it was headed northbound from the van ness station here to the tenleytown metro station. it happened just after 9:00 on tuesday morning. a metro vieder sent a picture via twitter to the metro blog. it shows the riders holding on. multiple doors on two of those train cars opened while the train was speeding down the tracks. metro says they are not sure why this happened. they are calling it an uncommanded door opening. trains often have a mix of railcars. the ones on this train that malsphurchged are the oldest in the system, the 1,000 series. metro says this is an extremely rare occurrence, highly unusual. hasn't happened in recent memory. long-time riders say it is one more frustration. >> i don't got how they spend all this money fixing the trains but everything come out the same -- the ones on this train that malfunctioned are the oldest in the system. >> everyone was offloaded here and given and given transit to where they were going. the 1,000 series cars that are the oldest in the system are scheduled to be replaced. we'll check to see how many of the cars are still

. >> the red line train went through the tunnel between tenleytown and van ness station and the doors opened. passengers took this photograph. >> i was on the train and we stopped in the middle. i was thinking there some kind of problem. >> no one was injured. metro says it has been years since any thing like this. >> probably, but the signs on the doors. >> the cars were the 1000 series, the oldest in the fleet and the same series involved in the fatal 2009 crash. >> the need to get that fixed fast. >> hopefully that something better and work can. -- work on. >> the train has been taken out of service. this once thousand series makes up about a quarter of the entire metro fleet. right now there are no plans to get rid of them. -- 100 series. >> a maryland family struggling to deal with the tragic death of a 3-year-old boy. his mother stopped her car and all the orchestra afternoon and was gone to hand some male to the postal worker. the child got out of his car seat and walked right into the path of a passing suv. police say the driver never saw a little on who died at the scene. >>

after 9:00 yesterday morning and it was a northbound red line train that was going from the van ness station which is one stop down behind me heading here to the tenleytown metro station. we are talking about multiple two railcars open while the train was speeding down the tracks. a metro rider sent a picture via twitter. the riders were holding o they seemed not too fazed by the incident. trains often have a mix of railcars and the ones on this train that malfunctioned are the oldest in the system, 19,000 series. metro says this is an extremely rare occurrence, highly unusual, that it help the happened in recent memory. riders are shaken by the news. >> i would have been scared if that had happened to me. even if i was a passenger sitting, i would have been scared. >> i'm from new york city so i take the subway a lot. i don't think anything like that has happened in my memory. but i would be scared. >> reporter: again, nobody hurt in the incident. the entire train was offloaded here and taken to the shady grove yard where it is being inspected by years. they will tax a look at the entire tr

they opened while the train was moving between the van ness stations. the train was taken out of service, no one was hurt. metro is still trying to figure out what, exactly, went wrong. >> police have identified the three-year-old boy who was struck and killed by an suv yesterday. he stalked out of his mother's car. the woman had stopped the car to get some letters to the mailman. she said that as she was doing that her son got out of the back seat and walked into the path of an oncoming suv. the driver stated the scene. investigators say that speed does not appear to be a factor. >> the tryst in the trayvon martin case, medical records revealed that the suspect was badly injured in that event. documents graphically bolster his defense claim. >> from the beginning george zimmerman claimed that he feared for his life, and now a medical report obtained exclusively by abc news shows that the morning after the shooting, zimmerman was injured at the scene. he had a broken nose, black eyes and cuts on the back of his head. these photos were obtained exclusive

focused on high priority projects that san francisco has, including caltrain electrification, van ness station, brt, among others. i want to thank my office and the office of supervisor wiener in what they have done for helping to make that happen. i know that it was important for san francisco to play an active role. i also want to thank the san francisco commissioners of abag that also made sure that our considerations were taken. i also want to thank the mayor's office who also played an important role in making sure that our concerns were taken into account. we also saw the introduction last week of an ordinance to put into place the transportation system of it -- sustainability program. we are going to make sure that we continue to monitor that the first. -- that effort. with respect to

focused on high priority projects that san francisco has, including caltrain electrification, van ness station, brt, among others. i want to thank my office and the office of supervisor wiener in what they have done for helping to make that happen. i know that it was important for san francisco to play an active role. i also want to thank the san francisco commissioners of abag that also made sure that our considerations were taken. i also want to thank the mayor's office who also played an important role in making sure that our concerns were taken into account. we also saw the introduction last week of an ordinance to put into place the transportation system of it -- sustainability program. we are going to make sure that we continue to monitor that the first. -- that effort. with respect to the transportation authority, we are continuing to hear directly on the various types of projects and work being done on a district by district level. i think the presentation from staff and the various agencies working on projects in each one of the 11 districts is something that i have found useful. my h

jackie benson, narrates the chase through the van ness station. >> reporter: it happened in april. people were getting off a red line train during evening rush. note the activity to the left, far end of the platform. that is the moment a thief snatches a passenger's iphone from his hands. happens all too often. this time, fellow passengers do a collective, oh, no you didn't. running from the station, the alleged thief pass is a camera at eye level. irate passengers right behind him. a different camera angle shows he almost makes it out of the station. but passengers surround him. then he makes another break for it. but the crowd follows. there is no sound. but the body language is pretty clear. ultimately, two d.c. police office ears rife and take the man into custody. metro transit police sclclaim, thefts, in the system dropped 40% from 2010 to 2011 but remains a stubborn problem. one that obviously pushed some to take matters into their own hands. >> we have witnesses, good samaritans, helped assist in apprehending the subject. while we appreciate the help of the citizens, we do

it is a typical night on metro as a crowd of passengers unloads from a red line train at the van ness station notice a man running toward the far end of the platform near the escalator after snatch an iphone from a rider's hands. metro surveillance cameras captured it all last month. another camera shows how fellow passengers react chasing the suspected thief. >> they caught the suspect and detained him until police arrived. >> reporter: the suspect was almost out of the station but the riders, about 10 people sore surround the suspect. he tries to make a break for it but they tackle the suspect to the ground. the not what police recommend but the passengers' vigilance paid off. >> in this case, the citizens were responsive to what they saw but there is inherent risk when trying to apprehend or detain suspects. >> reporter: these kind of snatchings led to a spike in crime in the first months of the year on metro. they launched a sting to nab these kinds of robbers. last year, metro had 326 reports of electronic devices snatched. 44 of those cases were yuferred cover officers in which suspects

passengers, but later that morning the doors on another car of the same train opened between van ness station and tenleytown while the train was moving. metro is investigating. no one was injured. >> gop presidential candidate mitt romney plans to run his first ad of the general election campaign next week. the former massachusetts governor said it will be a positive spot introducing him to voters if. it is designed to counter- protest -- negative portrayals of him by the obama campaign. they will air in several states. it's 5:37 no, 54 degrees outside. >> still to come, look to the skies for a special event this weekend. we are live with a preview of the air show at joint base andrews. >> i don't know if you like socks, but you can cut them and make an exile out of them. >> rg3 on the day leno show. >> we are from washington, d.c., and we are doing this susan g. komen walk -- race for the cure on june 12, 2007. >> good morning, washington. >> it's 5:48 a.m. looking at an accident in bowie, maryland. this is newschopper 7 if flying over a crash that happened on 197 just east of route 50. 197

on the red line work will be performed between the takoma and forest glen stations as well as the van ness and dupont circle stations. on the orange line, work will take place between the eastern market and chervely stations -- cheverly stations. and on the blue line, work is going to be conducted between eastern market and addison road. >>> we're waiting to find out what an arbitrator will decide in the case of the redskins versus the n.f.l. the team lost cap for supposedly violating rules in 2010. the redskins denied any wrongdoing at a hearing on thursday. the redskins also held an 80th anniversary gala in ashburn, virginia. the team was founded in boston in 1932. it moved to washington five years later. a lot of former players and coaches attended, including joe jacoby. >> you look at the history of the redskins and 80 years, it's awesome. >> it's not just that you dwell on the history but you remember the history and respect the history. it's good to see a lot of the guys from the past. >> also as part of the 80th anniversary celebration, the redskins unveil some throwback uniforms. i

the work will be done between the takoma and forest glen and van ness and dupont circle stations on the red line, on the orange between eastern market and cheverly. >>> before i die, four words that have people sharing their hopes and dreams on a giant bucket list chalk board in northwest d.c. we get the story from peg. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox at logan circle where this large chalk board has transformed a construction zone into a wall of hope and dreams. encouraging people to grab some chalk and fill out the public bucket list are these words, before i die. >> before i die i'd like to write a book. is that i'd like to make a dent in the world. >> i want to sit on a glacier before they all melt away. >> give my parents back some money they spent for my college. >> reporter: some take it very seriously. >> i want to stay sober. >> reporter: good for you. many people write about love and marriage. >> we're engaged. >> reporter: roger and rod, a couple of five years, are hoping to soon get legally married in their homestate. >> we're from washington state and we passed marriage equality

work will be done between the takoma and forest glen and van ness and dupont circle stations on the red line. on the orange market it will be between eastern market and chivalry stations and the blue lien between eastern market and addison road -- line between eastern market and addison road. >>> coming up at 7:00 on fox 5 news they helped to save his life, so why is the sole survivor of a fiery crash in chevy chase now suing the very police force that pulled him from the wreckage? that answer is coming up on 9 news now at 7:00. >>> still ahead in this half hour things like solar flares may make you think the mayans were on to something when they said the world would end this year, but now we're learning even though may not have been super confident in that prediction. >> we had a day below average in terms of temperatures, but still pretty nice. high temperature 70, low 56, averages now 74 and 54. we'll come back and talk about how cold it will get tonight and look ahead to the weekend. >> but first as the torch is lit for the next olympic games we're learning about a plot that targete

work will be done between the tacoma and forest glen and the van ness and dupont circle stations. on the orange line between the eastern market and cheverly stations and the blue line work will be between eastern market and addison road. back to you. >>> it's been nine months since an earthquake damaged thomas jefferson in virginia. it will close today. the plan is to demolish the school and eventually build a new one. the federal government plans to provide more than $3 million for the new building. total cost, however, is going to be $13.5 million. >>> a food and drug administration panel is recommending the agency approve the first drug to prevent h.i.v. in healthy people. >> we have more from los angeles. >> reporter: research shows the drug truvada can prevent the spread of h.i.v. in high risk people. the pill cut the risk of infection by over 90% in gay men who took it daily. >> i think we are in an era now for the first time when we can foresee the end of the aids epidemic. >> reporter: truvada is already approved to treat people infected with h.i.v. it's a combination of t

happened just after 9:00 this morning as a northbound red line train was headed from van ness here to the tenleytown metro station. a metro rider, monica arpino, sent this picture via twitter to the d.c. metro blog spot. the door is open on the right. riders don't seem too phased by it. metro is not sure why this happened calling it an uncommanded door opening. there were apparently multiple door openings on two railcars both being the oldest series 1000 cars. metro says this is an extremely rare occurrence, highly unusual, hasn't happened in recent memory. still as you can imagine, metro riders a little shaken by the news. >> i would have been scared if that had happened to me. even if i was a passenger sitting, i would have been scared because that shouldn't happen. >> i'm from new york city, so i take the subway a lot. i don't think anything like that's happened in my memory, but i definitely would be scared. >> reporter: what do you think when you hear that? >> dangerous. . they should do something about it. >> metro says nobody was hurt this morning. the train offloaded at tenleytown. the then was taken to t

only 20 miles per hour and at the van ness station, all elevate wrors and escalators are out. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ced coffee. uh-oh! let me out of here! try dunkin's new black cocoa creme iced coffee and call star-star-d-d for a text to capture your alien today. the galaxy runs on dunkin'. >>> good morning. mostly cloudy. temperatures in low mid 60s. few sprinkles passing north of washington and northern montgomery county into western howard moving west to east. and we will have a few breaks in the cloud cover. little sun trying on come through from time to time. highs reaching the low 70s. tomorrow does look like a of the cloudy must and afternoon and evening storms. some of which could be severe. might have showers and storms on wednesday as well. >> thank you, >>> we are back now with more of "today" on a monday morning, may 7th, 2012. and wow, starting to brighten up beautifully here. looks like we're in for a nice day. and we've got a great crowd out on the plaza. we thank these people for sticking around. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker, and savannah guthrie. who joins us on th

the doors flew open on a northbound red line train as it sped between the van ness and tenleytown metro stations. >> in the middle of the train at 9:00 in the morning. >> that's right. and in this photo snapped by journalism grad student monica arpino you can see her fellow metro riders holding on with the door on the right open as the train is in transit. >> as it's riding. i would hope no one was standing right by the doors. >> reporter: lindsay beaver says she rides the metro daily. >> i would have been scared if that had happened to me. even if i was a passenger sitting, i would have been shared because that shouldn't happen. >> metro says it's still investigating. >> i'm from new york city and take the subway a lot. i don't think anything like this has happened in my memory, but i'd definitely be scared. >> metro is not sure why it happened, calls it an uncommanded door opening involving two cars and multiple doors on two of the oldest 100 so series railcars. what do you think when you hear that? >> dangerous. they should do something about it. is that cameron fagan takes her kids -- >> cam

the incident happened in between the van ness and the tenleytown stations shortly after 9:00 yesterday you mentioned, will, a metro rider sent a picture via twitter to the metro blog. it shows a car with the doors open and passengers holding on. metro calls it an uncommanded door opening. the trains are usually eight- car trains and they often have a mix railcars. ones on the train that malfunction are the oweddest in the system. engineers are checking the entire train that was involved in yesterday's incident because they want to make sure that -- they're trying to figure out whether it was just something that happened with the cars or whether it was something that happened with a signal that usually goes through the entire train to tell the doors whether to open or close. metro says nobody was hurt. train is now at the shady grove rail yard being inspected. the 1,000 series cars were the same ones involved in metro's deadliest crash in july 2009. it wasn't the cars that malfunctioned and caused the crash. they just weren't very crash- worthy and that what is made it such a deadly inc

this was on the red line yesterday morning between van ness and tinley town stations. no one was hurt. metro is inspecting the cars to see why the doors opened while it was moving. >>> metro is park of a new bike facility. it has space for more than a hundred bicycles. cyclists need a personal access card to get in but there are no monthly or annual fees. the one time $5 charge is applied to new customer i.d. verification. >>> it is 5:06. i am watching your money on wall street. fingers crossed this morning. asian stocks have been heading lower yet again in overnight trading. european stocks are falling as well. you can blame greece against. its future in the euro is in doubt after last-ditch efforts to form a new government have apparently failed. concerns about the state of the eu economy keeps sending wall street lower, too. now on pace for the biggest monthly loss since september, stocks closing out at three- month lows yesterday. checking the number,s, the dow losing 63 points of trading yesterday. nasdaq down by 9. s&p 500 down by 7. >>> a disappointing earnings

station can become usable. that is under way right now. >> what is the address? >> literally, it is the foot of van ness. there is a white building in van mason, playstation #to the wheel. we also have a number of cisterns. the green dots are the existing cisterns. the sisters themselves are not that big. each of those represents about 1000-foot radius out from a sister and that represents the area that a fire can be far. the red and purple dots -- you'll notice the green dots are more heavily in the northeast area of the city, and the red and purple or on the west and southern areas of the city. we are also looking at seeing if we can feed some of those through groundwater and/or recycled water as a way to fight fires. this is a total of 26 reservoir on top of 20. it was just recently cleaned out. we added a large new intake from some reservoir that we could put water in rapidly and also cleaned it out. the voter does not show the large pile of debris which came out of this. unlike our drinking water reservoirs, this is uncovered so it does accumulate stock over time, but we found it to be in strikingly

stations. on the redline, trains will single track between tacoma and forest glen as well as van ness and friendshipts. and if you're traveling north of mount vernon square, use the green line. there will be no yellow line service past mount vernon. all the track work should be finished for monday morning. >>> a vote today could usher in improvements for a landmark in arlington. renovations to the clarendon metro plaza. will include new landscaping, seating, and lighting. construction will be done in fades so it doesn't block access to escalators or elevators. >>> it appears the case against roger clemens is in trouble after their key witness seems to change this story in court. brian mcnamee retold his story about getting performance enhancing drugs for the pitcher. the lawyer pointed out mistakes in his story. mcnamee even admitting he misspoke. this trial is expected to last at least another two weeks. >>> today thousands of horse racing fans are in baltimore for the 137th running of the preakness. the race is the second leg of the triple crown. all eyes will be on a horse named i'll have another

stations, but that doesn't mean you won't experience delays. trains will single track on the red line between tacoma and forest glen and between van ness and dupont circle. on the orange line they will share tracks between eastern market and cheverly. you can expect 20-minute delays. work starts at 10:00 tonight. >>> today first lady michelle obama will address the more than 5,000 graduates and relatives and friends at lane stadium in blacksburg, virginia tech. white house officials have said she chose virginia tech because of the school's resilience in the face of campus violence including the 2007 massacre that left 33 people dead. virginia senator mark warner will also speak. >>> the first lady and dr. jill biden hosted lucky military mothers and children at the white house for mother's day. children got to create mother's day cards and gifts in the dining room, then moved to the east room to present the gifts to their moms during the afternoon tea. the first lady thanked the mothers for their strength and service while their loved ones are overseas. >> your sons and daughters, their choice to serve this country is a reflection of your love. >

stations. that's if crews can work on the silver line extension on the red line. trains will single track between tacoma and forest glen, as well as van ness and friendship heights. trains will single track on the green line between greenbelt and prince george's plaza and yellow lane trains, yellow line trains will operate between huntington and mt. vernon square only. the work will begin at 10:00 tonight and last through sunday. >>> you may see a lot of cyclists on your way to work this morning. that's because thousands of d.c. commuters are ditching their cars as part of bike to work day. last year's event brought out about 11,000 cyclists. this year is expected to be even bigger. organizers say biking to work reduces pollution and is good exercise. remember, the same laws that apply to drivers apply to psychists. >>> he's appeased redskins fans with his skills on the football field. but if you went to bed early, you missed robert griffin iii showing off his sense of humor on national tv. >> please welcome the pride of the bay lar bears -- baylor bears, robert griffin iii! ♪ >> hail to the redskins. he was a guest on the "tonight show."

station closures this weekend but still expect delays. trains will single track on the red line between tacoma and for or against clen and between van ness and dupont circle. and on the orange line between eastern market and cheverly. you can expect 20 minute delays in those work areas. and that work should be completed by monday morning. >>> now let's get a preview of this week's kids post. . >> good morning. this week on kids post on tv, some simple ways to save ozone, teaching kids to ride bikes on their own, and exhibits that will make you give a dog a bone. joining us is tracy. good morning to you. nice to see you. >> wonderful to be here. >> a group of kids at school that can teach everyone a lesson or two in going green which i think is very important. in sunday's kids post, we follow the green team at great seneca elementary which is in germantown. they have created a school where in every aspect they are trying to be green. they have this beautiful mural which reminds everybody as they walk into school how to be green. they have third through fifth graders who run the recycling program. you see them every afternoon. they roll th

stations. that's so crews can work on the silver line extension. on the red line trains will single track between tacoma and forest glen as well as van ness and friendship. trains will single track on the green line between green belt and prince george's county. if you're traveling north of mount vernon square, you need to use the green line. there will be no yellow line service past mount vernon. the work will begin at 10:00 tonight and last through sunday. get all that. >> right. coming up next another setback for a woman fighting a rare flesh eating bacteria after a zip line accident. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00 we continue to follow the developments in the shooting in rockville. mariah carey and sarah jessica parker are hoping to influence the presidential race. dance off tonight. let's see. lindsay is gone. hakem is gone. i guess that means me in sports. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >>> one of the latest victims in an alarming and rare case of flesh eating bacteria may need more am pew

station. that's so crews can work on the silver line extension. on the red line, trains will single track between tacoma and forest glen, as well as van ness and heights. and if you're traveling north of mount vernon square, you need to use the green line. there will be no yellow line service past mount vernon. the work will begin at 10:00 tonight and last through sunday. >>> well you may have noticed a lot of cyclists on your way to work this morning, that's because thousands of d.c. commuters are ditching their cars today as part of bike-to-work day. last year's event brought out about 11,000 cyclists. this year it's expected to be even bigger. organizers say biking to work reduces pollution and is good exercise, too. well tomorrow you can watch an air show. we were just talking about it. it features planes that flew during world war ii. it's all happening at joint base andrews in prince george's county. and that's where we find news4's megan mcgrath, has the show started out there, megan? >> reporter: their beautiful b-25 mitchell bomber you see behind me. there are all kinds of absolutely amazing planes. that are out here and you can really get an

stations will be closed this weekend. there will still be track work, though. trains will be single tracking on the red line between tacoma and forest glen and between van ness andupont circle. on the orange line, trains will share the track between eastern market and cheverly, and on the blue line between eastern market and addison road -- rather -- yeah, eastern market and addison road. expect 20-minute delays in the areas. work starts at 10:00 tonight. >>> construction on the second phase of metro's silver line is still a bit in limbo. now a new poll shows most virginians don't support the project. the "washington post" found that statewide only 32% of virginians think the project is extremely or very important. 64% say it's not. however, when you look just at northern virginia, residents there say the numbers are actually flipped. 2/3 of northern virginia residents support the project. and more than 40% say it is extremely important. the second phase lost significant funding when virginia's general assembly left $300 million for the project out of the budget. >>> you can now see late civil rights leader rosa parks at the national cathedral. the cathedral ins