replace a large rail when they were hit by a structure. >>> our rush to the hospital after crews were doing weekend work on the red line. the contractor died. metro says a fluid leak or a mechanical probable caused a loud noise or explosion. the transit system looking to see if that caused a 40-foot rail to move and hit the workers. dc councilwoman mural bowser. >> we know a lot of men and women are putting their lives on the line to make the system safe. i will work with my colleagues on the board and all of the staff at metro who i know are heartbroken as well to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: the tunnel explosion and fire happened near the union station platform. a portion of the red line had already been shut down this weekend for track work. three shuttle buses held pass -- helped passengers get around the district. the crew was working as part of the transit's $5 billion capital improvement program. >>> in 2010 two workers were killed by a piece

winds at five to ten miles an hour at union station, downtown. closer to the water and out there towards the river, rain continues to fall across much of the area. so if the rain has become on the lighter side and even seen some dryer spots. winds have shifted more out of the north, winds are going to shift back to the north east with this batch right here. seeing the winds out of the northeast in cambridge, upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour. as you can see here, as we widen on in or actually zoom on in to parts of the area, that's what we're looking at around washington and waldorf and we're going to continue to see that making its way toward the north and east. here's that dry slot. here's the really heavy rain just on the other side of the chesapeake. that's going to continue to make its way towards the north and west. the center of circulation is down here toward the south. here comes that big bulk of rain with that moisture coming right off the atlantic ocean. area of low pressure interacting with an area of high pressure. it's not going to

expectation, and union station is a dutiful facility, that we can't -- there is an education -- and uniontation is a beautiful facility -- that we can provide connectivity that rivals the europeans. host: what do you see being in the future? guest: we're pretty close to services and marc amtrak at this time. we see a need to grow substantially. i don't have a number front of us right now on what the growth really will be, but you are seeing more and more ridership, you are seeing them grow just in the four years we talking about here, 16% overall on the corridor itself. northeast corridor, we have grown 15%. station,ks in to the ability, we hope, to go faster along the corridor, much smoother ride. host: debbie is up next to talk to joseph boardman, president and ceo of amtrak. debbie is from texas on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i thoroughly enjoyed all the travel i've been able to do from dell rio to the panhandle part of florida. but since katrina, about 2005, they've shut down the new orleans-to-jacksonville section and i can't get there from here anymore. i was ju

. >> reporter: the accident happened beyond the platform here at union station.t the time the red line was shut down in this area but about a dozen huge pieces of equipment were operating around the area. metro crews and contractors were welding big pieces of rail together. just after midnight early sunday morning a fire and a loud noise. then a section of rail shifts, perhaps violently. two metro workers hurt, one contractor, 41-year-old harold ingram of new jersey, left dead. illinois-based company he worked for has now sent its own team of investigators here with thoughts of the episode fresh in their minds, other riders think about their own personal stories with the metro system. >> me and my friends the other week like it stopped in the middle of one of these things and we're both from california so it was dark and weird. >> reporter: back here now outside union station, the riders try to make their way home, the company that this contractor worked for says this is the first death on the job in decades. and they contract out to many transit agencies. they s

ocurrio ayer por la manana en el tunel de metro de la linea roja que esta entre las paradas de union stationo de riel tras una explocion, dos trabajadores de metro resultaron heridos, el hecho no puede ser investigado debido a que el cierre del gobierno no permite enviar de la ntsb un accidente automovilÍstico en alexandria tubo como resultado la muerte de dos personas. el conductor devin austin de 21 anos y la pasajera aminata sesay de 23 anos quienes murieron en la escena. segun la policia del condado de alexandria el pasajero del asiento de atrÁs fue herido y se encuentra en el hospital con heridas de gravedad. este fin de semana comenzaron las movilizaciones a nivel nacional en apoyo a la reforma migratoria, en nuestra zona emilio orellana asistio a la zona de sterlin y nos cuenta a causa de las tantas fallas de a causa de las tantas fallas de alarmas en hogares en maryland. muchos residentes han perdido su vida en incendios. esto se podria prevenir segÚn un informe del estado, quien investigo que el 30 % de las alarmas no estaban funcionando. una nueva ley de prevenciÓn para salvar vida

killed and two metro employees injured during an explosion and fire in a tunnel overnight near union station working to replace a large rail and were hit by the structure. >> reporter: two metro employees and a contractor are rushed to the hospital after crews were doing weekend work on the red line. the contractor died. metro says a fluid leak or mechanical problems caused a loud noise or explosion. the transit system is looking to see if that caused a 40-foot rail to move and hit the workers. d.c. councilwoman muriel bowser is also a wmata board member. >> we know that a lot of hard working men and women are putting their lives on the line every day to make the system safe and i'm just very sorry to have learned about this incident, but we'll work with my colleagues on the board and all the staff at metro who i know are heartbroken as well to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: the tunnel explosion and fire happened near the union station platform. a portion of the red line had already been shut down this weekend for track work. three shuttle buses helped passengers get around the dist

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. >> this accident happened .etween union station some are concerned that metro is living its own investigation. questions about that accident that killed a contract worker and left to employees injured. erupted and a [inaudible] metro is promising an investigation. she is concerned no one is looking over their shoulder. >> the ntsb does oversee the safety of the workers create i would feel more comfortable if there was and i said -- an outside entity that was looking into what happened. that metro did not have adequate safeguards in place. tell anybody that is it was duringn the time of the june 22 accident. >> i trust the metro. i take it has turned a new leaf over the last few years. the tristate oversight committee. they will monitor the investigation. casino tooks four in more than $64 million in revenue. that is $19 million increase from september of last year. the bulk of the money was collected at the maryland leftists in our at a run phil mills.- arundel >> researchers found if you look at too many pictures of you getends' meals, tired oft the taste. curb yourelp you cravings. >> a col

there's equipment blocking thee tunnel into union station.likely that equipment will be there, for the next 30 to 35 minutes, you are encouraged to hop off the trains at alexandria and pick up metro and use that as the work around this morning. that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> police are investigating aag double shooting at the 700 blocl of place summerset. two men were shot in the legs le but their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, so far no suspect or motive at this th moment. >>> d.c. police confirm the mane who set on fire, john constatino, a 66-year-old from mt. laurel, new jersey.l, new his family's attorney says his action were not politically motivated but as a result of a battle with manage illness. they described him as a loving father, and he passed away from his injuries. >>> this story has a lot ofof people asking what is going on here. a mom was in disbelief as she was shot in the leg as she was watching her son's soccer game. where the bullet came from, is a mystery. >> all of a sudden i set it it somet

welding work going on in the tunnel between union station and judiciary square station ignited some hydraulic fluid that was leaking from a piece of equipment. three people injured. all three were transported to a hospital. we understand that the contractor died. the other two people were injured, metro employees, with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. there were no trains in the station at the time. metro is in the midst of track work on red line. that section of track was shut down in any case. the tri-state operating committee and the ntsb have been notified about this. of course, ntsb is in the midst of furlough. we don't know how that will affect the ensuing investigation here. we like to talk about the inconvenience that's caused by this track work. it is very serious work, very dangerous work, as is highlighted by this tragic incident that happened here overnight. we are live in northwest. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >>> the government shutdown is now in its sixth day. it looks like it will stretch into the seventh. congress is in recess today, which means lawmakers will

here is union station. here is the united states supreme court.omewhere around in here, and it's not exactly clear how the woman drove around back here, but she tried to crash into another barrier. again there you see the black sedan. but this is one block from the united states supreme court, a couple of blocks from union station, the hart senate office building, so you can understand why there is such security concerns -- >> absolutely. >> -- you have more police between supreme court police, the capitol hill police, the secret service, the metro police department, you have more police officers here than you will find anywhere else in the country. that's why it is such a big deal because who would dare try to do something like this. >> a terrific look at that, and a great way to parse it out for us, and give us a look at the video, and particularly of that officer ramming that barricade. now we know exactly what happened. david thank you. and of course all of this activity interrupted congressional action on the government shutdown where 64 hour

special train will leave union station at 2:00 this afternoon.ine is also canceled. special train will leave union station at 2:15. the penn line will run as scheduled. vre trains will run normally. there may be additional trains this afternoon. our web team will post any changes on nbcwashington.com. >>> this morning, all 33,000 d.c. city employees will report to work. d.c. mayor vincent gray declared all city workers essential personnel. all emergency services including 911 service will operate as normal. trash will be picked up. d.c. parking rules will be in force. unemployment checks, food stamps, tax filings and social security benefits will continue to go out. gray says the city should not face a shutdown because of the federal government. >> we're just like another state in that regard. we raise our own money. the federal money that comes into this city comes in a way that it comes to other states. we shouldn't be treated like an agency. >>> 5:16 now. the internet buzzing with the government shutdown news right now. angie goff is here with

house leaders, senate leaders and we were coming down constitution avenue and we look towards union station to the we were all working together and it was a humanity just hundreds of thousands of people pouring out of the streets coming from union station and we knew now it was meant to be more than 50 or 60,000 people. the people already marching and liberal wing dino they said there go my people let me catch up with them let's see if humanity just literally pushed us towards the washington monument on towards the lincoln memorial. up those steps we took our seats and we started preparing for the program. >> host: you are the only surviving speaker. >> guest: out of the big 6i am the only one still around. i feel more than lucky. i feel very blessed. >> host: you write a leader doesn't see himself standing out in front of the people. he sees himself standing among them. he doesn't tell people to dig a ditch. he gets down with them and helps dig himself. >> guest: you don't tell people to go someplace that you are not prepared to go. you go together. you work together, you pull and push tog

a special train will leave union station at 2:15 for that line. the penn line will run as scheduled. we just received an e-mail from vre. it's adding longer trains early in the afternoon to accommodate the larger crowds leaving work early today. our web team will post any changes on nbcwashington.com for you. >>> and if you're planning on getting out of town today, you should still be able to catch a flight. air-traffic controllers and airport screeners are expected to stay on the job today. for the moment, the state department will also continue to process applications for visas and passports since fees are collected, but the department is warning that embassy and consulate services both at home and abroad will only stay open as long as enough fees are coming in to support them. >>> and right now, several popular tourist destinations are closed because of the gft shutdown. news4's gramegan mcgrath is liv along the national mall with more. >> reporter: barbara, as you come down here to the museum of natural history, you're going to be able to take

you don't see them behinds me because they are in motion - marching on mass from union station we canee them coming down the road now with placards. there's about 1,000 or so of these protesters. we spoke to one of them, representative of the people here today. >> i think it's vitally important for all americans to be vigilant with what their government is doing regarding privacy. i don't have problems with surveillance, as long as there's cause and we are not abrogating fourth amendments rights. we have been, and that's what has troubled me the most. >> and when the rest of the proteste proteste protesters get here they'll hear a number of speeches from a current member of congress, justin omarta, a republican, and others from the private community and whistleblowers. they have a petition with them saying it has... >> as you can tell, we lost jean. she'll stay at the protest. there's a lot across the political spectrum that feel strongly about the issue. the protest comes on the heels of a report suggesting the u.s. government has intensified efforts to collect data from its own citi

now, this happened between the union station and jew ju-ju jew square station. >> whatever set them offt was like a freak thing. >> reporter: the two metro workers suffered serious injury. the contractor, who worked for a welding company out of illinois was killed. >> right in the metro, it's an everyday occurrence. so it's scary hearing that. >> reporter: the blast originated about 70 feet from the three workers, where heavy equipment below them was situated. while a few likely sparked the blast, there is no official word on a cause. about 100 workers were in the area. someone put out the fire with an extinguisher. >> scared to get on the metro. >> reporter: crews and commuters find another deadly metro accident disturbing. >> my father, he actually works for metro. so what if it's him one day? i don't know. so it is troubling. >> reporter: seven metro workers were killed in an array of incidents between 2005 and 2010. penny anderson already was annoyed about the weekend closure of the red line for track work. and now, she is concerned. >> that does seem like a shockingly high number.

two metro employees were injured in a tunnel near union station.hree men were replacinging parts of the rail as part of the weekend track work on the red line. investigators say there was a small fire and a loud noise when the rail fell. 41-year-old harold ingram from richmond died. metro says one employee was treated and released from the hospital. >>> right now investigators are digging through surveillance video to find out if street racing played a role in a violent crash in brandywine, maryland. 11 people were injured. check out the scene on route 301. state troopers say a car traveling north crossed the median and hit a pickup head-on. it cause add chain reaction that involved as many as six cars. two people were flown to the hospital. at least four children were hurt. we spoke to two men who walked away from the crash. >> they were going at a good rate of speed. >> if there's a drag racing issue or problem in this area, they need to -- that needs to be addressed. >> the road was shut down more than six hours. troopers will look at security v

metro system injured after a welding accident in a tunnel near union station. an accident like that would normally be investigated by the ntsb. but furloughs forced by the government shutdown mean investigators will not be involved. the shutdown will continue into tomorrow. we explain how its affects are spreading. >> reporter: growing list of americans who are suffering because of the government shut down. >> we're caught in the middle of a partisan battle. >> reporter: they're caught up in the battle because they can't get the needed permits to fish alas can crabs. >> until they're allowed back on the job, we can't be issued a crab and we can't legally catch it. >> reporter: it could cost them 10s of millions of dollars. at least most defense workers will return to work this year with pay. the rest of the government remains partially shut and neither side is budging. >> my goal here is to have a serious conversation. >> reporter: the white house objects to republican's demands to stall health care reform. >> it's a threat. >> reporter: another threat is just

track is happening along the red line at union station. free shuttle buses are running instead. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green line. the transit agency has not said if the overnight accident will impact track work at any of those stations. >> we're going to be monitoring that story throughout the morning. first we want to talk about your forecast. chuck, it looks like we're rounding out the weekend with another hot day. >> we sure are, angie and richard. good morning to both of you. good sunday morning, everybody. near 90 again yesterday and, indeed, near 90 again today. check out your current temperatures, 71 muggy degrees. that's our average high temperature for this time of the year. that tells you how unusual it is to be this mild this r early in the morning here in october. it's going to be another sizzler today. temperatures will jump from the low to upper 60s and low 70s to the upper 70s by 10:00 am. later on this afternoon as you're out and about, plan on temperatures to be in the upper 80s, flirting with 90 in a few neighborhoods. dry day today. cloud

i'm a block away from union station near the u.s. capitol, across the street you can see that business. that's a cafe. the owner tells me that sales are down 25% compared to when the government shutdown started. and he's not the only one. >> it's not very comforting these days. >> reporter: it's day seven of the government shutdown and tho< i'm in fear i won't have a job. >> reporter: if the shutdown continues up until halloween. a scary thought. she's worked here for four decades. >> we usually have a lot of and i haven't í$now.ym in the last week. >> reporter: tonight hubtd even though congress approved backpay many it'siq9p4.ríuand>%h owners resta owners resta restaurant near the capitol. >> we have taken a little bit of a bit since -- in the past week. >> reporter: and tonight it's thi just restaurants and dry-cleaners. this is the union& >> we are very slow. >> reporter: this nail salontel] owner sitgb at as %cof2 %cof2 thea youm óvç theçtlmuip01sveirs cash. still if feeling the6ún shutdown. the city government has old tax re

and two metro workers injured in a welding accident on sunday morning along the red line near union station. the ntsb says investigators who would normally head to the scene are furloughed and until the shutdown is over, the ntsb will only investigate accidents where there is an imminent threat to human life or to property. >>> the government shutdown has also impacted an annual tradition on virginia's eastern shore. the ponies on assateague island, well, the chincoteague volunteer fire department has planned to check them out this friday and saturday, but the entire event is being postponed because of the shutdown. assateague island national seashore is a federal park and it is closed due to the shutdown. >>> business is also pretty way down for local food trucks. "the washington post" rowrpts that -- reports that sales at several trucks are down some 50% or more in the past week. some operators are pulling their trucks off the streets and sidelining their workers. >>> judges awarded this year's nobel prize in physics to two men for the discovery ever the so-called god particle which helps

. >> several hundred people turned out for today's march from union station to the u.s. capitol. i shot some video where my iphone as the group was making their way just passed the department of labor on third street. you see lots of different signs and chants and outfits. but one main request of the government, stop spying on us. the face of edward snow den was plastered on many signs and banners today. this is a group of big-time snowden admirers and snowden himself submited a written statement to one of today's speakers. >> we've also learned this isn't about red or blue or party lines and it is definitely not about terrorism. it's about power, control, and trust in government. >> today's protesters feel their fourth amendment rights are being violate bid nsa surve surveillance programs so their focus is primarily on the constitution. across town the administration is dealing with the diplomatic dust-up. americans have been monitoring the communications of world leaders. now the former secretary of state hillary clinton is saying the snowden's revelation don't paint a complete

again, one worker was killed, two injured in a welding accident on the red line near union station. the ntsb says investigators and the agency would investigate accidents where there is an imminent threat to human life or property until the shutdown is over. >> and the government shutdown means yahoo! may have to wait langer to make its case. the incident company is trying to prove it was forced to disclose user and customer data to national security agencies. but the justice department will delay with the surveillance court, arguing that its attorneys aren't allowed to work until the shutdown is done. >> at least 24,000 federal workers in our neighborhood have now filed for unemployment. the d.c. department of employment services says it is processing more than 10,000 claims. that is as of this morning. maryland wasn't 14,000 claims as of friday. don't have any virginia numbers just yet, but any workers who get the retroactive pay will have to pay back any unemployment cash. and all those workers are having an effect on the food truck business. sales of several downtown food trucks

metro center, gallery place, judiciary square and union station shut down for maintenance and repair work. metro has provided free shuttle bus service to get around those stations. the work is part of metro's $5 billion rebuilding plan to fix the rail system. >>> we are enjoying summer-like days in october, other parts of the country are digging out from a massive snowstorm tonight. just how hot will it be for us just how hot will it be for us to "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but ken cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of birth control illegal, including the pill. cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this "potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decision-making" why is ken cuccinelli interfering in our private lives? he's focused on his own agenda. not us. spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank. my stress has vanished. my old business checking account really p

it all happened in a tunnel near union station. the three men were replacing parts of the railway early this morning. investigators say there was a small fire and a loud boom when the piece of rail shifted. 41-year-old harold ingram of richmond was killed tonight. metro tells us one of the other employees is out of the hospital. >>> thousands of federal employees preparing to lead back to work tomorrow and tonight we've learned that includes gs employees at walter reed medical center in bethesda. 300,000 furloughed workers in all were called back after defense secretary chuck hagel classified them as essential today. we spoke to one federal worker who still on furlough tonight but says he knows many more who are relieved to be going back to work. >> it's really tough on them. so they're all pawns in this little game that we're playing. it. >> does have a hit because they were also effected by the sequester. >> there is no sign the rest of the country's furloughed workers will be back on the job any time soon. lawmakers faced off on

it's also very close to union station, the train station, folks.ld say there's basically a triangle between union station, capitol hill and where our bureau is that's maybe just a couple hundred yards on either side. and so this is a very tightly compact area. and the more important point of that, there are people everywhere because of the train station. it's a metro hub. and you've also got the capitol building and most of the senate and house of representative office buildings. it is an exceptionally crowded, small section of space in washington, d.c. all right. we have had an exceptionally crowded number of headlines over the last 30 minutes since this all began. sue herera back at hq. you've been aggregating everything that we do. can you wrap it up for us of what we have so far. >> sure, brian. as you and mandy have been saying and our reporters on the scene, the u.s. capitol has been put on a security lockdown. possible injuries by those police officers. although they cannot confirm the numbers. again, it is plural. we are waiting for confirm

along the red line, union station, judiciary square and farragut north will close tonight. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green lines and metro center will only serve blue and orange line trains. you can expect delays as well on the blue, yellow and green lines although all the stations on those lines are will stay open. things should be back to normal by monday morning. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> gunshots ringing out just steps from the national mall as a woman leads police on a deadly high-speed chase. what we're learning about the woman behind the wheel there. >>> plus, you are looking live at the scene right now where police are still working. the impact this is having on the morning commute. >>> and congress talking about easing the financial burden of hundreds of thousands of federal workers as the government shutdown drags into its fourth day with no deal in sight. good morning. i'm eun yang. >>> and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today." it is friday, october 4. we'll have much more on those stories f

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. >> the tunnel explosion and fire happened near the union station platform.he red line had been shut down this weekend for track work. free shuttle buses helped passengers get around the districts. in 2010 two workers were killed by a piece of rail equipment. this past may fire erupted underneath a rail car at the silver spring metro station. metro has seen several derailments on the red line including this one in august. many can't forget the deadliest in the transit system's history back in 2009. >> we are undergoing major track work and that's why we have the weekend closures. it is dangerous work and these workers are going into the system all over the system so that we can get it in the state of good repair that customers deserve. >> the red line is the oldest and busiest in the entire transit system. crews were working as part of the transit's $5 billion capital improvement program. >>> a maryland state trooper remains in serious condition tonight after being hit by a car on route 100. it happened around 1:00 this morning in anne arundel county. we have

there was an accident near union station. moved.on of rail >> the partial government shutdown is now in its seventh day. lockheed martin is expected notified 3000 markets that they will be furloughed. that number could go up depending on when the shutdown ends. >> a new mission barbecue is opening up on boston street. each location supports proceeds to numerous military charities. >> everything else is great. we have a couple of school closings. booker t. washington middle school is close because of some electrical issues. staff is supposed to report to utah elementary school. dry.ght now it is mostly you can feel the humidity. we are currently at 72. 78 for the high. rain will be developing, especially after 10:00 a.m. there could be some thunder as well. we will see clear conditions tomorrow. 70 i tomorrow afternoon. highs in the upper 60's this week. we thought this week was going to be try. dry. there could be a shower. southboundvy delays 795 down to franklin boulevard. we have a left lane closure the cause of a crash. y

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line is operating in washington, d.c., this morning after a deadly accident last weekend between union station and judiciary square stop. >> two children are recovering after an atv accident. andvehicle was crashed neither child was wearing a helmet. >> erica braddock is walking for the first time since she lost her leg in the boston marathon bombing. she took her first steps. e.at is great to se 5:31. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> it was near 90 this entire weekend. cool downe a major behind this latest front. showers are moving into harford county. we will see the heaviest of the rain beginning after 10:00 a.m. there may be a thunderstorm later today. 70 for the rest of the week. far.e roads look good so no incidents to report. all of the overnight construction has wrapped up. southbound traffic at york road is problem free down to the else way. this is the j.f.x. near ruxton road. southbound traffic light down towards 28th street. per hour., 60 miles no problems to report on any of the area bridges or tunnels this morning. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> hu

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in fact, one could argue that -- you know, here in washington, that union station is one indirect offspring of the fair because the fair made daniel burnham this tremendously influential architect. again, though, you know, that -- the sense of his power has receded from the national memory. i mean, we all remember mckim, charles mckim. we don't remember daniel burnham as much. but you know, he wouldn't have gotten that deal, he wouldn't have had that power to make -- to do union station if not for the fair. same holds, actually, for the lincoln memorial. daniel burnham was instrumental in working out who would do the design and also what the design would be. and that wouldn't have happened also if he had not become such a powerful architect after the fair. c-span: who was mckim, by the way? >> guest: charles mckim was an architect in new york, a very famous architect, who was recruited by burnham to do a number of buildings at the world's fair in chicago. mckim was a little reluctant at first, as were many, because, you know, there was this whole thing about chicago being this hog-slaughter

encouraging and we're watching the footage right now this is it was actually a march that moved from union station to capitol hill when people were in motion you could obviously gauge there were hundreds and hundreds of people maybe even over a thousand people but i mean i don't know how many people were there but it is encouraging to know that people are actually taking to the streets that people are moving away from the online form and into the streets to say look we don't like surveillance we think that this is a this is an obvious egregious violation of first and fourth amendment rights and it's it is encouraging and i think that this is a sort of thing that we're going to see move forward especially when you take into account how many different groups participated in this you had the bill of rights defense committee a.c.l.u. had a huge turnout activists journalists whistleblowers was out there it was use so many different diverse groups of people one of the speakers actually said you know this is not a left and right issue this is a right and wrong issue and i think that that really embodies

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investigators are looking into what caused the incident between union station and judiciary square. those stations had been closed all weekend for track work. >> two people died in a car crash in fairfax county. the car crashed into the train bridge. it happened around 3:00 this morning around south van dorn street and mcgwinn drive. no word on what led to that crash. >>> shutdown forced the american cancer society to change venues for its fund-raising walk today. making strides against breast cancer is happening at 10:00 this morning in about half an hour owe sochlt it's happening at six flags in upper marlboro. it was scheduled to happen on the national mall. >> another big story we're following this morning is hot weather in the d.c. area this weekend. >> that soon will change. not just yet. we want to check in with meteorologist chuck bell, who ventured outside and you took your jacket off. >> not only that. i could have rolled my sleeves up. it's mild outside first thing this morning. hard to believe it's october. there's crunchy brown leaves on the ground and color starting to

sunday morning metro said two employees and a contractor were working on about 400 feet from the union station platform when they saw a fire and heard a loud noise. a 40-foot section of rail moved and hit them. a contractor, 41-year-old harold ingram, died from his injuries. >>> time for the latest your money segment of the morning. >> reporter: wall street says buckle up, it is going to be a bumpy ride. >> looking like another ugly morning in world markets. wall street could led lower, thanks in part to uncertainty here in washington about the government shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. there another factor, corporate profits are tracking about a third of original estimates. >>> last week we told you about the government shutting down the infamous silk road underground website. on it you could find hit men offering services. now several other underground websites are trying to fill the void. black market reloaded appears to be the largest replacement with more than 3500 drug listings as of october 5th. another site has attracted attention by offering low commission fees, 3% on listings c