the stations at l'enfant plaza, woodley park foggy bottom, and rosalyn have all been affected by smoke. passengers have been tweeting what they have seen smelled and heard in those tunnels. darcy spencer is live in foggy bottom. darcy, what are the riders telling you? >> reporter: well i was able to speak to a woman who was down inside the tunnel here at foggy bottom tonight. when she said she saw and smelled smoke, she described it as a white smoke. she said it kind of looked like a haze. fortunately, she was able to get out. she said she was definitely concerned. it's all quiet here at the metro station tonight. but this of the second time the fire department had to respond here just this weekend. >> it was really smoky. you could smell it and see it. >> reporter: gale rankin got off at the foggy bottom metro station to catch a kennedy center shuttle and found herself in the middle of a smoke investigation. >> it the people getting off, we all noticed, everybody said, yeah it's smokey in here. with the last incidents that happened it was a concern. >> reporter: there was a report of

passengers evacuated trains after smoke filled the roslyn, foggy bottom l'enfant plaza and woodley parketro stations. metro says the problem is a mechanical issue, but it's not sure what exactly created all the smoke. yesterday there was a smoke report somewhere between foggy bottom and roslyn. firefighters responded to both stations trains were delayed and passengers were left standing on the platform. over the weekend, there are four incidents, one at l'enfant involved a train with a mechanical issue and woodley park station had to be evacuated, as well. >> it makes me want to get a car sooner but as long as they have an evacuation plan which i don't think -- i think they need to work on it because if so many people are put in the hospital the last time obviously something's not working. >> officials checked all stations and found no issues. metro says it does experience more mechanical issues when it gets extremely cold. >>> staying on top of breaking news outside of philadelphia. the s.w.a.t. team is locked in a standoff right now with a burglary suspect who is on top of a roof of a

all of that happening in heavy snowfall. >> i was coming into woodley and people started coming out ande a little explosion went on and fire. so that made me think twice. >> reporter: and the fire department responded twice to reports of smoke in the funnel near foggy bottom this past weekend. does it ever cross your mind when you're riding there might be an issue? >> yes. i know walking is safer. that's why i do that. this should be completely safe and it's not. and back live now, metro has a safety briefing coming up this week to talk about all of these issues. reporting live at woodley park adam tuss news4. >>> the opener of the ram's head tavern in savage maryland, is charged with secretly videotaping women in the restaurant's bathroom. kyle mulehauser was arrested last week. police begn their investigation in may when a woman in a restroom saw a hidden camera fall onto the floor. darn dann evidence from that camera allegedly matches mulehauser's dna. police are checking for other cameras at other ram's head tavern locations. since we've posted the story it's been shared more than 6

a train malfunctioned and forced everyone out of the woodley park metro station on the red line. people on the metro say they heard a small explosion, then saw smoke billow around them. firefighters were called. everyone got out safely. investigators also say a maintenance issue outside the foggy bottom station caused smoke. this caused major delays. no one was hurt. metro says no trains were involved there. >>> we're looking at 10:06 right now. bao bao is coming up on a milestone. how the baby panda is coming into her o. >>> 10:08 your time on this sunday morning. here is what's happening in the week ahead. tuesday, wednesday and thursday you can go to a meg that touk about how much you pay to ride vre. the company is considering raising fares by 4%. >>> in the week ahead you can find out how to protect your kids from measles. the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence outbreaks. the program begins at 9:00at's at the national press club on connecticut avenue northwest. it will last until about 4:00 in the afternoon.

there was a massive response at the woodley park station does of a report of smoke. metro officials say it was a mechanical issue with a train. nobody was hurt and rail service is back to normal. if you're trying to grab an uber ride tonight in montgomery county or prince george's county uber said it is still giving the free rides up to $20 in spite of the snow. hrt spacewalk that happened above the earth's surface -- hrt spacewalk that happened above the earth's surface. kimberly: a suspect is in custody in the shooting of a minneapolis police real the server -- police officer. he was wounded responding to a call but is in stable condition. investigators think that he was shot simply because he is a police officer. two asked her knots, including one from our area, took part in a spacewalk today. the astronauts took part in the exercise. this is the first of three spacewalks to re-wire the space station in preparation for the arrival of commercial spacecraft capable of transporting customers. this is a live look right now. sunny, beautiful los angeles. the show produ

there was a similar issue saturday when they evacuated the woodley park station, and then last night firefighters responded to reports of smoke and fire on a track near foggy bottom. >>> crime scene tape is up on the national mall after a problem with manhole covers. right now jefferson street is closed between 4th and 7:00 streets. we learned an electrical malfunction caused manhole covers to launch into the air. police say it could be dangerous. pepco is on the scene trying to fix the problem. >>> d.c. mayor bouzer says street cars will open when it's safe and not a moment sooner. that's what she tweeted this after after d-dot said there was a brief flash fire on top of one of the cars last night. the sparks went out on its own. the power system was checked out, but they're still going to do a full inspection. right now they're only running simulated service. >>> in southeast, a man and woman are recovering after someone shot them. it happened just before 2:00 in the morn on elvins road. we're told the woman was shot in the face and the bullet grazed the man. police say the shooter

. >>> woodley park metro evacuated filled with smoke. we know a train malfunctioned in that case but there's still no word on what caused it. red line riders said they heard a small explosion and then smoke billowing around them. firefighters had to be called to the station but passengers got out safely. metro pulled the train out of service to be checked out. >>> now to developments in the lyon sisters disappearance. unsealed police records named convicted sex offender and uncle as persons of interest and today our crews tried to find out more abou. >> hi patricia. >> no. we have no comment. no comment. >> we tried to speak with the welch family. "the washington post" obtained an affidavit says lloyd welch admitted he kidnapped the sisters in 1975. also says lloyd he witnessed his uncle richard sexually assaults one of the girls. both named persons of interest and not charged. look for updates on this story on nbcwashington.com and our app. you can download it for free in the app store. >>> mother nature forced a lot of things to close

passenge trains after smoke filled the roslyn foggy bottom, l'enfant plaza and woodley park metro stationsay it's a mechanical issue, but not sure what created the smoke. yesterday there was a smoke report somewhere between foggy bottom and roslyn. trains were delayed, passengers left standing on the platform. over the weekend, there were four incidents at metro stations one at l'enfant that involved a at the mechanical issue, and woodley park had to be evacuated. >> it makes me want to get a car sooner. but as long as they have an evacuation plan which i think they need to work on it because if so many people were put in the hospital the last time obviously something is not working. >> crews found no issues. metro says it does experience more mechanical issues when it gets extremely cold. >>> fire atop a d.c. street car has prompted a reinspection of the entire fleet. the d.c. transportation dw says depa says the car started sparking but the fire burned out quickly. the vehicle operator was not hurt. street cars still run simulated service only for now. >>> it's 5:18. later this morning,

just this past weekend, faulty brakes sent smoke pouring into the woodley park s an evacuation. all of that happening in heavy snowfall. robby haddad says he was trying to get into the station that day. >> i was coming into it. people were coming out. and, you know, some guy was telling me that a little explosion went on and fire. so that made me think twice. >> reporter: and the fire department responded twice to reports of smoke in the tunnel near foggy bottom this past weekend. other riders like dave moss say they're now thinking twice about using metro all together. >> fortunately i moved a little closer to work. i do most of my walking now. had to get out to bethesda today so no avoiding the metro today. >> reporter: other telling statistic, metro rail on-time performa fell shot of its targeted goal in 2014. and back here now live when it comes to breakdowns with individual metro railcars there are some that are breaking down all the time. we'll tell you which ones at 6:00. live at woodley park adam tuss news4. >>> a young man from maryland is in custody after police tried

that you have his front yard, so he called 911 fearing the entire tree would top onto his home one woodley avenue. >> it started a small fire on the left side of the house. luckily, the fire department got here quick and took care of it put the fire out. they save the day. >> the massive tree, standing 100 feet tall, chris the left side of his home. fisher's thing for he was on the right side of the house. he was unharmed, what certain that his discomfort has only begun. >> a neighbor had something happen if years ago and they said it took six months. >> certainly grateful to be alive. it is so dark outside, that tree so tall, it stretches onto the neighbor's property. he has another mess to clean up. this beautiful stonemasoe masonry retaining wall was ripped to shreds by the root ball. jay korff, abc 7 news. >> when the crews got to the scene, they said the wind was howling. right now, things are starting to die down a little bit. steve rudin is here with a look at that. >> not so bad right now, the wind advisory has canceled out. sustained wind gusts out of the north and west at 20 to 3

. >> reporter: woodley road is a microcosm of d. c. seems everything that happened in the district happened on this unsuspecting side street off connecticut avenue and northwest. they found people shoveling snow, building snow men, walking their dogs. spinning their tires. >> we're on this hill. a lot of cars are slipping and sliding around. seen anyone hit anyone. >> reporter: it took about five minutes for us to see four vehicles spin out, get stuck, and need a push. >> it's been really rough. any time it snows in the district, i always try to make peace with my creator. >> the weather god's answered around 7:00 after the snow slowed and the accumulation died down. the plows seemed to attack the roads. still, main thoroughfares from connecticut to rockville pike were tough to navigate. at times, it was a struggle to know what lane you were supposed to be in. the traffic would thin out, leaving mostly plows and police on the roads. empty streets on a saturday night. >> i would have preferred it to a weekday, get out of work, but still

one at l'enfant plaza and woodley park station had to be evacuated. >> makes me want to get a car sooner but as long as they have an evacuation plan which i don't think -- well, i think they need to work on it because if so many people were put in the hospital the last time obviously something's not working. >> officials checked all the stations and found no issues. metro says it does experience more mechanical issues when it gets extremely cold. >>> d.c. will now reinspect the entire street car system after this fire on one of the cars. the d.c. transportation department says the car started sparking on saturday night, but when the -- but the fire went out on its own. the vehicle operator was not harmed. the street cars still run simulated service only. >>> we're working to find out whether there is an issue with d.c. manholesco crews responded to 15 that were smoking. they shut down a few blocks because the covers were launching in to the air. we're told this is a direct result of the weather because salt and ice reekleak into underground equipment. >>> there is a meeting tonight about

smoke forced everyone out of the woodley park metro station. riders say they heard a small explosion and saw smoke billow around them. everyone got out safely. elsewhere, a maintenance outside the foggy bottom metro station caused smoke. no one was hurt. metro says no trains were involved. >>> good morning. we are looking at 6:05 right now on this sunday morning. here is what's happening in the week ahead. tuesday, wednesday, thursday you can go to a meeting to talk about how much you pay to use the vre. the company is considering raising fares by 4%. there will even be a meeting the week of march 1st. >>> the national press foundation is holding a program to explore the harm symptoms and factors that influence outbreakless. the program begins at 9:00 a.m. at the national press club on connecticut avenue northwest. >>> tomorrow the giant panda cup at the zoo will turn 18 months. that means bao bao is close to reaching a milestone and will begin living separately from her mother. the zoo says she began the weaning process a few months ago. she's

one at l'enfant plaza involving a train with a mechanical issue and the woodley park station had to be evacuated. >> makes me want to get a car sot sassas long as they have an evacuation plan. they need to work on it. so many people put in the hospital the last time something's not working. >> officials checked all stations and found no issues. metro does experience more mechanical issues when it gets extremely cold. >>> it's a common sight. girlinging cookies outside a store. less common targeted by a thief. the scary experience and how quickly moch slyly moms saved the day. >>> touching mom >>> well this may have been one of the most surprising maybe awkward and actually kind of funny moments at the oscars last night after butchering idina menzel's name last year john travolta back to present with her and a little touchy-feely and apparently getting too close for comfort with scarlett johansson. along with the awkward, the funny, sweet and powerful moments. here to talk about it all, elisa rosenberg, pop culture columnist tore "the washington post." >> good to be here. live blogging.

smoke forced everyone out of the woodley park metro station. people on the metro told news 4 they heard a small explosion and saw smoke billow around them. firefighters were called. everyone got out safely. elsewhere they say a maintenance issue outside the foggy bottom station caused smoke. this caused major delays there. metro says no trains were involved. no one was h right now rescuers are looking for survivors of a deadly ferry crash in bangladesh. new at 9:00 a.m. we just learned that 31 people have died this includes at least one child. about 100 people were on board the ferry. we don't know exactly how many were there because there was no passenger list on board. >>> time is 9:06. end of an era. a popular d.c. bar is closing its doors. >> not going out without a bang. the celebration today and how you can take home memories from rhino bar. >>> saving josh. what's next for a little boy whose family didn't give up the fight for an experimental drug. >>> just how much snow did we get? ch thank you, cable for taking longer to upload our fam

i ever have the honor of being invited back to politics and prose i will know it is not near the woodley park metro stop. [laughter] somebody misinforming but as an old journalist i'm supposed to have two sources and i relied on only one. for a while i didn't think i was going to make it. thank you all for coming. and again thank you to politics and prose for having me. one of kind of a standard tropes of publishing the book is that you have to answer the question why did you write about this topic in the first place. and you are supposed to a thoughtful answer about how you've had a lifelong interest in this topic and you've always dreamed about exploring it more deeply. in fact, this topic was supposed to be by my publisher. i have had a lifelong interest in china, almost a lifelong interest, having studied it studied chinese going back many many years and having lived there for a few years as the "time" magazine correspondent their, and traveled to there. even today i go almost every year. but it was my publisher actually. i finished my previous book and he asked me to pick a year and

that 911 call was released half-hour ago and stephen tschida is live along woodley avenue inside the beltway to let us hear this. hey, stephen. >> hi, alison. you can see this massive tree behind me came crashing down on this house as the occupant chris fisher was on the phone with 911 listening into this 911 call it captures the sound of this massive tree as it hit the house. >> about to fall on my house. it's actually falling on my house right now. hold on one second. yea, it just fell on my house. >> yeah, that sound recorded on that 911 call of that massive tree. fisher heard from his neighbor that it looked like the tree was going to fall. a branch had come down. he had gone to the right side of the house, the opposite side of the house to make that 911 call. he spoke with us a short while ago about what it sounded like and what went through his mind when that tree came down. >> almost like -- kind of like a small earthquake and it shook the house and scared the dog. it was definitely, you know something that you don't feel every day. >> right over there. there you can see just

this past weekend a fire and smoke incident at woodley park. look at this graphic and you can see fire incidents are on the rise. 104 in 2014 compared to 86 fire incidents in 2013. riders along the system say they'v has it ever crossed your mind when you're riding that might be an issue? >> yes. i know walking is safer. that's why i do that. this should be completely safe and it's not. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 5:00 these incidents are obviously tis ruptive to metro service, so how is metro doing its on-time performance? >>> this is what firefighters in montgomery county saw driving up to a house fire early the morning. the home is in gaithersburg. it took 75 firefighters to bring the blaze under control. no reports of injuries. >>> we just learned a 29-year-old man was the one killed during a burst of gunfire overnight. police kol got a call about a shooting just after midnight in northeast. they found the victim in an apartment on brentwood road near 13th street. he had been identified as marcus mclan of upper marlboro. a neighbor t

smoke was also reported at the woodley park station over the weekend. the train there alsole had a mechanical issue. again, no reports of any injuries. >>> business leaders and workers in maryland's solar and wind industries are banning together with lawmakers for a rally this evening. they're going to press the general assembly to expand maryland's clean energy advancement act. they say the expansion of the act will benefit the state's economy. >>> our time is 6:14. two police officers are injured while responding to a domestic violence situation. >> the happiest place on earth was already too expensive for the afternoon american family. ♪ ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. ♪ ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your f

kelly mack uses metro every day to ride just two stops from woodley park to farragut north on the red line. and nearly every day she says it's a struggle often because of what other riders do. so we put our cameras on kelly's wheelchair to show you what going to work looks like from her perspective. see what the rules say, why you a what we can all do to make the daily commute a little easier for everyone. that's coming up in news 4 at 5:00. then at 11:00, what would happen if there was an emergency on the tracks like we saw last month for a passenger in a wheel chair? the news4 i-team started looking into evacuation plans for the disabled and discovered there might be some problems. tisha thompson news4 i-team. >> see you at 5:00 tisha. >>> thengs are looking promising for state workers in virginia to get raises this year. the budgets of both chambers of the general assembly are recommending them. the state senate proposal is more generous. the deal includes public schoolteachers state police, and colle faculty. governor mccauliffe's budget didn't improve widespread increases for sta

. >> reporter: at the woodley park metro station, we watched as she tried to get to the front of the line. only to be cut off by a stroller. >> i think it would be easier if i went first. >> reporter: sometimes she says people won't even let her on, won't look her as they leave her behind. as she caught in these pictures she tarted taking on her daily commute. >> that elevator was designed and put there for people with disabilities. >> rep dara baldwin with the national disables network says it's okay too use the elevator if you have a stroller or luggage, but if you see someone with a disability who cannot use the escalator, you need to let them board first. >> the fact you have used equipment that was specifically made for them to get around and you're taking it first before they are taking it, that is what yodoing. you're taking away that person's civil, human, and a.d.a. rights by doing that for. >> >> reporter: which is why when you get on a metro elevator. >> please give priority to senior sit sens and personals with disabilities. >> rep and see signs telling people to let peop

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. >> reporter: at the woodley park metro station, we watched as she tried to get to the front of theline, only to be cut off by a stroller. sometimes she says people won't even let her on, won't look her in the face as they leave her behind as she caught in these pictures she started taking on her daily commute. >> that elevator was designed and put there for people with disabilities. >> reporter: dara baldwin with the national disability rights network says it's okay to use the elevator if you have a stroller or luggage but if you see someone with a disability who can't use theesque later you need to let them board first. >> the fact that you have used up equipment that was specifically made for them to get around in, and you're taking it first before they are taking, that is what you're doing. you're taking away that person's civil, human and ada right by doing that. >> reporter: which is why when you get on a metro elevator. you will hear an announcement and see signs telling you to let people with disabilities and seniors board first. kelly says she needs to go in first to maneuv

i ever have the honor of being invited back to politics and prose i will know it is not near the woodley park metro stop. [laugh